[INSCRIBED AND OTHER CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS IN SCOTLAND.] (c) Fifeshire: stones of a like character, at i. Mugdrum, near Newburgh, south shore of Firth of Tay, apparently once a cross with limbs (ib., I. 52). ii. S. Andrew's, fragments elaborately carved, which have been forced into the shape of a cist, but appear to have been originally crosses; also a great number of fragments of crosses, &c. of an apparently later date, but none with symbols (ib., I. 61-65, II. 9-11, 18). iii. Crail (ib., I. 64). iv. Between Crail and Sauchope, the "Standing Stone of Sauchope," a pillar with cross incised (ib., I. 59). V. Near Kilrenny, close to Anstruther, the "Skeith Stone," resembling that at Bressay (ib., II. 124). vi. Abercrombie, on the Firth of Forth, two crosses, and fragments built into the church wall (ib., I. 124, 125). vii. Largo House, half way between Crail and Kircaldy, viii. Scoonie, at the mouth of the Orr, near Leven, ani- ix. Docton, in Kinglassie, four miles north of Kircaldy There are also, to the south, in Along or near the coast from S. Andrew's along the Firth of Forth to the mouth of the Orr. (d) Linlithgowshire, at (i.) Abercorn, a fragment of a similar character to the Saxon monuments at Hexham (ib., I. 128). (ii.) Aberlady, in East Lothian, a like fragment (ib., II. Pref. p. 46, note). And, to the north, in (e) Kincardineshire, at (i.) Fordoun (S. Palladius' reputed place of burial), a stone with figures and symbols (ib., I. 67). A fragment of a character not Saxon, at Liberton, near Edinburgh (ib., II. 77), may also be mentioned. [INSCRIBED AND OTHER CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS IN SCOTLAND.] 2. North of the Mounth. (f) Aberdeenshire: stones of a like character, at— i. Dunecht, a few miles from Banchory, a stone with a ii. Aboyne, two stones with crosses (ib., I. 13). iii. Migvie, near Aboyne, a primitive rough stone with a cross interlaced, and symbols, and a man on horseback (ib., II. 78). iv. Dyce, on the Don (ib., I. 9). v. Monymusk, on the Don (ib., I. 8). vi. Kildrummie Castle, beautifully carved, but of late date (ib., II. 125). Up the Dee. its tributaries. vii. Chapel of Garioch, the "Maiden Stone" (ib., I. 2). Up the Don or Also many stones with the Spectacle ornament &c. are in the valley of the Don or its tributaries, e. g. at Inverury, Kintore, &c., and one at Logie near Newton with Oghams (ib. I. 3), and at Newton itself as above mentioned; all in the Garioch. viii. Old Deer, the monastery of SS. Columba and Drostan, near Peterhead (ib., I. 11). (g) Banffshire, at i. N. E. of the county. Mortlach, on the Dullan, a tributary of the Spey (ib., I. 14), which may be said to belong geographically to the Elgin group. (h) I Iginshire, stones of a like character in two localities, at- ii. Duffus, between Elgin and the sea (ib., I. 114). iv. Rafford, near Forres, known as "The Forres V. Brodie, above Forres, an elephant among the ani- vi. Glenferness, above Brodie, with elephants and inter- Near Elgin. On the Findhorn. [INSCRIBED AND OTHER CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS IN SCOTLAND.] (i) Ross-shire: stones of a like character, in one locality, viz. the western or southern shores respectively of the Moray and Dornoch Firths, at— i. Rosemarkie, south of the Cromarty Firth, a cross in two pieces, and fragments (ib., I. 105-107). ii. Nigg, north of the Cromarty Firth (ib., I. 28, 29), iii. Shandwick, close to Nigg, a freestone obelisk with iv. Hilton in Cadboll, close to Shandwick, a stone V. Tarbet, a fragment beautifully carved (ib., I. 30). vi. Edderton (ib., I. 31, II. 129). (k) Sutherlandshire, only two like stones— i. ii. At Golspie, north coast of Dornoch Firth, near the Ross-shire cluster (ib., I. 34), with Oghams. At Farr, in the centre of the north coast, near Tongue (ib., I. 35). (1) Caithness-shire, also only two specimens, at i. Ulbster, east coast a little south of Wick, with symbols (ib., I. 40). ii. Halkirk, northwards, some way up the Thurso Water, an elaborate crossed stone (ib., II. 79). In addition to the above, rude crosses are found, inscribed within several caves, mostly on the shores of Fife, frequented no doubt by