. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 338.—Fimber. Fig. 339.—Hungry Bentley. Fig. 340.—Caithness. shown in Fig. 339, was found in a barrow at Hungry Bentley, Derby-shire, by Mr. J. F. Lucas, in whose collection it is preserved. It hadbeen buried together with a jet ornament and beads, subsequentlydescribed, in an urn containing burnt bones. The single-winged form is of rare occurrence in Scotland, but whatappears to be an arrow-head of this kind, from Caithness,* has beenengraved by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and the cut is here,by their ki
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 338.—Fimber. Fig. 339.—Hungry Bentley. Fig. 340.—Caithness. shown in Fig. 339, was found in a barrow at Hungry Bentley, Derby-shire, by Mr. J. F. Lucas, in whose collection it is preserved. It hadbeen buried together with a jet ornament and beads, subsequentlydescribed, in an urn containing burnt bones. The single-winged form is of rare occurrence in Scotland, but whatappears to be an arrow-head of this kind, from Caithness,* has beenengraved by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and the cut is here,by their kindness, reproduced. Another from Urquhart is in the Edin-burgh Museum. The same form is found in rather greater abundancein the North of Ireland. A somewhat analogous shape from Italy hasbeen figured by The varieties here engraved of single-barbed triangular arrow-headsare, I think, enough to establish them as a distinct class, though I amnot aware of their having been observed among the antiquities of anyother country than the United Kingdom, nor am
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