2024-03-28T11:19:26+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/rsshttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/atomhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/kmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results3221100Wiltshire10Unitary Authority1LateChance find during metal detectingWILT-6C1AA8.jpg439252008Centred on field1167691BAUnitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx137122635169822.2Wiltshire105392012-11-16T21:29:49ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
Three body sherds of Prehistoric (and probably Late Bronze Age, 1150-800 BC) flint-tempered earthenware, collectively weighing 22.2g and individually measuring: 27.79x29.97x8.89mm; 27.40x27.25x12.08mm; 19.03x21.97x6.88mm.
Sally Worrell5Shalbourne3WILT-6C1BB55242681VESSELRestricted Accessfinds-524268128WILT-6C1AA8Fragment-1150images/khinds/1400188PAS5076C1AA001FBB32012-10-11T13:55:09ZCertainx137122008-01-01T00:00:00Z2008-12-31T00:00:00ZBRONZE AGECeramic41427BA3Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:53.364ZLateWiltshire10Unitary AuthorityBRONZE AGE1MiddleMetal detectorWILT-C37914.jpg439252012Generated from computer mapping software1168351BA2.5Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-900Restricted Accessx13712263516984.11Wiltshire106272012-10-15T10:37:49ZReturned to finder3South WestCirca
A fragment of Middle to Late Bronze Age (1400-900 BC) blade, probably a rapier. The breaks are old and the edges damaged.
The mid-rib is just discernable as broad and flat, and at either broken end it is pointed-oval in cross-section.
Measures 30.40x14.17x2.50mm and weighs 4.11g.
Katie Hinds30.47Marlborough2WILT-C37C745230262Salisbury Museum Entry Form No.3884BRONZE AGERAPIERRestricted Accessfinds-5230261114.178WILT-C37914Fragment-1400x13712images/khinds/1400191PAS506C37910016FB42012-10-03T14:03:16ZCertainx137122012-07-31T23:00:00Z132012-08-04T23:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGEProbablyCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:54.905ZLateSwindon100Unitary AuthorityBRONZE AGE1MiddleMetal detectorWILT-AD8D05.jpg381412012Centred on field1172551BA4.63Unitary AuthorityCertain2WILT38141-1100Liddingtonx137122635168131.53Swindon106272013-08-08T08:50:56ZReturned to finder3South WestCirca
An incomplete late Middle to early Late Bronze Age (1400 - 1100 BC) copper alloy notched-butt type rapier, missing its tip and with a worn butt end. The break is old and the blade is bent a little (horizontally) just before the break. Measures 95.84mm in length and weighs 31.53g.
The butt end has recent damage to the top edge, with loss of patina, and two notches just above the shoulders (the widest point, which measures 29.27x3.38mm).
The narrowing blade extends from the shoulders with a broad flat mid-rib. It is thickest (4.63mm) just below the shoulders. The blade measures 8.44x3.22mm at the break, which is rather more pointed-oval in cross-section.
Dot Boughton comments: I would tentatively suggest this belongs to Gerloff and Burgess Group IV dating from the late Middle Bronze Age to the early Late Bronze Age, that is somewhere between the Taunton and Penard metalwork assemblages. The rapiers from the Appleby hoard (in Cumbria) look similar and there is an entire Type Appleby in Group IV dating between c. 1200-1100 BC (early Penard metalwork assemblage).
Richard Henry95.8472-1.684453WILT-ADB4165228401BRONZE AGERAPIERSU2278finds-5228401129.276WILT-AD8D05Incomplete-1400x13712images/khinds/1398769PAS506AD8D000195C42012-10-02T13:06:40ZCertainx137122012-07-28T23:00:00Z1351.500513BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:54.825ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1MiddleMetal detectorWILT-B91985.jpg439252012Centred on parish1170721BA1.72Unitary AuthorityCertain2WILT43925-1300Restricted Accessx137123.19Wiltshire106272013-08-08T08:58:27ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
An incomplete and shortened copper alloy Middle Bronze Age (1500-1300 BC) Group II dirk, missing its tip. It measures 45.42x12.86x1.72mm and weighs 3.19g.
The blade is triangular in shape and lenticular in cross-section, with a broad flat midrib. It extends from a flat D-shaped butt-end (1.20mm thick and 12.96mm wide) with a crescentic notch to either side - the result of worn-through rivet holes. The butt-end also has a slight crescentic notch, but it is uncertain whether this is intentional or damage.
The blade narrows from 10.90x1.55mm to 4.63x1.12mm just before the broken tip (old damage). The blade turns slightly upwards on one face to this point. One edge has several (old) notches along it, the other has a notch just above the break. The blade is thickest (1.72mm) at the centre.
Dot Boughton comments "This isn't an Early or Late Bronze Age dagger, and between the two there are mainly dirks and rapiers. Rapiers are really long and have a slim blade so it's not likely that it's one of those. A dirk is more likely, but the hafting is weird. However, there is a small group known as Group II: Dirks with damaged or ill-formed blades modified for rehafting, and I think it's one of those although it really is VERY short even for this variant of reworked dirks. It looks like the top of the blade, i.e the shoulders and hilt, have broken off and, instead of recycling the bronze, they just drilled two additional rivet holes further down the blade. That's why the blade is unusually short on this dirk - they are normally up to twice as long. The best parallel in Burgess and Gerloff's book is p.36-37, no. 260 - a find from Ireland 101mm long (the Kingston Deverill example is less than half this length). There are examples from the Thames too. Technically speaking, Group II is not really a typological group because, of course, they can be modified dirks of different types. However, dirks are not that long-lived and they are part of the Acton Park metalwork assemblage".
Reference: Burgess, C. and Gerloff, S. 1981. The Dirks and Rapiers of Great Britain and Ireland. Praehistorische Bronzefunde, IV, 7. Muenchen.
Richard Henry45.427Kingston Deverill2WILT-B921B65165271Salisbury Museum Entry Form no.3848DAGGERRestricted Accessfinds-5165271112.866WILT-B91985Incomplete-1500images/khinds/1394595PAS502B9198001A0842012-08-15T13:10:00ZCertainx137122012-02-23T00:00:00Z2012-05-30T23:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:51.112ZLateWiltshire100Unitary AuthorityBRONZE AGE1MiddleFieldwalkingWILT-946C41.jpg439252011Generated from computer mapping software1170081BA10.27Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-800All Canningsx137128.87Wiltshire105392012-08-23T10:16:47ZReturned to finder3South WestCirca
A body sherd of flint-tempered earthenware, probably Middle-Late Bronze Age in date. Measures 29.76x25.81x10.27mm and weighs 8.87g.
Katie Hinds29.7652-1.929581WILT-946DA65146811BRONZE AGEVESSELSU0562finds-5146811325.816WILT-946C41Fragment-1500x13712images/khinds/1390991PAS501946C40012FC42012-08-01T16:09:57ZCertainx137122011-01-01T00:00:00Z132011-06-29T23:00:00Z51.357051BRONZE AGECeramic41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:50.164ZLateWiltshire1Unitary AuthorityBRONZE AGE1MiddleMetal detectorWILT-5F99C5.jpg439252012Generated from computer mapping software1170721BA2.67Unitary AuthorityCertain3WILT43925-900Restricted Accessx137123970912.02Wiltshire106272012-08-16T11:14:58ZReturned to finder3South WestCirca
A blade fragment of Middle/ Late Bronze Age (1300-900 BC) copper alloy dagger, consisting of part of the blade just below the shoulders. It measures 46.51x26.45x2.67mm and weighs 12.02g.
One end is slightly wider and flatter (26.45x1.70mm) than the other (16.32x2.03mm), and presumably extends from the missing shoulders. On both faces is a broad flat mid-rib and the edges are bevelled. On one face the midrib shows signs of hammering along its length. The narrower end is lozenge-shaped at the break, the wider end also but much more shallowly. Both breaks are oldish but still quite jagged. The blade is thickest at the centre (2.67mm).
Although the object is too small and fragmentary to be assigned to a type with certainty, it is most likely a dagger becuase it looks like it had a broad-extended blade, and dates to the Taunton-Wilburton metalworking phases becuase of the lack of V-shaped ornament along the midrib, which would suggest an earlier date (Dot Boughton 2012 pers.comm).
Katie Hinds46.517Warminster2WILT-5F9D555053423Salisbury Museum Entry Form no.3827BRONZE AGEDAGGERRestricted Accessfinds-5053421126.4510WILT-5F99C5Uncertain-1300x13712images/khinds/1383426PAS4FC5F99C00193E42012-05-30T11:42:36ZCertainx137122012-01-26T00:00:00Z132012-03-28T23:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGEPossiblyCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:44.778ZLateWiltshire1Unitary AuthorityBRONZE AGE1MiddleMetal detectorWILT-5ED7E7.jpg439252012Generated from computer mapping software1170721BA3.99Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-900Restricted Accessx13712397098.3Wiltshire106272012-08-16T11:17:18ZReturned to finder3South WestCirca
A fragment of Middle/ Late Bronze Age (c.1300 BC - 900 BC) copper alloy probable rapier, consisting of part of the blade just below the shoulders. It measures 37.14x(max)17.63x(max)3.99mm and weighs 8.3g.
One end is slightly wider and flatter (17.63x1.63mm) than the other (15.67x3.99mm), and presumably extended from the shoulders. The narrower end is lozenge-shaped at the break, the wider end also but much more shallowly. Both breaks are ancient.
The blade has a broad flat midrib, widening and flattening towards the wider and flatter end.
Dot Boughton, FLO for Lancashire and Cumbria, comments that although the fragment is too small to be certain of its type, it is probably a rapier becuase it has a narrower blade with nearly parallel sides. It dates to the Taunton-Wilburton metalwork assemblages, c.1300 BC - 900 BC.
Katie Hinds37.147Warminster2WILT-5F68F75053172Salisbury Museum Entry Form no.3827BRONZE AGERAPIERRestricted Accessfinds-5053171117.6310WILT-5ED7E7Fragment-1300x13712images/khinds/1383418PAS4FC5ED7E001E9242012-05-30T10:50:55ZCertainx137122012-01-26T00:00:00Z132012-03-28T23:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGEProbablyCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:44.769ZWiltshire100Unitary AuthorityBRONZE AGE1LateMetal detectorWILT-A573B6g.jpg439252011GPS (from the finder)101692612012T364BA
Conclusion: Consequently, in terms of age and number, the hoard qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Unitary AuthorityCertain4WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx1371226351825Wiltshire106272017-12-04T15:04:36ZReturned to finder after being disclaimed as TreasureSouth WestCirca
Description: A dispersed Late Bronze Age hoard comprising 4 fragments of socketed axehead, one ring, one ?pointer, fragment of metal working debris.
1) Cutting edge of socketed axehead, hammer depression on face at break, splayed cutting edge, sides triangular in cross-section with worn-down casting flashes. Old breaks. 57.59x26.67x10.82mm, internal socket 34.85x4.82x12.85mm, 37.17g.
2) Fragment of socketed axehead consisting of a corner of the body. Old breaks. 17.01x15.79x5.92mm, 4.83g.
3) Fragment of socketed axehead consisting of a corner of one face and one side, the face has a single vertical rib, the corner is accentuated with a rib. Old breaks. 27.98x25.46x11.29mm, 15.75g.
4) Fragment of copper alloy metal working debris consisting of a probable spill, 32.11x18.99x1.56mm, 6.72g.
5) Fragment of cutting edge of socketed tool (probably axehead), cut vertically through cutting edge. Socketed body squashed and distorted presumably through hammer blow. No apparent casting flash, straight-sided body. Old breaks. 20.55x44.34x10.49mm, 31.47g.
6) Incomplete possible pointer, circular in cross-section, 7.15mm at old break, narrows to 2.35mm, bent along length. 54.19mm long, weighs 7.92g.
7) 'Ring' comprised of a bent section of D-sectioned copper alloy, 3.58x2.57mm. Possible break at one end which is narrower, 2.56x1.92mm. 35.21x24.51x7.27mm, internal diameter19.32x18.20mm, 6.55g.
Neil Wilkin17Hindon3WILT-A585435040851BRONZE AGEHOARDRestricted Accessfinds-504085116WILT-A573B6Complete-1000x13712images/khinds/1385609PAS4FBA573B001B7032012-05-21T15:54:51ZCertainx137122011-11-27T00:00:00Z132011-12-12T00:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA7Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:44.142ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1MiddleChance find during metal detectingWILT-275BD4b.jpg4392520121169741BAUnitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-1000Restricted Accessx1371219436Wiltshire105392012-05-16T10:40:00ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A rim and body sherd of Middle Bronze Age Deverel-Rimbury type ware (1600-1000 BC), with a coarse flint-temper.
Rim: Fairly simple with finger-tipping decoration, 51.35x26.52x17.87mm, 25.8g.
Body: 37.39x28.11x11.77mm, 13.3g.
Katie Hinds5Broad Town2WILT-27A6265031451VESSELRestricted Accessfinds-503145126WILT-275BD4Fragment-1600images/khinds/1381463PAS4FB275BD0017BD42012-05-15T16:26:53ZCertainx137122012-01-01T00:00:00Z2012-02-29T00:00:00ZBRONZE AGECeramic41427BA2Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:43.621Z6Wiltshire1Unitary Authority1MiddleMetal detectorWILT-12B9D2.jpg439252012Centred on parish1170821BA14.95Unitary AuthorityCertain4WILT43925-1250Restricted Accessx1371226344645537Wiltshire106272013-01-25T12:21:55ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A Middle Bronze Age copper alloy spiral-twisted torc dating in the Taunton period (1400-1250BC). It measures 211mm widthways, 193mm longways and is max.14.95mm thick. It weighs 537g, to the nearest 1g.
The main body of the torc is square in section with accentuated edges and twisted rather tightly (the torc comprises 29 twists). It is thickest at the centre (14.95x13.78mm) and narrows on either side to 10.33x10.24mm and 10.18x10.49mm. From here the plain, circular-sectioned and flat-ended terminals extend, 9.58mm and 9.36mm in diameter, narrowing to 8.10mm and 8.46mm. Both flat ends are slightly concave with a circular depression at the centre, c.3mm in diameter. The torc is fashioned in such a way so that one end lies inside the circle of the torc as created by the other end.
The patina is smooth, shiny and a light green-blue in colour, but with some pitting and areas of brighter blue corrosion, suggesting it could be quite active.
A similar torc, but smaller and with hooked terminals, can be found in the Durnford Hoard (Salisbury Museum collections).
Adam Gwilt, curator, National Museum of Wales, comments: 'Looking at Ben Roberts's article (PPS 73, 2007) on Ornaments in Britain 1400-1100BC, his listing and distribution maps show that earlier bronze pre-cursors to gold torcs do tend to cluster across parts of southern and eastern England. The Durnford hoard is included in his catalogue and Wiltshire is within his Zone B with tendencies towards frequent gold and bronze spiral twisted torcs'.
Sally Worrell1937Warminster2WILT-23CB315029081Salisbury Museum Entry Form 3824TORCRestricted Accessfinds-5029081121110WILT-12B9D2Complete-1400images/khinds/1381247PAS4FB12B9D00138332012-05-14T16:58:21ZCertainx137122012-01-01T00:00:00Z1County / local importance2012-03-22T00:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:43.505ZWiltshire10Unitary Authority1LateMetal detectorWILT-475A23.jpg439252011Centred on parish1170841BA14.45Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-800Dilton Marshx137122634465251.2Wiltshire106272013-10-03T11:56:13ZReturned to finderSouth WestCircaA fragment of Late Bronze Age (1150-800 BC) Socketed Axehead, consisting of the cutting edge only and broken just above the start of the socket. It measures 46.42x29.36x(max)14.45mm and weighs 51.2g.
The cutting edge is expanded but has edge loss through corrosion. The casting flash is visible, smoothed down, on one side. There are traces of possible iron staining or corrosion in the socket and on both faces near the break. Where the patina survives it is smooth and orangey-brown. However it is missing in large patches, revealing a bright green colour beneath.
The socket is rectangular in cross-section, and the fragment itself triangular in cross-section.
Richard Henry46.4273-2.23066938WILT-475B744961881Salisbury Museum Entry Form No. 3790SOCKETED AXEHEADST8451finds-4961881129.368WILT-475A23Fragment-1150images/khinds/1376071PAS4F7475A200166A42012-03-29T15:45:56ZCertainx137122011-10-26T23:00:00Z2012-01-26T00:00:00Z51.25793467BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:40.062ZWiltshire1Unitary Authority1MiddleMetal detectorWILT-2EA613.jpg439252011GPS (from the finder)1169451BA30.12Unitary AuthorityCertain2WILT43925-1300Restricted Accessx1371231966Wiltshire106272012-04-12T14:53:00ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
An incomplete Middle Bronze Age low-flanged, broad-bladed shield-pattern Early unlooped palstave axehead, with recent-ish damage to the butt end. It measures 141.45mm in length and weighs in excess of 300g (limit of FLO scales). At its thickest it measures 30.12mm (across the flanges) and it is widest at the cutting edge, 63.03mm.
The blade is roughly triangular in shape but heavily splayed at the very-curved cutting edge, which is slightly more expanded to one side than to the other and gives a slight impression of lop-sidedness. Below the stop ridge, it measures 22.52mm which expands to 39.21mm before the edge is hammered out to the max.width of 63.03mm. The shield decoration is below the stop ridge and hollowed with traces of black (possibly organic?) material on both faces. To the sides of the axehead at this point is a c.7mm transverse rib or hip.
The butt end is damaged but one original corner remains. The length from here to the stop ridge is c.60mm. It is max.c.11mm deep (at the thickest point) and 25.71mm wide. The stop ridge is curved on the butt-side on both faces of the axe.
The upper half of the sides of the butt end have possible decoration in the form of numerous tiny pairs of punches, some in an obvious V shape. There is an obvious crack across the shield decoration on one face and on the other face below the shield decoration signs of stress or hammering. There is also a crack along the join on the lower half of the axe on both sides.
Early palstaves date to Needham's Period 5 - most probably Acton Park II (industry) phase - Metalworking stage VIII, 1500-1300 BC. Shield pattern palstaves belong in Group 1 and have a shield-like decoration below the stop ridge and variable flanges.
Katie Hinds141.457Pewsey2WILT-2EAB62495934Low-flanged1Shield-patternedSalisbury Museum Entry Form No. 3793PALSTAVERestricted Accessfinds-4959341163.0310WILT-2EA613Incomplete-1500images/khinds/1376099PAS4F72EA6100150D42012-03-28T11:39:29ZCertainx137122011-10-26T23:00:00Z12012-01-26T00:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:39.936Zfinds-493037493037WILT-8CE367SPEARHEADBRONZE AGEA very worn fragment of Middle to Late Bronze Age (1500 BC - 800 BC) copper alloy socketed spearhead, consisting of the very tip only. It measures 43.64mm in length and max.14.44x8.96mm at the (old) break. It weighs 13.2g.
The midrib is circular in cross-section, the blades either side triangular in cross-section. The edges of the blades are much worn and at the tip turn inwards sharply (3.38x3.47mm).
The patina is almost all lost but where it survives shows a defining groove flanking the central mid-rib.131323-1500-8004WILT2006-01-01T00:00:00Z2007-12-31T00:00:00ZSalisbury Museum Entry Form 37872012-03-08T15:20:23Z2023-06-06T16:15:41Z13.2PAS4F58CE36001DD28.9614.4443.641711141423737173877301NorthamptonshireEast NorthamptonshireRaundsSP997252.337159-0.5483992634983810WILT-8CE971Copper alloy10627FragmentBRONZE AGEx13712MiddleLateBRONZE AGEx13712x13712Metal detectorReturned to finderWILT-8CE367.jpg373284images/khinds/East MidlandsCertain12023-06-06T15:15:41.151ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1MiddleMetal detectorWILT-858685.jpg439252011From finder1169871BA30.58Unitary AuthorityCertain4WILT43925-1100Restricted Accessx1371238476370Wiltshire106272012-02-09T16:26:00ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A Middle Bronze Age (1250-1100 BC) copper alloy Transitional Palstave axehead of Type Roundhay, Midribbed Variant (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, plate 64 and 65, cf no.884).
The axehead is 151.51mm in length with a maximum width (at the cutting edge) of 41.29mm. Its thickest point is at the stop, 30.58mm. It weighs c.370g (to the nearest 10g).
The butt end is straight and slightly more worn on one corner. The stop is c.71mm from the butt end and the flanges would have been highest at this point, but they are damaged (from the plough). The stop ridge has a slight lip but is not obtrusive (as on Late Palstaves). Below the stop the blade is narrow, measuring 23.29mm in width and gently flaring to an expanded and curved cutting edge, 41.42mm wide. Extending from the stop along the centre of the blade is a prominent rounded midrib, tapering out over just over half of the length of the blade.
The sides of the axehead have been smoothed down so the casting flashes are only just detectable. One side has a D-shaped loop close to the stop with corresponding piercing, 31.98x9.52mm (internal 8.92x5.32mm).
Much of the original patina survives as black in colour, between the flanges and either side of the midrib especially. It is missing from the more prominent areas.
Type Roundhay is associated with the Penard phase (the latest of the Middle Bronze Age phases) which dates to 1250-1100 BC.
Katie Hinds151.517Heytesbury2WILT-858E34485716Transitional1Salisbury Museum Entry Form 3782PALSTAVERestricted Accessfinds-4857161141.296WILT-858685Complete-1250images/khinds/1367823PAS4F285868001AE342012-01-31T21:08:56ZCertainx137122011-09-05T23:00:00Z2011-11-01T00:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:32.72ZWiltshire10Unitary Authority1LateMetal detectorWILT-83D6D4.jpg439252000Generated from computer mapping software1169871BA4.72Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-950Restricted Accessx137123847617.3Wiltshire106272012-04-04T13:11:00ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A fragment of early Late Bronze Age (1150-950 BC) rapier or dirk, consisting of the shoulders and top of the blade. It measures 41.53x26.97x4.72mm and weighs 17.3g.
Originally, the measurement across the shoulders would have been c.31mm (one is now broken - old break). The rounded butt end above has two worn-through rivet holes, c.2mm in diameter. At the old break, the blade is lozenge-shaped in cross-section with a central mid-rib. The butt end is flatter, though still lozenge-shaped in section. The surviving edge is bevelled.
