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abundance in the numerous brochs in the north of Scotland and 

 in the various crannogs. The Grierson Museum possesses forty- 

 two specimens of whorls, more or less artistic in form and finish. 

 They are mostly formed of clay stone and sandstone, and vary in 

 diameter from 1 to 1\ inches. They have all been found on the 

 surface of the ground, and apparently unassociated with any relics 

 by which their age could be determined. The specimens in the 

 Grierson Museum have mostly been found in Dumfriesshii-e and 

 Ayrshire. 



Flint Implements. 



Of implements formed of flint there are a number of good 

 specimens in tlie Museum, particuhirly the fine dagger-knife found 

 on Crawford Moor. 



Arroivheads. — Of flint arrowheads there are also several speci- 

 mens in the collection, mostly of the type with barbs and stem. 

 One (93) with barbs and stem, finely finished, was found at 

 Standing Brae, Farding. Another of pitchstone (97) said to have 

 been found in a cairn on the farm of Barndennoch, Keir, is re- 

 markable for its very broad stem. A third (96) with barbs and 

 stem is very regular in form, serrated on the edges, was found 

 at Penpont.* 



Knives. — A knife of flint (55) plano-convex in section, 2| 

 inches in length by 1 inch broad, finely worked along both sides 

 on the convex face, shows traces of having been burnt in a fire. 

 In all probability it has accompanied a Bronze Age burial. It 

 was found in a cist in a cairn, accompanied by a quantity of burnt 

 bones, at Barndennoch, Keir.f A leaf-shaped knife of cherty 

 flint (136) measures 3f inches in length, and is worked on both 

 faces. It is said to have been found at Parkgate, Kirkmichael. 



* Since niy communication to the Society on "The Stone and Bronze 

 Implements from Dumfriesshire in the National Collection " (Transactions 

 18S7-90, p. 207^, seven additional arrowheads of flint have been added to the 

 Museum. They are all of the typo with barbs and centre stem ; and were 

 found at Riggmuir, Gretna. Three of them are remarkably fine, and with one 

 exception they are all perfect. 



t Flint knives of this type have been frequently found with interments of 

 the Bronze Age in England (Greenwell, British Barroios, pp. 35, 39, 174, 285, 

 363, 380, 407). They have not been so frequently found or, at least, recorded 

 in Scotland, but the following specimens have been described : — (1) Found in a 

 cist under a cairn at Rudle, near Criuan, Argyllshire, along with fragments of 

 a rude urn [Proceed. Soc. Ant. Scot., vol. vi., p. 350, and pi. xx., fig. 4) ; (2, 3) two, 

 each found with an urn at Tomontend, Cumbrae (Scottish National Memorials, 

 1890, pp. 11, 12, and fig. 15) ; (4, 5) two found at Largie Farm, near Crinan 

 (Pro. Soc. Ant. Scot., vol. vi., p. 343, and note); (6) one found in a cist at 

 Ardyne, near Castle Toward, Argyllshire (Ibid, vol. li., p. 252). 



