 | David Robertson - Fore-edge paintings - 1794 - 276 pages
...observations on this subjeft are copied from Bishop Wilson's concise Account of the Isle of Man. «< There is perhaps no country in which more Runic inscriptions...urns full of burnt bones, white and as fresh as when several subterraneous caves, probably used by the Danes and Norwegians for the sepulture of their dead... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1802 - 652 pages
...bottom upwards. The inacriptiuns are generally upon one edge of the stones ; and upon both sides nr? crosses, and little embellishments of men on horseback, or in arms ; stags, dog;, bird*, and other devices. In iCTeral of the barrows have been found urn; full ot burnt bones... | |
 | Thomas Wilson - Theology - 1863 - 352 pages
...funeral monuments. They are, generally, on a long flat rag-stone, with crosses on one or both sides, and little embellishments of men on horseback, or in arms ; stags, dogs, birds, or other devices ; probably the achievements of some notable person. The inscriptions are generally... | |
 | Manx Society - Isle of Man - 1871 - 272 pages
...funeral monuments. They are generally on a long, flat ragstone, with crosses on one or both sides, and little embellishments of men on horseback or in arms, stags, dogs, birds, or other devices, probably the achievements of some notable persou. The inscriptions are generally... | |
 | British Archaeological Association - Archaeology - 1873 - 540 pages
...monuments. The inscriptions are generally upon one edge of the stones, and upon both sides are crosses and embellishments of men on horseback or in arms, stags, dogs, birds, and other devices." Leaving the Isle of Manannan the Druid, I may refer to the cross of Nevern, Haverfordwest, figured... | |
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The inscriptions are generally upon one edge of the stones ; and on both sides are crosses, and little embellishments of men on horseback, or in arms, stags, dogs, birds, and other devices ; probably, the achievements of some notable person. 