EARLY MAN 



Another interesting trace of late Celtic art in Buckinghamshire 

 is furnished by some pottery found at Aston Clinton, and now in 

 the museum at Aylesbury. Dr. Arthur J. Evans 1 refers to this 

 pottery as being of the same general character as that found at 

 Aylesford, Kent, and tapering off to a pedestal below. 



In the remarkable bronze fibula found at Datchet Old Ford we 

 have another example of the wonderful and versatile ingenuity of the 

 late Celtic people. It is almost four inches in length, and may be 

 described as of cruciform plan and of a bow-like general form. The 

 sharp end of the pin is protected in a similar way to the modern safety- 



BRONZE TORQUE FOUND AT WINSLOW. 



pin. It is ornamented with seven beads of amber and two of blue 

 coloured glass, all of a somewhat flattened globular form. It must have 

 formed an effective and useful ornament. It may be considered to be 

 of the late Celtic period, although it is of rather unusual character. 



The brooch was found by a dredger in the River Thames, and 

 exhibited at a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 24 

 May 1894. 



Archteologia, vol. lii. p. 354. 



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Proceedings, vol. xv. p. 191. 



