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being traceable down the whole length of the grave, and a piece of wood
four inches square lying at the head and at the feet. No. CCXVIII. was
equally large.
No. CCXX. — This was an interesting interment. Commencing at the feet,
our usual practice, and working upwards, we found two urn-shaped glass
vessels; close together. A thin circular stud of silver next appeared,
some iron keys (one quite perfect, a very rare occurrence), a large bronze
ring, and a flat bronze stud-head. On the breast, about thirty beads of
porcelain, glass, and amethystine quartz; also an iron fragment,
apparently a mounting for a purse, a broken knife, and an iron bolt.
Nos. CCXXI.-CCXXIV.—Only two broken knives.
No. CCXXIII. was a child’s grave by the teeth; the tender bones, as we
often found in children’s graves, had decayed without a trace.
No. CCXXV.—An amethystine bead, a broken knife, and
the sliding bolt of a small lock. The bottom of
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the grave was lined with
decayed vegetable fibre.
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No. CCXXVI—A broken knife, and what appeared to
be nothing but a very common little stud. It proved to be two
small silver sceattae thus closely corroded together.
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No. CCXXVIII. — Remarkable as containing fragments of pottery apparently
Roman, and at one end
a thick layer of mortar or cement; also mussel and oyster shells, and a
few scattered bones.
No. CCXXIX.—A knife, and a few beads.
No. CCXXX. — A red earthen vessel of elegant shape; two spear-heads,
some shield-studs, an umbo, and a broken knife.
No. CCXXXI. —At the feet, a red earthen vessel, with narrow neck. The
nozzle having been broken
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