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Towards the nortk the fiat ground is continned, and then another 

 Roalder hill, not quite so high, but much longer and less regular in form, 

 commences. The Chat Hill has a longitudinal direction from S. 5^ E. to 

 N. 5° W. Further N., Boulder hills of the same description are continued 

 at Newham, and they range onward in the N.E. direction towards Hoppen. 



The most marked Boulder hill at Newham has been removed by the 

 Railway Company for ballast for the Line. This had a decided effect on 

 the water level of the neighbourhood. At Newham there were two wells 

 sunk into the Gravel to a depth of about 70 feet, which were abundantly 

 supplied with water. These have since the removal of the hill been laid 

 dry. The low grounds were previously damp and boggy; these are now 

 effectually drained ; indeed some of them are so dry that the ground has 

 cracked or become fissured. [A considerable area of it is now under 

 culture.] A large quantity of water now springs up where the hill stood — 

 and that is conveyed away into the Burn by large draining pipes. 



N.B. — A few yards on the S. side of Newham Station is a Basaltic Dyke 

 running from N.E. to S.W. — 8 feet broad. 



Observations made on Chathill in 18-i6. 



Two pits are sunk in the Hill at the North end, and one at the South 

 end, the former shows large Boulders of Sandstones and Limestones, with 

 a few Basaltic intermingled with smaller gravel and paving stones. 

 Towards the bottom the Boulders are smaller, and near the bottom they 

 are what is called " channelly," clean sharp gravel. The S. end does not 

 show large Boulders — the top has a sharp sand, the bottom a channelly 

 gravel. 



On the West is a plain stretching for i of a mile to Ellingham Wood, 

 where the ground rises again. A distinct terrace skirts the hill near the 

 bottom, and another farther up the hill, and proving the former existence 

 of a lake. Between Chathill and Newham is a low connecting ridge, 

 through a depression of which the water runs from the plain. On the 

 East side of the ridge is another plain with the same appeai'ance of 

 ancient levels. A deep moss — 30 feet in one place — occupies the plain. 

 Mr Young says a Marl has been seen at the bottom of it. 



(B.) Sepulchral Remains on North Charlton. From Mr. Tate's 

 MSS. Notes, about 1852. 



North Charlton. 

 Under a Tumulus 10 feet high, in a hill, a Cist-vaen was found in a field 

 S.E. from North Charlton, and adjoining those in which the " long 

 graves" (the Kames ?) are seen. This Cist-vaen was of the usual form — 

 the slabs are yet preserved in the Sheperdon plantation. The length had 

 not been above 4 feet — probably 3^ feet Judging from the stones. The 

 body had been buried entire but bent up — the hair was still preserved — 

 the skull was entire with teeth in the jaws, but all the bones mouldered 



