or THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUAKIES OF SCOTLAND. SESSION MDCCCXCVII.-XCVIII. VOL. XXXII. EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOSOCIETE RTH KEILY YCOMPANB D LAN Y LTD. MDCCCXCVIII. ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEENTH SESSION 1897-98 VOL. VIII.—THIRD SERIES € 0 f it b u r g I) PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY BY NEILL AND COMPANY LTD. MDCCCXCVIII TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE Anniversary Meeting, 30th November 1897, ..... 1 James Robertson's Tour through Westere somth f eo n Islands, &c. f Scoto , - r ARTHUlanSi n 1768i dy B R. MITOHELL, K.C.B., M.D., LL.D., Foreign Secretary, ....... 11-19 David Loch's Tour in Scotland in 1778. By Sir ARTHUR MITOHELL, K.C.B., M.D., LL.D., Foreign Secretary, .... 19-28 Note regardin a Budg e Stone Implement from Uyea, Shetlandr Si y B . AMHU . R MITCHELL.2 . 8 . , K.C.B. , &c,, Not n Spade-liko e e Implement r ARTHU Si f Stone o sy B R. MITOHELL, K.C.B., &c., .......0 3 . Notic Polishea f eo d Ston ewell-shapea Axed an , d Hint Arrow-head, found ARTHU ir Cavna Si Mayn ey i B R. MITCHELL6 3 , K.C.B. , &c. , Note regardin gMoula d makine useth n di Bronzf go ARTHUr e AxesSi y B .R MITOHELL, K.C.B., ....... 39 Recent Manufacture and Use of Querns in Ireland. By Sir ARTHUR MITOHELL,'K.C.B., &c., . .42 Notic Discovere th f eo Cisa f yo t wit hDoubla e Buria t Eathla o Quarryy B . FEED . COLESR . , Assistant-Keeper . 44-5 of0 . the Museum, . Note on a Stone bearing an Incised Cross, from the Site of St Colm's Chapel, Walls, Orkney. By JAMES W. CURSITER, F.S.A. Scot., Kirkwall, . 50 Notice of Two Hammer-sto'nes (Barksteiri) used in the Preparation of Dye from Tormentilla in the Faroe Isles, and of a Faroe Bismar. [Specimens exhibited.} By T. N. ANNANDALE, . 52 A Survey of the Catrail. By FRANCIS LYNN, F.S.A. Scot., . 62-90 NoteLibrare e Sinclairth th n s o f yo Rosslynf so Revy B .. Professo. J . H r LAWLOE, D.D., F.S.A. Scot, ...... 90-120 • TABL F CONTENTS i O EV . PAGE Notes on St Fillan's Priory and Churchyard. By T. S. ROBEETSON, F.S.A. Scot, . ... .121 Notic Effign a Covenantin a f f eo yo g Minister d othean , r Tombs Morton i , n Churchyard HEWISON. RevK y . B J . , F.S.A . Scot..12 . , 4 Note Queried Custoe san th n so Gavelkinf m o Kentn di , Ireland, Walesd an , Scotland, By .ENEAS J. G. MACKAT, LL.D., Q.C., F.S.A. Scot., Sheriff of Fife and Kinross, . 133-158 Notes on the Words MEN and MAIDEN in British Topography. By DAVID , MACKITOHIE. 158-lfi, F.S.A6 . Scot, An Account of the Ruins of the Ahbey of Inchafifray in 1789, contained in a Correspondence between General Hutton and Mr John Dow, then Tenant oftheAbbey. By A. G. REID, F.S.A. Scot.S 16 , A uehterarder . , Notes on Sepulchral Cairns discovered by the blowing of sand on the Sands e Sculptureth ofn o Braco d dan n; Ston e discovere t Soutda h Garth, Islan Yellf do , . ShetlandIKVINET . J y ,B F.S.A. Scot., Peterborough1 17 , Notes on a Collection of Impressions of Postal Stamps exhibited to the Meeting. By WM. CKAMOND, LL.D., F.S.A. Scot., .... 