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over a boat, thus anticipating the Vikings of Norway. The scanty finds 

 within the boat suggest that two persons were buried with it, the hair alone 

 being preserved (as sometimes occurs), and the glass, if not the gold finger- 

 ring, fixes the interment within certain limits of date. Glasses of this 

 peculiar form are fairly common in Kent (Reculver, Ashford, Gilton, Coombe, 

 Sarre), and occur occasionally in other counties (Surrey, Hants, Gloucs., 

 Bucks., Cambs., Northants, and Durham), as well as in the north of France, 

 and on the Middle Rhine ; but their place of origin is as yet undetermined. 

 From associated objects it is, however, possible to assign them to the 6th 

 century in general, though some may belong to the late 5th or early 7th 

 century, and the ring seems, in the present instance, decisive for the earlier 

 date. 



In that part of the Deben Valley, which approaches the higher ground 

 and runs parallel to the sea-shore at a distance of seven or eight miles, Anglo- 

 Saxon finds have been plentiful. In this group may be included Kesgrave, 

 where a fine cinerary urn has been found. It is now in Ipswich Museum, 

 and is 8 in. high with a diameter of 9 in., the neck and shoulders being 

 ornamented with stamps (cross in circle and triangle filled with dots) arranged 

 in a Vandyke pattern.'" Another urn, now in the national collection, was 

 found in Waldringfield churchyard," and is a typical specimen of Anglo-Saxon 

 pottery. It is smaller than the average cinerary urn, being 51 in. high, of 

 dark brown ware, hand-made, with a row of bosses divided by triple vertical 

 lines round the shoulder, and circular hollows round the neck between bands 

 of lines. 



Higher up the river at UfFord a good specimen of the long brooch was 

 found in 18 19, and may have belonged to an unburnt burial, though no 

 further details are given." It was 5 in. long, and about i in. was missing 

 from the foot, which had a fan terminal and prominent ' nostrils ' on either 

 side of it. There were wings attached to the plate below the bow, and 

 extensions to the knobs on the head, all these features pointing to the latter 

 part of the 6th century or a little later. 



In the British Museum is part of a jewelled buckle (frontispiece, fig. i) 

 from Melton, that has all the appearance of Kentish work." It was found in 

 1833, and is of triangular form, with a central plate of gold embossed with 

 pure (not animal) interlacing and a border of garnets in cells of cheveron 

 pattern. The hoop and tongue are missing, but the original appearance can 

 be readily inferred from extant specimens,'* such as that found by Faussett at 

 Gilton, Kent." 



Another relic, apparently of Kentish manufacture, was found in the same 

 neighbourhood, at Sutton near Woodbridge. It is now in the Fitch Room 

 at Norwich Museum, and has been well published," but is not by any means 

 complete. Like the somewhat similar jewel from Ixworth, it is but the front 

 of a circular brooch (fig. 5), and even if the back and pin were lost before in- 

 terment, the finder cannot be pardoned for having thrown away all the settings 



'" Coll. Antiq. ii, 233, pi. liv, fig. 4. " East Anglian N. and Q. i, 347. 



" Joum. Brit. Arch. Assoc, xviii, 225, pi. xi, fig. 4. 



" Arch. Joum. ix, 116 (fig.). 



'* Douglas, 'Nenia Britannica, 53 ; Arch, xxx, pi. i, fig. 21. 



" Inventorium Sepulchrale, pi. viii, fig. 8 ; cf. y.C.H. Kent, i, 373, pi. ii, fig. 7. 



'* Arch. Album, 206 ; Fairholt, Costume in Engl. 465 ; Akerman, Arch. Index, pi. xvi, fig. 12. 



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