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Title: The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Evans, John, Sir, 1823-1908
Subjects: Stone age
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Mr. James Brown. Dr. Blackmore observes that theimplements on the side of the hill are relatively only half asnumerous as on the top, and that the condition of their surfacevaries considerably, the majority being water-worn, but othershaving their edges and angles as sharp as if they had been madeyesterday. The degree of staining also varies, and is not alwaysdue to their present position in the gravel, some deeply stainedhaving been dug out of the chalk: rubble at the base, where theylay side by side with fragments of flint which retained theiroriginal colour; and, on the other hand, perfectly unstainedspecimens having been obtained from the dark ochreous gravel.Many implements were observed in situ by Mr. Wheaton,Mr. James Brown, and others; and they were found scattered 554 RIVER-DRIFT IMPLEMENTS. (CHAP. XXIII. unevenly through the deposit, but the majority low downand towards the base. Many of them are extremely rude ; infact, as a whole, . ruder and less skilfully made than most
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Fig. 472.—Milford Hill, Salisbury. £ of the specimens from the valley of the Somme. Flakes andspalls wore found in considerable numbers, and also a fewremarkably well-made implements, of which a magnificent speci- ■ FORDIXGBRIDGE. 555 men is shown in Fig. 472. It is of light grey flint, with thenatural crust on part of the base. The face not shown is roughlychipped, but it has been neatly wrought at the edge to a sym-metrical form. Its angles are but slightly rounded. A scraper-like implement from Brit ford, a short distance belowSalisbury, is in the Blackmore Museum. About six miles below Salisbury, in gravel, near Downton,* and atan elevation of about 150 feet above the river Avon, Mr. Prestwichhas found a small ovate implement, in form like Fig. 456, but moresharply pointed, and only 3 inches in length. Between the pit inwhich it was found, and the river, two gravel terraces occur, one80 to 110 feet, and the other 40 to 60 feet, above its level. About five miles farther down t

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