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upon a ring of large pieces of rock, chiefly quarried from the 
neighbourhood. Very few travelled boulders were found among 
them, but inside this ring, which had evidently marked the outside 
base of the cairn, were heaped up stones of all kinds and descrip- 
tions, among which was found a flat stone with evident cup 
markings and the peculiar dotted appearance caused by the rude 
sculpturing in these olden times by sharp-pointed pieces of stone. 
On approaching the centre, the floor, or under part of the trench, 
which had all along been the original surface of the field, sank, and 
a rounded chamber about three feet in diameter was reached, 
filled with very fine earth. This hole was set round with largish 
stones laid lengthwise, and with no stones inside at all. Rather 
an amusing incident occurred here. All present, in a great state 
of excitement, were watching every stroke of the men’s pick-axes 
and spadeful of earth that was thrown out, when one of the 
members of the Association called out, “ Stop, stop ; there is some- 
thing carved on this stone,” and he brought a stune about a foot 
square, and, clearing away the soil adhering to it, laid bare a 
beautiful specimen of the “broad arrow.” There was a good 
laugh at this discovery and some disappointment, for, if this were 
all, it showed the mound was of recent construction, as the broad 
arrow is the mark of the Government surveyors, who had used this 
mound only some half century ago, and many were the quotations 
from the “ Antiquary” of Edie Ochiltree’s observations to the 
Laird of Monkbarns when Aiken Drum’s lang ladle was turned up 
on a somewhat similar occasion. However, the conclusion come to 
was that this stone had been sunk by the trigonometrical surveyors 
to uphold their flag or measuring pole while there, and the search 
was continued with increased zeal. The fine earth in the centre 
hole was carefully lifted out by hand, and in a short time an urn 
(in pieces), more highly ornamented than the one found on the 
10th, was discovered, and a quantity of bones around it. These 
bones were in small pieces and considerable quantity, as if more 
than one body had been buried there, and the remark was 
hazarded that the urn may have contained the cremated remains 
of the chief who lay there, while the bones were the remains of 
slaves who were killed and buried along with him to be his com- 
panions or servants in another world, so that he might arrive in it 
with his customary attendants and in all due state becoming his 
position in this world. The urn is about six inches in height and 
six and a half in diameter with no cover, ornamented on the outside 
