FRAGMENTS OF SHIELDS, ETC. 



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No. of 

 Case. 



No. of 

 Object. 



Locality, &c. 



How procured. 



dii. b. 



Br. 38. 



From "Bronze Implements," Ed. i., 

 p. 205, Br. 37 would seem to be a knife. 



Fifehead Neville. Roman Site. 



An object partly like a Celt of the 

 earliest form. It, however, at what in a 

 celt would be the narrow end, curves out to 

 a greater width than that of the edge. 

 This wide butt-end is straight and flat, in. 

 thick. From this shape, from its having 

 been found, as is quite believed, on a 

 Roman site, and from its small corrosion, 

 this implement cannot be Celtic as it seems. 

 Just possibly it may have been used for 

 cutting, held in the hand just as it is, with- 

 out a handle. It may have been for leather 

 cutting. It has been pronounced to be 

 Egyptian. 



Given by 

 C. Coiinop, Esq. 



iv. SHIELDS AND HELMETS. 



According to Sir J. Evans' classification these come here. But the 

 specimens connected with them are very few, and their date, whether 

 Celtic or Roman, doubtful. 



