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Rude stone monuments in all countries; their age and uses (1872)

Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 297

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probably theearliest Scotch inscription known. There is another stone at Kirk-liston, near Edinburgh, which has a Latin inscription on it. It isa cat or battle-stone, and records the name of Yetta, the son ofVictis, in good Latin. Whether this Vetta is, or is not, thegrandfather of Hengist and… … Cat Stoue, KirUliston. tended/ is of no great consequence to our present argument.It is of about their age, and therefore as old as any of the other stones in Scotland; and there isalso a third at Yarrow/ with a laterinscription, which seems about thesame age as the Lothian example.Now the curious…

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