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Description: | A carved stone axe hammer or macehead of probable late Neolithic to early Bronze Age date (2500-1800 BC). Such implements have been found throughout Britain and there is some debate as to whether they were tools or had a symbolic function. A similar example, complete with evidence of a shaft, was found in the Bronze Age Bush Barrow in Wiltshire.
The object is made from a mid brown quartzite pebble of possible Scottish origin (see M.B. Fenton; 1984). It has been roughly shaped but probably not polished. The surfaces are convex and the implement increases in width from the back to the front, where there is a thin "cutting" edge. In each side of the implement (one opposing the other) is a drilled circular depression; it seems likely that these represent an unfinished shaft hole, the tool having been rejected prior to completion. There is a small amount of damage to the narrow back edge.
The implement measures 103.5mm long, 49.3mm wide and 26.9mm thick. The exact weight was not recorded due to a lack of appropriate scales; it is, however, over 200g. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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