. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. there found in thegreatest abundance. That herefigured is in the British Museum. Itis of mottled close-grained stone,beautifully finished, and was found ina turf pit on Windy Harbour Farm,near Pendle, Lancashire. § It is moreslender than the generality of theimplements of this class, which inoutline usually more closely resem-ble Fig. 77, which, however, has acutting edge at each end. Theysometimes slightly expand towardsthe butt-end. I have a more roughly finishedimplement of this class, with thetwo faces faceted longit
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. there found in thegreatest abundance. That herefigured is in the British Museum. Itis of mottled close-grained stone,beautifully finished, and was found ina turf pit on Windy Harbour Farm,near Pendle, Lancashire. § It is moreslender than the generality of theimplements of this class, which inoutline usually more closely resem-ble Fig. 77, which, however, has acutting edge at each end. Theysometimes slightly expand towardsthe butt-end. I have a more roughly finishedimplement of this class, with thetwo faces faceted longitudinally,found near Wigton, Cumberland,and formerly in the CrosthwaiteMuseum at Keswick. It is formedof felspathic ash, much decomposedon the surface, and 9 inches larger specimens of similarcharacter are now in the ChristyCollection. One of them is 13| Fig. 61.—Near Pendle, Lancashire. -J inches in length. The Kev. W. Greenwell, , has an implement of this type, butwith the sides straighter, and the angles rounded, found at Holme, on *8 ? sfe?i ~\l. * See Acct. of Soc. Ant. of Scot., p. 55. t Hone Ferales, pi. ii. 11. X Horze Ferales, pi. ii. 13. Arch. Journ., xv. p. 178. § Horre Ferales, pi. ii. 7. SO LARGE AS TO BE TAKEN FOR CLUBS. 107 Spalding Moor, Yorkshire. It is of hone-stone, 7 inches long, 2£ inchesbroad at the edge, but tapering to lj inches at the butt. He possessesanother of felstone, 12f inches long, and 2^ wide at edge, found atGreat Salkeld, Cumberland. There is a celt of this type in the Blackmore Museum, 13} inches long,3| inches wide, and 1^ inches thick; the butt-end round and sharpened,though the edge has been removed by grinding. It is said to have beenfound, 5 or 6 feet deep in gravel, at Shaw Hall,* near Flixton, , in the same collection, 8 inches long, 3 inches broad, and1| inches thick, was found near Keswick. What from the engraving would appear to be a large implement of thiskind, has been described by Mr. Cuming
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