148 Forts, Camps, etc. in Roxburghshire. By J. Geikie. 



BEONZE. 



1. Socketed celt, single looped, rugose longitudinally ribbed and otherwise 

 ornamented : 4 inches long ; 1| inch wide at the butt ; If across the broad 

 cutting edge. Southdean, 



2. Flat celt ; except a stop-ridge above the blade : 4|- inches long ; 1 inch 

 across the butt : 1 J at the stop-ridge ; and 2 across the cutting-edge. South- 

 dean Law. 



3. Flanged-celt, with groove for the handle ; not ornamented ; 6 inches 

 long; f inch across the butt, 2 inches at the broad end ; length to the stop- 

 ridge, 3 inches. Southdean, 



4. Flanged-celt, rugose with small longitudinal ridges, and other orna- 

 mental work ; 5 J inches long ; | across the butt ; 2i across the broad end; 

 2^ inches to the stop ridge. Southdean. 



5. A bronze knife or razor, 4 J inches long ; f inch at widest ; perforated 

 near the broadest end ; gradually tapering to a blunt apex. Southdean Law. 

 Jeffrey's fig. 5. 



FLINT AOT) STONE. 



1. A very fine example, regularly tapering, and shaped Uke a chisel, of a 

 white fiint celt, beautifully although roughly chipped ; ground at the broad 

 end ; 7i inches long ; 1 J inch at the butt ; 2 inches at the broad end. 

 Southdean. 



2. Broadish stone celt^ said to be of greenstone, but possibly of indurated 

 green-slate, polished all over, 5 inches long ; 1| inch at the butt ; nearly 2^ 

 across the broad end. Southdean, Jeffrey's fig. 6. from Chesters. 



3. Part of a stone-axe, if axe it be, as it is more like an adze or hoe, of a 

 peculiar shape ; 6 inches long ; 1 inch at the butt ; 5J across the broad end. 

 Southdean. IRON. 



1. Iron spear-head from Abbo'trule ; 6 J inches long; greatest breadth of 

 the blade IJ inch. 



In May, 1883, a stone axe or celt, was turned up by the plough on the 

 farm of Ounzierton, on the Oxnam, which is thus described : * ' The stone 

 which is of a lightish colour and very hard, has taken on a beautiful polish, 

 and the implement seems as fresh as if newly formed. It measures a little 

 over 6 inches in length, about 3 inches broad at the face, and tapers away to 

 a point at the other end. It is thinner than most of the axes found in the 

 district, being not more than J inch at the thickest part. It is in the posses- 

 sion of Mr Stavert.'' It is of aventurine quartz. 



Our friends the Hawick Archaeologists have mapped the 

 British, Eoman, and Saxon antiquities in their circuit. They 

 cluster around that town, especially studding the vicinity of the 

 Teviot, and one of its lesser southern tributaries, and also the 

 Slitrig ; but appear to be few in number on the Borthwick 

 "Water. The map is I believe the production of our learned 

 member, Dr. J. A. H. Murray, and is unpublished. We still 

 require to know about the camps of Liddesdale, and those around 

 Melrose before Eoxburghshire can be said to be fully surveyed 

 archseologicaUy. James Haedy. 



