. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 23.~Pieach Fen, Cambridge. THE COMMON FORMS. G!). 24. - iScamridge,Yorkshire. Others, S^ aud 7^ inches long, found at Bohuer, near Fahner, and onthe South Downs, are in the Lewes Museum. Ihave seen a large celt of this section, hut with flatteredge and straighter sides, which was found in peatat Thatcham, near Newbury, Berks. It was 8 incheslong and 2i^ broad. Of the same class is a celtfound near Norwich, engraved in the OeoJoi/ist.* 1 have seen several other specimens from Norfolk,as well as fiom Wilts, Cambridges
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 23.~Pieach Fen, Cambridge. THE COMMON FORMS. G!). 24. - iScamridge,Yorkshire. Others, S^ aud 7^ inches long, found at Bohuer, near Fahner, and onthe South Downs, are in the Lewes Museum. Ihave seen a large celt of this section, hut with flatteredge and straighter sides, which was found in peatat Thatcham, near Newbury, Berks. It was 8 incheslong and 2i^ broad. Of the same class is a celtfound near Norwich, engraved in the OeoJoi/ist.* 1 have seen several other specimens from Norfolk,as well as fiom Wilts, Cambridgeshire, Dorsetshire,and other counties. Some specimens from theneighbourhood of Grimes Graves, Norfolk, havebeen figured.! Flint celts of this class are occa-sionally found in Yorkshire, but the edge is usuallyless round in outline than Fig, 23. In some casesit is straight, like Fig. 19. Some of those fromYorkshire are extremely small, as will be seen byFig. 24, from Scamridge, in the North Riding. I have other specimens, 2 and 2| inches long and about1| inches broad, from theY^oik-shire Wolds. I have also oneof the ordinary
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