. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. ave beenstruck have occurred in the cave, of which orie(No. 1970) is represented, on the scale of on,-half, in Fig. 401. Curiously enough, among the animal remainsis a portion of a large canine tooth of a bear,with the edges chipped away, so as much to resemble a worked flake. Of the stone implements not consisting of flint or chert, perhapsthe most remarkable is the hammer-stone (No. 597), shown on thescale of one-half, in Fig. 402. It is formed from a pebble of coarse,hard, red sandstone, the outer sur-face of which is
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. ave beenstruck have occurred in the cave, of which orie(No. 1970) is represented, on the scale of on,-half, in Fig. 401. Curiously enough, among the animal remainsis a portion of a large canine tooth of a bear,with the edges chipped away, so as much to resemble a worked flake. Of the stone implements not consisting of flint or chert, perhapsthe most remarkable is the hammer-stone (No. 597), shown on thescale of one-half, in Fig. 402. It is formed from a pebble of coarse,hard, red sandstone, the outer sur-face of which is still retained onthe two flatter faces of the stone;but all round, with the exceptionof a small patch, the edge of theoriginal pebble has been batteredaway by hammering, until the wholehas been brought into an almostcheese-like form. It was found in Fi*-402—Kents Cavern- <597-) *1865, between one and two feet deep in the red cave-earth, overwhich lay an enormous block of limestone, but no mentions, among the objects which he discovered, a ball. Fig. 401.—KentsCavern. (1970.)
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