. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. I 4 ii^. l^tj.—.Scgiilli. § which it was no doubt originally accompanied, had entirely gone todecay. It was an axe-head somewhat of this character, but sharper at thehammer end, that was found in an urn, near Broughton in Craven, in1675, and with it a small bronze dagger (with a tang and single rivethole) and a hone. It is described and figured by Hearne | * 2^roc. Soc. Ant., 2nd 8., vol. iv. p. 60. t Thoresbys Cat. in Whitakers ed. of Ducatus Leod., p. 114. X Lelands Coll., vol. iv. vi. AXE-HAMMERS HOLLO\^ED
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. I 4 ii^. l^tj.—.Scgiilli. § which it was no doubt originally accompanied, had entirely gone todecay. It was an axe-head somewhat of this character, but sharper at thehammer end, that was found in an urn, near Broughton in Craven, in1675, and with it a small bronze dagger (with a tang and single rivethole) and a hone. It is described and figured by Hearne | * 2^roc. Soc. Ant., 2nd 8., vol. iv. p. 60. t Thoresbys Cat. in Whitakers ed. of Ducatus Leod., p. 114. X Lelands Coll., vol. iv. vi. AXE-HAMMERS HOLLO\^ED ON THE FACES. 187 regarded it as Danish. It is described as of sjieckled marble polished,6 inches long and 3^ inches broad, with the edge at one end bluntedby use. A still greater elaboration of form is exhibited in Fig. 137, from an. Fig. 137.—Kiiklington. implement found at Kirklington, Yorkshire, and in the collection of theRev. W. Greenwell, It is of basalt, worked to a flat oval at thehammer end, and to a curved cutting edge at the other. The two facesare ground concave, and the shaft-hole is nearly parallel. This axe- 188 PERFORATED AXES. [chap. VIII. hammer is of larger size than usual when of this form, being 8 inches inlength. Nearly similar weapons have been frequently found in barrows. Onesuch, of greenstone, about 4 inches long, was found by Mr. CharlesWarne, , in a barrow at Winterbourn Steepleton, near Dorchester,associated with burnt bones. He has given a figure* of it, which,by his kindness, I here reproduce as Fig. 138. An extremely similar specimen, found near Claughton Hall, Garstang,Lancashire, is engraved in the Arelu/olui/ical It is said tohave been found in a wooden case, together with an iron axe, spear-head,sword, and hammer, in cutting through a tumulus in 1822. T
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