!72 On Urns and Antiquities of the Cheviot Hills. 



The stone with the markings on it was found at the west side 



of the south 

 end of the line 

 of pits, and 

 was a thick 

 massive stone, 

 and shaped 

 like the apex 

 of a pyramid, 

 and carved on 

 each side ex- 

 cept one, which 

 had suffered 

 demolition at 

 some previous 

 period. The 

 stone is a }^el- 

 lowish s a n d- 

 stone, and the 

 carving is very 

 F '"J- 2. rude. The car- 



vings are circles with a central dot and spirals ; one of the last 

 nearly representing the spectacle ornament. 



Mr Moffatt's paper, with illustrations by Mr Blair, who has 

 kindly obtained for me the electros of them, is contained in full 

 in the " Archreologia JEliana," N.S., vol. X., pp. 220-2. The 

 broken stone is in the museum of the Society of Antiquaries, 

 Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 



Writing of date 1st May, 1886, of other disclosures of cists on 

 the Lilburn estate, Mr Moffatt states that "Two cists, both con- 

 taining bones, one a trace of iron, were dug out over 40 years 

 ago in the North Cairnfold field, Lilburn Hill farm.* 



" Three cists were dug out on the 19th, 20th, and 21st April, 

 1886, containing bones and three urns; the two largest urns 

 were broken all in pieces, the small urn is entire. The largest 

 urn, No. 1, was about 1h inches across at top, vase-shaped, string 

 pattern. No. 2 was 6 | inches across the top, the upper parts 



* After this had gone to press, Mr Tait, Lilburn Hill, has consigned to me 

 the whole of what he has found. They may form the subject of a future 

 communication. There is on the farm another inscribed stone,with one large 

 and two small double circles and central pit, supposed to have come from 

 a cairn. J. H. 



