406 Notes on Objects of Late Celtic Character found in Wiltshire. 



is one hundred and fifteen. Of these three are of the " La Tene I." 

 type ; ten are formed of one continuous piece of bronze ; eight 

 have loops for suspension at the head. 



Of the objects other than fibuliE here illustrated, Fig. 25 (slightly 

 larger than the actual size), is a pretty little bronze pendant which 

 has evidently been attached to a ring at the top, and at the bottom 

 has a socket for a stone or amber, or possibly enamel, though it 

 seems too deep for the latter. It was probably the head of a pin 

 or possibly a small harness ornament. Its mouldings are of well- 

 defined " Late Celtic " character, though its date may be of the 

 first or second century A.D. It was found probably on Wilsford 

 Down, and presented to Devizes Museum by Mr. W. P. Hayward. 

 Nothing exactly like it seems to have been found elsewhere. 



Fig. 26 ^ represents, full size, a very curious little triangular 

 stamp, apparently of brownish earthenware (?), which was found 

 with a number of Koman objects, including a small gold ring, a 

 bronze figure of a cock, and a white metal spoon, on the site of a 

 Eoman villa at Brail Wood, Grreat Bedwyn, in 1853 {Wilts Arch. 

 Mag., vi., 261, 262), and presented to the Society's Museum by the 

 Rev. W. C. Lukis. The pattern shows the " triquetral " design, so 

 characteristic of Celtic art. One corner is slightly broken. The 

 length of the entire side is If in., with a thickness of about fin. 

 The illustration itself shows both the mould and the pattern im- 

 pressed by it. 



Dr. A. J. Evans, to whom a drawing of the mould was submitted 

 some years ago, wrote "I am much interested in the mould. It 

 is certainly " Late Celtic," and of the purest kind, and shows the 

 survival of purely native manufactures of almost uncorrupted style 

 within the borders of the Roman provinces, for considering its 

 association it may very well date from the beginning of the Roman 

 period." 



The last object illustrated (Fig. 27) is a fragment of a lignite or 

 Kimmeridge shale bracelet, found on the site of a Romano-British 



' For the loan of this block we are indebted to the kindness of the Society 

 of Antiquaries. The stamp is illustrated in Proceedings of the Society of 

 Antiquaries, 2nd Series, xix., 188. 



