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 A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE HALLATON. An uninscribed gold coin of the type given in Evans, Brit, Coins (pp. 75-6), as pi. C. No. 9, was found at Hallaton. [Arch. Journ. vi, 403.] HIGH CROSS. Bronze object, consisting of two disks of metal connected by a tube, of the kind sometimes described as ornaments for the naves of chariot wheels. The larger disk is 3^ in. in diameter, and the smaller, which is 3^ in. in diameter, is made to revolve upon the spindle by the hammered flange of the latter coming through the orifice of the disk. It is of late Celtic workmanship, and is in Leicester Museum. HUSBANDS BOSWORTH. Hoard of bronze objects, including socketed celts, socketed gouges, &c. Figured and briefly described. [Nichols, Hist. Leic. iii, pt. 2, p. 1126.] KIRBY MUXLOE. Ground flint celt, now in Leicester Museum. LEICESTER. Stone celt, 6 in. long and 3 in. wide at the cutting edge, found in the Abbey Meadow, Leicester. [M. Browne, op. cit. 33.] Fragment of flint celt found buried 1 2 ft. deep accompanied by objects of Roman or even Anglo-Saxon age. [Proc. Soc. Antlq. (ser. 2) i, 249 ; Evans, Stone Imp. 144.] Perforated axe 7 in. long, found in the cemetery at Leicester. [Evans, Stone Imp. 200.] Arrow-heads, both leaf-shaped and barbed, have been found in the neighbourhood of Leicester. [Evans, Stone Imp. 389.] Bronze dagger, with pommel composed of two pieces of bone riveted on either side of a bronze plate. This specimen belongs to the early part of the Bronze Age. [Evans, Bronze Imp. 231.] Bronze dagger, 12^ in. in length, found 12 ft. deep in the Abbey Meadow, Leicester. Now in Leicester Museum. It is chiefly remarkable for the large size of its rivets. Part of a horse-bit of late Celtic workmanship (resembling the fine example found at Rise, near Hull), found about 1876 in Bath Lane, Leicester. [Trans. Leic. Archlt. and Arch. Soc. v, 41.] Ring of burnt clay similar to that found at Barrow-on-Soar, but rather more oval in form. Possibly a sinker for fishing. A coin of Tasciovanus, uninscribed, but otherwise resembling those inscribed TAXCI, found at Leicester. [Evans, Brit. Coins, 229, 535.] DORNE HILLS. Flint scraper found here. [M. Browne, op. cit. 34.] SPINNEY HILL. Flint arrow-head, of leaf shape, and flint scrapers found here. [M. Browne, op. cit. 34.] LOUGHBOROUGH. Ground flint celt, with flat sides, 5^ in. long. [Evans, Stone Imp. in.] Broken stone celt of oval sections found near Loughborough. [Evans, Stone Imp, 129.] An ancient British gold coin of the type pi. A, No. n, of Evans, Brit. Coins, was found here in 1844. [Evans, Brit. Coins, 56.] MARKET BOSWORTH. Bronze Age vessel, probably a cinerary urn, now lost. [Anastatic Drawing Soc. Publication for 1854.] MOUNTSORREL. Barbed flint arrow-head, of rather heavy type, was found here, 7 or 8 ft. [M. Browne, op. cit. 34.] Bronze Age vessel of red earth 2 in. high, and 4^ in. external diameter, probably an incense-cup. It has ornamental incisions on the outside of the regular herring-bone type, so characteristic of the Bronze Age. It is now in the museum at Leicester. [M. Browne, op. cit. 23.] In an excavation here, generally known as a Roman well, were found a fine Bronze Age urn i6j in. high, and fragments of two very important late Celtic buckets, consisting of bronze hoops, straps, and a well-shaped handle, with ornaments in the form of a bull's head at the points where the handles were attached to the buckets. These articles are now in Leicester Museum. NOSELEY. Flint celt and two vessels of pottery found here, drawings of which were exhibited at a meeting of the Leicester Architectural and Archaeological Society, 30 November, 1863. The objects were at that time in the possession of Sir A. G. Hazlerigg, bart. The pottery apparently was of the Bronze Age, the ornament being in the form of zigzags and parallel lines. [Trans. Leic. Soc. ii, 275.] OSBASTON. Stone muller for crushing corn, &c., found by Sir John Evans. [Evans, Stone Imp. 251.] RATCLIFFE (near Old Fosse Road). Greenstone celt found here in 1859, now in Leicester Museum. SHACKERSTONE. Ground stone celt, formerly in the possession of Mr. S. E.S.Perkins. [Nichols, Hist. Leic. iv, pt. 2, p. 909.] STONEY STANTON. Stone celt found 2^ ft. below the surface of the ground. [M. Browne, op. cit. 33.] 176