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A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK boss, the latter being attached to the wooden framework by five circular studs. There was no trace of a leather facing, and the ' war-board ' had apparently been constructed of seven or more narrow strips, about | in. thick, held together by a dozen slight iron cramps | in, long, six being found in position. Another grave in the same direction, 12 ft. to the north-east, contained a spear-head, and a third 21 ft. south-west proved to be that of a woman, buried in the east and west position. This was carefully excavated with interesting results. At the head was a large flint, and on the left of the waist an iron knife and iron ' girdle-hanger ' in the form of a double hook, just above these being a bronze clasp with remains of woollen fabric adhering. On the breast a similar clasp, with more cloth and plentiful traces of wood, which suggested the busks of a bodice. At the neck was a gilt bronze cruci- form brooch 51 in, long, with remains of cloth of two qualities, and on either side a penannular brooch, while under the chin was a necklace of amber, glass-paste, and rock-crystal beads, arranged in threes separated by single beads of large size. Another large brooch had stained the left ulna, and the body had been protected by planks and coarse wheat straw. It was further noticed that the large brooch at the neck was without a pin at the back, and had been sewn on to a twill garment of open texture, the broken wings of the head being thus kept in position. Further, the wings of the head were not cast in one piece with the stem, but added, and kept in position by an iron rod passing through a shank behind each, and by a third behind the head of the brooch, much like a specimen found in Rutland." Farther east, on the other side of the road, the graves of two children were discovered, little remaining but two small urns of black hand-made pottery (like those found by Mr. Fenton), half a gilt clasp, a few amber beads, and three bronze ferrules (possibly worn on a necklace) , There were no signs of cremation here, and the pottery consisted merely of accessory vessels placed in the grave possibly to contain offerings to the dead. A tinned bronze badge in the form of a fish (fig. 9), the third Fig. 9.— Bronze Badge (?) of Fish Form, Warren specimen in England, WaS found Hill, Mildenhall {{) at Warren Hill, and is now in Mr. Fenton's possession. One came from Kenninghall, just beyond the northern border of the county,*' and the other from Kempston, Bedford." All are from recognized Anglo- Saxon burying-places, the Suffolk specimen having been found with half a bracelet clasp, in what was doubtless an interment ; and all agree so closely in shape and dimensions that there can be no question as to their common origin and purpose. What the latter was is, however, not quite certain, but the rivets point to their use as badges, perhaps on the front of the shield, and it is just possible that this form was chosen in allusion to the Early Christian use of the fish as a symbol of Christianity, the letters of the Greek word for fish being the initials of a Christian confession of faith." " Pro. Soc. An/if. xix, 196 ; KC.H. Rut. i, 102. «» F.C.H. Norf. i, 34,0. " y.C.H. Beds, i, 183 (with fig.). " O. M. Dalton, Guide to Early Christiai: ord Byzantine Antiq. (Brit. Mus.), 16. 342