. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Figs. 167 and 168.—Yorkshire Wolds. of them shows any trace of the original surface or crust of the flint fromwhich it has been fashioned. The larger one has been chipped with nume-rous facets somewhat into the shape of a broad bivalve shell, and ismuch battered round the margin. Fig. 168 is much smaller than usual,and is more disc-like in character. * Vol. xxiv. p. 251. f Vol. XXTj, p. 320 ; xxvii. 147. X Arch., vol. xxxviii. p. 416. § * Cran. Brit., vol. ii. pi. lviii. p. 2. || Trans. Preh. Cong., 1868, p. 70. 224 HAMM
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Figs. 167 and 168.—Yorkshire Wolds. of them shows any trace of the original surface or crust of the flint fromwhich it has been fashioned. The larger one has been chipped with nume-rous facets somewhat into the shape of a broad bivalve shell, and ismuch battered round the margin. Fig. 168 is much smaller than usual,and is more disc-like in character. * Vol. xxiv. p. 251. f Vol. XXTj, p. 320 ; xxvii. 147. X Arch., vol. xxxviii. p. 416. § * Cran. Brit., vol. ii. pi. lviii. p. 2. || Trans. Preh. Cong., 1868, p. 70. 224 HAMMER-STONES, ETC. [CHAP. Fig. 169.—Bridlington. More commonly, perhaps, the form is approximately spherical. Fig. 169is, however, a more symmetrical specimen than usual. It was found byMr. E. Tindall at Grindale, near Bridlington, and its surface is battered all over by continual pounding. Ihave others of similar character fromIcklingham, Suffolk; Jordan Hill,Weymouth; and elsewhere. Twofrom Old Geir, Anglesea, are engravedin the Archaeological Journal* One of chert, 3 inches in diameter,was found in the Isle of Portland,!and several have been found in Dorset-shire]: which were supposed to havebeen used in fashioning flint imple-ments ; and balls of chert, 2£ inches and 2^ inches in diameter, foundat West Coker, Somersetshire^ and another from Comb-Pyne, Devon-shire, || have been thought to have been intended for the sling, or elseto be tied up in a leather thong attached to a staff, and employed as asort of mace. A globular nodule of flint, 1 lb. in weight, and chipped all over,found with numerous flint f
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