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To be obtained of Mr. D. OWEN, Bank Chambers, Devizes. THE BRITISH AND ROMAN ANTIQUITIES OF THE NORTH WILTSHIRE DOWNS, by the Rev. A. C. Smith, M.A. One Volume, Atlas 4to., 248 pp., 17 large Maps, and 110 Woodcuts, Extra Cloth. Price £2 2s. One copy offered to each Member of the Society at £1 11s. 6d. THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF WILTSHIRE. One Volume, 8vo, 504 pp., with Map, Cloth. By the Rev. T. A. Preston, M.A. Price to the Public, 16s.; but one copy offered to every Member of the Society at half-price. CATALOGUE OF THE STOURHEAD COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES IN THE SOCIETY'S MUSEUM, with 175 Illustrations. Part I. Price 1s. 6d, CATALOGUE OF ANTIQUITIES IN THE SOCIETY'S MUSEUM. Part II. 1911. Fully illustrated. Price 2s, CATALOGUE OF THE SOCIETY'S LIBRARY AT THE MUSEUM, Price 1s. APPENDIX No. I., II., and III., 3d. each. CATALOGUE OF DRAWINGS, PRINTS, AND MAPS, IN THE SOCIETY'S LIBRARY AT THE MUSEUM. Price 1s. 6d. CATALOGUE OF WILTSHIRE TRADE TOKENS IN THE SOCIETY'S COLLECTION. Price 6d. BACK NUMBERS OF THE MAGAZINE Price to the Public, 5s. 6d. and. 3s. 6d. (except in the case of a few numbers, the price of which is raised). Members are allowed a reduction of 25 per cent. from these prices. THE FIFTY-NINTH GENERAL MEETING AT DEVIZES A LATE CELTIC INHABITED SITE AT ALL CANNINGS CROSS FARM: PAGE 513 526 BRONZE AGE BARROWS ON ARN HILL, WARMINSTER: By Mrs. 539 TROPENELL MEMORANDA. 542 THE BATTLE OF ROUNDWAY DOWN: By the Rev. E. J. Bodington 593 603 A SAXON CEMETERY AT "THE FOX," PURTON: By Mrs. M. E. 606 NOTES ... 609 WILTS OBITUARY 616 RECENT WILTSHIRE BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, ARTICLES, &C. Plan of Site of Late Celtic Settlement at All Can- 529 Late Celtic pottery handles from All Cannings Cross 533 Plate I.-Objects from Late Celtic Settlement at All 534 Plates II-VI.-Late Celtic Pottery from All Can nings Cross Farm 535 Bronze Age Cinerary Urns from Barrow on War- 539 540 Whetstone of hard slaty stone found in Urn in Polished Celt of Grey Stone with grooves on both 606 611 ..... 613 Section of Stone Celt, showing grooves on the sides 614 DEVIZES: C. H. WOODWARD, EXCHANGE BUILDINGS, STATION ROAD. THE WILTSHIRE MAGAZINE. MULTORUM MANIBUS GRANDE LEVATUR ONUS."-Ovid. DECEMBER, 1912. THE FIFTY-NINTH GENERAL MEETING OF THE WILTSHIRE ARCHEOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, HELD AT DEVIZES, July 10th, 11th, and 12th, 1912. W. HEWARD BELL, Esq., F.G.S., F.S.A., President of the Society, In the Chair. WEDNESDAY, JULY 10TH.1 THE Annual General Meeting of the Society, at which thirtyfive Members were present, was held at the Town Hall, which had been most kindly placed at the disposal of the Society by the Corporation, at 2.15, when the Mayor, wearing his chain of office, and many members of the Corporation, accompanied by the beadles and the mace-bearers in full uniform and bearing their insignia of office, and the high constables, formally received the Society and welcomed them to Devizes. The Mayor, MR. B. H. CUNNINGTON, F.S.A. Scot., acting in his triple | capacity as Mayor of the town, as an Officer of the Society 1 Accounts of the Meeting appeared in the Wiltshire Times, July 6th, 13th and 20th; Wiltshire Advertiser, July 11th and 18th; Wiltshire Gazette July 11th, 18th, 25th, August 1st and 8th. The latter is the best and fullest of the accounts. VOL. XXXVII.-NO. CXVIII. 2 s and as Local Secretary for the Meeting, in his address of welcome, spoke of the importance of the collections in the Museum, and expressed a hope that in future some means might be found whereby inhabitants of Devizes might obtain for a small sum the right of entrance to the Museum without becoming Members of the Society, or having to pay every time they entered its doors. The welcome extended by the Mayor was cordially endorsed by ALDERMAN W. ROBBINS. The President of the Society, MR. W. HEWARD BELL, F.G.S., F.S.A., thanked the Mayor and the Local Committee for the way in which they had welcomed the Society; it was especially fitting that the civic fathers with their insignia should be present to welcome a society which existed to preserve and to record the links which bind the present with the past history of our country. He then called on the Hon. Secretary THE REV. E. H. GODDARD, to read the ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SOCIETY FOR 1911-12, presented July 10th, 1912. "The Committee beg to present the fifty-ninth annual report of the Society. "Members.-The Society on July 5th, 1912, had 379 Members (16 Life Members and 363 Annual Subscribers), against 374 in June, 1911, an increase of 5 Members, Thirty-eight new Members were elected during the year, against 33 losses, nine by death and 24 by resignation. Amongst the losses the Society has especially to deplore the deaths of its late distinguished President, Dr. John Beddoe, F.R.S.; of Dr. John Wordsworth, Bishop of Salisbury; and of Mr. Charles Awdry. To fill the post of President of the Society, rendered vacant by Dr. Beddoe's death, the Committee has secured the services of Mr. W. Heward Bell, F.G.S., F.S.A., who for very many years has served on the Committee of the Society, and has in various ways been one of its most staunch and generous supporters. "Finance. The accounts for the year 1911 will be printed in the Magazine now due. The balance on the General Fund of the Society at the end of the year was £108 15s. 31d., as compared |