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PROCEEDINGS OF THE Society of Hnttquades of Scotlanb PROCEEDINGS OF THE Societ f Hntiquarieyo f Scotlano s d SESSION MCMXXVIII.-MCMXXIX. VOL. LXIII. SIXTH SERIES.—VOL. III. LTDY , COMPAN NEILY B D Y LAN SOCIET E TH R FO D PRINTE MCMXXIX. S CONTENT F O E TABL FACIE Anniversary Meeting, 1928, .........1 . Scottish Neolithic Pottery. By J. GRAHAM CALLANDER, P.S.A.Scot., Director of the National Museu Antiquitiesf mo , ........9 2 . , M.A.,HOPE . P E LESLI . Rev y B . Saints e th f o e Battl any e dth Rodne f o c Reli e Uniqu A F.S.A.Scot, ............ 98 The Early Castles of Mar. (First Paper.) By W. DOUGLAS SIMPSON, M.A., D.Litt., F.S.A.Scot., ...........2 10 . Excavations at Reay Links and at a Horned Cairn at Lower Dounreay, Caithness. By ARTHU . EDWARDSH . RJ , F.S.A.Scot., 8 Assistan13 . t Keepe Museume . th f ro . , Repor Humae th n to n Bones Professoy B . r ALEXANDER Low, M.D., F.S.A.Scot.9 14 , , Zoology n o r Lecture , M.A. NEILL , M . R M.C. , y B . Bones l Anima e th n o t Repor University of Aberdeen, ......... 150 On a Jet Necklace from a Cist at Poltalloch, Argyll. By J. HEWAT CRAW, F.S.A.Scot., . 154 Appendix A.—Bibliography of Antiquities in the Poltalloch District, . 182 Appendix B.—Report on Bones from Cists at Poltalloch. By Professor T. II. BRYCE, M.D., F.S.A.Scot., ......... 183 Appendix C.—Details of the Construction of the Necklace, .... 185 , ...Plates h wit , 6 18 .Necklaces t Je D.—Tablh x Englis f eo Appendi Appendix E.—Gold in Scotland and Ireland, ...... 188 , ... Poltalloch F.—Examinatiox t a s Site Appendi r 9 18 othe .f no A Short Cist at West Puldrite, in the Parish of Evie and Kendall, Orkney. By J. M. CORRIE, F.S.A.Scot., ..........'. 190 , Low R ALEXANDE r Professo y B . Cist foune s th n di Remain n Huma e th n o t Repor M.D., F.S.A.Scot., . ... .193 A Celtic God on a Scottish Sculptured Stone. By DONALD A. MACKENZIE, F.S.A.Scot., . 196 A Short Cist at Culduthel, Inverness. By Professor ALEXANDER Low, M.D., F.S.A.Scot., 217 b . CONTENTS F O E TABL i v PAGE Provisional Report on the Excavations at Skara Brae, and on Finds from the 1927 and 1928 Campaigns. By Professor V. GORDON CHILDE, B.Litt., P.S.A.Scot., F.S.A., and J. WILSON PATERSON, M.V.O., M.B.E., A.E.I.B.A., F.S.A.Scot., . ... .225 Repor Bonesn to Professo y B . BRYCE H . rT , M.D., F.S.A.Scot. .27 . , 9 Mediaevah Scottis d l an , Lothian t Eas , Berwick h Nort t a n Kil e Til y Thirteenth-Centur A Ornamented Floor Tiles. By JAMES S. RICHARDSON, F.S.A.Scot., Curator of the Museum, ............. 281 Land Movements in Scotland in Prehistoric and Recent Times. By J. GRAHAM CALLANDER, , ...Antiquities f o m 4 31 Museu . l Nationa e th F.S.A.Scot. f o r Directo , Ardlui Megaliths and their Associations ; Crosses at Luib and Alloway and a Short Cist at Ednam, Roxburghshire. By A. D. LACAILLE, F.S.A.Scot., ..... 325 F DUF s Mr y B . d Flint-Worker'Morayshire , Suppose a n Findhorn o s r .Site nea eNot DUNBAB, F.S.A.Scot., . ......... 353 More Cross-Slabs from the Isle of Man. By P. M. C. KERMODE, F.S.A.Scot., . .354 Three Graves containing Urns of the Food-Vessel Type. By J. GRAHAM CALLANDEB, F.S.A.Scot., Director of the National Museum of Antiquities, .... 367 s Mr y B . Roxburghshire , Edgerston , Hills k Knoc e th n o s Cairn o Tw f o n Excavatio e Th F. S. OLIVEB, F.S.A.Scot. With a Report on the Relics found. By J. GRAHAM CALLANDER, F.S.A.Scot., .......... 372 Some Cist-Burials in Orkney. By HUGH MAHWIOK, D.Litt., F.S.A.Scot. With a Report on the Human Remains found. By Professor ALEXANDER,Low, F.S.A.Scot., . 377 e HousTh f o Schivase , Aberdeenshire . J FENTO y B .N WYNESS, A.R.I.B.A., A.I.Archts.Scot., F.S.A.Scot., ......... 384 A Bronze Age Burial Mound atBlair Drummond, Perthshire. By J. GRAHAM CALLANDER, F.S.A.Scot., Director of the National Museum of Antiquities, .... 392 The Roman Fort at Mumrills, near Falkirk. By Sir GEORGE MACDONALD, K.C.B., F.B. A., D.Litt., LL.D., F.S.A.Scot. ALEXANDEd an , . CURLER0 , F.S.A.Scot.6 39 . , F.S.A. , INDEX, .............. 576 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . blocborrowed e s th t kwa tha s denote ) (* k asteris n A PAGE PAGE Flat Bronze Axe Mould from Ferintosh, Sections of Vessels from Eilean an Tighe, . 