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| [Cairn continued] | [continued from page 27] cist containing an urn and human remains. "Along the valley of Kilmartin, & in some other parts of the parish, there are a number of large circular Cairns of stones. Some of them have been explored and found to contain stone coffins about 4 feet long by 2 broad, so that the body must have been doubled up, or burned, & the bones & ashes deposited in them. The latter supposition is the more likely as Urns or earthen vases rudely ornamented, & containing a small quantity of red ashes, are generally found at the one end of the Coffin, & human bones of a larger size than such as are now commonly met with, are deposited in the centre. A few Silver Coins & one in particular, bearing the name of Ethelred, has been found in one of those Stone Coffins; and in another a spear head about 10 inches long, composed of a mixture of brass & iron; as also a polished stone, shaped somewhat like a battle-axe, which seem to indicate that some of the persons whose remains have been there deposited, were men "whose trade was war". Contiguous to these Cairns are occasionally to be found open circles of stones placed on end, and large pillars of stones standing 17 or 18 feet about ground. Various opinions are entertained regarding the origin of these rude monuments of [continued on page 29] |
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