SCANDINAVIAN.

INDEX. SILIUS. 555 ing, 293 ; Scandinavians, of what race, ib. ; Worsau's argument, /'*. ; triple group at Upsala, 'li)i ; find, ih. ; mound of Wodin, ih. ; Jcllingc, tombs of Gorm and Tliyra, 2'M ; impoitanco of, 297 ; diggings in tho latter, 29(j ; find, 297 ; date, ib. ; coini)ared to Maes- Howe, 299 ; comparative dates of Danish, Irish, and Stennis monuments, ib. ; series of Royal Danish tombs, ih. ; might fifl-iiish dates of styles, 300. See Scotland, Caithness. Scandinavian antiquaries commended, 15. Scandinavians in Ireland, 187 ; different tribes of, 187 ; Vikings, ib. ; in Scot- land, Orkneys, 2't4 ; pilgrims, Ciiristian, and pirates, ib. ; conoid graves, 243 ; ship graves, 315 ; equilateral trianiiles, ib. ; meaning of the latter form, 315-6 ; singular arrangement of circles at Asehenrade, 317 ; resembles Algerian example, 318 ; finds, ib. ; no Druids amongst. 6 ; ignoraut of iron, 37. Schleswig dolmens, 301. Scone stone, 439. Scotland, menhirs in, 57 ; megalithic remains in, 239 ; Wilson's ' Prehistoric Annals ' of, ib. ; scanty means of study- ing monuments in, ih. ; cat or battle- stones, dolmens, circles, 240 ; distribu- tion of, ib. ; Orkneys, 241 ; circles, tumuli, ib. ; Stennis, ib. ; dolmens, 241, 355 ; monoliths, 242 ; holed monu- ment, 242, 255 ; bowl-shaped barrows, 243 ; find, ib. ; conoid barrows, ib. ; find there, ib. ; Maes-Howe, ib. ; spoli- ation of, ib. ; runes, ib. ; dragon and Wurm knot, 245 ; insciiption at Maes- Howe, 246 ; chamljer there, 247 ; and loculi, 248 ; resemblance to Boyne monuments, ib.; red sandstone material, ib. ; conquest of Island by Harold Harfagar, ib. ; Pape and Peti, who these races were, ib. ; what is Maes- Howe, 248-9 ; and what the barrows, ib. ; Haugagerdium, perhaps How of Hoogsay, who buried there, ih. ; Halfdan's Barrow, 250 ; similarity to Danish royal tumuli, ih. ; account of conquest of Orkneys by the Nor- wegians, ih. ; Steal) i.s, scene of what battle, 250-1 ; runic inscriptions, 251 ; scantiness of, accounted for, 252 ; an inscription coniinned by a find, ib. ; Maes-Howe, whether it has connexion with circles, 253-4 ; dates of early in- vasions of Northmen, 255 ; Brogar, 254; less ancient than Stennis, 255; conversion of Northmen to Christian- ity, ih. ; date of group of monuments at Stennis, 256 ; analogy of to Stanton Drew, ib. ; author's reasons justifying date assigned to group at Stennis, 257-8 ; Callernish circles, ib. ; cruci- form grave, 259 ; avenue, 200 ; Tormore, Isle of Arran, cist circles, 261-2 ; Brodick Bay circle, and obelisk, 262 ; Mull of Caiityre, ib. ; Aberdeenshire circles, 2t;3 ; Fid<les Hill, 264 ; circle at Rayne and find, 263 ; post Christian date of, 264; moat and entrances, 265 ; uses merely sepulchral, ib. ; Clava mounds and circular chambers, 266 ; find, ih. ; their use, 267 ; stone at Coilsfield, ib. ; stone at Aberlemmo, 268-9 ; its purpose, 270 ; Caithness alignments differ from British and French, 529 ; horned cairn, 530 ; circles inferred by Sir H. Dryden not always to be sepulchral, 532 ; date, 528 ; simi- larity to Viking graves, 528. Scott, Sir Walter, his description of holed monolith in Orkney, 242. Scrolls and spirals in Irish sculpture, 222. Sculpture, 29 ; difficulty of reasoning from gradation of style as to Irish or Scottish, 59 ; chiselled, engraved, pricked, 217; what tools employed, ib. ; at Mane' Lud, imitations of boats, hatchets, writing, 361 ; at Dol ar Marchant, hatchet, plume, 362. Secondary, see Interment. Semitic race, their feeling to monasticism, 500. Senbya dagoba, 496-7. Sentinel stones, 310. Sepnltura Grande dolmen, 386. Sepulture, see Cairns, Circles, Cists, Dol- mens, Mounds, Tombs, Tumuli. Seringham, monoliths of, 96 ; monstrous size of, ib. ; work there, how inter- rupted, ib. Serpent temples, false theory as to, 4, 21, 64 ; gigantic serpent-forms in earth in America, 515 ; serpent knot, see Wurm. Sesto Calende, rude-stone monuments at, 391. Setil, dolmen near, 396. Shahpoor stone monuments, 485. Shap avenue, counterpart of Kennet, 147. See Penrith. Ship graves, 316. Ships sculptured in dolmens, 303. Siam, 456 ; dagobas and stupas in, 41. Siberian Steppes, America peopled from, 516. Side-stone, Aspatria cist, 157. Siganfu tables, 4S8 note. Sigurd, converted by Olaus, 250. Silbury Hill, Roman writers silent as to monuments, 20 ; their purpose and age, 65, 84 ; description of, 78 ; dimen- sions, 79 ; researches there, ib. ; nega- tive results, ib.; accounted for, ib.; find in, 81; mound, who raised, 86; near Wansdyke, 88 ; Arthur's last battle, 89 ; mound, why created, ib. ; analogue of Gil) Hill, 147. Silesia, dolmens in, 301.

Silius Italicus cited, 407.