The object has a very smooth green patina.
Dot Boughton comments, 'I think it is too small to be assigned but there is a chance that it dates to the early Late Bronze Age, Wilburton Metal Working assemblage c.1150-950 BC)'.
Katie Hinds41.537Heytesbury3WILT-83F3344857143Salisbury Museum Entry Form 3780RAPIERRestricted Accessfinds-4857141126.978WILT-83D6D4Fragment-1150images/khinds/1367816PAS4F283D6D00185D42012-01-31T19:14:07ZCertainx137122000-01-01T00:00:00Z12000-12-31T00:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGEPossiblyCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:32.718ZHampshire10County1LateMetal detectorWILT-5D7742.jpg177652011Generated from computer mapping software1178411BA10.65DistrictCertain4WILT43511-800Restricted Accessx137121260216928.6Test Valley106272016-08-07T15:00:20ZReturned to finderSouth EastCirca
A Late Bronze Age (1150-800 BC) tanged chisel, measuring 89.79mm in length and weighing 28.6g.
The tang measures 7.34x7.13mm where it joins the body of the chisel, and narrows and thins to 5.83x1.85mm at the other end. Casting flashes are visible and worn down where it joins the collar.
The collar is a square-ish circle in cross-section (11.46x10.65mm), with the concave sides of the blade below extending from it and flaring to an expanded curved cutting edge 19.64mm wide.
Kevin Leahy89.797Stockbridge3WILT-5DF1B84772791Salisbury Museum Ref. 3779CHISELRestricted Accessfinds-4772791119.648WILT-5D7742Complete-1150images/khinds/1363984PAS4EE5D7740013D532011-12-12T10:29:08ZCertainx137122011-09-05T23:00:00Z2011-11-01T00:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41421BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:23.741ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1Metal detector2011T793a.JPG439252011233169261108922011T793BAUnitary AuthorityCertain4WILT43925Restricted Accessx1371223529Wiltshire106272014-03-28T19:35:27ZDonated to museum after being declared TreasureSouth WestCirca
Ten individual copper alloy object fragments, one gold sheet fragment and several copper alloy fragments of casting waste dating to the Earliest Iron Age. The copper alloy objects consist of one sickle fragment, one socketed axe fragment, one triangular, blade fragment, one ingot fragment, five casting spues, and one small un-diagnostic metal object.
Description
1. Gold sheet fragment. A thin five-sided sub-rectangular sheet fragment. Two sides form a right angled corner and appear to be the uncut deliberate edges of the sheet with feint flattening of the surface forming a border along these two sides, possibly decoration on the original complete object. The other three sides are more roughly finished and very slightly rolled in places giving the impression of once having been cut or clipped. The sheet curves upwards towards the damaged side. Weight: 2.1g, Max. Length 19.12mm, Max. Width: 16.08mm
2. Copper alloy sickle fragment. The broken rounded tip of a sickle. The tip is slightly corroded and the inner (concave) edge is slightly buckled at one point. The outer, (convex) edge is uneven. A shallow groove runs along one side of the blade from the wide broken end petering out before it reaches the narrow tip. The sickle has a brown green and slightly porous patina.. Weight: 17.4g, Max. Length: 66.45mm, Max. Width: 21.47mm
3. Copper alloy socketed axe fragment, Type Sompting. Small shallow curved triangular fragment of the socket end of a socketed axe. The remains of a rounded single collared moulding can be seen on one side of the fragment. The surface is smooth and brown green in colour. Weight: 16.5g, Max. Length: 31.73mm, Max. Width: 25.60 mm
4. Copper alloy blade tip. A slightly wedge-shaped triangular object, possibly the tip of a blade. The object is wider at the point of the triangle and narrows to a short blunted edge at the opposite end, the probable cutting edge. The patina is brown green and slightly shiny. Weight: 6.1g, Max. Length: 44.74mm, Max. Width: 13.86mm
5. Copper alloy ingot fragment. Light brown patina. Weight: 60g, Max. Length: 33.04mm, Max. Width: 29.28mm
6. Casting spues:
a) Copper alloy casting spue. The object has a long pyramid shaped funnel, rectangular in cross-section, narrowing to a single edge at one end and flaring out at the opposite end to form the uneven oval cone of the spue. The cone has a rough, very slightly concave surface with a slightly rolled edge at one end. The object is a brown grey colour and edges of the spue are slightly uneven and corroded. Weight: 42.5g, Max. Length: 35.20mm, Max. Width: 34.35mm
b) Copper alloy casting spue. The object is a small sub-rounded cone with a rough flat upper surface, uneven sides and a short rod projecting from the tip of the cone. The rod is oval in cross-section and forms the funnel spike of the spue. The object is green brown in colour. Weight: 26.7g, Max. Length: 20.28mm, Max. Width: 23.31mm
c) Copper alloy casting spue. The object is made up of a rounded triangular shaped funnel attached at an acute angle to a flattened oval platform. The object's patina is brown with small sections of green. Weight: 25.6g, Max. Length: 31.79mm, Max. Width: 17.36mm
d) Copper alloy casting spue. This wedge shaped object has a bevelled edge round three sides and undulating surfaces. The rough textured wide end marks where this funnel must have broken from the cone end of the spue. The patina is brown/green, smooth and shiny. Weight: 6.4 g, Max. Length: 23.98mm, Max. Width: 12.39mm
e) Copper alloy casting spue. This wedge-shaped object is formed from the funnel of the spue, sub-rectangular in cross-section, where it meets the sub-rectangular rough outer end of the spue at an acute angle The patina is a brown/green, and one surface is smooth and slightly shiny. Weight: 14.8g Max. Length: 26.75mm, Max. Width: 14.47mm
7. Undiagnostic copper alloy object. The object consists of two small metal spheres (Max. Diameters: 9.14mm and 8.87mm) joined together by a narrow sub-rectangular rod (9.44mm long) with a slightly concave upper surface rising up to meet each sphere at either end. The rod then extends down below either sphere perpendicular to the joining rod. The entire object has squared U-shaped profile with the spheres at the two corners. The object appears to be broken in antiquity on both sides of the open end of the U so its original complete form is unknown. The bulbous sphere shapes are found on Iron Age items of personal ornament and dress such a pins and brooches but in such instances they tend to be found in a group of four spheres arranged in a cruciform shape such as the plate brooch from the Batheaston hoard BM.1989,0601.200. This U-shaped form of this object does not correspond with any known brooch or pin. It could have functioned as some form of toggle with the thread wrapped around the two spheres but this is only conjecture.
Weight: 7.2g, Max. Length: 16.08, Max. Width: 26.33g
8.
a) Casting waste fragments. Several small irregular fragments of brown green metal casting waste. Overall weight of fragments: 132.1g
b) Casting waste fragments. Several small irregular fragments of brown grey metal casting waste. Overall weight of fragments: 161.7g
9.
a) Casting waste piece. The object is large, brown in colour, and has an overall porous appearance. Weight: 74.8g, Max. Length: 66.80mm, Max. Width: 30.05mm
b) Casting waste piece. The object is medium sized, brown grey in colour, and has quite a flat and slightly smooth appearance. Weight: 34.3g, Max. Length: 43.30mm, Max. Width: 33.13mm
c) Casting waste. The object is brown green in colour, and has an uneven porous appearance. Weight: 28.1g, Max. Length: 32.24mm, Max. Width: 23.44
Discussion The Sompting type socketed axe fragment dates the hoard to the Llyn Fawr metal working phase of the Earliest Iron Age (800-600 BC). Comparable axes and sickle blades were recovered in the Earliest Iron Age hoard from Wardour, Wiltshire (2011 T684) which was found nearby. It is of interest that the latter hoard contained items of personal dress including toggles. Although none are comparable in form to the undiagnostic object recovered here, the combination of object types represented at Hindon and Wardour may be indicative of the possibility that this was a dress related item. In contrast to the Wardour hoard is the number of casting waste fragments including spues and the copper alloy ingot found in this hoard. However in southern England hoards containing socketed axes and ingot fragments are common from the Late Bronze Age Ewart Park phase (1000-800BC). The gold sheet fragment is an unusual find for the Earliest Iron Age (O'Connor 2007) but gold is frequently recovered from the preceding two centuries (see past Treasure Annual Reports). It is proposed that the combination of fragmentary objects, casting waste and incomplete gold sheet are a collection of material pertaining to Earliest Iron Age metalsmithing. This may, therefore, be a metalworker's hoard rather than the more elaborate ritually deposited large collections of complete artefacts such as the Wardour hoard or Netherhampton.
References
O'Connor, B. 2007.
Llyn Fawr metalwork in Britain: a review. In C. Haselgrove and R. Pope (eds.)
The Earlier Iron Age in Britain and near continental Europe, 64-79. Oxford: Oxbow.
Richard Henry17HindonWILT-A749C64732041HOARDRestricted Accessfinds-473204116WILT-A74356Completeimages/khinds/1426252PAS4ECA7435001C7732011-11-21T15:54:29ZCertainx137122011-10-03T23:00:00Z2011-10-11T23:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA54Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGESalisbury and South Wiltshire MuseumCertainGoldCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:20.505ZWest Berkshire1Unitary Authority1LateMetal detectorWILT-D50014.jpg388992011Generated from computer mapping software2354701108922011T774BA
TVC Valuation 20/07/2012: £300
7.33Unitary AuthorityCertain2WILT38899-750Restricted Accessx137122635078110.73West Berkshire106272013-06-18T12:17:02ZAcquired by museum after being declared TreasureSouth EastCirca
An incomplete Late Bronze Age (1150-750 BC) gold-plated penannular ring, measuring 19.29x17.82x7.33mm and weighing 10.73g. One terminal is damaged (recent) and the copper alloy core can be seen.
The ring is oval in cross-section and seems to narrow a little towards the terminals (6.94mm thick at the centre, expanding to 7.33mm then narrowing to 6.7mm at the undamaged terminal).
Thin decorative bands of a lighter-coloured gold is just visible, c.2mm wide and alternating with a similar width of the darker gold.
Emma Traherne119.297Hungerford3WILT-D507154716231WHM 1410PENANNULAR RINGRestricted Accessfinds-4716231117.8210WILT-D50014Incomplete-1150images/khinds/1355336PAS4EBD500100170832011-11-11T16:40:33ZCertainx137122011-10-22T23:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41421BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGEWest Berkshire MuseumCertainGoldCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:19.177ZEarly4Wiltshire1Unitary AuthorityIRON AGE1LateControlled archaeological investigationWardour 079.JPG439252011GPS (From FLO)51691012011T684BA
Discussion
The Wardour hoard was initially discovered whilst out metal detecting on cultivated land, but subsequently retrieved under controlled archaeological excavation. The hoard contains c.114 bronze weapons, tools and ornaments dating from the Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age and was probably buried in or towards the end of the 6th century BC. The object range of the hoard's contents is as follows: rapiers (2), swords (7), spearheads (29), socketed axes (9), palstaves (8), flat axe (1), socketed gouges (15), other wood-working tools (12), sickles (6), knives (6), chapes (2), dress pins (5), bracelet/collar (1), ring (1), button (1), toggle (1), strap fitting/end (1), razors (2), unidentified object (6). The percentages of the different artefact types are similar although wood-working tools such as axes, gouges, chisels, awls and punches clearly outweigh the other classes of weapons and ornaments.
The composition and size of the Wardour hoard strongly resembles the two hoards from Batheaston and Netherhampton (both Wiltshire) neither of which was recovered during controlled archaeological excavation. As it was excavated by professional archaeologists, the Wardour hoard is thus the first large multi-period hoard that can be researched and studied as a single entity. A smaller multi-period hoard (probably deposited at a similar time during the Earliest Iron Age) is known from the Iron Age hillfort settlement of Danebury, Hampshire (Cunliffe and O'Connor 1979, 235-7). They were deposited between c. 800-600BC.
While the rapier, sword and spearhead fragments clearly date from the Middle and Late Bronze Age, there are a number of artefacts dating from the Late Bronze-Early Iron Age transition and the Early Iron Age which merit a closer look and will help set the terminus ante quem for this hoard. The youngest artefacts in this hoard are likely to be the two unidentified objects if, indeed, they turn out to be dagger hilt fragments, /69\ and /93\. The thinner, more fragile-looking object (/93\) finds an almost exact parallel in the hoard from Netherhampton (1998.0901.202/Britih Museum database no, 509), where it has been catalogued as 'copper-alloy multi-armed ornament with one disc-ended arm'. Both objects have a central bar terminating in a small more or less concave disc at the top and two arms curving outwards from the bottoms. The two arms are broken but probably went on to curve all the way around, their ends possibly touching the rim of the central disc. Generally speaking, they resemble the hilt terminals/pommels of Continental Early Iron Age (Hallstatt D) antenna-hilted daggers. This dagger type, represented at the eponymous Hallstatt cemetery in graves 13/1939 (Kromer 1959, Tafel 210, 9), 11/1889 (ibid, Tafel 205, 5a), 32/1939 (ibid, Tafel 205, 2a) and 702/1 (ibid, Tafel 143) is a typical find in Continental Early Iron Age contexts but rare in Britain. It looks very different from object /93\, but there is a possibility that this, too, is the fragment of a contemporary antenna-hilted dagger, albeit probably of a different type. The British Museum Catalogue of 1953 shows an anthropoid dagger with an iron blade and bronze hilt which shows similar characteristics (BM Catalogue 1953, 58, fig. 22, 4), although the V-shaped arms or 'guard' of this dagger's hilt are wider apart and not as narrow. However, this identification is only a suggestion. The artefacts are certainly contemporary with (or slightly later than) the other Early Iron Age objects in the hoard, but further study is certainly needed to confirm or correct this identification.
Another artefact type which is very typical of Continental Early Iron Age Hallstatt C and D contexts are knobbed bracelets. On the Continent, they frequently occur in grave assemblages, both larger and smaller varieties with differently-sized knops and bosses. In Britain, however, knobbed bracelets are generally rare. Looking at the Wardour hoard's fragment's hinged link and dowel attachment, the best parallel may be the well-known 'Clynnog collar' from Hendre Back, Clynnog, Caernarvonshire (National Museum Wales: 41.109; Hemp 1931, 354-5; O'Connor 1980, 598). It is a much larger object, but it has a very similar opening/closing and securing mechanism which is otherwise unparalleled amongst the small corpus of knobbed/bossed ornaments of the British Isles. Most of the bracelets and neckrings of the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age have an opening to facilitate wear, but most bracelets are solid without opening. It has been argued that the Clynnog collar should be dated to the later Iron Age La Tène phase rather than the Hallstatt period, because of its advanced hinge-mechanism and fine craftsmanship (Savory 1976, 26; O'Connor 1980, 259), but the similarity between the knobbed/bossed bracelets of the Hallstatt period is striking. O'Connor suggested that since the collection of knobbed bracelets from Mountbatten (Plymouth, Devon) should be dated to the Early Iron Age, so should be the Clynnog collar, as the bracelets would provide a valid British parallel for it (ibid., 259). However, somewhat more complicated hinge-mechanisms as seen in the Clynnog collar and the fragment from Wardour, are more common in the Early La Tène and British examples come from the Iron Age cemetery of Wetwang Slack on the Yorkshire Wolds (Dent 1982, 444-6, fig. 6). Thus, the most likely date for Wardour's knobbed bracelet or collar fragment would be similar to that of the fragment /69\, late Hallstatt D, since it displays the advanced hinge-mechanism of the La Tène period while still retaining the bossed ornament of the Hallstatt period.
While the small bag-shaped chape /94\ is a Late Bronze Age Atlantic type, the winged chape /26\ is another Early Iron Age Hallstatt type that derived from the earlier bag-shaped chapes. Winged chapes occur both in Britain and on the Continent and date from Hallstatt C which makes them older than the dagger and knobbed bracelet/collar fragments discussed above. The winged chape resembles the chapes from the Thames at Wandsworth (British Museum: BM WG 1779) and another, probably from the Thames (British Museum: BM 1875, 4-1, 36), but it has a more V-shaped and less rounded bottom. A very good parallel comes from Tombelle A, Cazevieille (Herault, France) (Inv. Arch. F7; Cowen 1967, fig. 13). Gerloff (after Rieth 1942) suggests that chapes such as this, with straight wings can be assigned to the earliest Iron Age Hallstatt C0 or Hallstatt C1a (Gerloff 2004, 146, fig. 17.9 (no. 10)).
An insular type is object /10\, the larger of the two socketed sickle fragments. While the other, /27\, dates from the Late Bronze Age, sickle /10\ is related to the socketed, heeled sickles of the British Early Iron Age. Heeled sickles are known from Early Iron Age hoards, such as Cardiff II and Llyn Fawr (Vale of Glamorgan, Wales), but also as single finds (e.g. Icklingham, Suffolk (British Museum: BM 1904, 10-21, 1) and Southacre, Norfolk (Norwich Castle Museum: NCM 1908.22.34). The three most similar parallels, however, are sickles with conical sockets and come from the Oxford region (Ashmolean Museum: 1993.134), Dores (nr. Inverness: National Museums Scotland: NMS.X.DO29) and Winterbourne Monkton (Wiltshire: Devizes Museum: D.M.1124). The socketed sickle from Winterbourne Monkton is probably the closest parallel stylistically and geographically, even though it has a small loop at the back of the socket and it lacks the Wardour sickle's midrib on the curved blade. According to Fox, non-heeled socketed sickles with conical sockets such as fragment /10\, slightly predate heeled socketed sickles (Fox 1939, 223) and it may be suggested here that /10\ dates from the Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age transition period rather than to the Early Iron Age proper.
Conclusion
The Wardour hoard comprises 114 objects which date from the Middle (Early?) Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age (Hallstatt D). This means that, remarkably, the object range of this hoard stretches over 1000 years. This is highly unusual yet not unheard of, as the discovery of the hoards from Danebury, Batheaston and Netherhampton (Wiltshire) in the 1990s suggest. While the Batheaston and Netherhampton Hoards were probably buried slightly later than the Wardour Hoard, the object range and types are similar. The major differences lie in the hoards' sizes (Netherhampton contains at least 535 objects, Batheaston c. 301 objects, Wardour c. 114 objects and Danebury only 12 objects) and the fact that Netherhampton contains a higher percentage of axes (192), while in Wardour spearheads somewhat outweigh the presence of the other artefact types. The Batheaston hoard, on the other hand, showed a tendency towards personal ornaments such as pins and brooches (182 out of 301 objects). However, even though they are very similar in composition, the hoards from Netherhampton and Batheaston also contained Later Iron Age brooches, small votive cauldrons and small ornamental or votive shields which suggest a deposition in the 2nd century BC. The youngest objects of the Wardour hoard date the hoard to the Early Iron Age, i.e. 8th-6th centuries BC.
Thus, in light of these parallels, the Wardour hoard qualifies as Treasure under the Amendment to the Treasure Act of 1996 (Category 2) which stipulates that any group of two or more metallic objects of any composition of any prehistoric date that come from the same find and found after 1 January 2003, qualify as Treasure under the Treasure Act.
Dot Boughton MPhil MSt; FLO (Lancashire and Cumbria)
Katie Hinds MA; FLO (Wiltshire)
Jane Ellis Schön MA; Curator of Archaeology and Collections Manager, Salisbury Museum
With comments from Dr Ben Roberts, Dr Brendan O'Connor and Andrew White
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TVC Valuation 15/11/2012: £4155
Unitary AuthorityCertain3WILT43925-600Restricted Accessx1371226351825Wiltshire106272014-01-17T09:41:28ZAcquired by museum after being declared Treasure1South WestCirca
A hoard of c.114 Bronze Age objects spanning the Early Bronze Age to the Earliest Iron Age and probably deposited c.800-600 BC.
Abbreviations:
LBA = Late Bronze Age; MBA = Middle Bronze Age; EBA = Early Bronze Age
L = Length; W = Width; T = Thickness; D = Diameter
Catalogue completed before conservation work undertaken. Socketed objects still have earth within the socket therefore the weight will be affected. Other objects will also have mud adhering to the surface and so weight may be affected. Scales used will not weigh heavier than 300g.
Assume all objects are complete and copper alloy unless otherwise stated.
Weapons
Rapiers
Rapier /37\
Description: Complete but with damage with active corrosion. At least two rivet holes. Blade is lenticular in cross-section with a slight mid rib and bevelled edges, probably Group II. Both edges are damaged with an area of possible notches cut into the edge of the blade (one area beneath the butt end and the other roughly in the middle). Corrosion is quite active in these notches. Corrosion and mud obscure the shape of the butt, but it is probably angular and it is certainly flat. In one of the rivet holes is a tubular rivet 20.10mm long, circular expanded ends circa 11mm diameter and a constriction in the centre, 8.87mm wide. Blade narrows below the shoulders from 45.95mm by 5.99mm (cross section) to the tip (thick 4.35mm of tip). Found with it was another circular-section rivet, now much obscured by mud, 2mm in diameter. It has an oval-shaped head at one end which measures 11.44 x 9.09 x 1.58mm. At the other end is another similar head obscured by mud but holding behind it a fragment of copper alloy 0.8mm thick. Rivet /29\ is probably part of this object.
Dimensions: L 97.66mm; W 45.95mm (max;) Butt 65.74 long 1.78mm thick;
Weight: 254.46g
Rivet /29\
Description: Tubular with expanded ends, each end is circa 10.5mm in diameter, body measures 8.67mm in diameter. Probably part of /37\.
Dimensions: L 9.11mm
Weight: 8.47g
Swords
Probably all Ewart Park phase except 64.
Sword hilt /108\
Description: Fragment of finial consisting of finial and part of plate. It is flat without raised edges. T-bar has pointed ends and measures 38.63x3.91mm, edges below concave. At the old break the plate measures 16.41 x 5.72mm. The fragment appears to be slightly twisted probably through the break. No flange definition.
Dimensions: L 35.44mm; W 38.63mm (max), T 5.72mm
Weight: 21.83g
Sword hilt /13\
Description: Fragment consisting of finial and most of the hilt plate. T-bar has pointed ends and measures 27.43 x 4.21mm, edges immediately below are concave extending into convex along the length of the plate. The old break measures 20.74 x 6.16mm. Both sides have flanges 6.16mm thick, inside plate is 3.84mm thick. At centre of plate is the slot 35.09mm long and widening from 4.38mm to 6.03mm. Probably joins with /64\.
