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Museum; and another (8 inches) from the collection of the late Rev. T. Hugo, F.S.A.,[1] is now mine. Its edge is rather oblique. I have another from the Thames (71/2 inches) with a symmetrical edge.

Large implements of this form are of not uncommon occurrence in

Fig. 67.—Thames, London. 1/2

Scotland and in the Shetland Isles. There are several in the National Museum at Edinburgh, and also in the British Museum, and in that of Newcastle. The butt-end is occasionally pointed, and the faces in broad specimens, flatter than in Fig. 67. Several of these celts
  1. Arch. Assoc. Journ., vol. x. p. 105.