"MʽPherson, the turner, says that twenty years ago a boat was taken up from the loch 26 feet long, sharp at both ends, otherwise coble-built, 8 feet broad in the bottom, which was flat, made of oak planks, overlapping one another, and lined under the overlapping with wool and tar."—(Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot. vol. vi. pp. 167-171.)
[16] In Maitland's History of Scotland I find the curious statement made that Boece states that in Loch Lomond there were fish without fins, waves without wind, and a floating island.—(Boet. Scot. Reg. Descript. fol. 7.)
[17] Proceedings, 8th December 1865.
[18] See also Proceedings of Dumfries and Galloway N. H. Soc. for 1865.
[19] Proceedings Soc. Antiq. Scot. vol. vi. pp. 114 et seq.
[20] Proceedings Soc. Antiq. Scot. vol. iii., new series, p. 155.
[21] Proceedings Soc. Antiq. Scot. vol. ii., new series, pp. 127, 128.
[22] Proceedings Soc. Antiq. Scot. vol. iii., new series, p. 266.
[23] These relics were sent as donations to the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, by the Right Hon. the Earl of Stair, in 1872.
[24] The existence of these coins in the crannog is thus explained by Mr. Dalrymple:—"It is known that the island has been planted two or three times, and that considerable quantities of soil and stones have been added to it. The two feet of soil which covered the uppermost remains, and which so much raised the centre of the crannog, was probably added, in great part, about 1720, when Field-Marshal the Earl of Stair laid out the grounds of Castle Kennedy. Some of these operations may, to some extent, have disturbed the remains. They would, at all events, account for the modern coins found so far below the surface."