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 EARLY MAN implement probably used as a pestle/ which seems to resemble a celt in general outline ; and the third is an implement of the form of a rough celt. This is in the museum at Preston, where it is described as ' a stone- hammer found at Longridge, composed of Yoredale grit.' Its dimensions are 7 in. by 2 J by if. In Lancashire over Sands the finds of stone celts are curiously localized in an interesting manner to the central district of Furness, with the exception of some implements found deep in the peat at Wray Hill near to Ambleside on the northern boundary of the county. From Furness Abbey, it is said, comes a celt nearly 9 in. in length, with a width of 2| in. and thickness ij in. Other celts are reported to the east at Roose- beck near Aldingham and to the north at Stainton near Dalton. Further to the north-east again the area of finds embraces Ulverston, where a polished celt was found in some old workings of a hematite ore mine. At Penning- ton near Conishead a little way to the south was found a celt somewhat peculiar in form. It is of a green-stone, and is described as resembling ' the butt end of a long celt of a common north country type, broken off short, then roughly chipped to a new edge. The edge thus formed has never been polished like the rest of the weapon.' Its present length is about 3 J in., breadth ijin., and thickness i in. It was turned up by the plough in a field on Castle Hill. The area of stone celts reaches eastward as far as Cartmel, where an implement of grey schist, measuring 8i in. by 3J in., was found on Winder Moor. 4. Perforated Stone Implements (a) Adze-like in form, with the hole transverse to the plane of the cutting g^ge, — The city of Manchester furnishes the best example of adze-like stone implements. Those preserved in the Uni- versity Museum are shown in the following diagrams, Nos. 3-5, as they well illustrate the form and character of this class. The first of them, fig. 3, was found at Green- heys, in a brickyard in Upper Lloyd Street. It is interesting typologically from its resem- blance in plan to the rounder stone hammers described as mace-heads, etc., and in section to the rougher axe-hammers, having one end sharp and the other blunt. It has obviously been considerably used. It is 4J in. in length by 2| in. in width, with a thickness of I J in. The second example, fig. 4, shows a more clearly adze-like implement, longer in proportion, which has been used obviously as an adze-hammer. It was found in 1870, in Corporation Street, 25 ft. below the surface, and is of a smooth glacial rock. It measures 5 in. by 2^ in., with a thickness of ijin. It has the feeling of a well-advanced Bronze Age implement. 1 Described as from near Blackpool. Weld MSS. 219 Fig. 3. ■Stone Adze from Greenheys, Manchester. 1:2.