. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. ynessle, Aberdeenshire,and the other in another part ofScotland. The material is de-scribed as a soft calcareous of steatite or pot-stone,with a large unpierced handle,was found in a cairn at Drum-kesk,j near Aboyne, Aberdeen-shire ; and two others, one withthe handle projecting from the Fis- sea.—ScoUauu. side, and the other with a long straight handle, at Strathdon,§ in thesame county. Two others, one of them of micaceous sandstone, orna-mented with a band of rudely cut projecting knobs, and the other with *
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. ynessle, Aberdeenshire,and the other in another part ofScotland. The material is de-scribed as a soft calcareous of steatite or pot-stone,with a large unpierced handle,was found in a cairn at Drum-kesk,j near Aboyne, Aberdeen-shire ; and two others, one withthe handle projecting from the Fis- sea.—ScoUauu. side, and the other with a long straight handle, at Strathdon,§ in thesame county. Two others, one of them of micaceous sandstone, orna-mented with a band of rudely cut projecting knobs, and the other with * Arch. Journ., vol. iii. p. 257 ; iv. p. 327 ; vi. p. 385; ix. p. 185 ; x. p. 2 ; 166. Proc. Soc. Ant., vol. iv. p. 148. Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot., vol. i. p. 45 ; 33 ; iv. p. 383 ; v. p. 109 ; vi. pp. 48, 209. Jour)?. Ethnol. Soc, vol. ii. p. AZliana, vol. iv. p. 107. The Barrow Diggers, p. 77. t Vol. i. p. 117. Wilsons Preh. Ann. of vol. i. p. 207. % Proc. Soc. Ant., 2nd S., vol. iii. p. 266. § Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot., vol. v. pp. 30, 398 SPINDLE-WHORLS, DISCS, SLICKSTONES, ETC. [CHAP. XX.
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