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No. CCV.—A child’s grave. A small knife-blade, two inches and
three-quarters long, lay by the left shoulder.
No. CCVI.—Two iron keys, indicating a woman’s grave; also other
fragments of iron, one of the shape figured at Grave CCXXXVIII.
No. CCVII.—Near the shoulder, a broken umbo; a spear-head and its ferule
by the right ear; a knife, nine inches long in the blade; a black earthen
vessel, narrow-necked, by the left foot. A fragment of mussel-shell.
No. CCVIII.—Clench-bolts in a row down the side. Iron shield-braces or
bands, with clamps, and an iron buckle. Also, a small bronze buckle. There
were oyster-shells in this grave, some with the valves in position, and
therefore unopened when deposited, perhaps with a vague idea of supplying
food to the deceased.
No. CCIX.—A spear-head; a portion of an iron ring; a knife and a small
iron buckle. At the foot, a narrow-necked earthen vessel.
No. CCIX.—A spear-head; a portion of an iron ring; a knife and a small
iron buckle. At the foot, a narrow-necked earthen vessel.
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No. CCX.—A small grave, a girl’s, the teeth being young. A
collection of beads by the neck, one bugle-shaped, of white glass gilt,
(Plate VII.) and, I believe, unique. A wire ring, a rusted mass of keys,
a bronze rivet, and a bronze pin.
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Under the neck, a fine circular fibula. The centre
is a boss of ivory, from which radiate three sliced garnets. The
boss contains a garnet, and is surrounded by three rims of
silver, rising each higher than the other, the innermost being
the highest. The teeth
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of
another child were also found in this grave.
No. CCXI.—A very perfect sword, thirty-five inches from hilt to point,
lay from the centre high up by the skull, inclining to the right. It had
borne a metal
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