A PREHISTORIC headdress unearthed in North Yorkshire is to feature in a new set of eight stamps.

Made of antler, it was among the incredibly rare finds made by archaeologists working at the Mesolithic site at Star Carr, near Seamer, Scarborough.

Some 11,000-years-old, it is the oldest object to be featured on the new stamps, which depict intriguing sites and artefacts from the UK’s ancient past.

Other stamps include the Drumbest horns from Northern Ireland; the Battersea shield; Skara Brae village in the Orkney Islands; Grime’s Graves flint mines; Avebury stone circles; the Mold Cape from Wales; and Maiden Castle hill fort.

The stamps are on sale from today.