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DORSET-FOUND CELTIC AND ROMAN BRONZE OBJECTS. 



No. of 

 Case. 



xiii. />. 



xiii. b. 



No. of 

 Object. 



Br. 61 



to 66. 



Br. 67. 



Locality, &c. 



a bright golden appearance, wonderfully 

 like gilding. In the case of bronze 

 daggers, however, Sir J. Evans pronounces 

 this appearance to be deceptive. The 

 armlet is quite without ornament, but it is 

 remarkable for a gradual taper in the metal 

 from 6- 1 6th in. to 3-1 6th in. Its outside 

 diameter is 3iin. 



Roman foundations, Fifehead Neville. 



Five penannular bracelets, and part of 

 another. These are all of one type. They 

 are fairly stout in make, apparently cast. 

 The metal is flat within, slightly rounded 

 without, about fin. wide, tapering a little 

 to the ends. 61, 63, and 65, have the ends 

 slightly overlapping. The ends of 62 are 

 a little thickened. The ornament consists 

 of groups of sunk lines or mouldings at 

 right angles to the length of the metal. 

 In 6 1 and 66, some ornament appears in 

 connection with these mouldings, but not 

 in the others. The groups of cross lines 

 are separated by three oblongs running 

 lengthwise on the metal. These oblongs 

 are variously ornamented with cris-cross 

 lines, and with diagonal or vandyke lines 

 of little circles and dots. 



Fifehead Neville. 



A penannular torque bracelet, of rather 

 stout make. It has been corroded down, 

 or filed down, so that the convexity of the 

 outer surface of the wires is almost done 

 away with. 



How procured. 



Given by 

 C. Coimop, Esq. 



Do. 



