The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . It was dug up at Brahalish, near Bantry, county Cork, andweighs 3 oz. 5 dwts. 6 grs. In contrast to this, another is engravedin the same Journal, found near the entrance lodge at Swintou Park,Yorkshire, scarcely two feet below the surface. In this beautifulspecimen the terminal cups are so unusually large, that the solidbar of gold dwindles into a mere connecting link between them. Theannexed figure of a very fine example found by a labourer while cutting • Xew Stat. Ace. vol. v. Buteshire, p. gested in tlio text may suffice to designat
The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . It was dug up at Brahalish, near Bantry, county Cork, andweighs 3 oz. 5 dwts. 6 grs. In contrast to this, another is engravedin the same Journal, found near the entrance lodge at Swintou Park,Yorkshire, scarcely two feet below the surface. In this beautifulspecimen the terminal cups are so unusually large, that the solidbar of gold dwindles into a mere connecting link between them. Theannexed figure of a very fine example found by a labourer while cutting • Xew Stat. Ace. vol. v. Buteshire, p. gested in tlio text may suffice to designate * Archaeol. Journal, vol. vi. p. 60. It is them by, at least till the establishment oft>nly from analogy, and the want of more some theory as to their use shall supply aappropriate terms, that these relics can be more precise name. The term raHdiiafilcalled rings, many being less than semi- fil>i(/<r would be preferable, did it not assume?ircles- Iossibly, however, the term sug- a still open to challenge. IKUSUNAL ORNAMENTS. mo. peats in tlie parisli of Cronidale, Inverness-shire, somewhat resemblesthat of Swinton Park in the size of its cups. It is from a drawingby the bite Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, and represents it about two-thirds the size of the ori-ginal Simibir relics ofmore ordinary proportionshave been brought to light,at diifercnt times, in vari-ous Scottish districts. Onefound in an urn in the northof Scotland, in the year1731, is described in a letterfrom Sir John Clerk to , written shortly afterits discovery ; and is furtherillustrated in the Reliquia3Galeanse, by an engravedfigure the size of the original.^ Shortly afterwards, Sir John Clerkwrites to his correspondent announcing the discovery of several valuablegold relics, including two other calicinated rings, brought to light inconsequence of the partial draining of a loch on an estate belonging tothe Earl of Stair. I begin to think, exclaims the astonished anti-quary, that there are trea
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