Voices from the Dawn

“When…the elegance of form, the rich and harmonious colouring of the component parts, as well as the variety and beauty of the designs, and the surprising skill of the workmanship are taken into consideration, we have every reason to rejoice that so exqui…

“On Samhain night today, the hill once more glows.

“…parallels to the ‘Merry Maidens’ may be found in folklore and the testimony from witch trials.

“Perhaps these monuments were places of assembly where tribes or communities met from time to time for both secular and religious purposes.

“You can see why our Neolithic ancestors chose the high point of these mountains to put their burial tombs.

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“From Faughart, Medb’s forces followed the Slige Midluachra southwards and crossed the Castletown River (Nith) via Ath Carpat at Toberona.

“Strange to find a pagan burial-place in such a position, within hearing of the hum of the now busy town, and the constant shriek of the steam-whistle that obtrusively remind us of the present, and of the thousands of years that have probably elapsed since

These three plates reproduced below are composite drawings of Macalister’s finds on the Hill of Uisneach.