Caithness, the Brochs of, 209, 223, 232, 234.
—— oval brooches found in, 43, 45.
Caldale, Kirkwall, arm-rings of silver found at, 109.
Caledonian Valley, number of Brochs to the north of the, 192.
Campbell, William, of Ballinaby, Viking graves discovered by, 14.
Carn-liath, Sutherlandshire, Broch of, 202, 221.
Cassimir, Frederick, buried with his arms and horse, 6.
Castle Cole, Sutherlandshire, Broch of, 185, 194.
Castle Newe, Aberdeenshire, enamelled bronze armlets at, 141.
Caterthun, Forfarshire, Hill-Fort of, 274.
Chapel Euny, Sancreed, Cornwall, Earth-house at, 305.
Charcoal, ritualistic use of, in Christian burial, 8, 9.
Charlemagne, manner of the burial of, 4.
Childeric, King, manner of the burial of, 4.
Clay, vessels of, with incense and holy water, use of, in Christian
burial, 9,10, 11, 12.
Clergy buried in their vestments, 5.
Clibberswick, Unst, pair of oval brooches and trefoil ornament found
at, 47.
Clickamin, Lerwick, Broch of, 195, 196.
Cloth of various kinds, fragments of, from Viking graves, 42, 55.
Cloth, castings of texture of, in bowl-shaped brooches, 41.
—— Hood of Woollen, from moss in Orkney, 103.
Clothing, burial of, with Christian dead, 4, 5, 6.
Clova, Aberdeenshire, Earth-house at, 288.
Cockburn Law, Berwickshire, Broch at, 186.
Coins, Cufic and Anglo-Saxon, found with hoards of silver ornaments,
88, 89, 91.
—— Roman, found in Broch of Lingrow, 244.
Coldoch, Perthshire, Broch of, 190.
Combs of bone, double-edged, found in Brochs, 237, 240, 249, 250.
—— round-backed, found in Brochs, 233, 240, 249.
—— long-handled, found in Brochs, 213, 222, 240, 241, 251.
Cornwall, Earth-houses of, 305.
Corquoy, Rousay, Orkney, urn of steatite found at, 71.
Craig Beg, Ballater, ornamented stone ball found at, 165.
Craig Phadrig, near Inverness, Vitrified Fort of, 277.
Crannog of Loch Laoghaire, the siege of the, 271.
Crannogs of Dowalton Loch, 264.
—— of Ayrshire, 269.
Cranokis of the Isles, the, 271.
Cremation a typical characteristic of Pagan burial, 2.
—— punishable with death, 4.
—— narrative by an eye-witness of the ceremonies attending a burial
after, 61.
Crichie, near Kintore, bronze ornaments found at, 123.
Crichton Mains, Midlothian, Earth-house at, 301.
Crosiers, burial of, with archbishops, 5.
Crucibles found in Brochs, 221.
Cuerdale, hoard of silver ornaments and coins at, 91.
Culbin Sands, Elginshire, bronze spiral armlet found at, 156.
Cullswick, Shetland, Broch at, 185, 195.
Culsh, Aberdeenshire, Earth-house at, 287.
Cup-markings on rocks and stones, area of, 299.
Dice of bone found in Broch of Burrian, 248.
Discs of polished stone found in Brochs and Crannogs, 220, 232, 236,
241, 270.
Dowalton Loch, Crannogs in, 264.
—— bronze mounting found in, 123.
Drinking-horn, silver mounting of a, 46.
Drumside, Belhelvie, Aberdeenshire, bronze armlets found at, 146, 147.
Dun Alisaig, Ross-shire, Broch of, 185.
—— Carloway, Lewis, Broch of, 185.
—— Dornadilla, Sutherlandshire, Broch of, 185.
—— Mac Uisneachan, Loch Etive, Vitrified Fort of, 277.
Dunsinnane, description of the Hill-Fort of, 281.
Earth-houses of Scotland, Ireland, and Cornwall, 282, 304.
—— of Scotland, period of, 304.
Eigg, Viking graves in, 48, 49, 53, 54.
Elgin, ornamented stone ball found at, 162.
Elie, in Fife, Earth-house at, 292.
