416 Records of Finds not mentioned elsewhere. 
June 2nd. A silver finger ring, D. Found at Liddington. 
June 28th. A silver penny, Harold IT. s » Axford. 
July 13th. A fibula. R. »  Cunetio. 
Sept. 7th. A small steelyard. R. » Hungerford. 
Oct. 11th. <A bronze finger ring. R » Chilton. 
Oct. 15th. A Saxon sceatta. SS) » Axford. 
RervorteD BY Mr. T. W. Lestis. 
Opening of Tumuli near Wootton Bassett. 
At the eastern extremity of a field known as “ Woolleys,” near the Swindon 
Road, the property of Sir Henry Meux, Bart., there is a circular mound, 7Oft. 
in diameter and rising 24ft. above the natural level, which local tradition 
asserts to be the site of an old windmill, but which has proved, on being 
opened, to be a barrow—probably a cremated interment of the Saxon period. 
The mound is almost—and doubtless was formerly altogether—surrounded by 
a shallow ditch. 
In 1891 a trench 3ft. wide was dug, commencing at the ground level on 
the eastern side, and was continued to the centre, where a circular pit was 
excavated to a depth of nearly 8ft., when the undisturbed clay (Kimmeridge) 
was reached. 
No sooner had the surface soil been removed than it became apparent that 
the tumulus was very similar to that opened on Brynard’s Hill six years ago. 
A layer of flints about 13ft. in thickness had to be encountered, and then 
a quantity of stiff clay containing numerous fragments of pottery. Below 
this, at a depth of 33ft., the clay became even more tenacious, and was mixed 
with charcoal and iron—one of the most interesting pieces of which is a crook 
with a hollow handle. Resting on the clay at the bottom of the pit a quantity 
of ashes and numerous pieces of charred wood were discovered. 
Another trench was made from the south side, into the centre of the baa, 
but only revealed the same order of flints, pottery, Xe. 
The Brynard’s Hill barrow is situated on the summit of a field—also on Sir 
Henry Meux’s estate—near the Great Western Railway Station, and was opened 
in 1886. 
The mound is 66ft. in diameter, rises 23ft. above the ground level, and is 
surrounded by a slight ditch. 
The trench was commenced from the western side and carried into the centre, 
where it was excavated to a depth of about 7ft. In this case there was a greater 
quantity of pottery—all, however, in fragments—and the presence of iron was 
more marked. Pieces of querns were also found, and at the bottom of the centre 
pit there was a very distinet layer of ashes about 6in. in thickness. Running 
through this layer and into the clay beneath, was an oak stake, charred at the 
upper end but beautifully preserved at the lower, where it is finely pointed. 
The specimens of pottery from both barrows consist of rims, handles, &e., of 
which there is a considerable variety. It is mostly of the Romano-British type, 
but a few pieces bear evidence of having been formed by hand, and not by the 
