Sidney Oldall Addy

Name: The Hall of Waltheof — III. Stone and Bronze Implements
Author: Sidney Oldall Addy

The Hall of Waltheof — III. Stone and Bronze Implements (1893)

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“The Hall of Waltheof — III. Stone and Bronze Implements”, published in 1893, is a work by Sidney Oldall Addy. It explores elements such as hatchet, Upperthorpe and stone implement.

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Sidney Oldall Addy, The Hall of Waltheof — III. Stone and Bronze Implements (1893)

“ This superstition cannot, however, have been general at the time when man himself made and used these stone axes; but must have been a subsequent idea, which, to judge from the peculiar occurrence of hatchet-shaped objects in the bogs and grave finds, doubtless had its origin in the faft that the axe and the hammer were, in the Stone Age, sacred to the mighty divinity of thunder and lightning, who not only inspired terror, but greatly contributed to the increase of the fertility of the earth. ”

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Sidney Oldall Addy, The Hall of Waltheof — III. Stone and Bronze Implements (1893)

“ Possibly the stone hammer or hatchet was laid in the earth to protect the crops against rain and storm, or the house against lightning. As bronze and stone implements are found together in graves it is evident that the making of stone implements was contemporaneous with the making of bronze implements, so that it cannot be asserted that these two stone hatchets belong to a "stone age" which preceded a "bronze age," though doubtless the use of stone long preceded the use of bronze in the making of tools and weapons. ”

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Sidney Oldall Addy, The Hall of Waltheof — III. Stone and Bronze Implements (1893)

“ The inhabitants of several of the South Sea Islands possess 'ceremonial hatchets' which are used at religious festivals and similar solemn occasions. Some of the oldest representations of the god of thunder or lightning which have been found in Europe and Asia represent him with an axe or hammer in his hand. It is also well known that the stone axes are called 'thunderbolts' over the whole world, on account of the universal superstition that they fall from the sky during thunderstorms. ”

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Sidney Oldall Addy, The Hall of Waltheof — III. Stone and Bronze Implements (1893)

“ This streak of colour has, or rather had before some experiments were made on the hatchet, a decided appearance of artificial ornamentation, and it is hard to account for the fact that on one side the streak of colour is exactly parallel to the curved edge of the hatchet, except on the supposition that it has been artificially laid on. Nevertheless I can find no instance of a stone implement which has been decorated in this way, and it is much more probable that the colouring at the edge has arisen from contact with bronze or copper. ”

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Sidney Oldall Addy, The Hall of Waltheof — III. Stone and Bronze Implements (1893)

“ A plain bronze hatchet was found about ten years ago by a gamekeeper near some stones known as "the Coach and Horses" on Derwent Edge in Bradfield, and it is now in the possession of Mr. John Bedford, of More Hall. The edge is blunt and jagged, as though a long time ago it had borne hard blows. Its extreme length is six-and-a-half inches, and its breadth in the widest part is exactly three inches. The average thickness is about a quarter of an inch. One side of this instrument is quite plain and flat, but on the other side are two round holes which penetrate about half way through the bronze. ”

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Sidney Oldall Addy, The Hall of Waltheof — III. Stone and Bronze Implements (1893)

“ Here, then, may be seen a clear connection between the celt carved on the chambered tumulus and the axes carved upon the old tombstones at Ashover.
Not only in Europe, says Worsaae, "but in other parts of the world small stone axes have been worn as amulets for luck. ”

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Sidney Oldall Addy, The Hall of Waltheof — III. Stone and Bronze Implements (1893)

“ Its extreme length is eight inches, and it measures seven-and-one-third inches round its largest circumference. As will be seen in the drawing one of its sides is considerably longer than the other. The hatchet is made of a light-coloured hone slate, or of a stone which resembles hone slate. No doubt it was first rudely struck out, and then polished. The edge is clearly cut and sharp, but it is thick, and such a thickness, it is said, would make the hatchet stronger and more useful for working in wood. ”

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Sidney Oldall Addy, The Hall of Waltheof — III. Stone and Bronze Implements (1893)

“ Axes are found figured upon old gravestones built into the walls of our English churches, as for instance upon two gravestones at Ashover Church in Derbyshire, where the axe appears side by side with the cross, both symbols being emblems of heathen belief. ”

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Sidney Oldall Addy, The Hall of Waltheof — III. Stone and Bronze Implements (1893)

“ She also says that the workmen "came across some parts of a Roman wall." Contact with the bronze coins is probably the true explanation of the streak of colour upon the hatchet, notwithstanding its regularity. ”

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