I have a specimen (5 1∕4 inches) of hone-stone, rather flatter on one face than the other, from Kirkcaldy, Fife. An Italian celt, of much the same character as Fig. 62, but of greenstone, has been figured by Gastaldi.[399] The next celt which I have to describe is even more chisel-like in |121| appearance, both the faces and sides being almost flat and nearly parallel. This peculiarity of form is no doubt mainly due to the schistose character of the rock from which the implement is made; which, in the case of the original of Fig. 64, is a close-grained slate or hone-stone. It was found at Swinton, near Malton, Yorkshire, and was given to me by the late Mr. C. Monkman. The angles are slightly rounded, and the butt-end is tapered off as if to an edge, which, however, is now broken away. Long, narrow celts of this rectangular section are of very rare occurrence both in Britain and Ireland, and, so far as I am aware, have never been found of flint. In Denmark, on the contrary, they are common in flint, but generally of a larger size than the specimen here engraved. The faces also are usually rather more convex. [Illustration: Fig. 64.—Swinton, near Malton. 1∕2] [Illustration: Fig. 65.—Scamridge Dykes, Yorkshire. 1∕2] They are to be found among the North American[400] forms, sometimes with a hole towards the butt-end, as if for suspension. Somewhat the same form occurs in Siam and in the Malay Peninsula. The next specimen, shown in Fig. 65, is of the same material as the last, and was found in the same neighbourhood, at the Dykes, Scamridge, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Owing to the irregular fissure of the stone, it is considerably thicker at one side than the other. The broader side is flat with the angles chamfered, and the narrower side is rounded. The faces taper at the butt-end, which is ground to a |122| regular curve and blunted. This also was given to me by the late Mr. C. Monkman, of Malton. [Illustration: Fig. 66.—Whitwell, Yorkshire. 1∕2] A curious variety of celt is shown in Fig. 66, the original of which was found at Whitwell, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, and forms part of the Greenwell Collection. It is made of a hard, shelly limestone, apparently of Oolitic age, the surface of which has been partially eroded. It is nearly flat on one face, and seems to have been intended for mounting as an adze. Other celts of similar material have been found in the same district, and Canon Greenwell has kindly presented me with one of much the same character as this, though far broader in proportion to its thickness. This specimen, which was found at Osgodby, closely resembles in section that from Truro, Fig. 84. A specimen of the type of Fig. 66 (7 1∕4 inches) is in the British Museum. It was found at Creekmoor, near Poole, Dorset. Some of the large celts from the Shetland Isles present the same peculiarity of being flat on one face, but, as the sides are much rounded, I shall include them among those of oval section.