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DOLMENS.

INDEX.

EITHLENN.

dolmens in France, 376; termination of names in ac, ib.; dolmens in Spain, Portugal, 377 et seq.; dolmen race, migration of, 378-9; Spain, Antequera, 383; its stone town once wholly buried, circle, 384; contrasted with Stonehenge, ib.; Tio Cogolleros, 385; Sepultura Grande, 386; compared to what, ib.; dolmen near Dilar, ib.; Eguilar, Cangas de Onis, 387; dolmen of San Miguel, Arrichinaga, 388; Portugal, Arroyolos, 389; Cangas de Onis, Arrichinaga, 390; why not so numerous in Italy, 392; influence of conquest and withdrawal of Romans upon, 394; distribution in Algeria, 396; principal dolmen region, ib.; Tiaret, enormous dolmen there, 397; Tripoli, ib.; Morocco, ib.; but not near populous centres, ib.; inference thence as to nomadic origin, 397; dolmen on steps, 398; on a circled tumulus, 400; with two circles of stones, 401; resemblance to Kit's Cotty House, ib.; dolmens on road from Bona to Constantine, 402; no dolmens in Phœnicia nor in their colonies, 409; Nurhags and giants' towers earlier than dolmens, 437; in Palestine, 441; in Gilead, whether of the giant tribe, 443; long interval from the first Indian dolmen at Peshawur, ib.; query as to dolmens in Asia Minor, 445; holed dolmen in Circassia, 447; migration theory of dolmens, 448; missionary theory, ib.; important bearing of searches in the Steppes upon theories, 448; Tartar tumuli not models of Western dolmens, 452; space unexplored for dolmens in East, 454; Ea- junkoloor, 468, 470; dolmens with holes, find, 468; double circles round dolmens at Yemmee Gooda; arrangement of dolmens at Rajunkoloor, 470; Nilgiri hills: Courg double dolmens with circular openings, 473; tomb, ib.; sepulchral circles at Amravati, 474; rail there, 475; geographical distribution, 475 et seq.; of what race, 476 et seq.; age of, 479 et seq.; finds in Indian dolmens, 480; Nilgiri sculptured dolmen, 483; singular position of one at Iwallee, 484; stone monuments at Shahpoor, 485; Katapur, 487; find, ib.; dolmen with cross in Nirmul jungle, 489; illustration of Romish policy, ib.; dolmen at Pullicondah compared with Cingalese Dagoba, 491; Eastern and European dolmen compared, 494 et seq.; whether connexion between them to be inferred from similarity, 495; or from literature, or from rock-engraved edict of Asoka, 496. See Glen Columbkille; dolmen near Bona, Algeria, 532.

Dordogne, monuments in, insufficient knowledge of, 335.

Doric supersedes Pelasgic style, 393; earliest Doric temple, interval between and last Pelasgic tomb, 393.

Dowe Lowe, "find" in, 13.

Down, English tumuli on, 48.

Dowth Hill, 192, 200; the Dagdha's Rath at, 195; his son born there, ib.

Dracontia, 515. See Serpent, Stukeley.

Dragon in Maes-Howe, 245.

Drenthe, dolmens in, 301, 320; Hunebeds at, their extent, 319; compared by Keysler to Stonehenge, 319; described by Dr. Janssen, 319; Hunebeds, grottes des fées, 341.

Dresden, dolmens destroyed near, 301.

Drew, Stanton, circles at, 7, 161.

Drosten, name inscribed on stone, 273.

Druids, human sacrifices by, at Stonehenge, no longer believed, 1; Dr. Stukeley's fancy respecting their temples, 3; Cæsar's account of them, 4, 5; serpent worship supposed, 4; by Stukeley and Sir R. C. Hoare, 5; Druids in Mona met by Suetonius, ib.; none ever seen in regions of principal rude monuments, 6; nor in Algeria nor India, ib.; in Wales, according to Welsh writers, before Christianity introduced, ib.; controversy in France respecting socalled Druidical monuments, ib.; difficulty of connecting them with Druids, ib.; Stukeley's idea adopted by Deane, ib.; Stonehenge pretended to be their observatory, 7; remarks of author, 7, 20, 61; gods worshipped by Druids, according to Cæsar, 66; Druidical institutions in India, 465; Druids and serpents, freedom of Sjöborg from errors as to, 274.

Dryden, Sir Henry, explores Carnac, 350; near Emmen, 320; and Caithness, 530; letter from, to author, ib.; cited, 362; his drawings of Gavr Innis, 365; describes Gré de Cojou, 368.

Duald Mac Firbis, antiquary, 199.

Dubois, cited, 449.

Duglas or Dubglas River, Arthur's battle on, 136; meaning of word, ib.

Dunadeer Circle, 263.

Du Noyer, M., cited, 345; drawings, 225.

Dutthagamini, see Ellala.

Eadward, contemporary of Rollo, 126.

East, see Palestine.

Easter Island, images in, 53.

Eguilar dolmen, 387.

Egypt, iron when introduced into, 37.

Egyptians, tomb building race, 31; pyramids contained true and false tombs, 46; their feelings as to monasticism, 500; royal monasteries and residences indistinguishable, 514.

Eithlenn, daughter of Balor, 187.

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