ANGLO-SAXON REMAINS 



Fig. 12. — Lead Weight with 

 Bronze-gilt Top, wt. 38 IO 

 grains, mlldenhall (j) 



the setting on the bow ; a pair of ' horned ' examples of a type apparently- 

 confined to the neighbourhood of the Fens ; and two ornate square-headed 



brooches, one with silver disc attached to the 

 foot, and the other with a garnet-setting in the 

 middle of the head. A triangular bronze-gilt 

 mount as fig. 1 4 belongs to a pair of clasps ; 

 and a small buckle with three rivets in a row 

 and a garnet-setting on the plate may be com- 

 pared with one from East Boldon, Durham, in 

 Newcastle Museum. 



Some beads of glass and amber and half a 

 clasp in the British Museum are perhaps suffi- 

 cient evidence of a pagan unburnt burial at 

 Wangford ; and a find at Eriswell, to the south 

 of Lakenheath, is published by Professor Ridge- 

 way," consisting of a small bronze brooch with 

 cruciform head, and a larger and a finer speci- 

 men that belonged to an unburnt burial. These 

 were generally interred with women in the 

 6th century, and call for no further remark. 



A leaden weight (fig. 12) of 3810 grains 

 (247-4 grammes), in the possession of Mr. Fenton, was found at Mildenhall, 

 and is surmounted by a bronze-gilt disc engraved with a rosette, the spaces 

 between the points being filled with looped triangles^''' and (apparently) 

 birds' wings. It probably dates from 

 the 8th or 9th century, and is in- 

 teresting as being 30 grains short of 

 8 oz. Troy, for which it was prob- 

 ably intended. It is in good pre- 

 servation but slightly chipped, enough 

 to account for the 30 grains ; and 

 though Troy weight is known to be 

 of great antiquity, it is difficult to 

 account for the present weight being 

 2 oz. over the half-pound Troy 

 (6 oz.). 



In the same collection is a 

 square-headed brooch (fig. 13) of the 

 6th century from Mildenhall, with 

 debased animal ornament and a stout 

 disc attached to the bow like several 

 already mentioned from this and other 

 counties (p. 332). Another interesting 

 piece, now at Bury, is here illustrated 

 (fig. 14), from Mildenhall, the deco- 

 ration showing the transition from 

 the style of the 6th to that of the 



Fic. 13. — Bro: ze-gilt Brooch with Silver. 

 Mod ts, M.loenhall (|) 



" Earhj Age of Greece, i, 586, fig. 141. 



'*■ Cf. for example the Canterbury cross, V.CM. Kent, i, 382, fig. 26. 



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