[421] Ante, p. [171].—I am indebted for much of the information relative to the recent discoveries at Newstead, to the notes and personal observations of Dr. J. A. Smith, and to John Miller, Esq., C.E., in whose possession the spear now is. The dimensions of the skull are given in the table of cranial measurements, p. [166], No. 16.
[422] D. M. Moir, (Delta,) in a communication to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
[423] Gough's Camden, vol. iii. p. 304.
[424] Sibbald's Historical Inquiry, p. 41.
[425] Itinerarium Septentrionale, Appendix, pp. 180-183.
[426] I owe this information to Mr. A. Handyside Ritchie, the well-known sculptor, who examined the Roman ware while in Mr. Sivright's collection. Probably all record of its locality has been lost sight of by its new possessor, if indeed it has been preserved.
[427] In 1846 Mr. Brown presented to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland "a stone ball, found at the Trinity Hospital, three feet below the surface, and upon a piece causeway." Minutes of Society, 21st Dec. 1846.
[428] Memorials of Edin. vol. ii. p. 176.
[429] Itiner. Septent. p. 117.