five flint implements, and the fragments of two Roman cinerary urns. These are the only documents which tell us anything about the people who had their homes in the country around, and their "place of refuge" behind the earthwork, the ditch, and the rampart. That the fort itself was not used as a place of residence seems to be fairly established. Mr. I. C. Gould, in thanking Mr. Howarth, pointed out that, as a rule, the later Celts fixed on a flat-topped hill for their forts, and that a ridged hill, as here, i.e., with so-called "hog-" or "razor-back," is evidence of early date. He would fix the formation of this fort at quite five hundred years before the coming of the Romans; while the Roman urns of dark grey ware would seem to show that the conquerors, as was their wont, used the camp after driving off the natives. The President, Mr. Leader, in seconding, suggested that the Duke of Norfolk should be approached, with a view to saving this interesting relic of antiquity permanently from the ubiquitous and rapacious builder.1 The drive was continued to Ecclesfield, where the church, locally known as "the Minster of the Moors," was described by the President. His Paper is printed above, pp. 153-156. The most interesting relic in the church is to be seen near the south door. This is the base and one shaft of an undoubted Saxon double cross, which was recently found buried just outside the west door, and by it the history of the settlement, if not of the church itself, is carried back to Saxon times. The sculpture on the face of the remaining shaft, as the accompanying illustration shows, consists of inscribed crosses in panels bordered with interlacing scroll pattern, and the stone is beautifully tooled. A return was then made to the city for lunch, after which the members spent an enjoyable afternoon at Queen's Tower, where they were entertained at a garden party given by Mr. Samuel Roberts, M.P. The Members of the Association, with many other guests, were received in the pleasant grounds of their host's beautiful residence by Mr. and Mrs. Roberts and Miss Roberts. Nearly all the members present at the Congress had accepted invitations; and among the other visitors were the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Alderman Brittain, Rev. Canon Julian, Rev. Canon Mason (Rector of Whitwell), Rev. Wm. Odom, Alderman and Mrs. Geo. Senior, Councillor Nowill, Mr. Porter, 1 Mr. Gould's further remarks on the subject of Wincobank will be found in his Paper (pp. 29-42). As there stated, the Camp has been saved by the gift of the site by the Duke of Norfolk to the Corporation of Sheffield, in response to the representa tions of the Association. Dr. John Stokes, Dr. Manton, Mr. W. A. Milner, Mr. Jackson Smith, Mr. T. H. Waterhouse, Mr. A. H. Holland, Mr. E. Howarth, Mr. J. R. Wigfull, Mr. S. Smith, Mr. Wm. Parkin, and others. A pleasant half-hour was spent in conversation on the lawn; meanwhile light refreshments were served, and subsequently the company proceeded to view "Queen Mary's window," that portion of Sheffield Manor which, in 1839, Mr. Roberts's grandfather had removed to its present position. Mr. Roberts expressed his pleasure at being able to welcome the Association, and gave a short description of the ruin. His grandfather, he said, who was an admirer of Mary Queen of Scots, when building Queen's Tower, obtained permission from the then Duke of Norfolk to remove this part of the Manor, which was falling into ruins, and was being carried away by the people of the district. This was the traditional window, called "Queen Mary's window," which formed the end of the long gallery of the Manor. Some of them, as archæologists, might say that the Manor ought not to have been removed, but his grandfather's chief intention was to preserve it; and had he not taken the action he did, the window would in all probability have been destroyed. Mr. Roberts also showed his guests the traditional key of Sheffield Manor, which had been given to his father in 1849 by Joseph Hunter, the historian of Hallamshire, in a letter in which he said that he thought Queen's Tower was the proper place to deposit the old Manor relic. In concluding his remarks, Mr. Roberts congratulated the Association on having Mr. R. E. Leader as their President. Mr. Leader said that whilst they would prefer to see the Manor in the same way that it was known to Queen Mary and to Cardinal Wolsey, they were yet glad that the window had been preserved. He expressed their indebtedness to Mr. Roberts for his hospitality, and for the explanation he had given of the origin of the window. He thought all interested in archæology in Sheffield must be glad to see it. He, personally, would like to see more Sheffield gentlemen members of the Archæological Association; by becoming Associates they would get a good deal of interest from the Society, and would also have the satisfaction of knowing that they were helping to elucidate a great many things connected with English history, and to preserve many memorials of the past Dr. Birch also thanked Mr. Roberts on behalf of the Association. In the evening, at a conversazione at the Weston Park Museum, the unrivalled collection of antiquities got together by the Bateman family, from the Derbyshire barrows, was described by Mr. E. Howarth, |