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the roundish hammers just described with those definitely round in form 

 which follow. 



Of these round perforated implements, that from Irlam, in the museum 

 at Warrington, and two from Alexandra Park, in the Queen's Park Museum 

 at Manchester, are typical illustrations. The first-named is shown in the 

 photograph on Plate 11. No. 8. It is about 4J in. by 4 in., with a per- 

 foration i^in. by i§ in. The outer edge is chipped all around, but the hole 

 remains smoothly polished. It is of grey gritstone, and was found in the 

 Ship Canal works at Irlam in 1890. The two stones from Manchester 

 are not quite similar. They were found in laying out Alexandra Park 

 in that city. The one is 4| in. by 4 in., with a thickness of fin., and a 

 perforation ij by !•§• in. as in the former instance. The other is nearly 

 round, being 4i in. across, except where it is chipped ; in thickness it just 

 exceeds i in., and its perforation is ijin. Both implements are badly 

 chipped all around their outer edge, preserving, however, a good surface 

 to their perforations. Another large round perforated stone is illustrated 

 in the Salford Museum, where it is described as a ' stone fishing-net 

 weight.' It is apparently 6J in. in diameter, and 

 was found at Stalybridge, on the border of the 

 county. 



The beautifully rounded specimen of a ham- 

 mer, or more probably a spindle-whorl, shown on 

 Plate II. No. 7, is in the museum at Warrington. 

 It was found at Haydock, which is about two 

 miles north-east of Newton, in a pit, 2 ft. below 

 the surface, in clay. ' Beneath was every appear- 



c 1)1 ml 1 • • c r 1- 1 . Fig. 12. — Round Stone Ham- 



ance of a paved way. The object is of hght ^^^ ^^^^ Goosnargh. 



grey burr stone,' and measures 2| in. in diameter. Scale, i : z. 



with a thickness of | in. The perforation mea- 

 sures -TB-in. across, and is countersunk from each side. It is a well-finished 

 specimen, and for the county of Lancashire apparently unique. An example 

 is shown in a museum at Ashton-under-Lyne, but its provenance is doubtful. 

 Another, rough and small, but fairly round, was found at HoUingworth Lake, 

 near Rochdale. 



(e) In Lancashire over Sands : Stone hammers have been found through 

 much the same area as that already indicated in the case of stone celts and 

 other implements. 



Isolated instances, indeed, occur in the region of the Lakes, as at Wray 

 Hill, near the head of Windermere, and at Torver, which is east of Coniston 

 Water. At Rusland also, which lies between Coniston Water and the pool 

 of Lake Windermere, was found in 1881 a comparatively large implement, 

 measuring 9 J in. by 3i in., with a depth at the hole of 2I in. An even 

 larger hammer is recorded from Rampside, in the extreme south of Furness, 

 with a length of i o in. and breadth 4^ in. It was found there in the 

 churchyard. 



In the eastern part of the county, at Ayeside, near Newby Bridge, was 

 found in a wood a perforated hammer 8| in. in length, with a width of 3I in. 

 and depth of 3 in., weighing 4J lb. ' It is considerably rounded in both 



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