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Show RELICS OF THE BRONZE AGE. Many Article Excavated at Renfrewshire, Renfrew-shire, Scotland. Until recently vcstlgca of tho I Hronzo Ago civilization In Renfrewshire Renfrew-shire hnvo boon rarely met with, though thcro wore, doubtless, many skilled craftsmen nnd nn extcnslvo population In this ns In many othor parts of Scotland during tho period in question, which Is thought to havo ranged in timo from nbout tho sixteenth six-teenth to tho second century beforo tho birth of Christ. Lately, howovor, romalns undoubtedly of tho Dronzo Ago in Renfrewshire havo been brought to light by excavations near tho railway stutlon at Nowlanda. Mr. Ludovlc Mann, F. S. A. Scot., who described de-scribed n few weokB ngo tho New-lands New-lands finds to tho Society of Antiquaries, Antiquar-ies, of Scotland, has had tho good for-tuno for-tuno recently to locate another Dronzo Ago slto. It la situated between be-tween Kilmalcolm nnd Hrldge of Weir, and tho most Important relic found Is a beautifully shaped perforated stono axc-hnmmcr, ornamented with knobs nnd moldings, and in perfect preservation. |