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Stone celt from a holy well, Aran Islands, Co. Galway, and 

 perforated axe-hammer found under a doorstone at Messingham, 

 Lines. ; given by C. H. Read, Esq., LL.D. 



A series of diminutive flint implements and worked flakes 

 found by the donor between Blenheim and Ditchley, Oxon ; 

 given by the Viscount Dillon, f.s.a. 



Sandstone mattock (?), perhaps of more recent date, found 

 near Llandulas, Denbighshire ; given by A. B. Elliott, Esq., 



F.R.C.S. 



(b.) Bronze Age. — Ornamented bronze celt with flanges, 

 found in the Thames, near Medmenham Abbey, Bucks, 1908 ; 

 given by C. H. Read, Esq., LL.D. 



Bronze dagger-blade with three stout rivets, found at 

 Sproughton, near Ipswich : figured and described in Proceed'ings 

 of the Society of Antiquaries of London, vol. xxii., p. 87. 



Small bronze dagger-blade found 4 ft. deep at Firle, Sussex, 

 1906; given by J. G. H. Stephenson, Esq. 



(c.) Early Iron Age. — Ornamented bronze brooch of La 

 Tene I. type, from the Thames at Brentford Ferry, 1908 ; given 

 by C. H. Read, Esq., ll.d. 



(d.) Foreign. — An important series of flint and stone imple- 

 ments, and implements, ornaments and pottery of the Bronze 

 ^nd Early Iron Ages, chiefly from Hohenzollern and the Swiss 

 Lakes, and partly published in Pr'dhistorische Blatter, 1892- 

 1901 ; collected by H. Edelmann, of Sigmaringen, and given by 

 the Rt. Hon. Sir John Brunner, m.p,, and Sir Henry Ho worth, 



K.C.I.E. 



Four pottery vessels of the late Bronze or Hallstatt period, 

 found by the donor in graves at Karnsdorf , near Luckan, Lower 

 Lausitz, 1896 ; given by Dr. P. O'Connell Finigan. 



Chert arrow-head with tang found on Mechiskan River, 

 south of James Bay, Canada ; given by W. H. Brown, Esq. 



Two stone daggers with perforated tangs from China. 



(2.) Romano-British : — 



A tessellated pavement with Venus rising from the sea and 

 dolphins in the border, another from a passage and squares of 

 tile and Kimmeridge shale used as flooring, from a Roman villa 

 discovered in ]908 at Hemsworth, near Wimborne, Dorset; 

 given by the Lord Alington, c.v.o. 



Portion of tile, stamped HON AVG ANDRIA found during 

 excavations at Pevensey Castle, Sussex, 1902, and figured in 

 Proc. Soc. Ant.yXx.!. 411 ; given by Chas. Dawson, Esq., f.s.a. 



Tent-peg of oak and leather disc for securing the dress, 

 from the Roman camp at Newstead, near Melrose, Roxburgh- 

 shire ; given by Jas. Curie, Esq., f.s.a. 



Ten specimens of Gaulish redware dredged from the 

 Pudding Pan Rock, Heme Bay, Kent, described in Proc. Soc. 

 Ant., xxi, 268. 



