"After looking about for half an hour, I was lucky enough to find the shears, which I forwarded to Professor Duns for examination, as I did not observe any articles similar to this in the Museum of Kilmarnock. On a subsequent occasion I found the hone-stone. I did not notice any hone-stones with a like groove in the Kilmarnock Museum, but on driving out to the crannog which is being excavated at Buston, near Kilmaurs, Dr. Munro showed me one which was of the same nature as the one I had found, only the groove was shorter and across the stone, and it had in addition a 'cupped hollow' in the centre, while this one has the groove lengthways." (See Fig. 54.)--_Proceed. Soc. Antiq. Scot._ vol. iii. new series, p. 247.[26] 13. Fig. 46 (p. 96) represents portion of a much corroded hatchet, about 6 inches long and 2 broad immediately below socket, but gets wider towards the cutting edge. Thickness through centre of socket is 1-1/2 inch. The back of socket was round, and had no projecting portion. Total weight 12-1/2 ounces. It had a small bit of the wooden handle in the socket when found. 14. A curved portion of iron, like part of a door staple, found amongst débris, but locality undetermined. [Illustration: Fig. 138.--Shears (6-1/4 inches).] [Illustration: Fig. 139.--Iron (1/5).] 15. A curious three-pronged implement (Fig. 139) was found, about 3 feet deep, in the large drain a few yards to the south of crannog; the prongs are curved, very sharp at the points, and attached laterally; they are 2-1/2 inches apart and 4 inches long; a portion of the handle is twisted spirally; its total length is 3 feet 9 inches. [Illustration: Fig. 140.--Fibula (1/1).] [Illustration: Fig. 141.--Fibula (1/1).] 16. A much corroded pickaxe was found about the middle of the lake area. The end of the axe portion is nearly 5 inches broad, and the whole length of the implement is 22 inches. [Illustration: Fig. 142.--Fibula (1/1).] [Illustration: Fig. 143.--Back view of Fibula, Fig. 142.] [Illustration: Fig. 144.--Bronze Ring Pin (1/2).] [Illustration: Fig. 145.--Bronze Implement with transverse sections (1/2).] (_b._) _Articles made of Bronze or Brass._--1. Two fibulæ, represented full size in Figs. 140 and 141, found about the centre of the refuse-heap. Figs. 142 and 143 represent side and back views of a third fibula, much more elaborately ornamented, which was subsequently found in the débris when closing up the trenches. The diamond-shaped spaces on its back were originally filled with enamel. 2. A bronze ring pin, 6 inches long. The square-shaped portion at the top has a different device on each side, and the shank from its middle to the point is ornamented on both sides (Fig. 144).[27] 3. A bronze spatula or dagger-shaped instrument. It is very well preserved, and although shaped like a dagger, the edges are not sharp. Its length is about 11-1/4 inches and breadth 1-1/2 inch (Fig. 145).