 | 1870 - 528 Seiten
...showing first a stratum of large, loose stones, with vegetable mould and sand ; next (about eighteen inches above the marl), peat, black and compact ;...save the stones from sinking. On digging through the before mentioned low portion of the crannoge, a different order of materials exhibited itself. As I... | |
 | Thomas Nicholas - 1872 - 494 Seiten
...showing firat a stratum of large loose stones, with vegetable mould and sand ; next (about eighteen inches above the marl), peat, black and compact ;...This faggot-like wood presented itself abundantly, ... the object of it being, of course, to save the stones from sinking. ... I will now speak of the... | |
 | Robert Munro - 1882 - 382 Seiten
...marl) peat, black and compact ; and beneath this, the remains of reeds and small wood. This fagot-like wood presented itself abundantly all round the edges...being, of course, to save the stones from sinking." Pieces of charcoal, broken bones, " a piece of leather pierced with several holes, in some of which,... | |
 | Robert Munro - 1890 - 654 Seiten
...showing first a stratum of large, loose stones, with vegetable mould and sand ; next (about eighteen inches above the marl), peat, black and compact ;...digging through the before-mentioned low portion of the crannog a dilteretit order of materials exhibited itself. As I said, the stones are very few ; the... | |
 | Robert Munro - 1890 - 650 Seiten
...showing first a stratum of large, loose stones, with vegetable mould and sand ; next (about eighteen inches above the marl), peat, black and compact ;...being, of course, to save the stones from sinking. wood or reeds. I may here say that this charcoal is found under water, in very frequent small fragments,... | |
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The examination of the interior would, of course, unfold the process of the construction. We therefore made several perpendicular openings ; and these invariably led us down to the shell-marl, showing first a stratum of large, loose stones, with vegetable... 