040 ANTIQUITIES OF BUTE. 



two stories with corbie-stepped gables, occupying the breadth 

 of the foot-path. 



The New Statistical Account makes no mention of the 

 discovery of any objects of antique workmanship in Bute, nor 

 have we noticed such in Mr. Reid's History. We are, 

 however, informed by Mr. John Young, of the Hunterian 

 Museum, of an interesting discovery made in 1862 or 1863. 

 In digging the foundations of a bridge oil the east coast, near 

 Kilchattan, there were found three bronze swords, two rude 

 massive gold rings, and two narrow ribbands of gold. The 

 swords were of a beautiful form, and in fine preservation. 

 The gold rings appeared to have been hammered out of a 

 piece of virgin gold, and were not soldered or fastened in any 

 way; they were as round as a wire, and had no ornamenta- 

 tion of any kind ; there were only slight marks of hammering. 

 The ribbands of gold were several inches in length, very thin, 

 and a little more than a quarter of an inch broad. They 

 were marked with fine punctures along both edges, but had 

 no other ornamentation. 



