DORSET-FOUND CELTIC AND ROMAN BRONZE OBJECTS 

 IN THE DORSET COUNTY MUSEUM. 



Of bronze objects belonging to ancient times the weapons can 

 generally be assigned to the pre-Roman epoch. But there is much more 

 difficulty in giving a date, even roughly, to ornaments. 



The things here catalogued are numbered Br. i, Br. 2., &c. ; Br. 

 standing for bronze. 



i. CELTS. 



No. of 

 Case. 



No. of 

 Object. 



Locality, &c. 



How procured. 



Br. 1. 



xii. 



Br. 2. 



On Ridgeway Hill. Barrow 7 in the map 

 close by. 



A little celt of the simple wedge form. 

 It is broken at the small end, 3^in. long. 



Adhering to this celt is a little fragment 

 of cloth, the only ancient relic of this kind 

 in the Dorset Museum. 



Jordan Hill, Weymouth. 



A still smaller specimen of the wedge 

 formed celt. It is only 2^in. long. 



Such a very small implement was used 

 as a chisel, not an axe, one may think. 

 Jordan Hill is a site where a multitude 

 of Roman relics have been found. But 

 from this celt being discovered there, as 

 well as a socketed celt and 2 bronze spear 

 heads, and many flint balls, the place 

 seems to have been before occupied by the 

 Britons. 



With the 



Cunnington 



Collection. 



With the 



Warne 

 Collection. 



