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This exquisitely carved 5000-year-old ceremonial macehead is one of Neolithic Europe’s finest works of art. Excavated from the passage tomb at Knowth in the Boyne Valley, Ireland, it is less than 8cm long and made of a hard, mottled cream-coloured flint. #FindsFriday #Neolithic
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Kirk Hammerton, North Yorkshire, is a village hiding a secret. Strip away the buildings with LiDAR there appears to be a 200m #Neolithic #Henge under the village. Geophysics and excavations in some of the unbuilt area seem to confirm the banking and internal ditches. #Archaeology
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