PROCEEDINGS OF THE Societ f antiquarieyo f Scotlanso b SESSION MCMXL.-MCMXLI. VOL. LXXV. SEVENTH SERIES.—VOL. III. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND, QUEEN STREET, EDINBURGH. PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY BY NEILL AND COMPANY, LTD. MCMXLI. 75" TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Anniversary Meeting, 1940, ...........1 . Annual Repor r 1940-1941,fo t . ..........2 . f "Bog-Buttero g Ke A " fro ms Contents it Sky d Professoy ean B . r JAMBS BITCHIB, M.A., D.Sc., F.S.A.Scot., ... ..."...... 5 h Paris Forset e a th g n i , Buildin d "Waga f o Gallerie n r "o Excavatio l Accounn Partia A e th f o t of Latheron, Caithness. By ALEXANDER O. CURLE, C.V.O., LL.D.. F.S.A.Scot., F.8.A., . 23 'The Water-Supply of the Roman Fort at Lyne. By I. A. RICHMOND, M.A., F.S.A.Scot., F.S.A., ..............9 3 . The Defences of Kaimes Hill Fort, Midlothian. By Professor V. G. CHILDE, D.Litt., D.Sc.,. F.S.A.Scot., F.B.A., ............ 43 'The Campbeltown Raised s containeBeacit d han d Stone Industry Wy . McCALLlENJ B . , D.Sc., and A. D. LACAILLE, F.S.A.Scot., ........ 65 , PeeblesshireManor - f o Ex h . Paris e th n i e Villag e Primitiv a d an s Site g Dwellin l Medieva cavation Juln i s y 1039 y ROBER B . STEVENSON.K . TB , M.A., F.S.A.Scot., Keepef o r the Museum, .............. 92 The Red Castle of Lunan Bay. By W. DOUGLAS SIMPSON, M.A., D.Litt., F.S.A.Scot.,. 115 y B . Ormistonm Lothian fro t l Eas , Shove n Coal-Workind Ol n Woode a a n o d s gan Note KENNET . WHITEHM , M.Inst.M.B., .........2 12 . The Cup-Marked Stones of North Uist and Benbecula. By J. D. LYFOBD-PIKE, M.A. Chalmers-Jervise Prize Essay 1931r fo , ........7 12 . KEKBR y B , M.A. , F.S.A.Scot.f Scotland o f r o h Curato , Churc e Unpublisheth f o s dToken . LOCKIER . J Coins d , F.S.A.Scot.an , , ........4 14 . Alphabetical List of Tokens, ........... 150 t Wes , Bo'ness , Kinneil f o e Hous e th t a s Decoration l Mura y Centur h Seventeent d an h •Sixteent Lothian. By JAMBS S. RICHABDSON, F.S.A.Scot., H.M. Inspector of Ancient Monu- ments for Scotland, ............. 184 Notes:— 1. A Toggle and an Ivory Buckle recently discovered at Brackmont Mill, near Leuchars. By Professor DAVID WATEBSTON, M.D., F.S.A.Scot., ...... 205 HalberA . 2 Coppef do r from FifeProfessoy B . r DAVID WATBBSTON, M.D., F.S.A.Scot.7 20 . , 3. A Hoard of Bronze Age Halberds from Auchiugoul, Inverkeithny, Banffshire. By . EDWARDSH . J . A , Director ihef o Museum, ......8 20 . o CinerarTw . 4 y Urns foun t Balrownieda , Brechiu . STEVENSONK . B ,. AngusR y , B . M.A., F.S.A.Scot., Keeper of the Museum, ........ 209 Niche-HeaA . 5 Sheriffhallt da . WATSON, H Midlothian . P . G , y F.R.I.B.A.B . , F.S.A.Scot.3 21 , 6. Examination of the Prehistoric Fort on Cairngryfe Hill, near Lanark. By Professor . GORDOV N CHILDE, D.Litt., D.Sc., F.S.A.Scot., F.B.A., ....3 21 . Donation Purchased Museume an th o r st sfo , 1940-41, ......9 21 . Donation Purchased Librarye an th o r st sfo , 1940-41, ......0 22 . Meeting Societye th f so , ............4 22 . Index, ..............5 22 . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS g "bog-buttercontainin m g fro " ke h Birc Excavated structures near Porse, Caithness— page Kilmaluagfacing . , 1 PI , I . Skye , continued:— Upper part of keg, showing projectin Fireplacsitu: in ge e mass capston h wit r ——Pilla k wor l too c "butter,f o characteristi e "th beyond. PL IX, 1. a d an , lugs p to f o e on , timber e th n upo ——— Entrance passage to dwelling. PL IX, 2. y b r togethe d hel n bee d ha h whic k crac ——— Pillar stone beside entrance to dwelling. thongs of hide. PI. I, 2. PL X, 1. d metho g showin , keg f o d li f o e surfac r Uppe ——— Entrance from small passage in wall of of carving, and in centre probable identi- dwelling. PL X, 2. PI. II . mark n ficatio . hearth dwellingf g o r showin : Interio — —— f o s serie o tw g showin , keg f o t par r Lowe . 