. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. * Arch. Camb., 2ndS., vol. ii. p. 292. f Arch. Jonrn., vol. xvii. p. 60. STEMMED AND BARBED ARROW-HEADS. 343 body, in a barrow at Rudstone, near Bridlington, by the Rev. W Green-well, The ends of the barbs thus chipped straight sometimes, as in Fig. 812,form a straight line. Occasionally, as in the arrow-heads found by SirR. Colt Hoare in one of the Everley barrows,* the base of the barbsforms an obtuse angle with the sides of the arrow-head, so that there isa sharp point at the inner side of the barbs. In others
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. * Arch. Camb., 2ndS., vol. ii. p. 292. f Arch. Jonrn., vol. xvii. p. 60. STEMMED AND BARBED ARROW-HEADS. 343 body, in a barrow at Rudstone, near Bridlington, by the Rev. W Green-well, The ends of the barbs thus chipped straight sometimes, as in Fig. 812,form a straight line. Occasionally, as in the arrow-heads found by SirR. Colt Hoare in one of the Everley barrows,* the base of the barbsforms an obtuse angle with the sides of the arrow-head, so that there isa sharp point at the inner side of the barbs. In others the end formsan acute angle with the sides of the arrow-head, so that the point of eachbarb is at the outer side. A beautiful specimen of this kind is shown inFig. 319. It is one of six, varying in size and somewhat in shape, butall beautifully worked, found in barrows on Lamborne Down, Berks,and now in the British Museum. In some few instances the sides ofthe arrow-head are rather ogival in form (like the Scotch specimen,.
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