222 RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES IN CORNWALL. 



Stone Mullers : — 



2 quern stones of rudely round- 

 ed form ; each a pierced 

 upper one, for grinding corn 

 by hand ; granite. 

 Dimensions of A. 

 Height, 5j-in. 

 Diam., 11 to 134-in. 

 „ of hole, 2 to 5-in. 

 Dimensions of B. 

 Height, 5-in. 

 Diam., llfto 12f-in. 

 ,, of hole, 2-in. 



Discovered in 

 excavating at Bos- 

 carne. 



Miscellaneous 

 Relics, &c. 



A gold* fish hook [now lost] of 

 unknown age ; grains of 

 native gold,* pebbles of 

 wood tin ; ancient clay pipes 

 and shoe, with Roman 

 pottery, and a tinner's 

 shovel of oak (this last 18 

 feet under surface). 



The first, found 

 at Corks, a mile and 

 half from Tregaer ; 

 the remainder in 

 stream-works of 

 Boscarne. 



From an examination of these remains ('which have now 

 for the first time been described in detail) discovered in Tregaer 

 camp and its vicinity, it will be seen that the fort was constructed 

 by Eoman troops in or about the first century of our era, in the 

 midst of an important British tin district. 



Whether the troops came from the north or south coast we 

 shall presently consider, also their number and the object of 

 their halt. 



First we will offer a few observations on the articles found. 

 The coins, the impressed pottery, and some of the bronze relics 

 are clearly Roman, but the granite mill-stones and some of the 

 bronze weapons and implements may be British. 



Roman troops carried mullers with them amongst their 

 impedimenta on beasts of burden ; these corn-grinding hand- 

 stones may therefore have been theirs, and after the owners had 

 quitted the camp the querns and pottery left behind may have 



* Gold is found in the tin stream works of this locality, as well as in other 

 parts of Cornwall, and an inhabitant of Bodmin had a ring made of Nanstallon 

 or Boscarne gold. C. S. Gilbert (Survey, vol. 1, p. 215) gives an interesting 

 account of gold finding in Cornwall, and of several articles made of the Cornish 

 gold. See also the remarks of Dr. Borlase, Mr. Henwood, and other authorities 

 on this subject. 



