the beads and shell being the relics of a woman, the spear-head of a man.
No. CCXXXIX.—A very long grave, but very ill-shaped. A small bronze
buckle, a rude iron buckle, and some fragments of wood stained with iron.
No. CCXL.—Burnt or decayed wood in some quantity. By the left
shoulder, a spear-head of unusual shape, and its socket, both vertically
placed, as in Nos. CCXXXVII. and CCXXXVIII. Also a large knife, and a
black earthen vessel at the foot, too fragile to be preserved.
Nos. CCXLI.—CCXLTII.—Only an iron ring, a small bronze buckle, and a
knife.
No. CCXLIV.—Disturbed. Shield-studs, and fragments of bronze and iron.
At the foot, a flat piece of iron with two flattened circular knobs upon
it; a spearhead lay in the cist at the head of the grave.
No. CCXLV.—A small knife; at the feet, clench-bolts.
Nos. CCXLVI., CCXLVII.—Children’s graves.No relics.
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No. CCXLVIII.—A woman’s grave. A knife, a ring of copper wire round
the bones of the left arm, and close beside it an iron key.
No. CCXLIX.—Disturbed. No relics.
No. CCL.—A red earthen vessel, lying on its side in a recess at the
feet. Three shield-studs and a broken umbo; a sword, in a wooden or
leathern sheath, imperfect; two spear-heads, one broken (an old
fracture), and a knife.
No. CCLI.—Disturbed. No relics.
No. CCLII.—A knife only. There were traces of wood down the side.
No. CCLIII.—An irregular grave, with the head twelve inches higher
than the feet. The skeleton was large. A knife with long and slender
blade, a spearhead, also lightly made; some mussel-shells, pieces of
unbaked pottery, and the teeth of sheep and oxen.
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