. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. 512 RIVER-DRIFT IMPLEMENTS. [CHAP. XXIII. extent as those near Brandon, the gravel being only dug forthe repairs of the parish roads ; but several well-fashioned imple-ments have been found in it, mostly of pointed form. Some implements have also been found at a lower level in thegravel on the slope of the hill towards the Fens, and close to the. Tiff. 444.—Valley of ihe Link, or of ihe Little Ouse. \ main street of Lakenheath ; amongst them one of ovate form mostskilfully chipped into shape. The curious implement shown
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. 512 RIVER-DRIFT IMPLEMENTS. [CHAP. XXIII. extent as those near Brandon, the gravel being only dug forthe repairs of the parish roads ; but several well-fashioned imple-ments have been found in it, mostly of pointed form. Some implements have also been found at a lower level in thegravel on the slope of the hill towards the Fens, and close to the. Tiff. 444.—Valley of ihe Link, or of ihe Little Ouse. \ main street of Lakenheath ; amongst them one of ovate form mostskilfully chipped into shape. The curious implement shown in Fig. 444, and which was presentedto me by the Rev. W. Greenwell, , was procured from a Laken-heath workman, but it is not certain whether it was found in the gravelnear that place, or in one of the pits near Brandon. It diners from allother implements I have seen from the liiver Drift, in having an oblique SHRUB HILL, FELTWELL. 5J3 hatchet-like edge at the end, so that the side view somewhat resemblesthat of the iron Francisca of Saxon times. A considerable portion ofthe original crust of the flint remains at the butt-end. Until otherspecimens of the same form are discovered, it is hardly safe to regardthis as furnishing an example of a new type of implement; yet itssymmetry and character seem to prove that it was designedly chippedinto this form, to fulfil some special purpose. It will be best to po
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