Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Volume 16Society of Antiquaries of Scotland., 1882 - Scotland Includes List of members. |
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12 inches 24 inches 9 inches Aberfeldy adipocere Alexander ancient anvil basin Bog Butter bones Boulder broch bronze carved Castle Celt Celtic centre chambered cairns church churchyard circular cist Class of Monument Clava coins Corrimony Cup-Marked Stones cupped stones Depth described Diam district east Edinburgh F.S.A. Scot feet 6 inches flat foot Forfarshire formed Gaelic GEORGE Glen groove hollow House inches inches deep inches diameter inches high inches in diameter inches in length inches long Inverness island Islay James JOHN John Alexander Smith Kilmartin Kiltarlity LL.D Loch Loch Ashie measures 3 feet mile Museum Norse Orkney ornamented parish Perthshire present Proc Ratho remains ROBERT Rock surface round sandstone Scotland Scottish shown on fig side Simpson Sir James Simpson slab standing stones Stewart stone circles Tormain Hill tumulus upper varying in diameter wall WILLIAM yards
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Page 39 - Inscriptions in the Phoenician Character, discovered on the site of Carthage, during Researches by Nathan Davis, Esq., 1856-58.
Page xv - SCOTLAND. I. MEMBERS. 1. The Society shall consist of Ordinary and Honorary Fellows, and of Corresponding and Lady Associates. 2. The number of the Ordinary Fellows shall be unlimited. 3. Candidates for admission as Ordinary Fellows must sign the Form of Application prescribed by the Council, and must be recommended by one Ordinary Fellow and two Members of the Council 4. The Secretary shall cause the names of the Candidates and of their Proposers to be inserted in the billet calling the Meeting...
Page 204 - In that paper Mr. Plant uses the term " Mineral Resin ;" and further (page 70, par. 2) says — " By the aid of scientific analysis, the substance called Bog Butter can be shown to be a perfectly natural production, arising from the decomposition of the vegetable matters forming the peat or bog...
Page 377 - It contains no stone of importance, except a finely carved slab, which is said to have been carried from lona. Above and not far from it, amongst the bushes, lies a hollow stone basin, which is said to have been used by St. Columba himself for baptism, when he visited King Brude in his castle near Inverness, and it goes by his name. It seems also to possess other virtues. Amongst these, the water it contains is said to have salutary PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY, MAY 8, 1882.
Page 232 - At the second meeting, held in July 1804, Mr Dempster invited attention to the rotation of crops; suggesting various methods, and maintaining that by a proper alternation of green and grain crops, fallowing might be dispensed with. To each member he handed a slip of rules, which he termed golden...
Page 283 - Edgar appears to have made no attempt to introduce a parochial church north of the Forth, or even to fill up the vacancy in the see of St. Andrews; but on his death, when the territory which formed his kingdom, with its heterogeneous...
Page 235 - ... operations." He pleaded on behalf of crows that they destroyed grub, and ought to be encouraged, a view strongly supported by Mr Guthrie but objected to by Mr Headrick. Fiorin grass had at a former meeting been brought under discussion ; the subject was revived, and among those who took part in the debate was Mr John Pinkerton, the antiquary, who, being Mr Dempster's guest, was present as an honorary member. Mr Pinkerton remarked that Camden had referred to a field of florin grass which was so...
Page 228 - Pidish touu on a low hill of conical form almost level on the summit, containing about two acres of land. The houses, the foundations of which are still obvious, have been built right round the sides of the summit in regular rows, and in the greater part of a conical form. In the centre are the foundations of oblong houses of larger dimensions. The conical houses are generally 12 feet in diameter within the walls. The town had been strongly fortified first by a deep circumvallation, and higher up...
Page 37 - The following Donations to the Museum and Library were laid on the table, and thanks voted to the Donors:— (1.) By R.
Page 232 - ... Swedish turnips, and suggested that the tops of the carrot should be used in feeding milch cows. His former proposal as to the disuse of fallow ground was disapproved, it being strongly held that the land required rest at least every tenth year. It was agreed, on his recommendation, that wheat ought to be more extensively cultivated, and that it should be sown late in August or early in September. At the close of the meeting an indigent person, formerly a farmer, and then said to be in his 106th...