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XII.—Notice of a Bronze Beaded Collar, found in Lochar Moss, Dumfriesshire. In a Letter from Albert Way, Esq. F.S.A. to Sir Henry Ellis, K.H, F.R.S., Secretary

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The curious bronze collar, an unique variety of the beaded torc, according to the classification of these interesting objects proposed by Mr. Birch, was discovered a few years since, in Lochar Moss, Dumfriesshire, about two miles to the North of Cumlongan Castle. That extensive turbary appears to occupy a site once covered by a forest of great extent: the trunks of large trees are frequently found in it, and numerous vestiges of various periods have been brought to light, from time to time, in cutting peat, including a considerable number of coins. I have also seen impressions from two seals discovered in this morass: one of them appeared to be an antique gem, the intaglio representing Mars; the other was a personal seal of late medieval date, bearing an eagle displayed.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1851

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page 83 note a See the interesting collection entitled, Popular Rhymes of Scotland; by Robert Chambers; under the Section, Rhymes on Places.

page 83 note b The Archæology and Prehistoric Annals of Scotland; by Daniel Wilson. Edinb. 1851, p. 30.

page 85 note a Archæologia, Vol. XXX. p. 554.

page 85 note b Vol. XXXI. Pl. 23, p. 517.

page 85 note c This collar is noticed in the Archæologia, Vol. XXV. p. 595.

page 86 note a These vessels are figured in the Archæologia, Vol. XVI. p. 364

page 86 note b See the Nenia Britannica, Plate XI.

page 86 note c Vol. XXIX. p. 367.