so that the total length of the weapon was 22in. There were also a ring bead of blue glass, very irregularly shaped, and two pieces of much-rusted iron, apparently the remains of two knife blades about 4in. in length. The nature of these objects leaves no doubt that the interments are of the early Saxon period.

The men said they knew the position of another skeleton (No. 2), and Mr. Sadler being present, this was uncovered then and there. It unfortunately proved to be incomplete, all that was left of it' being the lower half of the two femurs and the lower leg bones. Lying across the knees, and at almost right angles to them was a socketed iron spearhead, 10 in. long, the blade 14in. at its greatest width. Traces of the wooden shaft still remained in the socket.

With the permission of Mr. Sadler the objects found were placed in the Society's Museum, and the bones were re-buried, with the exception of the skull, the teeth of which were much decayed.

Interest in the finds having been thus excited Mr. Sadler later on in the spring of 1912 had two or three trenches dug parallel with the present edge of the quarry and two more skeletons were found but were not then uncovered, and as the season was somewhat advanced nothing more could then be done. Mr. Sadler however, having very kindly given the services of two men, the Rev. E. H. Goddard spent the day on October 3rd, 1912, in watching the trenching of the ground immediately adjoining the quarry edge in the neighbourhood of the graves already discovered.

The two interments already located were first carefully opened. Of these No. 3, some four yards from the present quarry edge and from the point where the skeleton (No. 1) with the seax was found in January, 1912, and in a direct line with the latter, proved to contain, at the depth of 18 inches from the surface, the leg bones of a skeleton which was laid at full length, on its back, the thigh. bones were fairly perfect and had not been disturbed at all, and part of the bones of the pelvis were seen. The shin bones were also lying in position, but their lower ends were broken and the feet had entirely disappeared. As however the trenching in the spring of 1912 had struck the feet of this skeleton no doubt they were then destroyed. The entire absence of any bones of the body or head is not so easy to account for. There was no evidence of

any recent disturbance of the ground. At some time or other however there must probably have been such disturbance and the missing bones must have been destroyed. The skeleton lay with its head (when it existed) slightly to the east of north. The only accompanying objects were an oyster shell lying at the right hip and an iron tanged knife 54in. in length lying between the thigh bones, doubtless having been worn at the waist. No sign of a coffin was visible. The leg bones were of some size. The other interment (No. 4) was actually on the edge of the quarry to the west of No. 3. It was, like the other interments, about 18in. underground. All that could be found of it was the upper half of a small femur, a bone of the pelvis attached to it, and lying under these part of the two bones of the forearm and the small bones of the hand. The rest of the body had evidently been quarried away. These bones were very small, apparently those of a young girl, and so far as could be judged the head must have been to the south.

As the interments were such a slight distance underground it was easy in a short time to do a good deal of trenching in the hope of discovering others, and during the day some 65 yards of trenches were dug parallel to the quarry edge and to the trenches already dug in the spring, but without further result. As all the land likely to be quarried in the next few years has now been trenched, it seemed scarcely worth while to go on further with the work. We have to thank Mr. Sadler not only for giving facilities for the work, but also for allowing all the recent finds to be placed in the Society's Museum.

There are in the Ashmolean Museum,1 at Oxford, certain Saxon objects, labelled as from Purton, Wilts, of which no further particulars are known. They may possibly have come from this same site many years ago. The objects are all of iron, and are as

We are indebted to Mr. E. Thurlow Leeds, of the Ashmolean Museum,

for calling our attention to these Purton objects.

NOTES.

Wiltshire Notes and Drawings by the late Sir Henry Dryden, Bart. In the Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings, Plans, Notes on Churches, Houses and various Archæological matters, made by the late Sir Henry E. L. Dryden, Bart., of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, and presented to the Corporation of Northampton by Miss Alice Dryden, Published by order of the Museum Committee, 1912, the following MS. notes and drawings in connection with Wiltshire, in addition to engravings, prints, &c., are to be found. Amesbury, drawings of pillars in church, plan of Vespasian's Camp, 1863.

Bradford-on-Avon. Ground plan and details of Barton Tithe Barn, 1842. Ground plan and details, MS. notes, and photos of Saxon Church, 1873-76.

Bridge, drawing and MS. notes, 1857.

Tracing of recess for rood in Church, 1859.

Ground plan of Horton Priory, 1857.

Budbury or Lady Chapel, drawings of niche and window, ground plan, MS. notes, 1842.

Bratton Church, drawing of font, and MS. notes on Church, 1842.

Plan of earthwork.

Britford Church, MS. notes on monument, 1845.

Cheverell Magna, drawings to scale of sheep bell made at, 1845.
Chippenham, drawing of effigy in Church, 1857.

Drawing of Shambles, 1859.

Colerne. MS. notes on Church, and drawing of carved heads in tower,

1842.

Drawing of chimney on gable of old house, 1842.

Collingbourne Ducis. Drawing of Church and village, 1857.
Devizes. MS. notes on Church, and drawing of interior.

Plan of Oliver's Camp.

Enford Church. Ground plan and drawings of squint, 1897.

Great Bedwyn Church. Drawing of arms on effigy of Sir Adam le Stokke. Chisbury Chapel, ground plan and drawings of chapel and window,

1849.

Horningsham. Drawing of Church, 1849.

Keevil. Drawings of Talboy's House, and carved woodwork therein, 1842. Kingston Deverill. Drawings of Church and communion table, 1849. Mere Church. Drawing, 1849.

Woodlands Chapel, 1849.

Monkton Farleigh. Sketch of house, 1857. Drawing of effigy, 1842. Rockley. MS. notes and sketch of cromlech in Temple Bottom, 1867. Salisbury Cathedral. Drawing, 1859.

Museum, drawings of stone implements, 1869.

Old George Inn, drawing and ground plan, 1863. Stonehenge. Drawings, section of cursus, 1844.

Swindon Church. MS. notes, and drawing of bracket attached to pew,

1842.

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