A  hone,  or  flaying-knife,  was  found  a  few  years  ago  in  this
parish,  the  particulars  of  which,  accompanied  by  a  drawing,  I
sent  to  the  Archaeological  Institute.  The  following  notice  of  it
appeared  in  their  Journal,  Vol.  vi.,  p.  409.  "  Drawing  of  an
implement,  supposed  to  be  of  the  early  British  period,  formed  of
a  green-coloured  stone,  and  found  six  feet  below  the  surface,
in  a  gravel-bed,  at  Lindridge.  It  is  a  kind  of  chisel,  or
possibly  it  may  have  been  used  as  a  flaying-knife.  At  one  end
there  are  two  perforations,  and  a  third  hole  drilled  only  partly
through.  Dimensions : — length,  four  and  three  quarter  inches ;
breadth,  one  inch ;  thickness,  about  a  quarter  of  an  inch,  dimi-
nishing towards  the  ends.  It  was  presented  to  the  Museum  of
the  Worcestershire  Natural  History  Society,  by  the  Rev.  Thomas
Pearson,  of  Witley.
"  The  objects  of  stone,  found  in  barrows  in  Wiltshire  by  Sir
Richard  Hoare  (*  Ancient  Wilts.,'  PI.  2,  12,  &c.),  mostly  per-
forated at  the  ends,  and  similar  to  this  in  general  form,  but  not
sharpened  at  the  extremity,  have  been  regarded  as  ornaments,  or
as  whetstones*.     Possibly,  the  curious  example  above  given  may

*  See  the  "  Journal  of  tlie  Archsological  Institate,"  VoL  vi^  p.  198,  as  to  a
whetstone,  found  with  other  Roman  remains  at  Ickleton.
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have  answered  a  double  purpose,  both  as  a  hone  and  an  edged  tool.
(See  also  *  Archaological  Journal,'  Vol.  v.,  pp.  282,  293,  323."  )


The  accompanying  woodcut  represents  both  its  breadth  and
thickness.
HOLT.
