. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. In somecelts, however, the broad end is so much rounded that they can hardlybe said to have an edge, and they have more the appearance of havingbeen used as burnishing or calendering tools. I have observed this rounding of the end in some Irish andFrench specimens, but not of flint, as wellas in one from India. Occasionally, but very seldom, acircular con-cave recess is worked on each face of the celt,apparently for the purpose of preventing it fromslipping between the thumb and finger whenheld in the hand and used eithe
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. In somecelts, however, the broad end is so much rounded that they can hardlybe said to have an edge, and they have more the appearance of havingbeen used as burnishing or calendering tools. I have observed this rounding of the end in some Irish andFrench specimens, but not of flint, as wellas in one from India. Occasionally, but very seldom, acircular con-cave recess is worked on each face of the celt,apparently for the purpose of preventing it fromslipping between the thumb and finger whenheld in the hand and used either as a chop-]iing or cutting instrument. The specimenhere engraved was kindly lent me by Mortimer, of Fimber, who found iton Acklam Wold, Yorkshire. It is of green-stone, and has been ground or polished overalmost the entire surface. The butt-end is>i(i. \ nearly flat transversely, and ground in thea sweep, so as to fit beneath the forefinger, whenheld by the thumb and middle finger placed in the recesses on the* Vestiges of the Ants, of Derbysh., p. Fig. 86.—Weston, Norfolk.
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