392 On some Pre-historic Antiquities. By Dr Hardy. 



surface of the weapon is smooth all over, having been a 

 bronze casting. It had been laid on grass to cool, the 

 surface still retaining impressions of the leafage. The present 

 length is 9;^ inches, but when complete was probably 10 

 inches. The greatest breadth at the base, above the 

 rivet holes, is 2^ inches ; at the base of the midrib of the 

 bevelled spaces, 2 inches; decreasing to 1^, 1|, and finally 

 to I inch ; weight, 6f ounces. For figures of other illustrative 

 examples see Sir John Evans's Bronze Implements of Great 

 Britain, p. 243, fig. 304, from Cambridge; p. 245, fig. 305 

 (provided with a handle) Magherafelt, co. Londonderry ; p. 

 247, fig. 312, Kennet and Avon Canal, Thatcham, Berks; 

 Dr Anderson's Scotland in Pagan Times, p. 176, Gretna Green, 

 Dumfriesshire; p. 178, fig. 182, Bronze Blade from Galloway. 

 Neither of the two last are so typical as the three first. 



The Flint Arrow Head is artistically chipped, whitened 

 as if it had passed through fire, 1 inch long, f inch broad 

 across the tangs, weight less than ^ oz. 



Whether the two articles occurred together is not known. 



II. — British Cist on Ayton Law Farm (Parish of Ay ton.) 



A COPY of the Berwickshire News of 10th October 1893, with 

 the Ayton post mark, reached me shortly after that date, 

 containing the following information : — During ploughing 

 operations in the Sandy Knowes field, on Ayton Law farm, 

 on Saturday last (it is not certain whether this was 30th 

 September or 7th October) an ancient Cist or Stone Grave 

 was discovered. It was about 3^ feet long, 3 feet broad, 

 and the depth about 2 feet. It was formed of rough stone 

 slabs, and contained a number of bones. It is difficult to tell 

 with certainty how the body had been deposited, but the 

 general construction of the Cist favours the idea that it had 

 been laid on its side, with knees drawn up to the chin. The 

 field referred to is in the immediate vicinity of Cairncross. 

 The notice makes a reference to the Cists found at Millbank 

 (mistakingly called Aycliffe House) in November 1873; 

 described in the Club's Proceedings, vol. vii., pp. 274-5, with a 

 plate (Plate Y.) of an Urn obtained from one of them, drawn 

 by the late Alexander Mitchell Innes, Esq., of Ayton Castle. 



