ANGLO-SAXON REMAINS 



This remarkable grave further contained two iron latch-keys, a 

 pair of shears, a heavy buckle, and strap-rivets resembling in outline 

 the sole of a shoe : both these last are frequent in Prankish cemeteries 

 as well as in Kentish graves of this period. There were other details, 

 but special mention must be made of a crystal sphere with silver loops 

 and one ring (originally two) for suspension from the girdle : a few 

 inches higher, about the centre of the skeleton, was a garnet-mounted 

 silver spoon with nine small round holes in the bowl arranged as a 

 cross. The significance of this association (which is frequent in Kent) 

 is dwelt upon elsewhere, and it only remains to state that near the 

 crystal lay two square-headed brooches, the smaller one of silver, set 

 with garnets and having a cruciform design on the foot, as at Chessell 



Pottery Bottles and Jug, Sarre (J). 



Down. The larger one, of bronze-gilt, is of a type also represented in 

 the Isle of Wight cemetery. 



Of the graves excavated in the autumn of 1863, several call for 

 brief remark. A sword determined the sex of a skeleton accompanied 

 by about sixty draughtsmen, which had been probably placed in a purse. 

 The material is said to have been bone or ivory, but several were no 

 doubt made of horse's teeth like those from the King's Field, Faversham. 

 Some had flat rounded tops marked with incised rings, others were plain 

 and more conical in shape. Angons, as at Strood, were found measuring 

 42 and 45 inches respectively, and swords had generally been placed on 

 the left side : one grave with a sword had an axe and bucket at the foot, 

 and a shield-boss with stays that gave a diameter of 18 inches for the 

 shield. One grave of a soldier included the beam and pans of a small 



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