ABSTRACT
Furness district, must for all practical purposes be considered prehistoric. Most semi-barbarian nations were acquainted with the use of iron, and often attained considerable skill in the fabrication of arms. It is said that the inhabitants of North Britain, who fought against Severus, were naked, but wore rings of iron round their arms and bodies. Whether these articles were made by the natives, or received in exchange, it is useless to conjecture, but, while the improbability is great, we are not justified in concluding that the use of iron was unknown, even in those remote days, to the people of this district.