hermits in early times (Stuart, ib., Append. XIII. to Preface). C. Inscribed and other Christian Monuments among the Scots of Dalriada. A.D. 700-1000 (?). I. The inscribed monuments of early date are very few. i. In Hy, a stone with an incised cross, and OR AR ANMIN EOGAIN (= a prayer for the soul of Eogain-Stuart, Sculpt. Stones of Scotl., II. 65.) ii. In the same island, another, with OR DO MAIL FATARIC (=a prayer for Maelpatrick-Stuart, ib., II. p. 31): referred by Dr. Reeves to Maelpatrick O'Banan, Bishop of Conner and Dalaradia, ob. A.D. 1174; but Mr. Stuart assigns an earlier date to both this and the preceding example. The name is a very common one. [INSCRIBED AND OTHER CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS IN SCOTLAND.] There are several other inscribed and very beautiful slabs and crosses, both in Hy and in the neighbouring islands, as e. g. Oronsay, but of a date much posterior to these and to the period with which we are here concerned, and running down to the 16th century. II. Uninscribed monuments occur frequently in the islands and in Kintyre (besides many of later date), viz.: 1. In the Islands. Argyllshire. i. Hy, two crossed stones, of Irish type, one called S. Martin's, another with a plain cross in Reilig Oran of the character of the Irish crosses ascribed by Dr. Petrie to the 9th century, and two early fragments (Stuart, ib., II., plates 40, 41, 44-46, and p. 65). i Islay, fragments of carved pillar stones at Kilarrow and at Keils, two crossed stones at Kilchoman, and two elaborately carved stones with crosses of Irish type but probably 10th or 11th century at Kildalton (ib., plates 35-37, 53). iii. Eilanmore, W. coast of South Knapdale, Kintyre; a carved pillar, once a cross with limbs, and a stone with a plain lined cross incised (ib., plates 100, 103). iv. Tiree, a carved crossed stone at Kirkapoll (with Crucifixion) which looks of later date, and a very old carved stone with cross of more ancient appearance than those in Hy, besides many other fragments of the early Hy type (ib., plates 48, 52). Inverness-shire. v. Canna, a beautiful cross with limbs (ib., plates 50, 51). vi. Harris (in the Hebrides), a stone with a plain lined cross incised (ib., plate 103). Buteshire. vii. Bute, a fragment at S. Calmag, Rothsay, fragments of an interlaced cross at Rothsay Castle, and three round-headed crosses of a Cornish type at S. Blane's, Kingarth (ib., plates 56, 72, 73). viii. Cumbrae, at Millport, fragments of ten crosses like those at S. Blane's (ib., plate 74). ix. Arran, at Kilbride, a primitive stone with cross like those in Cornwall (ib., plate 122). [INSCRIBED AND OTHER CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS IN SCOTLAND.] 2. On the mainland. Mainland of Argyllshire. i. Kintyre, at Kilchousland near Campbeltown, a fragment, and at Keils to the S. W. of North Knapdale, a beautiful cruciform pillar but apparently of later date (ib., plates 56 and 32); also at Keils two slabs, and some inscribed monuments of apparently 11th or 12th century (ib., plate 57). ii. Kilmichael, in Glassary near Lochgilphead, two crossed stones (ib., plate 58), also an inscribed stone resembling those at Keils in Kintyre (ib., plate 57). iii. Keils in Morven, N. coast of Sound of Mull, a cross with limbs, beautifully carved (ib., plate 49). On none of these monuments are there any of the symbols so common in Pictland, but which occur nowhere else, save in one place in Galloway, and on a slab found on the Castle Hill, Edinburgh. D. In Laodonia or Saxonia, i. e. in the district from the Border northward to the Firth of Forth, which was occupied by the Angles from A.D. 547 (?) onwards, but which became subject to the Scottish King either A.D. 971 × 975, or more probably A.D. 1018, and consequently also, at the same time, part of (what was ultimately held to be) the diocese of S. Andrew's, there are no monuments belonging to the Saxon period, and answering in character to the Northumberland and Durham monuments, except the fragments at Abercorn and Aberlady, above mentioned: unless we include, under this head, that at Coldingham co. Berwick, close to S. Abb's Head, figured in Stuart, Sculpt. Stones, p. 63, plate 110. |