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
Fig. 240 shows a knife with two rivet-holes, which was found at
Thorndon, Suffolk, together with socketed celts, a spear-head, hammer,
gouge, and an awl, several of which have been figured in preceding
pages. Another (9 inches long), much like Fig. 240, but with the
sides of the socket flat, and the blade more fluted, was found in the
Thames, and is engraved in the _Archæological Journal._[728] Another,
of much the same size and general character, formed part of a hoard of
bronze objects found in Reach Fen, near Burwell, of which mention has
already frequently been made. It is in my own collection, and is shown
in Fig. 241. I have another, 6½ inches long, found in Edmonton Marsh.
A fine blade of this kind, with two rivet-holes in the hilt (14½
inches), was found in the New Forest, Glamorganshire, and was formerly
in the Meyrick Collection.[729] It is now in the British Museum. The
blade has shallow flutings parallel with the edges.
A socketed knife of this kind (4½ inches) was found by General A. Pitt
Rivers, F.R.S., in a pit at the foot of the interior slope of the
rampart of Highdown Camp,[730] near Worthing, Sussex. It may possibly
have accompanied a funereal deposit.
In some instances the two rivet-holes run lengthways of the oval
of the socket. One such, discovered with other objects at Lanant,
Cornwall (8¼ inches), is engraved in the _Archæologia_.[731] It is now
in the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries. One like it was found on
Holyhead Mountain,[732] Anglesea, and is now in the British Museum.
A fragment of a knife of this kind is in the museum at Amiens, and
formed part of a hoard found near that town. It has a beading at the
mouth of the socket, and also one about midway between the rivet-holes.
[Illustration: Fig. 242.—Heathery Burn Cave. ½]
[Illustration: Fig. 243.—Kilgraston, Perthshire. ½]
Commonly there is but a single hole through the socket, especially in
the smaller specimens. That shown in Fig. 242 is of this kind, but
presents the remarkable feature of having upon each face of the socket
six small projecting bosses simulating rivet-heads. It was found in the
Heathery Burn Cave,[733] Durham, with socketed celts, spear-heads, and
numerous other articles. Another from the same cave (5⅛ inches) with a
plain and rather larger socket is in the collection of Canon Greenwell,
F.R.S.
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