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cleft of a rock 21 feet 6 inches below the alluvium and about 45 

 yards from the bank of the river Severn at Lincombe in Astley 

 parish. It w^eighed nearly i^ pounds, w^as about 6 inches long, 3 

 inches broad at one end and i inch at the other (Allies, p. 112, 

 pi, iv. ; Evans, p. 81). 



vii. Ho/t. A looped bronze celt was found in the year 1844 

 in the middle of the bed of the river Severn near Holt, about 3 feet 

 6 inches under the gravel, as the workmen were dredging midway 

 between the bridge and the entrance of the cutting from the lock for 

 the purpose of the Severn navigation improvements. This celt was 

 4^ inches in length (Allies, p. 149, pi. iv. No. 6; Evans, p, 129). 



viii. A bronze pin 4I inches in length found about 18 feet 

 below the surface and about 200 feet distant from the Severn in the 

 cutting outside the south gates of the lock near Holt. It has a 

 small cross formed of five knobs attached to the front of the ring. 

 Sir John Evans says it belongs to quite the close of the Bronze 

 period if not to the late Celtic (Allies, p. 1 49, pi. iv. No. 7 ; 

 Evans, p. 381). 



ix. Ombersley. A glass ball alternately deep amber colour and 

 white, an oblate 1 spheroid in shape and measuring a little over 

 1 1 inches by little more than i inch, found at Chatley near Ombers- 

 ley, and is now in the Victoria Museum, Worcester. 



X. Ombersley. A ringed palstave b\ inches long, weighing 

 17I ounces, was dug up in a field about 9 inches below the sur- 

 face which was formerly part of Lynal (Linnal or Lyneholt) Com- 

 mon by Boreley in Ombersley. It is in the Worcester Museum. 



xi. Grimley Ham. A holed celt of basalt found 14 feet deep 

 in the alluvial soil at a distance of about 127 yards from the Severn. 

 It weighed 8 pounds 5I ounces, was 9 inches long, 3 inches broad, 

 4 inches thick at the blunt end and 3I inches broad at the sharp 

 end. The hole for the handle was i| inches in diameter (Evans, 

 Ancient Stone Implements, p. 180 ; Allies, p. 150). 



xii. Grimley. A holed celt found at Ball Mill in a gravel bed 

 several feet beneath the surface. The bed where it was found lay 

 on some rather elevated ground on the western side of the Severn 

 nearly opposite to Bevere Island and within a short distance of it. 

 This celt was 5 inches long, 2 inches broad at one end, i| inches 

 at the other, i^ inches broad and i| inches thick in the middle. 

 It weighed 9I ounces, was edged at both ends, but the one end had 

 been rather blunted and lessened by use (Evans, p. 166 ; Allies, p. 150). 



xiii. Bevere. At this place on the opposite bank of the Severn 

 to Grimley about the year 1809 a bronze celt was dug up in the 

 island between it and Grimley. It was 4^ inches long, 2| inches 

 broad at the widest end, if inches at the middle, | of an inch 

 broad at the narrowest, ^ of an inch thick in the centre. It 

 weighed 6| ounces, and was rather sharp at both ends, but most so 

 at the smaller (Allies, p. 151, pi. iv. No. 11 ; Evans p. 42). 

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