Dumbuck

"The so-called Dumbuck 'crannog,' that being the most convenient name under which to describe the submarine wooden structures lately discovered by Mr.W. A. Donnelly in the estuary of the Clyde, lies about a mile to the east of the rock of Dumbarton, and about 250 yards within high-water mark.

The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878

Some of the "art" of the Dumbuck things is also familiar, but not, in

The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878

I have to thank Mr. Donnelly for permission to photograph some objects from Dumbuck and for much information.

The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878

Like a figurine of a woman, found in the Dumbuck kitchen midden, they are discovered in old

The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878

The actual structures of Langbank and Dumbuck, then, are confessedly ancient remains; they are _not_ of the nineteenth century; they are

The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878

It is only certain that the pebbles of the Caithness brochs are as absolutely unfamiliar as the inscribed stones of Dumbuck.

The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878

Their present superficial position alone demonstrates the absurdity of assigning the Dumbuck structures to

The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878

The wooden piles, as at Dumbuck, had been fashioned by "sharp metal tools."

The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878

The tears come to my eyes, as I think of the Last Day of Old Dumbuck, for, take it as you will, there _was_ a last day of Dumbuck, as of windy

The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878

Sir Arthur Mitchell spoke in the same sense, advising suspension of judgment, and that we should await the results of fresh explorations both at Dumbuck and elsewhere.

The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore Andrew Lang 1878