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Neolithic flint macehead
Ovoid macehead, featuring geometric facetted decoration.
Finely worked flint macehead, 3000-2500 BCE. The fine design on this macehead was carefully ground into the flint over hundreds of hours using tools made of stone.
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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
82.19H
Find Information
Site Name: Maesmawr, Corwen
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1840
Notes: Found by a labourer gathering wood on Maesmawr Estate. Presented to the Scottish Antiquaries by the Rev. E.L.Barnwell in 1864 after he had acquired it in 1859.
Measurements
length / mm:76.3
width / mm:51.8
thickness / mm:50.3
weight / g:296.6
diameter / mm:17.1 (perforation)
Material
Flint
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Knapping/Making Stone Axes
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