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Submitted byBlingo_von_Trumpenstein
AddedSep 17 2012
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Description Exceptional flint macehead from Denbighshire. The final grinding to get the geometric incised pattern must have taken a very long time. My guestimate would be 150 hours. This is very similar to one found in Orkney. These things always feel ceremonial.

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caradoc68
(2012-09-17)
Great pic Mr Trumpenstein, how they make that 5000 years ago and what have we lost in the mean time to forget how to make that ??????
davidmorgan
(2012-09-18)
LOL, I'd say get your Dremel out and give it a go, caradoc.

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