. Moray and Nairn. of the boulders have been re-moved. One of the best preserved is on the farm ofViewfield in the parish of Urquhart. Another exampleis at Cowiemuir in the parish of Bellie. The fragmentsof a third circle are found in Knockando. In many of the circles urns have been found, thusshowing that the builders, if they also deposited theurns, knew something of the potters art and practisedcremation. The circles further show that the builderswere familiar with concentric circles, and were able totake measurements with considerable exactitude. Onepeculiarity is that the highest pillars
. Moray and Nairn. of the boulders have been re-moved. One of the best preserved is on the farm ofViewfield in the parish of Urquhart. Another exampleis at Cowiemuir in the parish of Bellie. The fragmentsof a third circle are found in Knockando. In many of the circles urns have been found, thusshowing that the builders, if they also deposited theurns, knew something of the potters art and practisedcremation. The circles further show that the builderswere familiar with concentric circles, and were able totake measurements with considerable exactitude. Onepeculiarity is that the highest pillars are always foundto the south. The outer circle of stones shows noon ANTIQUITIES 61 and also the solstices and equinoxes. From this it isargued that the circles, in addition to serving as tombsand representing some re-ligious idea, did duty asclocks and calendars. Thecircles are of great anti-quity. From the bronzearticles found in them, thestyle of burial, and thenature of the pottery asso-ciated with them, we may. regard them as belonging to Bronze armlet, from theCulbin Sands the Bronze Age. Cist graves have been discovered in various parts ofthe county, for example, on the estate of Inverugie inDuffus, and in the parish of Urquhart. Such gravesusually contain an urn. One grave on the farm ofMeft in Urquhart yielded two urns full of ashes andburnt bones. In the same parish, some fine gold armletshave been found. On Burgie Lodge Farm, a cist con-taining the skeleton of a brachycephalous man wasunearthed in 1913. Swenos Stone, which stands close to Forres, is perhapsthe finest sculptured stone in Scotland. It represents thehigh-water mark of Celtic art. On the south side,says Rhinds Sketches and Antiquities of Moray, there arefive divisions, each filled up by numerous figures cut inrelief. The first division represents a number of personsas if engaged in deep council, and holding conversationin second division exhibits an army of 02 MORAYSHIRE horse and foot on th
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