DARTMOOR CELT. 



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The turf ties of the upper Walkham are of some extent, and 

 reach as far as the eye can see, in black, purple, and brown masses, 

 in a southerly direction. 



The ground in which the implement was found has an area of 

 about six acres, and is of a somewhat semi- circular shape, not 

 unlike an amphitheatre, being cut from the surface in a series of 

 steps to the depth of about ten or twelve feet. 



The turf is in layers alternating with a rich black mould, much 

 of which is brought down by the floods that dye our rivers with 

 every shade of brown and amber. The implement, which is of 

 polished flint, was discovered embedded in the solid peat, at the 

 depth of six feet from the surface. I asked every kind of question 

 that occurred to me at the time, to ascertain if it had been placed 

 there, etc., and was assured it was simply impossible, my guide 

 giving it me as his belief that it must have been there from the 

 most ancient times, nearly as old as the world;" that he cut it 

 out himself, and had retained possession of it from that time until 

 I saw it, thus confirming my own opinion that it belonged to some 

 very remote period of man's history. 



The sketches, representing the side and edge of the implement, 



are half the size of the original. -n -.r 



° rniLip Mitchell. 



A flint weapon of similar form and size was found some months 

 since beneath the peat near Prince Town. Of this, with others of 

 diff'erent shapes from the same locality, we hope shortly to give a 

 fuller description. C. S. B. 



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