Dimensions: L 66.95mm; W 23.01mm (max), T 6.16mm
Weight: 30.25g
Sword hilt /64\
Description: Fragment consisting of the shoulders and part of the blade below. At the old break the flanges from the handle above are apparent and c.5.87mm thick. A wide rounded mid rib is also apparent at the centre. The shoulders have a small circular rivet hole circa 3.21mm above a large more oval hole on either side, 9.52 x 6.97mm. Below, the ricasso is concave. The blade is lenticular in cross-section measuring 35.60 x 7.79mm below the ricasso and narrowing to 31.42 x 7.81mm at the old break. The blade curves upwards slightly to the break suggesting it has been bent. Probably joins with /13\. Wilburton type.
Dimensions: L 158mm; W 55.98mm (max at shoulders)
Weight: 181.92g
Sword /57\
Description: Incomplete sword missing the lower blade and part of the hilt finial. Hilt finial is pointed and missing one point (finial 35.11 x 3.36mm), edge below concave but extends into a convex line defining the hilt plate, mud obscures whether the hilt plate is slotted or with rivet holes, it has flanges which are 7.05mm thick. Shoulders appear to have one rivet hole on either side, one of which retains a rivet (D 3.91mm x 10.75mm long). In the centre is the beginning of a rounded central mid rib. It is damaged at one end. The ricasso is angled inwards. The blade is lenticular in section and expanding from 35.38 x 11.58mm, to 28.23 x 9.57mm roughly halfway along and then expanding again to 34.70 x 7.76mm at the old break which is bent slightly upwards.
Dimensions: L 74.53mm; W 47.40mm (max at shoulders)
Weight: 300g+
Sword blade /17\
Description: Incomplete blade fragment missing the tip. At old break it is lenticular in cross-section measuring 30.57 x 7.59mm. Widens to 42.06 x 8.40mm just over halfway along then narrows to 15.76 x 4.07mm at the other old break. Flattish rounded mid rib blade is bending upwards at either end.
Dimensions: L 82.53mm; W 42.06mm (max)
Weight: 300g+
Blade /38\
Description: Fragment of possible sword blade missing the tip. It is lenticular in cross-section . The wider break is 24.44 x 6.93mm and then it narrows to 15.87 x 4.13mm. It has active corrosion.
Dimensions: L 49.69mm; W 24.44mm; T 6.93mm.
Weight: 21.00g
Blade /103\
Description: Fragment of possible sword or spear blade consisting of tip end. It is lenticular (almost diamond-shaped) in cross-section at the break, with a prominent mid-rib from which each side slopes away. It has active corrosion.
Dimensions: L 49.45mm; W 20.89mm x 5.02mm (widest part); tip 1.10mm (thick)
Weight: 13.62g
Spearheads
Spearhead /114\
Description: LBA pegged spearhead, leaf-shaped blade, socket unusually long, recent damage to blade edge one side, possible orange substance in peg holes, circular-section mid-rib.
Dimensions: L 184mm; W 42.43mm, socket below blade 79.07mm
Weight: 124.08g
Spearhead /1\
Description: LBA pegged spearhead, ogival blade, circular-section mid-rib, tip damaged.
Dimensions: L 111.43mm; W 30.61mm
Weight: 54.74g
Spearhead /24\
Description: LBA pegged spearhead, ogival blade, circular-section mid-rib, tip missing, damaged socket end.
Dimensions: L 80.29mm; W 28.24mm
Weight: 44.01g
Spearhead /98\
Description: LBA pegged spearhead, ogival blade, circular-section mid-rib, socket end damaged.
Dimensions: L 105.35mm; W 29.95mm
Weight: 59.21g
Spearhead /35\
Description: LBA pegged spearhead, ogival blade, circular-section mid-rib, slight damage socket end.
Dimensions: L 127.07mm; W 31.14mm
Weight: 74.18g
Spearhead /67\
Description: LBA pegged spearhead, ogival blade, circular-section mid-rib.
Dimensions: L 127.48mm; W 31.51mm
Weight: 64.43g
Spearhead /25\
Description: LBA pegged spearhead, leaf-shaped blade, blade lenticular in cross-section with prominent narrow mid-rib, socket end damaged .
Dimensions: L 115.20mm; W 27.52mm
Weight: 52.57g
Spearhead /12\
Description: LBA pegged spearhead, leaf-shaped blade, circular-section mid-rib, socket end broken.
Dimensions: L 113.07mm; W 25.68mm
Weight: 49.19g
Spearhead /78\
Description: Incomplete LBA spearhead, probably pegged but lower socket missing, leaf-shaped blade, circular-section mid-rib, tip missing. On one face the socket is missing, on damaged face remains of orange substance inside socket.
Dimensions: L 71.18mm; W 28.05mm
Weight: 28.71g
Spearhead /54\
Description: Fragment of LBA pegged spearhead, leaf-shaped blade, circular-section mid-rib. Noticeable shiny, tinny surface.
Dimensions: L 86.51mm; W 32.65mm
Weight: 50.61g
Spearhead /14\
Description: Fragment of LBA pegged spearhead, socket end only, with base of either blade or loops above. Possible metallic substance in peg holes. Noticeable shiny, tinny surface.
Dimensions: L 60.03mm; W and D 26.46mm
Weight: 40.30g
Spearhead /73\
Description: Fragment of MBA/ LBA spearhead, socket missing, ogival blade, mid-rib lozenge-shaped in section.
Dimensions: L 101.02mm; W 24.65mm
Weight: 37.68g
Spearhead /81\
Description: Fragment of MBA spearhead - tip only, very prominent mid-rib lozenge-shaped in section.
Dimensions: L 69.64mm; W 19.86mm; T 12.90mm
Weight: 28.21g
Spearhead /104\
Description: Fragment of MBA spearhead - tip only, prominent mid-rib lozenge-shaped in section, grooves flanking mid rib, raised bevelled edges. Joins with /113\.
Dimensions: L 77.75mm; W 19.87mm; T 10.71mm
Weight: 34.20g
Spearhead /100\
Description: MBA side-looped spearhead, prominent mid-rib lozenge-shaped in section, blade edges damaged, socket particularly long (L 59.71mm), corrosion and damage obscures blade shape.
Dimensions: L 103.04mm; W 18.21mm
Weight: 40.20g
Spearhead /99\
Description: Fragment of MBA(?) spearhead - tip only, circular-section mid-rib.
Dimensions: L 55.72mm; W 17.11mm
Weight: 12.98g
Spearhead /113\
Description: Incomplete MBA spearhead blade, prominent mid-rib, lozenge-shape in section, grooves flanking mid-rib, raised bevelled edges. Joins with /104\.
Dimensions: L 64.24 mm; W 26.86mm; T 13.22mm
Weight: 49.91g
Spearhead /84\
Description: Fragment of MBA spearhead - tip only, edges very worn, impossible to say if all edges are original, prominent mid-rib.
Dimensions: L 24.52mm; W 9.09mm; T 6.94mm
Weight: 2.64g
Spearhead /9\
Description: Incomplete LBA pegged spearhead missing tip, blade probably ogival, cross-section lenticular, pegged directly below blade.
Dimensions: L 184.00mm; W 50.91mm
Weight: 189.01g
Spearhead /65\
Description: Incomplete MBA spearhead - blade only, flame-shaped blade, prominent mid-rib circular-shaped in section, damaged (possibly by corrosion) along one edge only. Joins /23\.
Dimensions: L 153.40mm; W 46.52mm
Weight: 114.96g
Spearhead /51\
Description: MBA side-looped spearhead, prominent mid-rib lozenge-shaped in section, both blade edges and socket damaged.
Dimensions: L 107.37mm; W 13.57mm
Weight: 27.18g
Spearhead /89\
Description: MBA side-looped spearhead, ogival blade, prominent mid-rib circular-shaped in section, corroded.
Dimensions: L 137.57mm; W 22.22mm
Weight: 69.56g
Spearhead /88\
Description: Incomplete MBA spearhead, probably ogival blade, missing tip, one loop broken, socket end damaged, mid-rib circular-shaped in section.
Dimensions: L 87.64mm; W 19.28mm
Weight: 44.52g
Spearhead /23\
Description: Fragment of MBA spearhead, socket end only with loops, socket end damaged. Joins with /65\.
Dimensions: L 79.79mm; W 25.37mm
Weight: 60.78g
Spearhead /83\
Description: MBA side-looped spearhead, prominent mid-rib lozenge-shaped in section, both loops and one blade edge damaged, socket particularly long (L 43.29mm), corroded particularly on one face.
Dimensions: L 79.20mm; W 17.01mm
Weight: 29.28g
Spearhead /5\
Description: Fragment of MBA spearhead blade, prominent mid-rib lozenge-shaped in section, blade edge very damaged. Joins with /6\.
Dimensions: L 37.72mm; W 15.05mm; T 10.47mm
Weight: 12.67g
Spearhead /6\
Description: Fragment of MBA spearhead blade, prominent mid-rib lozenge-shaped in section, blade edge very damaged. Joins with /5\.
Dimensions: L 66.68mm; W 15.12mm; T 9.50mm
Weight: 15.51g
Spearhead /109\
Description: Incomplete LBA spearhead - blade only, mid-rib circular-shaped in section, lunate openings in the wings, bevelled edges, one face shows sign of a hammer blow.
Dimensions: L 134.77mm; W 55.55mm; T 18.78mm
Weight: 129.64g
Spearhead /18\
Description: MBA side-looped (probably), prominent mid-rib lozenge-shape in section, one blade edge damaged, corroding badly. Similar to /83\. Detail difficult to determine in present condition. Found with ring /19\ adhering to surface when excavated.
Dimensions: L 83.51mm
Weight: Not taken because of the amount of earth adhering the surface.
Tools
Axeheads
Socketed axehead /7\
Description: Early Iron Age cast copper-alloy socketed axe, probably of Type Blandford. Side-looped, high tin, four ribs on each face, double mouth moulding, straight triangular blade, casting flashes prominent. These axes are characteristically cast with a high-tin content and have a very shiny silvery surface, probably due to an enrichment in eutectoid during casting by the so called tin-sweat phenomenon. Parallels can be found in the Early Iron Age hoards from Blandford (British Museum), King's Weston Hill (Bristol Museum & Art Gallery) and Langton Matravers (Dorset). Axe RS33 from the Netherhampton hoard and the socketed axe from the Blandford hoard, however, though similar, have slimmer, longer bodies and a 'tidier' ribbed decoration.
Dimensions: L 103.49mm; W 54.95mm (cutting edge); circular socket 35.24mm x 32.87mm
Weight: 158.44g
Socketed axehead /8\
Description: Early Iron Age cast copper-alloy socketed axe, probably of Type Blandford, similar to last. Side-looped, two ribs only visible on one face (other face obscured by concretion), single mouth moulding, straight triangular blade, casting flashes prominent. These axes are characteristically cast with a high-tin content and have a very shiny silvery surface, probably due to an enrichment in eutectoid during casting by the so called tin-sweat phenomenon. Parallels can be found in the Early Iron age hoards from Blandford (British Museum), King's Weston Hill (Bristol Museum & Art Gallery) and Langton Matravers (Dorset). Axe RS33 from the Netherhampton hoard and the socketed axe from the Blandford hoard, however, though similar, have slimmer, longer bodies and a 'tidier' ribbed decoration.
Dimensions: L 96.95mm; W 49.99mm (cutting edge); circular socket 30.76mm x 31.24mm
Weight: 146.70g
Socketed axehead /60\
Description: Late Bronze Age socketed axe of Type Meldreth with embellished facets (Burgess and Schmidt 1981, 209f). Side-looped, two ribs on each face, single mouth moulding, five concentric moulded ribs below mouth, all enhancing the facets, blade flares a little, cutting edge slightly curved, casting flashes prominent only around loop. Loop has trefoil-shaped cross-section, which is sometimes seen on Late Bronze and Early Iron Age ages; an example comes from a Sompting Type axe which is part of the hoard from Ferring, Sussex. Meldreth Type socketed axes are found singly (e.g. from the Thames, near Kew: BM: WG1750) and they are common in Late Bronze Age hoards and a mould for these axes was part of the hoard from Beeston Regis (Norwich Castle Museum: 1981.79). They are also known from the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age settlement at Traprain Law, East Lothian (Burgess and Schmidt 1981, Plate 83, no. 1231).
Dimensions: L 120.14mm; W 57.33mm (cutting edge); circular socket 35.31mm x 34.09mm
Weight: 288.89g
Socketed axehead /47\
Description: Early Iron Age socketed axe, probably of Type Sompting (Variant Tower Hill). Side-looped, single mouth moulding, straight body flaring to curved cutting edge, casting flashes prominent. Undecorated with a subrectangular mouth moulding; related in size and shape to an equally smallish Sompting Type axe recovered at the Early Iron Age pyre/feasting site at Llanmaes, Vale of Glamorgan. Other parallels come from the Falls of Snowdon (National Museum Wales 68.289/3) and Lochgair, Argyllshire (National Museums Scotland: NMS.X.DE135)
Dimensions: L 106.41mm; W 56.72mm (cutting edge); mouth 36.11mm x 36.63mm
Weight: 300g+
Socketed axehead /68\
Description: Late Bronze Age side-looped, single mouth moulding, prominent rib below mouth from which extends two pairs of conjoining ribs, body flares gently to splayed cutting edge, casting flashes prominent around loop. Very similar to a Late Bronze Age axe from one of the hoards found at Neutral Farm, Butley (Suffolk County Museum, Ipswich, 1949.54). The axe is faceted with ribs enhancing the edges of the facets.
Dimensions: L 83.29mm; W 50.14mm (cutting edge); mouth 34.61mm x 30.30mm
Weight: 152.03g
Socketed axehead /33\
Description: Late Bronze Age socketed axe with flat hexagonal cross-section, small with single loop on one face only, single mouth moulding, side faceted below mouth moulding, triangular body with straight cutting edge, damage at one corner, casting flashes prominent. The loop on one of the face may suggest that it was used as a pendant.
Dimensions: L 52.56mm; W 33.72mm (cutting edge); mouth 23.95mm x 20.74mm
Weight: 54.29g
Socketed axehead /34\
Description: Incomplete Late Bronze Age missing upper body and socketed end, body gently flares gently to splayed cutting edge, casting flashes not visible through concretion, blade not symmetrical. Possibly a faceted type.
Dimensions: L 75.62mm; W 53.67mm (cutting edge);
Weight: 136.68g
Socketed axehead /86\
Description: Small Late Bronze Age socketed axe, possibly an Armorican axe of Briard's Type Couville (Briard 1965). Side-looped, single mouth moulding, body flares gently to straight triangular cutting edge, casting flashes prominent on loop side only. The axe is similar to two single finds from Topcliffe and the Settle Area, both North Yorkshire (Schmidt and Burgess 1981, Plate 105, nos. 1653 and 1654).
Dimensions: L 78.72mm; W 30.11mm (cutting edge); mouth 22.77mm x25.90mm
Weight: 100.11g
Socketed axehead /36\
Description: Late Bronze Age socketed axe of South-Eastern Type or possibly Everthorpe (Schmidt and Burgess 1981, 218ff). Side-looped, single mouth moulding, prominent rib below mouth from which extends two ribs on one face (the other face is obscured by concretion), straight body, splayed cutting edge.
Dimensions: L 70.27mm; W 40.84mm (cutting edge); 33.82 x 29.87mm
Weight: 123.22g
Palstave axehead /30\
Description: LBA side-looped decorated with single mid-rib, prominent U-shaped stop ridge, blade flares below stop ridge to curved cutting edge. Transitional type. In state of corrosion.
Dimensions: L 161mm; W 43.84mm (cutting edge); hafting end L 74.61mm, W 35.40mm
Weight: 300g+
Palstave axehead /22\
Description: LBA side-looped, slightly prominent stop ridge, blade flares gently below stop ridge to slightly splayed cutting edge, smoothed down casting flashes on both sides. Late type.
Dimensions: L 144.25mm; W 47.27mm (cutting edge); hafting end L 66.07mm, W 29.85mm
Weight: 300g+
Palstave axehead /20\
Description: MBA side-looped, stop ridge extends into body, body flares to splayed cutting edge. In state of corrosion.
Dimensions: L 159mm; W 57.61mm (cutting edge); hafting end L 74.57mm, W 29.28mm
Weight: 300g+
Palstave axehead /62\
Description: MBA side-looped, low stop ridge not prominent, V-shaped decoration below stop ridge, central rib with hollows to either side, straight body flares into straight cutting edge, casting flashes visible. Cutting edge worn and recurved; corroding.
Dimensions: L 133.44mm; W 50.73mm (cutting edge); hafting end L 69.69mm, W 22.79mm
Weight: 291.41g
Palstave axehead /61\
Description: MBA side-looped but missing loop. At present covered with mud and part of ring /19\, blade flares to splayed cutting edge. Further information should be possible after conservation. Probably high-flanged south-western type.
Dimensions: L 160mm (circa); W 62.01mm (cutting edge)
Weight: 300g+
Palstave axehead /72\
Description: MBA side-looped, very small, straight body flaring to triangular cutting edge, prominent stop ridge.
Dimensions: L 96.45mm; W 34.86mm (cutting edge); hafting end L 49.05mm, W 18.93mm
Weight: 122.06g
Palstave axehead /21\
Description: MBA side-looped, fragment of body and cutting end, blade flares to a splayed cutting edge.
Dimensions: L 67.36mm; W 49.87mm (cutting edge)
Weight: 148.55g
Palstave axehead /16\
Description: MBA unlooped, prominent stop ridge, body has prominent mid rib, sides are concave flaring to splayed cutting edge; blade much worn. Breton type. Covered with mud.
Dimensions: L 132.67mm; W 42.48mm (cutting edge); hafting end L 61.59mm, W 31.74mm
Weight: 300g+
Flat axehead /59\
Description: Incomplete EBA missing butt end, body flares to a slightly splayed cutting edge.
Dimensions: L 64.47mm; W 56.71mm (cutting edge); T 80.06mm (broken end)
Weight: 165.08g
Gouges
Gouges sorted by width of cutting edge
Socketed gouge /31\
Description: Cast copper-alloy socketed gouge dating from the Late Bronze or possibly Early Iron Age. Damage to socket end, apparently plain mouth - no moulding, deep gouge furrow is 80.64mm long, body tapers a little below socket end and is straight sided, casting flashes have been smoothed down.
Dimensions: L 100.19mm; W 16.18mm (cutting edge) ; circular socket end 20.09mm x 19.61mm
Weight: 82.48g
Socketed gouge /101\
Description: Cast copper-alloy socketed gouge dating from the Late Bronze or possibly Early Iron Age. Double mouth moulding, medium depth gouge furrow is 63.84mm long, body narrows below mouth mouldings but flares at cutting edge, casting flashes are raised.
Dimensions: L 85.28mm; W 16.42mm (cutting edge) ; circular socket end 19.81mm x 20.41mm
Weight: 83.46g
Socketed gouge /40a\
Description: Cast copper-alloy socketed gouge dating from the Early Iron Age. Incomplete, comprising two pieces (one of which is fragmentary) and missing the socket end, deep gouge furrow but not possible to measure due to present condition of object, prominent casting flashes along the sides, body tapers from broken end. This gouge was probably cast with a high-tin content and has a very shiny silvery surface, probably due to an enrichment in eutectoid during casting by the so called tin-sweat phenomenon. The walls of the tools are very thin and brittle and it would not have been a useful tool. A use as votive object may be preferred for this object.
Dimensions: L 62.10mm; W 15.67mm (cutting edge)
Weight: 29.09g
Socketed gouge /55\
Description: Cast copper alloy socketed gouge dating from the Early Iron Age. Complete but in two pieces broken transversely half way along the body, single mouth moulding only just discernable, prominent casting flashes, medium depth gouge furrow is 59.70mm long, body narrows gently from socket end. Corrosion active at cutting end. This gouge was probably cast with a high-tin content and has a very shiny silvery surface, probably due to an enrichment in eutectoid during casting by the so called tin-sweat phenomenon. The walls of the tools are very thin and brittle and it would not have been a useful tool. This object may have had a votive purpose.
Dimensions: L 84.84mm; W 14.51mm (cutting edge) ; circular socket end 19.32mm x 19.61mm
Weight: 43.13g
Socketed gouge /42\
Description: Cast copper alloy socketed gouge dating from the Early Iron Age. Complete but with damage to socket end, single mouth moulding, shallow gouge furrow is 45.03mm long, prominent casting flashes, body narrows below mouth moulding to rather straight cutting edge. This gouge was possibly cast with a high-tin content. Originally, the surface would have been very shiny/silvery, which was probably due to an enrichment in eutectoid during casting by the so called tin-sweat phenomenon. The walls of the tools are very thin and brittle and it would not have been a useful tool. This object may have had a votive purpose.
Dimensions: L 72.80mm; W 11.31mm (cutting edge) ; circular socket end 17.90mm x 18.97mm
Weight: 32.31g
Socketed gouge /40\
Description: Cast copper alloy socketed gouge dating from the Early Iron Age. Complete but with damage to socket end, moulded rib below socket end, crack on same face as furrow just below socket end, prominent casting flashes, shallow gouge furrow is 24.27mm long, body tapers towards rather straight cutting edge. This gouge was possibly cast with a high-tin content. Originally, the surface would have been very shiny/silvery, which was probably due to an enrichment in eutectoid during casting by the so called tin-sweat phenomenon. The walls of the tools are very thin and brittle and it would not have been a useful tool. This object may have had a votive purpose.
Dimensions: L 43.65mm; W 10.18mm (cutting edge) ; circular socket end 16.36mm x 14.84mm
Weight: 16.72g
Socketed gouge /82\
Description: Cast copper-alloy socketed gouge dating from the Early Iron Age. Single mouth moulding, prominent casting flashes, shallow gouge furrow is 26.31mm long, body narrows towards rather straight cutting edge. Surface cracked above cutting edge. This gouge was cast with a high-tin content. Originally, the surface would have been very shiny/silvery, which was probably due to an enrichment in eutectoid during casting by the so called tin-sweat phenomenon. The walls of the tools are very thin and brittle and it would not have been a useful tool. This object may have had a votive purpose.
