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Vol. Lxxv. 225 15 226 Index INDEX Aberdeensh'ire Dunnideere se : . Arran, Margaret Douglas, Countes, of s Accommodation-Tools6 7 , Core . s use , das Arms of, on ceiling at Kinneil House, 199 Adze, Antler, from Oronsay, . .85 f.n. ——— James Hamilton . Eard , 2n 185,of 4 l 20 , Agnew, Stair C., Death of, ... 2 ——— ——— n ceilin Armo , t of sga Kinnei l Albyn Distillery Site on raised beach at House, ..... 199 Campbeltown, Artifacts from, Arrow-head, Iron, Roman or Romano- 59, 63, 65, 85 Caledonian, from Kaimes Hill 4 Fort5 , Analysis of the industry, ... 66 Artifacts, Quartz, from a Late Neolithic Analyses:— Anglo-Egyptiae th Sit n ei n Sudan f.n2 8 .. , of "Bog-Butter," . 10,11 Auchingoul, Inverkeithny, Banffshire, of Meta . l Objects208,209,21 . , 7 Hoard of Halberds from, . 208 Anderson, Rev. W. White, elected, . 224 Axe, "Larne," ..... 89 Angus r IngleraSi , Umphravillee md , Earl ——— Stone, Polished, from Chapeltown, of, joint owner of Bed Castle, . 116 near Kirriemuir, Angus, (donation0 22 . ) Angus e Balrowniese : , Brechin; Inver- Axe-hammer, Granite, from East Lothian, keilor; Kirriemuir d CastleRe ; , (donation) ..... 219 Lunan Bay. Ayrshire: see Killoehan Castle. Animal Remains:— from Dwelling Site opposite Hallmanor, Peeblesshire, ...3 10 . Baird of Forse, Captain W., presents Belies from Birre3 10 Manon ni . r parish . , . fro.22 . m"Wag,a 0 . " from Brochs, ..... 33 "Baishune," Uist form of Archibald, 141 f.n. from Kaimes Hill Fort, ... 54 "Baishunes Grave," Beinn Langass, Anniversary Meeting, 1940, ..1 . Benbecula, ..... 141 f. Anthony, Sainte TemptatioTh , , of n Balelone, Loch Maddy . UistN , , Inverness- Picture roundel of, at House of shire, Cup-marked Stone formerly at, 131 Kinneil, Bo'ness, .... 198 Ballantine, James, Deat , ..hof 2 . Antler Adze, from Oronsay, ... 85 Balnamoon Balrowniee se : , Brechin. Antrim Stone Industries, . 63 f. Balrownie, Brechin, Angus, Two Cinerary Aqueduc Water-basinand t at Birrens s 9 20 . Urn s. foun , dat Roman Fort, . .42 Donation of, ..... 219 "Arbour" Decorations at Kinneil House, Baltic Forest Culture, . 81,91 Bo'ness, ..... 199——— influenc islan5 n ei 8 d industry. , Ard a' Bhorain Uist. N , , Inverness-shire:— Banffshire: see Auchingoul, Inverkeithny; Cup-marked Rock near, . 129 ff. Keith. .13 . Lati0 . n Cros. , sat Barp (doubtful)2 14 , Portain . Uist. N ,. , Argyll Kitchen-Midden d Cavean s , Bone Beach, Raised, The Campbeltown, and its Artifacts from, ... 85, 86 contained Stone Industry, . 55 —— alsoe —Se Caistealnan Gillean, Oronsay; ——— ——— 25-foot, Age of, ... 61 Campbeltown; Dalaruan; Machri- ——0 6 — ——— —— . .. — Heigh , of t hanish; Millknowe, Campbeltown; Beinn Langass, Benbecula, "Baishunes Morvern; Oban; Oronsay. Grave," Cup-marks on slabs at, . 141 f. VOL. LXXV. 225 15 226 INDEX. Bellanridge Farm, Peeblesshire, Scooped found at Brackmont Mill, near 8 10 , 92 . Enclosur . , eat Leuchars, ..... 205 Benbecula, Inverness-shire, The Cup- Building, Galleried, Account of the partial marked Stones of North TJist and, excavatio "Waga f t nForseo a , "or , 127, 139 ff. Latheron, Caithness, ..3 2 . Bentinck, Bev. Dr2 Charle , Deat . D. s, hof Burnett, Rev. William, elected a Vice- Beques r excavatiofo t f Eomano n siten si President, ..... 1 Scotland, by Sir George Macdonald, 3 5 Butter custoe . Th , buryingf mo . , Birkwood, Banchory, Kincardineshire, —— alsoe —Se "Bog-Butter." Flake-fragment from, . 