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[1] _Archæological and Pre-historic Annals of Scotland_, pp. 221, 504, 505.
[2] _The Sculptured Stones of Scotland_, privately printed by the Spalding Club, and liberally presented to many antiquarian societies.
[3] _The Sculptured Crosses of Ancient Ireland_, by Henry O’Neill.
[4] _The Runic and other Monumental Remains of the Isle of Man_, by the Rev. J. G. Cumming.
[5] _Annals of Clanmacnoise_, quoted in notes to the _Annals of the Four Masters_, vol. i. p. 181.
[6] _William of Malmesbury_, book i. c. 20.
[7] _Pre-historic Annals of Scotland_, p. 76.
[8] Information from Mr. Hughes, of Chester, 1858.
[11] Thomas Dinley’s _Journal of a Tour in Ireland: Proceedings of the Kilkenny Archæological Society_, vol. i. p. 180, New Series.
Barbara de pictis veni bascauda Britannis Sed me jam mavult dicere Roma suam.
[14] In the Saxon poem _Beowulf_, translated by the late Mr. Kemble, there occurs this passage:—“He went to the hall, stood on the steps, and beheld the steep roof with gold adorned.” Line 1844.
[15] See on Plate No. 6, examples of British urns, copied from Plate iii. of the _Archæological Index_, by J. Y. A. Kerman Esq., F.S.A.
[16] _History of Ancient Pottery_, vol. ii. pp. 381-384.
[17] Bede’s _Ecclesiastical History_, book i. chap. 12.
[20] Plate xxvi. _Sculptured stones of Scotland._
[23] _Pinkerton’s Vitæ Sanctorum Scotiæ_, pp. 286-7, quoted in the preface to the _Sculptured Stones of Scotland_, p. 5.
[24] _Ulster Journal of Archæology_, vol. v. p. 81.
[25] From _Patricius His Purgatory_, attributed to Spottiswood Bishop of Clogher, and also to his successor Bishop Jones, quoted in the _Ulster Journal of Archæology_, vol. v. p. 71, and in Carleton’s tale of “The Lough Derg Pilgrim.”
[26] Though a poetical authority is of no weight in antiquarian argument, it would be wrong to omit quoting Sir Walter Scott’s account of the famous fiery cross formed of twigs.
“The grisly priest, with murmuring prayer, A slender crosslet framed with care, A cubit’s length in measure due; The shaft and limbs were rods of yew. ... The cross, thus formed, he held on high, With wasted hand and haggard eye.”
_The Lady of the Lake_, canto iii. stanza viii.