. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. ounties, is not by any means confined to that , 8^ inches long, 2f inches broad, and 1^ inches thick, the sides veryslightly flattened; and three others, 6 inches and 5 inches long, with thesides more rounded, all found in the Thames, at London, are in theBritish Museum. The Rev. W. Greenwell, , has one 7i incheslong, found at Holme, on Spalding Moor, Yorkshire. A flint celt of this form, 6\ inches long, from Reigate,* is in the BritishMuseum, as well as another, 6^ inches long, rather oblique at the ed
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. ounties, is not by any means confined to that , 8^ inches long, 2f inches broad, and 1^ inches thick, the sides veryslightly flattened; and three others, 6 inches and 5 inches long, with thesides more rounded, all found in the Thames, at London, are in theBritish Museum. The Rev. W. Greenwell, , has one 7i incheslong, found at Holme, on Spalding Moor, Yorkshire. A flint celt of this form, 6\ inches long, from Reigate,* is in the BritishMuseum, as well as another, 6^ inches long, rather oblique at the edge, foundin a barrow in Hampshire, engraved in the \ I have a short,thick specimen, 4^ inches long, found atEynsham, Oxfordshire. It some-times happens that celts of this general character have one side muchcurved while the other is nearly straight, so that in outline they resembleFig. 8G. One such, 5 inches long and 2 inches broad in the middle, * See Horfe Ferales, pi. ii. 8. t Vol. xvii. pi. xiv. Horai Ferales, pi. ii. 10. 92 POLISHED CELTS. [chap. found at Bishopstow, is in the Blackmore Museum. Another, 6^ incheslong, with the sides less curved, found at Stanton Fitzwarren, Wilts,has been engraved by the Archfeological Institute.* The same type as Fig. 43 occasionally occurs in other materials thanflint. Mr. James Wyatt, , has a celt of greenstone 9| incheslong, 3^ inches wide at the edge, which is slightly oblique, and 2^ inchesthick, found many years ago in Millers Bog, Pavenham, Beds. There isan engraving of it, on which it is described as of flint, but such is notthe fact. The form is also sometimes found in France and have specimens from both countries; and one from Perigord, 8 incheslong, is in the Museum at Le Puy. Allied to this form, but usually more rounded at the sides, and flatter on the faces, are the implements ofwhich an example is given in Fig. original was found at Coton, Cam-bridgeshire, in 1863. The type is thesa
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