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previously to the interment, two holes for suspension had been made
evidently to receive a thong or string. Here were also a spear-head, and
down each side of the grave eight clench-bolts, about nine inches apart.
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No. CCXXXIL—An elegant bronze buckle, a little
more than two inches and a half long, ornamented below the tongue
with ivory and a circular garnet, and lower still with a cruciform
design, the arms being filled in with pale-green enamel and ivory,
and the
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groundwork once inlaid with dark-green stones or glass, but now imperfect.
Near the lower end is a sunken line, in which remain three little bronze
studs.
No. CCXXXIII.—Two spear-heads, an umbo, and an iron rivet or clamp lay in
the upper soil; lower down
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appeared
three rectangular bronze ornaments, each one inch by three-quarters of
an inch, and once attached probably to
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leather or wood by studs at the corners. One bears
an ornament of interlaced chainwork, another two rudely designed
dragons intertwining, the third a. dragon of another design,
perhaps with a head at each end. All are unique in this country.
In this grave were also a small iron wedge or cold chisel, two
inches and a quarter long, a knife, a bronze stud, and a metal
ornament,
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