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Farney caldron. The circles embossed on the side of the vessel 
are, in like manner, such as have been frequently noted on 
objects of the Bronze period, both in Britain and on the Continent. 
Nevertheless, in accordance with the classical system of desig- 
nation, which is even yet only partially exploded, this remarkable 
native relic figures in the printed list of donations in the 
Archceologia Scotica as a Roman camp-kettle.” {Ibid., p. 409.) 
The acceptance of Sir Daniel’s opinion as final carries with 
it strong presumptive evidence to show that the surface of the 
Fig. 3. — Bronze Caldron found in the Moss of Kincardine (25 inches 
diameter). 
clay beneath the peat was already dry land in the latter part 
of the Bronze Age — an admission which would at once give the 
coup de grace to the post-Roman theory of the raised beaches. 
But as this opinion may be controverted on the ground that the 
caldron might be regarded as a survival from a former to a later 
age, it is desirable to determine as accurately as possible the 
chronological range, of the class of objects to which it belongs. 
Spheroidal bronze caldrons, similar in type and make to the 
