Summary

Macehead of polished mottled serpentine, cushion type, from Fife, 3100 - 2500 BC

Accession Number

X.AH 112

Other references

Original description

PERFORATED STONE AXES, HAMMERS &C. Hammer of mottled serpentine, 5 9/16 x 1 11/16 in., polished, blunted edges at right angles to haft hole, found in a cairn in Fife. HMcC note, 1998-99: Updated from SCRAN full data set.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

Clerk Collection

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Fife, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1894

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Clerk Collection

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Vendor

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