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is at present in the possession of Mr. Thomas Boynton. Though 

 larger, the Sewerby example is not nearly so abruptly curved as 

 the one just described, and is certainly more in the form of a 

 knife. Another curved flint weapon, obviously a dagger, was 

 found at Fimber, and is now in Mr. Mortimer's collection ; 

 and slightly curved flint axes are in the Norwich and other 

 museums. So far, however, the weapon recently found seems 

 to be unique. 



These specimens, together with other interesting linds 

 which have been made in the Bridlington district (though not on 

 the sites of the workshops), are being placed in the museum at 

 Hull. 



Fig. 9— Conical Axe-head from Bridlington (and Section). 



It is perhaps of interest here to refer to the fact that there 

 are two other important types of neolithic weapons which are 

 peculiar to the Bridlington district. This fact would seem to 

 shew that the place was evidently of some importance in pre- 

 historic times. One is a large triangular arrow or spear head 

 (fig. 7) , sometimes with a projection at one corner. Its principal 

 feature, however, is the extraordinary way in which the flakes 

 have been struck oft parallel to each other, and extend across 

 the implement without a break. These regular flakings have 

 resulted in the name ' ripple-marked ' being given to this class 

 of implement. Oddly enough, as in the case of the curved flint 

 weapons, the nearest approach to the Bridlington ripple-marked 

 flints occurs in Denmark and Egypt. 



1910 Aug. I. 



