V. NOTICE OF A CELTIC BELL OP BRONZE, FROM LITTLE DUNKELD. Y JOSEPB H ANDERSON, ASSISTANT SECRETAR E KEEPED TH AN YF O R MUSEUM. exhibitebele w e Eevno Th l th . y b dJame s Mackenzie, ministef o r Little Dunkeld, was brought under my notice by the Rev. Mr Maclean of Grandtully whoso t , e good office e Societth s s indebteyi r thifo ds oppor- tunity of comparing it with, the Celtic Bells in the National Collection. The bell (as will be seen from the annexed engraving, fig. 1) is of cast bronze, is 8£ inches high, inclusiv handlee th f eo , which rise ^1 s inches above the top of the bell. The body of the bell is thus 7 inches in heigh 1\6y d £b an inchet s acros mouthe sth , taperin 3o gt | inchef 2 y sb inches across the top, the thickness of the metal varying from -fa in the middle to \ of an inch at the mouth, when there is a thickening in the forsligha f mo t e outebeveth f r o l handlee edgeTh . , which rises almost straigho narrotw frop e u wtme bell th side th ,f exhibito s e flaa th s n wi casting, whic bees hha n repaire subsequena y db t pourin metale th f go . Thi e fourtsth bel f s thesi o hl e Celtic bell f bronzo s knoww eno n Scotlandn i othere Th .s are—(1 t Fillan S e Bel f o Th )l , from Strath- fillan, now in the National Museum; (2)' The Boll of St Eonan (Adamnan) e Spey t th Insa , n ,o h near Kingussie, which standa n i s windo e churct Finan th S e Bel f f f w InshTh o o f o hlEilea o ,) (3 ; n NOTIC CELTIA F O E C BELL F BRONZEO . . 119

Finan in Loch Shiel, Ardnamurchan, which lies on a flat tombstone in the churchyard of Eilean Finan, where it has been exposed to the rise elementabstractiof th ko o t d san n from time immemorial. ecclesiasticaThe l foundatio Dunkelnof attributedis Eegistethe dby r t AndrewoS f Constantino st e MacFergus e Pictis th lase f th ,o t h kings, whosn i e reig irruptione nth Pagae th f sno Northme Wese th n tn o Coast d threateneha e securitdth e resting-plac f lonth yo s aa relice th f f so o e

Fig. 1. Bronze Bell, from Little Dunkeld. t ColumbaS scatteree d churcth an , 9 f .Dunkelhs o monks84 it d n I .d was re-edified by Kenneth M'Alpin, the first of the Scottish dynasty, whunited o ha Scottis e dth Pictisd han churcw h ne kingdoms s hhi r Fo . collectee h t relicColumbae S th df o s d enshrinean , d them theres It . possessions were very widely extended, and its first abbot Tuathal, who died in 864, is called also Bishop of Fortrenn, though none of his recorded successors are so styled.1 But the Celtic Abbacy of Dunkeld in the

1 In the Annals of Ulster we have obits of several of its abbots, as in 864 Tuathal MacArtgus, chief Bisho ¥ortrenf po Abbod nan Duncaillenf o t Flaithbertach2 87 n i ; , Muircertachf o n so , princep Duncailldenf so , died 96-n i ; 1battla f eo between me e nth Alb t Moneitira , where many were slain, together with Donncliadh e abboth , f o t Dnn-caillen 102n i ; 7 Duncaille Alb n ni s entirel awa y burned 104n i d 5 an ther; s ewa another battle among the Albanach between themselves, in which was slain Cronan, abbot of Duncaillen. 120 PBOCEEDING SOCIETYE TH P O S , JANUAR , 1889Y14 .

