114 ON SOME DIGGINGS NEAR BRASSINGTON, DERBYSHIRE. 



and while it is impossible to ascertain the shapes of the vessels, 

 it is clear that they were more carefully finished. The pot- 

 sherds of the last class pertained to smaller and more delicately 

 finished vessels, of black uneven paste but smooth surface. Two 



Fig. 6 (J) 



Fig. 7 (i). 



Fig. 8 



of the least damaged fragments have their surface, like that of 

 tlie Roman black ware, smoothed by a burnisher or other 

 polished tool. One indicates a small vessel with rim as Fig. i c. 

 Other Objects. — Two broken-off points of deer horn were 



