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mel end of the hilt," Dr J. Evans ("Bronze Implements," pp. 

 288-9), remarks "is in this instance a distinct casting, and is 

 very remarkable on account of the two curved horns extending 

 from it, which are somewhat trumpet-shaped, with a projecting 

 cone in the centre of each." Fig. 24, entire length according to 

 Mr Tate, 2 feet 6 inches. Its breadth at the widest part of the 

 blade is 1^ inches ; at broadest part of handle 2 inches. There 

 are three holes placed obliquely on each side of the widest part 

 of the handle, and three in a row in the middle of the narrow 

 part of it, where it breaks off at a larger hole. Fig. 25, Mr 

 Tate makes this 2 feet 3 inches long, the breadth across the 

 widest expansion of the blade is 3£ inches ; the length of the 

 perforation in the blade is 3 inches ; the width of the dilated 

 part of the blade at base is 2 inches ; length of the lower part 

 of the tube till the blade expands, 3 inches ; this part of the 

 tube is ringed with 5 bands of parallel lines. 



" The surface of the blade is ornamented by being worked into 

 steps or terraces." The socket extends to the point; the diameter 

 of it at the base is 1£ inches. The figure is about J the size of 

 the original. Fig. 26, a spear head with a long-oval leaf-shaped 

 blade is about 1 5 inches long ; its widest part is 2f inches ; the 

 diameter of the socket or tube is 1^ inches ; the socket runs to 

 the point ; the blade has two margins at the edge ; there is a rivet 

 hole on each side. Fig. 27, is much smaller but of similar form. 

 It is from 7f to 8 inches long ; its greatest breadth 2 inches ; 

 diameter of the base of the socket, 1 inch ; socket runs to the 

 point. 



The field in which these valuable remains were discovered "is 

 about 550 yards north of Thrunton, and about 130 yards west of 

 the public road." It was in the boggy ground of the Coldwell 

 field that they were found. (MacLauchlan's Memoir, p. 21.) 



But these are not the only relics found near Thrunton. About 

 500 yards east of Thrunton, is the junction of the Eastern and 

 Western Roman Ways. Near the junction, " on the north-east 

 in a field called Benacres, were dug up two cists, similar to 

 others found along the [Eastern] line; they were about 36 inches 

 long, and 21 inches wide, with a depth of about 36 inches: the 

 stones were rough and firmly fixed together." Mr George 

 Bennett says "that they were about 30 feet apart, and were near 

 the surface. At the bottom of one was a soft layer of clay or 

 earth, about 7 inches deep. One was without a lid, the other 



