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 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE. 227 the church has never been burnt since the time of the Danes, proves that that portion of the building is of anterior date ; but, if fire since the Con- quest has injured the cluirch, the same proof exists that tliese walls must have been built before : and, on the whole, it can hardly be doubted by the most sceptical, that in this church of Stow we behold the remains of an ancient Saxon cathedral. It is confidently hoped that not only the county of Lincoln, but that the lovers of antiquity in general, will readily co-operate in the restoration of this venerable monument of the piety of our fore- fathers. Subscribers' names will be received by Mr. Drury, 312, High- street, Lincoln." The Earl Brownlow, Lord Lieutenant of the county, President of the Archfcological Institute, has placed his name with a donation of fifty guineas, on the list of contributors. The Central Committee of the Institute have voted a contribution of ten pounds to this work of restoration, especially interesting to the Society, in connexion with the cordial welcome they have recently found during their congress in Lincolnshire. In the notices of antiquities discovered by the Hon. R. C. Neville, in the neighbourhood of Audley End, Essex, comprised in his interesting volume, entitled " Sepulchra Exposita," some remains are described and figured, namely, the upper part of a head-piece, a spur, and a spear or javelin-head. They were found near the churchyard of Hildersham, Cambridgeshire, at a spot supposed to have been the site of Hildersham castle, the dwelling- iron rinj. BuppOBed to be the coronal of a lance, found at Hildersham place, possibly, of the knight whose cross-legged effigy of oak is to be seen in the church. With these objects was found a singular ring of iron, with a serrated edge, supposed, as Mr. Neville observes, to have been a lamp, but it scarcely seems adapted for such a purpose. By Mr. Neville's kind- ness an acciu-ate drawing of this relic has been obtained, and, considering the circumstances of its discovery, it has been conjectured that it may have been the coronal of a tilting lance. We are not aware that any specimen has been preserved in Armories, and have availed ourselves of Mr. Neville's obliging communication, to lay the annexed representation before our readers. The diameter of the lower side is 3| in., height If in., diameter of the serrated side, about 4^ in. ; it is formed with two square perforations opposite to each other, measuring about half an inch square, and appa- rently intended to receive a bolt, or some means of attaching the ring to a