NEOLITHIC LIFE IN LINCOLNSHIRE. 
JOHN H. COOKE, F.G.S., F.L,S.,: etc.. 
Vice-President of the Lincolnshire Science Soctety. 
SECOND PAPER. 
For previous paper see ‘ The Naturalist,’ March 1898, pp. 77-79. 
ANOTHER class of implement that is found in comparative 
‘abundance in the county along the western flanks of the 
Oolitic escarpment and of the Fenland is that to which the 
generic term ‘celt’ has been given. It includes implements 
that were fashioned for use in the chase as well as in war, 
and it is therefore characterized by variety of design and of size. 
As a rule the Lincolnshire weapons are similar to those found in 
Yorkshire; they are wedge-shaped, and are so fashioned as 
to allow of being either bound to a handle with a thong or 
withey, or fixed in a fork or split-handle with clay or other 
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field that is situated about 200 yards to the north of Killing- 
holme Church. One is semi-elliptical in section, being flat 
in the neighbourhood, and notwithstanding the great compact- 
ness of the rock, it was carefully finished and polished. A similar 
implement was found by a neighbouring farmer near the same 
lace, but it had a perforation in the upper half that had 
evidently been intended for a handle. My second specimen 
is of the ordinary type of ie It is made of horn-stone; it 
measures 4% inches x 2% inches x 1 inch, and is well polished. | 
Brigg and neighbourhood has supplied considerable numbers 
of similar implements. The Rev. J. Wyatt, of Broughton, has 
in his collection several that are very similar to the Killingholme 
specimens, all of which have been found in his parish. The 
survey of the Ancholme Valley, under the superintendence of 
Mr. A. Atkinson, the engineer to the Commissioners, has led to — 
the discovery of numerous relics of the Neolithic as well as of 
the Succeeding Bronze and the early Iron Ages. Among the 
specimens now in Mr. Atkinson’s possession is a celt of the 
usual shape, measuring 7 inches x 3 inches x 1% inches 
fashioned out of a boulder of exceedingly compact Geasstoacs 
Another, which he obtained from Coal Dyke -End, is made of 
hornstone, and measures 5 ad inches, x ae inches x I is inches. | 
May 1808. 
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