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120SOCKETED CELTS
[CHAP. V.

celts, some of oval and some of square section, two palstaves, two gouges, two daggers, twelve spear-heads, and numerous fragments of celts and leaf-shaped swords, as well as rough metal and the refuse jets from castings. The whole lay together about two feet below the surface at Wick Park,[1] Stogursey, Somerset.

In other rare instances there is a transverse bead running across the blade below the three vertical ribs. The celt shown in Fig. 128 was found near Guildford, Surrey, and is in the collection of Mr. E. Fitch, F.S.A.

On other celts the vertical ribs are more or less than three in number.

Fig. 127.—Stogursey. ½ Fig. 128.— Guildford. ½ Fig. 129.— Frettenham. ½

A specimen with four ribs, also in Mr. Fitch's collection, is engraved as Fig. 129. It was found at Frettenham, Norfolk.

Others with four ribs occurred in the find at West Halton,[2] Lincolnshire, already mentioned. One was also found at the Castle Hill,[3] Worcester, and another at Broust in Andreas,[4] Isle of Man. Examples with three and four ribs from Kirk-patrick and Kirk-bride, Isle of Man, are in the collection of Mr. J. R. Wallace of Distington, Whitehaven.

One (4⅛ inches) with five ribs was found in the hoard at Martlesham, Suffolk, also already mentioned.

One (3¾ inches) with six small vertical ribs on the faces, found at Downton, near Salisbury, is in the Blackmore Museum. In a celt with

  1. Proc. Soc. Ant., 2nd S., vol. v. p. 427, pl. i. 3.
  2. Arch. Journ., vol. x. p. 69.
  3. Allies, "Wore," p. 18, pl. i. 1.
  4. "1st Rep. Arch. Comm. I. of M.," pl. iv. 1.