628 Notes on Barrows in Sotith Wilis. 



indebted to the authorities of the British Museum. It has lost the 

 upper portion of the blade, which is leaf-shaped, with two loops 

 continuing the line of the wings and dying into the socket, with 

 lozenge-shaped coverings to the loops. There is also a rivet-hole 

 in the socket, which has engraved lines round its edge and above 

 them a band of engraved zig-zags or chevrons — a rare feature. 

 The midrib is sharply ridged. In its present state it measures 

 7£ inches in length. 



[The Editor is indebted to Dr. C. H. Bead, F.S.A., of the British 

 Museum, for photographs of the objects here illustrated from the 

 National collection.] 



