The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, of Great Britain and Ireland.Evans, John
History
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 of the same type, but imperfect, which was found with a
plain bronze bracelet, and what from the description must have been a
small ribbon-like gold torque, at Winterhay Green, near Ilminster. I
have a smaller specimen (5 inches) from the Cambridge Fens.
The unfinished casting for a palstave of the type Fig. 77 (5½ inches)
was found with four looped palstaves, and one without a loop, and a
spear-head like Fig. 409 at Sherford,[323] near Taunton, in 1879. Some
of the palstaves have a raised inverted chevron below the stop-ridge
by way of ornament.
Palstaves of the same character, but without the loop, have already
been described under Fig. 63. The looped type, like Fig. 77, occurs
also in Ireland.[324]
In the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of London is a heavy
narrow looped palstave (8 inches by 2 inches) with this ornamentation,
found in Spain.
[Illustration: Fig. 78.—Oldbury Hill. ½]
The central rib running down the blade is in many cases connected with
some ornament below the stop-ridge. The ornament consists usually of
raised ribs, either straight and converging, as on Fig. 78, or curved
so as to form a semi-elliptical or shield-shaped loop, as on Fig. 79.
The original of Fig. 78 was found on Oldbury Hill, Much Marcle,
Herefordshire, and is in my own collection. I have a smaller example
of the same type (5⅜ inches) found at Hammerton, Huntingdonshire, as
well as one from the Cambridge Fens (6 inches).
One (6¾ inches) found at Danesfield,[325] near Bangor, has been
figured. I have seen one found near Chelmsford (6¾ inches) with much
the same ornament. One (6¼ inches) in the Museum of the Society of
Antiquaries, found in Northamptonshire, has the middle rib large, and
the converging ribs much slighter. There are some which have only a
slight central ridge on the blade, and are ornamented with an indented
chevron below the stop-ridge. I have one such from the Cambridge Fens,
and I have seen one (6½ inches) which was found at Broomswell, near
Woodbridge, Suffolk.
A palstave of this character 6 inches long, found near the Upper
Woodhouse Farm, Knighton, Radnorshire, is engraved in the _Archæologia
Cambrensis_.[326] The loop, owing to a defect in casting, is filled
with metal. Six others (6 inches long), apparently of the same
character, were found with some rough castings of flanged celts at
Rhosnesney,[327] near Wrexham.
Two others (6 inches) were found with a chisel and a spear-head, like
Fig. 407, at Broxton, Cheshire, and are in the collection of Sir P. de
M. Grey Egerton, Bart.
The type is found upon the continent. One from Normandy[328] has been
engraved by the Abbé Cochet. I have an example from the neighbourhood
of Abbeville.
One from near Giessen, in the museum at Darmstadt, is figured by
Lindenschmit.[329]
[Illustration: Fig. 79.—Ross. ½]
[Illustration: Fig. 80.—Honington. ½]
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account