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which is two inches in diameter by two inches and a half, 

 and was formed of one strip of silver 15 inches long, bent so 

 as to form a double ring round the wrist, the silver is only 

 about a quarter of an inch broad on its narrowest side, but 

 swells into three distinct flutes or rolls where the broad parts 

 overwrap each other, and by this means presents a band of 

 silver in front nearly an inch and a half wide, of sixflutings 

 when the bracelet is on the arm. These flutings are orna- 

 mented with stamped markings like the bractates, and 

 there is no doubt that they were executed by the same tools 

 though the pattern is differently arranged. These have been 

 claimed by the Treasury as " treasure trove, " and are now 

 in the British Museum. 



The fibula found in this grave far exceeds in size any 

 found in Warwickshire. It is longer and wider than the 

 beautiful specimen belonging to the Marquis of Hertford 

 which was found at Ragley, but is not so richly gilt, and 

 the workmanship is of a coarser quality. It is similar to 

 one found at Billesdon Coplow and figured in Akerman's 

 " Pagan Saxondom." Archaeologists will understand the 

 difference in design when it is mentioned that they differ as 

 much as the square-headed, bow-shaped fibula does from the 

 shamrock-headed. It has however this peculiarity — on the 

 square head which surmounts the bow is a small plate of 

 silver, and small plates of silver once adorned each of the 

 six terminals of the ornaments. Its extreme length is 7^ 

 inches, and its greatest width 3f inches. 



This Saxon lady, who from the style of her ornaments 

 must have lived in the latter part of the fifth, or at least 

 early in the sixth century, was richly adorned. But whether 

 she was one of those daughters of the chiefs who ministered 

 in the religious rights of Odin or of Thor, no one can tell ; 



