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ancient copper mines to breali tlie ore : cakes of copper and bronze : 
stone roould for making rougli bronze celts, and casts of moulds for 
making bronze swords. Middle Shelf. Bronze moulds for casting 
celts of various forms ; unfinished and imperfectly formed celts from 
various localities, and lumps of copper found with them. 
Cases 16-20. Bronze implements, commonly called celts, from the 
Latin celtis, a chisel, which appear to have been affixed to wooden 
handles. They are arranged, according to their forms, into classes. 
Cases 21, 22. Middle Shelf. Blades of bronze daggers and knives, 
of which the handles were of wood, horn, or bone. Lower Shelf. 
Bronze swords, among them some fine specimens from the Thames. 
Cases 23-25. Bronze sword, spear-head, celt, and pin, found together 
in the Thames. Ends of sword-sheaths ; bronze shield and sheath, 
found in the Isis, near Dorchester. Shield found in the Thames. 
Bronze spear-heads, some with rivet holes, in which a wooden peg 
appears to have been fixed ; others without rivet holes, but with loops 
at the side, or piercings in the blade, for thongs. 
Cases 26-32. Early pottery found in Tumuli. The larger urns 
have contained burnt ashes ; the smaller may have been used as drink- 
ing cups at the funeral feast. The most curious urn was found in a 
barrow on the banks of the river Alaw, Anglesea, and is supposed to 
have contained the ashes of Bronwen the Fair, aunt to Caractacus, who 
died about a.d. 50. 
Cases 34, 35. Urns found in Jersey, Ireland and Scotland, the 
Scotch generally m.ore elaborately ornamented than the English. 
Near them are brooches and hair-pins found in Ireland, of an age 
probably subsequent to the Christian era. 
In Cases 36-42 are placed various antiquities found in England, 
Scotland and Ireland, chiefly of bronze, and characterised by a peculiar 
style of ornament, and frequently by enamel. They are probably late 
Celtic, of about the time of the Roman invasion of England. In 
Cases 36, 37 is a fine bronze shield, with enamelled ornaments, found 
in the Thames, near Battersea, and several antiquities from Ireland. 
In Case 38 a tore, and a pair of massive armlets, found in Scotland. 
Cases 39, 40. Horse-trappings and a sword found at Stanwick, in 
Yorkshire, during excavations made by the Duke of Northumberland, 
by whom they were presented. Cases 41, 42. Similar trappings from 
Polden Hill, Somersetshire, and Westhall, Suffolk. 
ROMAN ANTIQUITIES FOUND IN BRITAIN. 
These difier little from the Eoman remains fomid in other 
countries. Some of them were no doubt imported, but the 
gi'eater part must have been made in some of the fiom'ishing 
cities founded by the Komans, Avho were more or less masters 
of this country for upwards of 400 years. 
Cases 47-51. Middle Shelf. Several groups of glass and earthen- 
ware vessels, discovered together in Roman tombs. On the upper 
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