CHAPTER III.

REPORT OF THE DISCOVERY AND EXAMINATION OF A CRANNOG AT LOCHLEE, TARBOLTON, AYRSHIRE.

Discovery of the Crannog--The Excavations--Log-pavement and its surrounding wooden structures--Resumption of explorations after the winter--Structure of the Island--Gangway--Description of the Relics: (1) Objects made of Stone; (2) Objects of Bone; (3) Objects of Deer's Horn; (4) Objects of Wood; (5) Objects of Metal; (6) Miscellaneous Objects--Professor Rolleston's Report on the Osseous Remains--The Flora of the Crannog, by Dr. Bayley Balfour--_Concluding Remarks_,--On position of Relics--Character of Wood-work--Level of Lake and subsidence of the Island Pages 68-151