The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . er circular form in the A bell of the oblong rounded form rudely fashioned out ofa sheet of bronze, found at Harden, in Herefordshire, is engraved inthe Archaeological Journal.^The simplicity of its formand construction abundant-ly justify its assignment tonearly the same early no very remote dateseveral of these ancient con-secrated bells were to befound in Scotland, and evi-dence of the most satisfactorykind proves the former ex-istence of others dedicatedto primitive Scottish saints,nor is it at all imj)robabletha
The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . er circular form in the A bell of the oblong rounded form rudely fashioned out ofa sheet of bronze, found at Harden, in Herefordshire, is engraved inthe Archaeological Journal.^The simplicity of its formand construction abundant-ly justify its assignment tonearly the same early no very remote dateseveral of these ancient con-secrated bells were to befound in Scotland, and evi-dence of the most satisfactorykind proves the former ex-istence of others dedicatedto primitive Scottish saints,nor is it at all imj)robablethat some of these may still be preserved. The accompanying engraving represents one examplemanifestly of the earliest and most primitive form. It was obtainedsome years ago in Perthshire, and now forms one of the many valu-able Scottish relics in the collection of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe,Esq.; but unfortunately no clue exists to its original dedication or I Eccloy. Arcliitectiuc ofliTlniuI. Svo. p. - Archaeological Journal, vol. v. p. 31i{ i:CCLESIASTICAl> ANTIQUITI KS. G5U the local associations of its early history. This primitive bell mea-sures four and a quarter inches in height, including the handle, andthree and three-quarters, by one and three-quarters inches, at tliemouth. It is fashioned out of a single plate of sheet-iron ; and thering which forms the handle externally projects internally, so as toform a loop, from which the clapper was suspended. Though no representations of these singular relics of the Celticchurch have been introduced on the sculptured crosses, they arefigured on various early Scottish seals. The bell of St. Kentigern,the great apostle of Strathclyde, was an object of devout venera-tion at Glasgow for many centuries ; and after forming a jDromi-nent feature in the armorial bearings of the archiepiscopal see, stillfigures in the modern citys arms. There has even been thoughtto be sufficient evidence to justify the belief of the original
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