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No. 15. — Two long beads of dark blue glass, the surface some- 

 what striated. 



No.' 16. — Three beads of uncoloured glass made in one piece. 

 There are eleven of these, all now irridescent and resembling 

 " Roman pearls." 



No. 17. — Very small round beads of opaque light green glass or 

 paste. Four were found, two of them joined together. 



Dr. Buckland seems to have been mistaken in pronouncing the 

 beads to be Celtic, as beads of amber as well as glass are commonly 

 found in Saxon graves (Pagan Saxondom, p. 42). 



No. 18. — Bow-shaped fibula of bronze, lfin. long, traces of 

 gilding on the surface. The hinge and pin gone. 



No. 19. — One of a pair of circular saucer-shaped fibulae of copper ? 

 gilt. 2^ in. diameter, the rim Jin. deep. A star or pointed 

 quatref oil ornament in the centre surrounded by a circle of depressed 

 dots. In both cases the pin, which was probably of iron, is gone. 



No. 20. — One of a pair of similar fibula?, of copper gilt, l-nr m - 

 in diameter, the rim ^ in. deep. In the centre set in a raised boss 

 as a jewel is a small piece of greenish-white glass. (This is missing 

 in the other fibula.) The ornament around is of concentric in- 

 terrupted lines deeply ridged. The gilding of these fibula? is bright 

 and fresh. The pins are gone. 



A plate of nine gilt fibula? of this class, found at Fairford, is given 

 in Pagan Saxondom, of which one has a five-pointed star in the 

 centre ; and in Archceologia, xxxvii., p. 2, is the figure of another 

 from Kemble very similar in pattern to No. 20. 



In addition to the articles figured there is a thin flat piece of iron 

 4 Jin. long and Jin. broad, with a circular stud or rivet at each end, 

 which somewhat resembles the shield handles found in some Saxon 

 graves. It seems, however, too small for such a purpose. Also a 

 plain circular ring of iron, 2Jin. in diameter and Jin. thick ; as well 

 as some corroded remains of buckles, &c, and a couple of short 

 pins of bronze. The coin found with the remains is a Roman 

 third brass piece, but is quite illegible. 



No record is preserved of the positions of the various articles in 

 these interments, but as a rule the Saxon was buried with his spear 



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