eleventh centur becomd yha appanagn ea e Crownth f subsequentld eo an , y descended to the Earls of Fife. In the Reformation of the Celtic Church system under David I. the abbot of the Culdee Monastery was made the first e remodellebishoth f f Dunkeldo po e chaptea se dd an ,f regula o r r canons placed along with him in the cathedral; while the Culdee corpora- constitutetios nwa dcollega seculaf eo r clergy existed ,an d sid sidy eb e with e canonth s regula t AugustinS f o r morr efo e tha centurieso ntw . Earln yi the thirteenth century the diocese was divided, and the western portion, corresponding with the newly erected sheriffdom of Argyle, was placed prelacy—thaundew ne a r e Bishoprith f o t f Argyleco , whose cathedral church was to be at Lismore. The Bishopric of Dunkeld had large possessions in the Lothians. Preston, Bonkill, Aberlady, Abercorn, Cramond d Inchcolan , m were dominical lands of Dunkeld. The early bishops lived much at Cramohd d severaan , f o thel m were burie n Incheolmi d . Bishop Willia t ClairmsucceedeS o e wh bishopri, th o t d n 1312i c , uniteo dt the Archdeaconate of Dunkeld the church of Logynalloquhy, and gave to the church at Little Dunkeld the glebe which the vicar possessed in •the time of Alexander Mylne, Canon of Dunkeld, who wrote the Lives of the Bishops of Dunkeld about 1515. From his work it appears that Little Dunkeld, before the year 1500, included what is now the parish of Caputh, and Dowally, now united to Dunkeld, was part of Caputh. There was no parish of Dunkeld, and Little Dunkeld was thus the parish church of the district around the cathedral. If this bell was a relic of the early foundation fros a ,s analogmit y with other early Celtic Bells there seems no reason.to doubt, it is quite in accordance with the history of other known bells of its kind that it should not have been found associated wit e cathedralhth t wit parise bu , hth h church, which retaine oldee dth r associations, when the new cathedral was supplied with Augustinian Canons whoo t , e veneratiomth Celtie th f nco saint littls wa se better than heresy. There is nothing known of the more recent history of the bell except wha s beeha tn communicate e Eevth y . b Jame e m so dt Mackenziee th , ministe parishe th f o r. Pie says—" lean fin informatioo dn n aboue th t bell beyond the fact that it was in Little Dunkeld church when I came to 1 12 DONATION MUSEUME TH O T S .

parise th 1866n hi t tha A t. time there were considerable repairs made, I anfoun s dbela e dth l thrown carelessly asideMansee th o I too,t ,t ki where it has been ever since. One of my elders told me that it was put predecessor'y e roum th f pt o a p u s effects, and tha preventee h t t frodi m being sol claiminy db churcs a t gi h property."

MONDAY, IIth February 1889.

SIR AKTHUK MITCHELL, K.C.B, M.D., LL.D., in the Chair. BalloA t having been taken e followinth , g Gentlemen were duly elected Follows :-— J. A. CHATWIN, Architect, Birmingham. GEORGE PETH.IE, 52 Nethergate, Dundee. JOHN TRAILL of Woodwick, St Andrews. ALLAN WYON, F.S.A., Chief Engrave r Majesty'He f ro s Seals, London. The following Donations to the Museum and Library were laid on tablee thankd th an , s Donors:e voteth o dt — (1) By CHARLES CARRUTHERS, Charlesfield, Aunan, through JOHN J. EEID, F.S.A. Scot., Curato e Museumth f ro . Collection of Objects found at Mouswald Place, Dumfriesshire, com- prising— Spear-Head of iron, 17 inches in length, the socket open on one side. Bronzed flanged Celt or Axe-Head, 4| inches in length by If inch acros e cuttinth s g face. Side Handle and Foot of Cooking-Pot of brass. Six Spindle-Whorls of stone, one ornamented with incised lines. Six Beads of jet, one Bead of amber, one Bead of variegated glass. Flat oval Pebbl f sandstoneo e , perforated. Three Bottle-Marks of glass, one marked Q., another D.D., and the third JAMES CARHUDUS 1709. Als oDagger-Blada f irono e , triangula n sectioni r ; length, including handle, 16 inches ; found at Caerlaverock Castle.