A late Bronze Age socketed incomplete axe head (1150-800BC). The fragment comprises the blade and part of the body. The axe head is hollow to a depth of 17.35mm (approximately half way down its length). The blade expands and there are blade tip hollows to either side. There are no traces of hammer or file marks along the blade suggesting this axe was never sharpened.<\/p>
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Dimensions: length: 51.48mm; blade width: 59.08mm; width of body: 39.75mm; thickness: 22.49mm; weight: 133.47g.
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This axe head was possibly miscast or cut into pieces for recasting.<\/p>","reuse":null,"created":"2011-02-14 08:55:51","updated":"2011-02-14 08:59:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":null,"datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":null,"museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":"3","subPeriodTo":"3","createdBy":"523","obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"reason":null,"username":"ksumnall","fullname":"Kate Sumnall","institution":"LON","usernameUpdate":"ksumnall","fullnameUpdate":"Kate Sumnall","primaryMaterial":"Copper alloy","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Cast","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Fragment","preservation":"Good","cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"BRONZE AGE","periodTo":"BRONZE AGE","discmethod":"Metal detector","tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"category":null,"type":null,"reverseType":null,"county":"GREATER LONDON","district":"BEXLEY","knownas":null,"gridRefSource":null},{"old_findID":"LON-03EE33","id":"426450","uniqueID":"PAS4D403EE3001502","objecttype":"Vessel","classification":null,"subclass":null,"length":null,"height":null,"width":null,"thickness":null,"diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":null,"treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"BRONZE AGE","numdate1":"-2150","numdate2":"100","culture":null,"description":"
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A Bronze Age - Iron Age ceramic body sherd from a thick-walled vessel dating 2150BC - AD 100. The fabric is buff with burnt flint inclusions which act as a temper. The inner surface of this sherd is lost. The external surface shows no trace of any decoration.<\/p>
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Dimensions: weight: 25.59g.<\/p>
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Identification by Jon Cotton, Senior Prehistoric Curator Museum of London.<\/p>
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A Bronze Age - Iron Age ceramic body sherd from a vessel dating 2150BC - AD 100. The fabric is grey brown with burnt flint inclusions as the temper. There is some abrasion to the sherd but no trace of decoration remains.<\/p>
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Dimensions: weight: 3.37g.<\/p>
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Identification by Jon Cotton, Senior Prehistoric Curator Museum of London.<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2011-01-26 15:32:58","updated":"2011-01-27 10:59:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":null,"datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":null,"museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":"1","subPeriodTo":"3","createdBy":"523","obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"reason":null,"username":"ksumnall","fullname":"Kate Sumnall","institution":"LON","usernameUpdate":"ksumnall","fullnameUpdate":"Kate Sumnall","primaryMaterial":"Ceramic","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Hand made","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Fragment","preservation":"Fair","cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"BRONZE AGE","periodTo":"IRON AGE","discmethod":"Other chance find","tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"category":null,"type":null,"reverseType":null,"county":"GREATER LONDON","district":"RICHMOND UPON THAMES","knownas":null,"gridRefSource":"From Finder"},{"old_findID":"LON-A80624","id":"414872","uniqueID":"PAS4CDA80620018BE","objecttype":"Vessel","classification":"Jar","subclass":null,"length":null,"height":null,"width":null,"thickness":null,"diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":null,"treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"BRONZE AGE","numdate1":"-1150","numdate2":"-800","culture":null,"description":"
A mid-late Bronze Age ceramic body sherd from a large jar dating 1150-800BC. This vessel was hand-made and the fabric is dark grey and includes large, irregular fragments of flint. The outer surface appears to have been wiped using a material like cloth or straw.<\/p>
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Dimensions: thickness: mm; weight: 78.32g.<\/p>
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Identification by Jon Cotton, Senior Prehistoric Curator Museum of London.<\/p>","notes":"
