Another, found in a large cinerary urn at Balblair,[772] Sutherlandshire, is shown full size in Fig. 267. The edges are very thin and sharp, and the central rib shown in the section is ornamented with incised lines.
Another blade of the same character, but ornamented with a lozenge pattern, and with the midrib less pronounced, is shown in Fig. 268, also of the actual size. It was found in a tumulus at Rogart,[773] Sutherland.
———— Fig. 269.—Wallingford. ½ ———— Fig. 270.—Heathery Burn Cave. ½
Another, apparently more perfect, and with many more lozenges in the pattern, is engraved in Gordon’s “Itinerarium Septentrionale.”[774] He describes it as “the end of a spear or Hasta Pura of old mixt brass, finely chequered.” It was in Baron Clerk’s collection.
The only English example which I can adduce was found with some sickles, a torque, and numerous other objects at Taunton. It is of nearly the same size and shape as Fig. 267, but the centre plate is fluted with a slight ridge along the middle and one on either side, and is not ornamented. It is described as a lance-head in the Archæological Journal.[775]
I am not aware of any such blades having ever been found in Ireland, in which country the plainer forms of oval razors also seem to be extremely rare.
In Canon Greenwell’s Collection is an oval blade (4 inches) with a flat central rib, tapering to a point, running along it. It has no tang, but there is a rivet-hole through the broad end of the rib. It was found in an urn with burnt bones at Killyless, Co. Antrim.
The form most commonly known under the name of razor is that shown in Fig. 269, from a specimen in my own collection, found in the Thames, with a socketed knife and other objects, near Wallingford. One of almost identical character was found at Llangwyllog,[776] Anglesea.
