The Early Races of Scotland and Their Monuments, Volume 1Edmonston and Douglas, 1866 - Scotland |
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... Ireland , and Scotland have been examined . Yet , regarding subjects so obscure as those treated of in these pages , it is with extreme diffidence that the following suggestions as to the 10 2 . separate symbols , and the general design of.
... Ireland , and Scotland have been examined . Yet , regarding subjects so obscure as those treated of in these pages , it is with extreme diffidence that the following suggestions as to the 10 2 . separate symbols , and the general design of.
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... Ireland - even in Gaul and South Britain -- were originally , there is reason to believe , not materially different from those of North Britain . But the hieroglyphics are confined to the latter country ; and as it never fell under ...
... Ireland - even in Gaul and South Britain -- were originally , there is reason to believe , not materially different from those of North Britain . But the hieroglyphics are confined to the latter country ; and as it never fell under ...
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... Ireland - Mass of the Early Population of Caledonia Celtic . IF F the principal inhabitants of Britain and Western Europe came from the East , history gives no direct information of their migration , nor of the continued but irregular ...
... Ireland - Mass of the Early Population of Caledonia Celtic . IF F the principal inhabitants of Britain and Western Europe came from the East , history gives no direct information of their migration , nor of the continued but irregular ...
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... Ireland to the Western and Orkney Isles . There were many persons at one time who , in their zeal for the honour of the country , maintained that Britain was one of " the Islands of the Blessed . " They failed to prove their case ; but ...
... Ireland to the Western and Orkney Isles . There were many persons at one time who , in their zeal for the honour of the country , maintained that Britain was one of " the Islands of the Blessed . " They failed to prove their case ; but ...
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... Ireland , and in the Western Isles . Next the Gaels , pressing on them and partly amalgamating with them , was another great division of the Celtic race , viz . , the British ; the advancing British probably intruding on the Gaels , as ...
... Ireland , and in the Western Isles . Next the Gaels , pressing on them and partly amalgamating with them , was another great division of the Celtic race , viz . , the British ; the advancing British probably intruding on the Gaels , as ...
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66 MUSEUM Aberdeenshire Account of Scotland altars ancient antiquity Apollo appear Armorica authority Avebury Baal Belinus Beltane Brit BRITISH 9 Britons Brittany Cæsar Caledonia Caledonian hieroglyphics called Carnac Celts century B.C. ceremonies Ceylon chapter Christian church Cingalese circle circular fanes Columba columnar stones Cornwall Cyclopean deity derived Diodorus Siculus dolmen Druidical Druids earliest early emblem erected feet fire fountains Gaelic Gaul Gautama Buddha Greek groves heathen Hist India Inhabitants of Britain Ireland Irish island king land menhir mentioned monoliths moon Morbihan North Britain notice object of worship Old Statistical Account original pagan parish period Phoenicians Picts Plate Pliny practised primitive monuments probably proof race regarding religion religious remains remarkable rites Roman sacred sacrifice sacrificed says Scots sculptured stones Silbury similar Spalding Club Stonehenge stones of Scotland Strabo superstition temple tion tree tribes tumuli unhewn Veneti Western Isles witches word