. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. found at Twisel, in the parish of Norham,Northumberland. Some rather larger and more cylindrical in-struments of analogous form have been found inYorkshire. One such, about 4 inches long, andwith a small parallel shaft-hole about f inch indiameter, was found with an urn in a barrow atWeapon Ness, and is in the Museum at Scar-borough. With it was a flint spear-head or Fig. 150.—Rockland. |javelin-head. It is described as rather kidney-shaped in the Archaologia.*I have the half of another, made of compact sandstone, and fo
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. found at Twisel, in the parish of Norham,Northumberland. Some rather larger and more cylindrical in-struments of analogous form have been found inYorkshire. One such, about 4 inches long, andwith a small parallel shaft-hole about f inch indiameter, was found with an urn in a barrow atWeapon Ness, and is in the Museum at Scar-borough. With it was a flint spear-head or Fig. 150.—Rockland. |javelin-head. It is described as rather kidney-shaped in the Archaologia.*I have the half of another, made of compact sandstone, and found onthe Yorkshire Wolds. The same form is found in Ireland, but the sides curve inwardsand the section is somewhat oval. Sir W. Wilde f describes twosuch of polished gneiss, and a third is engraved in ShirleysAccount of Farney.+ Sir William suggests that such imple-ments were, in all probability, used in metal-working, especially * Vol. xxx. p. 461. f Cat. Mus. R. T. A., p. 80. X P. 94. See also Arch. Journ., vol. iii. p. 94; and Worsaaes Prim. Ants, ofDen., p.
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