I now come to the second of the subdivisions under which I have arranged this class of implements, viz., those having the sides flattened. The flat sides, of course, taper away to a point at the cutting edge of the celts, and usually diminish much in width toward the butt-end, which is commonly ground to a semi- circular blunted edge. The implements of this kind are generally very symmetrical in form.
One of the same form, found near Stowmarket, is engraved in the Archæologia.[5] If the account there given be correct, it was 1234 inches long. A specimen from Cardiff, now in the British Museum (412 inches), has lost a considerable portion of its original length by use, and is ground so that the edge bounds a facet on the face. The sides at the butt-end are somewhat rounded, but near the edge they are flat and 14 inch wide.
A fine specimen of this character, formed of ochreous flint (9 inches), found in Swaffham Fen, Cambridgeshire, is in the Christy Collection, as well as one from Mildenhall (512 inches), the butt-end of which is sharper than is usual.
In the Fitch Collection is a flint celt of this type, 712 inches long and 212 broad at the edge, which however, has been broken off. It is said to have been found in a tumulus at Swannington, Norfolk, in 1855. In the Northampton Museum is a specimen (6 inches) of ochreous flint, found at Gilsborough, Northamptonshire. The late Mr. James Wyatt, F.G.S., had a beautiful implement of this type, but narrower in proportion to its length, being 7 inches long and only 134 wide at the edge, found in the Thames at Coway Stakes, near Egham. I have one (6 inches) from the Thames at Hampton Court. A fine specimen, 912 inches long, and 3 wide at the edge, with the sides quite flat, but