. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. s long. Mr. Cunnington, , has a small celt of this kind from Morton, nearDorchester. I have a thick celt of this class, 8 inches long and 2£ incheswide at the edge, from Wicken Fen, Cambridge. Though in part groundon the faces, the edge, which has probably been re-chipped, is left roughand unground. The same is the case with some French celts. , of Fimber, have specimens of the same class. One of these,4f inches long and 2 inches wide at the edge, is from Garton, Yorkshire ;another similar, but less
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. s long. Mr. Cunnington, , has a small celt of this kind from Morton, nearDorchester. I have a thick celt of this class, 8 inches long and 2£ incheswide at the edge, from Wicken Fen, Cambridge. Though in part groundon the faces, the edge, which has probably been re-chipped, is left roughand unground. The same is the case with some French celts. , of Fimber, have specimens of the same class. One of these,4f inches long and 2 inches wide at the edge, is from Garton, Yorkshire ;another similar, but less taper, 4§ inches long and inches wide, isfrom Lady Graves, near Fimber, where also a ruder celt of the samecharacter was found. I have a small celt 3 inches long, of the sameclass, from Seamer, Yorkshire. One of dark flint, slightly curved, 5£inches long, 2 inches wide, § inch thick, found at South Slipperfield,West Linton, Peeblesshire, is preserved in the Antiquarian Museum atEdinburgh. | It was the cutting end of a celt of this class, sharp at the sides, and. Fig. 35—Mildenhall. ? Vest. Ant. Derby, p. 43. Cat., p. 31. f Froc. Soc. Ant. Scot., vi. p. 178. EXPANDING AT THE END. 83 ground only at the edge, which is said to have been found embeddedin the skull of a Bos primigenius* in a fen near Cambridge. The skulland implement have been deposited by Mr. Carter in the WoodwardianMuseum. In the collection of Mr. K. Fitch, , is a small flintadze of this character, but rather narrower, and very much thinner inproportion. It is 4£ inches long, about If inches broad, and only ^inch thick. It is considerably curved in the direction of its length, andbears only slight traces of grinding at the edge, which is segmental. Itwas found at Santon Downham, Suffolk. A celt of the form of Fig. 35, found with flint knives and other implements
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