The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . the cure of diseases. From its cor-respondence Avith others of the earliest class of relics, it can hardlyadmit of a doubt that it belongs to the personal ornaments of theStone Period, and may have owed the reverence of its more recentpossessor to the fact of its discoveiy within some i^rimitive cist, or inthe charmed circle of Taoursanan, the origin of which is commonlyascribed to superhuman powers. It is worthy of note, indeed, thatthe word Druidheachd is no longer associated with the priesthood ofthe British groves, but is now only used b
The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . the cure of diseases. From its cor-respondence Avith others of the earliest class of relics, it can hardlyadmit of a doubt that it belongs to the personal ornaments of theStone Period, and may have owed the reverence of its more recentpossessor to the fact of its discoveiy within some i^rimitive cist, or inthe charmed circle of Taoursanan, the origin of which is commonlyascribed to superhuman powers. It is worthy of note, indeed, thatthe word Druidheachd is no longer associated with the priesthood ofthe British groves, but is now only used by the Scottish Highlanders asapplicable to sorceiy or magic. Another, but much less perfect orna-ment of perforated reddish stone, in the same collection with the above,was foimd, along Avith several flint arrow-heads, in the island of Harris;and a third, still ruder, was discovered, with a similar arrow-head, onthe Lomond Hills of Fifeshire. But perhaps the most singular relicsof the Stone Period ever discovered in Scotland are two stone collars,.
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