Category: History - Ancient
Dr. Joseph Robertson first directed attention to the prevalence of Crannogs in Scotland--Paper on Crannogs in Buteshire, by Mr. John Mackinlay--Dr. Robertson's views on Scottish Crannogs, and the subsequent publication of his notes by Dr. Stuart--Indications of Crannog remains...
Before the interesting series of objects obtained from the excavation of the Lochlee crannog, and described in the previous chapter, could be properly illustrated and efficientl...
9. CHAPTER III._Discovery of the Crannog._--The site of the Lochlee Crannog was a small lake, now entirely dried up, which formerly occupied portions of a few fields on the farm of Lochlee nea...
8. CHAPTER II.It was not till these discoveries on the Continent had attracted universal attention that Scottish archæologists began to look for similar remains in this country. It was then f...
12. CHAPTER V.In the foregoing chapters I have recorded nearly all the facts hitherto derived from the explorations of Scottish Lake-Dwellings, together with a few meagre notices of their for...
13. CHAPTER VI.As indicated by the title, the special object and scope of this work is to illustrate the phenomena of lake-dwellings as explored in Scotland. This limitation has been adopted,...
7. CHAPTER I.In searching back through the successive stages of human civilisation we arrive at a period when both written history and traditions fail. This prehistoric period, up to the com...
6. CHAPTER VI.Sir Charles J. F. Bunbury on remains at Wretham Mere, Norfolk--Pile Structures at London Wall--Crannog in Llangorse Lake, South Wales--Professor Boyd Dawkins on Pile Structures...
10. part 3). The following extract from a paper, by M. Oscar Montelius,"_La fréquence de la roue_ ou du cercle crucifère (Fig. 11) et _l'absence totale de la croix gammée_ (Fig. 12). Toutes deux sont, sans doute, des symboles religieux. La première...
5. CHAPTER V.Manner of treating the subject--Division into Five Sections--SECTION I. _Classification and Geographical Distribution of Ancient Scottish Lake-dwellings_,--Table showing their d...
4. CHAPTER IV.I. _Notes of a Crannog at Friar's Carse_,--Relics found in the Loch and on the Island. II. _Notice of the Excavation of a Crannog at Lochspouts_,--Situation of Crannog--Mr. Jame...
2. CHAPTER II.Dr. Joseph Robertson first directed attention to the prevalence of Crannogs in Scotland--Paper on Crannogs in Buteshire, by Mr. John Mackinlay--Dr. Robertson's views on Scottish...
3. CHAPTER III.Discovery of the Crannog--The Excavations--Log-pavement and its surrounding wooden structures--Resumption of explorations after the winter--Structure of the Island--Gangway--Des...
1. CHAPTER I.