527 
ACCOUNT 
of some 
ANTIQUES, 
' LATELY FOUND IN THE RIVER RIBBLE, &e. 
BY MR. THOMAS BARRIT. 
READ SEPTEMBER 26, 1800. 
By he articles here exhibited for the amusement 
of the society are principally a few different 
specimens of antiques, generally denominated 
Celts, lately found in the river Ribble in this 
county. 
As the particular uses of these celts have been 
very learnedly discussed and still left undeter- 
mined, little more can be advanced upon the 
subject than to quote the remarks our best an- 
tiquaries have made, Mr. Pegge (Archzologia, 
page 85, vol. 9,) says, these brazen instruments 
seem at present undetermined, it not being yet 
ascertained, whether they were for military pur- 
poses, or for civil and domestic employments ;' 
and, after all that has been advanced by writers 
upon the subject, it remains an undecided point, 
I shall not therefore attempt to resume the con- 
sideration of this question, but may venture to 
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