IV. CONTENTS. — VOL. VII. 



No. XXI. 



Account of the Eighth General Meeting, at Shaftesbury, 21st, 22nd, 



and 23rd August, 1861 229-244 



Articles exhibited at the Temporary Museum at Shaftesbury 245 



The Ancient History of Shaftesbury : By the Rev. .1. J. Retnolbs 250-271 

 Recent excavations on the site of Shaftesbury Abbey : by Mr. Edwabd 



Kite ^ 272-277 



The Wiltshire Possessions of the Abbess of Shaftesbury : By the Rev. 



W. H. Jones, F.S.A 5^78-301 



The Flora of Wiltshire, (No. YI. continued) ; By T. B. Floweb, Esq. 



M.R.C.S 302-314 



Wayland Smith's Cave or Cromlech : By Professor T. L. Donaldson. .315-320 

 On Wayland's Smithy, and on the Traditions connected with it : By 



John Thuenam, M.D., F.S.A 321-333 



Donations to the Museum and Library 334 



List of Members of the Wiltshire Archaeological Society 



Illustrations. 



Pillory at Marlborough, 19, 21, at Coleshill, (co. Warwick) 22. Cucking 

 Stool at Wootton Basset, 26, at Leominster, 27. Brank, or Scold's Bridle, 

 30, Ludlow, 34, Worcester, 35, Forfar, 37, Ashmolean Museum, 38, 

 Doddington, 39, Lichfield, 40, Edinburgh, 42. Roman Villa at North 

 Wraxhall. (See references to Plates, p. 75.) Plan of Yilla and Burial 

 Ground : Enlarged plan of portion of Villa : Thermae, or Baths : Various 

 objects found in the Excavation, 74. View of Great Bedwyn Church, from 

 S.E. 102. Border Tile pavement, 103. 



Silbury, View of the hill from the West, 145. Ground Plan of the hill, 146. 

 Ditto of Excavations in 1848 : course of the Roman Road, 147. Section 

 showing Geological formation, 183. Fac-simile of John Aubrey's PI. I. the 

 " Survey of Anbury," 226. Ditto of his PI. II., " The whole view with the 

 walk," &c., 227. 



Shaftesbury. Arms on Borough Mace and Seals : Ditto of Humphrey Bishop, 

 268. Silver gilt vessel found in. Trinity Churchyard, 268. Ground Plan of 

 Excavations at the Abbey in 1861-2, 272. Tile paving on site of Abbey 

 Church, 276. Wayland's Smithy: Plan by Professor Donaldson, 316. Sketch 

 by John Aubrey, A.D. 1670, 323. 



