Finds. At 3 feet, a beaker urn with pinched-in sides, roughened externally (Plate XLIX. (B), Fig. 6), and a large dark blue translucent glass bead.
Cleared out October, 1906.
PIT XIII. Under the floor of one of the rooms of Block XIII. This pit was of no great depth.
Finds. A few fragments of coarse pottery and an iron pick (Plate LVIII., Fig. 4).
II. PITS WITHIN THE AREA OF THE SOUTH ANNEXE
Field No. 607, Ordnance Survey Plan, 25-inch scale. Second Edition. 1898. Roxburghshire, Sheet VIII. 2, Parish of Melrose.
PIT XIV. Diameter at surface 5 feet; at bottom 2 feet. Depth 16 feet.
Finds. At 3 feet 6 inches, a small piece of Castor ware was found. At 15 feet, a sword standing upright (Plate XXXIV., Fig. 6). A small globular vase of Terra Sigillata (Type, Déchelette 67), (Plate XLI, Fig. 3). A bronze cooking-pot with the name LVCANI inscribed upon it (Plate LIII., Fig. 6). Two chisels (Plate LIX., Figs. 7 and 8), one with a haft of deer horn. A hoe (Plate LXI., Fig. 9). Four hub rings for wheels. Three iron hoops, one of smaller size with ring attached. Two nails with large flat heads. A hold-fast for a scythe. An anchor-shaped mounting of iron (Plate XXXIV., Fig. 2). A heavy mounting, perhaps for the pole of a waggon (Plate LXV., Fig. 4). Portion of a grid-iron. A wrench (Plate LIX., Fig. 17). Pieces of mortaria (Fig. 34, page 264, No. 1). Parts of two wooden bowls.
Cleared out 3 March, 1906.
PIT XV. Diameter at surface 7 feet; at bottom 4 feet. Depth 7 feet. Burnt bones were intermingled with the earth and traces of grain at the bottom.
Finds. A bowl of Terra Sigillata (Type, Dragendorff 37), (Plate XLIII.). The fragments of a large blue glass jar with reeded handles (Fig. 36, page 272), and a fragment of a vessel of coarse earthenware.
Cleared out October, 1905.
PIT XVI. Diameter at surface 7 feet; at bottom 2 feet. Depth 22 feet. At a depth of 2 feet, a line of gravel marked the level where the road used during the last two occupations passed over the pit. The black deposit began at 8 feet.
Finds, At 6 feet, two pieces of a pillar-moulded bowl of claret-coloured glass.
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