Enamel on shields, bridle-bits, horse-trappings, and armlets, 120, 123,
125, 126, 141, 143.
Eriboll, Sutherlandshire, Earth-house at, 289.
Erik, King of Denmark, buried with his sword, 5.
Esthonia, relapse of Christian converts to heathenism in, 4.
Eucharist, spoon used in celebration of the, 134.
Fair Isle, urn of steatite found in, 73.
Finhaven, near Aberlemno, Vitrified Fort of, 277.
Fordoun, Kincardineshire, ornamented stone ball found at, 164.
France, Celtic or Gaulish forts of, 280.
Freelands, Glasterlaw, ornamented stone ball found at, 164.
Garrywhoine, Caithness, Hill-Fort of, 273.
Gauls, shields and helmets of the, 119.
Gisli the Soursop, Saga of, 290.
Glas Hill, Towie, ornamented stone ball found at, 163.
Glass, variegated beads of, found in Viking graves, 27.
—— black, smoothing implements of, found in Viking graves, 30, 36.
Glenelg, Brochs in the valley of Glenbeg in, 181, 182.
Gökstad, near Sandefiord, ship-burial at, 64.
Gold, hoards of ornaments of, 106, 107, 108.
Goni, Sardinia, Nuraghe of, 193.
Grain, charred, found in Brochs, 234.
Grave-goods, Christian burials with, 4, 5, 6, 7.
Grange of Conan, near Arbroath, bronze spiral armlet found at, 160.
Hamilton, Dr. Edward, investigation of Vitrified Forts in Arisaig by,
279.
Harald, Earl of Orkney, 200.
Harness, bronze mountings of, 122, 123.
Haroldswick, Unst, Shetland, grave-mound at, 74.
Harpsdale, Caithness, Broch of, 199.
Harray, Orkney, Broch at Manse of, 198, 199, 236.
Hell-shoes bound on the feet of the dead, 6.
Helmets of bronze with horns, 116.
Hildebrand, B. E., on the supposed Oriental origin of the silver hoards
of the Viking time, 90.
Hildetand, King Harald, burial of, 60.
Hill-Forts of Scotland, 272.
Hoards of silver ornaments and coins, 78, 89, 109.
—— of gold ornaments, 106, 107, 108.
Hogsetter, Whalsay, Shetland, defensive structure in the Loch of, 260.
Hood of woollen fabric found in a moss in Orkney, 103.
Horse, the flesh of the, as an article of food, 215.
Hravnkel Freysgode, grave-mound of, 59.
Ibn-Fozlan, Ahmed, narrative of a burial after cremation by, 61.
Illumination from fourteenth-century manuscript, representing a burial
service, 12.
Impernal, construction of the ramparts of, 280.
Ingots of silver, 88, 107.
Iron, tools and weapons of, found in Viking graves, 14, 15, 45, 52, 56,
58.
—— articles of, found in Brochs, 213, 214, 219, 221, 223, 232, 234,
237, 250, 257.
—— articles of, found in Earth-houses, 285, 295, 298.
Kettleburn, Caithness, Broch of, 200, 209.
Key of iron from a grave of the Viking time in Westray, 58.
Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Earth-houses at, 292.
Kings and Clergy, manner of the burial of, in Middle Ages, 4.
Kinord, Aberdeenshire, Earth-house at, 291.
Kintradwell or Kintrolla, Sutherlandshire, Broch of, 202, 216.
Knockfarril, in Ross-shire, Vitrified Fort of, 276.
Lake-dwellings of Scotland, 263.
Lamps of stone found in Brochs, 212, 232, 236, 241.
Lenormant, M., on the Truddhu of Southern Italy, 206.
Levenwick, Shetland, Broch of, 234.
Liechestown, Banffshire, swine’s head of bronze found at, 117.
Lingrow, Orkney, Broch of, 242.
Livonia, relapse of Christian converts to heathenism in, 4.
Llanfair, bronze spoons found at, 135, 136.
Loch Duich, Inverness-shire, Broch at, 183.
Maces, mediæval, figured in the Bayeux Tapestry, 170.
Maddad, Earl of Athol, 200.
M’Crie, George, grave-mounds in Rousay explored by, 71.
Metal-work of early Celtic School of Art, characteristics of the
decoration of, 140.
