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Macehead

Description

Half of a macehead of red sandstone, from near Wards Farm, Earlshall, Fife

Museum reference

X.BN 278

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Macehead

Materials

Sandstone, red

Physical description

Sandstone, red; small, flat

Collection place(s)

Tentsmuir, Wards Farm, Earlshall, Leuchars, Fife, Scotland, Northern Europe

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