Record ID: CORN-28B283
Object type: MACE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken probable mace head, made from a dark granitic stone. It is of probable Neolithic to Bronze Age dates, which is consistent with its depositional context. Dimensions: Remaining length, 97.99, width, 95.53mm, thickness, 25.59mm. Diameter of central perforation, 21.02mm. Weight: 445g.
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-CC80F6
Object type: MACE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy mace head or staff terminal, dating to the Medieval period, c. AD 1250-1400. The terminal is a hollow cylinder, open at both ends, with a head comprising three bands of four spikes, each offset by ninety degrees from the adjacent row.  As is usual for these maceheads the upper and lower bands have sub-triangular cross-sectioned spikes while the centre band has lozenge-shaped cross-sectioned spikes, which are longer and worn at the tips. Below the head, the cylindrical shaft ends with a raised collar. The mace head has a …
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: IOW-177692
Object type: MACE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval cast copper alloy mace head or staff terminal, c.AD 1250-1400. The terminal is a hollow cylinder, open at both ends, with a diameter of 17mm at the top widening to 24mm at the base. The head comprising three bands of four spikes, each offset by ninety degrees from the adjacent row.  As is usual for these maceheads, the upper and lower bands have sub-triangular cross-sectioned spikes that are slightly curved slightly in towards the line of the centre band, while the latter has lozenge-shaped cross-sectioned spikes that are longer and worn at the tips. Belo…
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-616558
Object type: MACE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy mace head dating to the medieval period (c. AD 1100-1400).  The artefact consists of a hollow rectangular cube with projecting pyramidal knops. The knops are arranged in three layers, with knops at each upper and lower corner, and one centrally on each face. Two circular holes are present on the top and bottom faces, and the interior is hollow with a circular concave internal face. Although unusual finds, there are similar parallels recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See for example: LVPL-30B8F7, BERK-6C3FB2, NM…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-23CB83
Object type: MACE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a flint nodule with a natural, off-centre hole through, of mottled grey flint with bands of orange/brown, now broken transversely across the hole. Part of the outer cortex appears to have been removed by hard hammer percussion from the centreline when viewed from the side, with flake scars struck from this point being struck centripetally towards the hole and bifacially knapped, some of the flake scars have crushed and not come away cleanly, part of the cortical edge is too steep for flakes to have been removed and remains unmodified apart from a couple of old frost fractur…
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-30B8F7
Object type: MACE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy mace or flail, dating to the later medieval period (c.AD 1100-1400). The object consists of a circle of six pyramidal spikes with a circular knop protruding from the centre. Below the spikes is a semi-circular protrusion that is encrusted in thick iron corrosion. It is likely a second iron element was fixed to this lower section of the object. Overall the object has a smooth mid-green patina. Dimensions: Length 46.4mm; width 48.1mm; weight 132.87g The function of the object is uncertain, it is likely a mace head although it does not closely compare with …
Created on: Friday 9th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-87FC3F
Object type: MACE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Mesolithic to Neolithic polished stone mace, dating to c. 8000 - 2000 BC. The but of the mace remains, it is rectangular with rounded corners. The mace has broken at the hourglass perforation.  Length: 48.6 mm Width: 48.6 mm Thickness: 24.6 mm Weight: 116.24 g
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F2F3DB
Object type: MACE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Impressively banded igneous stone “slipper” mace head, the stone is fine-grained with grey/green layers between whiteish layers, the perforations were never completed; pecked and/or bored from both faces but now left as opposing “cups” to each face c. 23 mm dia. and each 11 mm deep, there was only c. 7 mm of unperforated stone  before the two would meet up. The surface has a small amount of fine, granular loss but essentially it is in good condition. Possibly locally made from a glacial erratic water worn pebble chosen for the aesthetics of the stone…
Created on: Monday 12th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
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Record ID: BERK-6C3FB2
Object type: MACE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast in copper alloy mace head of Medieval date. It has a hollow centre and usually with 4 pyramidal knops. Below these the mace head is broken.
