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Battleaxe from Stanton Moor
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Battleaxe from Stanton Moor
Dimensions : Length 11.5cm, width 5.3cm.
Site name : Stanton Moor
Site type : Burial site
Time period : Bronze Age
Material : Stone
Object type : Grave goods; Weapon
Museum number : 1979.1089
Cairn T36 on Stanton Moor was excavated in 1953 by a party of boys from Chesterfield School, supervised by J. P. Heathcote. This stone battleaxe was found in an undisturbed burial in this cairn.
Battleaxes are found in Bronze Age burials in various parts of the country. They are made of stone which has been finely and painstakingly worked. Shapes and forms vary but all are have a hole in them. This is an Early Bronze Age form often found with cremations.
Bibliography :
Heathcote, J. P. , 1954
Glossary:
Bronze Age
Cairn
Cremation
Disturbed burial
Excavation
Undisturbed burial
Related objects
Replica Benty Grange helmet in use
Barbed and tanged arrowheads from Stanton Moor
Stone axe from Arbor Low henge
Macehead from Liffs Low
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