316 List of Prehistoric, Roman, and Pagan Saxon Antiquities. 



Earthworks. Church ditches on Rushall Down. " A little square en- 

 trenchment with a regular entrance towards the E." (Hoare). O.M. 

 47 N W. ; A. W. I. 175, Station V. North ; Soc. Ant. Map 26. 

 Old Nursery Ditch running W. to E. from Ell Barrow, crosses Charlton 

 and Rushall just N. of Slay Barrow, and passes on into Upavon and 

 Enford. O.M. 47 NW. ; A.W. I. 175, Station V. North ; Soc. Ant. 

 Map 70. 

 Ditch and bank on Rushall Down going N.E. towards Casterley, N. of 

 Water Dean Bottom, continuation of fragments in Marden,Wilsford, 

 and Charlton. O.M. 47 N.W. ; A.W. I. 175, Station V. North; 

 Soc. Ant. Map 24. 



Finds, Neolithic. 2 ground flint celts. Devizes Museum Cat. II. 3, 28 ; 

 W.A.M. i. 60 ; vii. 248. Ground flint celt, British Museum. 



Finds, Bronze Age? Long bronze pin with loop on shaft and tray- 

 shaped head. Devizes Museum Cat. II. B 16 ; Reliquary xiv. 247 



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Soman. An extensive Romano-British settlement on Rushall Down, 

 partly examined by Col. Hawley, pit coal and number of objects 

 found, pottery, &c Great number of objects found in ploughing up 

 the down. Devizes Museum. Bow and other brooches, Cat. II. 

 319, 324, 329 — 334, 341 ; pair of fine querns and part of another, Cat. 

 II. Q2, Q3, Q12. Iron objects, reaping hook, lobed horseshoe, 

 compasses, clasp knife, nails, tongs, key, catches of tubular padlocks, 

 spear heads, &c, W.A.M. xxxvi. 480— ASbfigs. ; Cat. II., 512, 520, 

 528, 529, 537—540, 542—544, 546, 550, 554, 558g ; bronze bracelets, 

 Cat. II. 343 ; buckles, rings, &c, 357—362, 378 ; nail cleaner, 376 b. 

 Urn found 1853. W.A.M. i. 58. 



SALISBURY. 



Finds, Palaeolithic. Implements first found in the gravels of Milford 

 Hill, 1865. Found in great numbers in subsequent years ; also 

 found at Fisherton and Stratford Road. Blackmore and Devizes 

 Museums. W.A.M. xxii. 117. 

 Finds, Neolithic. One rough chipped flint celt from the Close ; and 2 

 from Highfield ; 3 fine partly ground flint celts from Milford Hill ; 

 and 2 ground flint celts from Endless Street (1907). Blackmore 

 Museum. 



Fine flint fabricators. Blackmore Museum. 



Flint knives and borer, Milford Hill. Devizes Museum. 



8 ground flint celts and 5 chipped flint celts from " Salisbury neigh- 

 bourhood." Blackmore Museum. 

 Finds, Bronze Age. Bronze Age cinerary urn with burnt bones, of 

 globular shape, the only example known from Wilts, from " Barrow, 

 near Salisbury." Devizes Cat. II. xl3. 



Bronze rapier-shaped sword or dagger 14|in. long, Fisherton Anger, 

 4ft. under ground, 1860. Arch. Jour, xviii. 160. Blackmore Museum. 