Dimensions: L 44.98mm; W 10.57mm (cutting edge) ; circular socket end 15.04mm x 14.29mm
Weight: 17.51g
Socketed gouge /44\
Description: Cast copper-alloy socketed gouge dating from the Early Iron Age. Incomplete and missing part of face at socket end, single mouth moulding, prominent casting flashes, shallow gouge furrow is 30.35mm long, body narrows towards straight cutting edge. This gouge was possibly cast with a high-tin content. Originally, the surface would have been very shiny/silvery, which was probably due to an enrichment in eutectoid during casting by the so called tin-sweat phenomenon. The walls of the tools are very thin and brittle and it would not have been a useful tool. This object may have had a votive purpose.
Dimensions: L 61.58mm; W 10.62mm (cutting edge) ; circular socket end 18.20mm
Weight: 19.13g
Socketed gouge /71\
Description: Cast copper-alloy socketed gouge probably dating from the Early Iron Age. Single mouth moulding, very prominent casting flashes, shallow gouge furrow is 36.29mm long, body tapers from socket end to slightly angled cutting edge. This gouge was possibly cast with a high-tin content. Originally, the surface would have been very shiny/silvery, which was probably due to an enrichment in eutectoid during casting by the so called tin-sweat phenomenon. The walls of the tools are very thin and brittle and it would not have been a useful tool. This object may have had a votive purpose.
Dimensions: L 51.67 mm; W 9.87mm (cutting edge) ; circular socket end 18.54mm x 16.95mm
Weight: 24.99g
Socketed gouge /56\
Description: Single mouth moulding, prominent casting flashes, shallow gouge furrow is 29.77mm long, body gently tapers from socket end to curved cutting edge. Tiny hole below mouth moulding is probably a result of the casting process. This gouge was probably cast with a high-tin content. Originally, the surface would have been very shiny/silvery, which was probably due to an enrichment in eutectoid during casting by the so called tin-sweat phenomenon. The walls of the tools are very thin and brittle and it would not have been a useful tool. This object may have had a votive purpose.
Dimensions: L 59.46mm; W 9.49mm (cutting edge) ; circular socket end 16.07mm x 18.52mm
Weight: 22.75g
Socketed gouge /112\
Description: Single wide and flat mouth moulding, prominent casting flashes at the side, a third less-prominent casting flash at the reverse, shallow gouge furrow is 34.57mm long, body narrows to curved cutting edge, damage to reverse of cutting edge.
Dimensions: L 66.90mm; W 6.97mm (cutting edge) ; circular socket end 13.76mm x 13.57mm
Weight: 22.24g
Socketed gouge /32\
Description: Single mouth moulding narrows sharply to the body, body tapers to the straight cutting edge, deep gouge furrow 15.42mm long, raised casting flashes. Unusual furrow depth - possibly a hole caused by the casting process.
Dimensions: L 31.35mm; W 7.90mm (cutting edge) ; circular socket end 17.29mm x 17.78mm
Weight: 16.84g
Socketed gouge /45\
Description: Single mouth moulding with small area of damage, prominent casting flashes, body narrows below the mouth moulding to curved cutting edge, shallow gouge furrow 27.59mm long, body narrows to curved cutting edge.
Dimensions: L 52.03mm; W 7.24mm (cutting edge) ; circular socket end 14.27mm x 13.91mm
Weight: 19.40g
Socketed gouge /53\
Description: Single mouth moulding, prominent casting flashes, shallow gouge furrow 23.97mm long, body narrows below mouth moulding to straight cutting edge. Pale substance apparent in socket end.
Dimensions: L 51.94mm; W 7.17mm (cutting edge) ; circular socket end 13.59mm x 14.06mm
Weight: 16.20g
Socketed gouge /107\
Description: Fragmented small probable socketed gouge. Too fragile to record further.
Single Socketed Tools
Socketed punch /3\
Description: Probably incomplete and missing the tip, socket circular in section, the open end measures 27.76mm x 19.95mm. Two opposing holes are presumably peg holes, c.3mm in diameter, a quarter of the way along the socket. Socket tapers to 8.69 x 9.67mm. Body of the punch is square in cross section with apparently additional vertical grooves on each face. Body tapers from 6.33 x 6.88mm to the broken tip, 3.53 x 3.51mm. Object showing signs of corrosion. [Cf smaller examples from Great Orme's Head, Caernarvonshire (Savory Guide catalogue of the Bronze Age collections [National Museum of Wales], 1980, 127 no 307, fig 40, 4), associated with a palstave rather like no 22 from Wardour, and Flag Fen (Coombs in Pryor The Flag Fen Basin, 2001, 268 nos 93-4, 290, fig 10.6)]
Dimensions: Socket L 60.20mm; body L 70.53mm; total L 130.73mm
Weight: 43.46g
Socketed hammer /4\
Description: Most of the patina lost due to corrosion, casting flashes visible on one side (other side hidden beneath soil concretion), slightly concave sided (narrowest width is 19.22mm), in profile narrows from socket end to hammer end. Possible mouth moulding but too little patina survives.
Dimensions: L 51.39mm; Hammer end 22.88mm x 16.30mm; socket end 22.92mm x 19.80mm
Weight: 61.82g
Socketed mortising chisel /105\
Description: Complete with barely visible mouth moulding, socket sharply narrows below into the body which gently tapers in width to the pointed end, it tapers in thickness but to the bottom of the socket only, the thickness is consistent from here on. No casting flashes apparent. Parallels for this tool come from the Late Bronze Age hoards found at Minnis Bay, Kent and Carleton Rode, Norwich, Norfolk.
Dimensions: L 100.32mm; W 3.70mm x 7.20mm (point end) ; 20.35mm x 19.91mm (mouth)
Weight: 62.80g
Chisels
Chisels sorted by blade shape
Tanged Chisel /2\
Description: Incomplete with a broken tang, tang is rectangular in cross-section, expands to rib-like collar 3.48mm thick. Collar rectangular with rounded edges, blade below flares to curved cutting edge, blade below collar measures 9.91 x 6.22mm.
Dimensions: L 59.79mm; cutting edge 14.38mm; collar 12.41mm x 11.34mm;
Weight: 11.06g
Tanged Chisel /74\
Description: Complete but with damaged cutting edge, tang is rectangular in cross-section, expands to rib-like collar 3.45mm thick. Collar rectangular with rounded edges, blade below flares to probably curved cutting edge, blade below collar measures 9.94 x 5.39mm. Casting flashes visible at the sides.
Dimensions: L 99.99mm; cutting edge 20.06mm; collar 12.38 x 10.30;
Weight: 20.13g
Tanged Chisel /77\
Description: Complete but with damaged cutting edge, tang is rectangular in cross-section, tang slightly expands to lozenge-shaped section collar which narrows over c.17mm to 7.75 x 6.15mm, from here blade is asymmetrical and flares to straightish cutting edge with some damage, blade below collar measures 7.75 x 4.55mm.
Dimensions: L 140.28mm; cutting edge 35.41 mm, collar 12.25 x 12.22mm,
Weight: 42.14g
Tanged Chisel /43\
Description: Complete but with damaged cutting edge, tang is rectangular in cross-section, tang is straight sided possibly missing tip, thins towards collar where it widens to rib-like collar, W 3.02mm; below the blade flares with slightly concave sides to curved but damaged cutting edge, blade below collar measures 8.11 x 5.43mm. Active corrosion on cutting edge.
Dimensions: L 91.59mm; cutting edge 26.38mm, collar 9.25mm x 8.42mm,
Weight: 19.54g
Tanged Chisel /46\
Description: Incomplete and missing almost all the tang, remaining tiny stub of tang is oval in section (9.59 x 8.47mm). Collar also oval in section, sides of blade below are concave flaring to an expanded curved cutting edge. Blade below collar measures 12.69 x 12.75mm.
Dimensions: L 59.16mm; cutting edge 26.27 mm, collar 15.66 x 14.06mm
Weight: 34.14g
Tanged Chisel /111\
Description: Incomplete and missing a corner of the cutting edge, rectangular cross-sectioned tang pointed at one end, flares to the collar which is flat and not defined (perhaps better described as lugs). Below the blade has concave edges which flare to a wide and curved cutting edge, blade is asymmetrical. Blade below collar measures 8.42 x 6.63mm.
Dimensions: L 85.20mm; cutting edge 30.74 mm; collar 16.96 x 7.02 x 7.44 mm
Weight: 24.93g
Tanged Chisel /70\
Description: Incomplete and missing most of the tang, tang is rectangular in cross-section and flares to the rectangular collar, collar has rounded edges, blade below collar immediately concave then convex for the line of the blade, flared blade with slightly damaged curved cutting edge. Appears to have linear striations on both faces and on the tang. Blade below collar measures 11.62 x 6.41mm.
Dimensions: L 62.40mm; cutting edge 34.42mm; collar 15.15 x 10.83 x 4.10mm
Weight: 24.80g
Tanged Chisel /11\
Description: Complete with slight cutting edge damage, tang is rectangular in cross-section and flares to the rectangular collar, collar is rib-like with rounded edges, blade straight immediately below collar then expands into convex edges and further to a very wide cutting edge with slight curve. Patina smooth, shiny and dark green. Blade below collar measures 11.38 x 7.79mm.
Dimensions: L 109.10mm; cutting edge 46.63 mm; collar 14.12 x 10.82 x Th 3.53 mm
Weight: 42.22g
Tanged Chisel /87\
Description: Tang is rectangular in cross-section and flares to the oval collar, blade below has concave shoulders expanding into slightly flared sides, cutting edge below is curved and has a notch at the centre (probable damage). Blade below collar measures 9.51 x 6.05mm.
Dimensions: L 95.01mm; cutting edge 30.76mm; collar 10.88 x 7.61mm
Weight: 24.02g.
Sickles
Tanged Sickle /39\
Description: Two rivet holes, one of which is larger and counter sunk and 5.71mm diameter (closer to the end) and the other is filled with soil but smaller. Tang edges are flanged and c.5mm thick (inside the tang is c.3mm thick). There is a lentoid stop ridge 31.28 x 12.35mm beyond and on the other side the gently curved blade extends 26.41 x 5.47mm to the tip which is 4.50mm thick. The blade is decorated with 3 ribs between which are wide channels. The surface of the metal has a silvery coloured patina. The edges are chamfered.
Dimensions: L 116.07mm
Weight: 56.37g
Tanged Sickle /102\
Description: Two rivet holes c.4mm diameter - one of which is placed just off centre, the other diagonally placed towards one corner of the tang. Plain tang 3.48mm thick. It has an oval stop ridge measuring 29.31 x 12.60mm. The gentle curving plain blade below the stop ridge measures 26.66mm x 5.65mm and is plain. The blade edge is slightly bent.
Dimensions: L 103.48mm
Weight: 57.80g
Tanged Sickle /106\
Description: Two rivet holes, one of which retains a rivet c.7mm in diameter and 13.85mm in length. The blade sharply curves at almost a right angle, one face is plain while the other is decorated. The outside edge of the curve is thickened max 6.22mm, while the inside is 2.29mm thick. Flanking the thickened edge are two decorative ribs apparent towards the tang end only - the rest of the sickle is covered in mud, concretion and possible black organic substance. Tang is 19.20mm width and it extends directly into the blade.
Dimensions: L 123.75mm
Weight: 45.21g
Socketed Sickle /10\
Description: Cast copper-alloy socketed sickle dating from the Early Iron Age. Incomplete, missing the blade tip. Blade extends at right angles to the socket. Socket is 48.29mm long, the wider end is 25.98mm x 24.67mm, the shorter 14.51mm x 17.03mm, with a mouth moulding at the smaller end. There are also casting flashes visible. Blade extends from mouth moulding and is 31.30mm x 7.25mm, the blade gently curves to the old break which is 24.08 x 3.97mm. The blade is decorated on both faces with a central mid rib c.6mm wide. Parallels for this sickle come from Winterbourne Monkton, Wiltshire (single find, Devizes Museum D.M.1124), and Southacre, Norfolk (single find, Norwich Castle Museum 1908.22.34)) and, more importantly, from the two Early Iron Age hoard from Vale of Glamorgan, Cardiff II (Leckwith) and Llyn Fawr. A clay mould for these sickles has recently been excavated in Scotland.
Dimensions: L 105.95mm
Weight: 83.68g
Socketed Sickle /27\
Description: Cast copper alloy socketed sickle dating from the Late Bronze Age. Incomplete, consisting of the socket and part of the blade. The socket has two peg holes and tapers curving inwards on its outside edge from 23.71 x 21.65mm to 19.62 x 14.40mm at which point the socket extends vertically into the blade which curves from the curving edge. The blade measures 22.09 x 4.58mm and is lenticular in cross-section, being thicker at the outside edge. The socket end is fractured.
Dimensions: L 75.62mm
Weight: 75.24g
Sickle blade /52\
Description: Fragment, flat and curving in shape, one edge thicker (2.27mm) and one thinner (0.91mm).
Dimensions: L 57.01mm; W 25.82mm (max); T 2.27mm
Weighs: 14.75g
Knives (all double-edged)
Tanged knife /80\
Description: Tang contains two vertically arranged rivet holes (c.4mm in diameter), prominent central mid-rib below, triangular shoulder to one side and a triangular notch to the other. Below the blade measures 20.26 x 5.12mm narrowing to the point which is 3.75mm thick. The blade edge is damaged to one side. The butt end is 18.18mm wide and 2.10mm thick. Andrew Lawson thinks this may have been worked down from another blade (pers. comm.).
Dimensions: L 141.68mm
Weighs: 40.89g
Tanged knife /92\
Description: Tiny knife with single rivet hole (4.51mm diameter), the butt end measures 14.72 x 1.50mm. Shoulders measure 17.98x2.68mm wide, blade narrows from here to the point (1.78mm thick). The blade has a raised central rounded mid rib on both faces.
Dimensions: L 69.14mm
Weighs: 9.61g
Tanged knife /91\
Description: Incomplete, broken across the tang end. Tang remaining has flanges 3.14mm high. Shoulders measure 21.11mm x 5.22mm and narrow to a thickness of 2.66mm at the rounded tip. It is lenticular in cross-section with a broad central mid-rib.
Dimensions: L 115.53mm
Weighs: 40.35g
Tanged knife /50\
Description: Incomplete blade with active corrosion on both faces. Tang end measures 12.53 x 2.56mm. Width below inclusive of one prominent shoulder measures 18.34mm. Mid rib appears raised and rounded. The tip is missing. Blade lenticular in cross-section at break, measures 10.63 x 4.49mm. Object largely obscured by corrosion and mud.
Dimensions: L 79.90 mm
Weighs: 17.07g
Knife blade /66\
Description: Incomplete, probable knife blade. Active corrosion on one face, widens from 12.53 x 2.53mm to 18.43 x 4.77mm then narrows to rounded tip 3.18mm thick (with corrosion). It is lenticular in cross-section with a broad central mid-rib.
Dimensions: L 95.96mm
Weighs: 17.42g
Knife blade /48\
Description: Incomplete probable knife blade, heavily corroded (with active corrosion). Apparently lentoid in cross-section. Narrows slightly towards either end. Both ends missing.
Dimensions: L 89.36mm; W 19.78mm (max); T 3.53mm
Weighs: 22.97g
Ornaments
Sword chapes
Bag-shaped chape /94\
Description: Concave sides and a rounded bottom. The open end measures 22.05 x 11.02mm (internal 17.98 x 7.99mm). The rounded bottom measures 26.35 x 13.35mm. Both faces show a rivet hole below the open end c.3mm in diameter, and a c.2mm thick rib sits just above the rounded bottom.
Dimensions: L 25.65mm
Weight: 14.01g
Winged chape /26\
Description: Cast copper alloy winged chape dating from the Early Iron Age. Incomplete and now in three joining pieces, missing the tip of both wings, the tip of the base and the edge around the open end. It is V-shaped, closed around the outside edges and open along the inside edge where there is a pronounced curved lip at the inside notch of the V. A raised rib extends from each wing tip to the centre on both faces but is largely obscured by mud and concretion. The chape is filled with mud. The chape resembles two single finds, one from the Thames at Wandsworth and the other probably from the Thames, kept in the British Museum (BM: WG1779 and BM: 1875, 4-1, 36), but whilst their wings are almost horizontal, this winged chape shows a more V-shaped outline. Nevertheless, this winged chape fragment is probably related to Types Coplow and Wandsworth with their straight wings. There is a good parallel in Tombelle A, Cazevieille (Herault, France) (Inv. Arch. F7; Cowen 1967, fig. 13), although it probably has shorter wings and a shallower base (Brendan O'Connor, pers. comm.)
Dimensions: H 54.42mm; H 38.38mm (notch of the V to the point); W 91.98mm (max);
Weight: 40.03g
Pins
Swan's neck ring-headed pin /95\
Description: Cast copper alloy ring-headed pin dating from the Early Iron Age. Possibly missing it's very tip. No decoration apparent on shank but object still has mud adhering. Head resembles an 'S' in shape with top loop almost closing on itself. Where visible the patina is shiny and smooth. The pin is circular in cross section and thickest at the head being circa 3mm in diameter. The shank extends vertically to the side and bottom of the 'S' and narrows to 1.5mm diameter at the end. [Cf Flag Fen (Coombs in Pryor The Flag Fen Basin, 2001, 276 no 200, 293, fig 10.9)]
Dimensions: L 83.39mm
Weight: 4.10g
Swan's neck [sunflower] pin /58\
Description: Possibly a head fragment of a cast copper-alloy swan's neck [sunflower] pin consisting of the head and top of the shank only. Head is dished and undecorated, 33.25mm in diameter, shank below 4.42mm narrowing to 3mm at the old break. Shank bends just before break.
Dimensions: L 28.95mm
Weight: 11.81g
Conical-headed Pin /90\
Description: Rather squashed conical head in form, 6.10mm diameter and 3.59mm high, no apparent decoration. Shank below 3.05mm diameter cross-section, widens a little to 3.72mm at the centre then narrows to a point. The point is slightly bent.
Dimensions: L 129.28mm
Weight: 7.41g
Disc-headed Pin /15\
Description: Incomplete disc- or nail-headed pin, consists of head and upper shank only. Head very slightly dished and 19.42mm in diameter with no decoration apparent. Shank below 5.04mm, narrows to 3.46mm at the old break.
Dimensions: L 37.96mm
Weight: 5.68g
Pin /49\
Description: Fragment of probable pin, consisting of the pointed end of the shank. Patina where visible is smooth, shiny and green.
Dimensions: L 53.45mm, D 1.68mm (at the break)
Weight: 0.83g
Collar /76\
Description: Cast copper alloy curving fragment of segmented or knobbed bracelet or, more likely, collar of Hallstatt C type. It is complete in itself consisting of three joined hollow arcs, circa 6mm thick, individually `C' shaped in profile. From one end extends a pierced projection to fit with another piece of the bracelet, the piercing measures circa 2.5mm in diameter. At the other end is the hollow to take the pierced projection. It has a rivet hole on either side of the segment, 2.7mm diameter. The artefact would one of the 'hinge'-pieces that could be opened to slide the wrist/neck through the opening. The length of the artefact suggest that it was the hinge-piece for a bracelet, but the size of the 'knobs' suggests that it may have been part of one of the larger 'collars', the best example here being the collar from Clynnog (Caernarvonshire), Wales, which has a similar (though longer) hinged link with dowel attachment (National Museum Wales 41-109). [This may be the most important object in the Wardour hoard because no collar has been found in a hoard before (see Northover in Cunliffe Mount Batten, Plymouth, 1988, 61)]
Dimensions: L 57.22mm, W 18.84mm, H 14.38mm
Weight: 50.83g
Ring /19\
Description: Incomplete plain and curving tubular object, probably part of a ring and now in four pieces, the longest of which is embedded in soil with palstave /61\. This measures c.67mm long. The three remaining pieces measure 49.07mm, 40.68mm and 18.83mm. Originally joining all are hollow and measure c.5.73mm in diameter. The walls are 1.7mm thick.
Weight: 7.23g (three, with mud adhering)
Button /75\
Description: LBA button with some edge damage, conical in shape with central solid flat-topped boss, hollow to the reverse (0.57mm thick) with integral loop. A deep pointed oval channel runs through the loop. No decoration apparent.
Dimensions: D 27.40mm (27.40 x 26.24mm), H 8.55mm
Weight: 3.86g
Bar toggle /96\
Description: Cast copper-alloy toggle (or bugle-shaped fitting) dating from the Late Bronze or, in this case more likely, Early Iron Age, missing part of the loop. It has an elongated barrel shaped body circular in cross section, 4.84mm at the centre narrowing to circa 3.6mm at either end which then expands into a terminal circa 6mm in diameter. A very thin triangular loop circa 1.2mm in diameter in section projects at the centre of the object, 16.81mm long and broken at the apex. Compared to other bugle-shaped objects, however, this artefact is remarkably thin and light-weight. This could mean that this, too, is an object made for votive purposes rather than actual use (cf. Raftery in Archaeologia Atlantica 1, 1975, 83-9).
Dimensions: L 47.01mm
Weight: 5.53g
Strap fitting/strap end /63\
Description: Possibly a cast copper alloy cauldron clamp. All original patina missing on one face. Consists of two parallel bars, one of which is circular in section (4.6mm in diameter), the other of which is flat and hollow (measuring 9.20mm x 5.10mm, internal height 2.8mm). Joining the two bars is a 27.27mm x 3.33mm band narrowing to 22.61mm x 2.77mm before it curves downwards by 90 degrees to 18.27mm x 2.17mm where it joins the circular-section bar. The object strongly resembles a cauldron clamp, but further investigation and comparison with other clamps is needed to verify its actual use. A proper clamp would be expected to have two 'tubular' fittings, one on either side of the central bow/ridge. However, this object has a slim socket lined with very small rivet holes on one side and a staff-shaped terminal on the other. It may be better identified as a strap fitting. Further research is needed on this item to determine its original use.
Dimensions: L 63.50mm; W 26.41mm
Weight: 21.78g
Bracelet /85\
Description: Probably a bent, incomplete bracelet, lozenge-shaped in cross-section and slightly curving. Andrew Lawson has suggested it could be a torc strand (pers. comm.) or possibly a bracelet bent out of shape (Brendan O'Connor pers. comm.). It measures 6.05mm x 5.31mm at the centre.
