Record ID: DENO-6E1928
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age cast copper alloy blade from a rapier, dagger or dirk, probably Taunton phase, c.1400-1300BC. Two rivets holes at the damaged hafting end; the blade section slopes gently up towards the centre; blade edges damaged but there is a well defined edge bevel (maximum survinving width 5mm); the blade tapers towards the tip; tip broken off. Fine dark green patina. Length 133.4mm, width 38.5mm, thickness 4.0mm, weight 50.3g.
Created on: Monday 31st January 2011
Last updated: Friday 4th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Derbyshire Dales', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-D73F96
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age cast copper alloy looped palstave axehead, c.1400-1020BC (Taunton, Penard or Wilburton phases). Straight butt; butt corners slightly rounded; loop on one side at junction of butt and blade; prominent midrib on the blade; hammer rippling on the blade; splayed cutting edge but no blade tip hollows; one blade tip missing; pronounced edge bevel (13mm from edge), cutting edge damaged. Casting flashes on both sides. Little original surface on the blade - possibly some longitudinal striations on what survives. Some fine dark black-green original surface surviving, light gre…
Created on: Monday 24th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 12th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Derbyshire Dales', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-A13440
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete penannular composite bi-partite gold ring. Each ring is sub-circular in section and attached to each other along their lengths before finishing in a plain uniform terminal. There is no evidence for further decoration. The terminals are flat and there is no further decoration. The ring is in very good condition with slight scratches on the surface. Max diameter: 13.46mm; thickness of bi-partite ring: 6.82mm; internal diameter: 7.6mm Weight: 9.0g Discussion These sub-circular sectioned penannular rings date to the Middle Bronze Age, and particularly the Penard phase (c. 1300-11…
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clifton Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-93FB17
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age cast copper alloy decorated flat axe; late Migdale metalworking tradition, c.2100-1900BC; Type - Migdale decorated variant. Butt corners damaged; butt end flat; no stop-ridge; slightly convex sides with no trace of casting flashes; no apparent edge bevel; blade tips damaged; longitudinal sharpening striations on the blade. Faces decorated with longitudinal ?string impressions ('rain' pattern) from the butt end up to two thirds of way down the axehead - the ?string lengths vary from c.5mm to 12mm (majority short). Fine dark green patina with numerous light green…
Created on: Monday 16th August 2010
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Derbyshire Dales', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-564254
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age cast copper alloy blade fragment, from a spear, sword, rapier or dagger. Elongated pointed oval section, gently sloping from the midrib to the edge. Edge bevels not defined. Original surface missing; mid brown-green exposed surface. Three casting defects in the broken edges - indents. Length 12.0mm, width 21.4mm, thickness 4.7mm, weight 4.60g.
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 20th July 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Willingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-034F45
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age cast copper alloy class 5 flat axe, Arreton phase, 1700-1500BC. Incomplete - much of the original surface has flaked off and the butt end, blade end and three flanges are all damaged. Although the butt end is damaged it appears to have been straight. Small flanges (height of only complete flange 3mm) on either side of the septum. No stop or nick. The sides are gently curved - there are no flange facets. One blade tip damaged, the other is splayed but there is no hollow. The cutting edge is missing. Three diagonal striations in the same direction visible on what remains of th…
Created on: Friday 16th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glossop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-A24823
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead looped Palstave (Narrow-Bodied, Side-flanged Type Class 2 Group 1) with a narrow blade and trident decoration. It has a narrow body, straight sides and flat side flanges which extend from the butt to the blade edge. A matte white skin of corrosion covers the lead surface except on one side where five scratches reveal it as grey and shiny. Generally the palstave appears unused with most angles and edges intact. However one blade tip and one corner of the butt are damaged. There is also an indentation in the centre of the septum on one side. Max length: 173; width cutting edge…
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 12th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brassington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-64FC25
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age cast copper alloy flat axe, c.2100-1700BC. Rounded narrow butt end, expands gradually and flares slightly after the centre to the blade end. Blade end, including the corners, damaged, no cutting edge survives. Very low ridge or flange (less than 0.5mm high) along the side edges on one face (other face's edges damaged). Slightly convex sides where surviving. Longitudinal striations from sharpening on one surface of the blade; the other surface is damaged. Fine mid green patina with numerous large and small pits and some light green and blue-green corrosion. Length 1…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd June 2010
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Derbyshire Dales', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-038A01
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age copper alloy narrow-bladed dagger. The butt end is broken across a single rivet hole (diameter c.2.5mm) in the short tang; the shoulders curve gently and there are two more rivet holes, one in either shoulder (diams 2.6mm & 2.5mm). A central longitudinal groove (max width c.4mm) containing a central narrow ridge (width c.0.7mm) extends to within 20mm of the rounded tip. Edges damaged; no edge bevel. Dark green patina with some patches of blue-green ?active corrosion. Transverse crack at 45mm from tip. Length 120.2mm, max width (across shoulder) 30.8mm, width across 'tang' 1…
Created on: Monday 10th August 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blidworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-8FC3A2
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age flat axe. Small axehead. In plan, from the rounded butt end the width remains the same until about the centre of the axe when it begins to gently expand to the blade end; the blade edge and tips are damaged. In section, the axe gradually thickens slightly towards the centre but there is no ridge / stop or flanges. On one side the edge bevel begins c.8mm from the surviving damaged blade edge; there are longitudianl striations behind the edge bevel, and oblique striations in one direction on the bevel (about 45° to the bevel going upwards to the right). On the other …
