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late Celtic origin. The only other mirrors with ornamented backs 
are the Etruscan; in their elliptical form the specimens under 
consideration are not altogether unlike Egyptian mirrors. To a 
late Celtic origin I should also be inclined to refer the armlet 
engraved on Plate 31, Fig. 1. Some of the pottery is purely 
Roman.” ! 
A small grave of similar construction to those on Stamford Hill 
was brought under my own notice in 1880, whilst some excava- 
tions were being made in Stillman Street, Plymouth. This 
grave contained a large urn of finer ware than those found in 
early British graves, and when discovered was in a _ perfect 
condition, and was stated to have been half filled with earth. 
This might have been burnt bones; but as the urn was smashed 
by the labourers, all traces of this earth were lost, and I was 
able only to procure a few shards of the urn, which are deposited 
in our museum. This grave probably belonged to a period closely 
allied to that of the Stamford Hill cemetery, which is of especial 
interest, as it seems to form the connecting link between the 
Stone Age people of Staddon and Maker with the Iron Age 
people of early Plymouth, itself belonging to the late Bronze 
Age, 
1 Archeologia, vol. xl, p, 510, 
