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 ANGLO-SAXON REMAINS Fig. 12. — Lead Weight with Bronze-gilt Top, wt. 38 IO grains, mlldenhall (j) the setting on the bow ; a pair of ' horned ' examples of a type apparently- confined to the neighbourhood of the Fens ; and two ornate square-headed brooches, one with silver disc attached to the foot, and the other with a garnet-setting in the middle of the head. A triangular bronze-gilt mount as fig. 1 4 belongs to a pair of clasps ; and a small buckle with three rivets in a row and a garnet-setting on the plate may be com- pared with one from East Boldon, Durham, in Newcastle Museum. Some beads of glass and amber and half a clasp in the British Museum are perhaps suffi- cient evidence of a pagan unburnt burial at Wangford ; and a find at Eriswell, to the south of Lakenheath, is published by Professor Ridge- way," consisting of a small bronze brooch with cruciform head, and a larger and a finer speci- men that belonged to an unburnt burial. These were generally interred with women in the 6th century, and call for no further remark. A leaden weight (fig. 12) of 3810 grains (247-4 grammes), in the possession of Mr. Fenton, was found at Mildenhall, and is surmounted by a bronze-gilt disc engraved with a rosette, the spaces between the points being filled with looped triangles^''' and (apparently) birds' wings. It probably dates from the 8th or 9th century, and is in- teresting as being 30 grains short of 8 oz. Troy, for which it was prob- ably intended. It is in good pre- servation but slightly chipped, enough to account for the 30 grains ; and though Troy weight is known to be of great antiquity, it is difficult to account for the present weight being 2 oz. over the half-pound Troy (6 oz.). In the same collection is a square-headed brooch (fig. 13) of the 6th century from Mildenhall, with debased animal ornament and a stout disc attached to the bow like several already mentioned from this and other counties (p. 332). Another interesting piece, now at Bury, is here illustrated (fig. 14), from Mildenhall, the deco- ration showing the transition from the style of the 6th to that of the Fic. 13. — Bro: ze-gilt Brooch with Silver. Mod ts, M.loenhall (|) " Earhj Age of Greece, i, 586, fig. 141. '*■ Cf. for example the Canterbury cross, V.CM. Kent, i, 382, fig. 26. 345 44