418 



POINT D 0':i N&S 

 SECTION 



CIRCLE OF PILES 



circle: of piles 



BASKET FLOORIFsiG 



WATEIR LIN E 



SHELL MARL 



Fig 6. 



6 feet. Prom this it would appear that the lower sods were placed before 

 crannoge l^o. 1 was built ; at least that the water of the lake was at 

 least 7 feet lower than at present. 



When bed N^o. 1 was cut, the water rushed up with a loud noise, 

 like a pistol shot, and drove us out of the workings ; that the laj^er was 

 artificial was proved by the heather and moss on the sods. They were 

 quite fresh, and had all the appearance of being recently cut, so much so, 

 that when the men at work first saw them, they were fully persuaded 

 they were opening an old hole that had only a short time previously been 

 filled up. 



In bed "No. 2 no bones were remarked. This had the appearance of 

 a bed deposited by water. 



In bed ISTo. 4 no bones were remarked ; but the heather and mosses 

 were similar to those found in bed 'No. 1. 



Bed 1^0. 5 had all the appearance of an alluvial deposit. A few 

 bones were scattered through it, and the lump of metal dross (Nos. 51 

 and 52) was found near the bottom ot it. i - ■ ) 

 In bed No. 6 were found a few bones, I i ) 



and the following articles : — " |-o ' ' i • " 'c^- 'r' ,r-: l 

 No. 48, a quartz pebble. This may r'^^ ' ' ' . .. 



be either a sea stone, or a pebble from 

 the old red conglomerate. 

 No. 49, a hone. 

 No. 50, a hone. 



No. 53, an iron implement ; seems to 

 be part of a shears. 



At the south end of this excavation 

 was a perpendicular, single, wicker > 

 work wall or partition that went down 

 to the level of the basket flooring ; but / 

 from it, for 11 feet towards the north ;;: 

 there was a rough pavement, on which 

 was a thin layer of gravel. The surface 

 of the pavement was on a level with the 

 basket flooring. The accompanying 

 sketch, taken by my colleague, Mr. F. J. 

 Poot, shows the wicker wall, pavement, 

 and basket flooring. About 20 fiet 

 north of this single wall, there occurred 

 a double one, that was 20 inches wiae, 

 the centre of it being filled up with peat sods. The upright stakes in both 



