HOARD

1. Copper alloy socketed axe - faceted body with a single mouth moulding leading to flared blade with some damage. There appears to be a copper alloy fragment lodged in the socket. Faceted axe Type.

Max length: 95mm; width at cutting edge: 50mm; width at mouth: 33mm; weight including lodged fragment: 189.7g

2. Copper alloy socketed axe - Double mouth moulding leading down to a rectangular body with a loop and a flared blade with some damage. There are three longitudinal ribs on the body. Southern English ribbed Type.

Max length: 97mm; width at blade: 55mm; width at socket: 42mm: weight: 264.5g

3. Copper alloy socketed axe - Double mouth moulding leading down to a rectangular body with a loop and a flared blade with some damage. There are three longitudinal ribs on the body. Southern English ribbed Type .

Max length: 101mm; width at blade: 56mm; weight: 299.1g; width at mouth 43mm; weight: 298.2g

4. Copper alloy socketed axe - Single mouth moulding with rectangular body and loop leading to flared blade with. Southeastern Type .

Max length: 70mm; width at blade:42mm; width at socket: 35mm; weight: 124.8g

5. Copper alloy socketed axe - Double mouth moulding leading down to a rectangular body with a loop and a flared blade. There appears to be a copper alloy fragment lodged in the socket. Southeastern Type.

Max length: 106mm; width at blade: 49mm; width at socket: 40mm; weight 313.1g

6. Copper alloy socketed axe - Double mouth moulding leading down to a rectangular body with a loop and a flared blade. There are two
longitudinal ribs on the body. Southern English ribbed Type.
Max length; 71mm: width at blade: 42mm; width at socket: 35mm: weight: 124.8g

7. Copper alloy socketed axe - Double mouth moulding leading down to a rectangular body with a loop and a flared blade. Southeastern Type.

Max length: 78mm; width at blade: 45mm; width at socket: 36mm; weight; 168.4g

8. Copper alloy socketed spearhead - socket with peg-holes leading to leaf shaped blade. Pegged leaf shaped spear Type.

Length: 121mm; max blade width: 32; socket diameter: 23mm; weight: 115.7g

9. Copper alloy socketed gouge - circular socket mouth leading to slightly expanded semi-circular blade and flat top. Plain socketed gouge Type
Length; 78mm: width at blade 16mm; socket diameter: 18mm weight: 58.5g

10. Copper alloy socketed axe fragment - Double mouth moulding leading down to a rectangular body with a loop and five longitudinal ribs on the body. Southern English ribbed Type.

Width at socket: 46mm; weight: 289.8g

11. Copper alloy socketed axe - Double mouth moulding leading down to a damaged rectangular body with a loop and a flared blade. South eastern Type.

Length: 103mm; width at blade: 48mm; width at socket: 41mm; weight
287.1g

12. Copper alloy ingot fragment

Weight: 10.2g

13. Copper alloy socketed axe loop and collar fragment

Weight: 22.5g

14. Copper alloy spear fragment

Weight: 33.3g

15. Copper alloy flat fragment

Weight: 40.5g

16. Copper alloy socketed axe body fragment.

Weight: 52.2g

17. Copper alloy sword hilt fragment.

Weight: 19.3g

The pegged leaf shaped spearhead, southeastern and southern English ribbed type socketed axes are all typical of the Ewart Park phase of the Late Bronze Age (c. 1020-800 BC) (Needham 1990; Needham et al. 1997; Schmidt and Burgess 1981). The objects in the hoard also share a similar patina indicating comparable post-depositional treatment making it probable that they were buried together. In contents the hoard is comparable to the discovery at East of Colchester, Essex (2004 T116, Treasure Annual Report 2004, 36-7).