 | James Kennedy (of Glasgow.) - 1810 - 424 pages
...Ewin, a Pictish monarch, cotemporary with Julius Csesar, who called it after his own name, Evonium. Whether this account be true or not, it is certainly...seats of the Pictish and Scottish princes. In this fortress was preserved, till its removal by Kenneth MacAlpin, the famous Stone-Chair, the Palladium... | |
 | Thomas Garnett - 1811 - 402 pages
...by EWIN, a Pictish monarch, cotemporary with Julius Caesar, who called it after him-* self Evonium.^ Whether this account be true or not, it is certainly...Spain, where it was first used as a seat of justice by Gathelus, who was coeval with Moses. If JWfl fu~ ^ '- ' f.\- ! continued here, and was used as the... | |
 | 1823 - 856 pages
...stone, the pal- before he got entire possession of Scotland, held a parliament OR brought, says legend, out of Spain, where it was first used as a seat of justice by ' Gathelus, coeval with Moses. It continued here as the coronation chair till the reign of Kenneth... | |
 | William Otter - 1824 - 700 pages
...this place was long preserved the famous stone, the palladium of North Britain; brought, says legend, out of Spain, where it was first used as a seat of justice' by Gethalus, coeval with Moses. It continued here as the coronation chair, till the reign of Kenneth the... | |
 | William Beattie - 1838 - 336 pages
...Pictish monarch — contemporary with Julius Cassar — who, in honour of himself, called it Evonium. Whether this account be true or not, it is certainly a place of great antiquity. Down to the commencement of the present century part of the ancient regalia was preserved, but at that... | |
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... foundation of the Castle is on a mass of breccia. It is still among the number of royal castles, and gives the office of keeper to the duke of Argyll. The Castle is said to have been founded by Edwin, a Pictish monarch — contemporary with Julius... 