EARLY MAN 
ordnance maps. Other places of the same sort occur between the base 
of Dunstable Downs and the Icknield Way. 
The celt, so named from its chisel-like cutting edge, is one of the 
best known of neolithic implements. It occurs in an unground, partly 
ground, or wholly ground state, and was used mounted in a handle or 
unmounted. One out of several known methods of mounting a celt is 
illustrated in fig. 39, where a wholly polished specimen is shown 
mounted as an axe. When the cutting edge is mounted in a horizontal 
position, the stone forms an adze. 
A common, wholly chipped form of celt from Mount Pleasant near 
Dunstable is illustrated in fig. 40. 
An unfinished specimen from Dunstable Downs is illustrated in fig. 
41, where the left edge is finished and the right remains in a perfectly 
untouched state. . 
An almost wholly polished specimen from Dunstable is shown in 
fig. 42. 
: *A wholly polished example, found on a heap of stones in a field at 
Bedford, is illustrated in fig. 43. This specimen both from its peculiar 
form and material is evidently of Irish origin. It is made of dolerite 
and is now in the collection of Sir John Evans. 
A fine example of a partially ground celt, 8 inches long, has been 
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