. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. tslightly varying in size and details, from barrows in the Ashton Valley.\In both cases they accompanied interments of burnt bones, in oneinstance placed beneath an inverted urn ; in the other there was no urn,but an arrow-head of bone lay with the axe. An axe, 5^ inches long, of nearly the same form, but having a smalloval projection on each side opposite the shaft-hole, was found in the bedof the Severn, at Ribbesford, Worcestershire, and is now in the Museumof the Society of Antiquaries. It has been somewhat incorrect
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. tslightly varying in size and details, from barrows in the Ashton Valley.\In both cases they accompanied interments of burnt bones, in oneinstance placed beneath an inverted urn ; in the other there was no urn,but an arrow-head of bone lay with the axe. An axe, 5^ inches long, of nearly the same form, but having a smalloval projection on each side opposite the shaft-hole, was found in the bedof the Severn, at Ribbesford, Worcestershire, and is now in the Museumof the Society of Antiquaries. It has been somewhat incorrectly figuredby Allies,§ and rather better by Wright.|| An axe-head, 5r4o- inches long, of the same character as Fig. 138,but in outline more nearly resembling Fig. 137, was found at Stanwick,Yorkshire, and is now in the British Museum.*! * Celtic Tumuli of Dorset, p. 63. t South Wilts, Tumuli, pi. viii. § Ants, of Worcestershire, pi. iv. 5, p. 146. || Celt, Roman, and Saxon, p. 70. f Horao Ferales, pi. iii. 15. f Vol. vi. p. 74. AXE-HAMMERS ORNAMENTED ON THE SIDES. 189. Another axe-hammer of greenstone, with projections on the sidesopposite the centre of the hole, and with a hollow fluting near eachmargin, and carried roundon the faces below the holes,is shown in Fig. 139. Theoriginal was found by theRev. J. C. Atkinson, whohas kindly lent it me forengraving. It lay in an urnabout 17 inches high, con-taining burnt bones and somefragments of burnt flint, in alarge barrow on the SkeltonMoors, Yorkshire. In thesame barrow were found eightother urns, all containingsecondary interments. Inanother barrow, on Wester-dale Moors, Mr. Atkinsonfound a second axe-hammerof nearly the same size andform, but more hammer-likeat the end. This also hasthe channels on the is of fine-grained granite,and lay in an urn withburnt bones, a small incense-cup, and a sort of long bone bead, havinga spiral pattern upon it, and a transverse orificeinto the perforation, about the centre. In this ca
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