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extends beyond the boss : this portion is perforated to form a 

 lunate suspensory loop. Found October 21st, 1891. 



No. 7. Bronze pin with neat turned head. Found November 

 3rd, 1891. 



No. 8. An S-shaped or dragonesque brooch. These are by 

 no means common. There is one in the Corinium Museum at 

 Cirencester, and another was found in the Victoria Cave at Settle, 

 and is illustrated in Professor Boyd-Dawkins' Cave Hunting. 

 Both are almost identical with the present example. One 

 extremity of this is broken off", but the dragon like head of the 

 other is still perfect, and retains its settings of enamel, as also 

 does the body. There may be no reason to doubt that these 

 brooches were manufactured in Roman Britain, but there is some- 

 thing quite un-Roman about them. The grotesque head recalls 

 the ancient Scandinavian and Danish art : indeed, the general 

 shape closely resembles that of brooches found in Gotland and 

 other places under Northern influence. Found November 3rd, 

 1891 ; five feet deep. 



Nos. 9 and 10. Two common harp-shaped fibulas almost 

 exactly alike. Both lack pins ; the summit of the bows are 

 ornamented with a series of transverse concave mouldings ; the 

 suspensory loop of these is broken off. November 3rd, 1891, 

 five feet deep; and August 24th, 1891, three feet deep, 

 respectively. 



Nos. II, 12, and 13. Three plain penannular brooches, 

 terminating in slightly chased knobs. No. 12 was found on 

 November 20th, four feet deep; and No. 13, on November 3rd, 

 1891. 



The others, submitted by Mr. Salt, consist chiefly of much 

 rusted iron objects. The largest of these was a flat bar about 

 three inches long terminating in a loop holding a ring. There 

 was another, but smaller ring, similarly held ; also a well-shaped 

 hook, perforated at its upper extremity by a small round hole, as 

 though intended to be attached to a chain ; a well-preserved 

 needle about three inches long, oval in section, with slit-like hole 

 and similar in general shape and size to the modern bodkin ; a 



