8. Fig. 237 represents a curious object, having a spring attached to each side, both of which are still compressible, and a curved portion containing a round hole. Total length is 5 inches, length of springs 2 inches, length of curved portion 1-3/4 inches. Said to be portion of a padlock, similar in structure and principle to locks now used in China and some parts of India.[36] [Illustration: Fig. 237. Iron Object (1/1).] 9. _Files?_--An object shaped like a flat file, cut squarely at one end, and having a sharp-pointed tang at the other. It is of uniform thickness throughout, and measures 3-1/2 inches long, 5/8 inch broad, and rather more than 1/8 inch thick. There is another object exactly similar to the above in form, but a shade smaller. They look like small files, but no grooves now remain. 10. _Spiral Objects._--Fig. 238 represents a slender iron rod, forming a close spiral with three twists at one end, and a slight curve at the other, which presents the appearance of having been fractured. The diameter of the circular portion is rather less than 1 inch. Fig. 239 represents another spiral object terminating in a straight point. 11. Fig. 240 represents two views of a small ornamental instrument with a bifurcated termination, which might have been used as a compass for describing small circles, such as are seen on some of the combs. Its length is 2 inches. 12. _Miscellaneous Objects._--When the stuff wheeled from the refuse-heap had dried up and become pulverised during the summer months, several articles were picked up by visitors, among which may be mentioned four large nails, a small ferrule, a small iron link thicker on one side than another, a much-corroded socket still containing a bit of wood, a flat portion of iron welded together, and a few other bits of iron. These, however, cannot be positively asserted as belonging to the crannog objects. [Illustration: Fig. 238.--Spiral Object (1/1).] [Illustration: Fig. 239.--Iron Object (1/1).] [Illustration: Fig. 240.--Iron Object (1/1). Two Views.] [Illustration: Fig. 241.--Bronze Brooch (1/1).] (_b._) _Articles made of Bronze._ _Brooch._--A circular brooch, minus the pin, 1-1/2 inch in diameter, and ornamented on its upper surface by a series of grooves pointing to the centre of the brooch. The under surface is quite plain. A small portion of the pin is still attached to the brooch, and the opposite side of the brooch is worn into a hollow by the friction of the point of the pin. The transverse grooves are also much worn, but where nearly obliterated the external and internal margins of the brooch show the hacks, corresponding with their extremities (Fig. 241). [Illustration: Fig. 242. Fig. 243. Bronze Pins (1/1).]