I have a very fine specimen 9 inches long, from the Thames, and others 6 1∕2 and 5 1∕4 inches long, of a wider form, and delicately chipped all round, from Burwell Fen. The late Mr. James Carter, of Cambridge, had one of the narrower kind, 9 inches long, found at Blunt’s Hill, near Witham, Essex. The same form, with numerous modifications, was found in the pits at Cissbury,[281] which will shortly be described. One about 8 1∕4 inches long, in outline like Fig. 20, was found in Anglesea.[282] Another 9 1∕2 inches long, was found near Farnham,[283] Dorset. One of the most remarkable discoveries of celts of this character, is that of which I have seen a MS. memorandum in the hands of the late Mrs. Dickinson,[284] of Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, who herself had four of the |76| implements. According to this account, a man digging flints on Clayton Hill, on the South Downs, Sussex, in 1803, found near the windmill, just beneath the sod, and lying side by side, eight celts of grey flint, chipped into form and not ground. One of these was as much as 13 inches long. Those in Mrs. Dickinson’s collection were—(1) 11 3∕4 long by 3 1∕2 broad and 2 1∕8 thick, (2) 9 1∕2 by 3 1∕4 by 1 3∕4, (3) 7 1∕2 by 3 1∕8 by 2 1∕8, and (4) 6 1∕2 by 3 by 1 5∕8. Four such, 7 1∕4 to 9 inches long, chipped only, were found buried in a row at Teddington.[285] [Illustration: Fig. 24.—Scamridge, Yorkshire. 1∕2] These deposits seem to have been intentional. “In the Hervey Islands[286] it was customary on the eve of battle to bury the stone adzes of the family in some out-of-the-way place. Beds of these (in heathen times) priceless treasures are still occasionally discovered. About a dozen adzes, large and small, were arranged in a circle, the points being towards the centre. The knowledge of the localities where to find them was carefully handed down from one generation to another.” At Northmavine,[287] Orkney, seven celts were found, arranged in a circle with the points towards the centre. From two to eight flint axes are sometimes found together in Denmark, and by Dr. Sophus Müller[288] are regarded as funeral offerings or ex-votos. [Illustration: Fig. 25.—Forest of Bere, near Horndean. 1∕2]