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MIGRATION. INDEX. OBELISK. 551

MIGRATION.

INDEX. 551 Migration from France to Algeria, 409 ; of people settled around Mediterranean, 410. Migration tlieory, how proved or dis- proved, 443, 445. Minho, dolmi'iis in, 37S. Miniature urns and utcnsil-s in Indian tomb, use of, explained, 47!l. Bliujana, Don Rafael, pamphlet hy, 377. Minning Low, 130, 142-3. /See Derby- shire. Minorca, see Mediterranean. Minyas, tomb of, 33. ' Mirabilibus Auscultationibus, De,' work ascribed to Aristotle, 429, 4o4. Miscellaneous, see JMounds. Misgau Meave, Queen, cairn of, 183 ; killed by whom, 184 (see JMoytura) ; poem of her life and adventures, TJG; her husband, 197. Mnaidra, elliptical chambers, 417 ; plans of monuments at, 418-22 ; cones, 419 ; pit-markings, 420 ; openings in walls, shelves or loculi or columbaria ? 420 ; roofs, 421. Modestus, his zeal of proselytism un- successful in Brittany, 373. Mngalaua and Sariputra, disciples of Buddha, 504. Mogols, dumes of, 40. Molyneux, Sir Thomas, 202. Monasticism in the West, 499; Vestal Virgins, Antony, ib.; Essenes, 500; history silent as to monasticism iu the East, not so architecture, 501 ; imitated by the West from the East, ib.; jjecu- liarities introduced, 502. Monoliths at Stennis, 242; holed, 242, 255 ; Setif, 397. Mont St. Michel, possibly occupied by Ciesar, 20 ; find, 356. Montfort, Simon de, 481. 'Monumenta Britannica' cited, 87. Monuments, see Rude-Stone. Moon worship forbidden, 25. Moore, Norman, Mr., his visit to Glen Columbkille, 225; letters from, re- specting, Appe7idix, 520-3. Moors in Spain, 381. Motes, or places of judgment, stones to mark, 26. Mounds of sacrifice in North America, 513 ; of sepulture, 514 ; temple, ib. ; animal mounds, 515 ; conical mounds, 513. Moustoir Carnac, long barrow and find, 358-9. Moytura, 176; two battles at, 175; nar- rative of, by O'Donovan, 176; first battle at Nortli IMoytura, 176-7 ; second battle at South Moytura, 177-9 ; circles, 177; cairns, ib.; cairn of "One Man," 178 ; importance and varieties of monu- ments at Northern Moytura, 180 ; map, 181 ; plan of circles, 182-3 ; dolmen, 183; tomb of Misgau Meave, 184; locality of it doubted, 185 ; account of battle of Northern IMoytura, 18G; dates of battles, 188, 197; when ac- counts first written, 197 ; localities of battles, 198 ; monuments at, contrasted with English and Scandinavian ex- amples, 198 ; resemblance of, to Braa- valla, 280, 304. Muir Divock, 130 ; circles at, 130. Mule Hill, 157-8. See Circles, Small. Mulhevan, Mr., account of Katapur, 487. Mull of Cantyre circles, 262. Munch, Professor, his observations as to spoilers of Maes-Howe, 244 ; mentions Halfdan's liarrow, 250. Mycenae, tombs of Atridse at, 32, 36 ; analogous to Jersey circles, 52, 53; scrolls and spirals there resemble those of Gozo, 424. Nablons, dolmens on road to, 441. Naper, Mr., excavations by, 213. Nasamones, who, 407; Herodotus men- tions their veneration of dead, ib.; a plundering tribe, ib. Navarre, dolmens in, 378. Nemedh, three sons of, 179. Nennius, his account of orijjin of Stone- henge, 107 ;. of Arthur's battles, 135. Nestorians, how far to the east, 488. Net Lowe, find, 13. Netterville House, tumulus, 209. New Craig circle, 263. New Grange, 43, 52; Royal cemeter}^ 192, 201. New Inn, 12. Newark Works in America, 511. Newton, 263 ; sculptured stone, 263, 271. Niall, father of Lcoghaire, 212. Nicol, Dr., his observations in Kincar- dine, 265. Nikolajew, uncovered base of tumidus, 451. Nilgiri Hills tombs and dolmens, 472-3 ; sculptured dolmens, 483. Nine Ladies, ckcle of, at Stanton Moor, 48-9, 140. Nineveh, dates of buildings at, how as- certained, ], 34. Nirmul Jimgle dolmen with cross, 488. Nizam's unexplored territory important to art and history, 478. Nonhistorie monuments, 415. Norman pirates, Grallon's war with, 374. North Germany, see Scandinavia. Norway, no dolmens in, but cairns and such like monuments, 302. Nuada, king, " of the silver hand," battle and death, 187. Nur, meaning of, 432. Nurhags of Sardinia, 410, 415, 427 et seq. ; derivation of word, see Sardinia. Oak used in Thyra's tomb, 298.

Obelisk, development of, 59 ; at Ayles-

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