PLATE XIX
Bulls and S-Symbols
1, 6. Bulls, conventionally treated, with the characteristic Celtic spiral ornament. From stones found at Burghhead near Forres, Elginshire. Similar figures exist on stones at Inverness and Ulbster (Caithness). They are believed to date from the Christian Celtic period, but perhaps represent a pagan tradition. Cf. also Plates II, 4–5, 9, III, 5, IX, B, XX, B, XXI.
2–5. S-symbol, also believed to be of the Celtic Christian period, but doubtless derived from the same symbol as used on Gaulish coins and carried by a divinity (see Plates II, 2, 4, 7–9, 11, III, 3, IV).
2. On a silver brooch found at Croy, Inverness-shire.
3. On a stone found at Kintradwell, Sutherland-shire. It exists on a few other stones.
4. Engraved with numerous other figures and symbols on a cave at East Wemyss, Fife.
5. On a silver ring attached to a chain found at Parkhill, Aberdeenshire.
