PROCEEDINGS E TH F O Society of Hntiquaries of Scotlanb SESSION MCMXLII.-MCMXLIII. VOL. LXXVII. SEVENTH SERIES.—VOL. V. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND, QUEEN STREET, EDINBURGH. PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY BY NEILL AND COMPANY, LTD. MCMXLIII. S CONTENT F O E TABL PAGE Anniversary Meeting, 1942, . 1 Another Late Viking House at Freswick, Caithness. By Professor V. GORDON CEXLDE, D.Litt., D.Sc., F.B.A., F.S.A.Scot., .........5 . The Knowe of Lairo, Eousay, Orkney. By WALTER G. GRANT, P.S.A.Scot., and D. WILSON, F.S.A.Scot., . ... ... 17 A Pictish Symbol Stone from Golspie, Sutherland. By J. M. DAVIDSON, O.B.B., P.S.A.Scot., 26 Some Notable Prehistoric and Mediaeval Monuments recently examined by The Royal Commissio Ancienn no Historicad tan l Monument Scotlandf so Professoy B . GORDOrV N CHILDE, D.Litt., D.Sc., P.B.A., P.S.A.Scot., F.P.S.A., and ANGUS GRAHAM, M.A., F.S.A.Scot., P.S.A., ............ 31 y B . Centuries h Twentiet d an h Nineteent : Scotland f o h Churc e th f o s Token n Communio B. KERB, M.A., P.S.A.Scot., Curator of Coins, and J". B. LOCKIB, P.S.A.Scot., . 49 The Painted Ceiling in the Church of St Mary, GrandtftUy. By A. GRAHAM, P.S.A.Scot., P.S.A., ............... 147 Processional Boll of a Scottish Armorial Puneral, stated to have been used for the Obsequies of George, 1st Marquess of Huntly, 1636. By THOMAS INNES of Learney, Albany Herald, P.S.A.Scot., . • . '. 154 Beport on Standing Stones and other Bemains, near Fowlis Wester, Perthshire. By ALISON YOUNG, P.S.A.Scot., ...........4 17 . LACAILLE D QuartzesBepore . th A n y o t B , .P.S.A. , P.S.A.Scot., ....9 17 . Bepor Samplen o t s of Soil fro Base mth t Circle FREDERICy B . ZEUNERKB , Department of Geochronology, London University Institute of Archaeology, ..... 183 Notes:— 1. A Hoard of Bronzes from Ballymore, Cowal, Argyll. By Professor V. GORDON CHILDE, D.Litt., D.Sc., KP.S.A., P.S.A.Scot., ........4 18 . - Aberdeen- , Farmd Pitsligo , Boghea t a n containint Ur r Cis t Beake Shor ga a f o y Discover . 2 . EDWARDSH . J . A shire y , P.S.A.Scot.7 B . 18 . , Director . Museum,e th f o . n ArrowheaA . 3 f Bhyolitio d h froAs mc Linlithgow, West Lothian y ANNB . E S.. 7 18 . ' . BOBERTSON . , , M.A.. , . F.S.A.Scot. , 4. One Hundred Years Ago. Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday, March 29, 1843. Interest- f clippiny o b n t gsen Reproductio . f Knockieo l Hil Glentanner , m fro s Belie g in Dr W. DOUGLAS SIMPSON, . 189 . A5 n Encruste fron dmUr Aberlemno, Angus Professoy B . GORDOV r N CHILDE, D.Litt., D.Sc., y.P.S.A., F.S'.A.Scot., .........9 18 . Brimmon6 d Treasure Trove JAMEy B . S CRUICKSHANK, F.S.A.Scot., ...1 19 . 7. The Water-Gate Passage at Kildrummy Castle. By W. DOUGLAS SIMPSON, M.A., D.Litt., F.S.A.Scot., ........... 192 Donation Purchased an o thr st esfo Museum, 1942—43, ......5 19 . Donation Purchased Librarye an th o r st sfo , 1942-43, ......8 19 . Meeting Societye th f so , .'..........0 20 . Index,................ 201 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (The asterisk denotes that the block has been lent) t Freswicka f o e n Pla Hous , g Vikin e Lat : 2 , XII L P . corner t north-wes , Dykes t Buzzar constructions, .... KnapdalS , e.1 Dhuibh 4 (plan) n . an ,Choi ' Du ——— Entrance looking north. PI , . , N.WI, 1 ,fort d .its an defences ' y Causewa facing page Aldclune, Blair Atholl, ...3 4 . ——— West room looking south. PI. I, 2. Buzzart Dykes and adjacent sites (by per- ——— West room looking south-east. PI. II, 1. missio H.Mf no . Stationerye th Offic d an e ——— South wall of east room. PI. II , 2. ...Survey) e 0 Ordnanc 4 . PI. Ill. corner ,1 t North-wes — —— Cross on Wallace's Stone, Blairston Mains, l d channelMNan wal f o .r Exterio — —— Maybole, . • . 49 PL III, 2. Scottish Church Tokens, . : . 140-146 d hea r femu , draughtsman e Whalebon — —— Part of Ceiling in the Church of St Mary, - net e , andston implements e bon , whorls Grandtully—Part of the north-western sinker. PI. IV. quarter showing Panels 15, 16, 21, 22. ——— Sections I, II, and III, , 9 ...XIII 2 15 L P page .facing ——— Constructions of phase O, 12 ——— Panel 14: DAMMonograd an S . SW mf o - Sections of pot rims, 14 XIVL P . 