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I raised a turf on the hollow on the summit &
found beneath it a fragment of the lip of a
vessel of white ware with traces of bright green
glaze on it. I also picked up a tiny piece of
the red ware on the scarp of the mound on
the opposite side to where the other objects were
found. No traces of occupation are to be seen anywhere else around the sides nor
have I observed them on any other mote

forenoon visiting the various objects of interest
in the town which have been examined by the
architects. The date on the town cross is
without doubt 1610 and the letters on it I E M
The old castle is in a shockingly neglected state
and will soon fall to pieces if nothing is done
for it. Ivy is growing rampantly over it and
inside it is full of dirt & decay. The
bells in the town steeple are very good also
the MacLellan tomb, of date 1597, in the
school opposite the castle.
The museum contains a very small col:
:lection of local antiquities. Some fragments
of a cinarery urn and a very small "incense
cup" with perforated decoration from a
"tumulus" at Whinnyliggate: three urns & food vessels beaker urns
from graves at High Banks, an all illustrated
in Harper. There is an iron sword of the
Viking period, much corroded, measuring
32 3/4" in extreme length with a straight guard,
4 1/2" from the pommel: the breadth of blade at
the guard 2 1/4". This along with a fine bronze
pin 5" in length, having a moveable annular
head, and a discoid bead of blue glass
was found in St Cuthberts churchyard.
There is a fair bronze age rapier blade

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