Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-28
BURIED TREASURE
TRADITIONS OF WEALTH HIDDEN
UNDER GRoUND TN ENGLAND.
Statements of Paper Read Before
! eaGt
the British Archaeological
tfTa
Society,"

From the London AthenaeuY.no
A paper by Mr.. W. J.siandrews, entitled
Buried Treasure: Spthe Traditions, Rec
ords and Facts was read by the Rev. H.
j. d. Ashley. Tradition without truth is
worthless, and verification of ancient ira
dition and record is as remarkable as it is
interesting. On account of a tradition
which must have survived from the bronze
age, at least, the missing treasure chest Of
Buckton Castelar, 'earthwork following
the natural lines of the summit of that hill
near Mossley-was in 1890 the object of dill
fgent search with pick and shovel. The
tradition is, as usual, in rhyme. Although
the search then was unsuccessful yet about
a century ago accident disclosed some YER
iticatton of the legend, for in making the
road at the foot of the camp a quantity of
gold beads we're discovered and examined
on the spot by the grandfather Of the
writer, who was much interested in such
antiquities.
Old Rochester.
Two ancient traditions still hang over
the old world town of chichester. some
nine miles from Preston. One of these is
that its great Roman camp was finally
overthrown by the Picts and Scots and
burned over the heads OF it's defenders
Recent excavations have in a measure
charcoal remains lin some cases inter-
spersed with human bones) We're met with
IN all quarters of the camp, and eighteen
months ago Mr.. Garstang came upon the
sranary, the whole contents of which ap-
peared to have passed through the ordeal
OF IRE. The other and better known ira
dition, VIZ: ~ =
It is written upon wall in Rome.
Rlochester was as rich as any town in
Christendome,"
somewhat taxes our credality: neverthe-
less 1t Is curious that here should have
oeeh FOUND the finest specimen Of it's kind
in Roman bronze workmanship. eyer dis
covered either In this or any other coun-
try viz, the so-called helmet, now In the
British Museum, which, however, is not q
helmet. but the head. of a statue wearing
a helmet.
The old rhyming tradition Of Ribehester's
wealth may have also referred to the vast
treasures of Cuerdale, discovered ONLY
about seven miles from the town Here In
!S4o the remains of a leaden chest were
found, containing some ten thousand silver
| coins ana about one thousand ounces Of
SILVER 1ngots. Danish treasure, for the
great bulk of them had been Issued nv the
Danish kings of Northumbria.
Coins at Nottingham.
At Nottingham, in 1854 remarkable dis
| covery of coins was made which is init
mately connected with d. passage in the con-
tfnuation OF Florenees xof Worcester's
Chronicle" recording Nit seems to be
the very incident which Nxplains the loss
Of the treasure. A pss,i5iax feature of this
Nottingham find is that all the coins have
been subjected to intense heat and are
plistered and cockled sbyIxfre They were
found in the basement of an old building
during, excavations fer enlarged cel,ara GO
ana mostly belong TO the reign of King
stephen The chronieIer. after detailing the
sudden attack uponI Nottingham by the
Earl OF Gloucester, inf114l, relates that a
"eaithy to"nsman Was made prisoner and
compelled to give up his money. He con-
while they were engaged in breaking omen
doors and locks he contriNed to make his
escape, locked them all in, and set fire to MS
house. 1t is reported THAI thirty men in the
celar perished in the flames. The. dis
bury heard" and The, curious 4circum-
stances relating to other finds, were dealt
with III most interesting manner.