Dimension: L 144.76mm
Weight: 27.90g
Razors
Tanged razor /97\
Description: Incomplete Early LBA leaf-shaped (probably) tanged or bifid razor with double edged blade, missing part of the tang, broken across rivet hole. Also has some edge damage and active corrosion. Tang is circa 14mm long, rivet hole 3.10mm diameter and the break measures 10.71mm x 1.64mm. Tang expands to 12.17mm x 2.38mm where it extends into the body. Shoulders measure 18.51mm wide and blade gently expands to 24.96mm before curving at the other end to a straight edge. At the centre it is 2.8mm thick at the edges it is c.0.6mm thick.
Dimensions: L 68.80mm
Weight: 18.24g
Hallstatt C Razor /41\
Description: Cast copper alloy single-edged Hallstatt razor dating from the Early Iron Age. Incomplete, missing one of its loops and with damaged edge. Slightly asymmetric. Surviving loop incomplete but measures 11.52mm diameter, it is flat in cross section measuring 2.63mm x 1.65mm. Curved edge to the side has a short rectangular projection at the centre, curve rises higher to the missing loop than intact loop. Blade is roughly trapezoidal with no original edges. Blade 1.79mm thick at the curved edge, thinning to 0.85mm near the damaged blade edge. The closest parallel for this razor is probably the razor found at the Early Iron Age hillfort settlement at Traprain Law, East Lothian, Scotland, which is part of Jockenhövel's group of Einschneidige Rasiermesser mit seitlichem Griff' (single-edged razors with side handle) (Jockenhövel 1980, no. 776; Tafel 40, 776).
Dimensions: L 58.04mm; H circa 29mm (blade)
Weight: 13.56g
Miscellaneous
Unidentified objects (possible dagger hilt fragments)
Unidentified object /69\
Description: Incomplete and socketed, originally 'Y shaped but now missing one of the arms (old break). At the base of the Y there is an oval shaped mouth 17.43mm x 15.36mm, decorated to the outside with seven concentric raised ribs. The mouth narrows to 11.22mm x 10.09mm and a collar with double-ribbed moulding. From here the socket extends lentoid in cross section and expands to 11.24mm x 6.76mm. The mid-rib is slightly raised. To one side is the surviving arm, triangular in cross-section and measuring 9.1mm x 5.15mm. It thins to 3.27mm where it ends in a flattened globular terminal, 15.05mm x 11.23mm. At the break three transverse grooves are visible on the surviving arm. Two holes on the socket are probably as a result of the casting process. Possibly a hilt fragment of a Continental Hallstatt D2/3 antenna-hilted dagger (Ben Roberts / Dot Boughton, pers. comm.). It is similar (though more angular) to an anthropoid dagger or sword with iron blade and bronze hilt, pictured in the British Museum Guide 1953, 58 (fig. 22, 4). This is classified as a sword by Stead (British Iron Age swords and scabbards, 2006, 197 no 216, fig 105, cf also North Grimston, no 215) and it would certainly be worth comparing more closely, though the swords have a complete X-shaped hilt apparently more solid that the Wardour piece.
Dimension: L 57.09mm
Weight: 31.16g
Unidentified object /93\
Description: Incomplete, with a dished area at one end 18.43mm in diameter, 5mm in height, hollow to the underside (0.70mm thick) and a short projecting point at the centre. To the other side is a circular sectioned shank 4.08mm in diameter which appears to bifurcate into two broken arms c.4mm in diameter. At this point is a large amount of concretion and possible iron staining which makes further identification difficult. This is possibly another antenna dagger hilt (Dot Boughton, pers. comm.) with the iron staining being connected to the now missing iron dagger tang (?).
Weight: 7.23g
Fragments
Fragment /115\
Description: Fragment of possible blade edge, triangular in cross-section.
Dimensions: L. 19.29mm; W 3.40mm T 2.76mm
Weight: 0.22g
Fragment /79\
Description: Very small fragment of probable corrosion.
Weight: 0.02g
Fragments /28\
Description: 7 fragments of a socketed object, probably circular in cross section.
Weight: 6.75g
Richard Henry17Wardour3WILT-5235734674331IRON AGEHOARDRestricted Accessfinds-4674331710WILT-E8DA70Uncertain-800x13992images/khinds/1389189PAS4E9E8DA700101C32011-10-19T09:43:19ZCertainx137122011-09-18T23:00:00Z116Regional importance2011-10-12T23:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA114Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGESalisbury and South Wiltshire MuseumCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:15.75ZLateWiltshire10Unitary AuthorityBRONZE AGE1LateMetal detectorWhite1011socket.jpg439252010Generated from computer mapping software31692912011T649BAUnitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx1371237666Wiltshire106272017-12-01T19:07:55ZDonated to museum after being declared Treasure3South WestCirca
Three fragmentary Bronze Age objects, an addenda to hoard 2010 T647.
1. A very worn spearhead tip, with almost all the blade either side of the central socket missing/ broken. The socket is circular in cross-section and measures 9.51mm at the break (internal 5.97mm). The metal is rather thinner to one side (face of the spear) than the other. The blade is c.3.5mm thick along the breaks, all of which are recent-ish. The point is very worn and damaged, missing its original tip (it is now 5.34x4.15mm). Where the original patina survives, it is smooth, shiny and brown with some pitting. The fragment measures 56.39x13.49x10.84mm and weighs 18.3g.
2. A fragment of socketed gouge, consisting of the cutting end and part of the body. The cutting end is C-shaped in profile and 14.95mm wide, creating a narrowing U-shaped in cross-section channel behind it (12.12mm) to the break, which is hollow but not smooth. Possibly the break has occurred across a bubble in the metal, formed during the metal working process. The channel is 7.71mm wide at the break. Casting flashes are prominent to either side. The patina where it survives is pitted and dark grey in colour. The fragment measures 29.62x15.78x(max)10.11mm and weighs 10.02g.
3. A fragment of socketed object, consisting of one half of the socket with mineralised remains (of wood?) on the inside surface. Possibly from a socketed chisel or gouge. The mouth flares (14.67mm diameter, internal 10.13mm; 12.71mm thick) and appears to have moulded rib decoration beneath, although this is now rather worn. Below the mouth the socket measures 13.22mm in diameter. This slowly flares to the break, 16.87mm wide and an estimated 18mm diameter (metal here 1.62mm thick). The edge here looks original in places, perhaps suggesting the object should be viewed the other way up but this would give a very wide (and thin) mouth. The patina has a covering of possibly iron and other (pale) concretion. The metal is bluey-green in colour. Measures 30.97x16.87x12.71mm and weighs 9.2g.
Neil Wilkin17Tisbury3WILT-459CB54662751BRONZE AGEHOARDRestricted Accessfinds-466275118WILT-458B40Fragment-1000x13712images/khinds/1349506PAS4E9458B40010D632011-10-11T15:54:44ZCertainx137122010-11-15T00:00:00Z132011-04-29T23:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA3Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGESalisbury and South Wiltshire MuseumCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:14.149ZWiltshire1Unitary Authority1EarlyOther chance findHarrison0911rippleflake.jpg439252011Generated from computer mapping software1169701BA3.36Unitary AuthorityCertain3WILT43925-1500Aveburyx13712263516961.7Wiltshire108372011-09-30T16:34:26ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A fragment of an Early Bronze Age flint implement, possibly an arrowhead or blade with rippled flaking on both faces. It measures 24.12x19.61x3.36mm and weighs 1.7g.
The flint is transluscent and a pale brown/ grey in colour. It has been snapped at both ends.
One face has 75% diagonally stacked ripple flake scars against one long edge, with additional pressure flaking along both original long edges. The wider snapped end has a little pressure flaking along it.
The other face has 25% stacked horizontal ripple flake scars along the same edge as above. There is additional pressure flaking along the other long edge of this face, although there is also damage further along this edge.
Nick Snashall comments that it is probably a ripple flaked oblique arrowhead.
Katie Hinds24.12101-1.857635WILT-48E7C74645501WHM 1386LITHIC IMPLEMENTSU1067finds-4645501419.6110WILT-48E1F3Uncertain-2100images/khinds/1347989PAS4E848E1F0016AA42011-09-29T16:26:23ZCertainx137122011-09-02T23:00:00Z51.401944BRONZE AGEFlint41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:14.236ZWiltshire1Unitary Authority1LateMetal detectorBooth0911penannularring.jpg439252011GPS (from the finder)235168071108922011T601BA
TVC Valuation 20/07/2012: £300
5.75Unitary AuthorityCertain4WILT43925-750Restricted Accessx137126.9Wiltshire106272013-05-10T14:39:27ZAcquired by museum after being declared TreasureSouth WestCirca
A Late Bronze Age (1150-750 BC) gold-plated penannular ring, measuring 17.35x17.40x5.75mm and weighing 6.90g. This is a probable addenda to 2011 T534.
Bronze corrosion has leached from the copper alloy core out through the terminals, cementing both ends and encrusting part of the openwork centre, which measures c.6.7x5.6. The ring is oval in cross-section and seems to narrow a little towards the terminals ( 5.75mm thick at the centre, narrowing to 5.30mm and 5.34mm).
Decorative banding of a lighter-coloured gold is just visible, c.5.7mm wide and three on each face.
Emma Traherne117.357Salisbury3WILT-44CBA34644781PENANNULAR RINGRestricted Accessfinds-4644781117.410WILT-44C630Complete-1150images/khinds/1348054PAS4E844C630010A632011-09-29T11:45:55ZCertainx137122011-09-15T23:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGESalisbury and South Wiltshire MuseumCertainGoldCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:14.199ZLateWiltshire10Unitary AuthorityBRONZE AGE1LateMetal detector2011T534d.jpg439252011GPS (from the finder)51680712011T534BA
TVC Valuation 20/07/2012: £100
Unitary AuthorityCertain3WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx13712Wiltshire2017-12-05T11:05:50ZAcquired by museum after being declared Treasure3South WestCirca
A hoard of six objects of Bronze Age date:
The rapier is fragmentary, worn and lentoid in cross-section at the old break, 9.74x2.15mm. It is roughly parallel-sided, narrowing to a rounded point at the other end 0.98mm thick. On both faces the fragment has a broad flat central mid-rib. The edges are worn with patina missing. The patina is mostly intact on the faces (dark green in colour and shiny) with some patches missing. Measures 31.65x9.75x2.15mm and weighs 2.5g.
Spearhead 1 comprises the tip only, which is triangular in shape with chamfered edges on both faces. It measures 18.10x7.47mm at the (old) break, which is diamond-shaped in cross-section with wide grooves between the rounded mid-rib and edge. It has possibly broken at the end of the socket. The tip is 1.75mm thick. The patina is intact and smooth, shiny and green in colour. Measures 40.98x18.10x7.47mm and weighs 9.9g.
Spearhead 2, a fragment, is also triangular in shape, the edges chamfered only at the approach to the tip which becomes lozenge-shaped in cross-section at the very end (the centre of the midrib/ socket forming a continuous sloping line to the edge) rather than having a defined circular-sectioned socket with flat wings either side, as for the rest of the length. The patina is smooth and slightly pitted, with a grey/ silvery (tinned?) sheen. It measures 48.42x29.62x9.73mm and weighs 18.7g.
A Late Bronze Age (1150-800 BC) gold-plated penannular ring, measuring 17.35x17.40x5.75mm and weighing 6.90g. This is a probable addenda to 2011 T534. Bronze corrosion has leached from the copper alloy core out through the terminals, cementing both ends and encrusting part of the openwork centre, which measures c.6.7x5.6. The ring is oval in cross-section and seems to narrow a little towards the terminals ( 5.75mm thick at the centre, narrowing to 5.30mm and 5.34mm). Decorative banding of a lighter-coloured gold is just visible, c.5.7mm wide and three on each face.
Copper alloy awl 1 measures 78.01mm in length and weighs 7.02g. The centre of the awl, which is rectangular in cross-section, measures 4.86x4.28mm. It narrows to a sharp point at one end, becoming circular in cross-section, and measures 0.89mm in diameter. The very tip is bent. In the other direction from the centre, the awl narrows and thins to a rectangular-sectioned end 2.37x1.40mm. The patina is green and smooth where it survives but is badly pitted.
Copper alloy awl 2 measures 49.25mm in length and weighs 4.13g. The centre of the awl, which is square in cross-section, measures 4.31x4.23mm. It narrows to a sharp point at one end, which is circular in cross-section, and measures 1.05mm in diameter. In the other direction from the centre, the awl narrows and thins to a rectangular-sectioned end 3.76x1.29mm. The patina is green and smooth where it survives.
Neil Wilkin1Salisbury3WILT-89B7864616251SSWM 3760BRONZE AGEHOARDRestricted Accessfinds-461625118WILT-89AE12Uncertain-1150x13712images/khinds/1426058PAS4E689AE100137032011-09-08T11:37:21ZCertainx137122011-09-01T23:00:00Z132011-10-05T23:00:00ZBRONZE AGE41427BA6Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGESalisbury and South Wiltshire MuseumCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:12.612ZEarlyWiltshire10Unitary AuthorityIRON AGE1MiddleMetal detectorGuyatt0811unid.jpg439252011From a paper map1441421BA17.8Unitary AuthorityCertain3WILT43925-300Salisburyx137122635182038.73Wiltshire106272015-12-17T12:32:47ZReturned to finder1South WestCirca
An incomplete copper alloy Middle Bronze Age to Early Iron Age (1500-300 BC) 'half-moustache'-like object, measuring 35.13x(max)17.52x(max)17.80mm and weighing 38.73g.
On the underside the object is tear-drop shaped, with a circular hole c.9mm in diameter at the wider end. The edges of the hole are jagged but worn, suggesting ancient damage. The hole is 5.59mm deep and conical. The underside tapers to 8.72mm wide before rounding at the other end.
In profile the object has a large hump at the wider end, 17.36mm tall. The underside is slightly convex at this point. The hump narrows and drops in a curve, the very end curling back upwards to a worn point 2.7mm in diameter.
The surface of the object is greeny-grey in colour with areas of heavy pitting.
These moustache-like objects are thought to date from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Iron Age, after the discovery of one in the Salisbury Hoard (Stead, 1998, no.117). Three other examples are known besides the nineteen-odd recorded on the PAS database. Some of these are single examples, while others are 'double' sometimes with a central perforation. This suggests the object was meant to top something that fitted into this gap. Descriptions of other moustache-like objects with perforations describe iron corrosion or wood mineralisation around the perforation. Although very similar to wing-shaped chapes, it seems unlikely they had a similar function, as the perforation (and size of the object) is comparably small. Dr JD Hill feels these objects date to the Iron Age while Jody Joy and Ben Roberts suggest a Bronze Age date.
Richard Henry35.1372-1.81580485WILT-F9E4264606441SSWM 3686IRON AGEUNIDENTIFIED OBJECTSU1331finds-4606441117.528WILT-F9DDA2Uncertain-1500x13992images/khinds/1343966PAS4E5F9DDA00134742011-09-01T15:59:38ZCertainx137122011-04-04T23:00:00Z162011-06-06T23:00:00Z51.07817823BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:12.022ZWiltshire1Unitary Authority3Metal detectorFry0711axehead.jpg439252011Generated from computer mapping software1172131BA30.07Unitary AuthorityPossibly1WILT43925-700Chippenham Withoutx1371235.7Wiltshire106272011-07-13T16:05:00ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A damaged fragment of Late Bronze Age (AD 900-700) copper alloy socketed axehead, consisting of part of the mouth, damaged body below and loop. It measures 36.62x42.05x30.07mm and weighs 35.7g.
The oval shaped mouth (36.79x30.07mm) is a single, outward-projecting moulding max.7.11mm thick from which extend ?4 vertical ribs on one face. The other face is badly damaged but at least 2 ribs are visible. At the edges of the axehead the casting flashes are visible, but have been worn down a little. On one of these sides a loop extends 25mm from the mouth moulding.
The damage is worn but probably not ancient. It could well have been casued by plough damage. Interestingly the damage is consistent with a large blow on one side, which is sometimes attributed to contemporary ritual destruction of the obect.
Axes with rib decoration date to the Ewart Park and Llynfawr phases, 900-700 BC.
Katie Hinds36.627-2.159768WILT-DB44274537311SSWM 3678SOCKETED AXEHEADST8975finds-4537311142.0510WILT-DB2FE5Fragment-900images/khinds/1337651PAS4E1DB2FE00194142011-07-13T16:00:17ZCertainx137122011-01-01T00:00:00Z2011-05-10T23:00:00Z51.473853BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:55.844Zfinds-453306453306WILT-B12977SPEARHEADBRONZE AGEA fragment of Middle Bronze Age (1400-1250 BC) bronze socketed spearhead, with some (recent) edge damage and surface pitting along prominent areas. It consists of part of the blade up to the tip. Measures 73.97x(max)21.69x(max)12.58mm and weighs 24.2g.
In cross-section, the central socket is diamond-shaped, with an additional crest-like ridge on both faces and the edges of the socket between curving and not straight. At the (old) break, an off-centre socket 3.14mm in diameter is visible, extending 3.31mm deep. This is presumably the end of the socket. One edge is badly damaged but the other where more intact at the wider end shows a lozenge-shaped cross-section edge 2.52mm thick, in contrast the to section of blade next to it, 1.31mm thick.
Richard Davis, Specialist, comments: 'Although badly worn and fragmentary I am sure it is a Middle Bronze Age spearhead, based on the lozenge midrib, circular aperture, short
depth of the blade wings (as seen on the cross section) and rather
crude casting. This means it is either side-looped or basal-looped.
The unclear attribute is the blade surface. From the flat shots it
seems that there is a rib within the blades, but this does not show up
in the cross section photo. These would be mainly diagnostic of basal-
looped spearheads.
The cross section shows an apparent rib on the right hand blade edge.
However, this may be an effect caused by the corrosion. If indeed it
is a rib on the blade edge, this would be a very rare attribute. I
have only come across one such spearhead - from Sockbridge, Cumbria,
at the Carlisle Museum.
Based on the photos, I suggest therefore that it is from the Middle Bronze Age,
probably basal-looped, but may be side-looped. In either case it is
attributable to the Taunton phase: 1400-1250BC.
It is unlikely to be a lunate spearhead from the LBA. There is no
trace of lunate blade openings and the casting is too crude for this
type of elite weapon'.13132-1400-12504WILT2011-03-30T00:00:00Z2011-05-25T00:00:00Z2011-07-11T16:11:20Z2023-06-05T12:55:03Z24.2PAS4E1B1297001DA412.5821.6973.971711141427381411716038141SwindonSwindonRestricted AccessSwindonRestricted Access2236510WILT-B14BF3Copper alloy10627FragmentBRONZE AGEx13712MiddleBRONZE AGEx13712x13712Metal detectorReturned to finderMac0711spearhead.jpg337418images/khinds/South WestCertain12023-06-05T11:55:03.579ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1EarlyOther chance findMarden5.jpg439252010Centred on field1168961BA14.97Unitary AuthorityCertain4WILT43925-1500Upavonx137122635170132.2Wiltshire108372015-11-27T10:35:59ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A probably Early Bronze Age (2150 BC - 1500 BC) attempt at producing a knife, with flake removal scars probably as a result of trying to thin in. There is steep retouch at the wider, thicker end and also at a corner at the other end - this is probably blunting for where the knife would have been held.
The flint is dark grey in colour with light patination. Measures 46.94x45.32x14.97mm and weighs 32.2g.
Richard Henry46.94101-1.814944WILT-E3A2824442692WHM 1319KNIFESU1355finds-4442691445.326WILT-E3A134Complete-2150images/khinds/1329435PAS4DDE3A1300175A42011-05-26T12:31:31ZCertainx137122010-08-07T23:00:00Z51.293984BRONZE AGEFlint41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGEProbablyCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:03.84ZWiltshire10Unitary Authority1Metal detectorCroker0511awl.jpg439252011Centred on field1170091BA3.7Unitary AuthorityCertain3WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx13712263516442.71Wiltshire106272011-06-22T12:07:00ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A possily incomplete Bronze Age (2150 BC - 800 BC) copper alloy awl, measuring 39.57mm in length and weighing 2.71g. Both ends are damaged, with possibly a small amount of missing at the wider end.
The centre of the awl, which is square in cross-section, measures 3.85x3.70mm. It becomes circular in cross-section and narrows to a damaged point 1.62mm in diameter. In the other direction from the centre, the awl slightly widens (4.48mm wide) and thins (1.16mm) to the damaged end, which is perhaps not as thin as it could be.
The awl has a smooth shiny patina and hammer and tooling marks.
Katie Hinds39.577CherhillWILT-D0BCC74420581WHM 1329AWLRestricted Accessfinds-442058114.488WILT-D0BBE6Uncertain-2150images/khinds/1327446PAS4DCD0BBE001CBB42011-05-13T11:45:19ZCertainx137122011-01-01T00:00:00Z2011-02-02T00:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:10:02.583ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1Metal detectorread0311awl.jpg4392520091170721BA5.13Unitary AuthorityCertain4WILT439255.13-800Restricted Accessx13712292324.7Wiltshire106272011-03-21T10:15:00ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A Bronze Age (2150 BC - 800 BC) copper alloy awl, measuring 48.33mm in length and weighing 4.70g.
The centre of the awl, which is circular in cross-section, measures 5.13mm in diameter. It narrows to a sharp point at one end 0.60mm in diameter. In the other direction from the centre, the awl becomes square in cross-section (4.91x4.86mm). This narrows to a square-sectioned point 1.11x0.97mm.
The awl has a smooth shiny patina.
Katie Hinds48.337Kingston DeverillWILT-77CD544329031AWLRestricted Accessfinds-432903115.136WILT-77CB78Complete-2150images/khinds/1321334PAS4D777CB7001FE642011-03-09T13:12:24ZCertainx137122009-01-01T00:00:00Z2009-09-18T23:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:57.273ZGloucestershire1County1LateMetal detectorBelk0311unid3.jpg206162010GPS (from the finder)1201491BA3.41DistrictCertain1WILT20224-800Restricted Accessx13712259984.54Cotswold106272011-03-07T12:45:00ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A fragment of Late Bronze Age (1150 to 800BC) probable sword hilt with flanged edges, measuring 22.63x18.34x(max)3.41mm and weighing 4.54g.
