PIT XLV. Diameter at surface 6 feet; at bottom 3 feet 6 inches. Depth 13 feet 6 inches.
Finds. Many fragments of cooking pots and other black vessels (Plate XLVIII., Types 48 and 49). Two pieces of yellow ware with diamond decoration. Bottom of a bowl of whitish ware. Portions of four bowls of Terra Sigillata, showing late wreath decoration (page 223, Figs. 4 and 5). Fragments of a cup (Type, Dragendorff 33). A bronze stud, some leather) an iron object (Plate LXVI., Fig. 1). No vessels could be restored from the fragments.
Cleared out 19 March, 1907.
PIT XLVI. Diameter at surface 7 feet; at bottom 3 feet 6 inches. Depth 7 feet. was not so black as usual.
Finds. The deposit A well-preserved sandal and shoe, and about half of a mortarium with stamp MF.
Cleared out 20 March, 1907.
PIT XLVII. Diameter at surface 7 feet; at bottom 3 feet. Depth 9 feet. This pit had been cut in soft sandy soil, and about a dozen wooden posts had been placed at intervals round the sides; behind these, heather and twigs had been packed to keep the sides from slipping.
Finds. A number of fragments of black pottery, and a small fragment of the bottom of a vessel of Terra Sigillata, with the stamp MARCELL...
Cleared out 21 March, 1907.
PIT XLVIII. Diameter at surface 3 feet; at bottom 2 feet. Depth I 2 feet 6 inches. For a depth of 10 feet from the bottom the sides were built.
Finds. A number of fragments of black ware, and a small piece of the lip of a bowl of Terra Sigillata (Type, Dragendorff 37).
Cleared out March, 1907.
Field No. 553, Ordnance Survey Plan, 25-inch scale. Second Edition. 1898. Roxburghshire, Sheet VIII. 2, Parish of Melrose.
PIT XLIX. Diameter at surface 3 feet; at bottom 1 foot 6 inches. Depth 13 feet 7 inches. This was a built well. For a depth of 11 feet from the bottom it was lined with cobbles, intermixed with a few sandstones. It was full of black deposit.
Finds. A number of fragments of pottery, among them several pieces of Terra Sigillata bowls of later types. The following potters' stamps occurred: on a platter (Type, Dragendorff 31), AVITVS; oil bottom of a cup (Type, Dragendorff 33),
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