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day ; four consisted of amber, roughly fashioned in the form of 
a spindle, whilst one consisted of a garnet pierced with a hole; 
the rest were composed of terra-cotta inlaid with coloured pastes 
of various shapes—circular, square, and oblong—and unquestion- 
ably of Saxon origin. Near these beads were several pieces of 
tubular bronze, which must have served as a fastening for the 
necklace ; on the chest were several small flat pieces of bronze, 
which on being fitted together formed part of a bar, r} in. long 
by Zin. wide, and was evidently part of a band or clasp. Near 
the waist was an iron buckle, 2 inches in diameter (Plate VIII., 
Fig. 23. a and 4), used as a fastening for the leathern girdle worn | 
round the waist. Close to it were two articles of bronze, which 
have long puzzled archzologists as to what purpose they served, 
but it is now generally agreed that they probably formed part 
of the framework of a leathern bag or purse, or portion of a 
chatelaine (Plate VII., Fig. 14); near the right arm was a 
spindle-whorl of Kimmeridge coal (Plate V., Fig. 7). 
Find No. 5.—The only human remains discovered in this 
grave were the teeth of a child, but from the position of the 
articles which accompanied them, there can be little doubt 
that burial by inhumation had taken place, although it is 
highly probable that partial cremation was practised; near the 
teeth was a small urn, height 33 inches, diameter 34 inches 
(Plate V., Fig. 3), very rude and coarsely fashioned, but so 
highly burnt that portions of it had become vitrified and of 
a red colour; at a short distance from this, and at the spot 
the shoulders would have occupied, was found a small gilded 
bronze fibula as shown in Piate VII., Fig. 11; between this and 
the teeth were four beads, two of them were of light green 
glass, large in size, embossed and ribbed, and Roman in 
character (Plate 1X., Fig. 27, aand c). The other two were 
coloured pastes and much smaller; one of them is. exceedingly 
well wrought, and in a splendid state of preservation (Plate IX., 
Fig. 27, 4), in fact the most beautiful and perfect of any that 
were discovered. The style of ornament and general finish 
would point to Egypt as its origin. 
