 | 1836 - 496 pages
...floor of the house, was the identical tool with which the mortices were made. Captain Mudge say«, ' By comparing the chisel with the cuts and marks of...grooves, I found it to correspond exactly with them, eren to the slight curved surface of the chisel. A second stone, larger than the former, was also found... | |
 | 1835 - 298 pages
...appeared to be, were twenty-four feet long. Into these the upright posts of the frame were mortiied. These mortices were rudely cut, or rather bruised,...found on the floor, which, being ground at one end to the edge, was probably used as a wedge for splitting the timber. It is said to be of quartz. 1 I have... | |
 | Royal Irish Academy. Museum - 1857 - 274 pages
...and from which some useful information bearing upon the subject of this Catalogue has been derived. comparing the chisel with the cuts and marks of the tool used in forming the mortises and grooves, I found it," adds Captain Mudge, " to correspond exactly with them, even to the... | |
 | William Robert Wilde - 1861 - 792 pages
...and from which some useful information bearing upon the subject of this Catalogue has been derived. comparing the chisel with the cuts and marks of the tool used in forming the mortises and grooves, I found it," adds Captain Mudge, " to correspond exactly with them, even to the... | |
 | 1861 - 356 pages
...mortices were cut. By comparing the chisel with the cuts and marks, I found it," adds Captain Mudge, " to correspond exactly with them, even to the slight curved surface of the chisel ; but the logs have evidently been hewn with a larger instrument h tho shape of an axe, which, I have... | |
 | Royal Irish Academy. Museum, William Robert Wilde - 1863 - 672 pages
...and from which some useful information bearing upon the subject of this Catalogue has been derived. comparing the chisel with the cuts and marks of the tool used in forming the mortises and grooves, I found it," adds Captain Mudge, " to correspond exactly with them, even to the... | |
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - 1886 - 414 pages
...comparing the chisel with the marks of the tool used in making the mortises and grooves, it was found to correspond exactly with them, even to the slight curved surface of the chisel ; but the logs had evidently been hewn with a larger instrument in the shape of an axe, undoubtedly... | |
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - 1886 - 402 pages
...comparing the chisel with the marks of the tool used in making the mortises and grooves, it was found to correspond exactly with them, even to the slight curved surface of the chisel; but the logs had evidently been hewn with a larger instrument in the shape of an axe, undoubtedly of... | |
 | Philip Dixon Hardy - 1836 - 442 pages
...instrument ; and there seemed to be little doubt that a stone chisel, found on the floor of the lioii-c, was the identical tool with which the mortices were...them, even to the slight curved surface of the chisel. Л second stone, larger thun the former, was also found on the floor, which, being ground at one end... | |
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These mortices were rudely cut, or rather bruised, with some kind of blunt instrument; and there seemed to be little doubt that a stone chisel, found on the floor of the house, was the identical tool with which the mortices were made. Captain Mudge says,... 