. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. s-bury ; beds which were Fig. 467.—Foreland, Isle of Wight. a pointed Out by Mr. Prest- wich in 1859* as likely to contain implements of the sameclass as those from the valley of the Somme. This prognos-tication was made in ignorance of the fact that already, in 1846, aPaLcolithic implement had been found near Salisbury, and hadcome into the possession of the late Dr. S. P. Woodward, of theBritish Museum, who at that time put it aside, as having littlereference to his own special studies. In 1863, however, Dr. Humphrey P
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. s-bury ; beds which were Fig. 467.—Foreland, Isle of Wight. a pointed Out by Mr. Prest- wich in 1859* as likely to contain implements of the sameclass as those from the valley of the Somme. This prognos-tication was made in ignorance of the fact that already, in 1846, aPaLcolithic implement had been found near Salisbury, and hadcome into the possession of the late Dr. S. P. Woodward, of theBritish Museum, who at that time put it aside, as having littlereference to his own special studies. In 1863, however, Dr. Humphrey P. Blackmore, of Salisbury,discovered a flint implement in the gravel at Bemerton, near thattown ; and since that time numerous other discoveries have beenmade by him in the district, and also by Mr. E. T. Stevens, Brown, and other explorers resident at Salisbury, the resultsof whose zealous researches may be seen in the admirable BlackmoreMuseum. These discoveries have been made in the valleys of the* Opening of the Blackmore Mus., p. 29. Flint Chips, p. LAKE, NEAR SALISBURY. 549 Avon and the Wiley, and also on the spur of land separating thosestreams, and on that between the Avon and the Bourne. In thevalley of the Avon they have been found at Lake, about six milesabove Salisbury; and also at Ashford, near Forolingbridge, abouttwelve miles below its junction with the Wiley and Nadder atthat city. As Lake is the highest point in the valley of theAvon proper, at which, up to the present time, flint implementshave been found in the River Drift, it will be well to notice it first. Implements were found at this spot, in 1865, by Mr. Tiffin, jun.,of Salisbury,* but only a few have since been discovered, as thegravel is little, if at alL worked; and it is therefore only on theslope of the hill, where the beds have been cut through by thedeepening of the valley, that they occur. That shown in Fig. 468is preserved in the BlackmoreMuseum. It is stained of anochreous tint
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