AKCH.EOLOGK AL REMAINS IN GUERNSEY. 



BY MR. G. T. DERRICK. 



The following notes describe an interesting cist, vases and 

 other articles found in the year 1885, during quarrying 

 operations, on the property of Mr. N. P. Duquemin, at the 

 Hougue au Gonite, Bas Sejour, Cast el. 



The cist was discovered on June 5th, at about three feet 

 below the surface. It was enclosed by rough unhewn stones 

 about 18 inches in height, placed vertically on the gravel, and 

 was covered with stones very similar to those fornaing the 

 sides. It faced N. and S., and was about 6 feet long and 20 

 inches wide. There were no bones in the cist, but it con- 

 tained a sword, or rather ])ortions of two or three swords, and 

 a lance lying lengthwise side by side ; also several beads. 



A little later, about three feet from the cist, three perfect 

 urns were unearthed. These are made of thin ware of light 

 drab colour ; they Avere em])ty, and one at least had its mouth 

 closed with pieces of iron built up across it, apparently to 

 prevent the earth falling into it. Each urn is characteristic 

 of its kind : the tallest. 7 inches high and 6 inches wide, is a 

 cinerary urn ; the next, 5^ inches high and 9 inches across, is 

 a food-vessel ; the third, oj inches in height and 6 inches in 

 diameter, is a censer cu]). They were all fashioned on a 

 wheel, and are ornamented with horizontal lines. With them 

 were found the base of another urn, and some fragments. 



The swords are of steel (or iron) with a single cutting 

 edge ; each of them was in an iron scabbard, which, in at 

 least the upper portion, was covered with a woven material, 

 and ornamented at the mouth. With them were found a 

 bronze ring and an iron loop, which probably served to sus- 

 pend the sword from the belt. The lance or spear-head is of 

 iron, the lower part hollow ; there are some remains of the 

 wooden pole or shaft on which it was fixed. 



At the same time and close by were found some rings, &c. 

 There are two perfect bronze rings ; one is 2^ inches in 

 diameter and flat-sided, the other is jjenaunular, about the 

 same diameter, but circular in section. There are some frag- 



