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Archaic Sculpturings. 



a disc from Dowalton, Ayrshire, and it seems to be enshrined 

 twice in the decorative features of the famous bronze mirror 

 found at Balmaclellan. It occurs repeatedly in the illumi- 

 nated pages of the early Christian manuscripts and very 

 frequently on the sculptured stones of Scotland, including" 

 those of Gallovi^ay and Dumfries. 



I have already dealt with a list of occurrences of the 

 variants of the symbol in this district. 



On each of the two pillar-stones at High Auchinlarie it 

 takes the form of the sculpturings of a compartment divided 

 into three divisions (Figs. i6 and 17). In the case of each 



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Figs. 16 and 17— Pillar Stones at High Auchenlarie. 



