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the communication to the Archaeological Institute.' * The implement itself, 

 as seen in the photograph on Plate II. No. 6, is the best of its kind which the 

 county has provided, being true of finish, smooth of surface, and symmetrical 

 in form. Its upper and lower surfaces are hollowed towards the hole, which 

 is centrally placed as regards the body of the implement. The sides curve 

 round uniformly, at the one end drawing in to the edge, which is regular, 

 at the other end inclining more directly towards the head, which is 

 dressed in a circle and presents a disc-like surface as a hammer. This end is 

 partly chipped by use, and there is a small modern break in one end of the 

 cutting edge ; the implement is now broken in two halves but accurately 

 joined. It measures about 4^ in. in length, 2 in. in depth, and aj in. in 

 breadth. The perforation measures ij in. across at each end, diminishing to 

 | in. about the middle. 8 



In addition to the implements described others have been found but less 

 completely recorded. From Clitheroe, for instance, were ' a stone hammer and 

 two axes ' ; from Hopwood a ' stone axe-hammer ' ; from Martin Mere ' a 

 hatchet of dark stone found in peat ' ; from Turton, in Charters Moss, a 

 ' perforated stone hammer ' ; from Heaton and 

 Quernmore, near Lancaster, ' a rude stone ham- 

 mer-head.' 



(d) Round perforated hammers, mace-heads, 

 etc. In grouping together all the perforated 

 stone hammers of roundish form, there are neces- 

 sarily included several which it is hardly possible 

 to separate from the adze-like implements on 

 the one hand, and the smaller stone hammers 

 just described on the other. That from Bolton 

 Park is an instance, fig. 11. It is of quartzite, 

 nicely formed. Its length is 3! in., width about 

 2! in., and depth ij in. One end is somewhat 

 adze-like, the other is hammer-like. It was 

 found buried in sand at the east end of the pro- 

 menade in Queen's Park, Bolton, where it now remains in the Chadwick 

 Museum. It is an interesting object. 



The maul-head from Silverdale, in North Lancashire, preserved in the same 

 museum, is of similar general character. It is more definitely flat in form, 

 but without any edge, being hammer-like at both ends. The hole is very 

 much aslant in the section of this implement. Its length is 3^ in., breadth 

 2j in., and depth in general ij in. 



A further instance may be cited. There was found in 1 879 while 

 draining at the Stakes, Bowland, a perforated implement more round in form 

 than the foregoing, and in this case clearly of adze-like section. Its extreme 

 length is 4Jin., width 3^ in., and depth ij in. 8 



An implement found, as it seems, at Goosnargh, near to Longridge, 

 north of Preston, is described by a sketch in the museum at Salford. It 

 seems to be definitely rounded and of adze-like section, fig. 12. Its length 

 is 3J in., and breadth 2j in. : the perforation is small. It links in type 



FIG. ii. SMALL HAMMER FROM 



QUEEN'S PARK, BOLTON. I : z. 



(Chadwick Museum, Bolton.) 



1 Evans, Stone Imp. p. 1 08. 

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artesy 



Fitzherbert Brockholes, Esq. of Claughton Hall. 

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Weld MSS. 



