A Saxon Cemefxry at '' Tke Fox^' Pur ton. 607 



•so that the total length oi the weapon was 22iii. Th(n(; W(3i(ials<) 

 a ring bead of blue glass, vciiy iiregularly shaped, and two ])iec(^s 

 of niuch-nisted iron, ap[)aiently the remains of two knife blacJos 

 about 4in. in length. The nature of these ol)jects leaves no donbt 

 that the interments are of the early Saxon ])(3riod. 



The men said they kn(nv the position of anothtir sk'clolon (Xo. 2), 

 and Mr. Sadlei' being present, this was uncovcnod thou ;ind thtjK;. 

 It unfortunately proved to 1)0 ineomplete, all tluit was left of it 

 being the lower half of the two femurs and th(i lowci- log bones. 

 Lying across the knees, and at almost riglit angles to them was a 

 socketed iron spearhead, lO.lin. long, the bladt.' IJ, in. at its greatest 

 width. Traces of the wooden shaft still remained in the socket. 



With the permission of Mr. Sadler the objects found were place* I 

 ill the Society's Museum, and the bones were re-buried, with the 

 e.Kceptiou of the skull, the teeth of which were much decayed. 



Interest in the finds having been thus excited Mr. Sadler later 

 on in the spring of 1912 had two or three trenches dug parallel 

 with the present edge of the quarry and two more skeletons were 

 found but were not then uncovered, and as the season was some- 

 what advanced nothing more could then be done. Mr. Sadlci 

 however, having very kindly given the services of two men, the 

 Kev. K. H. Goddard spent the day on October 3rd, 1912, in watching 

 the trenching of the ground immediately adjoining ihe (|uarry edge 

 in the neighbourhood of the graves already discovered, 



. The two interments already located were first carefully opened. 

 Of these Mo. '.), some four yards from the ])resent ([uany e-dge and 

 ironi the [)oint where the skeleton (Xo. 1 ) with the seax was I'. mini 



II in .faniiary, 1 91.2, and in a direct line with the latter, prove. 1 Im 



'' contain, at the de[)th of IS iiudnis from the surface, the leg l„)nes 



of a skeleton wduch was laid at full length, on its back, the thi'_d» 



i\es were fairly perfect, and hail not been distuibed at all, and 



j' part of the bones of the pidvis wci-e seen. The shin b.uies wen^ 



also lying in posit inn, l>ul their lower ends were broken and lhi» 



feet had entireU- dis.ipptMivd. .\s howevei- the tieiudiin.,' in tlie 



mi'^^ of 1912 had struck the I'eei. of this >kidetoii n,. doubt ihey 



re t litMi desta'o\-ed. The enl ii.' absenc«' of any hoiiesof tlie body 



head is not, so eas\- to account for. There wa- no evidence of 



