Record ID: CORN-BA5948
Object type: MACEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Granite (aplite) perforated ovoid macehead or shafthole adze, sub-oval in plan, tapering towards the butt end, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section, with a perforation that is circular in plan and hour-glass shaped in profile with a central diameter of 14 mm and an outer diameter of 23 mm. The blade end is wider in plan and narrower and asymmetrical in profile, suggesting that the implement might have been used as an adze. The implement has been worked from a beach cobble and would have been collected from the coast. It would have then been pecked and ground into shape…
Created on: Saturday 11th September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd September 2010
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Record ID: SUR-425AB0
Object type: MACEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A perforated stone macehead made from an oval river pebble of fine-grained buff stone with closely-spaced lighter streaks. The diameter of the hole varies from 11.57-12.21mm. There is no sign of further working to form an implement.
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CORN-8CC3C2
Object type: MACEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete doleritic greenstone cushion macehead or shafthole adze, oval in plan, tapering slightly towards one end, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. Both ends have been worked to form an edge which could have been used for chopping as well as hammering. The implement has been worked from a beach cobble and would have been collected from the coast. It would have then been pecked and ground into shape and the central hole bored by using sand and a drill. The shaft is 30 mm in diameter and is circular in plan and has a slight 'hour-glass' shape in profile suggesting that it has…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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