The fragment is from close to either the terminal or where the hilt joins the shoulders, as a slot or rivet holes for fixing (which would be apparent along most of the hilt) are not immediately apparent. However the breaks at either end are very worn, and one has a slight change of depth, possibly indicating the top of a slot of rivet hole.
The fragment is ']' shaped in profile, with the flanges more apparent on one side than the other, although both edges are thickened (max.3.41mm). Otherwise the central part of the fragment measures 1.52mm thick.
The patina is mostly intact with some pitting and a patch of bright light blue corrosion. There is also evidence of hammer strikes on one side, in the centre.
Katie Hinds22.637Lechlade3WILT-4D16C74323691L2-0311-03SWORDRestricted Accessfinds-4323691118.3410WILT-4D06B3Fragment-1150images/khinds/1319455PAS4D74D06B00158042011-03-07T12:32:43ZCertainx137122010-08-31T23:00:00Z2010-12-14T00:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:57.013ZWiltshire10Unitary AuthorityBRONZE AGE1LateMetal detectorHutton0311penannularring.jpg439252011From finder2310169031108922011T115BA
The penannular ring is a type identified by Meeks et al. (2008) as a gold foil plated penannular ring with silvery gold wire inlaid into the gold foil.
The age and precious metal content fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act.
7.05Unitary AuthorityCertain4WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx13712126961129.9Wiltshire106272017-12-01T18:47:27ZReturned to finder after being disclaimed as TreasureSouth WestCirca
A Late Bronze Age (1150-750 BC) gold-plated penannular ring, measuring 18.99x17.55x7.05mm and weighing 9.90g. It is oval in cross section (6.67x6.45mm at the centre), narrowing a little to the terminals (6.21x5.47mm and 6.14x5.55mm).
Copper alloy concretion partially covers the surface and has leached from the copper alloy core. The gold plating is rather worn but decorative banding is just visible, slightly raised from the surface.
Neil Wilkin118.997Salisbury3WILT-0CE6034320701SSWM 3644BRONZE AGEPENANNULAR RINGRestricted Accessfinds-4320701117.558WILT-0CE335Complete-1150x13712images/khinds/1319241PAS4D70CE3300192232011-03-04T11:34:11ZCertainx137122011-02-15T00:00:00Z13BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainGoldCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:56.871ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1Metal detectorBooth0111awl2.jpg439252010From a paper map1168071BA5.66Unitary AuthorityCertain4WILT439255.66-800Restricted Accessx13712156894.7Wiltshire106272011-01-11T12:14:00ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A Bronze Age (2150 BC - 800 BC) bronze awl, measuring 47.27mm in length and weighing 4.70g.
The centre of the awl, which rectangular in cross-section, measures 4.21x4.33mm. From the centre to the point the awl becomes circular in cross-section and bulges (5.66mm) and narrows (c.2mm) to the point. In the other direction from the centre, the awl has parallel sides but thins, to 0.98mm.
The awl retains traces of a dark shiny patina, but otherwise the metal is green and pitted.
Katie Hinds47.277SalisburyWILT-C498E14237831SSWM 3538AWLRestricted Accessfinds-423783115.666WILT-C49374Complete-2150images/khinds/1311471PAS4D2C493700184B42011-01-11T12:12:39ZCertainx137122010-09-06T23:00:00Z2010-11-02T00:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:52.293ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1Metal detectorBooth0111awl1.jpg439252010From a paper map1168071BAUnitary AuthorityCertain4WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx13712156893.91Wiltshire106272011-01-11T12:06:00ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A Bronze Age (2150 BC - 800 BC) bronze awl, measuring 39.04mm in length and weighing 3.91g.
The centre of the awl, which is the thickest part, measures 4.82mm wide and 4.44mm thick (rectangular in cross-section). From the centre to the point the awl becomes circular in cross-section and narrows to c.1.7mm in diameter. In the other direction from the centre, the awl widens but thins, to 5.33x1.94mm just before the end (which has a triangular point).
Katie Hinds39.047SalisburyWILT-C47B234237781SSWM 3538AWLRestricted Accessfinds-423778116WILT-C47562Complete-2150images/khinds/1311469PAS4D2C47560014E542011-01-11T12:04:38ZCertainx137122010-09-06T23:00:00Z2010-11-02T00:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:52.291ZLateWiltshire100Unitary AuthorityBRONZE AGE1MiddleMetal detectorMerritt1210blade.jpg439252010From a paper map1170001BA6.24Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx137122834711.95Wiltshire106272012-11-13T15:10:42ZReturned to finder3South WestCirca
A Middle/ Late Bronze Age (1500-800 BC) copper alloy blade fragment, probably from a rapier. The fragment is diamond-shaped in cross section with a prominent rib on either side. The breaks are old. and measuring 23.89x20.84x6.24mm and weighs 11.95g.
Sally Worrell23.897Market Lavington2WILT-5244524183682WHM 288BRONZE AGERAPIERRestricted Accessfinds-4183681120.846WILT-524387Fragment-1500x13712images/khinds/1307613PAS4CF52438001DEB32010-11-30T16:20:09ZCertainx137122010-06-30T23:00:00Z132010-09-14T23:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGEProbablyCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:49.64ZWiltshire1Unitary Authority1LateOther chance findGlastonbury1110axe.jpg439252004From finder1169701BA7.24Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-800Aveburyx137123969811.46Wiltshire106272010-12-06T09:23:23ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A fragment of Late Bronze Age (1150-800 BC) Socketed Axehead, consisting of the cutting edge only and broken just above the start of the socket on one face. It measures 30.45x18.20x(max)7.24mm and weighs 11.46g.
The cutting edge is expanded and worn but apparently undamaged. Both faces are pitted and the shorter looks 'caved in' at the edge - conducive with a hammer blow. All breaks are old.
The socket is rectangular in cross-section, and the fragment itself triangular in cross-section.
While the axehead is rather small, it is difficult to say whether or not it is 'votive'. It may have just had a use as a small axehead. However the probable hammer blow could well be ritualistic - although it could equally represent the scrapping of metal, the hoards of which are so prevalent during the Ewart Park phase (1000-800 BC).
Ben Roberts (British Museum) comments that although the form of the blade is different, it is similar to Miniature axeheads, which have a concentration in Wiltshire, and are datable from the Late Bronze Age to the Roman period.
Katie Hinds30.4573-1.857607WILT-3CA9344180231WHM 307SOCKETED AXEHEADSU1068finds-4180231418.210WILT-3C9EB1Fragment-1150images/khinds/1306810PAS4CF3C9EB00112342010-11-29T15:42:35ZCertainx137122004-11-29T00:00:00Z51.410936BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:49.469ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1Metal detectorMartin0810awl.jpg439252010From a paper map1168851BA3.29Unitary AuthorityCertain4WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx137123.63Wiltshire106272010-08-05T16:29:00ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A probable Bronze Age (2150 BC - 800 BC) bronze awl, measuring 68.13mm in length and weighing 3.63g.
It is perhaps widest at the centre (3.74x3.29mm), narrowing to a point at one end and thinning to a flat rounded end c.2x1.17mm at the other. Between the latter and the centre is a waisted area, probably due to wear, c.3x3mm. All original patina has been lost.
Katie Hinds68.137DurnfordWILT-AD8CB14021001SSWM 3492AWLRestricted Accessfinds-402100113.746WILT-AD88E3Complete-2150images/khinds/2292431PAS4C5AD88E00168C42010-08-05T16:28:15ZProbablyx137122010-04-11T23:00:00Z2010-06-13T23:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:40.358ZMiddle3Wiltshire1Unitary AuthorityBRONZE AGE1MiddleOther chance findRead0710chisel.jpg439252010From a paper map8169591BA27.16Unitary AuthorityCertain2WILT43925-1150Restricted Accessx13712183.55Wiltshire106272022-02-14T22:15:54ZReturned to Landowner2South WestCirca
An incomplete Middle Bronze Age (1400-1150 BC) socketed axehead, missing part of one side (old damage). It measures 120.40mm in length and weighs 183.55g.
Possibly a very worn socketed axe of Taunton-Hademarschen type.
The socket end is square in shape, measuring 26.14x27.16mm (internal dimensions 18.82x19.17mm). Two adjacent edges are intact while one other is cracked and worn and the fourth has four pit-like hollows (possibly a result of air bubbles in the casting process). The thin cracked edge is 1.99mm thick while its opposite is 4.83mm. The pitted edge is 4.19mm thick, its opposite 2.99mm.
The axehead narrows from its wide end to the narrowest point roughly two thirds along the body, where it measures16.89x14.60mm. this is just below the end of the socket, which is 63.64mm deep. The body then flares to 22.47mm wide at the cutting edge, which is worn and a little chipped.
To one of the sides, just below the mouth, is a 26.22mm long loop. The casting flash is visible above and below. The opposite side of the axe has a c.35x14mm old and worn break in the side, probably because the metal is much thinner on this side, c.1mm thick at the break (and consequently much thicker on the opposite side).
The entire surface of the chisel is pitted and a small patch of original patina survives around the loop.
Brendan O'Connor comments there is a small group of similar slender socketed axeheads from East Dorset (A Group of Middle Bronze Age Socketed Axes from East Dorset, Brendan O'Connor and Peter J. Woodward, PDNHAS 125, 2003, 144-6), and another in the Salisbury hoard. More recently one has turned up on the Isle of Wight in a hoard of Taunton phase palstaves (Treasure Annual Reoprt 2003, p. 197), confirming the Middle Bronze Age date and distribution. The Marlborough example is a little further north.
Edward Caswell120.47Marlborough2WILT-C549B4398522Taunton-Hademarschen1WHM 1259BRONZE AGESOCKETED AXEHEADRestricted Accessfinds-3985221426.1410WILT-C4C954Incomplete-1400x13712images/khinds/1289190PAS4C3C4C9500188032010-07-13T12:23:01ZCertainx137122010-05-25T23:00:00Z113National importanceBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:38.534ZSwindon10Unitary AuthorityIRON AGE1LateOther chance findTurner0610pot.jpg381412010From a paper map1171381BA10.93Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT38141100Wroughtonx137122.93Swindon105392018-11-08T13:54:16ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A fragment of probably pre-Roman, Late Bronze Age/ Iron Age (1150 BC - 100 AD) coarse earthenware vessel with crushed flint and grog temper. It is from quite a thick-walled vessel.
Measures 18.83x17.90x10.93mm and weighs 2.93g.
Helen Geake18.8353-1.799624WILT-9BBC823960951IRON AGEVESSELSU1480finds-3960951417.98WILT-9BA0E6Fragment-1150x13992images/khinds/1288162PAS4C29BA0E001C9442010-06-29T10:17:03ZCertainx137122010-01-27T00:00:00Z162010-03-30T23:00:00Z51.518749BRONZE AGECeramic41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:37.37ZLateWiltshire10Unitary AuthorityBRONZE AGE1MiddleMetal detectorPhillips0610bronzeage.jpg439252010From a paper map1168351BA2.99Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx137124.43Wiltshire106272010-06-28T16:15:00ZReturned to finder3South WestCirca
A Middle/ Late Bronze Age (1500-800 BC) copper alloy fragment of possibly rapier or knife with a broad flat mid-rib, consisting of part of the blade just below the shoudlers/ tang. It measures 24.10x16.16x(max)2.99mm and weighs 4.43g.
The edges are jagged and the surface is pitted. One end of the fragment is flatter (1.67mm thick) while the other is lentoid in cross-section and max.2.99mm thick (edges 0.93mm).
Katie Hinds24.17Collingbourne Kingston2WILT-8BC4C43960231SSWM 3433BRONZE AGERAPIERRestricted Accessfinds-3960231116.168WILT-8BC3E8Fragment-1500x13712images/khinds/1287262PAS4C28BC3E001FAE42010-06-28T16:14:07ZCertainx137122010-01-01T00:00:00Z132010-04-28T23:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:37.334ZLateWiltshire100Unitary AuthorityBRONZE AGE1LateMetal detectorMartin0610razor.jpg439252010From a paper map1168861BA3.91Unitary AuthorityCertain2WILT43925-1000Restricted Accessx137129.41Wiltshire106272015-08-01T16:11:46ZReturned to finder3South WestCirca
An incomplete copper-alloy possibly leaf-shaped tanged razor dating from the early part of the Late Bronze Age (1150-1000 BC). It measures 40.61x25.10x3.91mm and weighs 9.41g.
The tang is square in section (3.76x3.01mm) and incomplete (old break). It widens over c.15.6mm to 8.32x3.91mm where the shoulders slope outwards to 22.09mm wide and 3.47mm thick. The edges here are vertical, perhaps slightly angled, and damaged (recent). The damaged cutting edge/ break measures 25.10x1.11mm.
For similar leaf-shaped razors on the PAS database, see BH-EBD380, NARC-E52F71.
Robert Webley40.617Woodford3WILT-618B553935891SSWM 3379BRONZE AGERAZORRestricted Accessfinds-3935891125.16WILT-6172B1Incomplete-1150x13712images/khinds/1285026PAS4C16172B00120A42010-06-14T12:48:59ZCertainx137122010-02-08T00:00:00Z132010-04-11T23:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:36.08ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1MiddleMetal detectorMartin0610rapier.jpg439252010From a paper map1168861BA4.21Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-1150Restricted Accessx137124.8Wiltshire106272010-06-14T12:33:00ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A fragment of Middle Bronze Age (1500-1150 BC) copper alloy Rapier with a broad flat mid-rib, consisting of part of the blade just beow the shoulders. It measures 28.44x13.62x4.21mm and weighs 4.80g.
The wider end of the fragment (13.62mm) is also much flatter, 1.90mm, and presumably extended from the shoulders. The narrower end, 9.79x4.21mm, is lozenge-shaped at the break. Both breaks are ancient.
Katie Hinds28.447Woodford2WILT-613A253935821SSWM 3379RAPIERRestricted Accessfinds-3935821113.626WILT-613465Fragment-1500images/khinds/1285020PAS4C16134600197142010-06-14T12:32:22ZCertainx137122010-02-08T00:00:00Z2010-04-11T23:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:36.078ZWiltshire10Unitary Authority1LateMetal detectorHenstridge0510axehead.jpg439252010From a paper map1168861BA16.7Unitary AuthorityCertain2WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx13712127.16Wiltshire106272010-09-17T13:56:00ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
An incomplete Late Bronze Age (1150-800 BC) copper alloy socketed axehead, measuring 77.4x41.4x16.7mm and weighing 127.16g. It is uncertain if the existing, hammered, socketed end is the original mouth of the axehead. If it is, then only half of one face is missing, as well as the loop. The break is old horizontally. but one of the verticals seems recent damage. The socket is 49.4mm deep to the top (socketed) edge of the axe.
The sides of the axehead flare gently from the mouth to the expanded cutting edge, 41.4mm wide and 1.6mm thick at the edge. Although slightly chipped, the cutting edge is otherwise intact. The smoothed-down casting flashes at the sides are a little off-centre and suggest the axehead was mis-cast, which could be a possibly reason for the break (the axe is only 1.8mm thick at the horizontal break across the body and it is estimated the other side measures c.6mm thick at the same point). However this break clearly shows a flattened area from a hammer blow, suggesting the break was intentional.
The axehead measures 16.7mm deep at the sides, to the surviving depth. The socketed end has been hit with a hammer from above and splayed slightly outwards. It slopes downwards to one side of the axe. Very worn but just discernable is a rib beneath the mouth.
The axehead has a spot of iron corrosion at the side and bronze disease on one face.
Katie Hinds77.47Salisbury3WILT-3657713924551SSWM 3370SOCKETED AXEHEADRestricted Accessfinds-3924551141.48WILT-7C0344Incomplete-1150images/khinds/1283727PAS4C07C0340017AE42010-06-03T15:46:12ZCertainx137122010-03-01T00:00:00Z2010-03-15T00:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:35.432ZWiltshire10Unitary Authority1LateMetal detectorDay0811BAblade.jpg43925From a paper map1172431BA4.48Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx137122.5Wiltshire106272011-08-19T15:50:00ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A fragment of probably Late Bronze Age (1150-800 BC) copper alloy cutting edge from a tool. It measures 21.11x7.71x4.48mm and weighs 2.5g.
The fragment is triangular in cross-section and broken at one end, and above (old break). It narrows to 0.90mm at the end of the cutting edge. The metal is a light green in colour and the intact end suggests the cutting edge may have been hammered out a little.
Katie Hinds21.117Great Bedwyn3WILT-5C61043853371TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTRestricted Accessfinds-385337117.718WILT-5C5F87Fragment-1150images/khinds/1342154PAS4BC5C5F8001ED742010-04-14T14:41:13ZCertainx13712BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:30.274ZWiltshire10Unitary Authority1LateMetal detectorDay0811sockaxe.jpg43925From a paper map1172431BA6.47Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-700Restricted Accessx1371215.6Wiltshire106272012-03-23T15:33:38ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A fragment of Late Bronze Age (900-800 BC) bronze socketed axehead, consisting of part of the mouth and body, now squashed flat. It measures 25.05x24.78x6.47mm and weighs 15.6g.
The fragment has a thick mouth moulding with two ribs below. Transverse to these is a smoothed casting flash, also visible on the inside surface.
Axes with rib decoration date to the Ewart Park and Llynfawr phases, 900-700 BC.
Katie Hinds25.057Great Bedwyn3WILT-5C16223853291SOCKETED AXEHEADRestricted Accessfinds-3853291124.788WILT-5C1442Fragment-900images/khinds/1342159PAS4BC5C14400141042010-04-14T14:21:08ZCertainx13712BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:30.27Zfinds-382687382687WILT-8E0680SPEARHEADBRONZE AGEA fragment of Middle to Late Bronze Age (1450 - 900 BC) bronze socketed spearhead, consisting of part of the blade section. It measures 31.34x30.18x9.07mm and weighs 20.3g.
The central rib is prominent and circular in section at the narrower end (7.69mm), while at the other (wider) break it has been flattened off on both sides. The blade is triangular in section to either side of the rib, narrowing from c.3.6mm thick to c.1.5mm at the edge. In shape, the fragment is triangular with very angled edges, suggesting an angular- or flame-shaped head.Socketed131323-1450-9004WILT2009-11-26T00:00:00Z2010-01-28T00:00:00Z2010-03-23T15:40:41Z2023-06-06T16:23:27Z20.3PAS4BA8E0680010F19.0730.1831.3417111141427105781035443462SomersetMendipWitham FriaryST744151.16764713-2.373242346WILT-8E1066Copper alloy10627CastFragmentBRONZE AGEx13712MiddleLateBRONZE AGEx13712x13712Metal detectorReturned to finderCrisp0310spear.jpg273774images/khinds/South WestCertain12023-06-06T15:23:27.55ZWiltshire1Unitary AuthorityCast1LateMetal detectorBarrett0310axe.jpg439252009GPS (from the finder)1169451BA4.58Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx137129.5Wiltshire106272010-03-24T10:47:00ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A fragment of Late Bronze Age (900-800 BC) bronze socketed axehead, consisting of part of the mouth and body. It measures 27.67x18.91x(max)4.58mm and weighs 9.5g.
Just below the mouth, which shows unfinished casting flashes and is circular in shape, is a single moulding (max.thickness). The fragment below the moulding consists of a corner (part face, part side).
The fragment suggests the axehead is of the Ewart Park phase, 900-800 BC.
Katie Hinds27.677Pewsey3WILT-8BA8153826241SOCKETED AXEHEADRestricted Accessfinds-3826241118.9110WILT-8BA0B4Fragment-900images/khinds/1273783PAS4BA8BA0B00171942010-03-23T12:56:21ZCertainx1371212009-11-26T00:00:00Z2010-01-28T00:00:00ZBRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:09:28.997Zfinds-289245289245WILT-2BD9F2SPEARHEADBRONZE AGEAn incomplete Middle to Late Bronze Age (1450 - 900 BC) bronze socketed spearhead, missing its socket end and its tip. The edges are very damaged, some ancient and some recent (plough). It measures 83.50mm in length and weighs 36.05g. The spearhead is max.20.73x10.62mm and min.13.42x7.08mm at either end. In cross-section, the central rib is diamond-shaped with the c.2mm thick blade extending from opposing points. At both breaks, the central rib is solid, suggesting the spearhead would have originally been quite long. It is uncertain if any part of the edge is original (ie.not damaged) which in turn makes it harder to date and attribute to a type. The spearhead is coated in ?varnish.131323-1450-9004WILT2009-11-01T00:00:00Z2010-02-22T17:25:39Z2023-06-06T16:22:21Z36.050014B82BE1301C8B10.6220.7383.512141421177651784543511HampshireTest ValleyKimptonSU264551.203625-1.629236WILT-2BE3C8IncompleteBRONZE AGEx13712MiddleLateBRONZE AGEx13712x13712Metal detectorRobbins0210spearhead.jpg239910images/khinds/South EastCertain12023-06-06T15:22:21.172ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1LateMetal detectorHemms0210sockaxe.jpg439252009Centred on parish17127BA15.78Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-800Sutton Bengerx137122635165914.27Wiltshire2017-07-05T12:48:45ZSouth WestFragment of Late Bronze Age (1150 – 800 BC) bronze Socketed Axehead, consisting of part of the mouth with loop extending below and the body between. It measures 44.52x16.12x15.78mm and weighs 14.27g. The fragment is rather twisted in appearance, possibly as the result of intense heat.
The mouth (6.25mm thick) has a prominent moulding from which the top of the loop extends. The inside edge of the loop seems to extend into another moulding below. However as so little of the body survives at this point it is difficult to be certain.
The casting flash on both inside and outside edges of the loop has not been finished. The metal is also rather pitted and a rich brown in colour with orange ?iron resiude.
