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the cutting edge being only slightly hammered out. The 

 blade is decorated with a roof-like ridge which gradually 

 disappears abot i\ ins. from the cutting edge. Measurements : 

 Length, 7^ ins., greatest width, 2| ins., cutting edge 2f ins., 

 width of wings at base, i in., length of hollows for shaft 3 ins. 

 Weight I lb. 5 ozs. Found in Catherine Street, Doncaster, 

 with No. II. 



No. 10 is an implement of somewhat uncommon pattern, 

 of the type classified by Evans as ' palstaves with transverse 

 edge.' Of these Evans says : ' Palstaves of the Adze form, 

 or having the blade at right angles to the septum between 

 the flanges, are but very seldom found in Britain.' He figures 

 one from Cumberland and one from Lincolnshire, and mentions 

 other examples found in other countries. The specimen 

 figured herewith, however, is different from any of those 

 engraved by Evans, though more resembles the Lincolnshire 

 example. The centre of the instrument is square in section, 

 the sides and eges are flat, the hollow for the handle being 

 intensified by the edges standing out from the rest of the 

 implement. The cutting edge is hammered out more than in 

 the case of those figured by Evans. Length of specimen 

 4| in. width and thickness \ in., greatest width | in., cutting 

 edge when complete i in., hollows for the shaft extend for i| in. 

 The specimen was found at Sandtoft in 1816. Weight 4 ozs. 



No. II is a chisel, provided with a tang for driving into a 

 wooden handle. It is more slender in form than the chisel of a 

 similar type figured by Evans. The blade is somewhat tri- 

 angular in shape, and there is a broad collar to keep the handle 

 in position. Measurements : length 4^ ins., width at cutting 

 edge I in., thickness averages y\ in., length of tang (which is 

 square in section) i| ins., diameter of top, which is circular, 

 f in. Found in Doncaster with No. 10. W'eight i-| ozs. 



We now come to the socketed axes, which are later in type : 



No. 12 is quite a typical example similar to those in the hoard 

 recently found at Scarborough (see The Naturalist, Ma}^ 1917). 

 It is devoid of ornamentation, except for a slight collar, and 

 the merest suspicion of a ridge on each side of the blade. The 

 hollow for the shaft is almost circular and quite plain ; the 

 cutting edge is slightly damaged, and a piece is broken out 

 from one side of the collar. Length, 3I ins., width if in., 

 measurement across the socket, which is only sHghtly squared, 

 i\ ins. The collar is a little more than | in. from the top. 

 The marks formed on the sides from the two valves of the 

 mould are prominent, and the cutting edge does not seem to 

 have been hammered out very much. Found at Finningley. 

 Weight, 6 1 ozs. 



No. 13 is also very plain, the only decoration being the 

 merest suspicion of a collar about \ in. from the top. It is 



1918 Julyl. 



