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EARLY MAN a parallel to the small bronze pigs of the late Celtic period which have been found in Middlesex and Sussex. Loughborough has furnished a distinctly curious gold coin, uninscribed, but bearing some singularly disjointed ornament comprising a debased figure of a horse and a barbarous representation of a wreath, &c. It belongs to a class of coins produced in Britain before the influence of the Romans made its appearance in our native currency. TOPOGRAPHICAL LIST OF PREHISTORIC ANTIQUITIES In the following list an attempt is made to give a concise record of the various prehistoric remains in Leicestershire, and the writer's obligations are due to Mr. Montagu Browne, F.Z.S., whose paper on the ' Evidences of the Antiquity of Man in Leicestershire,' printed in the Trans- actions of the Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society (October, 1885), has been of great use, and is frequently quoted as being the only authority for some of the following facts. In giving reference to the various printed authorities, the following abbreviations have been employed : Arch. jfourn.= Archaeological "Journal. Arch.=Archaeologia. Evans, Bronze I mp.-= Ancient Bronze Implements, &c. By Sir Tohn Evans. Evans, Brit. Coins. = Ancient British Coins. By Sir John Evans. Evans, Stone Imp. =. Ancient Stone Implements (and ed.) By Sir John Evans. AYLESTONE. A few neolithic implements found here. [M. Browne, op. cit. 34-5.] AYLESTONE PARK. Bronze Age cinerary urn, now in Leicester Museum. It is of rather small size, being only 5$- in. in height, and was found at Aylestone Park, near Leicester, at a depth of 4 ft. [M. Browne, op. cit. 23.] BARDON HILL. Bronze palstave, 6 in. long, now in Leicester Museum. [M. Browne, op. cit. 29.] BARROW-ON-SoAR. Ring of burnt clay, 4 in. in diameter, of unknown age and use, now in the museum at Leicester. It is rather too large for a spindle-wheel, and not heavy enough for a loom weight. It may have been used as a sinker in fishing. [M. Browne, op. cit. 23.] Perforated axe of hard sandstone, in Leicester Museum. [Evans, Stone Imp. 200.] BEACON HILL, in Charnwood Forest. Flat bronze celt. _Proc. Sac. Antiq. (ser. 2), i, 44 ; Evans, Bronze Imp. 43.] Armlet of bronze found within the encampment. [Evans, Bronze Imp. 174.] Leaf-shaped spear-head, with rivet-hole through socket. [Evans, Bronze Imp. 321.] Hoard of bronze objects. [Proc. Soc. Antiq. iv, 323 ; Gent. Mag. July, 1858, p. 6 1 ; M. Browne, op. cit. 28-9.] BENSCLIFFE, in Charnwood Forest. A bronze palstave was found here in 1818. From a published engraving it appears that the loop had been worn through by use or decay. [Potter, Hist, and Antiq. of Charnwood Forest, 42.] BOSWORTH FIELD. Two bronze spear-heads, each furnished with two loops. [Nicholls, Hist. Leic.iv, pt. 2, 558.] BREEDON. Quern-stone and iron pins, possibly not prehistoric. [Evans, Stone Imp. 259.] BURROUGH HILL. Neolithic flint arrow-head found in association with human remains. [M. Browne, op. cit. 34]. Remains of late Celtic bucket, now in Leicester Museum. CLIFF HILL. Ground flint celt, 7 in. long, with expanding edges and partially ground all over, found in 1858; now in Leicester Museum. [Evans, Stone Imp. 103.] Limestone pestle, 12 in. long and 2 Jin. in diameter, now in Leicester Museum. [Evans, Stone Imp. 254.] CROFT. Early form of flat bronze celt ; possibly the same as one now in Leicester Museum. [Nichols, Hist. Leic. iv, pt. 2, p. 606.] CROXTON (SOUTH). Small Neolithic scraper of flint of curious and unusual form, and partly shaped by natural forces. Now in Leicester Museum. GREAT EASTON. Bronze check-piece of a bridle-bit, 3jin. long, fin. across in the centre, and about in. at the small end (resembling other examples found at Polden Hill, Somerset, now in British Museum) ; was found here some years ago, and is now in the Leicester Museum. 175