Axes, etc., of the Bronze Age, from Scarborough. 153 



French type of celt. It is just as turned out of the mould, 

 and apparently two flaws, as well as an imperfectly cast loop, 

 destined the specimen for the melting pot. In shape, it 

 resembles Evans's No. 137. There is a well-marked collar, 

 from which three lines at unequal distances apart, extend 

 half the distance down the blade. The axe is four inches 

 long, the socket is i£"xif", the cutting edge is if" long, and 

 there are no ridges inside the socket. 



No. 10 is smaller than the examples described, and the 

 cutting edge, has been well hammered out, in this respect 

 more resembling No. 149 of Evans. It is 2§" in length, 2" 

 wide across the cutting edge, and if" by ij" across the open- 

 ing. There is a well-marked collar, with the usual three 

 lines extending therefrom on each side of the axe, and inside 

 there is a slight ridge on the right and left. A portion of the 

 loop is missing, and part of the collar on the right-hand side 

 is broken away. 



No. 11 is a very different type of socketed axe, being very 

 similar to Evans's No. 150 in general outline, though in ours 

 there is no collar, no parallel lines, no chamfered edges ; in 

 fact the axe is devoid of decoration of any sort. The length 

 of the implement is 4I", the width across the cutting edge if", 

 and when complete would be about 1" each way across the 

 opening, though this part of the axe is slightly broken. The 

 wedged-shaped hollow inside the axe is perfectly plain. There 

 is a small well-made loop, and all trace of the line made by the 

 two halves of the mould has disappeared. 



No. 12. This axe somewhat resembles No. 11, though the 

 corners of the cutting edge are hammered out more acutely. 

 Like No. 11, it is perfectly plain, but is more cylindrical in 

 section. The socket is also cylindrical, but tapers to a wedge- 

 shaped end at the bottom of the axe. In cleaning out the 

 material which still remained inside when received, I found, 

 wedged at the bottom, the thin end of the original wood shaft, 

 which had evidently been quite sharp, in order to fit the 

 socket. The wood is apparently ash. The length of the 

 axe is 3I" ; it is 2J" across the cutting edge ; the socket is 

 *¥ X ij". 



No. 13 is a type of bronze implement not previously rep- 

 resented in the Hull Museum Collection. It is a well-made 

 socketed chisel, 3" in length, nearly circular at the top, and 

 square towards the point, which is \" across. At the socket 

 it is |" wide, and the hollow for the reception of the shaft is 

 somewhat squared, and extends a little more than half the 

 length of the chisel. Three somewhat similar chisels were 

 found with a hoard at Westoe, Yorkshire, many years ago, 

 one of which is figured by Evans (No. 201). One of the Westoe 

 chisels has a square socket like the specimen just described. 



1917 May 1., 



