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1 869-1870 ; and in digging out this reservoir some further 

 fragments of Eoman pottery were found. 



In the spring of 1870, in the garden of a cottage on the 

 western side of the road ascending from Eveley corner to 

 Hogmoor, at the spot marked D on the map, a number of 

 bronze weapons, or parts of weapons (Eoman or Roman-British), 

 were found under peat, free from rust or oxidation. They con- 

 sisted of twenty-seven fragments of sword blades, some of 

 which, when put together, made complete swords ; two frag- 

 ments of sword sheaths ; one grooved socket for connecting a 

 spear-head with the shaft ; eighteen large, and six small, spear- 

 heads ; two spear points ; three rings ; and two fragments of 

 uncertain use. Most of the sword handles had bronze nails, 

 evidently intended to fasten the iron part of the handle to some 

 covering material, remaining perfect in their holes ; and in the 

 cavities of several of the spear-heads the wooden points, which 

 had been inserted to fix them in sockets connecting the head 

 with the shaft of the spear, were still remaining. Some of the 

 edges of these weapons were hacked and notched, in a manner 

 which could hardly have resulted from use ; and of the sword 

 blades, some had been forcibly bent, before being broken ; 

 proving that those who buried them had first taken pains to 

 render them useless. Some of these fragments of swords are 

 figured in Plate IV. (Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, with the section) ; two of 

 the larger, and one of the smaller spear-heads, are figured (Nos. 7 

 and 8) in Plate IV. ; the grooved socket is figured (No. 9) in the 

 same Plate, with a section ; the bronze rings are figured (No. 4) 

 in Plate III. ; and one of the fragments of uncertain use is 

 figured (No. 10) in Plate IV. 



In the same cottage garden, there have also since been found, 

 in a fragment of a small earthenware pot, nearly 1 00 copper 

 coins, much defaced, chiefly of the elder Tetricus, but including 

 a few of his son, and of Gallienus and Victorinus. 



The next discovery was that of two large earthenware vases 

 (Figure 2, Plate III. and Figure 5, Plate V.), which, when perfect, 

 must have contained considerably more than 30,000 Eoman and 

 Eoman-British coins, the number of those which still remained in 

 them when found, or which were recovered by myself from the 



