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and also some stone celts from the neighbourhood of Alnwick, 

 one of which had midergone sharpening twice after it had 

 been made. The Rev. William Greenwell shewed and 

 described a variety of bronze and bone implements from 

 Heathery Cave, Durham, " the belongings " of a family 

 suddenly destroyed during the bronze era. Dr. Campbell 

 described the structure of a Coluber Natrix and a Pelias 

 Berus captured at Abbey St. Bathans ; and Mr. Adam Mat- 

 thewson shewed several polished sections of plants with 

 structure, out of the rocks near Norham. 



After breakfast, under the guidance of the Vicar, the noble 

 church — one of the finest examples of the later Norman style 

 in the north — ^was visited; and with much interest were 

 examined the Saxon sculptured stones built up into a pillar 

 in the church-yard. It was strongly urged that these in- 

 structive fragments should be placed somewhere within the 

 church, in order to protect them from the wasting influence 

 of the weather. 



The brave old castle was next particularly examined ; 

 and it was concluded, from a critical consideration of its 

 architectural characters, that there are now no recognisable 

 remains of the original tower built by Flambard, the fighting 

 bishop, in 1121, and which old chronicles say was destroyed 

 by the Scots. But of the very strong tower built by Pudsey 

 — about 1158 — there are considerable portions remaining in 

 the east and south walls. The west wall and part of the 

 south wall, stated by Raine to be Pudsey's work, belong to a 

 period more recent by at least a century and a half Leaving 

 the castle, the party proceeded to Morris Hall, the residence 

 of Mr. Greet, who most kindly exhibited and explained a 

 valuable collection of relics found in the old castle and the 

 neighbourhood ; amongst which were curious perforated 

 leaden disks, similar to spindle weights, some of them being 

 ornamented ; cannon balls, formed of cubes of iron encased 

 in lead ; and a rare type of a stone celt — found near Cold- 

 stream — contracted near to the blunt end. 



Here the Club divided into two parties ; one guided by 



