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2. An urn of the beaker type. 



3. Pieces of charcoal. 



C. E. N. Leith-Hay, Esq., of Itannes and Leith Hall, has pre- 

 sented the contents of the cist for preservation in the Anatomical 

 Museum. 



Fig. 3. Urn from Cist at Mains of Leslie (!.). 



SCOTSTOWN SHORT CIST. 



This cist was recovered on the farm of Gateside of Scotstown, 

 Old Machar, on the 13th April, 1907, by the Messrs. Hanton. Notes 

 and also photographs of the cist were taken during the process of 

 unearthing. The site of the cist is in a gravelly knoll in the corner of 

 a field which had been under cultivation for many years. There is no 

 external mark indicating the position of the cist over the cover stone 

 of which there is a depth of from 6 to 9 inches of soil. The cover of 

 cist is a large heavy oblong block of foliated gneiss measuring 5 feet 

 at the greatest length, 3 feet at the greatest breadth, and from 1 2 to 



