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Find Spot record MDR2318 - Stone Mace-head, Castleton

Type and Period (1)

  • (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

SK 15 82: Castleton, Stone Mace-head: Dimensions: Length is 3 inches, Breadth is 2 inches. A Bronze Age mace-head, pestle type, of jaspery stone was found near Castleton in or before 1848. Now in Sheffield City Museum. D.33. (1-3,5). No exact provenance is recorded by the museum. (6).

Sources/Archives (8)

  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1848. Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire. p 7.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1855. Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities at Lomberdale House. p 86.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: Howarth, E. Catalogue of the Bateman Collection. p 9.
  • <4> Bibliographic reference: Yorkshire Archaeology Journal. Vol. 37. p 130.
  • <5> Index: Preston, F L. 1956. Transcript Hunter Index. No.2, F/88.
  • <6> Personal Observation: F1 BHS 08-SEP-65.
  • <7> Index: NDAT. 0608.
  • <8> Personal Observation: Thornton, A. Personal observation, map evidence, field visit etc..

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Location

Grid reference SK 15 82 (point)
Civil Parish CASTLETON, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Feb 8 2024 9:35PM

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