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viii. Young woman, set. 17 to 19, from trench in same direction, but to south of others, 

 dug September, 1867, and to north of trench containing Romano-British woman, 

 XV of May, 1867. Found with flints and shards. 



ix. Urn found above skeleton vi, containing bones of child under 8. 



X. Fragment of probably a holy-water vessel. 



About 4 ft. of ground had fallen in to the right of the pit, looking towards the River 

 Ock. 



2 old women, i young woman, 4 old men, 2 young men, i child, = 10 bodies. 



January 9, 1868. 



i. Child's hones, between 9 and 10 set. Many fragments of scorifonn lava, probably 

 Niedermennig (Daubeny, 'Volcanos,' p. 50); no other relics brought with it; 

 compare Wylie, 'Fairford Graves,' p. 24, and account of Anglo-Saxon woman, 

 xxii, Jan. 6, 1869. (Cf. Schaaffhausen, 'Die Germanische Grabstatten am Rhein,' 

 1868, p. 122, and p. 608, supra.) 



ii. and iii. Young women (20, 23), placed close, side by side, in the same trench ; ii a 

 little shallower than iii, and a little further forward, and with the left humerus 

 acrorfs the cervical region of iii. Roman pottery and nails. The legs of the two 

 skeletons were wide apart. The iron relics (nails) were found on the pelvis. No 

 nails near the feet. Probably buried at same time ; coffins in same trench. 



iii*. Delicate unpatterned urn with child's bones, about 6 in. below the surface, and 

 18 in. above skull No. iv ; the place about a yard to the right of the place where 

 the patterned urn of September 17, 1867, was found. Child's age towards the 

 end of 5-6th year. 



iv. Old woman 8 sJcull, much senile atrophy, found 18 in. below urn iii» with face 

 upwards. No soil had fallen into the skull ; one coin, the largest, was found on 

 lower jaw; two smaller ones on atlas and axis, which are stained in consequence. 

 Coins not identified. One nail was found on the right side of the head, but none 

 on the left, nor at the feet. All the bones are very light. Humerus, 10710 in. 

 Femur, 14.5 in., gives stature 4 ft. 6 in. ; humerus (say n in.) gives stature 

 4 ft. io-6in. ; mean 4 ft. 8'3 in., small skull, cylindrocephalic. 



V. Skull of a child, removed by the men. Close by was found a piece of lead, pos- 

 sibly from a leaden coffin, and with the bones an ulna, which had belonged to a 

 very powerful man, which had been part of a fractured segment repaired during 

 life. Compare account given p. 620, supra, of skeletons from leaden coffins. First 

 dentition complete ; second not begun. 



3 children, 3 women, i old, 2 young, = 6 bodies. 



January 15, 1868. 



vi. Strong urn, not patterned, containing child's bones. Removed by men from earth 



a little to right of No. i of Jan. 9. Aged probably about 9-10. Premolars not 



displaced ; milk molars, 

 vii. Child's bones, a little to right of urn vi. Early period of first dentition. 

 viii. Child-' s hones under 6, at extreme left of ' fall,' i.e. of mass of earth thrown down 



in quarrying operations. Removed by men. 

 ix. Young man, with nails and Roman pottery, nails at head and feet. Elongated 



British type. 



