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Report for Wm. Eliott Lockhart, Esq., Chamberlain to His 

 Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, etc., as to Stones, etc., found 

 in afield at Eckford. By J. G. Winning. 



In accordance with your instructions I went to Eckford to- 

 day (8th October), to examine the stones which the forester 

 reported had been upturned by a plough, in a field near Eckford 

 Manse. 



I found the field to be No. 371 of the Ordnance Survey. It 

 is part of Eckford Hall Lands, farmed by Mr Cunningham, 

 Grahamslaw, and is situated on the west side of Eckford Manse, 

 lying between the public road from Jedburgh to Kelso, and the 

 river Teviot. The highest altitude of the field according to the 

 Ordnance Survey is 229 feet. The ground slopes to the west, 

 and taking nearly a straight line east and west along the crown 

 of the field, the sub-soil on the north side (next to the Teviot) is 

 pure sand, and on the south side (next to the public road) dry 

 shingle with, on the crown of the field at least, very little sand 

 mixed with it. 



Just at the junction of this sand and shingle, and on the brow 

 of the field where it begins to dip west, I found a large irregular 

 opening about 20 feet in length, two to three feet in width, and 

 about one foot in depth. Its outline was somewhat as under : — 



W 



N x 



Between thirty and forty water-worn stones (whin-stone) and 

 some small pieces of red sand-stone were lying in and about this 

 opening. The largest of these stones was about 2 feet by 1. 

 There were also two red sand-stone flags about 2J- inches thick, 

 one measuring 3 feet 10 inches by 2 feet 3 inches, and the other 

 3 feet 7 inches by 1 foot 4 inches. The earth lying in the open- 

 ing was surface soil. I examined this earth and also that thrown 

 up on the sides of the opening. At the spot marked A in pre- 

 ceding sketch, I found what appears to be the right and lower 

 jaw-bone of an animal. It contains two teeth entire and part 

 of a third. The length of this bone is 5 inches, and so far as 



