Record ID: LANCUM-AE6DFE
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy dirk dating from the Middle Bronze Age, that is c. 1500-1300BC. The dirk is broken into five fragments and two rivets, but it is incomplete: the very tip fragment is missing and could not be recovered after intensive search. It may have never been deposited in the first place or else, possibly disintegrated in the ground. The remaining five blade fragments and two rivets survive in good condition. All breaks are clean and the fragments join. It displays much wear around the shoulder section, but there are two definite rivet holes and two 'cut-out's which probably hel…
Created on: Friday 24th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2BE374
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy developed flat axehead dating from the Early Bronze Age, that is c. 2000-1900BC. The axehead survives in good condition with a very shiny, glossy surface and smooth patina. The surface is slightly pitted, but there is no sign of the later stages of bronze disease. The axehead is lenticular in profile, with slightly raised but not pronounced flanges. It does not have a stop ridge, but a very slight raised section across the centre. This is curved and made more visible but being undecorated above the 'ledge' and decorated below. The decoration consists of a untidy 'rain'…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2BBD52
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy axehead dating from the Early Bronze Age, that is c. 2200-2100BC. The axehead survives intact and in good condition with some bronze corrosion coming through along the sides. Most of the original olive-green patina is still in place, but the surface is pitted with corrosion showing through. The axehead has curved, diverging sides with a curved, splayed cutting edge/blade. The butt is semi-circular and the the axe is lenticular in profile. The casting seams were removed and the axehead shows signs of repeated resharpening along the cutting edge (striations). It is decor…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2B1A5D
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper or copper-alloy axehead probably dating from the Chalcolithic/Copper Age or the very Early Bronze Age, that is c. 2400-2300BC. The axe survives in good condition with a rusty-coloured surface and rough patina. It has straight diverging sides, a straight butt and a gently curved cutting edge/blade. Its profile is flat lenticular and it is undecorated. According to Needham's Classification of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Copper and Bronze Axe-Heads, this is most likely a Class 2B or 2C axe, dating from the 24th or 23rd C BC. Needham's classification is mainly based on axehea…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4E31B3
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age flat axehead, probably dating from the early 2nd mil BC. Small, very worn axe, probably of Migdale type or else, its Biggar Variant, with a slightly flattened butt and sides which are more parallel than those of Migdale axes. Surfaces very worn, undecorated. Comp. Schmidt and Burgess 1981, nos. 231-241. Ref: Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. 1981. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England. Prahistorische Bronzefunde. Abteilung IX. Band 7. C.H. Beck'Sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munchen. p.22-23 (also Plate 1 no 5).
Created on: Friday 22nd September 2017
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkbride', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-C2543F
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Bronze Age gold-plated copper alloy penannular ring dating from 1300-800BC. The ring is oval in shape and cross-section with a narrow gap between the terminals which are flat ended. One of the terminals has a chip of metal missing at the edge. The surface comprises of a bright gold colour and is possibly silver rich but there does not appear to be definitive bands of lighter (silver-rich) gold. There does not appear to be any evidence of a copper core and the weight may indicate it is more likely the penannular ring is made of gold, rather than gold plated copper-alloy. But non…
Created on: Friday 15th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 22nd November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westward', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0CBC14
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small palstave or short/long flanged axe fragment dating from the Middle or earlier Late Bronze Age, c. 1500-1000BC. Only the blade and a small part of the lower body survive in good condition. The blade is slightly dented but was shaped and reworked and shows signs of use. The break from the main body is old. Due to the break being in the lower part of the body no traces of a stop ridge or flanges or wings can be made out and it is difficult to assign a type. A general Middle Bronze/earlier Late Bronze Age date is suggested.
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sedbergh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B3D54D
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very worn flat axe fragment dating from the earlier 2nd mil BC. Only the corner of the blade survives but the surface is very worn and pitted. No decoration or flanges survives making it likely that it is a flat axe fragment dating from the Early Bronze Bronze.
Created on: Friday 28th July 2017
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ireby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-D2FBAD
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of flint debitage, probably dating from the late Neolithic or the Bronze Age, c. 2150BC-800BC.
