, 1875-12-24
ANCIENT ENGLAND.

lslFjy W NAfhT1cNA0tfG-Enc 1'fc"UGQHtA-
siny 2si.tory OF the Co..tasy-tkex.sass
Of II Typographical Investigations
Il saxon burial pince Ufleur1hrL.
Io.des Standard Ixt. !.
For BoMD months paht . c}oso research nnd
patient typographical investigation have thrown
much hght On the early history Of Warwicsrinre.
TIirro researches wora undertaken With vIew Of
laying bn1a tho pse-Doomsday HISTORY Of tho
county. and to verify, ns far as possible, tho
pushing illusions tu WatwickshIre IN - Orderic
Vital, in The Saxon Chronicle anu i'll tho some.
wi1at mythical chronicles whith tho ea1'iur his
torlana accepted as facts These researches
have been Supplemented within the pfcartit
week by tho accidental discovery OF m carly
Saxon burial place Oil the banks Of ths Avon,
nbout nfle duo west Of tho Town OF Warwick.
tleee researches have e1to,.led aloug tho sup
poBo1 linu Ut forts errctcd by Oetorius sco,ula
between tho Avon and tho fevorn, md 1nse
lroaght to ligh. tue fact that, whl!o tho stations
aud tho mansions on tho Fosso road occur At
regular distaucrs, such t8 not tho caAo Un tho
erast Whiting street way III nid England. Ihe
few canlp iuttenrhnouts md eaFthw0rks knuwH
to exist whrn tho Ordnance Survey was laid
down have bean added to conaldcrnbLe. tho most
extensive find" butpg the eaorrnous! s!tnmparta
led Hill between Wellsbourno aud lo11ey
d lnrgo ontrencEmout jn Oakley Wosd, md 4
perfect eanp In DaFmour Wood, nenr claycrlon.
Tho Auslo-Saxon graves oxhutncd last weck be-
Meto found In T. field belonging to Mr.. JOIN,
fIa,inton. Of I.onebtdge. wluso father ard
brother formed that wonderful anti nnlquc COL
leoilon Of Warxickshl1e antiquities recently
acquired hy tho Midland Institute at D.r1ntng-
laiu. 1t 10 also nlRtsef Of observation that tho
remalus Of the Saxon p0s!od found .u Warw'ck-
Shire Anva been discovered only along tue banEH
If tho Avon, or tho Roman military ways which
exist fu OF on tho borders OF tho county.
Some months hare elapsed s.neo yomc in
tnr
found in tho face OF d socx at the
priory, at WaEwick, In q fndo species Of
oolumbarium; but these remains balong to ut
earlier period than tho graves At Louebridgc.
slightly sloping bauk. Which has vlden.y been
thrown up by tho Avon when tta conrbo ras
wijer, and before 1t dobouched Into tho orcn
mcre Which now forms tho Hhcrb0oruo End llnr-
ford meadows on tho osst Of Warwick Castle
on the spot. for floutlA lave probably wished
over tho spot and obllturatcd any outward sign,
II any wcro raieod, Tho Lodcs wcEo burle.i
shout two and a llatf foet below the green turf.
aud not moro than foot ID the .cohfso gravel.
which here lies Oh tho top of bod Of coarse
eand. Tho romainA found aro various, nui such
Al arc t1sualY found IN AEglo-saxon grayoa.
The Indications from tho ronalns as proseus 6x-
humcd aeem to show that 1t was not place.of
somewhat hurried burial After baltic or BkiT-
ntsh III hoImmedste ne!ghborhood for though
so,ue OF tho bodes weso laid east and west, With
thot1 lleads cAstwBrl, others wore not 20. Tho
bossca OF unboa Of tho shio!ds do not arpeae to
hsYo becn laid on tho bfoaAt ~ waA usually tho
case, though 1t WfA oylient that creator caro-
was takon wiki so.no OF tho bodica than with
| othera. Many Of tho skeletons wcso found in
dscrimfnately upon tho othoIs, circumstance
which In other cases has given rise to tho suppo.
sition that tboso weto elthur prlsouers takeu III
battle or Hiayea sacrificed ~ \ propltiation
to tho gods Viii respect to the boaiea them
selves, one Of tho most perfect Of the skeletons
WuH that Of powerful yo,in!, man, who Was up
ward Of G feot hIgl, AMI about - or "a yeaEH ot
sge. lila taelh weEo perfect. His cLln somewhat
more poiutel ellAn nsual. This pointed cbitl
marked I'll tho lower jaws wo ha4l All opportunl-
~ OF examining, for many OF tho skeletons fol-
into dust or wero broken by tue w0lkMon III re-
| moving them. Il6 romaiIls found with tie
| tossoB, ct shields. speAr-hcada, knives, tbnla,
two or three counstFa Of knives, a head OF twu q
straight sword, and oua Of thoae pocnliBr buck
atB found only iu saxon grave &uou1llA There
appear 10 llavo Eeen Hl1 usMbos Ut loaat found,
aud though not uniform iu shape or weight they
partako Of tho usual character Of those hand
guards OF b4,hsca Which formed tue ccutra Vt The
HaxoA war boards or shields. Nhen compared
With t10su found ut Marion y few yeara ago,
when thu LeaIAington X IuYby hallway wHa
made, thay aFa found to b. heavier, taller hid
I luore varied in shape. Quo was sur1uounted by
| splk0 Of small spar-Aead; uthera bad 1lat
1ouul, a,l with the ttlsa-hoadod unlto ths puiul
| Of tho long. heavy sword MAS fonua. several ol
thtga umbos wela fauuh, with tl1o rlvetH which
| xttncheI tlcn to the 'lin1en woca OF which the
s,iell xas generally for1uaI aud i'll moro thtu one
| Iultauca tLo l1ul!o Vr tlaco Of the tAlcl1 uAs