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THE CROSS NEAR THORNTON, GLAMMIS-(Plate LXXIII.)

A DIGGING was made about this stone in the course of last autumn, under the eye of Mr. Jervise, but without anything having been discovered.

THE CROSS NEAR MANSE OF GLAMMIS-(Plate LXXIV.)

A DIGGING by Mr. Jervise about this stone, in the beginning of the present year, led to a similar result. No trace of deposit appeared. The stone is inserted nearly five feet into the ground, and has no pedestal.

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THE STONE AT BRUCETON-(Plate CXI.)

IT has been mentioned (Notices of the Plates, p. 34.) that several stone coffins have been found in the neighbourhood of this stone. A digging was recently made about it by Dr. Wise and Mr. Jervise, without finding trace of any deposits.

THE STONE AT KEILLOR-(Plate CXII.)

THIS pillar is placed on a tumulus of earth and stones. In it, cists containing human bones have been found at various times. A partial digging, at which I was present in the autumn of 1854, disclosed a cist with bones.

THE STONE AT DUNNICHEN.

SINCE the account of this pillar was written in the Notices to the Plates (p. 28.) Mr. Jervise has informed me that the stone was found in a field called the Cashel or Castle Park. The site is now a quarry, and the flat ground immediately south of the terrace, on which stood the sculptured stone, had formed part of Nechtan's Mere.

A cist containing bones was found below the pillar.

STONES AT ABERLEMNO.

IN the autumn of last year Mr. Jervise superintended a digging about the cross (Plates LXXX. and LXXXI.) and the pillar (Plate LXXI., No. 2.) The result as detailed (Notices, p. 25.) showed that both the sites had probably been already searched, and had contained sepulchral deposits.