68 f.n. Butter-Keg, The Use of the, ... 21 "Birrens," or scooped enclosures, . 93 Bynning, Walter, Scottish painte 16tn i r h Birrens, Dumfriesshire, Aqueduct and century, ..... 203 2 4 . Water-basin . , sat Black, Captain Robert Greenhill, elected, . 224 Cademuir, Peeblesshire, "Birrensr o " Blade, Battered Back, from Cusheudun, scooped f.enclosure6 . ,f 9 1084 . 11 , , son Antrim, ....2 7 . Cairn, Chambered, remains of, on moor Boards, Ceiling, found at Kinneil House, at Forse, Caithness, ... 24 Bo'ness, ..... 187Cairngryfe Hill, near Lanark, Examination Bochin and Bachin, Vallay, N. Uist, Cup- Prehistorie oth f 3 21 c . For , :on t marks on rocks, .... 136 Caistea n Gilleanna l , Oronsay, Argyll, "Bog-Butter":— Micro-burin from, ... .72 Contentss it 5 d froan , m. ,of g SkyeKe A , Caithness: see Forse, Latheron; Freswick 1 1 , 10 ' Chemica . l analyse . , sof Bay; Houstr Dunbeathf yo ; Reay. found in Ireland, ... 5, 15, 21 Calder, Charles C., Death of, ... 2 found in Morocco and Kashmir, . 5, 6 Calroust Farm, Roxburghshire, Dwelling from Morvern, Argyll, ... 7 sites at, . .' . 108 Bone cutting, Tools for, ... 76, 81 Campbell Andrewr Si , , CastlLandd Re f eso Bone-working Implements at Campbel- resigned by, . .116 . f 1 8 . town . , ——— 2 . Charles. , Deat . hof, Bonnar2 , William . .. , Deat , hof ——— Sir Donald, Grant of Red Castle to, . 116 Boreray, North TJist parish, Inverness- Campbeltowii:— shire, Cup-mark8 12 s . on rock , sat Flints from raised beach at Millknowe, . 57 , BowepresenteL. D , dFood-vessea n Ur l Urn fragments from Glebe Street, . 56 from a cist at Skateraw, . 219 Campbeltown Raised Beach and its con- Bowl, Silver Sugar, Edinburgh, 1793, tained Stone Industry, ..5 5 . (donation) ....9 21 . Materials, ...... 65 BowmoutWater, Roxburghshire, "Birrens" Typology, ..... 68 at, .....3 9 . • 4 8 . Cultura . l . Affinities . , Pee Mof , o l won ...7 10 . Development of Mesolithic Culture, . 89 Brackmont Mill, near Leuchars, Nota n eo Summary and Conclusions, ... 90 n Ivora Toggl d y an eBuckl e dis- Appendix, ..'... 92 covere , ....dat 5 20 . Carbonier, Nicolas, Keepe f Tapestrieo r s Braidwood, For , Relictat s9 presented21 . , to Mary Queen of Scots, . 190 "Brander" shovels, used in coal mining, . 125 Carinish, N. Uist, Inverness-shire, Cup- Bridg f Lochayeo , Killin, Perthshirep Cu , marked rocks, near Teampull Clann of Schist from, ...9 21 . a' Phiocai Teampuld ran Trionaida ln f8 . 13 , Broch, Remain n Mooo t , a Forserof s , Carnegy-Arbuthnott, B. Colone . W l Caithness, ..'-..4 2 . presents portions of Cinerary Urns —— f Yarrows—o Yarrowse se , . d Flinan t Implements from ' Bal - Brochs near "Wags," . 37 f. rownie, ....9 21 . Bronze, Objects of: see Terret, Linch Pin. 5 Castle 11 Rede Lunaf Th ,o . , n Bay. , Brook's "Token f Disputeo s d Attribu- Cauldron, Bronze, found with Kegf o s tion," Identification of, . 150 Butte Kyleakin0 t 2 ra, . , Skye . , Buaile Risary, N. Uist, Cup-marked Slab Ceann Uadhdarach, Vallay . N Uist, , on, . .137 Inverness-shire, Cup-marked rocks Buckle, Ivory, Note on a Toggle and, at, .....4 13 . INDEX. 227 PAGE Ceiling, Coffered Oak, at House of Kinneil, Outee th note . TJisd rN Islean tdn i s Bo'ness, ..... 186 f. south of the Sound of Harris, . 143, 144 Ceiling Jamen i s Towee PalacV s th t a re Curie, Alexander O., An Account of the of Holyroodhouse, . 188 partial excavation of a "Wag" or Chalmers, Walter B. A. L., elected, . 