30 Stone Implements from neighbourhood of Chelmsford.
horns were found near by in the soil, tending to show that
the ground might have been disturbed; and we have also to
take into consideration the possibility of the man having
made a mistake in determining the spot from whence the
implement fell.
[As Mr. Corder's celt is a very beautiful example of a type
by no means common, a figure is given of it, showing the
front and side views. The specimen has been seen by Major-
General Pitt-Rivers and by Mr. Worthington Smith.—Ed.]
I also exhibit a hammer-head made of an oval mass of
sandstone, such as abound in our Glacial deposits. It is five
inches long by three and a half wide, and has a hole
apparently bored from both sides, as it slopes, crater-wise,
from both surfaces to the middle. The ends of the stone
give evidences of use, showing numerous slight chippings
and irregularities. It was found in a yard at Writtle, Essex,
having apparently been brought there from the fields with
other stones for paving purposes.
The third small flint I exhibit was found near Chignal,
Essex, by Mr. R. M. Christy, a member of the Club. It is
three inches long and three-fourths of an inch wide. One
side is polished, the other roughly chipped, and the stone
tapers towards each end. The use to which it could have
been put I do not know, but perhaps it may have been used
as a polishing implement in dressing other stones.