ANGLO-SAXON REMAINS 
square head (figs. 1, 2, 4), averaging 3 inches in length, were found at 
Kempston and at Toddington and Leighton Buzzard, as well as in various 
parts of the country. They seem to have been derived from a Scandi- 
navian type of which only one or two examples have been found at 
Kempston (fig. 5), but do not seem connected with any particular tribe 
in England. The middle portion of a fine large square-headed variety 
of Anglian origin was recovered at Kempston, possibly from a cinerary 
urn ; but this was obviously exceptional, and the whole collection from 
Kempston has a decidedly Saxon appearance. 
By far the richest grave in the cemetery was that of a woman, with 
‘whom had been buried no less than 120 beads of glass, crystal and 
amber, some of which were found near the left wrist. A ring of toilet 
articles and a carbuncle pendant set in gold (fig. 8) were also found, as 
well as a remarkably well preserved glass cup (fig. 3), 104 inches in 
height, with fine threads of glass applied to the surface. It is of conical 
form and pale green in colour, showing not the slightest trace of decay. 
The tapering end of a very similar cup from Longbridge, near War- 
wick, and a more complete specimen from East Shefford, Berks, are in 
the British Museum, but the form is a rare one and in this country is 
scarcely met with outside Kent.’ 
Several other objects of special interest were found in female graves, 
chief among them being three small 
cylindrical bronze boxes that had evi- 
dently been attached by a chain to the 
girdle and served as workboxes (see 
fig.)” One that had been highly gilt 
lay by the right arm of a skeleton, and 
contained some spun thread and wool of 
two twisted strands, probably intended 
for embroidery. The lid had been kept 
on by the insertion of a small piece of 
coarse linen, but both parts were attached 
by separate chains to the longer girdle 
chain. In an adjoining grave another 
of these boxes lay on the right leg. 
This specimen also had been gilt and had 
the lid attached by an ingenious arrange- : 
ment; while within was a fragment of Bronze Worxsox, Kempston. 
worsted fabric, and some linen textile 
of three distinct qualities. ‘Traces of what may have been leather in- 
dicated that the box had been carried in a pouch of that material. 
Leather seems also to have been used for bracelets, though the clasps are 
t One from Ozingell is figured in Col, Antig. iii. pl. 3, fig. 8; two others from High Down, Sussex, 
in Arch, liv. 377, 378, pl. xxvii. fig. 1. 
2 This is shown by specimens found in the East Riding, Yorks, and at Hurdlow, Derbyshire, con- 
taining needles and thread (Catahgue of Mortimer Museum, Driffield, p. 21). ‘Two others from East 
Riding, Yorks, are in the British Museum, and one was found at Cransley, Northants, 
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