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XXXIV. 



EESEARCHES AND EXCAVATIONS CARRIED ON 

 IN AN ANCIENT CEMETERY AT FEILFORD. 



The paper which I have the honour of laying before the Society 

 of Antiquaries was drawn up by me at the suggestion of J. Y. 

 Akerman, Esq., F.S.A., and in the hope that it might serve as a 

 continuation of his ' Report of Excavations in an ancient Cemetery 

 at Frilford, near Abingdon, Berks,' which may be found in the 

 Society's Proceedings for May 25, 1865. 



During the years 1867 and 1868, I have from time to time, by 

 the kindness of William Aldworth, Esq., the owner of the soil, been 

 allowed not only to watch such quarrying operations as have been 

 carried on upon the site of this cemetery, but also to conduct some 

 excavations there independently of that work. The results of my 

 observations I have arranged under two heads. First, I have given 

 an account of the objects and discoveries of a purely archaeological 

 character ; and, secondly, I have specified the various conclusions 

 to which my examinations of the very extensive series of human 

 remains have seemed to me to point more or less doubtfully. Ap- 

 pended to this paper will be found, first, a detailed catalogue of all 

 the very numerous objects, both of archaeological and of anatomical 

 interest, which the liberality of Mr. Aldworth has transferred to 

 the University Museum ; secondly, a tabular catalogue, giving in 

 one view the number, the age, the stature, and the nationalities 

 of the human remains ; and thirdly, a catalogue raisonne which 

 ^presents a similar coup d^(zil of the different objects of cardinal 

 ^importance, which have served as fixed points for my various 

 identifications. 



Mr. Akerman's investigations had, as may be seen by referring 

 to his paper already cited, led him to the conclusion that E/oman or 



