[131] Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, p. 96.
[132] Statistical Account of Scotland, collected by Sir John Sinclair, vol. x. pp. 68, 75.
[133] The Scots Magazine for 1780, p. 697. See also Smellie's Account of the Institution and Progress of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1782), p. 8.
[134] Rowlands' Mona Antiqua Restaurata, second edition, p. 313. The inscription is printed in italics by Rowland. I have printed this and some of the following readings in small Roman capitals, in order to assimilate them all the more with each other.
[135] Philosophical Transactions, vol. xxii. p. 790.
[136] Historical Inquiries concerning the Roman Monuments and Antiquities in Scotland, p. 50.
[137] The History of Edinburgh, p. 508.
[138] Tour in Scotland in 1772, Part ii. p. 237. When describing his ride from Kirkliston to Edinburgh, he observes: "On the right hand, at a small distance from our road are some rude stones. On one called the Cat-stean, a compound of Celtic and Saxon, signifying the Stone of Battle, is this inscription: In hoc tumulo Jacet Veta F. victi; supposed in memory of a person slain there."
[139] Camden's Britannia, edited by Richard Gough, vol. iii. p. 317. Mr. Gough cites also as Mr. Wilkie's reading, "In hoc tum, jac. Constantie Vict."
[140] In the VETTA of this line the cross bar in A is wanting, from the stone between the upright bars being chipped or weathered out.