Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county . rtion in the cleft shaft. (Of popularjiperstitions relating to these objects in North Britain, see Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, page 124, and DalyelFs\arker Superstitions of Scotland, pp. 354, 358.)—The Duke ofWchmond; who presented them to the Institute., Two stone weapons, found in Scotland, one of them a maul orle-head of unusual and massive dimensions. It is perforated forjhaft; the length is eight inches and a half; greatest breadth, fiveIches and a half; greatest thickness, two inches
Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county . rtion in the cleft shaft. (Of popularjiperstitions relating to these objects in North Britain, see Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, page 124, and DalyelFs\arker Superstitions of Scotland, pp. 354, 358.)—The Duke ofWchmond; who presented them to the Institute., Two stone weapons, found in Scotland, one of them a maul orle-head of unusual and massive dimensions. It is perforated forjhaft; the length is eight inches and a half; greatest breadth, fiveIches and a half; greatest thickness, two inches and three-eighths,jee woodcut.) This ponderous weapon, formed of a piece of(ratified rock, was found in one of the three trenches which sur-jund the top of the hill called Cummings Camp, at Barra,junty of Aberdeen, and often termed a Pictish fortress. The otherI a celt of more ordinary form: one end has a cutting edge, the•^her is sharply pointed. Length, nine inches. It was found in a 294 ARCU^OLOGICAL INSTITUTE Druidical circle in the same part of Scotland.—The Rev. S. H\
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