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 A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE and roundish ; and the general appearance is not that of the Lancashire implements. A nice specimen, smaller, and better finished, was found, as it seems,' near Blackpool, in 1881. Its dimensions are 8§ in. by 4 in. by 3 in. in depth, and it weighs 5 lb. It hollows slightly on the surface about the hole, which seems well cut ; while the hammer end seems especially to have been squarely dressed. Several good implements preserved in the county museums are of the same type as that from Mellor (see Plate III). At Chipping, which is not far distant to the north, was found one of 9 in. length and 4 in. breadth. Its depth increases from 2J in. near the hole to 3J in. towards the edge. Its weight is 5 lb. 11 oz. The head is broad but not truly flat, and the perfora- tion is rather central. This specimen is in the museum of Preston. In the museum at Bolton there is to be seen another interesting example, found in 1897 while ploughing near the church at Blackrod, which is not far from Wigan. It measures 8j in. in length, about 3 in breadth, with a depth vary- ing from 2i to 2I in. In form it is not symmetrical, having on one side a con- spicuous flattening where the original surface of the stone has been used with- out dressing. The material seems to be a fine local gritstone. In the same museum is a portion of an instrument which seems from its preserved part to have been almost the largest of its kind in the county, measuring 7J in. from edge to perforation and 4 in. in width. It belongs also to the type of the foregoing, with a depth which increases , from 2j in. at the hole to 3 J towards the edge. It was found at Silverdale in North Lancashire in 1871 ' A specimen with non-expanding edge, lojin. long, 4i in. wide, and 2fin. deep, was found m 1903 on the Burnley side of Pendle Forest in Ugden Clough The perforation divides the length in the proportion of 2 : 5 trom the hammer end, and measures about i| in. across. The weight of the object IS 6 lb. 10 oz., and the material seems to be a fine gritstone, with pohshed surface.' There is a slight smooth longitudinal depression, of nrtr°'^xK"'"^ down towards the edge from the hole, in the middle JZTJT. '""""J '°. ^^' ^" ^°'" ^y "^^' f°^ the edge also shows signs of greater wear and redressing towards that side on Rate TT N '' ^'f"' "'"'" ^°^'°"' ^' '^^ photograph reproduced at the Jd. ^°' ^ '^?S?^^vh^^ ^ broad flange to the head when viewed with a denVl. V K "^"f^ f^^^P^^ implement, 9J in. long and 3 J in. broad, In afXj T?'l"'^y.^"'^^^^^^ ^^"- "^^'^ the perforation to 31 ^n. ar the edge. The head is 2J in. across the surface, and 2| in. over the » Wi^don of John Men, E;^:""'- ^"'^ ^"^- ^""- "''" P" 3°+ (^°- ^^ 224 9- — Axe-Hammer from Heaton Chapel (Manchester Museum), i : 3.