The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland.Evans, John
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The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland.
Evans, John
Bronze age -- Great Britain; Bronze age -- Ireland; Great Britain -- Antiquities
Socketed celts partaking of the character of the three types last
described, and from 2 inches to 4 inches in length, are of common
occurrence in England. Some with both the single and double mouldings
were found in company with others having vertical beads on the face
like Fig. 124, and a part of a bronze blade at West Halton,[400]
Lincolnshire. I have seen others both with the single and double
moulding which were found with some of the ribbed and octagonal
varieties, a socketed knife, parts of a sword and of a gouge, and
lumps of metal, at Martlesham, Suffolk. These are in the possession of
Captain Brooke, of Ufford Hall, near Woodbridge. Another, apparently
with the double moulding, was found with others (some of a different
type), seven spear-heads, and portions of a sword, near Bilton,[401]
Yorkshire. These are now in the Bateman Collection. Another with the
single moulding was found near Windsor.[402] Others with the double
moulding, to the number of forty, were found with twenty swords and
sixteen spear-heads of different patterns, about the year 1726,
near Alnwick Castle,[403] Northumberland. Some also occurred in the
deposit of nearly a hundred celts which was found with a quantity
of cinders and lumps of rough metal on Earsley Common,[404] about
12 miles N.W. of York, in the year 1735. A socketed celt with the
single moulding was found with spear-heads, part of a dagger, and
some small whetstones, near Little Wenlock,[405] Shropshire. Four
socketed celts of this class with the double moulding were found,
with a socketed gouge and about 30 pounds weight of copper in lumps,
at Sittingbourne,[406] Kent, in 1828. They are, I believe, now in the
Dover Museum. One (4¾ inches), obtained at Honiton,[407] Devonshire,
has a treble moulding at the top, that in the middle being larger than
the other two. The socket is square.
A plain socketed celt, 2¼ inches long, was found in digging gravel
near Cæsar’s Camp,[408] Coombe Wood, Surrey. It is now in the Museum
of the Society of Antiquaries. In the collection of Messrs. Mortimer,
at Fimber, is a celt with the double moulding (3 inches long), found
at Frodingham, near Driffield, which has four small ribs, one in the
centre of each side running down the socket. Another, with the double
moulding (4 inches), and with a nearly round mouth to the socket, was
found at Tun Hill, near Devizes, and is in the Blackmore Museum,
where is also one found near Bath (3¾ inches) with the mouldings more
uniform in size.
A socketed celt without any moulding at the top, which is hollowed and
slopes away from the side on which is the loop, is said to have been
found in a tumulus near the King Barrow on Stowborough Heath,[409]
near Wareham, Dorset.
Socketed celts of this character occur throughout the whole of
France, but are most abundant in the northern parts. They are of rare
occurrence in Germany.
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