1 , , Plan , Knowe Orkney , Th Lairof eo Bousay , f o l Ear e th f o s arm e l 9Th : Pane — 18 —— r highe g sectionsg showin Lon n — Pla ; —— Atholl. PL XIV, 2. recesses; and plan of chamber, 20 ——— Panel 27. PI. XIV, 3. ——— Cross sections and details s oAgne f chambere Dam f ,o . s 2arm 1 e l 10——Th : —Pane —— Entrance viewed from the chamber. Moncrieff. PL XV, 1. page facing . PI, V . 24 —— Panel 20: The arms of Sir William . VI L P . chamber e th f o d en t wes e Th — — . 2 , XV L P . Grandtully f o t Steuar e ston h Pictis a n o s symbol e th f o g Tracin —— Panel 11: St Matthew. PL XVI, 1. from Golspie, ..... 2 , XVI L P . Mark 12l t .S : Pane 29 — — Symbol stone from Golspie. PL VII, —— Panel 22: St Luke. PL XVI, 3. l Armoria h facing Scottis page l a Bol f o l 30 Processiona Megalithic cist, Ardmarnock, from the south. Funeral—"Saulies" carrying "brods" of page facing , 1 , PIVIII . 31 the defunct's "eight branches." PL The carved slab (outer face). PL VIII, 2, XVII, 1, .... facing page 160 e th g displayin s flag g facingcarryin n page Gentleme 3— 1 —— - (eleva b sla l septa d an Megalithi) (plan t ccis " eight branches." PL XVII, 2. , ...Ardmarnock , tion) . 32 A Scottish feudal retainer's livery, as worn at Megalithic cist, Hailie3, - XVII . L PP L . IX, 1, century h 16t e th f o e clos e th facingn i pages 4measure 0 e h ProcessionaTh whic , Boll l . 2 , IX L P . south-west m Pro ——— total length 16 feet 6 inches and 7f inches Bound cairn, Dungavel Hill. PL X. , I.XIX d an I . PisXVII . width n i Carved lintel, Barns of Airliet Grea deuill,. en d PLan Xpinsel , , 2. gumphion e Th Dun a' Choin Dhuibh "stande :th d Poster- style e n doo(her r r toBanne g Mournin tower. PL XI, 1. ard in mourning"). PL XX, 1. ——— .Outer rampart , pinse. lhouse Pe Lth XIf o ,s 2. colour e th f o r banne e Th Dunan na Cleithe: Standing stones- with in colours, and "standard in colours." . 1 , XII L P . behind t rampar r inne PL XX, 2. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE (A) The defunct'. s, "horscairn s e anacros dn lacqueSectio , y in Wester s Fowli 177 ) gentleman(B g ; the bearin , colours" • ———Circle . , Plan . , 177 - bear n gentlema ) (C ; coronet d an t helme Quartz implements from Fowlis Wester, 181 ing the gauntlets. PI. XXI, 1. Cowal m , swords tube d fro an ,Axes d : Hoar . (A) Gentleman bearing forked flag display- , ...XXV L P . facingpage 184 ing "the quarters of the defunct'. s coaXXVI tL oP f . -——Spear-heads t Parliamen f o e Hors e th 'arms" ) (B ; . Pitsligo , Farm d r 'froBoghea mBeake . footmantleh lacquey wit s d hi d an ,drape PL XXVII, 1. , ' PI. XXI. 2 , ; , Linlithgowm fro XXVII d L P . Arrowhea ; Huntly f o s Marqui t 1s , Gordon e Georg 2. created 17th April 1599, d. 13th'June Iron spear-head from North Uist. PL 1636. PI. XXII, 1. XXVII, 3. Lady Henrietta Stewart, Marchioness of TJrn from Aberlemno: The cist in course of , ; 1588 m.t Holyrooda y Jul Huntly t 21s , excavation. PL XXVIII, 1-3. 2 , XXII L P . 1642 r Septembe d 2n d. , XXIX L P . n froUr Aberlemno m George' Gordon, 2nd Marquis of Huntly; 1, 2. beheaded by the Covenanters, 22nd March Socketed axe,. No. 8, from Ballymore, 1649. PI. XXII, 3. Cowal, Argyll, . ... 185 Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquis of Huntly; d. Basal slabs of cist from Melgund December 1653. PL XXII, 4. , Muir, ....... 190 Fowlis Wester, General plan, . : . 175 *Kildrummy Castle. The Water-Gate Pas- ——— Cairn, . , . XXX . L P . excavation . g 176 durin e sag Standing Stones near Fowlis Wester: facing -page 192 , 1, XXIII ' L P . face t eas , A e Ston *——— Interior of Well-house, looking south. facingpage 176 PL XXXI. General view. PL XXIII, 2. *——— Plan of Water-Gate Passage, 193 . 3 , . PIA XXIII .e Ston r silve . h EarlyScottis Acquisitions m Museu Inner ring of cairn facing south-east. spoons, bequeathed by Mr George Hender- PL XXIV, 1. facingpage . , . PIson XXXII . 196 Inner rinL gP . of cairthread nk sil facin n i d g eastworke .r PL Sample — —— XXIV, 2. XXXIII. Cairn facing south. PL XXIV, 3. ——— Flag of the Kelso Skinners and Glovers Stone V. PL XXIV, 4. XXXIII L P . Society LAWS OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND. Y B D INCORPORATE D 178R 0AN NOVEMBE D INSTITUTE Y 1783.R 6TMA H- CHARTE L ROYA , 1901.30 ) November adopted and (Revised 1. The purpose of the Society shall be the promotion of ARCHEOLOGY, especiall s connecteya d wit investigatioe hth ANTIQUITIEe th f no S AND HISTORY OP SCOTLAND. 2.