Fig. 13.—Sheath Mounting of Bronze from grave No. 1 at Ballinaby (actual size).
A small and elegantly-formed and ornamented object of bronze (Fig. [13]), with a cylindrical socket, terminating in a globose and lobated expansion, with a rope-like moulding round the upper part of the terminal expansion, appears to have been the mounting of the end of a small sheath. A similar object, nearly of the same size, having its globose termination ornamented with a grotesque face was found in a grave in the island of Westray, in Orkney, and will be hereafter referred to. (See Fig. [50].)
Fig. 14.—Axe-heads of Iron (⅓), from grave No. 1 at Ballinaby.
The implements associated with these weapons and accoutrements in the man’s grave are equally worthy of special examination, because, when regarded as a representative group, it will be seen that they point with equal definiteness to the same conclusion as to the typical character and relations of the special form of burial with which we are dealing.
The iron axe-heads (Fig. [14]) found in the grave were two in number, nearly alike in form and dimensions, though somewhat mutilated. They do not differ greatly from the modern form of the implement, and are good serviceable tools.
Figs. 15 and 16.—Adze and Hammer (½), from grave No. 1 at Ballinaby.
The small adze-head (Fig. [15]) and the hammer-head (Fig. [16]) of iron are also good serviceable tools, not differing greatly from forms that are still in use, but possessing, in common with the axes, sufficient individuality of form and character to establish their typical relationship as members of a special group.
