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number of iron hoops and two iron rings 4i- inches diameter, -with staples 

 and nails indicating a thickness of about jj- inch for the wooden staves." 



The caldrons "were each beaten out of one sheet of metal: they want 

 the rims and the handles, and the handles have each been fastened on by 

 three rivets. The larger of the two is much patched in the bottom." 



The conclusion Dr Anderson arrives at is that "from the nature 

 of the objects found with these two caldrons, it is evident that 

 they belong to a time subsequent to the Christian era, and probably 

 after the period of the Roman colonisation of the south of 

 Scotland." 



There are no British camps in that immediate neighbourhood. 

 A strong old earthen wall called the "Black Dyke," once crossed 

 part of the farm, of which there are some remains at the south- 

 west corner of the lands crossing into a plantation. On the east 

 side of the plantation, on Butterdean estate, not very distant from 

 this mound, were within the past twenty years two sepulchral 

 cairns, and under one of them, on their removal, an eathenware 

 British urn with zig-zag simple ornamentation was brought to 

 light. As is usually the case it was kept as a curiosity for a 

 time in the farm house, and then neglected and lost. 



It would be gratifying if other articles of this description could 

 be ascertained as having occurred in other parts of the Club's 

 district, where there remain few indications of Eoman occupation. 

 The knowledge of their possession by the native inhabitants, 

 whether enthralled in subjection or liberated from foreign 

 bondage, is valuable as a bright speck in the darkness where 

 history only gropes. ,T. H. 



Armorial Bearings and Interesting Inscriptions in Jed- 

 burgh and its vicinity. By Walter Laidlaw. 



While every spot of the Borders is invested with interest, 

 there is no place more so than Jedburgh and its vicinity, both 

 on account of its picturesque and beautiful scenery, and also for 

 its historical associations— the town being of great antiquity. 

 " Jedburgh is the final form of a name of which eighty-two varia- 

 tions have been collected. Ecgred, bishop of Lindsfarne 830-838, 

 gifted that see with the village and lands of Geddewrd." 

 Towards the end of the eleventh century the village became a 

 burgh, and in 1124-53, a royal residence, the town receiving a 



