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16
OXFORDSHIRE.
remains at Alchester, but the association was probably
accidental. These stone axes or adzes, or chisels, seem to
have been set in sockets, which, however, are rarely met
with. One such socket or handle formed ofthe horn ofthe
red deer issaid tohave been found with human remains
and pottery of an early character at Cockshott Hill, in
Wychwood Forest. A hammer-stone formed ofa quartzite
pebble was obtained by General Pitt-Rivers within an
ancient earthwork at Dorchester, and a sharpening or
grinding stonewas found at Burcott in the same parish in
*835» together with a stone celt. Flint flakesor knives are
abnndant on Callow Hill, and one, of which the edges were
serrated, soas toactas asaw, was foundatBrighthampton.
From Callow Hilla flint scraper fordressing hides is also
[ b e l l y âs
to be mentioned, and a fragment of a spear-head »1
with a beautiful barbed-flint arrow-head from Dorch»?*
Dykes. A diligent look-out would doubtless lead to m!
more discoveriesof these old stone tools, which arethe f?
remaining traces ofsavagetribeswho inhabited thiseonnf
in pre-historictimes.
trT
Full detailsâ with admirable illustrationsâ willbefan,4
inSir John Evans7book upon the Ancient Stone Im vltn Ji
of Great Britain (8vo London, second edition tr!t
The RollrightStone-Circle was probably connectedVithih
sun-worship of prehistoric times, and may possibly h
been erected about 2000 b . c .
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