116 Account of Ancient Urn, &c. By Rev. W. Stobbs. 



by the band of man, and called the Cadger's Cairn. I have 

 ascertained the position of this cairn. It stood on a slight 

 ' knowe ' in the north-west corner of the eighth field on the left 

 hand side of the road going to Edenside. A bridlepath, no 

 longer existing, between Gordon and Mack's Mill, ran by the 

 side of it, and the cairn was about exactly half way in a direct 

 line between the two places. Travellers and cadgers made it a 

 resting place, hence I suppose, the name. I have not been able 

 to make out whether the stones composing this cairn were 

 arranged in any order, or whether they had a * built ' appear- 

 ance. It seems not. At any rate their number must have been 

 enormous, for when they came to be driven away they supplied 

 more than a hundred cart-loads. 



Imbedded in the soil upon which this cairn had rested, Mr 

 Hay in trenching came upon an urn of half-baked clay. It was 

 about 16 inches in height, and 10 inches in diameter at the 

 mouth. Its surface was profusely ornamented. Unfortunately 

 it fell into fragments a few days after its discovery. Plate iii. 

 Fig. 1. represents a portion of the lip of the urn, and the largest 

 fragment that remains. 



In the same place and at the same time there were also found 

 the following : — 



1 . A G-old Ring (Plate ii. fig. 1.) The mechanism of this ring 

 is curious. First two or three threads of gold wire have been 

 twisted into one long strand, then five plies of this strand have 

 been twisted into a ring, so that every portion of the ring is of 

 the thickness and strength of at least ten wires. The ends of the 

 wire are kept in the inside so as to be out of sight, and the sol- 

 dering is managed with considerable skill. The ring is in 

 beautiful preservation. Dr. Anderson thinks it is fully finer 

 in point of workmanship than any "specimen they have in the 

 Scottish Antiquarian Society's Museum. 



2. The Hook of a Silver Brooch. (Plate ii. fig. 2.) The orna- 

 mentation, as wUl be seen, is extremely tasteful. The chasing 

 had been filled with niello^ of which some traces may yet be de- 

 tected. 



3. A portion of a Silver Bracelet. (Plate ii. fig. 3.) The 

 ornamentation of this article has not been done by hand, as in 

 the case of the brooch, but by stamping with a comb-like punch. 



4. 5. Two Ingots of Silver. (Plate ii. figs. 4. 5.) Weighing 

 respectively If and 1^ oz. 



