. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 141.—Upton Lovel. $. Fig. 142.—Thames, Londo;i. flat in one direction, forms a Semicircular sweep, answering in form tothe cutting edge at the other end. The two sides are ornamented with aslight groove, extending across them parallel to the centre of the shaft-hole. The material of which this axe-hammer is made appears to beserpentine. It was found in the Thames at London, and is in the BritishMuseum. The very neatly formed instrument represented in Fig. 143 seems to * Archeeol. vol. xviii. p. 168. Arch. Ass
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 141.—Upton Lovel. $. Fig. 142.—Thames, Londo;i. flat in one direction, forms a Semicircular sweep, answering in form tothe cutting edge at the other end. The two sides are ornamented with aslight groove, extending across them parallel to the centre of the shaft-hole. The material of which this axe-hammer is made appears to beserpentine. It was found in the Thames at London, and is in the BritishMuseum. The very neatly formed instrument represented in Fig. 143 seems to * Archeeol. vol. xviii. p. 168. Arch. Assoc. Journ., vol. xvi. p. 295,pi. xxv. 8; Trans. Mist. Soc. lane, and Chesh., vol. xii. p. •Guide cUs Tomistes, &c, dans le Morbihan, 18»4, p. ? South Wilts, Tumuli, pi. v. ; Arch., vol. xv. pi. v. 1. § Supra, p. 75. CONSTANTLY FOUND IN BAKROWS. 191 occupy an intermediate place between a battle-axe and a mace or fightinghammer. It is rounded in both directions at the butt-end, but, insteadof having a sharp edge at the other end, it is brought to a somewhatrounded point. Th
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