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
I have another celt of the same size and form as that from the Portland
beach, which was found near Wareham, Dorset, and appears to have been
in use.
Two found with many others in the New Forest[414] (3 and 5 inches
long) are engraved in the _Archæologia_. The larger has a rib 3 inches
long running down the face and terminating in an annulet.
Others of the same type have been found at Hollingbury Hill,[415]
and near the church at Brighton,[416] Sussex.
Among the celts found at Karn Brê, Cornwall, in 1744, were some of this
character, but expanding more at the cutting edge. Others were more
like Fig. 124, though longer in proportion. With them are said to have
been found several Roman coins, some as late as the time of Constantius
Chlorus. Others (5 inches long) seem to have formed part of the hoard
found at Mawgan,[417] Cornwall, in which there was also a fine rapier.
Another, from Bath,[418] is in the Duke of Northumberland’s museum at
Alnwick. Another has been cited from Cornwall.[419]
Celts of this form are of rare occurrence in the North of England,
but one, said to have been disinterred with Roman remains at
Chester-le-Street,[420] Durham, is in the Museum of the Society of
Antiquaries of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
[Illustration: Fig. 121. Cambridge Fens. ½]
[Illustration: Fig. 122. High Roding. ½]
Celts like Fig. 120 are of very frequent occurrence in Northern France;
large hoards, consisting almost entirely of this type, have been found.
A deposit of sixty was discovered near Lamballe[421] (Côtes du Nord),
and one of more than two hundred at Moussaye, near Plénée-Jugon, in
the same department. Most of the celts in both these hoards had never
been used, and in a large number the core of burnt clay was still in
the socket. A hoard of about fifty is said to have been found near
Bevay,[422] Belgium.
Plain socketed celts nearly square at the mouth have occasionally been
found in Germany. One from Pomerania[423] is much like Fig. 120 in
outline.
The form of narrow celt, which I regard as of Gaulish derivation, is
not nearly so elegant as that of a more purely English type of which an
example is shown in Fig. 121. The original was found in the Cambridge
Fens, and is in my own collection. Within the socket on the centre of
each side is a raised narrow rib running down 2 inches from the mouth,
or to within ¾ inch of the bottom of the socket.
The type is rare; but a specimen (5 inches) of nearly the same form
as the figure was found, with palstaves, sickles, &c., near Taunton,
Somerset.[424] There is also a resemblance to the Barrington celt, Fig.
148.
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