. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. e celt represented in Fig. 32 is alsomine, and was found in the same neighbour-hood, near Mildenhall. It is pointed andentirely unpolished at the butt-end, which,had that part only been preserved, wouldhave had all the appearance of being thepoint of an implement of the Palaeolithicperiod. It is, however, ground to a thincircular edge at the broad end. Another,nearly similar, from Burwell Fen, is in theMuseum of the Cambridge Antiquarian So-ciety. I have another, rather straighter atthe edge, but even more sharply pointe
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. e celt represented in Fig. 32 is alsomine, and was found in the same neighbour-hood, near Mildenhall. It is pointed andentirely unpolished at the butt-end, which,had that part only been preserved, wouldhave had all the appearance of being thepoint of an implement of the Palaeolithicperiod. It is, however, ground to a thincircular edge at the broad end. Another,nearly similar, from Burwell Fen, is in theMuseum of the Cambridge Antiquarian So-ciety. I have another, rather straighter atthe edge, but even more sharply pointedat the butt, from Reach Fen. One* of thethree celts found in the Upton Lovel bar-row was of much the same shape, onlylarger and more rudely chipped. It hadalso apparently more of its surface A. Lane Fox has a large Indiancelt of this character, but broader in itsproportions, found in Bundelcund. Fig 32-Near Miklehan- ***** * Approaching to the form of Fig. 32, but rather broader at the edge and * Arch., xv. pi. iv. 1. Hoaies South Wiltshire, pi. v. 80 CELTS GROUND AT THE EDGE ONLY. [chap. V. more truncated at the butt, where a cavity in the flint has interfered withthe symmetry, is another, celt in my own collection, found at Sawdon, inthe North Riding of Yorkshire, and engraved as Fig. 33. It has beenskilfully rubbed to a sharp segmental edge, but no labour has beenwasted in grinding any portion of the face, beyond what was necessaryto produce the edge. Towards the butt-end some few of the facets andprojections are, however, highly polished, but by friction only, as thesurface is still uneven and not ground down. These polished patches, ashas been pointed out by Professor Steenstrup, are probably significant ofthe blade having been mounted in a horn or wooden socket, though not so lirmly but that there wassome little motion in it, so thatthe resulting iriction producedthe polish. Mr. R. Fitch,, has a celt cf this class,formed of ochreous flint, with
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