B. B. The Iron Radii , which are continued from the Umbo to the Circumference, crossing the nine concentric iron Circles a, a, a, &c. and forming a kind of Net-work.
C.1. C.2. Two pieces of a whitish hard Leather, lying one on the other, immediately under the Iron Net-work, but which were originally hid by
D. D. D. A piece of softer Leather, which lay over the above-mentioned, and formed the inner Surface of the Shield.
E. E. an Iron Circle of the same Diameter with A, encompassing the extreme edge of the inner Surface, as that did the outer.
F.F. Pieces of Wood supporting the Handle.
G.G. A Piece of Iron covering the upper edge of F.
H. A Loop made in the Iron Hoop E. E. in which this part of the Wood is inserted.
I. I. I. Strops of Iron, which secured the Wood of the Handle immoveable in its place.
KL. KM. and KN. Iron Pins or Rivets, which are inserted in the Iron Radii B. B. and concentric Circles a, a, a, a, &c. where they cross each other; and passing through the two pieces of Leather marked C.1. C.2. connect the whole. The Heads of these Pins were each of them covered with a small globule of Brass: But the other Ends were not visible, when the Shield was entire, being hid by the softer piece of Leather marked D. D. D. And it is to be observed also, that the Pins marked K.L. pass quite through the piece of Wood F. which supported the Handle, but those marked K.M. entered only a little way into it.
P.Q. The Pins which connect the two large Iron Hoops A. and E. together. These were topped with a larger globule of Brass than the rest.
R. R. The extreme Projection of the Umbo.
S. S. A Circle of Brass at the extremity of that Projection.
T. T. A Piece of Steel passing through the middle of the Projection R. R. and the brass Circle S. S. The upper end is broken off, but probably finished in a point, as expressed by the dotted lines S. V. and V. S. Which circumstance rendered the Shield an Offensive as well as Defensive Weapon.
The Diameter of the Shield is 11 Inches 2/3, or pretty exactly a Roman Foot.
Fig. IX. is a Section of [Fig. X.] an oval Brass Ornament of chased Work, somewhat like the Embossment of a Horse-bit. It was found, together with a long Brass Pin and a Brass Needle, one on each side of a Skeleton, in the Isle of Sangay, between the Isles of Uril and Harris, to the West of Scotland. Exactly the Fellow of it is in the British Museum.