Richard Henry44.52483-2.087831WILT-00C0062875651SOCKETED AXEHEADST9478finds-287565116.126WILT-01E6E2Fragment-1150images/khinds/12381300014B701EC101CD942010-02-08T14:25:05ZCertainx137122009-11-01T00:00:00Z051.500904BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:52.787ZLateWiltshire10Unitary AuthorityCastBRONZE AGE1MiddleMetal detectorStorer0210chisel.jpg439252009From finder117125BA3.94Unitary AuthorityCertain4WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx1371211.5Wiltshire106272011-02-24T13:51:20ZReturned to finder3South West
A Middle/ Late Bronze Age (1500 BC - 800 BC) tanged chisel measuring 51.10mm in length and weighing 11.50g. The chisel has a spatulate terminal (chiselling end), 21.66mm wide and 0.95mm thick, which tapers and thickens into a rectangular-section tang and rounded, pointed tang-end (1.5mm diameter). At the centre-point, where the tang is thickest, it measures 3.94mm thick. The chiselling end is bent at one corner. One face of the chisel has its edges hammered-up slightly, creating a thickening towards the edges.
Daniel Pett51.17Chippenham2WILT-AE92112871851BRONZE AGECHISELRestricted Accessfinds-287185121.668WILT-AE8C66Complete-1500x13712images/khinds/12378310014B6AE91C01D9A42010-02-04T15:34:52ZCertainx1371212009-11-01T00:00:00Z13BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:52.601ZLateWiltshire10Unitary AuthorityBRONZE AGE1MiddleMetal detectorVanstone0110chisel.jpg439252009From a paper map17087BA3.97Unitary AuthorityCertainWILT43925-800Restricted Accessx1371210.7Wiltshire2011-02-24T13:51:20Z3South WestA Middle/ Late Bronze Age (1500 BC - 800 BC) tanged chisel measuring 50.65mm in length and weighing 10.7g. The chisel has a spatulate terminal (chiselling end), 19.66mm wide and 1.25mm thick, which tapers into a rectangular-section tang (9.33x3.97mm at the neck, 3.50x2.68mm at the terminal). In side view the chisel is thickest in the neck.
There is a small piece of edge missing at the spatulate end and the surface is very pitted.Daniel Pett50.6548Great Hinton2WILT-9D5E982850501BRONZE AGECHISELRestricted Accessfinds-285050119.668WILT-9DE391-1500x13712images/khinds/12363430014B59DF8401B6C42010-01-22T17:25:24ZCertainx137122009-12-01T00:00:00Z013BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:51.573ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1Metal detectorCroker0110unid.jpg439252009Centred on parish16896BA5.64Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-800Upavonx13712263517014.3Wiltshire2017-02-07T07:29:48ZSouth WestA fragment of possibly Bronze Age bronze object, measuring 17.74x15.87x5.64mm and weighing 4.3g.
In cross-section, the fragment is V-shaped, with either half thickening towards the centre (max.thickness) and thinning again to the outside edges 9respectively 1.99mm and 2.75mm). The surface is a little pitted but has a smooth light green patina.Richard Henry17.7448-1.814944WILT-6FED662847191UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTSU1355finds-284719115.876WILT-747A80Fragment-2150images/khinds/12368710014B57489A01AD642010-01-20T18:16:58ZCertainx137122009-09-30T23:00:00Z051.293984BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:51.42ZNorfolk100CountyNEOLITHIC1Chance find during metal detecting72382009Centred on parish6577BADistrictCertainWILT6553-800Bramptonx1371226349916Broadland108372017-07-21T13:30:25ZEasternA group of three undatable Prehistoric flint flakes, dating from the Neolithic to Bronze Age (3500 BC - 800 BC).
60.73x61.48x11.31mm, 36.85g, flint grey in colour and opaque
23.91x37.33x6.75mm, 5.26g, flint dark grey in colour and opaque
28.64x30.42x6.40mm, 5.47g, flint dark grey and transluscentRichard Henry101.289315WILT-59E8222843171NEOLITHICFLAKETG2224finds-28431726WILT-5A3765-3500x14337images/khinds/10014B55A46C0100A42010-01-19T12:24:12ZCertainx137122009-11-01T00:00:00Z0952.767939BRONZE AGEFlint41425BA313BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:51.218ZHampshire100County1EarlyChance find during metal detectingMartin0110flintknife.jpg177652009Centred on parish17818BA8.75DistrictCertainWILT43511-1500Tangleyx137122635181435.07Test Valley108372017-07-21T13:38:17ZSouth EastAn Early Bronze Age (2150 BC - 1500 BC) polished knife, measuring 98.53mm in length and weighing 35.07g. It is 34.45mm in maximum width at the centre, narrowing at either end to a rounded point at the distal (3.44mm thick) and 15.57mm wide blunt at the proximal.
The left dorsal edge has polishing at the mesial point, c.12.5mm in length. Above and below the edge has been pressure-flaked with large-ish flakes. The dorsal distal end has smaller, steeper pressure-flaking, continuing onto the top right dorsal edge. Below is another area of polished edge, 26mm long. This is interrupted at the other end by a notch (possibly with some working on the ventral side) but probably accidental. Below, to the right dorsal edge is some large-flaked pressure-flaking. The proximal end is squared and quite chunky at 8.75mm thick (max.thickness).
The flint is dark grey in colour and translucent.Richard Henry98.53101-1.542728WILT-056BA12838021KNIFESU3252finds-283802234.456WILT-052432-2150images/khinds/12349390014B5056B60174342010-01-15T11:51:18ZCertainx137122009-11-01T00:00:00Z151.266262BRONZE AGEFlint41421BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:50.974ZLateWiltshire100Unitary Authority1MiddleMetal detectorMartin0110spear.jpg439252009Centred on parish16987BA7.97Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-800Heytesburyx137122634464514.4Wiltshire2017-07-21T13:31:50Z3South WestA fragment of Middle to Late Bronze Age (1500 - 800 BC) bronze socketed spearhead, consisting of the solid tip only. It measures 46.49mm in length and is a lozenge shape in section. It weighs 14.4g.
The break measures 16.45x7.97mm, the tip 1.85x1.81mm. The edges apper slightly bevelled, but the fragment is worn and has lost much of its original patina.Richard Henry46.49482-2.115823WILT-B21FD52829911SPEARST9242finds-282991116.456WILT-B28617Fragment-1500images/khinds/12346860014B4B29700144F42010-01-11T13:36:48ZCertainx137122009-11-01T00:00:00Z051.177178BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:50.597ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1Metal detectorMartin0110awl.jpg43925200916987BA3.89Unitary AuthorityCertainWILT43925-800Heytesburyx13712263446454.3Wiltshire2017-07-21T13:31:52ZSouth WestBronze Age (2150 - 800 BC) bronze awl, measuring 54.90mm in length and weighing 4.3g. The tang-end is bent upwards slightly.
The centre of the awl, which is the thickest part and rectangular in section, measures 4.59x3.89mm. From the centre to the point the awl narrows and becomes circular in section. In the other direction from the centre, the awl narrows is thickness and a little in width to 2.94x0.61mm. The surface of the awl on this half does seem to have been chiselled away to make it thinner.Richard Henry54.948-2.115823WILT-B21FD52829841AWLST9242finds-28298414.596WILT-B25544-2150images/khinds/12346760014B4B26E101BCC42010-01-11T13:25:53ZCertainx137122009-11-01T00:00:00Z051.177178BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:50.594ZHampshire100County1LateMetal detectorNoakes0110sockaxe.jpg177652009From a paper map17884BA4.66DistrictCertain1WILT17733-800Restricted Accessx137128.6New Forest2011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth EastA fragment of Late Bronze Age (900-800 BC) bronze socketed axehead, consisting of part of the mouth and body. It measures 22.98x24.81x(max)4.66mm and weighs 8.6g. Just below the mouth, which appears to be quite circular in shape, is a single-rib moulding (max.thickness). The fragment below the moulding consists of part of one face and part of one side.
The fragment suggests the axehead is of the Ewart Park phase, 900-800 BC.
Daniel Pett22.9848Salisbury3WILT-4D41802825451SOCKETED AXEHEADRestricted Accessfinds-282545124.816WILT-4D8922Fragment-900images/khinds/12338630014B44D8E70192B42010-01-06T18:39:35ZCertainx137122009-11-01T00:00:00Z0BRONZE AGE41421BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:50.387ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1LateMetal detectorQuinn0110sockaxe.jpg439252009Centred on parish16987BA6.21Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-700Heytesburyx13712263446458.2Wiltshire2017-07-21T13:32:29ZSouth WestFragment of Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axehead, consisting of part of the mouth and body below, on both part of a face and part of a side. It measures 22.96x21.93x(max)6.21mm and weighs 8.2g. The mouth (6.21mm thick) has single moulding with a rib below from which extends at least two vertical ribs before the (old) breaks. The lip seems a little more prominent on the face as opposed to the side, with a casting imperfection extending just below. Axes with rib decoration date to the Ewart Park and Llynfawr phases, 900-700 BC. Richard Henry22.96483-2.115823WILT-47D9932824831SOCKETED AXEHEADST9242finds-282483121.936WILT-47CFF6Fragment-900images/khinds/12338670014B447D94013DF42010-01-06T12:09:56ZCertainx137122009-11-01T00:00:00Z051.177178BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:50.356ZLateWiltshire1Unitary AuthorityBRONZE AGE1MiddleMetal detectorHenstridge0110rapier.jpg439252009From finder16886BA3.3Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx137127.8Wiltshire2017-07-21T13:32:36Z3South WestFragment of Middle Bronze Age bronze Rapier of Burgess and Gerloff Group IV (The Dirks and Rapiers of Great Britain and Ireland, Prähistorische Bronzefund IV 7), cf. Type Appleby with a broad flat mid-rib. It measures 62.58x(max)13.48x3.30mm and weighs 7.80g.
The fragment consists of the tapering tip of the rapier only, the point of which is worn and pitted. The remainder of the fragment has a shiny, smooth dark green patina. The fragment is bending slightly in profile.
In cross-section at the broken end, which is slightly narrowed to 12.25mm, the rapier is pointed-oval.
Rapiers date to the Middle Bronze Age but fragments are often found in Late Bronze Age hoards, suggesting continued use.Richard Henry62.5848Woodford2WILT-20CC372822041BRONZE AGERAPIERRestricted Accessfinds-282204113.4810WILT-223B13Fragment-1200x13712images/khinds/12334780014B4226BC01B8642010-01-04T17:34:52ZCertainx137122009-11-01T00:00:00Z013BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:50.224ZWiltshire1Unitary AuthorityMEDIEVAL1LateMetal detectorBelk1209sprule.jpg439252009GPS (from the finder)17175BA10.95Unitary AuthorityCertainWILT439251500Restricted Accessx137126.3Wiltshire106272011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestA probable Late Bronze Age (1100 BC - 800 BC) fragment of casting sprue, weighing 6.3g.
It is oval in cross-section and measures 15.34x10.95 at the wider end, which has a rough surface. The sprue narrows over 14.97mm to an old break 8.64x3.82mm.
The sprue forms in the channels of the mould through which molten metal is poured in the process of casting, and which subsequently hardens and is removed. Although the colour of the metal suggests a Bronze Age date, it could conceivably date later.Daniel Pett14.977Cricklade area3WILT-F975402803261MEDIEVALMETAL WORKING DEBRISRestricted Accessfinds-280326115.3410WILT-FA4F72-1100x14221images/khinds/12325960014B1FA7020114B42009-12-09T13:32:50ZCertainx137122009-03-01T00:00:00Z029BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:48.623ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1LateOther chance findFrench1009SocketedAxehead.jpg43925Centred on village (which isn't a parish)16941BA43Unitary AuthorityCertainWILT43925-700Tilsheadx13712213.39Wiltshire2018-07-04T17:38:00ZSouth WestLate Bronze Age (1000 – 700 BC) cast bronze faceted Socketed Axehead of type Gillespie, sometimes known as ‘baggy axe’. It measures 83.62mm in length and weighs 213.39g.
The axe has a faceted, short, broad and baggy body with a gentle curve at the sides extending into a flared trumpet shaped mouth at one end and expanded cutting edge at the other. Both cutting edge and mouth are of similar width, making the axehead rather symmetrical.
The mouth is circular in shape and measures c.43mm in diameter. It has a deep flaring collar which has a moulded rim at the edge. The socket is rather more oval in shape, measuring 32.8x29.61mm. It is 67mm deep.
The loop projects just beneath the flaring collar, where the body measures 37x34mm. From here, the sides drop with a very gentle curve to the expanded cutting edge, 48.97mm wide. The facets extend inwards of the edge in a deep curve, which straightens to a vertical roughly half way along the body of the axe.
The surface is extremely pitted though the patina is preserved in some areas, notably the cutting edge which has obviously had additional work in its lifetime. The casting flashes around the loop have been smoothed but area still visible, unlike the join on the other side where they are not visible. There also appear to be casting flashes around the mouth moulding (possibly an additional, thinner moulding below that of the open end) but this seems unfinished, or else obscured by pitting.
The inside of the socket shows two prominent ribs from the corresponding grooves of the core.
This axe is of a type which is known as Type Gillespie, which Burgess and Schmidt suggest is associated with later Wilburton metalworking traditions and Ewart Park tradition. It has been suggested that this form of facet axe continues production into the Llyn Fawr tradition (which is the transitional period between the metalwork of the Bronze and Iron Ages).
Cf. Schmidt & Burgess, The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Plate 77.
Kevin Leahy83.62483-1.958424WILT-739CC42738721SOCKETED AXEHEADSU0347finds-273872448.976WILT-739705-1000images/khinds/12268550014AE739C90121732009-10-27T18:19:53ZCertainx13712151.222188BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:42.804ZWiltshire10Unitary Authority1LateMetal detectorRothery0909possaxe.jpg439252009From a paper map16865BA5.85Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx137124.83Wiltshire2011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestProbable mouth fragment from a Late Bronze Age (1100 BC - 800 BC) bronze socketed axehead, measuring 23.01x13.19mm and weighing 4.83g.
The mouth is 5.85mm in thickness, the body 4.28mm. The fragment has lost its original patina and is grey in colour. The fragment suggests the mouth is very circular in shape and circa 30mm in diameter (internal circa 18mm).Daniel Pett23.0148Swindon3WILT-4604172715972SOCKETED AXEHEADRestricted Accessfinds-271597113.198WILT-4633B2Fragment-1100images/khinds/12242270014AD463B401D8542009-10-13T12:25:40ZCertainx137122009-04-30T23:00:00Z0BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGEProbablyCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:40.97ZWiltshire10Unitary Authority1Metal detectorRothery0909awl.jpg439252009From a paper map16865BAUnitary AuthorityCertainWILT439254.37-800Restricted Accessx137122.13Wiltshire2011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestBronze Age (2150 BC - 800 BC) bronze awl, measuring 34.04mm in length and weighing 2.13g.
One end (c.9mm in length) is pointed and polished and circular in section (max.4.37mm diameter narrowing to a point). Behind this the shank is square in section 4.27x4.41mm narrowing to the opposite end of the awl, 2.03x1.17mm.
The shank has a blue hue while the polished point is rather more brown. The polishing is possibly due to heavy wear.Daniel Pett34.0448SwindonWILT-4604172715901AWLRestricted Accessfinds-27159014.378WILT-45FB77-2150images/khinds/12242250014AD4603D017C642009-10-13T12:10:53ZCertainx137122009-04-30T23:00:00Z0BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:40.965ZEarlyWiltshire100Unitary AuthorityIRON AGE1MiddleMetal detectorLeake0909moustache.jpg439252009Centred on parish44142BA9.84Unitary AuthorityCertain3WILT43925-300Salisburyx137122635182010.74Wiltshire2014-01-07T16:00:12Z1South WestIncomplete Middle Bronze Age to Early Iron Age bronze 'half-moustache'-like object with damage at both ends. It measures 36.24x9.87x9.84mm and weighs 10.74g.
The object resembles half a moustache and consists of one solid pointed drop-shape. It is uncertain if it was originally a single half (as these are known) or one half of an original whole which would have been joined to the second half by a (probably perforated) central area.
At the wider end (9.87x9.84mm) the jagged (old) break stands 3.6mm proud of the solid object, suggesting the end would have been hollow, perhaps for attachment purposes. This half of the 'half moustache' is decorated with longitudinal pronounced ridges and deep grooves (twenty ridges) which encircle the outside edge whilst the object itself narrows and thins to 7.33x9.18mm. On the underside three ridges there are obscured slightly by a smoother patch of copper alloy, apparently over the top of the ridges.
Beyond this the object tapers more dramatically to an (old) break 4.07x4.64mm. This half is plain, if badly pitted through loss of patina.
These moustache-like objects are thought to date from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Iron Age, after the discovery of one in the Salisbury Hoard (Stead, 1998, no.117). Three other examples are known besides the twelve recorded on the PAS database. Some of these are single examples, while others are 'double' sometimes with a central perforation. This suggests the object was meant to top something that fitted into this gap. Descriptions of other moustache-like objects with perforations describe iron corrosion or wood mineralisation around the perforation. Although very similar to wing-shaped chapes, it seems unlikely they had a similar function, as the perforation (and size of the object) is comparably small. Dr JD Hill feels these objects date to the Iron Age rather than the Bronze Age.Daniel Pett36.24482-1.80156857WILT-34D8A62715181IRON AGEUNIDENTIFIED OBJECTSU1430finds-27151819.876WILT-361573Uncertain-1500x13992images/khinds/12240370014AD365A401A9742009-10-12T18:21:40ZCertainx137122009-08-29T23:00:00Z01651.06916283BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:40.922ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1Chance find during metal detecting439252009From a paper map16885BA8.09Unitary AuthorityCertainWILT43925-800Durnfordx137128.85Wiltshire108372011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestBronze Age badly damaged flake of buff colour, possibly a rough-out for a barbed and tanged arrowhead although the shape is probably fortuitous. Measures 39.63x(max)31.52x8.09 and weighs 8.85g.Daniel Pett39.6310-1.829948WILT-DC67582709311FLAKESU1235finds-270931231.526WILT-DC7684-2100images/khinds/10014ACDC7AC011B542009-10-08T12:06:20ZCertainx137122009-02-01T00:00:00Z051.114168BRONZE AGEFlint41427BA113BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:40.504ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1LateMetal detectorBarrett0709sockaxe.jpg439252009From a paper map16945BAWeight approximate to 10g.8.29Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-800Pewseyx1371220Wiltshire2011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestA fragment of Late Bronze Age (900-800 BC) bronze socketed axehead, consisting of part of the mouth and body. It measures 27.79x33.89x(max)8.29mm and weighs c.20g.
The mouth has a double-rib moulding, with the top-most rib being much thicker. A casting flash is just visible in the furrow between. The mouth appears to be quite circular in shape.
The fragment suggests the axehead is of the Ewart Park phase, 900-800 BC.
Daniel Pett27.79483-1.743186WILT-1A26112646121SOCKETED AXEHEADSU1856finds-264612133.896WILT-1B12D6Fragment-900images/khinds/12213870014A71B2570103D42009-07-30T15:46:47ZCertainx137122009-06-30T23:00:00Z051.30284BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:35.233ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1Metal detectorGillett0709decoratedawl.jpg439252009From finder17164BA3.25Unitary AuthorityCertain4WILT43925-1500Lattonx137123.41Wiltshire2018-11-06T11:05:35ZSouth WestA Bronze Age decorated bronze awl, measuring 54.65mm in length and weighing 3.41g. Its max.width is 4.77mm and its max.thickness 3.25mm.
From a central point rectangular in section and 3.84x3.25mm, the awl narrows in one direction to a squarish sectioned point, 1.43x1.85mm. In the other direction over c.18mm from the centre, it widens and thins to 4.77x2.93mm before narrowing sharply to a pointed end 1.11x1.71mm.
On one face only and passing the widest point almost to its nearest end and the same distance in the other direction, is a wide and deep groove c.14mm long. On either side, between groove and edge of the object, and particularly towards the middle of the awl, are shallower tiny diagonal incised lines/ light grooves. Pitting does mostly obscure these but it is assumed they continue right around the central groove. At the end of the central groove, towards the middle of the awl, is a pair of transverse grooves. Decoration does not appear to be anywhere else on the awl although pitting and loss of patina does obscure large parts of it.Sally Worrell54.6548-1.828042WILT-F184D52644151AWLSU1292finds-26441514.776WILT-F1CD35Complete-2150images/khinds/12177630014A6F210301CDA32009-07-28T17:02:11ZCertainx137122009-06-30T23:00:00Z051.626691BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:35.053ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1Metal detectorMartin0709unid.jpg439252009From a paper map16885BA4.53Unitary AuthorityCertain2WILT43925-800Durnfordx137127.44Wiltshire106272011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestIncomplete unidentified copper alloy object, possibly part of a (long) Bronze Age awl. The incomplete object is rectangular in shape and broken at either end. It measures 51.13mm in length. At one end it is 6.20mm wide and 4.53mm thick and at the other 5.30mm wide and 3.50mm thick. Both breaks show the object is rectangular in section. From the pitted surface and green powdery patina, the objects looks to have some age to it. It weighs 7.44g.Daniel Pett51.137-1.829948WILT-748EA12629533AWLSU1235finds-26295316.26WILT-B52A80Incomplete-2150images/khinds/32172340014A5B52FF014E242009-07-13T16:30:07ZPossiblyx137122009-04-30T23:00:00Z051.114168BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGEPossiblyCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:33.984ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1EarlyMetal detectorMartin0709flataxe.jpg439252009From a paper map16885BA5.66Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-1100Durnfordx137126.81Wiltshire2011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestFragment of Early Bronze Age (1900 – 1100 BC) bronze/ copper alloy flanged axehead, consisting of the worn butt end only. It measures 14.11mm in length and is 21.51mm wide and 5.66mm thick at break and 16.47mm wide and 1.70mm thick at the complete end. It is clear at the break that this edge is I-shaped in section (with a slight thickening at either end). The thickness at the middle of this edge 4.57mm. The fragment weighs 6.81g.Daniel Pett14.11481-1.829948WILT-748EA12627311FLANGED AXEHEADSU1235finds-262731121.516WILT-748724Fragment-1900images/khinds/12172260014A5748E50112842009-07-10T14:57:57ZCertainx137122009-04-30T23:00:00Z051.114168BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:33.814Zfinds-255502255502WILT-840B36AXEHEADBRONZE AGEFragment of Early (or Middle) Bronze Age bronze flanged axehead (or possibly palstave axehead although the flanges are a bit low), consisting of the damaged butt end only. It measures 24.43x(max)26.86x(max)8.77mm and weighs 25.15g. The damaged butt end appears to be complete at one corner and broken at the other. Just off centre is a bubble in the metalwork, possibly contributing to the break by weakening the metal. The break at the other end of the fragment is I-shaped in section, just as the flanges are beginning to develop. The fragment is too small with not enough surviving of the flanges to tie it down further. 1900 - 1100 BC.Fragment13133-900-7004WILT2009-03-01T00:00:00Z2009-05-11T16:14:56Z2022-12-20T14:11:33Z25.150014A0840F001EED8.7726.8624.4311141421177651787617733HampshireNew ForestHaleSU171750.952185-1.759358263518376WILT-839E33FragmentBRONZE AGEx13712LateBRONZE AGEx13712x13712Metal detectorBolger0509flangedaxe.jpg210469images/khinds/South EastCertain12022-12-20T14:11:33.414ZHampshire100County1LateMetal detectorBolger0509socketedaxe.jpg17765200917876BADistrictCertain1WILT17733-700Halex137122635183719.8New Forest2016-05-03T14:24:45ZSouth EastFragment of Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axehead, consisting of part of the mouth and body below. It measures 30.64x36.07x4.28mm and weighs 19.8g.
