SAXON GRAVES. 



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shoe, which was found in Fleet Ditch, in 1847, '^'^^^ make 



this change manifest (fig. 104). This may have been of 



a later date than some of the 



other Saxon shoes, but it was 



in all probability in use before 



the Norman conquest. It was 



very small, thin, and without 



calkins. Mr Syer Cuming, 



alluding to this shoe and the 



alteration in its shape, lays 



some stress on the form as- %. 104 



sumed by the inner margin, which in the Celtic pattern, 



he says, is the figure of a Norman arch, and this Saxon 



shoe that of an arch of the 15 th century. The very 



ancient specimen in the British Museum, however, which 



was found with Roman remains, is narrow across the toe, 



and the third York Museum example is the same. 



In one of the Fairford graves opened by Mr Wylie,' 

 and which apparently belonged to the Saxon period, a 

 small, thin plate of iron Mike a miniature horse-shoe was 

 found.' In the drawing given, however, there are no 

 traces of nail-holes. 



At Caenby, near Lincoln, Mr Jarvis ^ reports, that in 

 a tumulus opened by some workmen, there was found a 

 skeleton, a sword-blade, horse-furniture, and a horse-shoe. 

 This was supposed to have been a Saxon grave. No 

 drawing or description is given of this shoe. 



Some years ago, a Saxon tomb was opened on 

 Brighton Downs, and with some characteristic remains 



' Fairford Graves. Oxford, 1852. 



Akerman. 



Remains of Pagan Saxondom. 



