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Migration from France to Algeria, 409; of people settled around Mediterranean, 410.

Migration theory, how proved or disproved, 443, 445.

Minho, dolmens in, 378.

Miniature urns and utensils in Indian tomb, use of, explained, 479.

Minjana, Don Rafael, pamphlet by, 377.

Minning Low, 130, 142-3. See Derbyshire.

Minorca, see Mediterranean.

Minyas, tomb of, 33.

'Mirabilibus Auscultationibus, De,' work ascribed to Aristotle, 429, 434.

Miscellaneous, see Mounds.

Misgan Meave, Queen, cairn of, 183; killed by whom, 184 (see Moytura); poem of her life and adventures, 196; her husband, 197.

Mnaidra, elliptical chambers, 417; plans of monuments at, 418-22; cones, 419; pit-markings, 420; openings in walls, shelves or loculi or columbaria? 420; roofs, 421.

Modestus, his zeal of proselytism unsuccessful in Brittany, 373.

Mogalaua and Sariputra, disciples of Buddha, 504.

Mogols, domes of, 40.

Molyneux, Sir Thomas, 202.

Monasticism in the West, 499; Vestal Virgins, Antony, ib.; Essenes, 500; history silent as to monasticism in the East, not so architecture, 501; imitated by the West from the East, ib.; peculiarities introduced, 502.

Monoliths at Stennis, 242; holed, 242, 255; Setif, 397.

Mont St. Michel, possibly occupied by Cæsar, 20; find, 356.

Montfort, Simon de, 481.

'Monumenta Britannica' cited, 87.

Monuments, see Rude-Stone.

Moon worship forbidden, 25.

Moore, Norman, Mr., his visit to Glen Columbkille, 225; letters from, respecting, Appendix, 520-3.

Moors in Spain, 381.

Motes, or places of judgment, stones to mark, 26.

Mounds of sacrifice in North America, 513; of sepulture, 514; temple, ib.; animal mounds, 515; conical mounds, 513.

Moustoir Carnac, long barrow and find, 358-9.

Moytura, 176; two battles at, 175; narrative of, by O'Donovan, 176; first battle at North Moytura, 176-7; second battle at South Moytura, 177-9; circles, 177; cairns, ib.; cairn of "One Man," 178; importance and varieties of monuments at Northern Moytura, 180; map, 181; plan of circles, 182-3; dolmen, 183; tomb of Misgan Meave, 184; locality of it doubted, 185; account of battle of Northern Moytura, 186; dates of battles, 188, 197; when accounts first written, 197; localities of battles, 198; monuments at, contrasted with English and Scandinavian examples, 198; resemblance of, to Braavalla, 280, 304.

Muir Divock, 130; circles at, 130.

Mule Hill, 157-8. See Circles, Small.

Mulhevan, Mr., account of Katapur, 487.

Mull of Cantyre circles, 262.

Munch, Professor, his observations as to spoilers of Maes-Howe, 244; mentions Halfdan's barrow, 250.

Mycenæ, tombs of Atridæ at, 32, 36; analogous to Jersey circles, 52, 53; scrolls and spirals there resemble those of Gozo, 424.

, dolmens on road to, 441.

Naper, Mr., excavations by, 213.

Nasamones, who, 407; Herodotus mentions their veneration of dead, ib.; a plundering tribe, ib. Navarre, dolmens in, 378.

Nemedh, three sons of, 179.

Nennius, his account of origin of Stonehenge, 107; of Arthur's battles, 135. Nestorians, how far to the east, 488. Net Lowe, find, 13.

Netterville House, tumulus, 209.

New Craig circle, 263.

New Grange, 43, 52; Royal cemetery 192, 201.

New Inn, 12.

Newark Works in America, 511.

Newton, 263; sculptured stone, 263, 271.

Niall, father of Leoghaire, 212.

Nicol, Dr., his observations in Kincardine, 265.

Nikolajew, uncovered base of tumulus, 451.

Nilgiri Hills tombs and dolmens, 472-3; sculptured dolmens, 483.

Nine Ladies, circle of, at Stanton Moor, 48-9, 140.

Nineveh, dates of buildings at, how ascertained, 1, 34.

Nirmul Jungle dolmen with cross, 488.

Nizam's unexplored territory important to art and history, 478.

Nonhistoric monuments, 415.

Norman pirates, Grallon's war with, 374.

North Germany, see Scandinavia.

Norway, no dolmens in, but cairns and such like monuments, 302.

Nuada, king, "of the silver hand," battle and death, 187.

Nur, meaning of, 432.

Nurhags of Sardinia, 410, 415, 427 et seq.; derivation of word, see Sardinia.

used in Thyra's tomb, 298.

Obelisk, development of, 59; at Ayles-