Telegram-herald., 1890-12-14

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fhis quaint old city whoss ancient
name sas kiFklasagrs ~ "ehtfssA-
BAY" i built Ga either slae OF . iocgs
narrow winding street Al tn< fooi 81
an oyeFshaa0siug hll. is one gfess
object Of interest = tne cathedral 81
-. AsEnuS. fo1Bded ~ kogaFsld, Jsri
OF Orkney, soous so years ago. Near
i are ruins Of former noted baddings,
the Bishops and EGrls palaces IN
the latter can stili be seen the fireplace
aud outlines OF the great hanq0eung-
ball where, n the "PiTats," Scott
places the interview between Jack
Bunee" and Cleveland. But you
could hardly be induced to tsrry long
ia the Orkneys unless fascinated by rs
Pictish antiquities. On no other
equsl AREA in Northern Europe,
possibly excepting Carnac. ia
Brittany, can such numbers 10
variety Da found. Within an hours
walk of krkwzll are excellent exzmp-
les OF chambSred mounds and elrde-
houses or earth excavations, stone
rooted. From nine 10 fifteen miles
west OF kirkwsll m the vicinity OF
Slenness and Stromness, a vast number
of extraordinary relics are found. The
Orkahaug saga, or mighty howe" OF
the Orkneyinga Saga, stands near the
great stone ring OF Stsnness. This tu-
mulus u in the center OF a circular plat
form 500 feet IN circumference. A trun-
Gated mound 40 feet high covers a
chambered barrow "a II. long leading 10
a central vault fifteen feet square aud
twelve feet high; no doubt a sepulchral
vault for Pictish kings. The standing
stones OF Stenness and Broger are bat a
short distrnce away. Within date
necessary for historical authorization
these weird monollths formed IS mar
velous and ghostly a host of past-age
memorials as can now be seen on the
plain Of Carnac, Brittany. The tre-
mendous stone, called the Watch
stone, was standing as late as 1914.
and the gigantic "Stone of Odin. "
stood within the memore OF man
Just north OF the Ring OF STEM
ness. THIS was the famous stone
mentioned by Scott IN THE Pr
rate" through huge hole IN which
Orcadian lovers plighted their troths.
The little island OF Egilsha, TO the
north of Kirkwall, has one OF the
eighth century round towers such as
are seen throughout Ireland. In the
island of Hoy is the noted "Dwarfie
Stone." 2S feet long, II TO II broad, and
. TO q feet thick, in which many cen
turies ago were hewn two sleeping
apartments, one with stone pillow,
attributed TO the dwarf "Troled" in the
northern Sagas, but undoubtedly a
gigantic heather altar. At Burray, a
little island 10 the south, is a massive
"broch," precisely similar to the
famous Grianan of Aileach, near Lon
donderry, Ireland. Its walls are about
20 feet thick, chambered, 10 feet high.
and the structure is 40 feet in dame
ter. 1t was both Pictish place of de-
fense and sepulture for incinerary urnS
containing ashes of the dead, from 1000
to 5000 years ago.
EDGAR l.. WAKEMAN.