Gents Mag 1858 part 1 p.68
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Gentleman's Magazine 1858 part 1 p.68
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Roman Finds, Westmorland
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At a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries. December 10. ... ... ... SIR GEORGE MUSGRAVE, Bart., exhibited, through Mr. W. A. Franks, a collection of Roman remains, found chiefly in the county of Westmoreland. They consist of several objects discovered at Kirkby Thore, on the river Troutbeck, on making the foundations of a new bridge, in the year 1838, - comprising a bronze ligula, five bow-shaped fibulae, and four ring-shaped fibulae. Also four bow-shaped Roman and two enamelled fibulae, one of them crescent-shaped, the other in the form of a cock - and the upper ornament and the chape or lower end of a scabbard of Romano-Celtic workmanship. With these was included a very fine gold Roman ring found near Thursby, in Cumberland, in the year 1836. This interesting collection is destined by the liberal owner as a present to the British Museum. ... ... |
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