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iron too fragmentary and too much rusted to allow of deter¬ 
mination. Of other metal objects, there were—a small brass 
ring, a small brass brooch or fibula (imperfect), a brass orna¬ 
ment (probably from horse trappings), one or two fragments of 
brass objects, and a leaden ring. 
Very few coins were discovered. A small defaced silver 
Roman coin, a small copper coin of Constantine’s, a well 
preserved styca determined by Mr. Heywood to be one of 
TEdilred (Ccenred, moneyer), and a halfpenny of George III. 
completes the list, unless we can include under this head some 
leaden imitations of pennies of William the Conqueror, the 
purpose of which is unknown. 
Of miscellaneous objects, we may mention—a jet button ; a 
piece of slate 3m. long, square in section and tapering to a 
point, the broad end perforated (? to be used for writing); a 
small piece of ground glass, a fragment of gold lace, and a 
dermal scute from the skin of a shark. 
Two pieces of broken flint were found, hut whether artificially 
chipped or fractured by natural means could not be determined. 
One quadrate piece of flint was encountered, which has appar¬ 
ently been prepared for making gun flints. 
Remains of timber work were discovered at four points ; at 
the junction of the fore court with the keep on the west side,* 
and in three short parallel trenches sunk within the keep. 
From exposures in these, it would seem that a line of timber 
work, probably forming part of a platform, ran S.W. and N.E. 
At the first point, the timber was found at a depth of 8ft. 6in., 
and consisted of oak slabs, some 5m. thick ; others 9m. by 
ifin. in section. In the trenches, timber planks resting on 
forked uprights and piles were found. These forked uprights 
were roughly dressed tree-trunks over 8ft. in length, one was 
7in., the other gin. in diameter. In the trenches nearest 
the gate remains of a second line of timber work 
were found apparently running at right angles to the first, but 
2ft. 6in. below it. The excavation did not go deep enough to 
allow of a full exploration of this second level of timber work. 
It had a timber bottom, which was sawn through at one point, 
and against it was piled a line of large loose stones, over 10ft. 
* Plate VI., C. 
