The Early Races of Scotland and Their Monuments, Volume 1Edmonston and Douglas, 1866 - Scotland |
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Forbes Leslie. examined is introduced in no flattering terms by Diodorus , who says Amongst those who have written old stories much like fables , Hecatæus and some others mention an island , over against Gaul , as big as Sicily , under ...
Forbes Leslie. examined is introduced in no flattering terms by Diodorus , who says Amongst those who have written old stories much like fables , Hecatæus and some others mention an island , over against Gaul , as big as Sicily , under ...
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... says that the Gauls had their accounts and claims for debts deposited with them in their graves The harp is found on the sculp- tured stones of Scotland , and was on a monument in Brittany , no longer existing , but described by ...
... says that the Gauls had their accounts and claims for debts deposited with them in their graves The harp is found on the sculp- tured stones of Scotland , and was on a monument in Brittany , no longer existing , but described by ...
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... says that the valuables they acquired in successful warfare might be seen heaped in consecrated places , and that the terrors of superstition , and the dread of cruel punishments , were sufficient to protect these hoards from theft or ...
... says that the valuables they acquired in successful warfare might be seen heaped in consecrated places , and that the terrors of superstition , and the dread of cruel punishments , were sufficient to protect these hoards from theft or ...
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... says that both these metals were found in the island ; probably in superficial deposits , which if not exhausted will not now repay the expense of collection . It would appear that gold digging in the Scottish Borders , in Clydesdale ...
... says that both these metals were found in the island ; probably in superficial deposits , which if not exhausted will not now repay the expense of collection . It would appear that gold digging in the Scottish Borders , in Clydesdale ...
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... says that the Druid institution is supposed to have been devised in Britain , and to have been brought thence into Gaul . To this it has been objected that the assertion is not authorita- tively from Cæsar himself . But the argument is ...
... says that the Druid institution is supposed to have been devised in Britain , and to have been brought thence into Gaul . To this it has been objected that the assertion is not authorita- tively from Cæsar himself . But the argument is ...
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Aberdeenshire Account of Scotland altars ancient antiquity Apollo appear Armorica authority Avebury Baal Belinus Beltane Brit British Britons Brittany Cæsar Caledonia Caledonian hieroglyphics called Carnac Celtic Celts century B.C. ceremonies Ceylon Christian church Cingalese circle circular fanes cloth Columba columnar stones Cornwall Cromlech crown 8vo Cyclopean deity derived Diodorus Siculus dolmen Druidical Druids earliest early Edinburgh Edition emblem erected Fcap feet fire fountains Gaelic Gaul Greek groves heathen Hecatæus Hist History India Ireland Irish island king land menhir mentioned monoliths moon Morbihan notice objects of worship Old Statistical Account original paganism parish Phoenicians Picts Plate Pliny practised primitive monuments probably proof race regarding religion religious remains remarkable rites Roman rude sacred sacrifice says Scots Scottish sculptured stones Silbury Spalding Club Stonehenge stones of Scotland Strabo superstition temple tion tree tribes tumuli unhewn Veneti Western Isles witches word
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