Rude stone monuments in all countries : their age and uses (1872)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 270
more like the Hunestadt ex-ample. On the other hand, if the oneat Maes-Howe is original, the age ofthe tomb can hardly be half a cen-tury distant from that of King GormsHowe, which in other respects it verymuch resembles. It is, however, veryunlikely that Christian pilgrims woulddraw a dragon like… … 86. Wunn-Knot, Maes-Howe. 1 Olaus Wormms, Monumenta Danica, p. 188, fig. 6. 246 SCOTLAND. Chap. VI. Among the inscriptions in Maes-Howe is one which, from itsapparent insignificance, none of the interpreters have condescendedto notice. It will be observed on one of the loose stones lying-in the…
Megalithic monuments
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