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half of an ovoid pebble, the remainder having probably been 

 rubbed awav. The polished face, which is convex, shows that 

 the stone was used in the direction of its greatest width. 



Bronze Implements. — Of bronze implements we have three 

 examples, two palstaves and one socketed celt. The first, 

 fig. 12, was found some years ago at Barton-on-Humber. It 

 has two cavities for the reception of the split haft, but is without 

 the loop for securing by means of a thong, which appears in the 

 later axes. There is a marked ridge running from the centre 

 of the groove toward the cutting edge. The axe is 5 inches 

 long, the flange is | inch across, and the cutting edge, which 

 is slightly curved, measures 2 J inches in length, and has been 

 hammered out. It weighs 10 ozs. The axe is remarkably 

 similar to a specimen from Sunningwell, near Abingdon, 

 figured in Sir John Evans' ' British Bronze Implements ' 

 {1881, p. 80). The measurements, etc. of the Sunningwell 

 axe are exactly the same, but judging from the illustration, 

 the central edge of that example does not extend as far as the 

 cutting edge. 



The other palstave (fig. 13) was found on the sandhills 

 near Gainsborough, in 1902, and was presented to the 

 Hull collection by Mr. J. Allanson. This axe has been 

 provided with a loop, but it has been broken away, the con- 

 necting points only remaining. The sockets for the reception 

 of the split haft extend to nearly half the length of the axe. 



Along the remainder, as in the Barton example, is a promi- 

 nent medial ridge. The loop, as will be seen from the photo- 

 graph, was placed quite close to the cutting edge : a somewhat 

 unusual position, as judging from the illustrations in Sir John 

 Evans' work, and from other specimens in our collection, the 

 loop is usually placed midway between the cutting edge and 

 the opposite end of the axe. This axe is 3 j inches in length, 

 \\ inches at the cutting edge, | inch across the flange, and 

 weighs 5 ozs. The specimen has either been poorly cast and 

 the cutting edge not been subsequently hammered out, or is 

 oxidised and partly broken away. In many respects it resembles 

 the example from Bath, figured on page 89 of Sir John Evans' 

 ' British Bronze Implements.' 



The socketed celt (fig. 14), is a later type of implement, and 

 is one of a hoard found at Winteringham, particulars of which 

 occur on a document formerly in the possession of the late 

 George Norman. Upon this were also drawings of the other 



1908 April I. 



