112 ANGLO-SAXOX CEMETERY OX LIXTOX HEATH.

placed by the head ; it ^vas of black ware, and much shattered. A pair of bronze clasps by the right hand, H inch lung- by inch Avide, with three holes in each portion for sewing them to the garments. Xo. 93. — 4 feet 7 inches deep. An urn was found by the right side of the head : it was removed entire, and is of black coarse ware, with the upper part shelving, stamped with circles ; the lower part is plain. Height, 5 inches ; circumference at middle, 22 inches ; at base, 6 inches. This as the other urns before described, had no contents. Two penannular rings of bronze were found on the right shoulder, measuring 1 inch in diameter ; eleven beads on the neck, one of them a large round bead of blue and white vitreous composition, four of blue glass, six of red and green o])aque vitrified paste. Ft'brimri/ 14. No. 94. — 3 feet deep. Pronounced at the College of Surgeons to be the skeleton of a male of large stature, the height being upwards of 6 feet 6 inches. An iron boss of a shield lay by the right side of the head, of the same size and shape as those before described, and with the same number of nails for attachment to the shield. A portion of the lower jaw and the entire left tibia were sent to Professor Owen, and ai'c preserved in the museum of the College of Surgeons. The light leg was not in the grave, making the second instance in this cemetery of a skeleton discovered with the bones of only one leg remaining. Part of the skull of an infant, as Professor Owen pronounced it to be, was also taken from tliis grave. Similar discoveries have been noticed before. An iron boss of a shield occurred in this day's work, of a similar type to those previously found liere and at Wilbraham. This deposit, as it proved after- ward.s, had been placed on the edge of the mound. No. 95. — 4 feet G inches deep. An iron spear, 7J inches long. A piece of thick embossed Saniian ware, and a white morhiriiim wore found this day ; remains of Roman pottery had occuiiv-l ali through the mound. Fi'hriKini '^). Is'd. 1m;. — .0 feet deep. The remains were pronounced by iIr. l);ivis to be those ol a boy ol" about tw(;lvc years old. No n-liijues accompanied the dejiosit. No. 97. — 4 feet d(;ep. N(t i<'Iii|U(s willi tlic (Ic|>().sit. Pronounced by Mr. Davis t<> br (he remains (»r a lemale of forty -five years of age ; cianimn cui'iously ilattened by