Created on: Friday 5th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edwinstowe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-66CF84
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age cast copper alloy rapier fragment, 1400-1150BC. Hilt and upper part of the blade only. The hilt is broken across both rivet holes. No mid-rib on the blade. The blade edges are missing. Well-defined edge bevels 5.3mm from the surviving edge of the blade (where the thickness is 2.5mm). The cross-section at the break appears to be flat (the original surface is missing but the core is flat). The blade is slightly bent and transversely cracked on both sides, about 30mm from the rivet holes. Only patches of original surface survive – that on one side is mid green, while t…
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wormhill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-5F9D15
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Bronze Age socketed spear fragment, socket only. The rim at the socket of the object is stepped with roughly half of the rim being recessed by c. 3mm; the lowered half appears to have been made deliberately lower, although the patina is slightly damaged; the raised half of the rim has a narrow groove running along it and a slight ridge on the inner edge, and is uneven, apparently damaged/broken - this suggests that this is not a Bronze Age spear but a more modern machinery fitting broken through force? Decorative fine double-line groove around the outer surface at c.6mm from t…
Created on: Wednesday 15th October 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hollington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-9101D2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed axe fragment, blade end only. There appears to be a slight hollow at one of the blade tips; the axe is broken across the other blade tip. The blade is not bevelled or it is broken off before the bevel. There is a faint indentation at the break, indicating the socket, but the length & width cannot be discerned. Surface corroded, no original surface. Dark green pitted surface. Length 17.8mm, width 49.1mm, thickness at break 9.3mm, weight 25.16g. From same area as two groups of waste copper alloy, DENO-914081 & DENO-7E7912 - these may be related.
Created on: Thursday 11th September 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Erewash area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-54B5A6
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age cast copper alloy spear (or possibly sword/rapier) fragment, tip only. Blade edges missing. Lozenge-shaped in section. The central core, visible in the break, appears to be a different metal? Dark green, some original surface surviving. Length 35.57mm, width 13.95mm, thickness 6.3mm, weight 8.73g.
Created on: Monday 8th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Babworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-D71CD0
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed axe fragment, c.1150-800BC, cutting end only. Probably deliberatly broken in antiquity. Blade not expanded, no blade tip hollows; blade edge has corrosion chips; casting flashes removed; striations on the blade, probaly from re-sharpening - longitudinal over diagonal on both sides. Areas of more recent (although not fresh) damage on both surfaces. Socket survives to a maximum depth of 13mm; it is slightly off-centre, towards one edge. Uneven break, possibly resulting from blow to one edge. Brown green patina. Length 37.6mm, width across cutting/blade edge 59.0m…
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2008
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norbury & Roston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-5520F1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age socketed spear fragment, tip end only. Cutting edges missing. Longitudinal striations, particularly on the [wings]. Broken across the socket (depth of socket 15.86mm, just c.45mm from tip). The very tip is broken off. Fine dark green-brown patina, some surface missing. Length 60.85mm, depth of socket 15.86mm, width 12.19mm, thickness 8.99mm, weight 12.59g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marchington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-096E93
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age developed flat axe, Arreton industrial phase, c.1700-1500BC. Wide blade (in relation to the body/butt), both tips slightly damaged, so unable to tell if there were blade tip hollows. The edge bevel starts at 21mm from the centre of the cutting edge, arching from the ends of the flanges. Striations, concentric with the cutting edge, visible on the more intact blade surface. No side nicks at the junction of the haft end with the blade. Slight stop bevel on both surfaces (at c.26mm behind edge bevel, 38mm from butt end). Very low flanges (c.1mm high). Butt end damaged, bu…
Created on: Friday 19th January 2007
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-DC8D26
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age leaf shaped basal looped spearhead, Greenwell & Brewiss Class 3a, Taunton industrial phase, 1400-1300BC. Broken in two at the base of the blade; distorted at the breaks. The socket extends into the blade and wood survives within it visible in both sides of the break. Yellowish metal some patchy light and dark green patina. Total length c. 300mm, length of socket half 140.0, length of blade half 160mm, width of blade 51.4mm, thickness across socket at loops c.22mm, thickness at socket opening (distorted) 15mm-31mm, total weight 338.4g (weight of socket half 166.0g;…
Created on: Friday 17th November 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DENO-DC4C87
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age spearhead, kite shaped blade with side loops, prominent mid rib and three decorative ribs on the socket. The socket goes to the base of the blade and does not extend into it - Class 2 (Greenwell & Brewiss 1909), Acton Park industrial phase c.1600BC. Length 138.4mm, width at loops 32.97mm, width at base of blade 31.21mm, thickness at socket opening 22.68mm, thickness at start of blade c.14mm, depth of socket 57mm, weight 147.0g.
Created on: Friday 17th November 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DENO-DC2B23
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age late palstave axe, Penard industrial phase, c.1300-1200BC. Possibly Type Roundhay Trident varient. Three decorative converging ribs on the blade just after the stop, one side loop. One nick out of the cutting edge. The butt end is broken off and the remainder of the haft end is badly distorted, with flanges and stop flattened on one surface, and the whole bent down to that surface, with some cracks in the flanges on the other surface. Yellowish metal, no patina. Length 127.6, width (blade tip to tip) 50.64mm, width across centre (including loop) 44.3mm, width across …
Created on: Friday 17th November 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 12th October 2021
No spatial data available.