. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. st any approach to an edgeby continual battering. In Mr. Mortimers specimen the edge is fairlysharp, though it has lost soine splinters from off it in ancient times. In the same collection is another specimen, found near Fimber, formedof a green metamorphic rock. The butt-end is ground flat, and the sides nearlyso. There is a slight depression workedon each face. The edge is slightlyrounded, and shows longitudinal the owners kindness I am able toengrave it as Fig. 88. In Colonel A. Lane Foxs collectionis a celt
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. st any approach to an edgeby continual battering. In Mr. Mortimers specimen the edge is fairlysharp, though it has lost soine splinters from off it in ancient times. In the same collection is another specimen, found near Fimber, formedof a green metamorphic rock. The butt-end is ground flat, and the sides nearlyso. There is a slight depression workedon each face. The edge is slightlyrounded, and shows longitudinal the owners kindness I am able toengrave it as Fig. 88. In Colonel A. Lane Foxs collectionis a celt from Hindostan, with a cup-shaped depression on one of its faces. In the extensive collection of the Greenwell, , so often referredto, is another remarkable celt, which,though entirely different in characterfrom those last described, may also rig. 88.—Fimber. $ have been intended for holding in the hand. It is of greenstone,the surface of which is considerably decomposed, and was found atDuggleby, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. On each side is an elon-.
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