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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Volume 14

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National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, 1880

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Contents

Anniversary Meeting 1st December 1879	1

Notice of the Discovery of two Sculptured Stones with Symbols at Rhynic	11

Notes on Bronze Weapons and other Remains found near Poolewe Rossshire	45

Notes on the Contents of two Viking Graves in Islay Discovered by WILLIAM	51

Note on a Stone Cross in the Parish of Ratho By J R FINDLAY Esq	94

Notice of Ancient Celtic Bells at Glenlyon Fortingall and Inch By JOSEPH	102

Notes of an Urn Found at Kennyshillock Urquhart Elgin now presented	109

Notes on the Ancient Musical Instruments of Scotland With Illustrative	114

Notes on FireProducing Machines By J ROMILLY ALLEN F S A Scot	229

Mexican Representation of Hand Fire Drill	234

Esquimaux Bow Drill	241

Steels for striking fire Scottish and Esquimaux	249

Notice of a Camp on the MidhillHead on the Estate of Borthwick Hall	254

Notice of a Jet Necklace and Urn of the FoodVessel Type found in a Cist	260

Notice of a Drawing of a Bronze Crescentshaped Plate which was dug up	268

Notice of the Discovery of a Sepulchral Urn at Birseley Parish of Tranent	279

Notice of a Collection of Implements of Stone and Bronze now presented	126

Notes on some Old Customs in the Island of Skye By Rev ALEXANDER	143

Notes on Wooden Tumbler Locks By J ROMILLY ALLEN Esq C E	149

Wooden Lock from Egypt	161

Notice with Analyses of a Series of Church Tokens of various Parishes	163

Bronze Socketed Celt from Kingoldrum	171

On Stone Implements from Nova Scotia and Canada and on the Use	176

Notice of the Discovery of a Hoard of Groats of Robert III enclosed in	182

Notice of an Urn Flint Knife and Whetstone found in removing a large	220

Notice of an Ancient Celtic Reliquary ornamented with InterlacedWork	286

Notes on the Inscription at NewtonInsch Aberdeenshire By RALPH	292

Notice of two Bronze Swords found in Kincardineshire By Rev JAMES	313

Notice of three Contracts betwixt Sir William Bruce of Balcaskie	324

Notices of the Unprinted Chartulary of the Priory of St Andrew of Northamp	338

Note on a Standing Stone near Ford Argyllshire By J ROMILLY ALLEN	346

Traditions of the Macaulays of Lewis By Capt F W L THOMAS R N	363

Notice of an Ancient Celtic Reliquary exhibited to the Society by Sir ARCHI	431

Notice of a Fragment of a Silver Penannular Brooch ornamented with Gold	445

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Bibliographic information

Title	Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Volume 14 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Publisher	National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, 1880
Original from	the Bavarian State Library (4 Acad. 52 u-14)
Digitized	1 Oct 2021

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