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On the Remains of the Roman Station at Cappuch, 

 Roxburgh. By Walter Laidlaw, Jedburgh. 



PLAN PLATE IX. 



Having been requested by our indefatigable Secretary, Dr 

 Hardy, to give to the Club an account of the discovery and 

 excavations of the Boman Station at Cappuck, Oxnam, it 

 gives me much pleasure to do so. 



As I personally superintended the excavations, and saw every- 

 thing that has been found, I can assure the members of the Club 

 that this is a very interesting discovery. The first discovery of 

 antiquarian remains was made in the Spring of 1892 ; the relics 

 however lay exposed to the weather until the middle of Novem- 

 ber. Having then accidentally heard that something of interest 

 had been found, I visited the place at once, and was pleased to 

 find large portions of two domestic Eoman vessels — one of them 

 an "Amphora," composed of light brown clay, an inch thick ; 

 and which, when entire, had been at least two feet in diameter. 

 The pieces of a massive handle also show it to have been of large 

 size. There is so much of a vessel, that, when put together, it 

 is almost complete. This vessel has been about five inches high, 

 six inches in diameter at the top, and four inches at the bottom. 

 It is of a hard baked clay, of dark, drab colour, and ornamented 

 with the "diamond" ornament. Many other fragments with 

 the same ornamentation have since been obtained. There were 

 also found in the same field, both the upper and under grinding 

 stones of one mill, and large portions of others, which, according 

 to Dr Bruce, are formed of a volcanic stone, which has been 

 brought from Andernach on the Ehine. It is hard and porous, 

 and when struck, rings like cast metal. 



Having secured everything for the Marquis of Lothian — the 

 proprietor of the land —I asked the farm steward to show me the 

 place where the relics were found. He took me to the field north 

 of Cappuck farm house, near which the Eoman road crosses the 

 Oxnam. Here he pointed out two holes, out of which he had 

 taken stones last spring ; and it was while doing so he came 

 upon the relics. He said it was necessary to remove the stones, 

 as they were so near the surface, and that he purposed taking 

 more out during the winter. I told him that, by the appearance 



