146 Cooke: Neolithic Life in Lincolnshire. 
These are the finest, but he has many others as well as 
a numerous collection that include flint arrow heads, barbed 
and unbarbed, scrapers, lance heads, bone implements, and 
relics of the Bronze Age. Many of his treasures have come 
from the warrens of Twigmoor. An interesting and unusual 
form of adze, which in some respects resembles the Killingholme — 
weapon, was found on high ground in the neighbourhood of 
Grimsby. It is wedge-shaped, it has a rectangular base, and the 
thickened end is perforated for a handle. It is at present in the 
collection of Mr. Watkinson, of Grimsby. Redbourne, Kirton 
Lindsey, Manton, Risby, Appleby, Winterton, Scotton, and many 
other places in the north-west of Lincolnshire have yielded similar 
evidences of the former occupation of these areas by the old stone 
folk. Mr. E. Peacock has several celts that were found when 
laying the M. S. and L. railway near Kirton; and Mr. Max 
Peacock got together a fine collection from the district around 
Bottesford. It is noteworthy that, while all of the arrow heads’ 
are made of flint or chert, the greater number of the celts are 
fashioned out of hornstone. The same characteristic is observ- 
able of the weapons found in the south and south-east of the 
county. Hornstone was peculiarly suitable for the purpose, both 
on account of its toughness and durability , and for the abundance 
of the boulders of this rock that occur in the glacial beds, and 
in the ancient Trent gravels that lie scattered throughout 
the Trent and Witham basins. The boulders, probably, were 
derived from the Triassic pebble beds that occur zm sztu beyond 
Newark to the west. 
Similarly shaped tools to those mentioned epee have also 
been found at Reepham, Langworth, Cold Handworth, Lincoln, 
and other places in the nei ishbourhood. The Reepham implement 
is a fine example of the skill of these early artists. It was found 
whilst ditching, and was deposited by the Clerk of Works in the 
museum of the Grimsby Town Hall. Two fine specimens were 
found under similar circumstances at Cold Handworth. The 
larger of the two measures 7% inches in length, and is the 
finest celt of Neolithic times that has yet been found in Britain. 
Both are now to be seen in the museum of the Science School, 
Lincoln. 
In my own collection I have, a similar weapon measuring 
5 inches x 24% inches x 1 inch, which I obtained from Lang- 
worth; but though it is well polished it will not compare either 
in finish or design to that from Cold Handworth. The late 
Mr. Ruston obtained several specimens during the course of 
some excavations a few years ago near the Newport Arch at 
Lincoln, but as = have not seen them [ am unable to give 
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