"The two plates of gold seem originally to have formed the shell of an early forgery of a coin, the oxidised core of which forms the contents of the small tube. I thought at first that the substance might be resinous, but I think it is some salt of copper.[38] Some chemist could readily try this. The coin itself belongs to a class of trientes which have been found almost exclusively in England, and are probably of Saxon origin. Enclosed is an impression of one found near Dover. See Smith's Coll. Ant., vol. i. pl. xxii. 9. Others were in the Bagshot Heath or Crondale find. See Num. Chron., N. S., vol. x. 164, pl. xiii. 24 to 26; Num. Chron., vol. vi. They probably belong to the sixth or seventh century. The find is of value as helping to assign a date to the crannog." (Figs. 246 and 247.)
VI. Miscellaneous Objects.
1. Armlets.—Fragments of three armlets made of cannel coal, very similar to those found at Lochlee and Lochspouts.
2. Jet Ornament.—A small link-shaped ornament of jet, with two small holes for attachment in one side (Fig. 248). This object was found on the surface of a mound of débris long after it was wheeled out, and hence no dependence can be put on its antiquity.
Fig. 248.—Jet Ornament (1⁄1). Fig. 249.—Bead (1⁄1)
3. Beads, Vitreous Paste, etc.—A cylindrically-shaped bead, variegated with three different colours, red and yellow predominating over patches of transparent glass (Fig. 249).
Half of a tiny yellow bead, of a vitreous substance, only 3⁄16 of an inch in diameter.
A round object, of the size of a small marble, made of vitreous paste, variegated with blue and white, but without any aperture.