Monument m ross-shire. 
^J^HEvery fingular, the fumptuous and elegant ornaments, which conftitute the 
fu l border this finely-carved ftone, are effetfted with fuch elaborate care, and 
& ■ a, anc ^ u ^ addrefs, as render it peculiarly remarkable, and entitle it to a diftin- 
ecl rank among the moft valuable antiquities of the nation. 
^tnb' 6 ^ ran ^ e tbe rnarginal embellifhments, the almoft unprecedented 
as Nations of waving lines and animals, are perhaps as great a fubjeft of curiofity 
Ptni!^ atlc ' ent piece of fculpture can afford. It lies on the eaftern coaft of the 
f e ln ^ a °f Rofs-Jhire , which terminates in Tarbet-nefs, a few miles fouth from the 
of Mr - M‘Leod, of Guineas. 
ther Car tbere had been eredted a chapel, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, of which 
Ottered ruins alone remain, in a feemingly fweet, but now forlorn retirement *. 
f r0rn S . plain, almoft on a level with the beach, is flickered on the one hand, 
Proff 1 a n ° rth and b y rifin g grounds ; on the other, it is open to a boundlefs 
exnir oft he ocean, ftretching along the eaftern horizon ; and has therefore a fine 
Ure towards the rifing fun. 
ad a p t ° ^ ^tuations, in the infancy of religion, in every age, were delighted in, as well 
Ihon C t0 t nv ite the early votaries to pay their orifons when the firft beams of day 
e round the altar. 
Th 
gi V e n * S obe HH c Is but a few miles diftant from the one, of which a delineation is 
lri the fecond Number, adorned with a fumptuous crofs. 
^ f ®tf«»J emar k e d, in the twelfth letter of The Antiquities and Scenery of the North of 
thefe 1 ’ t ^ at tbe I'gbtnefs and elegance of fome of the waving ornaments found on 
they , Jnumen tal ftones, the elaborate execution of the foliages, and the evidences 
ar tifls^’ lVe bein S ra ‘fed by a mafteriy hand, bear teftimony to the abilities of 
that th P 311 ear] y P er lod of improvement in tafte and defign ; and clearly fhew 
in north ° rnarnenta l ar ts had been cultivated with confiderable attention and care 
er n Caledonia , in an age of which we have no annals. 
* See Antiquities and Scenery, p. 65, 66, 
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