. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. * Proe. Soc. Ant., 2nd S., vol. i. p. 71. f Arch. Jotini., vol. xvii. p. 171 PROBABLY USED FOR POUNDING FOOD 219 The circular stone from Upton Lovel Barrow,* engraved by Sir R. ColtHoare, appears to be a hammer, or, more probably, a rubbing-stone, butit is worn to a ridge all round the periphery. I have a precisely similarinstrument from Ireland. Several such discoidal stones, somewhatfaceted on their periphery, were found by the Hon. W. 0. Stanley,, in his examination of the ancient circular habitations in HolyheadI
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. * Proe. Soc. Ant., 2nd S., vol. i. p. 71. f Arch. Jotini., vol. xvii. p. 171 PROBABLY USED FOR POUNDING FOOD 219 The circular stone from Upton Lovel Barrow,* engraved by Sir R. ColtHoare, appears to be a hammer, or, more probably, a rubbing-stone, butit is worn to a ridge all round the periphery. I have a precisely similarinstrument from Ireland. Several such discoidal stones, somewhatfaceted on their periphery, were found by the Hon. W. 0. Stanley,, in his examination of the ancient circular habitations in HolyheadIsland, and some are engraved in the ArcluBological Journal.\ An almost spherical stone, but flattened above and below, where thesurface is slightly polished, was found in Whittington Wood, Gloucester-shire, and exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries in 1866. J It is ofquartzite, about 3 inches in diameter. Another, of the same size, ofdepressed spherical form, was found in Denbighshire, § and another flatdisc of quartz in Aberdeenshire.|| Pebbles that have been used
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