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left while the next is inclined towards the right. The lowest orna- 

 mented band is formed by horizontal lines enclosing a double row of 

 a "herring-bone" pattern (Plate X., Fig. 1). 



Urn No. 2. This urn, also from the Whitestone cist, at first 

 sight seems to differ very much from Urn No. 1. However, I think it 

 belongs to the same type that is Thurnam's y type of drinking-cup 

 urn. It measures 8 inches in height by 3 inches in diameter across 

 the brim, and 2f inches at the base. The body is ovoid and 

 passes up to the brim with almost straight walls ; there is no 

 recurved rim, but it seems to me the urn belongs to the sub-type 

 y 1 of Abercromby's classification of beaker urns. The paste is of a 

 dull reddish-brown colour on the surface and almost black in the 

 interior of the urn. The ornamentation is arranged in bands passing 

 horizontally round the vessel, and has been produced by impressions 

 stamped on the soft clay with a notched tool. Round the neck there 

 is a zone of parallel lines for a depth of 2| inches. The second 

 ornamented band, 1| inches in depth, has marginal horizontal lines 

 above and below, enclosing short vertical parallel lines which are 

 interrupted in the middle by a double chevron pattern. The third 

 and fourth bands of ornamentation are quite similar to the second 

 band. Finally, the lowest inch of the urn is surrounded by a series 

 of horizontal lines (Plate X., Fig. 2). 



Uiii No. 3. This urn was recovered from the Blackhills cist 

 associated with an unburnt burial. The urn is of the " food-vessel " 

 form, 4| inches in height and 4| inches in diameter at the mouth, 

 o\ inches in diameter at the middle from which it tapers to a Hat 

 bottom 3jj inches in diameter. The rim is slightly bevelled towards 

 the interior and shows a series of lines cutting it transversely and 

 separated from each other by a distance of about \ inch. The ex- 

 terior .surface of the urn is of a light brown colour and the whole 

 surface is covered with ornament, linear in character, evidently 

 produced by stamping the clay while still moist with a toothed slip of 

 wood or bone. 



Round the middle of the urn there is a concave moulding, and 



