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spiral spring, of wiiich the pin formed a continuous part. The 

 bow is beautifully prolonged at the back and ends in a ring for 

 suspension. This is a most unusual and very good specimen. 

 (Plate XII., Fig. 2.) 



XXXV. Part of a circular iron fibula. 



XXXVI. Circular bronze fibula, silvered and enamelled, about 

 I J in. in diameter, with movable pin. This is a ring brooch of 

 the Celtic type, which lias often been found of plain bronze in 

 Ireland. (Plate XII., Fig. i.) 



XXXVII. A somewhat smaller circular brooch of the same 

 design as the last, but lacking the pin, and of corroded iron. 



XXXVIII. Iron bowed fibula, 2 in. long, of a pattern like 

 XXXIII. 



XXXIX. A circular bronze fibula, 1 1% in. in diameter, with a 

 raised central boss, and with six projecting cusps at equal intervals 

 round the margin. It was found about six yards from the 

 entrance to the cave. This is almost a fellow to the brooch that 

 was found in the cave an"d exhibited last year, and of which we 

 now give drawings, by Mr. Bailey, in three positions. 



I exhibited the one here drawn in London last spring, and it 

 excited much interest among expert Romano-British antiquaries. 

 No similar example was there known. It has evidently been 

 carefully modelled by the jeweller after the fashion of a circular 

 shield. The finding of the fellow brooch is of peculiar interest; 

 it would have suggested that these two examples were worn, as 

 an exact pair, on the shoulders of some Roman or Romanised 

 lady to hold up the classic folds of her drapery ; but careful 



