Richard Cornwallis Neville

“ The skull found in this grave was pronounced by Mr. Davis to be that of a man about forty-five years of age. Two flat circular bronze fibulæ 11/2 inch in diameter; their surface is ornamented with impressed work (compare No. 77, plate 3, "Saxon Obsequies") ; the pins have been of iron.—Two small looped objects or ornaments of bronze, 2 inches long; their use is very uncertain, they may have been attached to leather. To one only of them is affixed a strong- iron rivet, which passes through one of the plates. In other respects they resemble one another (see woodcut, original size) . ”

“ One bronze ring, not suited for the finger, lay by the left hand; it measures 1 inch in diameter. Two rings of iron were also found by the left hand, 11/2 and 33/4 inches in diameter. An iron knife, 51/4 inches long, lay by the left hand; width, 3/4 of an inch, and 1/2 an inch at the point. The bones of some small animal lay also by the left hand. Fifty-seven beads lay about the collar bones; among them is one small bead of white crystal; the rest are of amber, two of them flat circles. A small Roman coin—Constantinopolis, was found among the beads, perforated for a neck ornament. ”

“ At each end of the angles of the broader end are projections set with leaf-shaped ornaments of red paste; a small annulet of the same is on the arch. Entire length, 7 inches. As the old fox-earth passed through this grave, I think this brooch had been displaced, having originally lain against the under jaw, which was deeply stained with bronze. An iron knife was placed by the thigh, 3 inches long.
No. 33.—3 feet deep. Head to the east. Two circular bronze fibulæ, formed of very thin plate, scyphate, and possibly once covered with some ornament; they measure 11/2 inch in diameter. ”