502 Silver Brooch found at Ilazelton Rig. By J. Hardy 



Silver Brooch found at Ilazelton Iiir/. 

 The sides of the notch have been strengthened by two short lateral 

 pieces attached to thicken the ring. The tongue enters a small 

 groove in the bottom rosette, and has been gold-leafed at the 

 point to correspond with the top one. The tongue appears to have 

 been cracked ; its apex is blunt. .As a support to the upper 

 plaque, another silver bead has been fixed underneath it at the 

 base of the tongue, and beat down to firm it. The weight at 

 present is about If ounce, avoirdupois. The length of the pin or 

 tongue is 3.V inches ; the exterior diameter of the ring is 2f , and 

 the inner 2h inches. From the bluntness of the piu, this Brooch 

 was probably used as a buckle to fix a belt. 



A few other of these brooches have been obtained in the south 

 of Scotland, and from their similarity in design, and the coins 

 and other objects associated with them, belong to the 13th or 

 14th centuries. 



This Brooch is exactly of the type of another silver brooch, 

 found with two others in Dumfriesshire, in ploughing a field at 

 Woodhead, Canonbie. In this Dumfriesshire find, there was 



