blown." The Diarist added that the sword and dagger were unfortunately broken in digging, but that he saw some fragments which he recognised as bronze.

The spear head shown in Fig. 7 is the property of Mr. James W. Cursiter, Kirkwall, who is possessed of a most extensive and valuable collection of Orkney and

Shetland antiquities. It " measures 1034

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inches in length, the socket projecting 35/8 inches beyond the blade, which is 63/g inches in length by 234 inches in extreme breadth. The blade is strengthened by two ribs nearly parallel to the edge. each side of the socket is a loop of peculiar character, flat, and formed of a lozengeshaped projection 1 inch long and 3/4 of an inch broad." It was found under a depth of about 4 feet of moss, by a man casting peats at the east side of Sweening Voe, Lunnasting. The spear head is specially interesting as proving that weapons of the Bronze Period found their way to

Shetland, though very few traces of them now remain.

OVAL BROOCHES OF BRONZE.

The brooch, Fig. 8, illustrated here is

FIG. 8.-Oval Bowl-shaped Brooch of Bronze.

one of a pair of oval, shell-shaped breast clasps, 4 inches in length and 21⁄2 inches in breadth, found at Clibberswick, Unst. The design consists of six projecting and pierced ornaments, within which are the indications of six studs, to which stones or

glass ornaments were probably originally attached. The whole being enclosed by mouldings and rope design. The brooches were probably worn by women, one on each breast, and the trefoil-shaped ornament (Fig. 9) shown below may have been used as a clasp. They probably belong to the close of the ninth century.

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