NOTES. Bronze Objects not included in the list in Wilts Arch. Mag., xxxvii., 117. Bronze looped Palstave, plain, 3ğin. long x 12in. in width of edge, found at Yarnbury Castle several years ago. In possession (1911) of Mr. V. Moore, of Wilton. Drawing of it in Devizes Museum Library. Bronze socketed gouge, a slender perfect specimen, 34in. long, found at Upper Upham, 1911. In possession of Mr. A. D. Passmore, of Swindon. Bronze socketed looped celt, a fine specimen in fine preservation found at Charnage, near Mere, 1911, and in the possession of Mr. A. R. White, of that place. A stout large Celt, 4in. long, the blade 2in. wide. Three ribs in relief run half-way down the blade from the socket. It is much like Fig. 126 in Evans' Bronze Implements. A drawing of it has been placed in Devizes Museum Library. Small triangular Knife-Dagger. Among a small collection of objects of antiquity purchased by Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Cunnington and presented by them to the Museum, in February, 1912, are the principal objects mentioned as having been collected by J. Stoughton Money, F.S.A., and as being afterwards exhibited at the Marlborough Meeting of 1859 by Mr. C. May, of that place, in Wilts Arch. Mag., vi., 259. One of these is the object described as an "Arrow-head of bronze from a barrow near Charlton, Donhead, Wilts, opened 1832." This I noted in my "List of Bronze Objects found in Wiltshire' (W.A.M., xxxvii., 123) as No. 46 in the list, expressing the opinion that it was probably a knife-dagger. It proves to be an exceedingly perfect example of the small plain triangular knife-dagger with pointed blade, broad at the handle end, retaining two of its rivets, the third and centre rivet hole having been broken away. The blade is plain, but has a broad bevel on each side. The mark of the handle on the blade shows a line straight across, without the semi-lunar indentation which is seen on so many of the larger dagger blades. The edge of the blade, which is singularly well preserved, is still sharp enough to cut with. Its length is 2ĝin., with a breadth at the handle end of 1ğin. 66 Bronze socketed looped Celt, said to have been found at Blood Hill," Salisbury Plain, and to have been sold March 5th, 1902, by Mr. Greene, school inspector, to the dealer from whom Canon Greenwell purchased it, in whose collection it now is. It is an unusual chisel-shaped implement, widening out without mouldings at the socket, and very slightly at the cutting edge, being narrowest in the middle. Canon Greenwell, to whom I am indebted for the knowledge of this celt, describes it as "very poorly made,” and as having upon it on both sides some very faint decoration marks resembling the letter U or Y. A Bit of Old Brass," unspecified, found in a barrow to south of Oldbury VOL. XXXVII.-NO. CXVII. 20 |