. Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar district, archaeological, historical, and biographical. at has been preserved. To this chapter we append a representation of a bronzetripod which was found on the farm of Southside Kilbucho,two or three miles from Biggar, in July 1863, by Mr ThomasCore. It is worthy of remark that it was found very near thespot where the gold circlets, a number of silver coins of EdwardII., and other articles of antiquity were dug up some yearsago. When first discovered, the inside of it was of a brightyellow colour, as if it had come fresh from the f
. Biggar and the House of Fleming: an account of the Biggar district, archaeological, historical, and biographical. at has been preserved. To this chapter we append a representation of a bronzetripod which was found on the farm of Southside Kilbucho,two or three miles from Biggar, in July 1863, by Mr ThomasCore. It is worthy of remark that it was found very near thespot where the gold circlets, a number of silver coins of EdwardII., and other articles of antiquity were dug up some yearsago. When first discovered, the inside of it was of a brightyellow colour, as if it had come fresh from the foundry, andcontained a roll of a strange substance that had much theappearance of an eel skin. The glittering appearance of thepot caused Mr Core to think that he had lighted on a prize suffi-ciently valuable to make his fortune, but on due investigationhe ascertained that though it was unquestionably an article ofgreat antiquity, the metal itself was not of much value. Ashort time ago he made a present of it to Mr Sim of the opinion of some antiquaries it is of British rather thanRoman
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