. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. n Fig. 437, the originalof which, with several others, was presented to the Christy Collection bythe Rev. W. W. Poley. It lias been formed from a large broad flake, theflat face of which is not shown in the figure, and has been chipped to a BROMEHILL, WEETING. 505 bevelled segmental edge, so that it assumes the form of a broad or11 side scraper, resembling in character some of the implements from thecave of Le Moustier, in the Dordogne. Mr. Greenwell has a thick flake from Santon Downham, 4-j incheslong and 1\ inches wid
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. n Fig. 437, the originalof which, with several others, was presented to the Christy Collection bythe Rev. W. W. Poley. It lias been formed from a large broad flake, theflat face of which is not shown in the figure, and has been chipped to a BROMEHILL, WEETING. 505 bevelled segmental edge, so that it assumes the form of a broad or11 side scraper, resembling in character some of the implements from thecave of Le Moustier, in the Dordogne. Mr. Greenwell has a thick flake from Santon Downham, 4-j incheslong and 1\ inches wide, trimmed at the butt-end to a semicircularscraper-like edge. Viewed,as a whole, the implements from Santon Downhampresent a higher degree of finish, and a greater skill in chippingthe required forms out of flint, than those found in the gravels ofany other part of the valley of the Little Ouse, or, it may perhapsbe added, of England or France. Following the course of the river, the next spot at which flintimplements have been found in the gravel is a pit known as the. Fig. 437.—Santon Downham. Bromehill or Broomhill Pit, in the parish of Weeting, and on theNorfolk side of the Little Ouse, about a mile and a quarter east ofBrandon. The gravel here is at a lower level than that at SantonDownham, or even Eedhill, its base not being more than six oreight feet above the river, to which it is close. Mr. Flower * hasdescribed the spot, but his description of the section, and of theposition in which the implements are found, does not completelycoincide with mine. On the occasion of one of my visits to this * Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc, 1869, vol. xxv. pp. 272, 449. 506 RIVER-DRIFT IMPLEMENTS. [CHAP. XXIII. pit, in July,* 1868, in company with Mr. Flower, the sectionexposed was 24 feet in height, from the chalk at its base to thesuperficial soil at the summit. The upper part of the sectionshowed sand, with a few gravelly seams, and from 8 to 10 feet inthickness ; at the base of this, a
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