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Grave-mounds and their contents; a manual of archaeology, as exemplified in the burials of the Celtic, the Romano-British, and the Anglo-Saxon periods (1870)

Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William, 1816-1886 · London : Groombridge · leaf 152

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ore intendedfor throwing than for any other purpose, and which, with itssharp cutting edges, and the unerring aim of the Briton,must have been indeed a deadly weapon, is frequently 122 GRAVE-MOUNDS AND THEIR CONTENTS. found, and is shown on fig. 167. It is a simple circularlump of flint, an inch… … Fig. I Fig. 167. Fig. 169. are called by many absurd names. Small, delicatelyformed, and very beautiful flints, of an oviform or circularshape, are also found (fig. 168), as are a large number of Fig. 170.

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