70.—Celt. details

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Image title: 70.—Celt.
Source: Knight, Charles: “Old England: A Pictorial Museum” (1845)
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Keywords: weapons, celts, greyscale
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Notes:

“The weapons of the ancient Britons show their acquaintance with the casting of metals. Their axe-heads, called Celts, are composed of ten parts of copper and one of tin (Figs. 70 and 71); their spear-heads, of six parts of copper and one of tin. Moulds for spear-heads have been frequently found in Britain and Ireland (Figs. 72 and 73).” (p. 23)

Such a relic would today be said to date from the Bronze Age, of course.

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