(3.) _Bronze Ornament._--This consists of a small
semi-globular-shaped cup, 3/4 of an inch in diameter, to which is
attached a triangular-shaped handle-like projection, 3/4 of an inch
long (Fig. 262).
[Illustration: Fig. 262.--Bronze Ornament (1/1).]
[Illustration: Fig. 263.--Amber-coloured Glass Bead (1/1).]
(4.) _Glass Bead._--This is a smooth, amber-coloured bead,
variegated with a yellowish slag, and measuring 3/4 inch in
diameter, and 7/10 of an inch deep (Fig. 263).
(5.) _Bronze Ring._--A small slender ring of bronze, of the size of
a finger-ring. It is penannular (but the ends are close, and might
have been broken), and is 3/4-inch in diameter.
(6.) _Jet Pendant._--This is made of a circular piece of polished
jet or cannel coal, rather less than 1-1/2 inch in diameter, and
1/4 inch thick, which is perforated by four quadrant-like spaces of
uniform size and shape, so as to leave the form of a rectangular
cross inscribed in a circle. The arms of the cross become a little
broader as they approach the circumference, and on one surface
they, as well as the circular portion, are ornamented by a row of
incised circles, each circle having a small hollow in its centre.
An incised line bounds each row of circles on both sides. All
these incised lines, circles, and central hollows, were filled by
a yellowish kind of enamel. A little projection from the circle,
opposite one of the arms of the cross, is perforated transversely
to its surface by a small hole for suspension, but it is evident
that previous to the making of this hole, it was suspended by means
of another hole, which perforated it in an opposite direction, but
from which one side was broken off. (Fig. 264.)
[Illustration: Fig. 264.--Jet Ornament (1/1).]
Dr. Joseph Anderson, to whom I sent this object for inspection, writes
thus:--"I have nothing special to say of the jet object sent to-day,
except that it seems to be most certainly Christian, and of an early
Christian type. It is the first jet thing I have seen, having this
Christian relationship, from any of the early inhabited sites in
Scotland. The ornament is very peculiar, and the form of the trinket
most interesting, as it compares with the form of the cross within
a circle found on the stones in Wigtownshire, though it has not the
peculiar appendage which marks the Chrisma."[55]
* * * * *
A more complete account of these discoveries will be prepared for the
Fourth Volume of the Collections of the Ayrshire and Wigtownshire
Archæological Association.
FOOTNOTE:
[Footnote 55: See article on Inscribed Stones at Kirkmadrine, in the
parish of Stonykirk, county of Wigtown, by Dr. Arthur Mitchell.--_Proc.
Soc. Antiq. Scot._ vol. ix. p. 568. Also, _Scotland in Early Christian
Times_ (Second Series), p. 252.]
INDEX.
Abinger, Lord, on a structure of timbers in Loch Torlundie, 52.
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