124 Urn found at Eckford. By J. G. Winning. 



drying and cementing, the parts of the Urn have been put 

 together, so as to enable a photograph to be taken. 



Fully half of the Urn has been recovered. It is formed of 

 reddish brown clay, is of the "drinking cup" tj'pe, and finely 

 ornamented. The outline is elegant, narrowing from the mouth 

 to slightly above the middle, then gradually swelling and again 

 narrowing towards the base. The ornamentation consists of 

 bands of incised lines enclosing hatched or notched bands ; and 

 the spaces between these bands are filled in with herring-bone 

 ornameut in triangular form. The bands are artistically placed 

 with regard to the shape of the urn. The bottom is also 

 ornamented with triangular lines. Instances of bottom orna- 

 mentation are now and then found on " food vessels," but Canon 

 Greenwell says he met with only one case of a drinking cup 

 being so treated. See Greenwell's British Barrows, 1877, p. 98. 



The dimensions of the Urn are— height 8| inches; diameter 

 at mouth 5 inches ; and at base 3i inches. 



[This handsome Urn has since been presented to the National 

 Museum of the Society of Antiquaries, Edinburgh, who have 

 favoured the Club with the loan of their cut. Mr Winning 

 contributed the paper to both Societies.] 



