. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. * Vol. xxvii. p. 238. 96 POLISHED CELTS. [CHAP. VI. ing from 2£ inches at edge to If at butt, 9£ in length, and If thick,found in a peat moss at Cowshill-in-Weardale, Durham. A thin, flat form of celt, still presenting the same character of section,is represented in Fig. 51. The original is formed of a hard, nearlyblack clay-slate, and was found at Oulston, in the North Riding of York-shire. Like so many others which I have described, it is in-the collection of the Rev. W. Greenwell, , of Durham. A celt of greensto


. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. * Vol. xxvii. p. 238. 96 POLISHED CELTS. [CHAP. VI. ing from 2£ inches at edge to If at butt, 9£ in length, and If thick,found in a peat moss at Cowshill-in-Weardale, Durham. A thin, flat form of celt, still presenting the same character of section,is represented in Fig. 51. The original is formed of a hard, nearlyblack clay-slate, and was found at Oulston, in the North Riding of York-shire. Like so many others which I have described, it is in-the collection of the Rev. W. Greenwell, , of Durham. A celt of greenstone, 4f inches long, of the same character, but thickerand with straighter sides, was found at Newton, Aberdeenshire, and isin the Antiquarian Museurn at Edinburgh, where is also another, in OUt-.


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