Large sherds of a similar date have also been recently recovered in this area by Pamela Greenwood during recent survey work.<\/p>","reuse":null,"created":"2010-11-10 11:22:10","updated":"2011-01-12 15:45:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":"1","objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":null,"datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":"Found eyes only on the foreshore","museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":"2","subPeriodTo":"3","createdBy":"523","obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"reason":"Regional importance","username":"ksumnall","fullname":"Kate Sumnall","institution":"LON","usernameUpdate":"ksumnall","fullnameUpdate":"Kate Sumnall","primaryMaterial":"Ceramic","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Hand made","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Fragment","preservation":"Fair","cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"BRONZE AGE","periodTo":"BRONZE AGE","discmethod":"Other chance find","tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"category":null,"type":null,"reverseType":null,"county":"GREATER LONDON","district":"WANDSWORTH","knownas":null,"gridRefSource":"From Finder"},{"old_findID":"LON-EFD761","id":"384527","uniqueID":"PAS4BBEFD76001121","objecttype":"AXEHEAD","classification":"Socketed","subclass":null,"length":"62.63","height":null,"width":"37.55","thickness":"15.55","diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":null,"treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"BRONZE AGE","numdate1":"-1500","numdate2":"-800","culture":null,"description":"
An incomplete Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead, 1500-800 BC. The find consists of the body and blade of a socketed axehead: the moulding around the mouth of the axehead has broken off, and therefore cannot be used to date the artefact more closely. The mouth is sub-rectangular and measures 24.66mm wide and 15.55mm thick externally. The total remaining socket depth is approximately 29.15mm. The body of the axehead widens gradually, and has smooth faces and sides, with no prominent face edges or casting seams. The blade width is 37.55mm and there is no blade tip expansion beyond this. The cutting edge has not been bevelled. The axehead is in good condition, and has a uniform pale olive green patina.<\/p>
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Dimensions: length: 62.63mm; width: 37.55mm; thickness: 15.55mm; weight: 94.42g.<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2010-04-09 11:12:06","updated":"2010-10-19 15:24:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2010-03-13","datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":null,"museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":"2","subPeriodTo":"3","createdBy":"523","obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"reason":null,"username":"ksumnall","fullname":"Kate Sumnall","institution":"LON","usernameUpdate":"ksumnall","fullnameUpdate":"Kate Sumnall","primaryMaterial":"Copper alloy","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Cast","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Incomplete","preservation":"Fair","cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"BRONZE AGE","periodTo":"BRONZE AGE","discmethod":"Metal detector","tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"category":null,"type":null,"reverseType":null,"county":"KENT","district":"DOVER","knownas":null,"gridRefSource":"From Finder"},{"old_findID":"LON-39AAC1","id":"270362","uniqueID":"0014AC39AF501F1A","objecttype":"Sword","classification":null,"subclass":null,"length":"68.91","height":null,"width":"24.8","thickness":"4.42","diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":null,"treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"BRONZE AGE","numdate1":"-1150","numdate2":"-800","culture":null,"description":"
A late Bronze Age copper alloy sword tip fragment (1150-800BC). This fragment has a lentoid cross-section, the surfaces have a gentle curve with bevelled cutting edges. Jon Cotton identified this as the tip from a leaf-shaped sword dating to the Late Bronze Age.<\/p>
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Dimensions: length: 68.91mm; width: 24.80mm; thickness: 4.42mm; weight: 20.67g.<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2009-09-30 18:52:53","updated":"2011-02-24 13:47:20","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":"1","objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2009-04-01","datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":"Found whilst searching the foreshore","museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":null,"dateToCertainty":null,"dateFoundFromCertainty":"1","dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":"3","subPeriodTo":"3","createdBy":"523","obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"reason":null,"username":"ksumnall","fullname":"Kate Sumnall","institution":"LON","usernameUpdate":"dpett","fullnameUpdate":"Daniel Pett","primaryMaterial":"Copper alloy","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Cast","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Fragment","preservation":"Fair","cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"BRONZE AGE","periodTo":"BRONZE AGE","discmethod":"Metal