MR. CARPENTBU'S ADDRESS. 8tf 



The members who attended the meeting were — 



The President. Mr. Broderick. 



Dr. Johnston. Rev. O. Walker. 



Mr. Selby. Mr. W. Dunlop. 



Rev. J. D. Clark. Mr. Clay. 



Mr. Macbeath. Mr. Milne. 



Mr. Home. Mr. Rsnton. 



Mr. Murray. Dr. Hood. 



Cottage ; it was discovered in a turnip field which she was employed in weed- 

 ing, and on the surface of the ground, in 1846 or 1847. The Secretary was cor- 

 rect in his opinion that it was mediaeval, as by reference to the Archaeological 

 Journal, Part 18, June 1848, page 160, it appears from the following extract 

 that a similar one had been previously discovered : — " A very elegant gold 

 ring was brought for examination by Mr. Whincopp, having recently been 

 added to his valuable collection of personal ornaments of the Middle Ages. It 

 is formed in imitation of two bands, or ribands twined together ; one inscribed 

 on the outside 'sanns tJcpartir,* the other on the inner side 'a nnl autrt."* 

 The ring in Capt. Carpenter's possession had only engraved in gothic letters 

 " Sana Bcpartlr" on the inside. It would appear that these rings were either 

 marriage tokens or funeral rings, but the President must leave the suggestion 

 to be explained by those better versed in the subject. 



It is rather surprising that so little has been discovered in mining, draining, 

 and ploughing, in this (Ford) neighbourhood ; the site of Border warfare, and 

 the scene of the bloody battle of Floddcn. A few cannon balls, one of which is 

 in the author's possession, weighing nearly nine pounds, were found on the 

 Encampment Farm a few years since. When these implements of war are 

 brought to light, they generally are applied by the "guidwives'* to the pound- 

 ing of sandstone. 



Some few years back a long grave filled with human bones was opened bj 

 labourers on the Encampment Farm on Flodden Field, but was closed again 

 from a wish not to disturb the ashes of the dead. 



On a mound of gravel (not, as the l*resident considers, artificial) a curious 

 necklace was brought to light by some labourers near the village of Crookham, 

 near to the south of Crookham Dean. It consisted of several pieces of jet (?) 

 and beads alternately strung on a metallic wire. The pieces of jet, or some 

 simiiar substance, are of the form of the shape of an axe (securiform) and lo- 

 zenge, and taper from the centre of the ornament to the end, the longest being 

 in the middle. Some broken pottery was discovered at the same time. 



In a field near Westfield Farm, in 1848, the ploughs being frequently im- 

 peded by large stones, these were removed by the tenant, Sir. Peter Purvca ; 

 and it appears that this was a burial-place of the ancient inhabitants, as a 

 burnt substance was found deposited under them, but no bones ooold be dia- 

 covered. From the field lying between the river Till and where the Hod 

 Burn fiills into that river, on a partial eminence, it would seem that it had been 

 a place of encampment, guarded, as it might have been in those da^s, by 

 marshy ground on two sides of a triangle; yet no traeee of an encampment 

 hare erer been known on that spot. 



