Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 61

An east-west aligned stone cist contained the remains of a partially disarticulated adult male skeleton aged 50-60 years. A white quartz pebble was associated. The skeleton exhibited an ante-mortem injury to the pelvis and left femur, chronic infection and peri-mortem trauma to the skull and the spine.

Corgarff Castle began as a rubble-built tower in the 16th century and was extensively remodelled after the Jacobite Rebellion. The author presents a detailed architectural account based on a survey of the remains and earlier plans. A detailed historical account highlights the confusion in some documentary sources between Corgarff and Towie Castles.

Two carved slabs built into farm buildings at Boghouse were removed and taken to Whithorn Museum. Both had incised crosses and a variety of other symbols. A cup-and-ring marked outcrop was discovered at Drummoral while a second at Knock, Glasserton had a series of carved spirals.

The disc-headed cross, which survived in three fragments was re-asssembled and erected in what was though to be its original location. It bears the date 1516 and carvings include the crucified saviour on the front and a heraldic shield on the back bearing the arms of Archibald Campbell. The figure of Christ is thought to have much in common with the style of French ivory carvings of the 14th century. The article includes a detailed account of the three classes of cross-heads bearing crucifixion scenes with numerous examples

The Oykell Bridge stone is proved to be a 19th-century fake, A bracket inserted in the interior of the entrance wall of a chapel depicts the arms of Haldane of Gleneagles impaled with Erksine. It probably records a marriage of 1518. The Kindrochit engraved silver-gilt brooch is interpreted as a love-token with a French inscription. The Atholl Motto at Balvenie Castle is re-interpreted as "Furth fortune and fill the ferter" where ferter is a small box or casket. The 17th-century slab and its link to the life of Sir Thomas of Urquhart is considered. The second slightly earlier slab was probably commissioned by his father.

The family of Gordon came to Aberdeenshire from the Borders in the 14th century. Part of the family settled in the wild region of Inveraven and soon adopted the manners of the original inhabitants who were mainly caterans or vagabonds. The article gives an account based on documentary sources of some of their illegal activities which included raiding and murder.

An account of miscellaneous antiquities including Carn Ban chambered cairn, dolmens at Achnacree, a monument to Lord Nelson at Cnoc Aingeal, a 'christening stone' near the reputed site of the chapel of St Chiaran and a probable stone circle with cup marks at Clach nan Toll.

A carved stone found on the beach at Fiscavaig was decorated with a spectacle ornament, a Z-shaped rod and a V-shaped rod, both with floriated ends, and a crescent symbol. These symbols are only found in Scotland. A hoard found near Crichie comprised a bronze terret, a bronze ferrule for the butt of a spearhead, three complete pin heads of shale and part of a fourth. A group of five urns from Seamill found at different times are thought to have been part of a cemetery. Four contained cremated bone and one was buried within a small stone cist. Some of the bones from a single urn were stained green.

A stone-built short cist contained sand and cremated human bone intermingled throughout its interior. No artefacts were present although three of the bones had green staining thought to have been caused by proximity to a bronze object. The bones were identified as those of a single adult individual.

An urn discovered by workmen contained cremated human bone. There were no artefacts and no trace of a cist or other structure. The urn may have been associated with a small cairn comprising earth and stones.

A double mummy case in the National Museum contains two children. It is thought to have been discovered in Thebes and belong to the Roman period. One of the children, a male infant, was examined in detail. The latter is noteworthy because of the high quality of the embalming process which was not generally observed for children. The mummy of a woman at the Royal Scottish Museum dates to the eighth century BC.

The human bone assemblage from Ackergill comprised a group of 14 articulated adults and children while the material from Rennibister was disarticulated and included 12 children and 6 adults. The report focuses mainly on metric measurements and skeletal morphology.