The Rutland Magazine and County Historical Record

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The Neolithic Find at (jrert Casterton, Rutland, August 1905; With a Note On a Heolithic Celt Fouhd aT THE find of Prehistoric remains at Great Casterton, which occurred in August 1905, has excited interest sufficiently keen and widespread to make it appear desirable to place on record as much information...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The Neolithic Find at (jrert Casterton, Rutland, August 1905; With a Note On a Heolithic Celt Fouhd aT THE find of Prehistoric remains at Great Casterton, which occurred in August 1905, has excited interest sufficiently keen and widespread to make it appear desirable to place on record as much information on the matter as it nas been possible to obtain, and, at the same time, to attempt to summarize the opinions on various points connected therewith which have been expressed by several well-known Archaeological experts. My attention was first drawn to the find by reading, during an absence from home, a short paragraph in the Stamford Mercury reporting a recent discovery of human and other remains in a stone-quarry at Great Casterton. On my return to Rutland I took the earliest opportunity of investigating the matter in company with my friend, Mr. E. H. V. Hodge. On reaching the scene of the find, we learned that all the relics had been removed to Stamford, but we were shewn, by a quarryman at work in the pit, the place where the skeleton and other objects had come to light. The continued quarrying operations, however, had almost completely removed the actual site and we are therefore dependent on others for all the knowledge we possess of the discovery and the attendant circumstances. Ascertaining from the workman above referred to that the relics were to be seen at the premises of Mr. J. Woplston, the quarry- owner, in Stamford, we proceeded thither, and, by the kindness of Mr. Pollock (Mr. Woolston's manager), were permitted to examine them at our leisure. The find consisted of the following: ? A. Human remains. i. Skull (somewhat damaged and imperfect) and lower jaw. 2 Both humeri. 3. Both radii and ulnae. 4. Left femur. 5. Left os innominatum. 6. Up...