2 Galleried Buildin t Forsee ga th n i , Chalmers-Jervise Prize Essay for 1931, Parish of Latherou, Caithness, by, . 23 by J. D. Lyford-Pike, M.A., . 127 Curtain Wall at Red Castle, Angus, and Childe, Professo . G.:V r — on t Dunnideeea r Castle, Aberdeen- The Defences of Kaimes Hill Fort shire, ..... 116, 120 (Midlothian) , by , ..3 4 . Cushendun, Antrim:— Not Forn eo Cairngryfn o t e Hill, near Microliths from, ...2 7 . Lanark, by, ..... 213 Raise 7 f.3 6 ,d 6 beac . h industr . , yat Clac a Croisehn , Middlequarter . TJistN , , Tranchet at, . .82 with cup-marks, .... 132 Cuthbert, Saint, Dwelling of, on Fame, . 96 f.n. Coal-Working, Old, and a Wooden Shovel from Ormiston, East Lothian, Notes Dalaruan, Campbeltown, Argyll, Cinerary on, ..... 4 12212 , TJrn and Worked Flints found at, . 55 f. Communion Tokens Tokense se : . Dalmahoy Estates Ltd. present Belies from Cooking-pot, Him segment of, with finger- Kaimes Hill Fort,.... 220 tip impressions, from the "Wag" at David and Bath-Sheba, Picture roundel of, Forse, .....1 3 . t Housa Kinneilf eo , Bo'ness,. 198 ——— and Cooking-stones from Hut at Dawyck, Easter, Peeblesshire, Enclosures Forse, ..... 31 near, ...... 108 Copper, Objects of: see Halberds. De Balliol, Ingleram, .... 116 Cores:— De Berkeley, Walter, .... 116 from Campbeltown raised beach, . 76 De Chatelherault, Armorial Stone of Duke Schistose Grit, from Shewalton, Ayr- d Duchessan t Housa , f Kinueilo e , shire, .... f.n8 .6 . Bo'ness, ..... 187 used as wedges,. .76 f.n. De Percy r HenrySi , , joint d owneRe f o r Core-rejuvenation. Flak f Quartzo e , from Castle, ..... 116 Campbeltown, .... 78 Decorations, Murale Housth t f Kina eo , - Core-scrapers from8 Campbeltown7 , 76 . , neil, Bo'ness, .... 184 Core-trimmings from Campbeltown, . 78 ——— Seventeenth-Century t a Hous, f o e Crawford, Earl of, Death of, . 2 Kinueil, ..... 201 2 ——— Henr . y .. J., Deat , hof Dickinson . C.W , r BhinD , d Lecture, of s Cross, Incised, on cup - marked rock, postponed, ..... 4 Clach na Croise, Middlequarter, N. Disc, Stone, Polished, from Forse "Wag," 31 TJist, .....2 13 . Dog, Hair of, in Bog-Butter from North- ——— Latin cup-marken o , d roce t "ka Th Yell, Shetland, .... 13 f. e Cups,Welth ad f ' o lBhorain "Ar , Donations to and Purchases for the Library, . f 0 13 . N. TJist. , 1940-41, .... 220 ff. Culdee Chapel t AndrewsS , , Fife t BinJe , g ——— e ——Museumth r —fo , 1940-41, 219 foun . d.21 nea. r the7 . , Douglas, William, Grant of lands of Reid- Cullen,2 William J. , .. Deat , hof castell to, ..... 116 Culture sequenc. ff raise1 n e6 i . d beach . , Dowsett. MacgregorH . H . J , , Deat. , hof 2 Cunningham, Mrs St Clair, presents a Drumelzier, Peeblesshire, "Birren" near. , Spindle-whorl fro9 m 21 Glenrath . , Drummond-Moray, Captai . H.nW , Death Cunnister, North Yell, Shetland, Bog- of, ...... Butter from, .. 1, 6 13 . Dumfriesshire: see Birrens; Eskdalemuir; Cup, Schist, from Bridg f o Lochaye , Westerkirk. Killin, Perthshire, . .219 Dunbeath: see Houstry of Dunbeath. Cup-mark, Channel radiating from a, on Duncan, Bev. David, Death of, 2 Beinn Langass2 14 , Beribecula . , Dunnideer Castle, Aberdeensblre, Curtain Cup-marked Stones of North TJist and , Wal....at l . 116 Benbecula, The, ...7 12 . Dunning . C.G ,, report Pottern o s y from Cup-marks, Tables showin numbee gth , rof birren in Manor Parish,.
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