. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. med by thejunction of two facets, from which flakes have been struck off. I haveseen others of the same character from near the Bartlow Hills, Cambs.,and from Sussex. Others, from 4f to 6 inches in length, from Burwell,Wicken, and Bottisham Fens, are preserved in the Museum of the Cam-bridge Antiquarian Society, and in my own collection. The Rev. well, , has a specimen 7f inches long, from Burnt have also a French implement of this kind from the neighbourhoodof Abbeville. Implements with the peculiar
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. med by thejunction of two facets, from which flakes have been struck off. I haveseen others of the same character from near the Bartlow Hills, Cambs.,and from Sussex. Others, from 4f to 6 inches in length, from Burwell,Wicken, and Bottisham Fens, are preserved in the Museum of the Cam-bridge Antiquarian Society, and in my own collection. The Rev. well, , has a specimen 7f inches long, from Burnt have also a French implement of this kind from the neighbourhoodof Abbeville. Implements with the peculiar edge, of the same character, are foundin Denmark. Indeed, the edges of the common form of Kjokken-moddingaxes* are usually produced in the same manner, by the intersection oftwo facets, each formed by a single blow, though the resulting edge isgenerally nearly straight. Closely approaching this Danish form is that of a celt of brown flint, * Madsen, Afbild., pi. iii. 1 to 3. Kgl. Danske Vidensh. Selshabs Forhand., 1861,Fig. 1. 62 CHIPPED OR ROUGH-HEWN CELTS. [chap.
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