Notes on some Antiquities in Enzie, Banffshire

At Christmas 1897, when on a visit to the Enzie, Banffshire, I had an opportunity of examining a very interesting stone cup, found by Mr James Newlands on his farm at White Stripe. It was found during the operation of " taking in " a piece of moorland. The stone from which the cup is formed is sandstone, measures 8 inches by 10 inches, and has its edges rounded by the ordinary process qf denudation. It is broad at one end, and narrows to a point or nose at the opposite end. It is hollowed in the middle to form a cup, measuring 5J inches in diameter and If inches deep, and has some resemblance to a stone crusie without a notch for the wick. There is nothing to distinguish this cup from others that have been found elsewhere, except that the under side of the stone, which is flat, has five deep grooves, as shown in fig. The marks are not modern, as the stone was trenched up from under a growth

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