Middleby, Annandale, harness mountings of bronze found at, 123.
Midhill Head, Midlothian, Earthwork on, 272.
Migvie, Aberdeenshire, Earth-house at, 284.
Mirrors of bronze, Celtic, 127, 130, 132.
—— Roman, 133.
Möklebust, Norway, grave-mound at, 62.
Montrose, pierced vases of clay in a Christian grave at, 11.
Mould of Clay for making Bronze Pins found in Broch of Lingrow, 245.
Mountings of bronze found at Henshole on Cheviot, 122.
Mousa, Shetland, the Broch of, 174, 200.
Munro, Robert, M.D., investigation of Crannogs in Ayrshire by, 269.
Murcens, construction of the ramparts of, 280.
Murroes, Forfarshire, Earth-house at, 290.
Neck-rings of silver, 84, 85.
Needles of Bone found in Brochs, 247.
Newry, County Down, Ireland, bronze armlet found at, 154, 155.
Newstead, Roxburghshire, Earth-houses at, 300.
Newton, Islay, oval brooch found at, 39.
Nicolaysen, description of smoothing implements of glass by, 36.
Northmen, Pagan forms of belief of the, 32.
Nuraghi of Sardinia, the, 193.
Olaf, King of Denmark, buried with his sword, 5.
Oland, island of, bronze plaques with representations of warriors found
in, 20, 116.
Old Stirkoke, Broch of, 232.
Okstrow, Birsay, Orkney, Broch of, 199, 240.
Orem’s Fancy, Stronsay, Orkney, urns of steatite found at, 67, 68.
Ornament of the bowl-shaped brooches of brass, characteristics of the,
25.
—— of the penannular brooches of silver of the Viking time, 93–99.
Orkney, ornamented stone balls found in, 168, 169.
—— Brochs of, 197, 236, 238, 240, 242, 245.
_Orkneyinga Saga_, notice of hunting of Reindeer in, 231.
Otranto, Italy, the Truddhu of, 206.
Paganism, typical character of burials of, 2.
Pantellaria, the Sesi of, 206.
Petrie, George, grave-mounds explored by, 58, 67.
Pierowall, Westray, Orkney, grave-mounds of the Viking time at, 55, 58.
Philostratus, notice of enamelling by, 125.
Pins of Bone found in Brochs, 237, 239, 246, 247.
—— of Bronze found in Brochs, 233, 237, 242.
Pirnie, parish of Wemyss, Fife, Earth-house at, 292.
Pitalpin, near Dundee, bronze spiral armlet found at, 159.
Pitkelloney, near Muthil, bronze armlets found at, 143.
Plunton Castle, bronze armlet found near, 137.
Pottery of the Brochs, the, 215, 221, 230, 237, 240, 242, 244.
—— of the Earth-houses, the, 287, 288, 295, 298, 304.
Quendale, Shetland, arm-rings of silver found at, 109.
Quern found at Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbright, 126.
Querns found in Brochs, 212, 220, 222, 243, 246.
—— found in crannogs, 270.
Rattar, Caithness, arm-rings of silver found at, 109.
Rattray, Castle Hill of, pierced vase of clay found at, 12.
Rendall, William, exploration of Viking graves at Pierowall, Westray,
by, 55.
Reindeer, remains of, found in Brochs, 221, 231.
Rhind, Alexander Henry, exploration of the Broch of Kettleburn by, 209.
Rousay, Orkney, urns of steatite found in, 71.
Rygh, Professor, comparison of oval brooches found in Norway and in
Scotland by, 35.
Saga of Gisli the Soursop, the, 290.
—— the _Orkneyinga_, 231.
Sagas, testimony of the, to the forms of heathen burial, 59.
Samian Ware found in Brochs, 237, 242.
—— found in crannogs, 270.
Saucepan of bronze found at Stanhope, Peeblesshire, 152.
—— found in Dowalton Loch, 266.
Seafield Tower, Kinghorn, bronze armlet found at, 154.
Seal, the flesh of the, as an article of food, 215.
Sesi, the, of the Isle of Pantellaria, 206.
Shapinsay, Orkney, urn of steatite found in, 72.
