The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . rnaments have been discovered in Scot-land, manifestly belonging to this later era when artistic design hadbeen fully developed, and its works were characterized by a well-definedstyle. Of one of the most remarkable of these a drawing has fortu-nately been preserved, made to illustrate a communication to theScottish Society of Antiquaries in 1787, though the original, it is tobe feared, must no longer be sought for. The cairn in which the relicwas found is thus described: At Cluinmore, near Blair-Atholl, thereis a beautiful green cairn, call
The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . rnaments have been discovered in Scot-land, manifestly belonging to this later era when artistic design hadbeen fully developed, and its works were characterized by a well-definedstyle. Of one of the most remarkable of these a drawing has fortu-nately been preserved, made to illustrate a communication to theScottish Society of Antiquaries in 1787, though the original, it is tobe feared, must no longer be sought for. The cairn in which the relicwas found is thus described: At Cluinmore, near Blair-Atholl, thereis a beautiful green cairn, called Sithain-na-Cluana, , the Fairy Hillof Clune. It is about twenty paces high obliquely, and about onehundred and twenty paces in circumference. Upon the top of itthere are the two side stones of the altar still remaining, upon whichthere are engraven some hieroglyphics, so much defaced that they arenot readable unless the stones were turned over and narrowly exa-••h square outline is marked, t» ]\IS. Soc. Autiq. Scot., read May 1, F. 450 THE TEUTONIC OK IRON PERIOD. 1^ ft. loug; and following it is the sketch, of which the annexedwoodcut is an exact copy, of the same size. It is described as the Large bronze ring found in the cairn of Clunemore. Rings of asimilar character to this, though differing greatly in their details, havebeen frequently found in Denmark, and various fine examples are pre-served in the valuable collection at Copenhagen. But the most re-markable feature of this verycurious relic is the hoodedsnakes head wliich termi-nates one of the ends, theother having been most pro-bably finished in like appears to have almost ex-actly corresponded to thoseon the large snake braceletfound near Findhorn, and likeit seems to have been iewell- ^ ,, ^ . ^ . ,^., J KiuS for Hair. Caim of Cliueraoi^. ed. Objects of this class are named by the Danish antiquaries, Hings for the Hair. A comparisonof this example, with one engraved in Mr. Thoms edition o
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