Vol. 8 (1871) | Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

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The eighth volume of the Society's Proceedings is divided into two Parts:

Part I covers the Society's 89th session, 1868-9

Part II covers the Society's 90th session, 1869-70

Published: 30-11-1871

Front matter

Preliminaries for Part I 89th session (1868-9)

i-viii
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Preliminaries for Part II 90th session (1869-70)

ix-xxxiii
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Articles

Anniversary Meeting 30 November 1868

1-15
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Notes of Wooden Structures discovered in the Moss of Whiteburn, on the Estate of Spottiswoode, Berwickshire in a letter to John Stuart

Lady John Scott

16-18
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Note on Communication of Lady John Scott, descriptive of Wooden Structures at Spottiswoode, in Berwickshire

John Stuart; Lady John Scott (Contributor)

19-20
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Account of a Subterranean Building found near Broomhouse, the property of Colonel Logan Home, in the Parish of Edrom, Berwickshire

D Milne Home

20-23
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Note on the Preceding Communication

John Stuart

23-26
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Note of an Underground Building formerly discovered in Edinburghshire

John Smith

27-28
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Notice of Two Gold Ornaments found at Orton on the Spey, while cutting for the Railway from Elgin to Keith in 1863

Noel Paton

28-32
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Meeting notes 11 January 1869

33-36
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On the Supposed 'Missing School of Design in the University of Edinburgh,' 1784

David Laing

36-40
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Notice of a Circular Structure known as 'Edin's Hall,' on Cockburnlaw, one of the Lammermoor Hills

John Stuart

41-46
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An Account of St Columba's Abbey, Inchcolm, accompanied with Plans, &c.

Thomas Arnold (Contributor); David Laing

46-47
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Note by James Peddie, Esq., C.E., F.S.A. Scot., respecting a Sculptured Stone found in taking down a house at the foot of Mary King's Close, Edinburgh

James Peddie

48-49
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Meeting notes 11 February 1869

50-52
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A Brief Notice of an Ancient MS. of the Four Gospels, brought from Abyssinia, and presented to the Society (with other MSS)

David Laing (Contributor); Charles McInroy

52-55
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Notices of Excavations at Pitmilly Law, and elsewhere on the south-east coast of Fife

Robert Skinner

55-58
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Notice of a Matchlock, with Revolving Breech, taken at the Capture of Delhi

John Alexander Smith

59-63
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Note on the Shell-Mounds of Sutherland

Lawson Tait

63-64
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Note on large Stone Implements found in Shetland

Arthur Mitchell

64-66
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Meeting notes 8 March 1869

67-68
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The Coronation Stone

William F Skene

68-99
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Note on the Coronation Stone

John Stuart

99-105
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Notice of an Underground Chamber recently discovered at Crichton Mains

Lord Rosehill

105-109
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Note of a Sculptured Roman Slab recently discovered on the estate of Grange, Linlithgowshire, and presented to the Museum

Henry Cadell

109-113
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Meeting notes 12 April 1869

113-117
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Notes made during a wandering in the West Highlands; with Remarks upon the Style of Art of some Monumental Stones at Iona, and in other Localities

James Drummond

117-120
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Notice of Saddell Abbey, in Kintyre, Argyleshire, with its Sculptured Slabs

T P White

122-135
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Notice of a Group of Cists at Teinside, in Teviotdale

Lord Rosehill

135-139
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Note on No. VII. of Mr George Petrie's Copy of the Maeshow Runes

Ralph Carr

139-145
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On some of the Vitrified Forts of Scotland, with Reference to Descriptions of similar Remains in Bohemia

John Stuart (Contributor); Ferdinand Keller

145-164
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Notices (with Plans, &c.) of a Pict's House or Underground Chamber, at Murroes, near Dundee; and of Stone Cists found at Fallaws, in Monikie

Andrew Jervise

164-167
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Notice of Scottish Coins found near Prestonpans in March 1869

John Struthers

167-169
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Notice of a Third Brass of Romulus Son of Maxentius, and other Coins found at Paestum

John Alexander Smith

170-177
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On the Food of Man in Prehistoric Times, and the Methods by which it was Prepared

James Brodie

177-182
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Note of an Urn found at Rattray, Aberdeenshire

John Stuart

182-183
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Note of an Ancient Structure discovered at the Law of Mauldslie

D R Rankin

184-185
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Notice of Remains of the Rein-deer (Cervus tarandus) found in Ross-shire, Sutherland, and Caithness; with Notes of its occurrence throughout Scotland

John Alexander Smith

186-222
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Extract of a letter to the Foreign Secretary from Dr Daniel Wilson, Toronto, Hon. Mem. S.A. Scot., respecting a volume containing Views of Old Buildings in Edinburgh

Daniel Wilson

223-224
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Anniversary Meeting 30 November 1869

225-239
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Notice of the Existing MSS. Of Fordun's Scotichronicon

William F Skene

239-256
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Meeting notes 10 January 1870

256-265
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Notice of the Ancient Bell of St Fillan

