146 APPENDIX.—SEPULCHRAL REMAINS,. 
future occasion, and content himself with a simple 
enumeration. 
In 1819, in the parish of Bathwick, where the stone 
coffin before mentioned was found, there were discovered 
20 human skeletons lying together—some on one side, and 
others on their faces—and in one of the skulls a large iron 
nail was found driven quite through the crown. Near one 
of the skeletons, a copper box, nearly in the form of an 
inkstand, and opening with a spring, was discovered; it 
contained eight small Roman coins, all of the lower empire. 
A large fibula of fine brass was likewise dug up, the top 
of which was shaped like a eross, composed of three balls. 
Three coins were likewise dug up, one of which was of the 
eity of Constantinople. About 40 yards distant was found, 
at the same time, a leaden coffin, with the head Iying 
towards the east, containing a perfect human male skeleton.* 
The box discovered was of copper, about 24 inches high, 
divided into two by the upper part (1 inch high) drawing 
of. The fibula was of brass, gilt, of a handsome but com- 
mon form, and supposed to be Roman. 
In 1823, on Bathwick Hill, where Mr. Wallinger’s house 
now stands, at a small depth from the surface, a stone 
eoffin was also discovered, lying north and south, rudely 
finished; the cover formed of various stones, which appeared 
to have been disturbed, and the skull of the person interred 
taken out, and thrown on the outside, near the feet. The 
remaining bones were found in the coffin, and with them 
several fragments of earthen cups, and a larger one of 
Samian ware, used for libations, and fallen in two. A 
Roman coin, of small brass, was found near the cofün; 
also a glass bead, the size of a marble, perforated; and a 
* Astone coffin lined with lead has lately been found at Caerwent. 
See Archzsological Journal, No. 45, p. 76. 
