18 Mr. It. Bruce Foote on the occurrence of 



truncated at the base, and at that end frequently show the 

 original form of the flint." 



" It is of course impossible to say for what purpose they 

 were intended ; but they may have been attached to the 

 end of poles so as to form spears or darts, or used without 

 any handle for grubbing in the ground, or as wedges for 

 spliting wood." 



" I know of no analogous forms among the Celtic Imple- 

 ments ; some of the rudely chipped arrow-heads found in 

 Ireland and elsewhere present the nearest approach to it, 

 but are far smaller in size, the weapons from the drift being 

 usually from 5 to 6 inches in length. The ordinary form of 

 Stone Celts is, as you are aware, intended for cutting at its 

 broad end, the narrow end being inserted in the socket of 

 the handle ; these on the contrary cut or pierce at the nar- 

 row end while the broad end appears intended to rest against 

 a step or bracket or to be held in the hand."(l) 



To this sub-division- 1 a belong the Implements figured in 

 Plates III and VIII. 



The form of Implements constituting the second sub- 

 division of the first class, the wedge shaped, is as before men- 

 tioned, one not described by Mr. Evans, nor so far as I have 

 been able to ascertain, known in Europe. 



In type the wedge-shaped Implements approach slightly 

 to the stone weapons of the Celtic era by possessing one 

 broad cutting end — but the other rarely tapers to a sharp 

 point — on the contrary it is often as broad as the cutting 

 end, and sometimes much broader, nor is there any attempt 

 to round off the angles of fracture produced by the chipping^ 

 much less to polish the general surface. 



(1) Note.— See Letter from J. Evans, Esq., E. S. A., published as Ap- 

 pendix A to Mr. Prestwich's paper in the Phil. Transactions for 1861, 

 page 311. 



