Record ID: NMS69
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Neither terminal looks broken - thus object is complete. Ribbon is extremely tangled, but it would seem that intermediate narrowing is roughly central. The 'bar' thus created is currently tightly curved but may not have originally been so. Terminal 2 has flat section leading straight out of ribbon; no.1 is more rectangular and involves a half twist, its faces having sprung from the sides of the ribbon! No real sign of original twisting of ribbon - despite the extensive buckling there seems to be no 'extra-length' along the edges relative to the centre-line. Probably a bracelet, given …
Created on: Friday 10th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK FELTWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS74
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze flat axe, unworn and in very fresh condition. It is pointed oval in its longitudinal section tapering from the centre to either end, and curving a little more towards the relatively wide and splayed cutting edge creating a very slight ridge c.22mm before it. The butt-end tapers to a thin but blunt edge. The cutting edge has suffered very minor damage and is still relatively sharp, with slight recent damage on one side. The sides of the axe are evenly curved and concave, flaring at the cutting end so that the blade curves slightly upwards at each corner, and tapering towards the …
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK BARNHAM BROOM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS85
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age chisel, length 94mm, surface heavily pitted. The chiselling end is thin, flat and slightly broken through wear. It gently tapers for c.30mm, when it flares outwards to create a shoulder. From here it tapers inwards again to a very sharp point which would have been encased in a wooden handle. The pitted surface is probably a casting occurrence as the level of corrosion apparent down one side of the object would appear all over the object if the pitting were due to corrosion. This also suggests the object was not finished. Max thickness 4mm, width of chiselling end 9mm.
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK HOLME NEXT THE SEA', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS86
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Low-flanged (broad blade) palstave, triangular blade flaring gently to a 55mm wide cutting edge. Edge of blade damaged. 'Trident' decoration (Y-shaped, no central prong, cf. Schmidt and Burgess 1981, no.805) below stop on each side, within shallow shield-shaped depression. Wantage type, c.1500-1400 BC
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK THOMPSON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS89
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of dirk or dagger, too fragmented to tell exactly, though size suggests its length was not more than about 120mm long. Raised mid-rib with a line either side following the line of the blade. On the other side of this line the blade slopes away to give a smooth pointed-oval cross-section. It seems the butt was probably quite pronounced as the line of the blade on one side suddenly curves more sharply as though toward a trapezoidal butt. This is typical for the dirk, though a sharp curve at the butt is not unheard of in the dagger (Wessex Daggers, Armorico-British C -though t…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK MORTON ON THE HILL', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS93
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Indented socketed axe with (initially) side loop. The semi-circular indentations in the sides are accentuated by raised plates creating a waist. The cutting edge is badly worn. The object is very small and perhaps more like a chisel. However, other very similar objects (see ref. below) are axeheads.
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK HEVINGHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-901142
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cutting edge fragment of large socketed axehead. Very end of socket just visible as a slot, with two circular depressions either side- perhaps the impressions of feeders? Width 64mm, weighs 66.58g
Created on: Wednesday 7th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK SWANTON ABBOTT', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-9072A5
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Tip of badly worn ?rapier or knife. Lenticular in section and quite thick- c.3-4mm at thickest point. Broad flat mid-rib and bevelled edges. Length to break 51mm, weighs 14.43g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th May 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 19th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK SHOULDHAM THORPE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-A65A07
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small (length 84mm) long-flanged axehead, surface heavily pitted, cutting edge a little worn. Sides parallel, expanding where flanges finish to flared cutting edge. Weighs 107.39g. Similar examples in Schmidt and Burgess, The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, plates 31 and 33.
Created on: Thursday 8th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK KESWICK', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-FA9317
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of mouth and part of socket from a late Bronze Age faceted socketed axehead. Imperceptible mouth-moulding. Fragment very worn, with no patina remaining. Weighs 15.18g.
Created on: Monday 12th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK HOCKERING', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-1173A8
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe represented by a very worn fragment of mouth with slight mouth moulding and a casting seam.
