SCOTLAND. 



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statist!**, ing to Piiikcrton, they seem to have consisted of a 

 vast hall, open to the t>ky in the centre, while the ca- 

 vities in the wall formed recesses for beds. These 

 buildings he considers as displaying the fim element* 

 Ansand of the (iothic castle. The engraved obelisks found at 

 science*, Forres, &c. have been ascribed t-) the Danish invaders ; 

 Antiquities, but Pinkerton regards them as more probably monu- 

 ments of signal events erected by the kings or chiefs, 

 so late as the fifteenth century. 



The abbeys and castles erected since the time of 

 Malcolm VI. are very numerous. The most splendid 

 of the abbeys were founded by David I. in the 

 twelfth century, such as Melrose, Jeclburgh, Kelso, &c. 

 un enumeration and description of which will be found 

 under our article CIVIL ARCUITKCIURB. 



The most interesting remains of our Scottish anti- 

 quities are, perhaps, the vitrified fortt, which Pinker- 

 ton considers to belong to the thirteenth century. We 

 have already described them very fully in our article 

 F'ORTS, Vitrified, and we may probably resume the sub- 

 ject under the word VITRIFIED Furls. 



Vitrified 

 toru. 



Among the antiquities of Scotland may be enume- 

 rated the parallel roads of Clenroy, because they have 

 been supposed to be a work of art, and to have been 

 formed by the Scottish kings. If we view them, on 

 the contrary, at we do, as a natural phenomenon, and 

 as the result of a great geological convulsion, they 

 will possess a ttill higher interest, and be ranked 

 among the most interesting phenomena in the hutory 

 of our globe. See our article PARALLEL ROAM, where 

 they are fully described, and the question of their ori. 

 gin minutely discussed. 



For farther information respecting the antiquities 

 of Scotland, the reader may consult Pennant's 'lour in 

 Scot/and ; General Roy's Military Anliquittet of tke 

 Roman t in Britain ; King's Monttmenta Antiqua ; Pin- 

 kerton's Inquiry into the Hutory of Scotland, 17&9; 

 the introduction to Dr. Jamieson's Dictionary of tke 

 Scottish Language ;. and Chalmers' Caledonia. Various 

 minute descriptions of individual antiquities will be 

 found in the different topographical article* in this work 

 relative to Scotland. 



