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1945.36
About half of a neolithic or bronze age "Thames Pestle" type stone macehead found at Eycot Wood, Rendcomb, Gloucestershire. An elegantly fashioned object made from a polished greenstone provenanced to Cornwall, petrological Group I; broken through a cylindrical shaft-hole. The surviving hammer head end is rounded with a small flattened area. The thin section has been cut from near the perforation and has been refilled.
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Cornwall
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]
Late Neolithic, Early Bronze Age
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[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- l: 4.5cm
- w: 5.7cm
- thickness: 4.2cm
