. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. highly ridged face thesame curvature in the direction of its lengthas is to be observed on the polished speci-mens, and the pointed end seems the sharperand the better adapted for use. Unfortunately there are no indications bywhich to judge of the method of haftingsuch instruments. It appears probable, how- /lAfHfever, that the broader end may have been wattached at the end of a handle, like those inFig. 104, and that the tool was a sort ofnarrow adze or pick, adapted for workingout cavities in wood, or it may be for gru
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. highly ridged face thesame curvature in the direction of its lengthas is to be observed on the polished speci-mens, and the pointed end seems the sharperand the better adapted for use. Unfortunately there are no indications bywhich to judge of the method of haftingsuch instruments. It appears probable, how- /lAfHfever, that the broader end may have been wattached at the end of a handle, like those inFig. 104, and that the tool was a sort ofnarrow adze or pick, adapted for workingout cavities in wood, or it may be for grub-bing in the ground. Some rough instru-ments of this character are found in Ire- i t i. i , n i ,i • Fig. 108.—Bury St. Edmunds, £ land;v but are usually more clumsy m their proportions than the English specimens I have figured. They are oftenof a subtriangular section, and pointed at one or both ends, thoughrarely ground. I have, however, a tapering pointed tool of blackchert, and belonging to the same class of implements, found in Lough lliftiii! %::?> iff. * Wilde, Cat. Mus. R. I. A., p. 27. 156 PICKS, CHISELS, GOUGES, ETC. [chap. VII. Neagh.* It appears adapted for boring holes in leather or other softsubstances. A very remarkable implement belonging to the same group is shownin Fig. 109. It was found in the Fen country near Burwell, Cambridge,and was given me by Mr. J. W. Flower, At the broad end itis much like the instruments just described. A portion of both faceshas been polished, the sides have been rounded by grinding, and thoughit has been chipped to an edge at the broad end, this also has beenrendered blunt in the same manner, possibly with the view of preventingit from cutting the ligaments by which it was attached to a narrow end is ground to a chisel edge, which is at right angles to
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