ROMANO-BRITISH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



hoop and two links of wire chain broken (fig. 10) ; part of a clasp, or snap (fig. 1 1), bronze, 

 formerly gilded, which seems to have belonged to a belt ; a triangular piece of bronze (fig. 12), 

 the surface and edges, which are rough, appear to have been plated with gold, probably part 

 of some ornament; two bronze rings (figs. 13, 14); the bone handle of a knife (fig. 15); 

 a fragment of a bone armilla or bracelet (fig. 16) ; a bone pin, broken at both ends (fig. 17) ; 

 a comb formed of several pieces of bone riveted together with bronze fastenings, it was quite 

 perfect when discovered ; a flat piece of bone nearly square, with a small hole perforated at each 

 of the four corners ; portions of iron cutlery or knives ; a bronze knife ; an iron ladle ; the 

 head of a small iron spear ; an iron arrow head, and other iron objects. 



Besides these were discovered a large iron ladle for melting metal, a lump of molten lead, 

 another of bronze, pieces of charcoal, a large quantity of nails, an iron spindle, several bronze 

 styles or pins, a key, numerous fragments of Stonesfield slate used for the roofs, some of them 

 having the nails by which they were fastened to the timber still remaining on them, and a 

 piece of Andernach lava, which, from its shape, may have formed the keystone of an arch, or 

 was possibly part of a quern. The fragments of pottery were very numerous, though 



PLAN OF ROMAN FOUNDATION! AT TINGIWICK 

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