. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. 87. USED FOR POINTED TOOLS. 243 hoard of bronze objects, including moulds for socketed celts and for agouge, in the Isle of Harty, Sheppey. Whetstones perforated at one end have occurred in the Swiss Lake-dwellings.* Most of those found in the ancient cemetery of Hallstatt,!in the Salzkammergut, were perforated in the same manner, and in somecases provided with an iron loop for suspension. They are usually ofsandstone, and not formed from slaty rooks. A whetstone, 5| inches long, the two flat faces of which had evidently
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. 87. USED FOR POINTED TOOLS. 243 hoard of bronze objects, including moulds for socketed celts and for agouge, in the Isle of Harty, Sheppey. Whetstones perforated at one end have occurred in the Swiss Lake-dwellings.* Most of those found in the ancient cemetery of Hallstatt,!in the Salzkammergut, were perforated in the same manner, and in somecases provided with an iron loop for suspension. They are usually ofsandstone, and not formed from slaty rooks. A whetstone, 5| inches long, the two flat faces of which had evidentlybeen used for sharpening flat blades, while in the centre of each is a deepgroove, probably caused by sharpening pointed tools, such as awls orneedles of bronze, was found at Ty Mawr, Anglesea, near a spot where anumber of bronze celts, spear-heads, &c, had previously been found. Ithas been figured by the Hon. W. 0. Stanley, ,J who has kindlylent me the block for Fig. 187. The ends,of the stone are somewhatbattered from its having been also used as a » o s.«^ UTTlNC
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