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shale have been discovered, together with other Roman remains, at 
Great Chesterford, in Essex. With the exception of armlets, 
objects formed of this material are of very rare occurrence. 
47. Armilla of jet. 
48. Flint flake, mounted in bronze handle (Qy. if genuine) Italy. 
49. Card of beads. (Qy. Anglo-Saxon.) 
50. Bead of glass. Brodie Coll. 
The objects 51 to 56 were found in the Anglo-Saxon burial 
ground at Harnham, near Salisbury, opened in 1853, under the 
direction of A. Y. Akerman, Esq., f.s.a. The date of these inter¬ 
ments may be assigned to some period between the close of the 5th 
and the first half of the 7th century. 51 to 56 deposited by Miss 
Fawcett. The beads forming part of the same find are included in 
the pottery series. 
51. Fragments of a child’s skull. 
52 to 56. Other human remains; 53 being the lower jaw of a 
female about 30 years of age. 
The collection of objects illustrating the early use of iron in the 
Museum is very small. It is hoped that those in this neighbour¬ 
hood who possess specimens of Anglo-Saxon weapons and the like 
will lend them for exhibition in order that the series may be more 
upon a par with the other portions of this department. 
Remarks upon iron as a material for weapons will be introduced 
at the end of this part of the catalogue. 
57 to 59. Iron spear-heads (Anglo-Saxon period) ; 57 found at 
Bishopston, Wilts, and presented by Mr. Swayne , Bishopstone , 
and 59 found between Woodford and Lake, Wilts, deposited 
by Dr. H. P, Black more. 
The iron spear-head of the Anglo-Saxon period was mounted on a 
wooden shaft, seven or even eight feet long, terminating in a ferrule 
or with a knob or spike; the decomposed wood which formed the 
shaft may frequently be traced in the grave. This was the case 
with the shaft which belonged to No. 59. These spear-heads are, 
as compared with swords, very common; they are of a variety of 
shapes and sizes, but there is one characteristic feature about them, 
they all have a longitudinal slit in the socket which received the 
shaft. It is instructive to compare these spear-heads with the 
modern African spears exhibited on the wall in the Circular Room, 
some of which not only resemble them in form, but also in 
possessing the slit in the socket. 
60. Iron umbo or boss of Anglo-Saxon shield, found near Salisbury, 
and presented by Miss Salisbury. 
Of Anglo-Saxon shields little more than the iron bosses, studs 
and portions of tine iron fastenings of the handle have reached our 
time. These shields were made of wood ; they were circular, 
with a diameter of about 18 inches, and were sometimes covered 
