MR. W. G. CLARKE ON NEOLITHIC MAN IN THETFORD DISTRICT. 20 
specimens of flint daggers and spearheads. The same thing 
occurs in Scotland, and likewise in England, though very rarely. 
This arrowhead may thus have been used for religious purposes. 
It is of yellow flint, semi-transparent, of an inch in length and 
5 of an inch in width across the base, the basal stem being £ of an 
inch long. 
Axes. — Compared with the South Downs, and other store-houses 
of Neolithic treasures, very few axes or so-called “celts” occur in 
the district. Some exceedingly fine specimens have however been 
found, one I particularly recall, from a stoneheap at West llarling, 
is now in the collection of a gentleman at Eastbourne, who informed 
mo that it was the finest English specimen he had ever seen, and 
his experience embraced almost every collection of note in the 
British Isles. Another axe, found near Thetford, is in the museum 
of the Scottish Society of Antiquaries, and is of calcareous stone, 
8 f by inches, flatfish on one side, and perforated through the 
centre of the flat face. A perfect specimen from Santon Warren is 
4 inches in length, and 2 inches in width at the cutting or working 
end, tapering to a point at tho other. Of the semi-lunar axes, a 
fair quantity occur. Their use cannot be accurately told, but they' 
appear to be powerful knives that were held in the hand. The uses 
of axes generally were innumerable — one was found in a coal seam 
in Dean Forest, another in the trunk of a tree in Cromer Forest Bed; 
a skull found at Thetford had been pierced by one, and it is probable 
that in hand-to-hand conflicts these weapons accounted for a great 
many of the missing. 
Awls and Borers. — The dividing line between awls and borers 
is not very definitely marked, but taken generally, awls are the 
finer piercing tools, whilst borers are more bulky, and would be 
used for coarser work. The finest awl I possess is that represented 
in Figure 1, which is there very' accurately 
figured as to size and shape. It is of semi- 
transparent yellow flint, and has a wonderfully 
delicate point. Many awls are merely flakes 
trimmed to a point invariably on the left, 
one being two inches in length, the point 
v projecting J of an inch extra, and £ of an inch 
in width ; but in addition to having a finely 
Awl. worked point, the flake is trimmed along 
Fig. 1. 
