Macehead
This stone tool has a hole drilled through it and could have been used for a variety of purposes. This object comes from Cullompton in Devon and dates to the Mesolithic period, over 6,000 years ago. Drilling the hole would have been very hard work and taken a craftsperson many hours.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 64/1921
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- flint
- Common Name
- macehead
- Simple Name
- macehead
- Period Classification
- Mesolithic (10000-4000 BC)