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2017
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldsworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-7E952F
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a late Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age spearhead dating from c. 1100-800BC. The spearhead survives incomplete with the lower part of the socket missing. It had a wide circular socket and had a leaf-shaped blade and was probably of the leaf-shaped, pegged variety of Later Bronze Age spearheads which often found in Late Bronze Age hoards of metalwork in the South and East England. It is plain with very narrow wings, but overall in a good condition. It did not have a side loop/side loops but would have had two peg holes (one on either side of the socket) so secure the it to …
Created on: Wednesday 7th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cockermouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EF1727
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Report on potential Treasure for H M Coroner Treasure Number:2017T486 Find Spot: 'Aspatria', Cumbria PAS Database number: LANCUM-EF1727 Period: Late Bronze Age, 10th-9th century BC Museum interest: Senhouse Roman Museum, Maryport or Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Trust, Carlisle Description: Small hoard of three Late Bronze Age socketed axes, found all together. The axes are all of different sizes and with different socket shapes, but they all share a very similar mouth mouldings and the same heavy encrustation on the surface which obscures most of the decora…
Created on: Friday 19th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aspatria', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-2FD057
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Hoard of seven early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axes with similarities to the Migdale-Marnoch tradition of the early Bronze Age, dating from c. 2200-1900BC. All are of early types and surface analysis undertaken at the British Museum has shown all to be of unalloyed copper with (unquantified) traces of arsenic, silver and antimony. Although they have somewhat corroded surfaces and a range of other minor damage, all are essentially complete objects. Their original outlines can be extrapolated with some confidence, thus allowing classification according to the latest scheme for sou…
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 31st January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westby-with-Plumptons', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-50D591
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age flat axe probably dating from c. 2150-1700BC. Only the lower half of the axe/blade survives, the butt end is missing. The axe is narrow with tapering sides and there are no signs of a stop ridge. It has a flared cutting edge with concave shoulders. The axe is extremely worn and the original surface has now corroded away. There is a small possibilty that it was decorated, but judging from the slightly tapering sides it is probably an earlier flat axe (that is from c. 2150-1700BC) rather than a later one from the Migdale metalworking tradition. It shares similarities wi…
Created on: Friday 24th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-93130B
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy dagger dating from the Early Bronze Age, that is c.1700-c.1500BC. The dagger is a Camerton-Snowshill type. In plan, it has an ogival-shaped outline and a central mid-rib on both faces. In cross-section it is lozenge-shaped. The blade was attached to the hilt by means of three large rivets, the top central one of which is still in place. The other two are missing and one of the rivet holes is incomplete due to breaks or possibly corrosion. The rivet is circular in cross-section and flat-hourglass-shaped in plan. The base of the hilt was characteristicall…
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dent', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-92EE00
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy knife, or dagger. The dagger is leaf/pointed-oval shaped, slender and roughly a pointed oval in cross-section. Is it very thin (less than 0.5mm). On either side of the blade there are developed bevels; one on either side of the main ridge angling down towards the blade edge. The blade tapers towards the tip, which is now flat through wear rather than being pointed. The edge on both sides (and the tip) are extremely worn and covered in corrosive products. The flat tip is well patinated, having the same patination as the blade body. The edges of the blade are dam…
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dent', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-130C8A
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
A nearly complete or possibly miscast copper alloy palstave dating from the Middle Bronze Age that is c. 1500-1150BC. This is a Group I: Primary Shield Pattern type (Schmidt and Burgess 1981). IT is almost complete, only the lower quarter, ie the cutting edge is missing. However, there is no clear break and the edge is rather rounded so it possible that this was, in fact, a miscast palstave. The sides of the blade are concave and taper to the middle of the axe. The stop ridge is positioned three-quarters of the way down from the blade, this is shallow with short and low flanged side…
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arnside', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-435C3D
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy palstave dating from the Middle Bronze Age, i.e. c. 1500-1300BC. It is part of the Taunton metalwork assemblage. The axe has two triangular flanges (diamond-shaped from the side) and with its small, worn semi-circular stop-ridge it could be related to the shield-pattern palstaves of the Acton Park metalwork assemblage to which it bears some resemblance. The axe is a heavy implement and complete with the two flanges and a very worn crescent-shaped blade with up-turned corners. It has a dull green/brown patina on the surface between the flanges, but is very pitted, wit…
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2017
Last updated: Friday 3rd March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Longtown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-169544
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy palstave dating from the later Middle to the earlier Late Bronze Age, that is c. 1300-900BC. Only the lower half (blade) remains and suggests that this was a transitional palstave of Type Shelf (Penard/Wilburton metalworking assemblages). Only the half below the stop ridge survive, showing a widely splayed blade with upturned corners. The stop ridge is slightly curved and there is a vertical moulding centrally below the stop ridge. Surfaces on obverse and reverse are extremely worn and little of the original patina remains.
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ingleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-71C593
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Inomplete cast copper alloy palstave dating from the late Middle Bronze Age probably dating from c. 1500-1150BC. It was part of the Acton Park or Taunton metalwork assemblage of the later Middle Bronze Age and is very probably of Type Wantage (Schmidt and Burgess 1981, 133-134, nos. 801-808). Only the lower half and the blade survive with damaged surfaces and an abraded cutting edge. Even though the surface is mostly smooth and of dark green patina, there are patches of corrosion and bronze disease. The blade appears bevelled and it is very likely that it was originally much wider an…
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ingleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-8ADC2F
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A miniature flat axehead, probably of early Bronze Age date (2150- 1500 BC). The object resembles a miniature version of the earliest and simplest solid cast copper alloy axeheads with tapering sides and rounded butts. There may be the hint of a stop ridge, but both obverse and reverse surfaces are extremely worn and there is only the hint of a ridge across the centre of the axe. There are no side flanges. Most of the upper sruface has broken away leaving a light brown corroded surface. The blade is incomplete due to a modern break, probably due to the plough. There are several smalle…
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Asby', grid reference and parish protected.