An Attempt to Explain the Origin and Meaning of the Early Interlaced Ornamentation Found on the Sculptured Stones of Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of Man

by Gilbert J. French

[2] The Sculptured Stones of Scotland, privately printed by the Spalding Club, and liberally presented to many antiquarian societies.

[3] The Sculptured Crosses of Ancient Ireland, by Henry O’Neill.

[4] The Runic and other Monumental Remains of the Isle of Man, by the Rev. J. G. Cumming.

[5] Annals of Clanmacnoise, quoted in notes to the Annals of the Four Masters, vol. i. p. 181.

[6] William of Malmesbury, book i. c. 20.

[7] Pre-historic Annals of Scotland, p. 76.

[8] Information from Mr. Hughes, of Chester, 1858.

[9] McIan’s Highland Clans—McNiel.

[10] Essay on Custom and Education.

[11] Thomas Dinley’s Journal of a Tour in Ireland: Proceedings of the Kilkenny Archæological Society, vol. i. p. 180, New Series.