Shaw Hill, Kirkurd, hoard of gold objects found at, 138.
Shields found in Viking graves, 18, 56.
—— of bronze, decorated with enamels and figures of animals, 119.
Ship-burials of the Viking time in Orkney, 59.
—— in Norway, 62, 63.
Shoes, burial with, 6, 7.
Silver, ornaments of, found in Viking graves, 27, 28.
—— hoards of ornaments and coins of, 78, 89, 109.
—— Fibula of, found in the Broch of Carn-liath, 223.
Skaill, Orkney, hoard of silver ornaments found at, 78.
—— ornamented stone balls found at, 168.
Skalagrim, burial of, 59.
Skinnet, Caithness, Broch of, 199.
Skjern, North Jutland, Runic monument at, 99, 100.
Skye, arm-rings of silver found in, 109.
—— ornamented stone ball found in, 167.
Smith, Dr. R. Angus, investigation of Vitrified Fort on Loch Etive by,
277.
Smith’s tools found in Viking graves in Scotland, 23.
—— found in Viking graves in Scandinavia, 35.
Snaburgh, Unst, Shetland, Broch of, 195.
Solomon’s seal, geometric figure called, 255, 256.
Spoons of bronze, Celtic, 134, 136.
Stanhope, Peeblesshire, bronze armlet found at, 150.
Stennis, Orkney, arm-rings of silver found at, 109.
—— urn of steatite found at, 69.
—— finger-rings of gold found at, 106.
Stitchell bronze collar found at, 136, 137.
Stone cups found in Brochs, 218, 233.
Stuart, Professor, description of Earth-houses by, 292.
Sutherlandshire, oval brooches found in, 43.
—— the Brochs of, 216.
Sweindrow, Rousay, Viking sword found at, 45.
Swine’s head of bronze found in Banffshire, 117.
Sword-hilt of Viking time found in Eigg, 49.
—— found at Ultuna in Sweden, 52.
Swords of iron found in Viking graves, 17, 33, 45, 48.
—— with sheaths of bronze, 121.
Sword-sheath of bronze found near Mortonhall, 120.
Talayots, the, of the Balearic Islands, 206.
Tealing, Forfarshire, Earth-house at, 298.
Thor, conventional representations of, 97, 99, 100, 101.
Thor’s Hammer, amulets in form of, 91, 99.
Thorgrim, priest of Frey, burial of, 60.
Tiree, oval brooches found in, 40.
Torrs, Kirkcudbright, bronze object like the frontal of a horse, found
at, 112.
Torwood, Stirlingshire, Broch at, 188.
Towers, Round, of Ireland, 204.
Towie, Aberdeenshire, bronze ornaments found at, 122.
Trelan Bahow, Cornwall, bronze mirror found in a grave at, 131.
Truddhu, the, of the Terra d’Otranto, Italy, 206.
Tune, Norway, ship-burial at, 63.
Tweezers of bronze, 214.
Ultuna, Sweden, grave-mound of Iron Age at, 51, 52.
Unst, Shetland, urns of steatite found in, 74.
Urns of steatite from grave-mounds in Orkney and Shetland, 67, 68, 69,
70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76.
Uyea, Shetland, urn of steatite found in, 73.
Valhalla of the Northmen, the, 32.
Vases of clay, pierced and containing charcoal and incense, buried in
Christian graves, 10, 11, 12.
Vik, in Norway, sword found at, 33.
Vitrifaction, modern practice of, for macadamising roads, 281.
Vitrified Forts of Scotland and France, 275, 280.
Walston, Lanarkshire, ornamented bronze ball found at, 161–162.
Weaving, implements of, found in Brochs, 252.
—— combs used in, 253, 254.
Weston, near Bath, bronze spoons found at, 134, 135.
Westray, Orkney, Viking graves in, 55, 58.
—— large vessel of steatite found in, 76.
Williams, John, description of Vitrified Forts by, 276.
Whale, the flesh of the, as an article of food, 215.
Woollen fabrics from mosses in Orkney and Denmark, 103–106.
Yarhouse, Thrumster, Caithness, the Broch of, 195, 223.
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1877
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_In One Vol. Royal 8vo, with Maps, Plans, and numerous Illustrations in
Wood-Engraving._