Scotland in Pagan Times; The Iron AgeAnderson, Joseph
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Scotland in Pagan Times; The Iron Age
Anderson, Joseph
Scotland -- Antiquities
from Broch of Okstrow (1½ inch in diameter).] engraved lines, and having
a small ring, ¾ inch in diameter, inserted in a loop at the head of the
pin; a small penannular brooch of bronze of Celtic form (Fig. 218), with
flattened and slightly expanded ends terminating in the semblance of
animals’ heads; and a mounting of bronze, 3 inches in length (Fig. 219),
chased on the upper surface, and having perforated prolongations, as if
for fastening it to some other object. Besides the usual fragments of
plain unglazed pottery of native manufacture, there were in this Broch
again several pieces of the red lustrous ware commonly called Samian.
These pieces indicate two vessels—one a bowl of about 6 inches diameter;
the other a shallow straight-sided vessel of considerable size. Both had
been broken and mended by the insertion of soft metal clamps in holes
drilled close to the sides of the fracture.
[Illustration: Fig. 219.—Mounting of Bronze from Broch of Okstrow (3
inches in length).]
[Illustration: Figs. 215, 216.—Lamps from the Broch of Okstrow.]
[Illustration: Fig. 217.—Bronze Pin from Broch of Okstrow (4¾ inches in
length).]
[Illustration: Fig. 218.—Penannular Brooch of Bronze from Broch of
Okstrow (1½ inch in diameter).]
[Illustration: Fig. 219.—Mounting of Bronze from Broch of Okstrow (3
inches in length).]
[Illustration: Fig. 220.—Ground Plan of the Broch of Lingrow, Orkney,
with its Secondary Constructions. (From a Plan by Mr. George Petrie and
Sir H. Dryden.)]
[Illustration: Fig. 221.—Pebble of Quartzite marked by use as a
point-sharpener, from Broch of Lingrow (2½ inches in length).]
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