73 Ross-shire, ......2 1 . Sections of Vessels from Glenluce, East m fro d Lea f o s Object r othe d an s Bullet Finnercy, Unstan, Craig, Bicker's Houses, Tantallon Castle, .....4 1 . Ferniebrae, and Hedderwick, ... 78 Beaker from a Cist at Noranside, Fern, Sections of Vessels from Aehnacree, Angus, ........ 18 Clachaig, Sliddery Water, Torlin, Glen- Highland Brooch from Tommtoul, . 22-23 luce, and East Finnercy, .... 80 , ...Largie m 7 fro 3 n . Ur c Neolithi , Hedderwick m fro y Potter n o t Ornamen , ..8 3 .Achnacree m fro s Urn c Neolithi Kenny's Cairn, and Glenluce, ... 86 Neolithic Urnk s from Hedderwic Unstan m fro , y . Potter . n o .t 40-43 Ornamen Sections of Vessels from do., . 44-45 and Eilean an Tighe, ..... 87 y Potter c Neolithi f o s Vessel f o s Section Ornament on Pottery from Eilean an Tighe, from Unstan and Kenny's , Cairn.., Glenluce 9 8 .d .an , . 45 Hedderwick , ...Torlin m 6 fro 4 n .Ur c Neolithi s Sand e Glenluc m fro y Potter n o t Ornamen , ..7 Clachaig 4 m . fro s Urn c Neolithi and Hedderwick, . 91, 92 Neolithic Urn a n fron m Eilea Sliddery m fro , y ..Potter n o . t 47 Ornamen Neolithi3 c9 Urn . s fro . m Bicker', s HousesHedderwick d , an . , . 4Unstan 9, Tighe Neolithi4 9 c . Urn s. fro , m GlecknabaeGlecknabae m , fro . l . Vesse e .49, 50 Beaker-lik 3 51-5 Beacharra. m fro . s . Urn , c Neolithi Beaker-like Vessel from Hut-circle at Urn fragments from Taversoe Tuick, Muirkirk, ......5 9 . Orkney, . ' . 54 Pottery from Hut-circle at Muirkirk, . 96 , Plantation e My m fro y Potter c Neolithi Map of Scotland showing distribution of Wigtownshire, ...... 55 Neolithic and Overlap Pottery, ... 97 Neolithic Bowl from Easterton of Roseisle, 56 Rodney Medallion, .....0 10 . Sections of Vessels from Easterton of Rose- *TransitionalDoorway, Auchindoir Church, 107 isle, Kenny's Cairn, Falkirk, and Rothesay, 57 Map of Kildrummy : Sites connected with , Achnacree , Largie m fro s Vessel f o s Section the Medieval Burgh, ..... 108 s Bicker' , Graves ' Giants , Cairn s Kenny' g lookin , Basin y Kildrumm e th f o w Vie Houses, Glecknabae, and Rothesay, . 58 west, ........ 109 Neolithic Urn from Craig, Aberdeenshire, . 60 Maps illustrating the early Topography of Fragment of Urn from Old Kilpatrick, . 60 Auehindoir and Midmar, .... 110 Sections of Vessels from Old Kilpatrick Map illustrating the strategic position of and East Finnercy, .... , .....Castle t 61 7 Kindrochi 11 . f o l Chape , Ferniebrae m fro t fragmen n Ur Bridge of Dye, ....... 122 Garioch, ........ 63 * The Castlehill of Strachan, .... 123 7 6 , 64 , Sands e Glenluc m fro s Vessel f o s Section * Map showing the ancient route from the Sections of Vessels from Hedderwick, . 68, 71 Cabrach-to Strathspey, .... 126 vin LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE Map 7 showin22 . g th , eat ols d route througBuilding f o s h westerSection : ne Bra a Skar Ma8 r 22 fro . m th, e Cairfrom s n welBead le to StrathspeyBon f o e , Necklac . — 12— 8 — — Map showing the ancient Topography of —— —— Chamber No. 2, . 230, 231 Coull, .......s Object r othe d 9 an n 12 .Pla — ying-ma — — — , ....Kinnord h Loc 2 f o 13 .w Vie . .23 . 2. , Teeth r o e Bon f o e mad * Map of the Medievan i l 4 Topograph . No h ywit o, f5 Drum . No ,r 13 4—:— Chambe — t CairntonCoupee a d Th * rRoa , Dalmaik6 13 . , background, ....... 234 Bronze Strap Tag from Reay Links, . 139 —— —— do., north side, ..... 236 Horned Chambered Cairn at Lower —— —— Stone Dish from, .... 236 Dounreay, Caithness, ..... 141 —— —— Vessels made of Stone and Ver- Plan and Section of Chamber in Cairn at tebras from, ......7 23 . Dounreay, 0 .24 , .at 7 d Noss . an .6 . Chamber . f o n . Pla .14— — 1 — — South side of Chamber in Cairn at Lower —— —— View across Chamber 6 before the Dounreay, ......2 14 . discovery of Hut 7, ..... 241 End of'Chamber do.f ,o do.f , roo n o ... situ in d Hea . s 14 -—4 — Whale' — Pierced Ox Bone from Chamber do., do., . 145 Passage A, ....... 242 f o r floo m fro s Beaker o tw f o s Fragment —— —— Roof of Passage B exposed under 6 14 . , Dounreay r Lowe t a n Cair n i r Chambe 3 24 . , A e Passag f o l wal d behin ; n midde Fragments of a Beaker from Cist in —— —— View across Hut 7, . 245 Chambered Cairnr at Loweafte 6 rr DounreayChambe . ,s . acros 14 w 7—— Vie — Plan of Gravel Pit at Poltalloch, . .156 excavation of Hut 7, .