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4. An amber bead, of a brownisb-yellow colour, J inch in 



diameter. These were found outside of the building, near 

 the base of the wall on the south side. 



5. Stone knife or implement found in chamber on north side of 



doorway. It may be doubted if this is not simply a water- 

 worn stone. [Mr Joseph Anderson says this looks as if it 

 had been used as a whet-stone.] It is 7^ inches by 2|- and 

 f inches. 



6. A quantity of bones, teeth, &c., most of which were found in 



the chamber outside the main building ; although both 

 bones and teeth were found occasionally in all parts of the 

 main building. 



7. An oyster shell. 



8. Fragment of a translucent glass armlet. 



9. A small bronze [or brass] thimble. '' This," says Mr Ander- 



son, "seems to be the head of a brass nail, such as was 

 used for Highland shields, &c., but more conical." It is ^ 

 inch high ; f inch in diameter. 



10. Octagonal buckle of bronze or brass [more probably the 

 latter], 2 inches in diameter, with traces of ornamentation. 

 These two articles cannot belong to the earliest occupants of 

 the stronghold. The brooch was found in cutting a trench 

 through one of the earthen ramparts in order to wheel away 

 more conveniently some of the rubbish from the excavations. 

 It has been examined by Mr Albert Way and Mr Franks 

 of the British Museum. Mr Way writes : — " I thought 

 that it might be early fifteenth century, but Mr Franks, on 

 whose opinion I have great reliance, will not give it a date 

 earlier than the close of the century ;" and in another com- 

 munication he says — *' I wish I could have sent you a more 

 detailed note on the brooch, or referred you to a similar ex- 

 ample. I know that one has fallen under my observation. 

 I feel, however, no hesitation in following my friend Franks' 

 opinion of the date of the relic, which bears indeed the 

 evidence of its age in its style of workmanship." 



All these articles [8 excepted] have been deposited in the 

 Museum of the Society of Antiquaries in Edinburgh. 



11. Various fragments of querns. 



Mr Fergusson, in his Essay on Brochs (1877), says, that there is 

 not so far as he knows, " any example in any part of the world 



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