58 Notes on the Ornamentation of the Early 



the Knook stone (Fig. 11), aad on the other by trebling it. The 



Fig. 11. 



circular curves now assume much greater prominence. The next 

 stage in the development of circular knotwork is attained by intro- 

 ducing a second smaller circular ring witbin the outer and larger 

 one. There is no example of this in Wiltshire, but at Wantage {cf. 

 p. 47) in the neighbouring county of Berkshire, a fragment has been 

 recently discovered, on which the pattern consists of circular knot 

 (No. 179 in my "Analysis ") arranged in a single row (Fig. \%). 



Ym. 12. 



The circular rings are seldom complete, having breaks where the 

 bauds turn inwards, or sometimes cross over each other. 