175 A Description of some Neo-Archaic Objects, from various. Parts of Scotland, recently e addeMuseumr AETHUth Si o dt y B E. MWcHEU, K.C.B., M.D., LL.D., Foreign Secretary, .... 181-194 Letter to the Secretary, presenting the Silver Chain known as " Midside Maggie's Girdle" to the National Museum of Antiquities; with Notes upon the Story of the Girdle and its Owners. By ROBEET ROMANES, Esq., F.S.A. Scot. JAMEd an , S CUKLE, Jun., Librarian, . 195-20 4 Notice Discoverth f Hile o e th f Wesa Buria e o lBronzn f yth o o tf e o l eAg Mains of Auchterhouse, the property of D. S. Cowans, Esq. By ALEX- ANDE . R HUTCHESON 205-22. 0 . , F.S.A. Scot. r , Notes on Prehistoric Trepanning in the Old and New Worlds. By EGBERT „ MUNEO, M.D., Secretary, . ' - . 220-235' Observations and Conjectures on the Kirkmadrine Epigraphs. By JOHN . DOWBEN247-274 . , D.D.^. , F.S.A . Scot. , Notee Scottisth n so Quencey e hD f Fawsidso Leucharsd ean WILLIAy B . M W. IRELAND, M.D., F.S.A. Scot., .... 275-294 Notes of Recent Finds of Coins in Scotland. By A. B. RICHAEDSON, Cura- tor of Coins, .......5 29 . Notes on the Contents of a Small Cave or Rock-Shelter at Druimvargie, •' • - '' Oban ; and of Three Shell-Mounds in Oronsay. By JOSEPH ANDEESON, LL.D., Assistant-Secretary Keeperd an of the Museum,. 298-31. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Vll PAGE Notice of an Urn and Bronze Sword found on the Farm of Bailielands in the Parish of Auchterarder4 31 EEID. G . By,A F.S.A . Scot., Note somn so e Stone Implement othed san r RelieEarle th f yso Inhabitants of Orkney MALCOLy B . M MACKENZIE CHAELESON, 6 F.S.A31 . Scot.. , A Revised Account of the Inscriptions of the Northern Picts. By JOHN EHYS, M.A., LL.D., Hon. Mem. S.A. Soot., Principa f Jesuo l s College, and Professor of Celtic, Oxford, ..... 324-398 Accoun e Excavatioth f o e Romat th f no n Statio t Ardochna , Perthshire, undertake thy nb e Societ Antiquarief yo Scotlanf so 1896-97n di , 399-476 Ardoch : General History and Description of Defences. By D. CUEISTISON, M.D., Secretary, ....... 399-435 —— Accoun Excavatione th f to Descriptiond san . f PlansH so . J ,y &cB . CUNNINGHAM, C.E., F.S.A. Scot., .... 436-452 —— Notice e Potteryth f so , Bronze d othean , r Articles, discovered during the Excavations. By JOSEPH ANDERSON, LL.D., Assistant-Secretary and Keeper of the Museum, ..... 453-471 —— Notice Remainth f a Medisevaeo f o s l Chape l e Romafounth n i dn Statio t Ardochna THOMAy B . S Ross, F.S.A . Scot.471-47 . , 6 LIS F ILLUSTKATIONSO T . PAGE Gold Brooch Wate,e founth n rdi o f Ardoch, near Doune, ..5 . Socketed Axe of Bronze from Tarradale, ..... 7 Bronze Shield found in the Moss of Achmaleddie, New Deer, Aberdeenshire, 9 Stone Implement from Uyea, Shetland, ....9 2 . Spade-lik1 3 , 30 e . Implement . s of . Stone fro . m Tiree . , Spade-like Implemen Stonf o t e from Rogart, Sutherlandshire . ,.3 3 Spade-like Implement of Stone from Shetland, ... .34 Caveae Plath f no t Kildal ton, I slay, .....6 3 . Flint Arrow-head from the Cave at Kildalton, .... 