Low Buston. By J. C. Hodgson. 525 



In 186. . . .Hounden was taken in exchange by the Duke of 

 Northumberland for certain lauds in Birling township, desired 

 by Mr Thew on account of their close proximity to Shortridge. 



Having thus traced the successive ownerships, some mention 

 may be made of the Buston Urn, and of some place names. 



In 1815, in one of the ' Hilly Law ' fields (which are three in 

 number) at a spot which has not been marked, two men in 

 removing some stones for road mending, discovered underneath 

 a large flat stone covering four others placed upright or on edge 

 and another at the bottom. "Within were human bones, and an 

 urn or vase of moulded and baked clay filled with ashes. The 

 cavity was 3 feet 6 inches long, 2 feet 2 inches wide, and 2 feet 

 3 inches deep. The urn is now in the Alnwick Castle Museum, 

 being No. 6 in the catalogue, but there wrongly described as 

 found near Wark worth, in 1850: this being the date of its 

 presentation by Mrs. Forster. " It is a thick heavy urn 5£ inches 

 high, 7 inches wide at top, and 2f inches at bottom. Some of 

 the marks on it are made by a sharp pointed instrument, others 

 by a twisted thong." 



Tradition speaks of another burial place on the extreme west 

 of the township near the Tylee burn, but no authentic account 

 of its opening has been preserved. 



The noteworthy place-names not already mentioned are : — 



Coatwall's Close The Rhone 



Pindy Lands Bought Rigs 1 



Ten oclock Rigs Long Crook 



Hilly Law Windy Edge 



Hemp Hill Kennel Hill 



The history of Upper Buston Township must be reserved for 

 another occasion. 



1 " Will ye gae to the ewe-bnchts Marion, 

 And wear in the sheep wi' me ? " 



Scottish Song.—" The Ewe-Bucht* Marion." 



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