regard to the purpose for which these objects were fabricated: an argument might perhaps be fairly drawn from this mould, that they were properly warlike weapons, and not implements for domestic or mechanical uses, the celt being here found in conjunction with objects unquestionably of warlike use.
SAXON, OR EARLY NORMAN PERIOD.
Details of supposed Saxon Tombs, Crypt, Bedale, Yorkshire.
Sculptured stone and altar, Bedale crypt.
Sculptured remains of early character, by some accounted Saxon, and bearing much resemblance to the curious crosses at Carew, Nevern, Penally, and other places in South Wales, are found scattered throughout the Northern counties. Of some interesting fragments existing in Durham and Yorkshire, a notice, accompanied by drawings, has been received from Mr. W. Hylton Longstaffe, of Darlington. In forming graves in the choir of Bedale church, portions of ancient tombs were found, resembling in fashion the remarkable sepulchre existing at Dewsbury[1]. The covering of these tombs was formed like a ridged roof, covered with diamond-shaped tiles, overlapping one another precisely like the Roman roofing found at Bisley, of which a representation has been given in the Archæological Journal[2]. One portion, found at Bedale, in the spot now reserved as the family burial
- ↑ See the representation given by Whitaker in his Loidis; a foliated ornament, forming a repetition of volutes, runs along the side: at the end, which is formed as a gable, there is a panel, enclosing a cross.
- ↑ Vol. ii. p. 44
