The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . id-Lothian,found a skeleton about three and a half feet below the surface. Thebody lay south-west by north-east, imbedded in moss about threeinches thick. Near the feet were found an iron knife, and a daggerwith the remains of a wooden handle and a square gold plate and knobon the end of the haft, both greatly corroded and adhering togetherfrom the rust. There were also found in the same grave a woodencomb, broken and very much decayed, and a rude bodkin of bonemeasuring three and a quarter inches long, which had doubtless beenemployed in fa
The archaeology and prehistoric annals of Scotland . id-Lothian,found a skeleton about three and a half feet below the surface. Thebody lay south-west by north-east, imbedded in moss about threeinches thick. Near the feet were found an iron knife, and a daggerwith the remains of a wooden handle and a square gold plate and knobon the end of the haft, both greatly corroded and adhering togetherfrom the rust. There were also found in the same grave a woodencomb, broken and very much decayed, and a rude bodkin of bonemeasuring three and a quarter inches long, which had doubtless beenemployed in fastening the dress of the deceased. The knife is per-forated with three holes, by which a handle must have been attachedto it, but it is too much corroded to afford any correct idea of its ori-ginal form. Near to these lay a wooden vessel and an earthen urncoated with green glaze, and rudely ornamented with a waved pat-tern ; both of which were broken by the carelessness of the accompanying woodcut represents the dagger and bone pin, the. lion Dagger and Pin, East Lan|ton former of which measures with the handle thirteen and a quarterinches long. Nearly at the same time a quantity of billon penniesof James II., of the Edinburgh Mint,l were discovered in the fieldwhere this interesting sepulchral deposit was found. But it hadbeen in cultivation upwards of fifty years, and there is no reason tothink that any connexion was traceable between the two glazed pottery accompanying the iron weapons at East Lang-ton is a characteristic feature of the sepulchral deposits of the last1 Lindsay, Plate xxi. No. E
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