316 Mr, Tate on the Celtic Toion at Greaves Ash. 



Explanation of Plates, continued — 

 PLATE 7. 



Hut circle, Greaves Ash. 



PLATE 8. 



Fig. 1. Pottery — part of a vessel from Greaves Ash. 



2. Pottery — bottom of a vessel from Chesters. 



3. Flint javelin or spear head from Chesters, 



4. Iron knife from Brough-law. 



5. Miniature Quern ? from Chesters. 



6. Glass bead from Chesters. 



7. Fragment of glass armlet from Greaves Ash. 



Notes of a visit to Crailing, in the county of Roxhurgh, 

 August, 186L By D. Milne Home, Esq., of Wedderburn. 



In company with Mr. Tate of Alnwick, one of the Secretaries 

 of the club, I paid a visit to caves recently discovered on the 

 property of John Paton, Esq., of Crailing. 



They were discovered accidentally, a year or two ago, on 

 the occasion of some rabbits being hunted by Mr. Paton's 

 sons. The dogs having entered a hole in the cliff, the sounds 

 of their barking led to the belief, that the dogs were in some 

 unusual recess, which led to an excavation being made, and 

 to the discovery of the caves. No tradition existed in the 

 district of such caves existing. 



These caves, 8 or 10 in number, are situated about half a 

 mile to the west of Crailing house, on the north bank of Ox- 

 nam river, a tributary of the Teviot. A sketch of the cliff, 

 representing the position of the caves, will be found on 

 Plate 9. 



The cliff here is about 80 feet high, and is nearly perpen- 

 dicular. The river runs at its foot. On the south side of the 

 stream, there is a flat haugh about 300 yards in width, now 

 covered by good pasture, but formerly most probably a marsh. 



The caves occupy a line about half way up the cHff, and 

 w^ere concealed by hazel, as well as by rubbish produced by 

 the crumbling of the horizontal red sandstone strata compos- 

 ing the bank. 



The caves vary in size ; but they are generally about 9 to 

 10 feet high, about \% to 14 feet wide, and now about 10 to 



