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Description: | Fragment of a Mesolithic or Neolithic stone macehead, broken across the haft hole, just under half remaining. Medium/coarse-grained metamorphic rock, probably dolorite (the finder has been told it is Welsh dolorite). Originally oval in plan. Central drilled circular haft hole, which is slightly hourglass in section having been drilled from both sides. Convex surfaces, pointed oval in section. Length (broken - roughly half original length) c.65mm, width 87.5mm, maximum thickness 26mm, internal diameter of hole c.20mm (minimum), weight 184.3g. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -8300
-2100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rachel Atherton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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