L.M1 NOTES ON THE DORSET COUNTY MUSEUM. 



to bring together those Dorset antiquities of the same period or 

 class which had been previously separated. It has, for 

 example, been found possible to arrange in 24 consecutive 

 shelves, and on the brackets adjoining, all the cinerary urns, 

 and sepulchral pottery from our barrows. The 127 specimens 

 have been re-labelled, and a numerical and descriptive 

 catalogue printed. The Roman pottery follows, occupying 

 22 shelves, with space for future additions. In one range of 

 table cases, we now get all the Bronze exhibits, viz. : axe- 

 heads, daggers, and spear heads, followed by the Bronze 

 tores, rings, brooches, &c. ; in another case the objects of 

 Kimmeridge shale make a collection not easily matched 

 elsewhere ; the Roman wall plaster, and the exhibits of 

 glass, have each a division to themselves ; the Roman coins 

 have been placed in specially designed trays, and the Dorset 

 trade tokens have been arranged in the same manner. 

 An attempt has been made to bring into one case, a few 

 of the best examples of the various types of flint imple- 

 ments, arranged after the classification of Sir John Evans ; 

 for the Museum has, in course of time, become possessed of 

 such a large number of worked flints that the really good 

 specimens were apt to be overlooked. 



Of acquisitions to the Museum since 1904, perhaps the 

 most valuable is the Roman mosaic pavement, found in 

 July, 1905, at the lower end of Durngate Street, Dorchester, 

 and now adorning the southern portion of the floor (see illus- 

 tration), \vhere indeed it looks so natural, and harmonises so 

 well with its surroundings, as to be occasionally unnoticed by 

 visitors. That one, and the mosaic floor previously laid, 

 are perhaps the only Roman tessellated pavements, in a public 

 museum, over which we can walk at pleasure. It has been so 

 carefully described by Dr. Colley March hi Vol. XXVII. 

 of our Proceedings that I need say no more about it to-day. 



In Mr. Moule's last report, May, 1903, he said that 

 the most important addition to our Dorset antiquities that 

 had reached us for a long time was the loan collection 

 from Mr. C. L. Hall, of Osmington. Now, however, I am 