1 , XI L P holes by which successive bottoms were ——— Passage from Chamber B to dwelling attached by thongs of hide, and hol. e2 , XI L P . C stopped n oo nd insidfoun e) by thin carve(reconstructed t d po sli g p of Cookin — —— wood. The pale band at the bottom of hearth. PL XII, 1. the keg shows thep part overlappefingerti h wit t dpo b yg the cookin Hi f — mo —— rim of the bottom piece. PL III. impressions. PL XII, 2. Butter keg from Kyleakin, Skye, in thr Anderson)e (afte s , BrocYarrow f ho National Museum of Antiquities of Scot- Roman fort at Lyne, Peeblesshire, general land. PI. IV, 1. pla sitef no , ...... 40 Magnified fragmen f "buttero t " froe mth ——— Plan effort showing tanks, cisternsd ,an margin of the Kilmaluag mass, showing sewers, explicable as part of the water- n d aalteratio nan , spheres t translucen supply, ...... 41 y scal e minut f o m for e th n i t produc s area g showin , of d en t Kaimewes , Hill s crystals. PL IV, 2. scheduled for quarrying between 1940 , Bog-Butter m fro r Hai f o s Varietie 13 and 1955, hut circles and sections AB and Diagram illustrating the position of the LM, ....... 43 r t anforme d recen o t n relatio n i g ke ——— Plan and sections, .... 44 n pollen-grai d an , deposit t pea f o e surfac ——— Main section across Ramparts, . 45 content of peat below and above the ——— Eampart I. PL XIII, 1 and 2, keg, ....... 18 facing page 54 Excavated structures near Porse, Caithness, ——— Rampart II. Pis. XIV and XV. , of n ..sectio d an .n Pla 25 ——— Outer face of Rampart IV on AB. , V L P . Doorway d an d en h Nort — —— PL XVI. page facing . , 2 d an 1 • 32 ——— Back of Bampart IV and Hut-circle 1. socket g showin , passage f o l wal t ——Wes PL XVII. PL VI, 1. n i e fac r inne , IV t Rampar — — FG. PL . 2 , VI L P . doorway n Fallei l — nlinte —— XVIII. ——— Small chamber B, showing passage —— Rampart III, face in AB. PL XIX. entrance. PL VII, 1. —— Debris of Rampart III. PL XX. ——— South wall of O. PL VII, 2. —— Back of Bampart III and end of IV. I, . VIII L P . Wag f o r interio f o w Vie — —— XXIL P . ——— Pillar slab resting on floor. PL VIII, 2. —— Hut Circle 2. Pis. XXII and XXIII. VI ILLUSTRATIONS F O T LIS , CampbeltownAlbyDistillery l n smal , r Ormistonn nea g Sectio : Workin l Coa d Ol trench in raised beach, showing , mai....nseam t four-fee f o . 124 implementiferous level. PL XXIV, 1, ——— Ancient method of "drawing" coal facing page 55 124 ——— General view of the raised beach. ——— Sketch of old wooden shovel used in, . 129 PI. XXIVm , 2. Museu l Nationa e th n i s shovel n woode d Ol e th f o n positio e th g showin p ma x Inde of Antiquities, Edinburgh: Peat spade; Albyn Distillery site, ... 59 Coal shovel (?); brandered shovel, . 126 Albyn Distillery industry h d TJis:an Nort tflakes f o , s . Stone d . 69 Cup-marke microflakes, - d retouche d an d utilize — —— . , groups f o s site g Benbeculashowin p ,Ma 129 liths, micro-burins and end-scrapers, . 71 ——— Main group of cup-marks on Boreray, . 130 ——— side-scrapers, hollow-scrapers. , , notched ClacMiddlequarter , — h na—— Croise 133 , ...perforators d 4 an 7 s . flake ——— Lesser out-crop, Tigh na Croise, Middle- . .7 . , 7 core-scrapers d an s core — —— quarter, ...... 134 , scal- picks , scrapers , core-trimmings — —— ——— Main Group of Cup-marks on Boreray. priform flakes, graverpage s facing and graver-spalls . , , . 1 , 79 XXXI L P 136 d an y Valle d Midlan e th showing p ma h Sketc n Cean , outcrop y northerl t mos e Th — —— f Mesolithio s cartifact f o n distributio e th . 2 , XXXI UadhdarachL P . Vallay , 3 8 . , data e availabl o t g accordin , facies d Ar , pebbles) h wit d covere w (no k Roc — —— Scooped enclosures in Manor Parish, . 94, 95 . a' BhorainXXXII L P . Scooped enclosure, Christison No. 10. PL ——— The two north-westerly sections of the , ...XXV . 6 9 Vallay , facing page TJadhdarach n Cean , outcrop e larg ——— View and section of outer bank with PL XXXIII, 1. exterior paving. PL XXVI y e sectioth , f 1o n. south-easterl e Th — —— ——— Hearth n and quarrieCean , d rocnorth-east k e surfacth m efro o , n outcrop e larg upper floor. PL. 2 XXVI, , 2XXXIII . L P . Vallay , TJadhdarach ——— Quarried surface o lower floor with ——— Clach na Croise, Middlequarter. PL some of the levelling-stones and site of XXXIV, 1. possible post socket. , PL BochiXXVIIr Bachin nea d e nan , 1. surfac k Roc — —— d an , layer k dar h wit , make-up e Terrac — —— . .13 . d 7an , 2 , XXXIV L P . Vallay L P . floor r lowe f o g wallin g retainin ——— Stone slab, Buaile Risary, .