By H. St. George Gray. 



437 



Dr. Buckland exhibited some drawings of gold tores which were 

 sent by the Kev. T. Lawrence, of St. John's College. " One of 

 these was found on October 11th [1814], on Tan Hill, Wilts, by 

 a labourer digging for flints. It was embedded in earth about 

 18ins. under the turf." 



The Devizes Gazette, October 21st, 1844, records the find as 

 follows: — "On Friday, 11th October, as a labourer was employed 

 in digging flints on one of the highest points of the hills which 

 bound the Vale of Pewsey on the north he turned up a beautiful 

 ornament of solid gold " 



The original length of the Allingtou tore cannot be estimated. 

 The external width measures 75mm. (nearly 3ins.), and in the 

 opposite direction (from top to bottom) it is exactly the same. At 

 one end a solid hook-terminal remains, of the same truncated-cone 

 pattern as the Yeovil specimen ; the other end was cut off. 1 The 

 tore was afterwards bent into a somewhat irregular form before it 



Portion of a Gold Tore, found on Allington Down, N. Wilts, 1844. 

 (From a drawing by Mr. Ernest Sprankling). 



1 The reason for cutting this tore is not quite apparent, but as these ob- 

 jects not only afforded ornament to the owners but also probably represented 

 so much money, or currency, it is quite likely that the missing part was 

 bartered away in exchange for other commodities by the ancient British 

 magnate to whom it belonged. 



