SOME ANGLO-SAXON ANTIQUITIES. 81 
No bones, weapons, or other antiquities were found with 
these Urns, but during the month of September the work- 
men found, well down in the sub-soil, scattered about in 
the immediate neighbourhood—nothing more definite can be 
said—two Iron Bosses of Shields, exceptionally well pre- 
served, two Iron Spear Heads, one Iron Knife, one most 
characteristic Bronze Fibulce, and a hollow conical piece of 
Iron, which, like the spear heads, shows the wood inside 
it; this is most probably a lance head. All antiquarians 
agree that these are Anglo-Saxon antiquities. 
The Urns were found buried in holes or trenches, about 
three to four feet deep, and about eight feet apart. 
If the Shield Bosses, which were roughly cast, as might 
be expected, are closely examined, it will be observed that 
the wood of which the shields were made is to be seen 
around the rivets which fastened it to the boss, where 
in consequence of its increased density, due to pressure, it 
was rendered less susceptible to decay; indeed, the highly 
lignified cell walls of the wood can now be recognized. 
It is of interest to note that we discovered the rich find 
at Stapenhill in exactly the same manner—two Urns 
were first found, which were unfortunately broken by the 
workmen, and, that Mr. Molyneaux (Burton-on-Trent, Its 
History, &c., Page 189,) refers to Urns, Knives, and Iron 
Weapons having been found in the ballast-pit near Barton 
Station, about the year 1851. I wish also to mention that 
one of Bass’s workmen, a man of about 70 years of age, 
informed me that when he worked at Burrough Fields 
Farm, to the South of Walton, they often came across 
‘bones and things.” 
There is unmistakable evidence of a huge ditch, several 
yards long, and about eight feet deep, in the sand-pit, and 
as such ditches are common to Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries, it 
is most probable these are not the only antiquities in the 
immediate neighbourhood. 
