. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. with an oval section, is given in Fig. original is of dark greenstone, and was fonnd in Forfarshire. It luin the Antiquarian Museum at Edinburgh. I have a larger celt of thesame form. Si inches long and 1| inches wide, formed of a close-grainedgrit, and found at Sherburn, Yorkshire. Messrs. Mortimer have anotherof schist, 4^ inches long and If inches wide, from Thixendale, form occurs, though rarely, in Ireland. A much larger celt, of metamorphic rock, 8^ inches long, 3 inchesbroad at the edge and I
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. with an oval section, is given in Fig. original is of dark greenstone, and was fonnd in Forfarshire. It luin the Antiquarian Museum at Edinburgh. I have a larger celt of thesame form. Si inches long and 1| inches wide, formed of a close-grainedgrit, and found at Sherburn, Yorkshire. Messrs. Mortimer have anotherof schist, 4^ inches long and If inches wide, from Thixendale, form occurs, though rarely, in Ireland. A much larger celt, of metamorphic rock, 8^ inches long, 3 inchesbroad at the edge and If inches at the butt, 1| inches thick, was foundon Throckley Fell, Northumberland, and is in the Museum at Newcastle. Fig. 74 gives a shorter form of implement, truncated at the butt. Theoriginal, which is in my own collection, is formed of greenstone, and wasfound at Easton, near Bridlington, by Mr. E. Tindall. It is carefullypolished towards the edge, but at the butt it is roughened, apparentlywith the intention of rendering it more capable of adhesion to its
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