Record ID: HESH-6C7041
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ground and polished stone pendant of uncertain / unknown date c. 3500 BC - 1950 AD). The pendant is formed from a fine grained volcanic tuff (pers comm. Lockett) which is a mid grey - black colour with relatively no inclusions, as such it is well adapted for flaking, grinding and polishing. The pendant is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and section; it tapers win thickness and width toward the upper edge, which is pierced with a relatively circular hole. This hole has been drilled from two sides and the cross section of it is hour-glass shaped. The interior of the hole has marked sc…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2012
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