Ancient Scottish Lake-Dwellings or Crannogs / With a supplementary chapter on remains of lake-dwellings in England

by Robert Munro

Fig. 129.—Iron Knife (¹⁄₄).

4. A small punch, 2¹⁄₂ inches long—locality uncertain (Fig. 130).

Fig. 130.

Iron Punch (¹⁄₄).

5. A bulky nail, some 4 inches long and ¹⁄₂ an inch in diameter, with large head; almost entirely converted into rust—locality uncertain.

6. A round pointed instrument, 11 inches long and 1¹⁄₄ inch in circumference; its end portion is square, with sharp tip, as if adapted for insertion into a handle.

7. An awl, 4 inches long.

8. Two spear-heads, 13 and 9¹⁄₂ inches long, with sockets for wooden handles, portions of which still remain in both sockets. The larger of the two (Fig. 131) is prominently ribbed along its centre, and has a small copper rivet passing through the end of its socket. The other has only a very faint ridge along the centre of the blade (Fig. 132).