Collections of Pre-historic Antiquities. 



EOXBURGHSHIUE. 



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Axes.— (I) Of greyish -yellow flint, 4f inches in length, is 

 ground smooth over the entire surface, and has the sides 

 flattened, found at Jedburgh. (2) Of felstone, weathered, 4^ 

 by 2^ inches, well formed, with sharp sides and broad butt, 

 similar to fig. 5, found at Marlefield. (3) Of similar form, 

 also of felstone, 5f inches by 2f inches, slightly imperfect 

 at the cutting end, found at Torwoodlee, Galashiels. (4) Of 

 weathered felstone, 7f inches in length 

 by 2^ inches across the cutting edge, 

 polished, well formed and perfect, 

 with flat sides and broad butt, found 

 at Morebattle. (5) Another, of the 

 same form and material, found at 

 Cessford, is unfortunately imperfect 

 at the cutting end, but is still 10 

 inches in length. It has the peculiar 

 expansion of the sides at the butt, 

 similar to the axe found at Drumour, 

 Glenshee, Forfarshire, and now in the 

 National Museum. (6) Of basalt, 8f 

 inches in length by 3| inches broad, 

 has the butt pointed, and is unusually 

 thick near the cutting end, and was 

 found at Renuieston. This form of 

 axe is commonly met with in India. 

 (7) Of felsite, pear-shaped, pointed at 

 the butt, 8 inches in length by 2f 

 inches in breadth, polished, with 

 slightly oblique cutting edge, found 

 at Westerhouses. (8) Of gritty sand- 

 stone, lOJ inches in length by 3f 

 inches in greatest breadth, found at 

 Edgarston Tofts, near Jedburgh (fig. 

 4.) The butt is worn by use as a 

 hammer, and there are marks of 

 similar use on one of the faces, as shown in the illustration. 

 (9) Of micaceous sandstone, 3^ inches in length by 2^ inches 

 across the cutting end, with tapering butt, surface roughly 

 weathered, found at Hardenpeel. (10) Axe of felstone, 3f 



Fig. 4. Stone Axe found 



at Edgarston Tofts, 



Jedburgh (j.) 



