Silver Brooch found at Hazelton Rig. By J. Hardy. 503 



(I) a flat circular brooch of silver, inscribed Iesvs Nazahenvs 

 Eex ; (2) a circular brooch formed of a rod of silver, ornamented 

 with six rosettes, alternating with six ornamental knobs, the pin 

 broken ; 3 broken brooches with lozenge shaped ornaments, 

 covered with a diapered pattern ; (4) broken brooch similar to 

 No. 2. All these were found with two finger rings, some jet 

 beads, and 53 silver pennies of Edward I. and II., two of John 

 Balliol, and one of Alexander III. No. 2 corresponds in pattern 

 with the Northumbrian example, and has been figured by the 

 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in their "Proceedings," and 

 reproduced in their " Catalogue." 



Mr J. J." Vernon, in the Club's " Proceedings," vol. ix., p. 303, 

 has given an interesting account of two silver brooches found in 

 a brass-pot at Langhope, parish of Kirkhope, Selkirkshire, of 

 which one, represented in the lower figure of Plate Y. in that Yol. 

 is of a somewhat similar type to the present brooch. Mr Yernon 

 shewed me this brooch at Hawick. It has only four rosettes and 

 four knobs; the knobs are smooth. The articles and coins 

 accompanying the brooches were of a kindred character to those 

 discovered in Dumfriesshire, and belong to the same period. Mr 

 Craig-Brown in his valuable " History of Selkirkshire," vol. i., p. 

 362, has reproduced the Club's figures in an improved form, 

 and has added some particulars to Mr Vernon's statement. I 

 shall take the liberty of making a transcript of what Mr Craig- 

 Brown says on the subject, from his well-printed pages. 



" The spot where the treasure was discovered is about a mile and a 

 quarter np the Langhope Burn, in a small gully which branches off to the 

 left. Opposite to it, on the other side of Langhope Burn, are two vertical 

 ridges of bare rock, which may have been the ' mark, ' by which the 

 depositor hoped to identify the place of burial. In February (1880), the 

 shepherd, John Oliver by name, noticed something of unusual shape bulg- 

 ing from the side of a sheep-drain, washed clear of clay by the winter rains. 

 Striking it with his staff, and finding it metal, the shepherd pulled it out. 

 It proved to be a bronze goblet, 10 inches deep, 7 inches wide at the month, 

 and 20 inches in circumference at the bulge, it was a tripod, with legs 3 

 inches long, and had two ' lugs ' for handles. [From the description and 

 dimensions, this appears to have been a brass-pot of the ' kail-pot ' type]. 

 Inside were two or three articles of silver jewelry, and, it is said, from 5000 

 to 6000 silver pennies. The number was never exactly ascertained, the 

 finder naively remarking that ho ' got tired countin ' near the third thou- 

 sand, and there was as mony mair to count.' Besides a silver finger ring, 

 with the inscription XTesu Xazar.,x and a large pin of the same metal, 

 there were two silver brooches of rude workmanship, but not inelegant 

 design. [See Club's Proc, vol. ix., plate Y.] The coins for the most part 



