3S rrwE-HisTORic arciij:ology of east devon.

as if tlicse relics were iicit so scarce as had been supposed. It ^vill be remembered tliat at Loveliayne, about a mile dis- tant from Broad Down, a deposit of about a hundred of these implements was brought to light when a stone barrow was destroyed b}' some road-makers in 1770.^ In the Albert

^^emorial Museum in Exeter is another example of the

palstave, that was picked up by Mr. Fowler, of lloniton, in tiie immediate vicinity of Farway Castle. Other examples have also occurred in Devon, at ]Iorebarton, in a field near tSub Hill, between Clyst St. Lawrence and llockbcare,® and at Rumby, near Bovcy Tracey ; whilst several bronze taper blailes were discovered in a ficM near Escot, some of which iiave been presented to the Museum at Exeter by Sir John Kennaway, Bart., the remainder having been deposited in tlic National Collection at the British ^NFuseum. These re- markable weapons have been figured and described by jIr. Charles Tucker, in this Journal.^ A more recent and remark- able discovery of bronze implements in Devonshire occurred at Plymstock, on the estate of the Duke of ]3cdford, in 18G8 ; tljey have been presented by his Grace to the British Museum, a few specimens only being reserved for the Exeter Collec- tion. These and the other " fmds" that I have alluded to arc described by 'Mr. Albert Way, in this Journal.^ The fact of the discovery of those foiu- pieces of bronze in the barrow at Gittisham Hill is of impoi'tance also, as helping to solve the question whether the weapons of bronze which have been (iccasioiirilly foimd were fabricated in liritain. or were im- portc'(i from other countries. The answer to this inquiry is not without importance to our early liistory. For if we may assume, as I think we are entitled to do, that the bronze celt, the palstave, the spear-head, and the bladc-wcajjon- exam- I)le8 of each of which have occuired in Hast Devon aro .-ictually native pro(hictioiis, we have here a deciilcd jn'oof that our forefathers in the JJronze Age enjoyed a certain <iegrec of civilization. A savage people, destitute alike of tlic knowledge and of the love of the arts of peace, could ^ Arflia<!')lu(fical Journal, vol. xxvi. finiml in I>l•v^lll^llirl^ Anliacological p 341, ftful 'I'raiiwi'-lionM of tlw |)<-vi>ii Jotininl, vol. xxiv.,j). 110. nIiip! AMiwxinlir.n, vol. ii p. (147, plat" ix. ' Antiqiiitifi* of I'.roii/.ofotmd in Ilovoii-

• 'I'Ik* iinplt TDOtil h<T« ri?f«Tii'<l t*) in uliin*. Archaeological Journal, vol. xxvi.

now iiMtl hy a i|ua<;k «liKrt4»r a* a <.liatni p. X',t ; Siippli'ni<<ntary Notin-K to ilm for wcnH, ami other airoclionn of tho .Miinoir >y .Mr. CharlcM I'nckcr, in vol. throat, xxvj. ' Notjccii of Antifpiitii'M of Itron;:o