Fig. 742.—From the Ha’ Hill, Montblairy.
Figs. 743 to 745.—From Banchory, and Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh.
Figs. 746 and 747.—From Memsie and Rathbo.
Figs. [743 to 745] are of different form, the two larger being probably food vessels, and the latter an “immolation urn.” The first two were found in a cist on a farm at Banchory, in Kincardineshire, along with an interment by inhumation, and the latter at Arthur’s Seat, in Edinburgh. In the next engravings, Figs. [746 and 747], the larger vessel was found in a tumulus at Memsie, in Aberdeenshire, and the smaller at Rathbo, near Edinburgh. Figs. [748 to 750] are three interesting vessels from Lesmurdie, in Banffshire, now in the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. The largest is eight inches in height, and the smallest five inches. Fig. [751] was found in one of a group of cists, under a large cairn, at Sheal Loch, in the parish of Borthwick, near Edinburgh. It is made of fine baked clay, burned to an unusually hard and durable consistency, and measures four and a half inches in height by about six and a half in diameter. Five perforated projections are disposed at nearly equal distances around it, and the interior of the vessel bears evident marks of fire. Fig. [752] is from the Montrose Museum and was found in that burgh some years back. The other three, Figs. [753 to 755], are “immolation urns,” as I have before termed them, which are respectively from Old Penrith, from Dunbar, and from Ronaldshay in Orkney.
Figs. 748 to 750.—From Lesmurdie.