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK MATTISHALL', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-357DA7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of socketed axehead. The cutting edge has an ancient break. Axe appears to be relatively straight sided and slim, with a very small flare at the slightly curved cutting edge. The socket is to one side of the axehead. There are no obvious signs of wear and much of patina remains. This axe is well made and in good condition with smooth casting flashes and many blade slashes. Cutting edge width 44mm, weighs 28.60g.
Created on: Thursday 15th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK STARSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-375212
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a late Bronze Age socketed axe. The loop and part of mouth. Casting seams around the mouth and within the loop.
Created on: Thursday 15th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK KENNINGHALL', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-A54762
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
EBA flat axehead, straight edges flaring to expanded and gently curved crescentic cutting edge, the edges of which curve slightly outwards. Butt is thin and slightly broken. No patina remains and surface is heavily encrusted. Cf. Needham (1983) class 2. Length 117mm, width of butt 33mm, cutting edge width 79mm, weighs 398.5g.
Created on: Tuesday 20th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK CARBROOKE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B61C47
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Pair of palstaves, found after 1947 and reported to the Norfolk SMR in 1957. They are thought to have been found together. One palstave is looped, with trident decoration and sides flaring to a splayed and curved cutting edge with pronounced chamfering. The axehead is in good conndition with much of its patina remaining and tooling/ filing marks clearly visible along the casting seams. There is a slight depression on both sides of the hafting area. Some damage to cutting edge and butt end. Length 159mm, cutting edge width 67mm, weighs 554g. Cf. Schmidt & Burgess (1981) nos.824-832…
Created on: Wednesday 21st May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK THURSFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F0B277
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Thin piece of copper alloy, roughly an isoceles triangle with one of the long edges curving outwards (3.8 x 3.8 x 2.5mm). No breaks, and quite possibly an object cut and redesigned to form another object. max 1mm thick, thinning to the curved and slightly jagged edge. Decoration in the form of three curving grooves that stop at the shortest edge (and possibly once continued beyond?) whilst fading towards the opposite corner. Possibly a Bronze Age sickle reused and redesigned as a razor? Seen by Stuart Needham.
Created on: Thursday 5th June 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 19th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK OXBOROUGH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-0F9701
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete (slightly damaged) Bronze Age or Early-Medieval amber bead. It is conical in shape with a rounded body, being 11.9mm diameter at the centre and 4.7 and 5.9mm diameter at the ends The central piercing is 2.8mm diameter and the bead weighs 0.97g. The bead is 15.3mm long. The damage has occurred at one of the ends. Beads, to be worn on a string (and often found in graves), were popular in Early-Medieval times, amber being the second most popular material used after glass. Amber beads are also common Early to Middle Bronze Age burial finds.
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-513BB5
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age or Early-Mid Iron Age fragment of segmented bracelet. It is complete in itself and consists of four joined hollow arcs, individually C-shaped in profile. The end two have a C shape cut into it with bevelled edges, supporting the abutting of a similar segment on either side. One of the middle arcs has a hole in it where the metal is rather thin (recent-ish damage). The metal is thicker on the underside (3mm). On both outer arcs are two c.2.5mm diameter piercings, one of either end of the arc. Presumably these are to secure the attachment of the other segments. The …
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-037846
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of possible Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, consisting of a mouth fragment measuring 17.7x22.3x4mm (mouth moulding 6mm thick). It weighs 10.48g. No original patina remains.
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cricklade area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D1AD62
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age Transitional Palstave of Type Roundhay, Midribbed Variant (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, plate 64 and 65). The axehead is 153mm in length with a maximum width (at the cutting edge) of 40.3mm. Its thickest point is at the stop, 32.4mm. It weighs c.400g (to the nearest 10g). The butt end is slightly damaged but this is a result of the casting process and not caused through use or plough damage. Further casting errors can be seen just below the butt end and on the stop. The stop is c.75mm from the butt end and the flanges ar…
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2007
Last updated: Saturday 6th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heytesbury', grid reference and parish protected.