38 Polished Stone Axe from the Cave at Kildalton, .... 38 Stone Mould for Flat Axes of Bronze, from Strathconan, Koss-shire, . 40 Diagrammatic Sections of a Cast from the Mould from Strathconan, and of . .4 . a Bronz1 . e Ag e. Axe, . .. Plan and Section of Cist at Katho Quarry, ..... 46 Slab with incised Cross, fro t Colm'mS s Kirk1 5 , Walls . , Orkney . , Cinerar founn ydUr neaM'Kelvie rth e Hospital, Oban, ..8 5 . Axe-hammer found with the Urn, ...... 59 Slab •wjith incised Cross from Eilean Naoimh, .... 60 Map showin Catrail e course th gth f eo , ....4 6 . The Catrail near Torwoodlee, ....... 66 The Catrail from Killknow Foro et t Howden-poda 8 6 . t Burn-foot . , 1 7 , 70 . The Catrai . l (fou . r Section . s of), Line of Catrail, and Sections—Yarrow Water and Hannelhead, . 72 Catrail: Branch Line under Stanhope Law, ..... 75 Line of Catrail Sections—Ald an , e Wate Slatehilo rt l Moss, ..7 7 . Line of Catrail between Old North-House and King's Rig, ... 80 Line of Catrail—Sections of Catrail, ...... 81 Line of Catrail—Section descending behind Cliffhope,- ..4 8 . Line of Catrail—Five Section s. of Catrail.86 . 7 6 , . Line of Catrail—Two Section8 s8 near . Akel Greave'd dan . s Ash, Signatures Sinclair e ofth s of Rosslyn,5 10 , 96 .., 95 , 94 . Vie Ground-Plad wan Ruine t Fillan'th S f f no so s Priory, 2 Glendochart12 . , Font in St Fillan's Priory, ....... 123 Recumbent Grave-slab at St Fillan's Priory, Glendochart, . .123 X LIS F ILLUSTEATIONSO T . PAGE Effigy in Morton Churchyard, . .125 Axe of A vanturine Quartz, foun0 t Cunzierton13 a d . , Jedburgh . , Plan of the Buildings at Inchaffray, from Button's MS., . 170 Table Cruisie, ........1 18 . Street Lamp Cruisie, ........ 182 . .18 . 3 Peer-ma. n for Tw Candles r . oFi , Spindle of Wood and its Whorl of Peat, ..... 183 Lint Scutcher of Wood, ......5 18 . Spatha of Bone from Faroe Isles, , . .185 Flax Mallet from Tiree, ......6 18 . Craggan from Tiree, ........ 187 Small Craggan frowitd mhLi Tiree, .....7 18 . Cupping Horn from North Mavine, Shetland, .... 188 Midside Maggie's Girdle, . .197 Plan and Section of Cairn on the Hill of West Mains of Auohterhouse, . 208 Bronze Dagge Caire r Cis e th foun t Mainth n a i t n di s of Auchterhouse1 21 . , Skull fro mCisa Mount ta t Stuart, Bute, ....1 22 . Exterior Aspect of Cranium from Cuzco, ..... 224 Trepanned Skull from Mexico, ...... 229 . .23 . Trepanne1 . d Skul . l from . Mexico, Small Urn of Food-vessel Type found at West Skichen, Carmyllie, . 239 Gold Lunette Lanfinfroe mth e Collection, ....0 24 . Bronze Flat Axe, ornamented, from Mainshead, Terregles, . 244 Inscribed Stones at Kirkmadrine, ...... 249 Bone Harpoons from Druimvargie Cave, Oban, . .301 Borers of Bone from Druimvargie Cave, Oban, .... 301 Implements of Bone and Deer-horn from the Macarthur Cave, Oban, .