A DESCRIPTION OF SOME ANCIENT GOLD ORNAMENTS. 



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1808 and 1828, while Lady Caroline Darner was proprietor of 

 the Milton Abbey estate, in open ground at Hilton, on a farm 

 occupied by Mr. Charles Hall, a well known antiquary, by his 

 carter, while ploughing, and were taken by him and sold to a 

 silversmith at Blandf ord, and would in all probability have gon9 

 to the melting-pot, had not Mr. Hall fortunately heard of the 

 occurrence and informed Lady Caroline Darner, by whom they 

 were at once recovered. They have remained ever since in the 

 possession of the Darner family, and are now the property of 

 the Earl of Portarlington, Emo Park, Portarlington, Ireland. 



Our photograph (see frontispiece) represents these objects 

 half their actual size. 



The following figures show the dimensions and weight of these 

 gold ornaments : The twisted torque or necklet is 4ft. 3in. 

 long, and weight 6oz. avoirdupois ; armlet, 8in. in length, and 

 weighs 2oz. ; fibula (?) 12^in. in circumference, and 4in. in 

 diameter. The three weigh 13oz. 



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