120 The Mint Implements of Bemerton and Milford Hill. 



Illustration No. 1 is the representation of a large oval implement, 

 7 fin. long and 4in. wide, porcellanous on the one face and a good 

 deal bleached on the other. It was found by the writer on the 23rd 

 June, 1875 " in situ " seven feet below the surface, with the butt-end 

 slightly protruding from the wall of the gravel pit No. 15, Plan IIJ 

 and near the centre. It weighs 2 lbs. 2oz., and the dots show where 

 the original crust of the nodule remains. 



Illustration No. 2 presents a fine large oval appearance, and 

 measures 6|in. by 3f in.; weight, lib. 13ioz. This implement 

 appears never to have been used, for the edges for cutting are as 

 sharp as the day they were made. This tool was found in digging , 

 out a cellar (Plan II., No. 25) for a house to be built on Milford 

 Hill, and was at a depth of twelve feet from the surface among the 

 surrounding gravel. 



The chipping is most skilfully turned over the body, and the 

 cutting edges round the outside are formed with a minuteness not 

 easily equalled. The colour is grayish blue, and has the remains of 

 some crust towards the butt. 



Illustration No. 3 is a small flint which presents traces of having 

 been re- worked from a larger one. The older working is much 

 more bleached than the after working, and is indicated on both 

 surfaces by the figures 1, 2, 3. This re-working is alluded to in 

 Mr. J. Evans' work on " Ancient Stone Implements/' p. 450, where 

 he states that " a specimen which he figures has been made from a 

 large flake, the outer face of which has been fashioned by secondary 

 chipping. A part of the inner face at one end has also been re- 

 worked." S. Nilsson, in his " Stone Age," p. 65, describes the 

 grinding and re-working of stone axes, &c, &c. 



Illustration No. 4 exhibits a dagger-shapped flint, 5 fin. long, 

 worked to a point at one end, and the original crust of the nodule 

 is left at the other for handling. This form is very rare. 



Illustration No. VII. is a flake of chert, 4Jin. long, and l|in. in 

 width. One side is quite flat and smooth, showing the bulb of 

 concussion. The convex side is most beautifully chipped all round 

 the edges. The colour is dark brown, but here and there dotted 

 with white spots. 



