Record ID: DUR-157B50
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy flanged axe with continuous raised flanges and stop-ridge central rib. The axe dates to the Middle Bronze Age (1500 to 1150 BC) and weighs 165 g and is 119 mm long. The blade of the axe is sub-triangular in plan with convex expanding sides and a convex cutting edge. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section before the stop ridge. Beneath the stop ridge there is a tapering central rib. This rib extends approximately half way down the length of the blade and terminates in a rounded point. The rear part of the axe (from the stop ridge to…
Created on: Monday 31st December 2012
Last updated: Sunday 15th March 2020
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Record ID: BERK-45FD21
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An un-retouched flint flake (debitage), struck from a core and showing previous flake scars on the dorsal surface. There is no evidence for retouching or further work on either edge and the bulb is retained. This may be a preparation or rejuvenation piece. Generally prehistoric in date (non-diagnostic), but more likely to be later Neolithic or Bronze Age in date (c. 3000-900 BC).
Created on: Friday 21st December 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th August 2014
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Record ID: GLO-439E61
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Middle Bronze Age dress pin, known as a Picardy Pin. The head of the pin is globular with a hollow terminal that would have held a stone. The edge of the hollow is crimped, to allow it to be compressed in order to hold the stone. Immediately behind the head, the shaft narrows before expanding into a central swelling that is decorated with a series of grooves that run around the circumference of the swelling. After the swelling is a small loop that protrudes from the side. The remaining two thirds of the shaft is undecorated. The tip has been bent at a right angle. 1400BC-1250BC Th…
Created on: Friday 21st December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 24th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Portbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-31B0D4
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wokingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A long and slender cast copper alloy chisel, probably of late Bronze Age date. The chisel measures 113.07mm in length and has a spatulate end which projects from a square section. The tang itself has a circular section and ends in a point. Much of the green surface patina appears to have been removed post-discovery.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th January 2013
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Record ID: SUR-2FE4D6
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bracknell Forest
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment comprising the blade and lower part of a plain but worn socketed axe of the late Bronze Age (Type Meldreth). The edges are rounded and the surfaces are abraded and pitted. The socket extends for 18mm.
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd January 2013
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Record ID: NCL-1F12D2
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy ring, probably of late Bronze Age date, c.1100-700 BC. The object is sub-circular in section with a gentle curve to it. It is undecorated.
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th December 2012
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Record ID: LANCUM-050851
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy single looped palstave axe with high, protruding stopridge and well preserved side loop dating to the Mid Bronze Age 1300 to 1150BC possibly relating to the Silsden types generally dated to the Penard. The axe is complete, except for the tip of the butt, and in good condition. The body of the palstave is narrow but splays down the blade eventually flaring at the blade edge which is wide. The blade has a heavily curved faceted/bevelled cutting edge which may well have been hammered. The butt is squared, tapering with narrow flanges on both sides. The side loop is adjacent …
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CLITHEROE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-0502F7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint core probably dating to the Prehistoric period, (1500-300BC). The object is sub oval in plan and several flakes have been removed from each face. The object is of on a mottled light to mid grey flint. Dr Kevin Leahy writes: The coarseness and crudity of this implement would suggest a late date, probably in the later Bronze Age or early Iron Age.
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Derbyshire Dales', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-0448D5
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete flint barbed and tanged arrow head (Green Low type) of Neolithic date (4500-1500 BC). Both surfaces consist of parallel covering flaking. The dorsal surface is flat while the ventral surface is slightly convex. All edges have low angle retouch. The right hand tang has been snapped resulting in a minor discrepancy between its and the left hand tangs lengths. The flint is a light cream in colour with dark grey inclusions throughout. Bond, Pg 125, Fig 5.111, F.
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-03E2E7
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed spearhead, with two peg-holes in the socket. The tip, parts of the mouth of the socket and most of the cutting edges are missing. The damage is not ancient. Length more than 135mm. Width more than 36.5mm. Weight 78.73g. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-F2BA41
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Middle Bronze Age copper alloy unidentified object, 'moustache-shaped' with one of the lower tips damaged. Central hollow in base, transverse median groove around the top. There are multiple longitudinal grooves on the upper face on both sides of the moustache, the tapering lower parts plain. Height 27mm. Surviving width 39mm. Thickness 10.5mm. Weight 16.98g. The date of this enigmatic object is uncertain. Examples occurred in the Salisbury Hoard, which contained Bronze Age material but was buried in the Iron Age (Stead 1998). An example was found recently in a Middle Bronz…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2019
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Record ID: ESS-F20045
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy fragment of a long-flanged axe dating from the very late Early to early Middle Bronze Age. The fragment is probably from a long-flanged axe characteristic of the Arreton Park metalwork assemblage. Arreton Types date to metalworking stage VI, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 4 circa 1750-1550 BC. The fragment is from the butt end of the axehead. The break is old and worn. The terminal has rounded corners and measures 21.98mm in width and is 2.60mm thick. Flanges are present on both sides of the object. Overall, the surface of the fragment has a mid green…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Feering Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9FBF48
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Bronze Age socketed axe, cutting edge and part of socket. Ancient break. Width 43mm. Thickness 14mm. Surviving length 28mm. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th January 2013
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Record ID: LANCUM-8B8EE1
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lump of material consisting largely of copper alloy, probably from bronze making. Not datable without analysis but possibly Bronze Age in origin, but could be Roman or even Medieval. Measures 56mm in length, 35mm in width, 24mm in thickness and weighs 135.21g.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crayke', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-8AE941
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated copper alloy casting jet. Oval with one runner.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2012
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Record ID: KENT-88B7D3
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy palstave, probably of the Taunton metalwork style dating to the Middle Bronze Age (c.1400 BC - 1250 BC). The butt has been broken away by an old break. It is unlooped with narrow flanges fused to the stop ridge. The width at the butt is 19.6mm. The flanges start to rise gradually from the butt and a parallel in height to the septum. The stop ridge is plain and no decoration on the blade. The blade widens in width forming triangular tips from which a crescentic cutting edge projects, max 53.9mm wide. The blade tapers in thickness to the edge with no edge beve…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ST. MARGARET'S AT CLIFFE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-87FCE0
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy unlooped palstave axe probably dating to the Middle Bronze Age palstave 1300 to 1150BC. The axe is of unusual form and shares similarities with the Taunton metalwork assemblage and Hotham related to the palstaves of the Acton Park metalwork assemblage to which it bears some resemblance similar to Needham et al fig 140 (1985) and Read (1995: p.3 fig 9 )dated 1200BC. The axe is almost complete and is comparatively short with a length of only 125mm. The butt is slightly concave and has a width of 25mm. The flanges are flat, straight and parallel as far as the stop, with…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ANESHAWBRIDGE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-874565
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper axe of simple form dating to the very early Bronze Age or Copper Age dating 2250 BC to 1900 BC. The axe is sub-rectangular in plan and section gradually flares to the blade end with a narrow tapering sub-rounded relatively thin butt. The axe is 105mm in length and the blade is rounded measuring 48mm wide. The blade has a bevelled edge 4mm at its widest point probably resulting from hammering the edge. There are no flanges, stop ridges, or evidence of any joints and is probable that the axe was made using a one piece mould. The sides of the axe gently expand in width from the but…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANESHAWBRIDGE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-763CD5
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A casting well and two diagonal jets from casting a copper alloy object. The object is probably of Bronze Age date to judge from the patina and corrosion.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Record ID: NMS-742D25
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy casting jet. Oval, with two runners. Bronze Age to Medieval. 26 x 9 x 18mm.
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2012
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