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Macehead (fragment)

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from West Law, Lomond Hills, Fife

Macehead (fragment)
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This fragment of a stone macehead was found at West Law in the Lomond Hills in Fife. It could have been used as a weapon, but was principally a status symbol. It would have been mounted on the top of a wooden or bone handle. It possibly dates from between 3100 and 2500 BC.

This macehead fragment, broken across the shafthole, is made of an attractive black and cream speckled stone. It may have been of a type known as a 'proto-cushion' macehead.

Maceheads were used from the late 4th millennium BC until the early 2nd millennium BC as status symbols. Many broken examples have been fractured at the shafthole, the weakest point.

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