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Um from Wooden, Roxburghshire. 



Notice of a Gist containing an Urn found at Eckford, 

 Roxburghshire, and, opened on 31st October 188- r >. By 

 J. G. Wtnning. 



Wn ex ploughing the field locally called " Garlic Knowe," on 

 Wester Wooden Farm, in the parish of Eckford, the ploughmen 

 came on the cover of a Cist, which they raised; but they did 

 not otherwise disturb the ground. The site of this cist is on a 

 dat portion of the field adjacent to Wester Wooden Loch. 



I found the cover of the cist to be about 9 inches below the 

 surface. It had been packed at the edges with small water- 

 worn boulders, chiefly whinstone. The cover was one rough 

 slab of red sandstone, nearly 9 inches thick. The cist, which 

 lies N.E. by S.W., is also formed by rough slabs of red sand- 



