Fig. 2.
2. Next in importance comes a long, narrow, flattish stone—“from 11 inches by 3 inches, to 6 inches by 1½—thinned and somewhat rounded at each end.” Stones of this variety, which are very numerous in the collections already made, present a remarkable similarity. (See Fig. 2.)
Fig. 3.
(3.) The third type, which is illustrated by Fig. 3, is “a broad, flat stone, showing a tendency to be pointed at one end.” Dr Mitchell considers most of these stones fragments of larger implements; but two entire specimens of this type are to be found in a good collection made by Mr Umphray, of Raewick Shetland. The great majority of the rude stone implements found in Shetland belong to one or other of the types above briefly noticed; but we have still one or two less common varieties.
Fig. 4.
(4.) The fourth type, of which I have not been able to see a specimen, is described by Dr Mitchell as “a water-worn stone, 10 to 12 inches long, more or less cylindrical, but tapering at the ends.”
(5.) The fifth variety, illustrated by Fig. 4, is a curious and very interesting spud-like instrument, of which only a few specimens have been yet found.