Scotland in Pagan Times; The Iron AgeAnderson, Joseph
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Scotland in Pagan Times; The Iron Age
Anderson, Joseph
Scotland -- Antiquities
Bronze headpiece, with horns, found at Torrs, Pages
Kirkcudbrightshire—Bronze headpiece, with horns, found 112–173
in the Thames—Typical relations of their ornament—Other
objects found in Scotland possessing the same
character—Swine’s head of bronze found at Liechestown,
Banffshire—Character of its ornamentation—Other objects
exhibiting the same style of art—Sword-sheath of bronze
found on the Pentland Hills—Bridle-bit, with red and
yellow enamels, found at Birrenswark, and
harness-mountings found in Annandale—Difference of the
art of these objects from that of the Celtic Christian
times—Technical skill displayed in their manufacture—The
testimony of Philostratus to the skill of the Barbarians
of the Ocean in working enamels—Such enamelled
horse-trappings found only in Britain—Bronze mirror and
other objects found at Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbright—The
character of their ornament—Such mirrors found
associated with interments of Pagan times—Pagan Cemetery
at Mount Batten, near Plymouth—Bronze mirror found in
one of the graves—Character of its ornament—Similar
mirrors found in graves at Trelan-Bahow, Cornwall, and
at Birdlip, near Gloucester—Character of their
ornament—Other bronze mirrors found in Britain—They
differ in form and ornamentation from Roman
mirrors—Their ornament discloses the existence of a
native school of art differing from the Roman
style—Bronze spoons found at Weston, near Bath, and
Llanfair, Denbighshire—Bronze collar found at Stitchell,
in Roxburghshire—Bronze armlet found at Plunton Castle,
Kirkcudbrightshire—Hoard of gold objects found on the
Shaw Hill, Peeblesshire—This group of objects, in bronze
and gold, includes characteristic examples of the work
of a special school of decorative art—Its distinctive
character—Its Celticism—Another group of objects in
bronze peculiar to Scotland—Massive enamelled bronze
armlets found at Castle Newe, Aberdeenshire—The
character of their ornament—Enamelled bronze armlets
found at Pitkellony, near Muthil—Others of similar
character found in Scotland—One found at Stanhope,
Peeblesshire, associated with a bronze vessel of Roman
type—The period of this distinctively native style of
art reaches back beyond the time of the Roman
occupation—Another group of personal ornaments in
bronze, exhibiting the special features of this school
of decorative art—Armlet, in the form of a double-headed
snake, found in the Culbin Sands—Its form and
decoration—Its character as a work of art—Armlets of
similar form found at Pitalpin, near Dundee, and at
Grange of Conan, near Arbroath—Bronze ball, with Celtic
decorations, found at Walston, Lanarkshire—Stone balls,
with ornaments of similar character, found in various
parts of Scotland—Their probable purpose—Their area—This
group of objects presents a series of examples of the
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