A guide to the antiquities of the bronze age in the Department of British and mediæval antiquities . Fig. 7i.—Spear-head, Brismerston Down, Wilts, -l Fig. 75.—Spear-head and pins,Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire, i A spear-head, doubtless from this cave, is here shown with a pairof massive armlets (fig. 76), and a disc with three (originally four)loops on the back (fig. 77). Close parallels to other objects dis-covered—the knife, both tanged and socketed, the razor, socketedcelt, and gouge—may be seen in the Dowris hoard (Case 2);and a large bronze cauldron found in the cave resembles thatfrom Batter
A guide to the antiquities of the bronze age in the Department of British and mediæval antiquities . Fig. 7i.—Spear-head, Brismerston Down, Wilts, -l Fig. 75.—Spear-head and pins,Fenny Bentley, Derbyshire, i A spear-head, doubtless from this cave, is here shown with a pairof massive armlets (fig. 76), and a disc with three (originally four)loops on the back (fig. 77). Close parallels to other objects dis-covered—the knife, both tanged and socketed, the razor, socketedcelt, and gouge—may be seen in the Dowris hoard (Case 2);and a large bronze cauldron found in the cave resembles thatfrom Battersea in the lower part of Case 14, while part of theDowris hoard wag found in a cauldron. Chisels, awls, pins, and HEATHERY BURN CAVE 85 rings of ordinary types were also found, with a bronze mould forsocketed celts, tongs, and runners, showing that metal was workedin the cave. One of the bronze bracelets exactly resembles thatfrom Heneglwys in Case F, and of the two gold ornaments onewas a massive armlet of an ordinary type, the other a hollow. Fig. 7G.—Armlet, HeatheryBurn Cave, Stanhope, Co. Dur-ham. -Jf
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