THE GREAT WARNHAM HEAD, 1 894. (PARK) 
Measurements—Points, 44 ; length, 33 in.; span (over all), 45J in.; beam above tray, 7 in. 5 beam immediately above tray, 9 in. 
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British Deer and their Horns 
1. Stags’ Heads —of recent or prehistoric times recovered from the earth in ( a ) 
England, ( b ) Scotland, (c) Ireland. 
2. Park Stags’ Heads. 
3. Heads of Stags kept under semi-feral Conditions. 
4. Wild English Stags’ Heads. 
5. Wild Irish Stags’ Heads. 
6. Wild Scotch Stags’ Heads— Taken from examples killed ( a ) early in the present 
century, and ( b) within the last thirty years. 
1. STAGS’ HEADS 
OF RECENT AND PREHISTORIC TIMES RECOVERED FROM THE SOIL IN ( a ) ENGLAND, ( b ) SCOTLAND, 
AND (c) IRELAND 
The oldest stratum in Great Britain where red deer horns have been found is the Red 
Crag at Newbourne. From the period indicated above, at which we can only guess, down 
through the ages of the Pliocene and the times of the silt of the ossiferous caves, through 
the Pleistocene ages to the growth of the peat bogs, there is a continuous chain of evidence 
showing the abundance of red deer in prehistoric times. 
Certainly one of the most remarkable heads is that of a stag which was unearthed in 
