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PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB 



1914 



was found resting on the centre of the remains. It was just such a boss as 

 the Anglo-Saxons placed on their shields. There were also fourteen small 

 iron studs, which no doubt surrounded the leather covering of the shield. The 

 shield rested on the man's stomach, but now all that remained was the iron 

 boss. The skeleton was complete with the exception that the patella of the 

 left knee-cap was wanting. It was now to be seen in the museum. Three 

 Roman coins were found, the best and most complete of which was a small 

 bronze coin of Electus. With regard to the date of the pavement, the small- 

 ness of the tesserae pointed to an early date, possibly to that of Antonius 

 Pius, which was somewhat later than Hadrian, during whose reign the Villa 

 at Woodchester was made. Mr Baddeley said it was curious that the legend 

 of Orpheus should so persistently be adopted by the Greeks and Romans. He 

 called attention to the excellent design and workmanship exhibited in this 

 pavement, and said that as time advanced a guild of mosaic workers was 

 formed, and the members went round the country working to order, there 

 being a great demand for such work. 



From the pavement the party walked via the Cecily Hill Gates and 

 Barracks (fig. 4) to Earl Bathurst's House, where, by permission, a view of 

 the pictures was obtained. These include numerous portraits of the Bathurst 

 family by Hoppner, Romney, Lawrence, Reynolds and Gainsborough. A 



Fig. 4. — Cecily _,.HilliGates and the Barracks, Cirencester. 



portrait of the poet Pope served to remind the party of his intimate associa- 

 tion with the Bathurst family in the reign of Queen Anne. There are also 

 some unique prints, and valuable porcelain, including a Berlin Service pre- 

 sented by William IV. of Prussia to the 3rd Earl. The chief object of interest 

 in the garden is the Yew Rotunda, planted in the early part of the i8th 

 century, now of a height of over 30 feet. 



Leaving the House, the next walk lay through the gardens and the shady 

 path, with its wealth of timber and shrubs, to the ornamental sheet of water, 

 which is not the least among the glories of this beautiful domain. Leaving 



