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lro7i. (I.) 



95. Horse's snaffle-bit, much corroded and in three parts. It is seen that tlie 

 pair of ' links' forming the greater part of the bit are connected in the middle by 

 an iron ring, and that on the outer sides portions of large iron rings, to which the 

 bridle was attached, adhere by corrosion. Mound 74, 1902. 



96. Small gouge, fractured through the shaft and broken off at the head of the 

 tang of quadrangular section. The shaft is of circular section, approx. diam. 7 mm. 

 The gouge has a deep curve and is 10 mm. wide at the cutting edge. Slound 76. 



97. Portion of a thin knife or dagger, length 87 mm. ]\Iound 74. 



98. Small file, pointed at both ends, length 82 mm. ; max. width 7-5 mm. The 

 file-markings are at right angles to the length of the tool, and there are about 

 twenty-eight grooves and twenty-eight ridges to the inch. Mound 74. A small 

 file with forty grooves and ridges to the inch (I 47) was found in Mound 42, 1895. 

 Larger files have been found in the Village. (See I 102.) 



99. Three portions of blades of knives, found close together in Mound 74. 



100. Large curved, tanged knife, perhaps used for cutting up meat. Total length 

 in a straight line 279 mm. (11 inches). Single-edged blade, the edge being convex 

 and strongly curved ; the back convex and 55 ram. thick towards the base ; max. 

 width of blade 53 mm. ; the tip is deficient. The tang, which has an iron collar at 

 the top, is of quadrangular section and 90 mm. long ; the bottom, however, is 

 deficient. Mound 74. No similar blade has been found in the Village. 



101. Small pointed implement in two pieces. Mound 74. 



102. File of quadrangular section, pointed at both ends ; badly corroded ; length 

 155 mm. (6| inches). The transverse ribbings of a fairl}' coarse file are seen on one 

 face, and others are barely traceable on the three other faces also. Max. width in 

 middle 10 mm. Mound 74. Similar files have been found in the Village, viz. I 3, 

 I 81, and I 84. 



105. Blade of a narrow curved knife, max. length 111 mm. in a straight line ; 

 average width of blade 15 mm. As in the case of the heavy knife (I 100), the 

 cutting edge is on the convex side, the concave back being 2-5 mm. in thickness. 

 Mound 74. 



106. Four pieces of nondescript iron, all of quadrangular section, one piece 

 having a tang ; perhaps parts of the same imjilement, but they do not join. 

 Mound 75. 



Several large pieces of iron slag were found in round cakes in Mounds 71 

 and 76. 



Kimmeridge Shale. (K.) 



30. A large armlet (or anklet 7) in three pieces ; although they complete the 

 ring, a fairly large piece of the shale has been flaked off on both faces. Ext, 

 diam. 109 mm. (4|- inches); int. diam. 82 mm. It is tlierefore larger than the 

 similar complete armlet (K 29) found last year, which is 97 mm. in ext. diam. 

 (Figured in ' Proc. Sora. Arch. Soc.,' vol. li. pt. 2, p. 97.) K 30 is ornamented by a 

 deep continuous groove (width 2 5 mm.) round the middle of the external surface 

 of the armlet, bounded on either side by a rounded ridge, and again by a much 

 slighter groove. The ring is of oval section, 13 by 15 mm. This armlet affords 

 another excellent example of the skill of the Lake-dwellers in using the lathe. At 

 the points of fracture no less than four attempted reparation-holes are observable ; 

 the drilling or boring caused portions of the armlet to split or flake, as mentioned 

 above, after which the pieces were evidently thrown aside in disgust, the attempted 

 repairs having failed. The pieces were found in Mound 67 within 2 or 3 feet of 

 one another. 



Lead and Tin, (L.) 



39. Small flat whorl, apparently of lead, with flat faces, diam. 19 mm. The 

 circular hole (min. diam. 8 mm.) is bevelled on both faces. Mound 83. 



Human Bones. (M.) 



14. Human skull, nearly complete ; also an atla.? close to. Found outside the 

 palisading near the S.W. side of Mound 76, 1895. 