A P Forbes

265-276
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Notices of Teampull Michael, Keallun, North Uist, and of Sculptured Stones in Bearnarey, Harris, and in Benbecula; an "Abrach" Quern, and Quarry for Querns, Heisgeir, North Uist. &c

Alex A Carmichael

276-286
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Notes of Coins recently discovered in Scotland, Unicorns of James III. and IV., Half Unicorns of James IV., Ecus of James V., &c

George Sim

286-289
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Notice of a Kitchen-Midden at Craig of Boyne, Banffshire

Robert Garland

290-292
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Notice of a peculiar Weapon or Harpoon of Bronze, found on the bank of the River Tweed, near Norham

John Alexander Smith

292-301
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Meeting notes 14 February 1870

302-312
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Notice of Easter Island, its Inhabitants, Antiquities, and Colossal Statues

C M Dundas

312-323
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Notes respecting the Castle of Craig and the Old Kirk of Auchindoir, &c., in Aberdeenshire

Andrew Jervise

323-330
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Note of a Gold Brooch of the 13th or 14th century, found in the Water of Ardoch, near Doune Castle

John Struthers

330-333
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Exhibition and Description of a Collection of Stone and other Remains from Swiss Lake Dwellings, illustrative of the Agriculture, Manufactures, &c., of the Lake Dwellers

Lord Rosehill; Lady Rosehill (Contributor)

333-342
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On the Naga Tribes of the Himalayas, with a Notice of a Naga Grave

R Graham Thoms

342-347
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Notice of Excavations, and Discovery of Cists containing large Stone Urns in Stronsay, Orkney

George Petrie

347-351
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Notice of the Opening of a Burial Cairn at Shaws, Selkirkshire

James Brydon

352-364
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Notice of the Amber Seal (Matrix) of a Canon of Inchaffray, found near St John's Church, Perth

J Noel Paton

364-372
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Notice of an Ancient Structure and Remains from a Kitchen Midden, on 'The Ghegan,' an Isolated Rock near Seacliff, East-Lothian

J W Laidlay

372-377
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Notice of Remarkable Cists in a Gravel Bank near Kilmartin; and of Incised Sculpturings of Axe Heads, and other Markings on the Stones of the Cists

R J Mapleton

378-381
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Notice of the Discovery of a Cist with overlying Urns, at Tealing, Forfarshire

James Neish

381-384
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Notes respecting Craigcaffie Castle, Wigtownshire

John McLachlan

384-387
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Meeting notes 9 May 1870

388-394
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Notice of Recent Excavations at Edin's Hall, on Cockburn Law, Berwickshire, with an illustrative plan

John Turnbull

394
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Notes on the East Window of the Choir of Bothwell Church, and its Armorial Shields

Joseph Bain

395-403
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Notice of a Recent Visit to the Great Wall of China

J G Sinclair Coghill

403-407
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Note on a Small Gold Ring of Twisted Wires, found in a Pict's House at Shapinshay, Orkney

David Balfour

407-408
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Notes of the Discovery of a Necklace of Beads and Plates of Shale and Jet, along with Flint Arrow Heads, found in a Cist under a Small Tumulus at Torrish, Kildonan, Sutherlandshire

J M Joass

408-411
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Note of the Discovery of a Necklace of Jet Beads and Plates, found along with an Urn, in a short cist at Tayfield, Near Newport, Fife

John Berry

411-412
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Meeting notes 13 June 1870

413-417
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Notice of a Remarkable Sculptured Cross at Bilton, Yorkshire

William F Skene

417-418
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Note of Sculptured Stones in the Churchyard of Kilmuir, Skye. In a Letter to W F Skene, Esq., LL.D

M F Carmichael

419
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Note of Excavations at 'Grimes Graves,' Norfolk

Lord Rosehill

419-428
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Notice of an Iron Mask

James Drummond

428-430
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Notice of the Priory of Beauly, Inverness-shire

T P White

430-464
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Notice of an Artificial Island, and an Ancient Canoe, found in Draining a Loch near Tobermory, Mull. In a Letter to John Stuart, LL.D., Secretary

Farquhard Campbell

465
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Note on the Discovery of Urns set in a Round Hole in the Ground under a Tumulus, and of an Inverted Urn covering Calcined Bones at Gordonbush, Sutherlandshire. In a Letter to John Stuart, LL.D., Secretary

J M Joass

466
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Notice of the Discovery of a Quern in a Supposed Grave, containing Burnt Human Bones, at Commonside, Roxburghshire

James Brydon

467-470
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Notes on a Straw Masquerade Dress still used in some parts of Shetland, and on certain Woollen Articles manufactured in Fair Isle; also of a supposed Relic of the Spanish Armada

Thomas Edmondston

470-472
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Appendix: Notice of the Discovery of a Pict's House at Fithie, in the Parish of Farnell, Forfarshire, in which Roman Pottery and Animal Remains were found

Andrew Jervise

473-474
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Index

Index

475-508
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