114 Trnnaactions. 



Urns. 



There are no complete urns in the Museum, but there are a 

 number of pieces of cinerary urns of the Bronze Age from various 

 localities. Several fragments (160) of a cinerary urn found at 

 Borland, near Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, show impressed cord 

 markings round the rim. 179 is a fragment of an urn of food- 

 vessel type, stated to have been found in a cairn at Newbie, near 

 Annan, in 1864. 180 is a portion of a large cinerary urn found 

 at Coylton, Ayrshire. 



Bronze Implements. 



The Scottish bronze implements in the collection are fourteen 

 in number, and consist of six axes, four spearheads, three rapier- 

 blades, and a ring. 



Axes. — The axes of bronze found in Britain are divided into 

 three classes — flat, flanged, and socketed. The flat axes are con- 

 sidered by archaeologists to be the earliest, the flanged type coming 

 next, and the socketed last in the series. Of these three forms 

 only the second and third are represented in the Grierson Museum, 

 there being four of the former and two of the latter. Of the 

 flanged axes, one (1) is chisel-shaped, being 4i inches in length by 

 \\ inches across the cutting end. The flanges are very slight, 

 and the implement may be considered as an intermediate link 

 between the flat and the full-flanged form. It was found in 

 Eaeburn Bog, Eskdalemuir. The second specimen (2) found at 

 Kirkless, Durisdeer, is 4| inches in length by 2 inches across the 

 cutting face, which is semi-circular in oiitline. The flanges in 

 this specimen are well developed, and are fusilform in outline. 

 The third specimen (3) found at Townfoot Loch, Closeburn, in 

 1869, is 5^ inches in length by 2i inches across the cutting edge. 

 This specimen has a well-defined stop-ridge across the middle of 

 each face, and is ornamented below each ridge by a semi-elliptical 

 moulding. The fourth flanged axe (4) found at Park of Close- 

 burn is the finest of the series. It measures 6| inches in length 

 by 3^ inches across the cutting end. Below the stop-ridge on 

 each face is a series of vertical ribs extending downwards about 

 I of an inch, probably produced by hammering. Each flange is 

 also ornamented by facets, eight on each. Of the socketed axes 

 (6) found at Auchencairn Hill, Closeburn, in 1859, is the finest. 

 It measures 4| inches in length by 2-|- inches across the cutting 



