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The back plate differs slightly from the one just described, 
chiefly in that it was not plated with gold, and that the spirals 
are of the kind called C spirals. 
The Irish bronze disc in the British Museum, 2? inches 
in diameter, is not plated, and the ornament consists of 
two bands again enclosing spaces. The outer band is 
composed of several circles, whose common centre is 
again the centre of the disc, but is further ornamented 
by a series of chevrons or triangles whose apices point inwards 
towards the centre. The inner band is composed of only 
two circles united by a kind of hatching, of which the 
lines are roughly drawn in the direction of rays from the centre. 
The space between the outer and inner band is filled as in the 
Trundholm example, by roundlets each composed of concentric 
circles, and the space within the inner band is filled by concen- 
tric circles drawn round the centre of the disc. The scheme 
of ornament on the Irish gold foil disc, 2.7 inches in diameter, 
closely resembles that on the bronze disc, except that the inner 
band is of.cable pattern, and the outer band is merged in the 
rim. The interior spaces are filled as in the bronze example. 
Our Lansdown example appears, as far as we have been able 
to restore it, to be about 6 inches in diameter, and the scheme 
of decoration appears to be composed of two circular bands 
Both these bands are crossed by straight lines drawn in the 
direction of rays from the centre of the disc. The space be- 
tween the outer and inner bands is filled by roundlets, as in the 
other examples, but these roundlets are contained by a raised 
circumference, and the central space is flat, and not orna- 
mented as in the other cases by concentric circles. The 
spaces between the roundlets are filled with small pellets. 
The inner band encloses a star, possibly of eight points, 
coming from the centre of the disc, which is formed 
of a roundlet surrounded by a ring of pellets. The tri- 
angular spaces between the points of the star are further — 
ornamented by rows of peilets arranged 5, 4,3, 2and1. The 
fragments of the original gold plating may still be seen 
adhering to the bronze. 
(See Plate.) 
If we now compare these discs with each other it will be 
seen that they all agree in the possession of the concentric 
circles, and these in conjunction with the gold plating may be 
taken as evidence of their connection with the cult of the sun. 
The Trundholm disc, however, differs from all the others in 
