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corroded, but the name can partly be seen. With regard to 

 other "Avcissa" fibulae, it is interesting to note that only 

 two examples marked with the name in this way, have pre- 

 viously been recorded in this country. These are figured by 

 Mr. Haverfield, and were found at Charterhouse on Mendip, 

 near Cheddar, in Somerset* They bear a striking re- 

 semblance to the Ferriby brooches figured above, one of 

 them having three upright marks before the name, similar to 

 one of the Ferriby examples. The collection from this 

 Somerset station is now in the Bristol Museum, and includes a 

 series of objects remarkably similar to the Ferriby collection, t 

 As will be seen from the illustrations (Figs, i and 2 on 

 p. 251), the letter "i" on one of the brooches is rather small, 

 and seems to be crowded in between the " c " and " s." The 

 other example has three upright marks before the word, the 

 "c" and "i" are almost joined together, and between the 

 last " s " and "a" there is a slight mark inserted. 



Enamelled Brooches. Of these there are many varieties, 

 which can be roughly divided into two forms, namely, the 

 harp-shaped fibula? and the flat disc brooches. Amongst the 

 former the most important specimen is unquestionably that 

 shown in fig. 3 and 3a, which was secured at the Barton sale 

 by the Rev. W. Wyatt, of Broughton Rectory, Brigg. It is a 

 massive object in bronze, harp shaped, and weighs slightly 

 over z\ oz. Its length is 2§ inches, its width at the broadest 

 part 2\ inches, and at the narrow end one third of an inch. 

 The acus, which unfortunately is missing, worked from the 

 top of the fibula by a very elaborate and strongly attached 

 bronze wire spring (known as a "rat-trap" spring), which 

 was held in position by a hook cut from the solid bronze 

 at the top. At the top of the pin there are three cup-shaped 

 hollows with holes in the centre which have evidently 



* Since the above was written, Mr. Haverfield has made a further 

 contribution to the "Archaeological Journal" (Vol. 62, No. 248, 1906, 

 pages 265-269), entitled " Notes on Fibulas." In this the Ferriby speci- 

 mens are described and figured, and other examples are recorded. 



t I have recently had an opportunity of examining the Mendip 

 collection which is now in the Bristol Museum of Antiquities. The 

 general resemblance to the series of objects from South Ferribly is most 

 striking. Not only are there two Aucissa fibulae in each instance, but 

 almost every type of brooch, ring, bead, pin, etc., etc., is represented in 

 each collection. In a paper on " Roman Mining on the Mendip Hills," 

 by Mr. Waldron, read at the January meeting of the Cardiff Naturalist's' 

 Society in 1875, and printed in the following year, are figured several 

 specimens from Charter House. Many of the figures in this paper would 

 serve equally well in illustration of South Ferriby objects. 



