102 DORSET-FOUND CELTIC AND ROMAN BRONZE OBJECTS. 



Xo. of 

 Case. 



xiii.i. 



xiii.*. 



No. of 

 Object. 



Br. 244. 



Br. 245. 



Br. 246. 



Br. 247. 



Locality, &c. 



Barton! s Town. 



This may be classed with Br. 242 save 

 that it is larger, being 3$ in. long, and that 

 the point is polygonal. 



Charminster Parish, North End. 



Site of a Roman house, where was a 

 fine piece of tessellated floor, now utterly 

 destroyed. A pair of slight, simple 

 tweezers, imperfect. 



Near Corfe Castle. 



A pair of compasses 6|in. long, nearly 

 perfect. The two legs are joined by a 

 rivet of the form of a round-headed, 

 curved, stout nail fin. long. This is 

 secured by a substantial pin passing 

 through a hole in the shank of the rivet. 

 The pin, like the rivet, is curved. The 

 upper half of the legs is a good deal orna- 

 mented with cross and diagonal lines, 

 apparently cast. It may be noted that the 

 compass ornamented disk of Kimmeridge 

 shale in xii. a. was found pretty near. 



Qua/re Bras, near Dorchester. 



Iron tang of a dagger, with bronze 

 fittings. It is 3^in. long. At the upper 

 end is a hollow, diamond-shaped piece of 

 pretty stout bronze, i Jin. by iin. This is 

 still firmly united to the end of the iron 

 tang which passes through it. Then at 

 intervals of fin. are three oval bands about 

 in. wide and about in. by fin. across. 

 These bands are all in place, the intervals 

 between their inner surfaces and the in. 



How procured. 



With the 



General 



Collection. 



Given by 



E. Cunniugton, 



Esq. 



Do. 



Given by 

 J. F. Hussey, 



