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 THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE. 387 deposited with this curious object, near the side of n large rock. The inetnl is precisely of the same appearance as that of wiiich celts are formed, and it is coated with a fine light green coloured patina. Ancient bronze relic, found near Buttcvant, co. Cork. Orig. size. This object, resembling in form a small high-heeled shoe, has evidently been cast in a mould, as celts were fabricated, and formed in two equal parts, which were afterwards joined together with admirable skill. There is no appearance of solder, but a line from heel to toe, above and below, indicates the junction. The farmer, who found it in raising stones for building, unfortunately broke the back portion, and scraped off some of the arugo, supposing the metal to be gold. Lord Talbot observed that a specimen of an analogous nature had come under his notice: he considered these relics as highly curious on account of their rarity and extraordinary form, and he knew no cause to question the belief that they are genuine remains of an ancient period. Mr. Edward Richardson stated that various ancient relics had been very recently found, as he was informed, on the site of Kilburn Priory, near London, on the estate of the Hon. Colonel Upton, comprising as had been stated some vestiges of the Roman period. He felt desirous to call the attention of the Institute to the subject. ^nttqutttc^ antr Wiav^ ai 9rt CrvIjiSttclr. By Mr. Henry Norris, of South Petherton, Local Secretary in Somerset. A representation of a bronze " palstave " with a loop on each sides, closely resembling, in fashion and dimensions, the Irish specimen in Lord Talbot's Collection, represented in the Journal — (see p. 105, in this vol.) The weight is 10 oz., length Gin. This rare example was found about 1842, in a field, near South Petherton. By Mr. Brackstoxe. — Several Irish antiquities, comprising a spear or javelin head of white flint, a material found chiefly, if not exclusively, in the CO. Antrim. Length 3 Hn. Found, 1851, at White Cow Lake, on the Shannon, co. Sligo. The blade is singularly curved. — Bronze celt, from CO. Clare, with projections at the sides, giving it a cruciform appearance. From CO. Clare. — Bronze spear-head, with perforations at the lower part of the blade, on each side, instead of the loops for attachment. Found, 1851, in CO. Cork. — A bronze armlet, co. Roscommon. — Two large bronze rings, apparently handles of a large cauldron, with the loops or