Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 81

Two stone cists were discovered within an overgrown mound during landscaping. One of the cists had previously been disturbed. A total of three skeletons were associated, one of whom was an adult male.

At the time of writing this mill was the last surviving of its type in Orkney and is one of the best examples of a type more common in the Shetlands and the Faroe Islands, less so in the Western Isles and Ireland. They are often known as Clack Mills due to the distinctive sound they make when in operation. Many mills would have been worked from a single stream on a family rather than a commercial basis.

Discussion of a 17th-century illuminated parchment which originated in Aberdeen and detailed the ancestry of Walter Innes who was in the service of the Queen Dowager, Henrietta Marie.

A brief assessment of the provenance and authenticity of a well known Covenanting banner.

The surviving remains which comprise hut circles, Dunsapie Fort, a defensive dyke, cottages, rigs, terraces and scooped enclosures, are described in detail.

The "razor" was encased in the remains of a wooden sheath overlaid by cremated bone within a stone cist which is thought to be a secondary burial in an earlier mound.

During the laying of drains and other services a cinerary urn was struck in the middle of January 1947. This had been covered by a low burial cairn. Part of a second cairn was revealed about 20 feet to the west and remains of cremation burials were found among its stones. A second cinerary urn was also revealed. A further four burials comprised un-urned cremated bone. A third highly disturbed cairn was identified 140 yards south-south-east of the first.

Discussion of a distinctive form of arrowhead broadly dated to the Beaker period which are known from a variety of sites in Scotland.

A long cist containing a skeleton was discovered by workmen.

A short cist discovered during building work contained a Food Vessel. There was no surviving burial.

Book review.