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-C49A3D
Object type: MACE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone mace head or pebble hammer of Neolithic or earlier date. The object is made from an oval pebble, 101.5mm in length, 84.4mm wide and 35.8mm thick with an oval cross-section on both the long and short axis. The perforation hole is circular and has an hourglass cross section, tapering on both sides from 38mm diameter at the surface to 20mm at a ridge around the mid point of the channel. The hole was bored from both sides of the stone (to meet in the middle) probably using a rotating drill and sand abrasive. Both ends of the macehead have patches of battering damage suggesting tha…
Created on: Friday 17th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: NMS-6B769C
Object type: MACE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a medieval copper alloy knopped mace-head with almost half of the circumference and all of the socket missing. The interior is hollowed although the wall maintains an even thickness behind the knops. The opening for the shaft has been enlarged at both ends as a result of damage. Weight 81.5g. Extant length 23mm. Diameter / width 54mm. For a discussion of this class of object which may have had ceremonial or religion significance rather than military see Daubney, A. in Geake 2005, 334-7. 12th - 14th century. Field JBu16
Created on: Sunday 30th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2022
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Record ID: LIN-6CDCC8
Object type: MACE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible unfinished stone macehead of Bronze Age to Neolithic in date. The object is sub-oval and D-shaped in cross-section with two flat faces, one with a circular off-centre indentation measuring 23.75 mm in diameter and c.11 mm in depth. The stone is dark grey, pitted with quartz inclusions. One edge is flattened (the lowest edge in the image), while the remaining are curved or slightly convex. Overall dimensions are as follows Length: 93.16 mm; Width: 80.43 mm; Thickness: 61 mm; Weight: over 200g.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th October 2021
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Record ID: NMS-3E5DB7
Object type: MACE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper-alloy mace head, now incomplete. It is a hollow cylinder, open at both ends; the complete end appears to be the top and the bottom end is missing. The circular hole in the top is c. 16mm in diameter, slightly smaller than the rest of the cylinder which is c. 22mm in diameter internally. The outside has three rows of four spikes or knops each, which take up the upper 22mm or so of the macehead. Each row is offset by ninety degrees from the adjacent row. As is usual for these mace heads (compare SF-167579, LIN-9570B5 and NARC-56B401) the upper and lower rows have spikes …
Created on: Thursday 6th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 10th June 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C4FC9A
Object type: MACE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy socketed hollow-cast knobbed mace head of 11th to 14th century date The cast mace-head is near-complete (with a surviving length of 72.0mm and a weight of 131.4g). The base of the socket is missing and there is no surviving collar. The socket is sub-circular (with an external diameter of 27.1mm – 29.2mm) and the interior contains the remnants of a wooden shaft (24mm diameter). The sides of the socket are straight and parallel to the apex, become sub-square sectioned where the knobs begin (7-9mm square). The knobs were of pyramidal form (11mm square at the …
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ty Gwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-70B382
Object type: MACE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic partially polished stone mace head dating to 3rd millennium BC (c. 2800 – 2100BC) The polished mace-head is complete or near-complete (with a length of 98.8mm and a weight of 395.2g) and is of unusual form with a well-defined blade at one end. The butt is rounded and convex (61mm wide, 9mm deep and approximately 20mm thick) but is battered and irregular, possibly resulting from its use as a hammer. Both sides are near-straight, slightly concave across their lengths (83mm and 76mm) and rounded across their widths. The mace head is widest at the blade (with a width of 7…
Created on: Tuesday 21st July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2020
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Record ID: CORN-B4E0E4
Object type: MACE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone macehead or pebble hammer, oval in plan and in profile and section with a central perforation that is circular in plan and an hour-glass shape in profile. The macehead is made of white quartzite and was probably derived from a local beach cobble nearby. The implement was worked from the cobble, pecked and ground into shape, as it still retains evidence, in the form of little indentations on the surface, of the pecking process used in shaping. The central hole was then bored by using sand and a drill and the 'hour-glass' shape in profile suggests that the macehead was drilled fro…
Created on: Friday 1st May 2020
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-65B6B8
Object type: MACE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval mace-head,copper alloy (with probable high lead content), circular, heavily cast with four projecting blunt lozengiform pyramids between four half pyramids above (one missing) and below, slightly irregular circular central perforation (approximate diameter 26mm) with remains of collar at base and concave internal moulding. Height 37mm. Diameter 49mm. Weight 91.45g. Cf. Discussion in Medieval Archaeology (2005), 334, 336 and 7, fig.5, closest to b. This mace head is very close to an example from Burgh with Tuttington (NMS-AE5497, HER 33592), noted in Daubne…
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th October 2021
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Record ID: SF-167579
Object type: MACE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy medieval Mace head or staff terminal, dating to AD 1250-1400. The terminal is a hollow cylinder, open at both ends, with a head comprising three bands of four spikes, each offset by ninety degrees from the adjacent row. As is usual for these maceheads the upper and lower bands have sub-triangular cross-sectioned spikes, which are slightly curved slightly in towards the line of the centre band while the latter has lozenge-shaped cross-sectioned spikes, which are longer and worn at the tips. Below the head, the cylindrical shaft ends with a raised collar; the sh…
Created on: Monday 10th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 19th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bracon Ash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-DA4FFA
Object type: MACE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy medieval Mace head or staff terminal. The terminal is a hollow cylinder, open at both ends, with a head comprising three bands of four spikes, each offset by 90 degrees from the adjacent row. The upper and lower bands of spikes are curved slightly in towards the line of the centre band, which has the longest spikes. As is usual for these maceheads, the upper and lower rows are of three-sided spikes, while those on the central row are of four-sided spikes. Below this head, which is 29.6mm in length, is an octagonal collar of 25.8mm width and 27.0mm length, with a…
Created on: Wednesday 9th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
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Record ID: WMID-D5711C
Object type: MACE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible cast-iron mace head of Medieval or Post Medieval date. The object is spherical with a circular piercing of 26.47mm running from top to bottom. The object is corroded, with some deep pitting in places. There is no obvious evidence of any protrusions such as knobs or spikes on the surface, as found on other examples on the database (e.g. WMID-B9FE34). The mace head is 61mm in diameter and weighs 640g.
Created on: Thursday 16th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2019
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