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Title: The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Evans, John, Sir, 1823-1908
Subjects: Stone age -- Great Britain Great Britain -- Antiquities
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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to me by Mr. C.Monkman, of Malton.A curious variety of celt is shown in Fig. 66, the original of whichwas found at Whitwell, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, and is in thecollection of the Eev. W. Greenwell, F.S.A. It is formed from a hard,shelly limestone, apparently of Oolitic age, the surface of which hasbeen partially eroded. It is nearly flat on one face, and seems to havebeen intended for mounting as an adze. Other celts of similar materialhave been found in the same district, and Mr. Greenwell has kindlypresented me with one of much the same character as this, thoughfar broader in proportion to its thickness. This specimen, which wasfound at Osgodby, closely resembles in section that from Truro, Fig. 84.Some of the large celts from the Shetland Isles present the same pecu-liarity of being flat on one face, but, as the sides are much rounded,I shall include them among those of oval section, which form thethird subdivision of polished celts, and Avhich I now proceed todescribe.
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Fig. 64.—Swiiitdii,Malton. * Mem. Aicdd. li. di Torino, Scr. 2, vol. xxvi. tav. iv. 4.t Sfhookiiift, Ind. Tribea, i. pi. xi. 3; xiv. 2. OF OAAL SECTION. Ill It will be observed that implements of this character, formed of flint,are extremely rare. The reason for this appears to be, that from themethod in which, in this country, flint celts were chipped out, the sideswere in all cases originally sharp, and they had a pointed oval, or vesicapiscis, section. In polishing, this form was to a great extent preserved,though the edges were, as has been seen, sometimes ground flat andsometimes rounded. It rarely happens, however, that the rounding iscarried to so great an extent as to produce such a contour that it is impos-sible to say within a little where the faces end, and the sides begin, thoughthis is often the case with celts of greenstone and other materials, whichwere shaped out in a somewhat ditferent manner, and in the formation olwhich grinding played a more conspicuous part. It

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