Fig. 159.—Appearance of Canoe in situ after exposure.
The crannog was about one hundred and fifty yards from the nearest shore, and there was no trace of a gangway observed.
LIST OF RELICS.
Stone.—Hammer-stones, polishers, and whetstones were comparatively rare, only some half dozen being found. Among the latter are fragments of a circular grindstone of fine red sandstone, showing a diameter of about fifteen inches, and a large oblong smooth stone perforated at one end.
Two blocks of sandstone with irregularly shaped cavities in each; a third has a large cup-shaped cavity 5½ inches in diameter and 2½ inches deep, and on it are the marks of sharpening tools; hence the cup is supposed to have been for holding water for facilitating the operation of sharpening. Another small fragment has a neatly formed cup-shaped cavity. Two querns, both upper stones; one is of the usual form, but the other is flat and more like a modern millstone. It measures 18 inches across and the central hole is 3 inches in diameter, but not funnel-shaped. For the insertion of a handle there is a square-cut hole near the margin.
Fig. 160.—Flint Knife and Clay Crucible (1⁄1).
