The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . MISCELLANEOUS ANTIQUITTES. 683. tombs of a much earlier period, and is now very rarely to be metwith. One good small example is in the Museum of the ScottishAntiquaries, and another larger and very fine specimen, the handle ofwhich is here engraved, is in the valuable collection of W. B. John-stone, Esq. The claymore is figured in the sculptures both of lonaand Oronsay with a considerable variety of details. In some the bladeis highly ornamented, and the handle variesin form, but all present the same character-istic, having tlae guards bent
The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . MISCELLANEOUS ANTIQUITTES. 683. tombs of a much earlier period, and is now very rarely to be metwith. One good small example is in the Museum of the ScottishAntiquaries, and another larger and very fine specimen, the handle ofwhich is here engraved, is in the valuable collection of W. B. John-stone, Esq. The claymore is figured in the sculptures both of lonaand Oronsay with a considerable variety of details. In some the bladeis highly ornamented, and the handle variesin form, but all present the same character-istic, having tlae guards bent back towardsthe blade. A curious variety of this pecu-liar form is seen in a fine large two-handedsword preserved at Hawthornden, the cele-brated castle of the Drummonds, where theScottish poet entertained Ben Jonson duringhis visit to Scotland in 1619. It is tradi-tionally afiirmed to have been the weaponof Robert the Bruce, though little import-ance can be attached to a reputation whichit shares with one-half the large two-handedswords still preserved. The handle appearsto be m
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