detector","tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"category":null,"type":null,"reverseType":null,"county":"GREATER LONDON","district":"WANDSWORTH","knownas":null,"gridRefSource":"From Finder"},{"old_findID":"LON-8D7495","id":"268478","uniqueID":"0014AA8D754014A4","objecttype":"Lithic implement","classification":"Scraper","subclass":null,"length":"30.46","height":null,"width":"36.19","thickness":"5.36","diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":null,"treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"BRONZE AGE","numdate1":"-3500","numdate2":"-2100","culture":null,"description":"A Neolithic flint tool: scraper (3500-2100BC). The scraper has been made on a secondary flake with approximately 5% of the cortex remaining. There are two flake removal scars on the dorsal surface. The distal end has an angled edge extending down the left side; working from the dorsal surface this edge has been retouched. There is some damage to the flake which is obscuring the detail of the retouch. The flint is mottled pale \u2013 dark grey with iron staining.\r\n\r\nDimensions: length: 30.46mm; width: 36.19mm; thickness: 5.36mm; weight: 7.34g.\r\n\r\nIdentification by Jon Cotton, Senior Prehistoric Curator Museum of London.\r\n","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2009-09-10 11:39:16","updated":"2011-02-24 13:47:20","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":"0","objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2008-10-01","datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":null,"museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":null,"dateToCertainty":null,"dateFoundFromCertainty":"1","dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":"1","subPeriodTo":"3","createdBy":"523","obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"reason":null,"username":"ksumnall","fullname":"Kate Sumnall","institution":"LON","usernameUpdate":"dpett","fullnameUpdate":"Daniel Pett","primaryMaterial":"Flint","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Knapped\/flaked","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Incomplete","preservation":null,"cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"BRONZE AGE","periodTo":"NEOLITHIC","discmethod":"Fieldwalking","tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"category":null,"type":null,"reverseType":null,"county":"SURREY","district":"EPSOM AND EWELL","knownas":null,"gridRefSource":"From Finder"},{"old_findID":"LON-273556","id":"266998","uniqueID":"0014A9273B501170","objecttype":"BLADE","classification":null,"subclass":null,"length":null,"height":null,"width":null,"thickness":null,"diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":null,"treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"BRONZE AGE","numdate1":"-2150","numdate2":"-800","culture":null,"description":"
A Bronze Age copper alloy blade with perforation (2150-800BC).<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2009-08-24 12:04:21","updated":"2012-01-24 15:40:00","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":"1","objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2009-07-01","datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":null,"museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":null,"dateToCertainty":null,"dateFoundFromCertainty":"1","dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":null,"subPeriodTo":null,"createdBy":"523","obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"reason":null,"username":"ksumnall","fullname":"Kate Sumnall","institution":"LON","usernameUpdate":"jjackson","fullnameUpdate":"Jen Jackson","primaryMaterial":"Copper alloy","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Cast","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Fragment","preservation":null,"cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"BRONZE AGE","periodTo":"BRONZE AGE","discmethod":"Metal detector","tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"category":null,"type":null,"reverseType":null,"county":"KENT","district":"CANTERBURY","knownas":null,"gridRefSource":"From Finder"},{"old_findID":"LON-B60A98","id":"243243","uniqueID":"001496B60EB018F9","objecttype":"Axehead","classification":"Palstave","subclass":null,"length":"165.68","height":null,"width":"64.01","thickness":"27.25","diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":null,"treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"BRONZE AGE","numdate1":"-1500","numdate2":"-1400","culture":null,"description":"A Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave axe (1500 \u2013 1400BC). 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A middle Bronze Age copper alloy tip fragment from a spear head (1500-1150BC). There is a pronounced mid rib extending to the tip with the blade wings projecting from each side. There is a rough irregular break across the width. The break reveals that the spear head is solid with no trace of the socket. Jon Cotton suggests this is probably the tip from a side-looped socketed spear head. Dimensions: length: 73.84mm; width: 20.02mm; thickness: 9.02mm; weight: 16.69g. 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