NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



BRITISH REMAINS AT BROUGH. 



Broug-h, on the H umber, g-enerally attributed to be the 

 Petuaria of Ptolemy, and unquestionably a station in Roman 

 times in connection with the ferry across the Humber connecting- 

 the road from Lindum to Eboracum, was also occupied in 

 British times. The absence of a specially constructed Roman 

 road from Brough to York would seem to indicate that probably, 

 as in other parts of the country, the Romans used a previously 

 existing British track. Human skeletons, accompanied by 

 vases, jet buttons, and objects of bronze and bone, have been 



found during- excavations for gravel. The accompanying illus- 

 tration, for which we are indebted to the Editor of 'The 

 Antiquary,' shows a bronze dag-ger and bone pin, the latter 

 found at the shoulder of the interment, and the former close by. 

 The dagger is of a well-known type ; the handle, as is usually 

 the case, has decayed, though three of the four rivets for its 

 attachment remain. The pin, however, appears to be different 

 from anything of the kind hitherto found. It is made from 

 a flat piece of bone, and has five circular holes bored at the flat 

 end. 



1904 March i, E 



Bronze Dagger and Bane Pin. 



