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a round, having the usual appearance of a place of defence, with a single 

 ditch, 'and of an oval form, the longest diameter being, as usual, north and 

 south. Neither the round nor the spot appears to have any particular name. 

 This camp has been enclosed and preserved from further destruction by the 

 antiquarian care of the Earl of Falmoiith." 



Gold GtOrgets or Lunettes. 



In relation to a paragraph in Mr. Smirke's Paper on the Gold 



Gorgets or Lunettes found near Padstow,* the following Extract 

 from a Letter, signed " Curiosus," in the TFest Briton of October 

 12th, will be read with interest : — 



" Some four or five years back, a workman cutting or clearing a drain on 

 the estate of Hennet, in the parish of St. Juliot, near Boscastle, came, at 

 about the depth of 5 feet from the surface, on a flat piece of metal, some- 

 what crescent or half-mooned shape, the ends being rounded off, and having 

 on each a trefoil button or patera by which it could be fastened, and thus 

 form a necklet, band, corona, or fillet for the head. A small, narrow, in- 

 dented pattern or ornament ran round the outer edge. It caused but little 

 notice at the time it was found, being generally looked on as a bit of old 

 brass, and the finder was very glad to let his employer have it in exchange 

 for a few shillings. Within the last few weeks, the old ornament has again 

 turned up, and created some little curiosity by the price it has fetched in its 

 three transition periods. Its possessor No. 1 parted with it tor a few shillings ; 

 possessor No. 2 for its weight in gold, some eight sovereigns, with one over 

 for luck ; possessor 3 for about six times its weight of gold coin, and two 

 over for luck. And here this matter at present rests." 



The writer adds : — 



" It will also be found that Lysons has figured a very similar ornament, 

 found among urns, bones, &c., in the neighbourhood of Penzance. Query: 

 what became of that ornament ? what museum or private collection is it in ? 

 or, is this the same that has now turned up at St. Juliot ? " 



Discovery of Antiquities in St. Hilary. 



A RECENT number of the Cornish Telegraph records that Mr. 

 Blight, Mr. T. Cornish, and Mr. Drew, of Penzance, had dis- 

 covered, and partly opened, at Treveneage, in St. Hilary, one of 



* See page 135 of this number of the Journal. 



