4. Portion of strong wire, 4 inches long, showing evidence of having been in the fire. 5. Thin spiral finger-ring (Fig. 146). 6. Fig. 147 represents a curious bronze object about 3-3/8 inches long; diameter of ring portion is 1 inch; the transverse bar at the other end is slit longitudinally and pierced transversely by a small hole about its centre. [Illustration: Fig. 146.--Finger Ring (1/1).] [Illustration: Fig. 147 (1/2).] 7. Curved and slightly grooved bronze wire, 2-1/4 inches long, and precisely similar to the upper portion of a modern safety-pin. [Illustration: Fig. 148.--Bridle Bit (1/2).] (_c._) _Article made of Iron and Bronze._--A bridle bit. This consists of two large rings and a centre-piece. Its extreme length is 10-1/2 inches, the outer diameter of the rings is rather less than 3 inches, and the centre-piece, which is entirely made of iron, is 3-3/4 inches long. The rings are partly iron and partly bronze, the circular portion being iron and the rest bronze. The bronze portion is 2-1/2 inches long, and has two eyes or loops, one of which is attached to the centre-piece and the other free. This interesting relic was turned up by two visitors poking with a stick at the south-east corner of the refuse-heap (Fig. 148). A round knob of lead, as if intended for the hilt of a hand weapon, was found very near the surface of the mound. VI. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS. 1. _Carved Wood._--Perhaps the most interesting of all the relics discovered on the crannog is a small piece of ash wood, about 5 inches square, having curious diagrams carved on both sides. On one side (Fig. 149), three equidistant spiral grooves, with corresponding ridges between, start from near a common centre and radiate outwards till they join, at uniform distances, a common circle which surrounds the diagram. On the other side (Fig. 150) is a similar diagram, with this difference, that between the points of commencement of the spiral grooves there is a space left which is occupied by a small circular groove surrounding the central depression or point. This figure is surmounted and overlapped by two convoluted and symmetrical grooves meeting each other in an elevated arch, with a small depression in its centre. The relic was found on the west side of the crannog, about 4 feet deep, and near the line of the horizontal raised beams. [Illustration: Fig. 149.--Carved Wood (1/1).]