198 RECENT ARCH^OLOGICAL DISCOVERIES IN CORNWALL. 



The handles consist of flat slices of clay bent and attached 

 semicircularly, leaving horizontal openings. Each handle dis- 

 plays 8 vertical stripes or lines of plait with 2 across the top and 

 one on each flat edge. 



On a level with the upper part of the hole of each handle, 

 a single horizontal line of plait encircles the urn at its bulge. 

 Three other parallel lines run round nearer the brim. 



Between the triplet and the single line the intervening 

 space, 4 inches in depth, is filled with perpendicular lines of zig- 

 zag. Each of these is composed of about 3|- connected chevrons, 

 pointing sideways. There must have been at least 50 of these 

 zig-zag lines, and some of them amalgamate without any 

 appearance of confusion. 



At the mouth of the urn the brim is sloped down towards 

 the interior. On this inner bevel a couple of horizontal lines run 

 round enclosing between them a band of single chevrons, each 

 apex pointing to the right. 



Amidst the conglomerate of ashes, burnt bones, roots, &c, 

 found within the urn, and now broken into several lumps, I have 

 not yet been able to discover any other objects of interest. 



Several other urns, I am told, have been found in the 

 district, which abounds with ancient remains, mostly Celtic or 

 British apparently, and not far off is the Roman camp of Tre- 

 gear — (a description of its relics will be given later). There are 

 traces of several sepulchral tumuli, in its vicinity, nearly all of 

 which have been destroyed. One urn was dug out whole and 

 placed on the ground near the camp, my informant said, but 

 sheep came and broke it, before the finder returned, and the 

 pieces were not preserved. 



Harlyn-Bay Urn, Incense-Cup, & other Relics. 



Specially interesting finds have been made on the shores of 

 Harlyn or Perleze Bay near Padstow, and in fact all along 

 Cornwall's grand north coast. 



From this bay came the golden lunettes* (found with bronze 

 celt, Src.) which are now in our Museum at Truro, having been 

 placed there, in a suitable case, at a subscribed cost of £55. 



* R. I. C. Journal, Vol. 2, pp. IX, XVI., 134 (and plates illustrating same). 



