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
Another, decorated with a fluted chevron pattern on the sides, and
with indented herring-bone and chevron patterns on the faces, is given
in Fig. 13. This example was found in Dorsetshire, and is now in the
British Museum. In the same collection is a beautiful celt with side
flanges found near Brough, Westmoreland (6¾ inches), which has the
portion of the blade below the thickest part ornamented with a lozengy
matted pattern much like that on Fig. 51, but with the alternate
lozenges plain and hatched. The hatching on some of the lozenges is
from left to right, on others the reverse.
[Illustration: Fig. 13.—Dorsetshire. ½]
[Illustration: Fig. 14.—Lewes. ½]
A flanged celt of unusual type, the sides curiously wrought and
engraved or punched, and the faces exhibiting a pattern of chevrony
lines, is shown in Fig. 14. It was found near Lewes,[207] Sussex, and
is the property of Sir H. Shiffner, Bart.
[Illustration: Fig. 15.—Ely. ½]
An example of nearly the same kind is shown in Fig. 15, from a celt
found in the Fens near Ely, and now in the museum of Mr. Marshall
Fisher, of that city. Both faces are ornamented below the thickest
part with broad indented lines, vertical and transverse, as will be
best seen in the figure. The sides are hammered into three facets,
each having a series of diagonal grooves wrought in them. The two
left-hand facets on each side have the grooves running upwards from
left to right; on the third facet they run downwards, but at a much
less inclination. The punch with which the grooves and ornaments were
produced has also been employed along the inner angle of the flanges.
A pretty little celt, ornamented with transverse ridges in the lower
part, is shown in Fig. 16. The original was found at Barrow, Suffolk.
The Rev. Canon Greenwell, F.R.S., possesses one (4⅝ inches) found at
Horncastle, Lincolnshire, the faces of which are decorated in a nearly
similar manner; but the sides show a cable pattern, and there is a
slight central ridge on the faces.
[Illustration: Fig. 16.—Barrow. ½]
[Illustration: Fig. 17.—Liss. ½]
A much larger specimen (6¼ inches), found near the Menai Bridge,[208]
Anglesea, has also cabled sides, but the grooves on the faces are
straighter and wider apart.
A Danish celt, ornamented in a similar manner, is engraved by
Madsen.[209]
The celt shown in Fig. 17 is of somewhat the same character, but the
transverse lines are closer and not continuous. They have evidently
been produced by means of a small blunt punch, with the aid of a
hammer. The original was found at Liss,[210] near Petersfield, Hants,
and is now in the British Museum.
Flanged celts decorated on the faces are of rare occurrence in France.
One of narrow proportions, and ornamented with lozenges and zigzags,
was found at Mareuil-sur-Ourcq[211] (Oise).
[Illustration: Fig. 18.—Rhosnesney. ½]
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