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terminals. Some feet further to the west were the fragments of an olive- 

 coloured glass cup (fig. 2), of a type fairly common in Kent, having 

 bands of hollow claw-like projections round the body which widens 

 towards the mouth. 



Towards the west end of the grave lay in a very crushed condition 

 a large bucket or tub which must have been placed over the thighs of 

 the deceased warrior. It was 2 feet in diameter with an iron frame and 

 bronze covering, and contained the remains of two glass tumblers 1 1 inches 

 high and 4 inches wide at the mouth, similar in size and colour to the 

 specimen already mentioned. In it were also two large drinking-horns 

 (fig. 5), terminating in an exceptionally fine example of the Teutonic 

 bird-ornament (fig. 5b) ; and one of a smaller size, all with bronze and 

 silver-gilt mounts of excellent workmanship. Two other silver rims were 

 included, which seem to have belonged to barrel-shaped cups of thin wood 

 such as have been found in south-east England, at Croydon, Surrey ; 

 Broomfield, Essex ; and Faversham, Kent. The rims in all these cases 

 are very much alike, but the Taplow and Faversham specimens are 

 peculiar in having rather solid mounts in the form of a human head placed 

 at intervals across the fragile gilt band (fig. 53) ; while the more usual 

 representation of the human features is seen in repousse on the triangular 

 mounts round the opening of the horns (fig. 4). 



North-west of the large bucket and on a somewhat higher level was 

 a long iron spearhead 26 inches long, pointing west. This was originally 

 barbed, and belongs to the so-called ' angon ' type, and found more 

 commonly in Belgium and the north of France. Near this was another 

 bucket, similar to that in the south-east corner of the grave ; and along 

 the western end several minor objects were met with, including 

 another glass tumbler, the fourth, and a drinking-horn ; a second spear- 

 head of the ordinary socketed kind, a silver-gilt ornament of crescent 

 shape, and about thirty cylinders of bone, about an inch in height, the 

 ends closed by discs united by a silver pin. These last were doubtless 

 meant for use in some game resembling draughts, and may be compared 

 with several of horses' teeth in the Gibbs collection from the King's 

 Field, Faversham. 



All the objects enumerated were more or less crushed between 

 stout planks which had been placed both above and below the body ; 

 and herein lies one of many resemblances to the interment at Broomfield, 

 Essex. 1 The similarity in the direction of the two graves has already 

 been noticed, and in both cases the body was apparently laid with the 

 head at the east end. In both graves also a large bowl or tub, placed 

 midway between the longer sides, contained two horns, two glass vessels, 

 and two wooden cups. Both sword and spear were on the north side of 

 either interment, and shield-boss or bosses in the north-east corner. In 

 the middle of the south side both had a circular bowl standing on a tall 

 foot, and at either end of this side one or two buckets. Such a series of 

 coincidences must be more than accidental, and goes far towards connecting 



1 r.C.H. Esiex, i. 326. 

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