32 Address of the Vice-President. 



Mirror of bronze was found, the measurement of which, with 

 the handle, was 13 inches. See Proceedings of the Society 

 of Antiquaries, vol. 4, p. 293. A mas,sive Ring of gold, 1\ 

 inch in diameter, was found when making a furnace pit for 

 heating the Parish Church of Kirkpat rick-Durham. See 

 Proceedings, vol. 5, p. 214. And, along with the brooch 

 above mentioned in Mr Gibson's possession, there was also 

 found a Ring at the same time. 



Two Oak Bedposts from Amisfield, and a Carved Oak 

 Door, bearing the date 1600, came into the possession of the 

 Society of Antiquaries. See Proceedings, vol. 4, p. 380. 

 Both these articles are referred to in Grose's Antiquities ; 

 and in the Society's Report it is added that the ceiling of the 

 King's Room was curiously ornamented in plaster. Our 

 Society had an opportunity of inspecting this room in one of 

 our excursions. 



In exploring the cranoge in Dowalton Loch, various arti- 

 cles were found and sent to the Antiquarian Museum in Edin- 

 burgh, namely — Bronze Vessels and Implements, Bronze 

 Rings, Iron Axe Heads and Hammer, Beads of glass, paste, 

 and amber. See Proceedings, vol. 6, p. 109. 



In an old paper in the Transactions of the Society of An- 

 tiquaries, 4to vol. 2, p. 199, by the Rev. John Dow of Meth- 

 van, an early attempt was made to distinguish and arrange 

 the brass and stone celts or axe heads, which are from time 

 to time discovered, — a subject which has been largely and 

 tastefully handled in Mr Gibson's paper of 6th January, 

 1863, " On the antiquities in the stone, bronze, and iron 

 periods of Dumfriesshire and Galloway." This paper on this 

 class of articles in the district is of great interest. 



Under the head we are now considering, we may here i-e- 

 fer to three 



Flags 



of an interesting character. 



One of these was the ensign of K. David I. at the battle 



