ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS IN LOCHS OF HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND. 229 
Artificial Islands in the Lochs of the Highlands of Scotland.— 
Fourth Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor Boyp 
Dawkins (Chairman), Mr. A. J. B. Wace (Secretary), and 
Professors T. H. Bryce, J. L. Myres, and W. RipcEway. 
Since, owing to the meeting of the Association in Australia this year, 
reports have to be sent in at a much earlier date than usual, the Com- 
mittee have so far little to record. The Rey. F. O. Blundell, the Com- 
mittee’s correspondent at Fort Augustus, continues to collect and 
tabulate information. He desires to thank the Committee for their 
assistance and for their encouragement in his investigations of a subject 
which, though full of interest, presents many difficulties that can 
scarcely be realised by those who have not taken part in the work. 
By the courtesy of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, fifty 
reprints of the paper read before that Society, containing numerous 
illustrations, have been circulated amongst the correspondents of this 
Committee, and this has again stimulated interest in the subject. The 
Paper, which was compiled largely from the replies to the British 
Association inquiry, was printed in full in the ‘ Transactions’ of the 
Society, and elicited numerous letters of congratulation on the results 
obtained by the Association. Mr. Gilbert Goudie, F.S.A.Scot., writes 
amongst others: —‘ May I be allowed to add that I have been much 
impressed by your paper on Artificial Islands in the ‘‘ Proceedings of 
the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland’’? These I had previously 
regarded as entirely exceptional and rare, but the numerous instances 
you adduce go far to show that they were almost the normal idea— 
quite a new conception which will influence me largely in looking at 
these things in future.’ 
One of the main objects of the Committee is to secure a suitable 
site for excavation. The artificial island in Loch Kinellan was pro- 
visionally fixed upon last year for excavation this year. Now Mr. F.C. 
Diack of Aberdeen has sent photographs and particulars of the ‘ Island ’ 
in the Loch of Leys, Banchory. The loch is now completely dry, and 
therefore this island is a much more suitable site for excavation than 
that in Loch Kinellan. The Secretary proposes to visit the site with 
the Rev. F. O. Blundell in July, and hopes to receive the permission 
of the proprietor, Sir Thomas Burnett, Bart., of Crathes, for the pro- 
posed excavation. It is hoped that the funds at the disposal of the 
Committee, together with a grant made by the Carnegie Trust to Dr. 
R. Munro for the excavation of the island in Loch Kinellan, will be 
sufficient for a preliminary excavation. 
The Committee desires to be reappointed and that a grant of 51. 
should be applied for at the next meeting of the British Association. 
It will be necessary for a new Secretary to be appointed—Professor 
Tl. H. Bryce is suggested. 
