THE HORSE IN SCOTLAND 



THE HORSE IN PREHISTORIC AND EARLY 

 HISTORIC SCOTLAND 



Neolithic man in Scotland, however, was acquainted with 

 the horse, as is clearly shown by the occurrence of charac- 

 teristic bones in the shell-mound settlement at Ardrossan, 

 and in the late Neolithic horned or chambered cairns of 

 Caithness at Ormiegill near Ulbster, Garrywhin near Clythe 

 and Hill of Bruan, and in the chambered cairn at Loch 

 Stennis in Orkney. 



Fig- 15. Celtic Pony (in rough winter coat) probably bears close resemblance 

 to the native pony of Scotland. ^V nat - si ze - 



In later ages, the horse became more and more familiar 

 to the Scottish races, as is revealed by the frequency with 

 which its remains appear in contemporaneous deposits. In 

 Scottish crannogs or lake-dwellings it is rarely found, though 

 where its remains occur, as at Lochlee near Tarbolton in 

 Ayrshire, they indicate a "small variety." In the few clearly 

 defined deposits of the Bronze and Iron Ages in Scotland, 

 the horse is represented, but by no means universally nor 

 so frequently as oxen or sheep. Passages have often been 



