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The name Keyheugh. is probably derived from tbe Saxon 

 words caeg, a keyed or blocked-up place, and hou, or heugh, a 

 steep and rugged bill ; whilst Darden comes from the British 

 dwr, or dur, water, and dun a hill, in corroboration of which 

 latter etymology a lake called Darden Lough yet remains in the 

 hollow formed by the two highest ridges of the moor. 



Access to Keyheugh in a straight line from the point on the 

 Elsdon and Eothbury road, from which it is seen, is toilsome and 

 tedious ; but from Midgey Ha' the approach is comparatively 

 easy. 



Eighlaws, Morpeth, SOth Oct., 1880. 



Notice of Treasure Trove, February, 1880. By J. J. 

 Vernon, F.S.A., Scot., Hawick. 



In February last, whilst a shepherd at Langhope, parish of 

 Kirkhope, Selkirkshire, was going his rounds, he discovered in 

 a drain a bronze pot partially uncovered by the action of the 

 water. Upon unearthing his hnd it was seen to be of bronze, 

 urn-shaped, having three legs, and lugs for handles, but without 

 lid when discovered. It is ten inches deep, seven inches wide at 

 the mouth, and twenty-nine in circumference at the bulge, the 

 feet being four inches long. The contents proved to be of con- 

 siderable value, as it contained nearly a stone-weight of coins, 

 fibulae, &c. The coins were principally silver pennies of Alex- 

 ander III., John Balliol, and Eobert Bruce of Scotland, and of 

 the contemporary kings of England, besides a number of pence 

 struck on the Continent. What jewellery there was may never 

 be known, but there were disposed of in Hawick two silver 

 buckles of excellent workmanship and design— see Plate — 

 the larger of which weighed 615 grains, and the other 244 

 grs. There was also a finger ring of silver having the inscrip- 

 tion JESU NAZAE -|- ; a massive silver pin, and a portion of 

 plate, use unknown. The finder handed over the pot and its 

 contents to his master, who proceeded to realise its value (!) by 

 disposing of the coins by the pound weight. Such a "find" 

 could not long be kept secret, and it is satisfactory to know that 

 the proper authorities succeeded in recovering the bronze vessel 

 and some of the coins and jewellery, which, in course of time, 

 will find their way into the National Collection of Antiquities in 

 Edinburgh. 



