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the time when the St. Leonard's Gateway stood near 

 the spot, and the conjectural bridge crossed the moat 

 giving access to it. Many of these interesting relics are 

 similar to others found in the recent Pithay excavations, 

 and which are described by Mr. John E. Pritchard in the 

 proceedings of the Clifton Antiquarian Club, Vol. V., 

 page 50. Respecting the latter, Professor Boyd Dawkins 

 wrote :• — " The whole group is very interesting and may 

 belong at earliest to the Pre-historic Iron Age." 



The gift of a series of four bronze implements (see 

 plate) found by a boy, in 1899, beneath an overhanging 

 rock at the entrance to Coombe Dingle, Westbury-on- 

 Trym, was full of interest and significance. They were 

 found a few inches only below the surface, and were 

 presented by the Rev. Stephen N. Tebbs, Fellow of St. 

 John's College, Oxford. They are of an early type, and 

 are supposed to have been buried at the spot indicated 

 four or five centuries B.C. Three of the specimens are 

 flanged Celts of different types, one being small and 

 beautifully ornamented. The fourth implement has 

 been pronounced to be absolutely unique. In the 

 absence of definite information concerning the use to 

 which the implement was put, it has been designated a 

 bronze chisel. There was also found subsequently, but 

 near the same spot, a Haematite Pebble, which must be 

 regarded in its association with the bronze implements, 

 and which was also presented. The discovery of these 

 objects so near the City excited much interest, and they 

 form a most welcome addition to our comparatively 

 small collection of similar objects from other localities. 

 They are referred to in the proceedings of the Clifton 

 Antiquarian Club, Vol. V., pages 102 and 118; in the 

 Archaeological Journal, Vol. LVIII., page 93 ; in the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, January 1 7th, 



