. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. or instance, as the concave faceof the stone axe shown in Fig. 125. I am indebted to their kindnessfor the specimen shown in Fig. 183, which consists of a short pieceof a conical nodule of flint, the large end of whichhas been used for grinding in ancient times, thestriated face being now considerably weathered. has a rubber of the same kind from Weaver-ber. m i thorpe, on the Yorkshire Wolds. A polisher of some-what similar character, but made of serpentine, has been found inthe Lake of Varese, near Milan,
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. or instance, as the concave faceof the stone axe shown in Fig. 125. I am indebted to their kindnessfor the specimen shown in Fig. 183, which consists of a short pieceof a conical nodule of flint, the large end of whichhas been used for grinding in ancient times, thestriated face being now considerably weathered. has a rubber of the same kind from Weaver-ber. m i thorpe, on the Yorkshire Wolds. A polisher of some-what similar character, but made of serpentine, has been found inthe Lake of Varese, near Milan, where a number of stone imple-ments have been discovered. Some long narrow rubbers, apparently intended for grinding outthe shaft-holes of perforated axes, have been found in the SwissLake-dwellings ; and I have a slightly conical stone, about an inchin diameter, from Mayence, which may have been used for thesame purpose. In the barrow at Cowlam, already mentioned, besides the grinding-stones of grit, there was a piece of flint roughly chipped into a cubical • P. FOUND IN BARROWS. 241 form, and having one face partly ground smooth. It may have beenused for polishing the surfaces of other stone implements, or possiblymerely as a muller. It is shown in Fig. 184. The striae run diagonallyof the square face. In the collection of the Rev. W. Greenwell, , there is also asandstone pebble, 2^- inches in diameter, which has been picked intoshape, and has one face smooth as if used for grinding. It was foundin a barrow on Ganton Wold, East Riding. A roughly conical piece ofoolitic sandstone, 2^ inches high, in places picked on the surface,and with the base apparently used for grinding, was found, with a con-tracted body and some flint flakes, in another barrow on Ganton Wold. In the Wiltshire barrows several rubbing-stones (or what appear to besuch) of a peculiar form have been found, of which one is shown in
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