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ing, 293; Scandinavians, of what race, ib.; Worsae's argument, ib.; triple group at Upsala, 294; find, ib.; mound of Wodin, ib.; Jellinge, tombs of Gorm and Thyra, 296; importance of, 297; diggings in the latter, 296; find, 297; date, ib.; compared to Maes- Howe, 299; comparative dates of Danish, Irish, and Stennis monuments, ib.; series of Royal Danish tombs, ib.; might furnish dates of styles, 300. See Scotland, Caithness.

Scandinavian antiquaries commended, 15.

Scandinavians in Ireland, 187; different tribes of, 187; Vikings, ib.; in Scotland, Orkneys, 244; pilgrims, Christian, and pirates, ib.; conoid graves, 243; ship graves, 315; equilateral triangles, ib.; meaning of the latter form, 315-6; singular arrangement of circles at Aschenrade, 317; resembles Algerian example, 318; finds, ib.; no Druids amongst, 6; ignorant of iron, 37.

Schleswig dolmens, 301.

Scone stone, 439.

Scotland, menhirs in, 57; megalithic remains in, 239; Wilson's 'Prehistoric Annals' of, ib.; scanty means of studying monuments in, ib.; cat or battle-stones, dolmens, circles, 240; distribution of, ib.; Orkneys, 241; circles, tumuli, ib.; Stennis, ib.; dolmens, 241, 355; monoliths, 242; holed monument, 242, 255; bowl-shaped barrows, 243; find, ib.; conoid barrows, ib.; find there, ib.; Maes-Howe, ib.; spoliation of, ib.; runes, ib.; dragon and Wurm knot, 245; inscription at Maes-Howe, 246; chamber there, 247; and loculi, 248; resemblance to Boyne monuments, ib.; red sandstone material, ib.; conquest of Island by Harold Harfagar, ib.; Pape and Peti, who these races were, ib.; what is Maes-Howe, 248-9; and what the barrows, ib.; Haugagerdium, perhaps How of Hoogsay, who buried there, ib.; Halfdan's Barrow, 250; similarity to Danish royal tumuli, ib.; account of conquest of Orkneys by the Norwegians, ib.; Stennis, scene of what battle, 250-1; runic inscriptions, 251; scantiness of, accounted for, 252; an inscription confirmed by a find, ib.; Maes-Howe, whether it has connexion with circles, 253-4; dates of early invasions of Northmen, 255; Brogar, 254; less ancient than Stennis, 255; conversion of Northmen to Christianity, ib.; date of group of monuments at Stennis, 256; analogy of to Stanton Drew, ib.; author's reasons justifying date assigned to group at Stennis, 257-8; Callernish circles, ib.; cruciform grave, 259; avenue, 200; Tormore, Isle of Arran, cist circles, 261-2; Brodick Bay circle, and obelisk, 262; Mull of Cantyre, ib.; Aberdeenshire circles, 263; Fiddes Hill, 264; circle at Rayne and find, 263; post Christian date of, 264; moat and entrances, 265; uses merely sepulchral, ib.; Clava mounds and circular chambers, 266; find, ib.; their use, 267; stone at Coilsfield, ib.; stone at Aberlemmo, 268-9; its purpose, 270; Caithness alignments differ from British and French, 529; horned cairn, 530; circles inferred by Sir H. Dryden not always to be sepulchral, 532; date, 528; similarity to Viking graves, 528.

Scott, Sir Walter, his description of holed monolith in Orkney, 242.

Scrolls and spirals in Irish sculpture, 222.

Sculpture, 29; difficulty of reasoning from gradation of style as to Irish or Scottish, 59; chiselled, engraved, pricked, 217; what tools employed, ib.; at Mané Lud, imitations of boats, hatchets, writing, 361; at Dol ar Marchant, hatchet, plume, 362.

Secondary, see Interment.

Semitic race, their feeling to monasticism, 500.

Senbya dagoba, 496-7.

Sentinel stones, 310.

Sepultura Grande dolmen, 386.

Sepulture, see Cairns, Circles, Cists, Dolmens, Mounds, Tombs, Tumuli.

Seringham, monoliths of, 96; monstrous size of, ib.; work there, how interrupted, ib.

Serpent temples, false theory as to, 4, 21, 64; gigantic serpent-forms in earth in America, 515; serpent knot, see Wurm.

Sesto Calende, rude-stone monuments at, 391.

Setil, dolmen near, 396.

Shahpoor stone monuments, 485.

Shap avenue, counterpart of Kennet, 147. See Penrith.

Ship graves, 316.

Ships sculptured in dolmens, 303.

Siam, 456; dagobas and stupas in, 41.

Siberian Steppes, America peopled from, 516.

Side-stone, Aspatria cist, 157.

Siganfu tables, 488 note.

Sigurd, converted by Olaus, 250.

Silbury Hill, Roman writers silent as to monuments, 20; their purpose and age, 65, 84; description of, 78; dimensions, 79; researches there, ib.; negative results, ib.; accounted for, ib.; find in, 81; mound, who raised, 86; near Wansdyke, 88; Arthur's last battle, 89; mound, why created, ib.; analogue of Gib Hill, 147.

Silesia, dolmens in, 301.

Silius Italicus cited, 407.