Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) MAES-HOWE _Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh._ [Illustration: PLATE I. GENERAL VIEW OF MAESHOWE.] NOTICE OF RUNIC INSCRIPTIONS DISCOVERED DURING RECENT EXCAVATIONS IN THE ORKNEYS MADE BY JAMES FARRER, M.P. PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION 1862 CONTENTS. PAGE PREFACE ix DESCRIPTION OF MAES-HOWE 11 THE EXCAVATION OF MAES-HOWE 13 BARROWS AT BOOKAN 16 LARGE BARROW CONTAINING GRAVES 17 MOUNDS AT STENNES 18 BARROW AT TENSTONE 19 APPENDIX 21 ORIGIN OF MAES-HOWE, AND DATE OF INSCRIPTIONS 21 READINGS OF INSCRIPTIONS 25 LIST OF PLATES. I. General View of Maes-Howe from the N. E. TO FACE TITLE PAGE II. Interior View of Maes-Howe " PAGE 15 III. General Plan and Section of Maes-Howe " 20 IV. Plan of Central Chamber, Passages, and Cells " 20 V. Sections of East and West Sides of Chamber " 20 VI. Sections of North and South Sides of Chamber and Passage " 20 _The numbers on Plates V. and VI. show the situation of the slabs containing the Runic Inscriptions, which are numbered accordingly._ VII. Inscriptions Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 " 40 VIII. Do. Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 " 40 IX. Do. Nos. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 " 40 X. Do. Nos. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 " 40 XI. Do. Nos. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 " 40 [_The Inscriptions are drawn on a scale of 2 inches to one foot._] PREFACE.