30 Stone Implements from nehjhhourlwod of Chelmsford. 



horns were found near by in the soil, tending to show that 

 the ground might have been disturbed ; and we have also to 

 take into consideration the possibility of the man having 

 made a mistake in determining the spot fi'om whence the 

 implement fell. 



[As Mr. Corder's celt is a very beautiful example of a tyi^e 

 by no means common, a figure is given of it, showing the 

 front and side views. The specimen has been seen by Major- 

 General Pitt-Eivers and by Mr. Worthmgton Smith. — Ed.] 



I also exhibit a hammer-head made of an oval mass of 

 sandstone, such as abound in our Glacial deposits. It is five 

 inches long by three and a half wide, and has a hole 

 apparently bored from both sides, as it slopes, crater-wise, 

 from both surfaces to the middle. The ends of the stone 

 give evidences of use, showing numerous slight chippings 

 and irregularities. It was found in a yard at Writtle, Essex, 

 having apparently been brought there from the fields with 

 other stones for paving purposes. 



The third small flint I exhibit was found near Chignal, 

 Essex, by Mr. R. M. Christy, a member of the Club. It is 

 three inches long and three-fourths of an inch wide. One 

 side is polished, the other roughly chipped, and the stone 

 tapers towards each end. The use to which it could have 

 been put I do not know, but perhaps it may have been used 

 as a polishing implement in dressing other stones. 



