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the umbo of a shield, a bead of pottery, a bronze ring, part of an 

 iron armlet, a fragment of an iron bit and a very tine vase of 

 polished black pottery made on a wheel, 7 inches high, with five 

 narrow hoop-like bands round it, and with a beautiful 

 pattern of concentric rings engraved under its base (Plate VI., 

 figs. 2 and 4). 



The second grave at the Catioroc contained a fine iron 

 spear-head, and the pointed iron butt end of the shaft, the 

 perfect umbo of a shield and part of a large iron fibula. 



The third grave was empty and the fourth contained an iron 

 flax with rivetted socket and fragments of several vases. 



The grave at Les Adams, St. Peter-in -the-Wood, was re- 

 excavated in 1845 by Mr. Lukis, who found in it the fragments 

 of an iron sword, a dagger in its sheath lying crosswise, as if it 

 had been placed upon the breast of the body, a portion of an iron 

 knife and fragments of pottery and human bones. This is the 

 only instance recorded of the discovery of human bones. These 

 interments of the Early Iron Age were usually so near the 

 surface of the soil, generally only about 2 to 3 feet beneath it, 

 that all traces of bones had disappeared. 



Of the four graves found at Richmond three were empty, 

 and one only contained a long iron sword in its scabbard and a 

 vase. 



The richest find of all was that of La Hougue au Comte, 

 Catel, and in consequence it is by far the most important Iron 

 Age grave as yet found in Guernsey and deserves a full 

 description. It was found in 1885, at about 3 feet below the 

 surface of the soil, in a quarry belonging to Mr. Duquemin, of 

 Bas Sejour, Catel. It consisted of a stone cist 6 feet in length 

 by 20 inches wide orientated N. and S. In it was a long iron 

 sword 3 feet 2 inches in length, with a single cutting edge. The 

 iron scabbard was ornamented in its upper part and at one time 

 had been covered with some woven material which had left its 

 imprint on the scabbard. Fragments of two other swords and a 

 spear-head of iron, whose socket still contained some fragments 

 of its wooden shaft, all lay together with the first mentioned 

 sword on one side of the grave. Besides these were found a large 

 bronze ring, an iron loop, two small bronze rings, one %\ 

 inches in diameter with flat sides, the other penannular of about 

 the same diameter, also some pieces of another iron ring as well 

 as five glass beads, and the half of another bead. Two of these 

 beads were of light coloured glass with an ill-defined pattern of 

 yellow material in the glass. Two others were of black glass with 

 whitish spots, and the fifth was shaped like a small black ring 

 flattened on both sides. The half bead was of some red material 

 which may not be glass. About 3 feet outside the cist three 

 perfect vases and the fragments of a fourth were found. The 

 tallest was 7 inches high by 6 inches in diameter, the second 5-|- 



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