A large assortment of wooden implements was found chiefly in the
refuse-heap, and in the portion of débris corresponding to the area
of the log pavement. Owing to the softness of the wood and the large
amount of moisture contained in its fibres, most of these relics have
already shrunk to less than half their original bulk, and become so
changed, though they were kept in a solution of alum for several weeks,
that I am doubtful of being able to preserve them at all. Seeing the
rapid decay they were undergoing, I got full-sized pencil-drawings
taken of them, from which the accompanying illustrations have been
engraved. They consist of bowls, plates, ladles, a mallet, a hoe,
clubs, pins, etc., together with many objects entirely new to me, but
which apparently had been used for culinary or agricultural purposes.
1. _Vessels._--Fig. 101. Portions of a circular bowl, diameter 7-1/2
inches, depth (inside) 3 inches, thickness 1/4 inch at edges and 1/2
inch at bottom; bottom flattened, 3 inches diameter (outside). Other
fragments of vessels similar to the above were found.
Fig. 102. Flat dish, like scallop shell, with a ring handle, length
7 inches, breadth 6 inches, thickness varies from 3/8 inch to a thin
edge. Quite whole when disinterred from refuse-heap.
Fig. 103. Portions of a plate, diameter nearly 10 inches, thickness 3/8
of an inch, depth barely 1 inch; a well-formed bead ran round the rim.
Fig. 104. Ladle. Bowl nearly complete, length 10 inches, breadth 8
inches, depth (inside) 3-1/2 inches, thickness 1 to 1/2 inch; portion
of handle still remaining.
[Illustration: Fig. 101 (1/8).]
[Illustration: Fig. 102 (1/8).]
[Illustration: Fig. 103 (1/8).]
[Illustration: Fig. 104 (1/8).]
Fig. 44. Trough, 11-1/2 inches long, 6 broad, and 2-1/2 deep (inside).
Projecting ears 3-1/2 inches long. Thickness of sides varied from 1/4
to 1 inch. Had three rectangular holes in bottom, of which the centre
one was larger, measuring 1 by 1-1/2 inch.
All the above vessels were made of soft wood, with the exception of the
portions of bowls, which were of oak.
2. _Clubs, Pins, etc.; all of which were made of oak._--Fig. 105. Club,
2 feet long, 3 inches broad, and 1-1/2 thick; circumference of handle
3-1/2 inches.
Fig. 106. Club, 14-1/2 inches long, and greatest breadth 2-1/2.
Fig. 107. Sword-like implement, 20 inches long and 2-1/2 broad; sharp
at point and edges.
Fig. 108. Implement with round handle and thin blade, containing teeth
at one edge, length 15 inches, and breadth 1-1/2.
Fig. 109. Knife-shaped instrument, blade 10 inches long by 1 broad.
Fig. 110. Round polished stick with charred end.
[Illustration: Fig. 105. Fig. 106. Fig. 107. Fig. 108. Fig. 109. Fig. 110.
(Scale 1/8.)
]
Figs. 111 to 115 represent the various kinds of pins which were
abundantly met with all over the crannog.
Fig. 115 is 14 inches long, 2 broad, and 1-1/8 thick; the hole in it
measures 1-5/8 by 3/4 inch.
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