. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Mexican examples, and of theirnot having been spear or lance-heads. I have another blade of this kind found inBurwell Fen, Cambridge, about 5f inches inlength and 1^ inches in,width. At about 3|-inches from the point there is on either side aFig. 266.—Burnt Fen. a slight notch ; beyond this there is a narrowprojection, and then the width of the blade is suddenly reduced bya full eighth of an inch on either side, so as to leave a sort of this and the butt, at intervals of about an inch, there are oneach s
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Mexican examples, and of theirnot having been spear or lance-heads. I have another blade of this kind found inBurwell Fen, Cambridge, about 5f inches inlength and 1^ inches in,width. At about 3|-inches from the point there is on either side aFig. 266.—Burnt Fen. a slight notch ; beyond this there is a narrowprojection, and then the width of the blade is suddenly reduced bya full eighth of an inch on either side, so as to leave a sort of this and the butt, at intervals of about an inch, there are oneach side two other notches, as if to assist in fastening the blade intoa shaft or handle. There has in this case been no attempt to removethe edges by grinding. In the Christy Collection is another of these blades, 5f inches long,with a notch on either side about l£ inches from the butt. It is un-certain where it was found. One with a notch at each side about mid length was found at HarePark,t Cambridge. A beautifully formed blade, chipped square at the base, and with a. * Skeltons Meyricks Armour, vol. i. pi. xlvi. 5. f Arch. Jonrn., vol. xvii. p. 170. NOTCHED. AT THE SIDES. 315 series of notches along the sides towards the butt, was found at ArborLow, Derbyshire, and is in the collection of Mr. J. F. Lucas, who hasobligingly lent it to me for engraving, as Fig. 267. It has beenengraved full size by Mr. Llewellynn Jewitt.* In the Wiltshire barrows, explored by Sir Hoare, were several of these daggers. One,t6£ inches long and If inches wide, was foundwith a skeleton beneath a large sarsen stone near Durrington Walls, in company with a smallwhetstone, a cone and ring of jet like a pulley,and two small discoidal scrapers. Another,J ofmuch the same form and size as Fig. 264, oc-curred in company with a drinking-cup, and whatwas probably a whetstone of ligniformed as-bestos, at the feet of a skeleton in a barrow nearStonehenge. Others have also been found in the barrows ofDer
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