ALDEKNEY ARCHAEOLOGY. 



DuKiNG the past year, owing to the generosity of the Lords 

 Commissioners of the Admiralty, a very large and valuable 

 addition has been made to the collection of Alderney 

 Antiquities already in the possession of the (luille-Alles 

 Museum. The following correspondence relates to the subject, 

 and sufficiently explains the nature of the objects discovered ; 

 but a great deal of study will have to be devoted to the 

 collection before its intrinsic value to our local archtrology can 

 be fully appreciated. 



Guernsey, 16th March, 1905. 



The Director of Works, 



Admiralty, London. 

 Sir, 



With reference to the recent discovery in Alderney of 

 human skeletons and other archaeological remains, maj^ I be 

 permitted to ask, on behalf of the Guernsey Society of Natural 

 Science (of which I have the honour to be Vice-President), 

 that such remains be deposited in the Guernsey Museum, seeing 

 that the island of Alderney is a dependency of Guernsey, and 

 lies within the Bailiwick. The Guernsey Museum is the 

 finest in the Channel Islands, and contains a very large number 

 of local antiquities, including an interesting collection of 

 Roman weapons and bronze implements, found in Alderney 

 many years ago. 



In no other Museum would the interesting relics recently 

 exhumed be so easily accessible for study and examination, by 

 archaeologists resident in and visiting these islands : and in no 

 other locality could they be so appropriately and permanently 

 preserved. 



Trusting I may receive your affirmative reply, 



I have the honour to remain. Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



E. D. Marquand, 

 Associate of the Linnean Society of London. 



