2gb Shcppard : Neolithic Workshops near Bridlington. 



been obtained. Whilst the barbed arrow head is not nowadays 

 common anywhere, its entire absence on the site of the fonr 

 workshops is a httle difficnlt to explain. 



Near to one of these sites was found the ilint axe head of 

 unusually small size, which was figured in these columns for 

 April last, page 144. 



Perhaps the most remarkable find is a curved implement, 

 in the form of a boomerang, and is considered by the authorities 

 at the British Museum to have been used as a sickle (fig. 8). It 

 was found at Bempton by a labourer whilst ploughing. It most 

 resembles one of the long well-made flint axes, which are occa- 

 sionally obtained on the wolds, but has a remarkable curve, 

 or elbow, in the middle, which of course precludes it from being 



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Fig. 8.— Curved Flint Implement from Bempton (and Section). (Natural size). 



classed as an axe head. Both sides are carefully chipped to a 

 sharp cutting edge, and one end is also sharpened after the 

 manner of an axe. The edges are not quite parallel, but have 

 A slight curve or twist, which is apparently intentional. En- 

 quiries made at the British, Driffield, and other important 

 museums and collections in the country, have failed to find that 

 anything like it exists, though similarly curved flint weapons 

 are recorded from Denmark and Egypt. Measuring along the 

 outer curve, it is ^\ inches in length, the cutting end is ij 

 inches across, it varies from i;^ to | inches wide, and is not more 

 than half an inch in thickness. The nearest approach to this 

 specimen is one figured by the late Sir John Evans in his 

 ' Ancient Stone Implements of Great Britain ' (second edition, 

 page 355)* This was found at Sewerby, near Bridlington, and 



* See also Proc. Soc. Antiq. , 2nd Series, Vol. 7, p. 32S. 



Naturalist, 



