British Urns found at Hoprig. By Jas. Hardy. 137 



2, are dotted and have been made with a notched or toothed imple- 

 ment. A wavy oblique pattern runs round the lip. An article 

 with two projections has formed the lines of dots which are double 

 in the intervals unoccupied by lines, but there is a considerable 

 variety in their position some being horizontal, others zig-zag or 

 in threes and twos obliquely. These could only be brought out by 

 a minute drawing. The height is 7£ inches, diameter 51, the 

 base 7£. 



The Food Vessel (Plate IV) has no ornament on the lip ; after 

 a free space there is a circular band of sigmoid depressions, and 

 then 6 waved bands with intervening flutel intervals, the 

 latter of which have been impressed with a cental line of dot 

 impressions made by some implement ; then follow a space with 

 zig-zag ornamentation succeeded by 6 closely dotted wavy 

 encircling transverse lines ; then a space with intersecting oblique 

 lines ; and beneath these 6 wavy closely dotted transverse lines ; 

 to be followed by 2 rows of crescentic depressions ; and then 5 

 very wavy and sometimes almost coalescing transverse dotted 

 lines, succeeded by two of still more minute and irregular lines 

 of a similar design ; a sigmoid hand of ornament encircles the 

 base. Height 5f , Diameter 4£, Middle 5£, Base 3 inches. The 

 description is from a minute drawing made by Mr Smith. 



Of these graves those enclosing urns may be of the Bronze period, 

 and the race to whom they belonged — brachycephalic. I call 

 them British, but they are not British of the present race. 

 Camps of these people, British camps they are usually termed, 

 remained till within recent times on the hills in front of them, 

 and towards the S. E. other similar urns were obtained, not 

 many years ago, on the farm of Ecklaw where adjoining Hoprig- 

 Shiels. Unfortunately they fell into the hands of ignorant people, 

 who neglected them and they fell to pieces. Had it not been for 

 Mr Smith's interposition, the present collection would probably 

 have met with a like fate ; at least they could never have been 

 so perfectly presented to the notice of the Club. 



