. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. -Near pin Fi|,r. 81.âNear Malton to assist in securing * Jan. 7, 1868. See also Reliquary, voL viii. p. Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, vol. ii., pi. xliv. 124 POLISHED CELTS. [chap. VI. Another form, with the blade reduced in width for about half its length,so as to form a sort of tang, is engraved by Squier and Davis.* The celt engraved in Fig. 82 pre-sents an abrupt shoulder on oneside only, which, however, is in thiscase probably due to the form ofthe pebble from which it was made,a portion of which ha
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. -Near pin Fi|,r. 81.âNear Malton to assist in securing * Jan. 7, 1868. See also Reliquary, voL viii. p. Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, vol. ii., pi. xliv. 124 POLISHED CELTS. [chap. VI. Another form, with the blade reduced in width for about half its length,so as to form a sort of tang, is engraved by Squier and Davis.* The celt engraved in Fig. 82 pre-sents an abrupt shoulder on oneside only, which, however, is in thiscase probably due to the form ofthe pebble from which it was made,a portion of which had split off alonga line of natural cleavage. It is formedof a reddish, close-grained porphyriticrock, and is subquadrate in section atthe butt. It was found at Mennithorpe,Yorkshire, and is in the collection ofthe Rev. W. Greenwell, Inthe same collection is a thin celt ofclay-slate, 4f inches long, of muchthe same form, but rounded at theshoulder. It was found at Ryedale,in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Some of these shouldered imple-ments may have been intended for useFig. 82.â
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