. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 146.—Scailxiruugh. Fig. 147.—Shetland. this kind, formed of a quartzose metamorphic rock, striped green andwhite, and evidently selected for its beauty, is in the collection of theRev. W. Greenwell, It was found in Caithness. It is polishedall over, and 4£ inches long, If inches wide, and 1± inches thick, ofoval section, with the ends slightly rounded. The shaft-hole isparallel, ^ inch in diameter, and about f inch nearer to one endthan to the other. Mr. Greenwell has another specimen, rather moreelongated in
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 146.—Scailxiruugh. Fig. 147.—Shetland. this kind, formed of a quartzose metamorphic rock, striped green andwhite, and evidently selected for its beauty, is in the collection of theRev. W. Greenwell, It was found in Caithness. It is polishedall over, and 4£ inches long, If inches wide, and 1± inches thick, ofoval section, with the ends slightly rounded. The shaft-hole isparallel, ^ inch in diameter, and about f inch nearer to one endthan to the other. Mr. Greenwell has another specimen, rather moreelongated in form, and of more ordinary material, found near Harome,in Yorkshire, in a district where a number of stone implements of raretypes have been discovered. It is of clay-slate, 5^ inches long, and ofoval section, 1} inches by 1 inch. The shaft-hole tapers from 1 inch atthe faces to -&- inch in the centre. A shorter hammer, of gneiss, 3f incheslong, and of similar section, If inches by l£ inches, with a parallelshaft-hole f inch in diameter, was found near Blai
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