The mouth (6.60mm thick) has single moulding and has a rib below from which extends at least three vertical ribs before the (old) breaks. Between mouth and rib moulding is a blob of metal from the casting process.
The diameter of the socketed opening would have been c.45mm. Axes with rib decoration date to the Ewart Park and Llynfawr phases, 900-700 BC.
Richard Henry30.64483-1.759358WILT-839E332554931SOCKETED AXEHEADSU1717finds-255493136.076WILT-83D948Fragment-900images/khinds/12104720014A083E64018CB42009-05-11T16:04:04ZCertainx137122009-03-01T00:00:00Z050.952185BRONZE AGE41421BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:28.729ZHampshire100County1LateMetal detectorBolger0509castingsprue.jpg177652009Centred on parish17876BA16.86DistrictCertain3WILT17733-800Halex137122635183728.5New Forest2016-05-03T14:26:25ZSouth EastProbably Late Bronze Age bronze/ copper alloy casting sprue, weighing 28.5g. It is shaped like a funnel and smooth around the edges, while rough on top (at the ‘open’ end). This end measures 26.02x16.86mm. The casting sprue stands 22.52mm with a (old) break at the other end, 17.02x5.76mm. This break is D-shaped in section, as is the trunk of the sprue (which is parallel sided).Richard Henry22.52483-1.759358WILT-839E332554891METAL WORKING DEBRISSU1717finds-255489126.026WILT-83C855Uncertain-1150images/khinds/22104620014A083CF001E4442009-05-11T15:57:52ZProbablyx137122009-03-01T00:00:00Z050.952185BRONZE AGE41421BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:28.726ZWiltshire100Unitary AuthorityMEDIEVAL1LateMetal detectorBulley0509sprue.jpg439252009From a paper map16865BA6.75Unitary AuthorityCertain3WILT439251500Restricted Accessx1371217.6Wiltshire106272011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestLate Bronze Age to Medieval copper alloy casting sprue, weighing 17.6g.
It consists of a rough textured, oval sectioned mouth (23x12mm), which narrows to a D-shaped in section stem (being curved to one face), 16x14x6.75mm. This is snapped at its base and a jagged edge is apparent below. To one side of the main trunk is a flat-sectioned projection of metal, c.15x14x1.51mm, with a torn and jagged edge.
The curved side of the object is smooth whereas the other side is rough.
Measures 26.91x35.46mm.Daniel Pett26.917Swindon3WILT-1656602548331MEDIEVALMETAL WORKING DEBRISRestricted Accessfinds-254833135.466WILT-1A4572Uncertain-1150x14221images/khinds/12104780014A01A7F80134E42009-05-06T16:08:40ZCertainx137122009-01-01T00:00:00Z029BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:28.32ZWiltshire1Unitary AuthorityROMAN1LateMetal detectorLast0409miniaxe.jpg439252008GPS (from the finder)16976BA12.31Unitary AuthorityCertainWILT43925400Restricted Accessx137122009257012.39Wiltshire106272011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestLate Bronze Age to Roman copper alloy miniature socketed axehead of Robinson's type I (Robinson, Wiltshire Archaeology Magazine 1995, p.60) with concave sides. It measures 26.69mm in length and has a cutting edge max. 15.35mm wide (max width). The narrowest part (at the centre) is 11.28mm wide. It weighs 12.39g.
The axehead is thinnest at the blade end (3.03mm thick) expanding over the length to 12.31mm at the mouth, which is 13.62mm wide. The socket measures 7.87x6.51mm and is 8.86mm deep.
The loop is cast to the side (and not part of the body of the axe) and is C-shaped (12.58x6.5mm) with a piercing 3.19mm in diameter.
The surface of the miniature axe is heavily pitted.
The dating of miniature axeheads is from the Late Bronze Age to the Roman period, although they are more common from the Roman period. Their function is probably as an amulet or votive. This example is rather more faithful to the Late Bronze Age socketed axehead than many examples are. It is particularly similar to axes of the Ewart Park and Llyn Fawr phases.Daniel Pett26.697Swindon3WILT-5DF5C12542241ROMANMINIATURE OBJECTRestricted Accessfinds-254224115.3510WILT-6FB3B4-1150x41218images/khinds/120900800149F6FD690171042009-04-28T13:58:17ZCertainx137122008-12-01T00:00:00Z021BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:27.995ZWiltshire1Unitary AuthorityROMAN1LateMetal detectorLast0409tangedchisel.jpg439252008GPS (from the finder)16976BA3.51Unitary AuthorityCertainWILT43925400Restricted Accessx13712200925704.51Wiltshire106272011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestLate Bronze Age - Roman tiny, and now bent, copper alloy tanged chisel or possibly Roman stylus, 49.81mm in bent length and weighing 4.51g. It would originally have been c.51mm long.
The tanged (or writing end if stylus), narrower end is 2.18mm wide and 1.19mm thick. This thickens and widens to 7.13mm wide and 3.51mm thick, just above the cutting edge (or possible rubbing-out edge if stylus). It continues to widen but also narrows to this edge over c.7mm, which is 8.73mm wide and 1.13mm thick. The cutting/ rubbing-out edge is damaged (oldish) but would not have been longer/ wider.Daniel Pett49.817Swindon3WILT-5DF5C12541941ROMANCHISELRestricted Accessfinds-25419418.7310WILT-5DE294-1150x41218images/khinds/120900900149F5DF5501B6A42009-04-27T17:37:41ZCertainx137122008-12-01T00:00:00Z021BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:27.98ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1LateMetal detectorBarrett0309sockaxe.jpg439252009From a paper map16875BA7.03Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx1371219.87Wiltshire2011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestFragment of Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axehead, consisting of part of the mouth and body. It measures 30.17x29.26x(max)7.03mm and weighs 19.87g.
The mouth has a double-rib moulding beneath, with the higher rib being much thicker. A casting flash is also visible. The mouth appears to be quite circular in shape. The fragment suggests the axehead is of the Ewart Park phase, 900-800 BC.Daniel Pett30.1748Everleigh3WILT-2730712504441SOCKETED AXEHEADRestricted Accessfinds-250444129.266WILT-270FA6Fragment-900images/khinds/120531800149C2730301F0A42009-03-19T16:29:55ZCertainx137122009-02-01T00:00:00Z0BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:25.996ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1EarlyMetal detectorGillett0309flataxe.jpg439252009From a paper map17172BA12.85Unitary AuthorityCertain2WILT43925-1900Wootton Bassettx13712111.42Wiltshire106272014-02-24T11:42:52ZSouth WestIncomplete Early Bronze Age bronze/ copper alloy flat axehead, with a damaged cutting edge and butt. It measures 83.50mm in length and weighs 111.42g. It max.width (damaged cutting edge) is 33.80mm, its min.width 14.00mm.
The sides narrow to the butt and the flanges have been hammered higher on one face than the other. The sides are 12.85mm high (body of axe 9.77mm). The (mostly missing) cutting edge seems to expand at the (oldish) break.
The butt (which is 2.58mm in thickness) is slightly damaged.
The surface of the metal is pitted and some of the patina has flaked away. One face has an off-centre hole which does not pierce through to the other side, although there is a slight bulge in the metal there which could represent a shallow stop ridge. The hole is 5.46mm in diameter and 4.27mm deep.
The hole, which appears to have been drilled intentionally in antiquity, may represent ritual destruction of the axehead. Dot Bruns (FLO Lancashire and Cumbria) comments that both blade and body damage might be in common: Usually the blade is more affected than the body of the axe but there is no reason why they wouldn't have tried to damage the body as well.Richard Henry83.571-1.914903WILT-F80EE02500571FLAT AXEHEADSU0681finds-250057133.86WILT-F8A826Incomplete-2200images/khinds/120480100149BF916401E4942009-03-17T12:02:44ZCertainx137122009-02-01T00:00:00Z051.527881BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:25.811ZWiltshire1Unitary AuthorityPOST MEDIEVAL1Metal detectorRF34.jpg439252008Generated from computer mapping software17012BAUnitary AuthorityCertain3WILT4392525.461800Calne Withoutx1371243.47Wiltshire106272016-10-25T16:18:02ZSouth WestUndatable copper alloy conical weight or casting sprue, weighing 43.47g. It stands 30.34mm in height and has a diameter of 25.46mm at its base, which is rough.
All original patina is lost. The object is not a perfect cone but lists to one side. The top does not narrow to a point but rather flattens to a point.
Bronze Age to Post-Medieval in date.Richard Henry30.347-2.044541WILT-910A042426091100/920 SPF1; 34POST MEDIEVALWEIGHTST9770finds-242609110WILT-4A2D61Uncertain-2100x41047images/khinds/12158030014964A346012DE42009-01-07T12:42:46ZCertainx137122008-10-30T00:00:00Z03651.428996BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGEWiltshire Heritage Museum, DevizesCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:22.015ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1Metal detectorPalmer1208awl.jpg439252008Centred on parish16955BA5.1Unitary AuthorityCertain4WILT43925-700Urchfontx13712263516416.18Wiltshire2015-11-27T09:17:45ZSouth WestBronze Age bronze awl, measuring 63.7mm in length. It weighs 6.18g.
At the centre (the widest point) the awl measures 5.1x5.4mm. To one side it is circular in setion, and narrows to a point 1.1mm in diameter. To the other side, the square section narrows and thins to a flat end 3.3x1.3mm.Richard Henry63.748-1.944007WILT-1084D42409381AWLSU0456finds-24093815.46WILT-107A22Complete-2100images/khinds/119658900149410849010DA42008-12-11T12:32:09ZCertainx137122008-12-01T00:00:00Z051.303108BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:21.17ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1LateMetal detectorElms1108knife.jpg439252008From a paper map16955BA1.8Unitary AuthorityCertain2WILT43925-850Urchfontx1371216.81Wiltshire2011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestIncomplete Late Bronze Age tanged knife, bent in two places and damaged around the tang. It weighs 16.81g.
The rounded point of the knife is apparantly intact, 8mm wide. It widens, one side being straighter than the other (which has a slight curve) over c.120mm (un-bent). It narrows at the tang to 17.4mm wide (from max.width 19.4mm), and probably further beyond this but edge damage prevents an accurate measurment. At this point is a piercing 5.3mm in diameter, clearly pushed through from one side - it shows on the other with a jagged edge.
The knife has a central mid-rib on one side (being the side with the jagged edge of the hole). It tends to follow the line of the straighter edge of the knife and slightly off-centre. On the other side, the underside of the mid-rib is concave.
The edges of the knife are slightly jagged and also quite thick - 1.8mm in places, compared to 1.2mm at the tang.
The knife has been bent just above the mid-point and just over 90°. Beyond this the tang is also bent at circa 90°, so it is parallel with the lower, unbent part of the knife.
Tanged knives of this type date to the Wilburton phase (LBA2) and into the Ewart Park phase (LBA3), 1000 - 850 BC.
The bent knife measures 73.4x19.2x1.8mm.Daniel Pett73.4483-1.929649WILT-2BE948238493Tanged1KNIFESU0557finds-238493119.26WILT-2BE244Incomplete-1000images/khinds/11946290014922BE83017EF42008-11-18T13:09:23ZCertainx137122008-09-30T23:00:00Z151.312092BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:19.93ZWiltshire100Unitary AuthorityROMAN1LateMetal detectorDavidson1008unid.jpg439252008Centred on parish17065BA2.2Unitary AuthorityCertain3WILT43925400Longbridge Deverillx13712263446476.82Wiltshire106272016-10-25T16:20:34ZSouth WestIncomplete/ fragment of copper alloy possible razor, Late Bronze Age, Iron Age or possibly Roman in date.
The object is roughly rectangular in shape, but broken on three edges. The complete long edge is chamfered (2.2mm to 1.1mm thick), on one face only. The opposite face is completely flat.
A nick in one of the shorter edges is probably the result of damage rather than the vestiges of decoration.
Measures 32.2x19.5x(max)2.2mm and weighs 6.82g.Richard Henry32.273-2.201576WILT-07DDB42369113ROMANRAZORST8640finds-236911119.56WILT-07C153Uncertain-1150x41218images/khinds/119239700149107DCE015DE42008-11-04T16:52:30ZCertainx137122008-09-30T23:00:00Z02151.159077BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGEPossiblyCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:19.204Zfinds-236882236882WILT-067652SPEARHEADBRONZE AGEMiddle Bronze Age bronze side-looped socketed spearhead of Greenwell and Brewis' Class IV, measuring 127.6mm in length and weighing 51.05g. The socketed is slightly flared at its 'open' end, and 17.6x17.5mm in diameter (internal 15.6x15.3mm). The loops, which are flattened, are situated roughly half way along the shaft. The head is leaf-shaped, with a slight turning-in at the very end. The socket is a pronounced mid-rib and the edges of the wings are chamfered. The max width of the wings, and spearhead, is 21.5mm. There is recent damage to one side of the spearhead in the form of longitudinal 'scrapes' along the socket, where the metal is very shiny. Older damage, possibly a casting error, is visible below on of the loops in the side of the socket/ shaft where there is a large hole. The patina is smooth and shiny and green in colour. The flared end, about 3mm long, and the chanfered edges, have a much darker (but no less smooth or shiny) patina than the rest of the spearhead, suggesting these areas have been particularly worked. The side-looped spearhead dates to the Middle Bronze Age, and the Taunton phase in particular, circa 1350 - 1200 BC.Side-looped13132-1350-12004WILT2008-10-01T00:00:00ZDavis (2012) Group 62008-11-04T15:36:56Z2023-06-21T10:39:43Z51.0500149106C1801FCA21.5127.61141427439251698343925WiltshireWiltshireRestricted AccessWestburyRestricted Access263446526WILT-06C2D4BRONZE AGEx13712MiddleBRONZE AGEx13712x13712Metal detectorSeals1008spearhead.jpg192399images/khinds/South WestCertain12023-06-21T09:39:43.388ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1Metal detectorMartin1008awl.jpg439252008From a paper map16886BA5.4Unitary AuthorityCertain2WILT43925-800Woodfordx137128.5Wiltshire106272011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestIncomplete Bronze Age copper alloy awl (probably), consisting of the tang end only. It measures 55.3mm in incomplete length and at the break is 6.7mm wide and 5.4mm thick. This narrows to 5x1.5mm at the opposite end.
The metal is ratehr pitted and worn and a slight ridge (probably the result of casting) runs along either long side towards one face of the awl only. This is rather more prominent towards the break.
Weighs 8.5g.Daniel Pett55.37-1.844264WILT-8494A32363562AWLSU1134finds-23635616.76WILT-84CC21Incomplete-2150images/khinds/119186000149084E24016A142008-10-29T11:51:00ZCertainx137122008-08-31T23:00:00Z051.105196BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGEProbablyCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:18.938ZGloucestershire100County1LateMetal detectorBelk1008unid.jpg206162008From a paper map20149BA2DistrictCertain1WILT20224-700Lechladex137121.49Cotswold2011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestFragment of possible Late Bronze Age socketed axehead with rib decoration, measuring 13.7x13.3x2mm and weighing 1.49g.
Late Bronze Age socketed axeheads are c.1100 to c.700 in date.Daniel Pett13.7483-1.712075WILT-F2BC342358371SOCKETED AXEHEADSU2099finds-235837113.36WILT-F45E04Fragment-1100images/khinds/119136900148FF482A0183842008-10-22T16:35:06ZCertainx137122008-03-01T00:00:00Z051.689402BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:18.552ZWiltshire1Unitary Authority1LateMetal detectorBelk0908unid.jpg439252008GPS (from the finder)17175BARecorded from image; measurements from finder.Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-700Restricted Accessx13712Wiltshire2011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestFragment of bronze possible Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, consisting of part of the body with rib decoration to the front. It measures 34x22mm.
Late Bronze Age socketed axeheads are c.1100 to c.700 in date.Daniel Pett3448Cricklade area3WILT-5E1BD72339933SOCKETED AXEHEADRestricted Accessfinds-23399312210WILT-5EF602Fragment-1100images/khinds/118966700148E5F109016EC42008-10-03T11:16:41ZCertainx137122008-03-01T00:00:00Z0BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGEPossiblyCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:17.409ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1Metal detectorBulley0908awl.jpg439252008From a paper map16865BA5.5Unitary AuthorityCertainWILT43925-800Restricted Accessx137126.81Wiltshire2011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestBronze Age bronze awl, measuring 70.2mm in length and weighing 6.81g.
The centre, which is the thickest part and square in section, measures 5.5x5.0mm.
From the centre to the point the awl narrows and becomes circular in section with file marks along the 'corners' to remove this line and make more rounded.
In the other direction from the centre, the awl narrows is thickness rather more than in width (from 4.7x4.0mm to 3.4x2.1mm).Daniel Pett70.248SwindonWILT-2247C52336471AWLRestricted Accessfinds-23364716WILT-223096-2150images/khinds/118923500148E224780189B42008-09-30T14:07:04ZCertainx137122008-08-31T23:00:00Z0BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:17.183Zfinds-231120231120WILT-697EE0SPEARHEADBRONZE AGEFragment of Middle to Late Bronze Age bronze socketed spearhead, consisting of the very tip only. It measures 25.7mm in length and is a lozenge shape in section. It weighs 4.38g. The midrib occupies much of the fragment, there surviving only 1.5mm in width the edge beyond. The midrib is damaged to one side, showing possibly the very end of the socket. At the break, the fragment is 12mm wide and 5.4mm thick. The tip narrows to the very end, which is 3mm thick.131323-1500-8004WILT2008-05-01T00:00:00Z2008-09-09T16:45:31Z2023-06-07T09:38:29Z4.3800148C69A1B01CF05.41225.711141427439251699643925WiltshireWiltshireWest LavingtonST995251.267153-2.0157178WILT-53D386FragmentBRONZE AGEx13712MiddleLateBRONZE AGEx13712x13712Metal detectorMerritt0708minispearhead.jpg186651images/khinds/South WestCertain12023-06-07T08:38:29.785Zfinds-224157224157WILT-4FCD41SPEARHEADBRONZE AGEFragment of Late Bronze Age decorated spearhead socket (probably). The fragment is curving in profile and would have originally been c.23mm in diameter. It measures 17.4x13.6x1.7mm and weighs 2.04g. The fragment is decorated to the outwardly curving side only, with two bands of a pair of grooved lines. To the reverse the metal is not smooth, possibly through corrosion. The two longer edges are jagged and are clear breaks. However the two shorter edges both seem to be original, which would suggest the object is no a spearhead. Possibly, patination has ocurred over the break, as is visible on part of the more jagged edge. The orangey-dark brown colour of the metal and the decoration suggest a Middle/ Late Bronze date. If not a spear head this is possibly some kind of decorative ring, although I can find no parallels.13133-1150-8004WILT2008-04-01T00:00:00Z2008-06-27T15:53:58Z2023-06-07T09:44:38Z2.040014864FF0601A0B1.713.617.4171141427206162014920224GloucestershireCotswoldLechladeSU209951.689402-1.7120756WILT-4DA5F4Copper alloy10627FragmentBRONZE AGEx13712LateBRONZE AGEx13712x13712Metal detectorBelk0608spear.jpg180193images/khinds/South WestProbably22023-06-07T08:44:38.958ZOxfordshire100County1Other chance find83282008From a paper map8779BAFinds seen briefly and not able to be recorded in any more detail.DistrictCertainWILT8439-800Childreyx13712Vale of White Horse108372011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth EastThree Bronze Age flint flakes.Daniel Pett10-1.510909WILT-B0F5102185291FLAKESU3485finds-21852946WILT-B075B6-2150images/khinds/1001482B07CC0107342008-05-14T16:39:56ZCertainx137122008-04-30T23:00:00Z051.562859BRONZE AGEFlint41421BA313BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:08.966ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1Metal detectorMartin0508axefrag.jpg439252008From a paper map44142BA2.5Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-700Salisburyx137123Wiltshire106272011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestFragment of possibly Bronze Age socketed axehead, consisting of part of the body. It measures 13.4x18.5x2.5mm, weighs 3.0g and is slightly curving in section.Daniel Pett13.47-1.815805WILT-17CDD72177533SOCKETED AXEHEADSU1331finds-217753118.56WILT-182C61Fragment-1100images/khinds/3175301001482183AE0129D42008-05-07T11:25:50ZPossiblyx137122008-03-01T00:00:00Z051.078178BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGEPossiblyCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:08.599ZWiltshire100Unitary AuthorityIRON AGE3Metal detectorMartin0508droplet.JPG439252008From a paper map44142BA6.3Unitary AuthorityPossiblyWILT43925100Salisburyx137122.7Wiltshire106272011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestDroplet of copper alloy, light green in colour and powdery, possibly Bronze Age or Iron Age in date. It measures 9.4x9.5x6.3mm and weighs 2.7gDaniel Pett9.47-1.815805WILT-17CDD72177521IRON AGEMETAL WORKING DEBRISSU1331finds-21775219.56WILT-181C95-2100x13992images/khinds/317531000148218288015C342008-05-07T11:20:56ZPossiblyx137122008-03-01T00:00:00Z01651.078178BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:08.599ZWiltshire1000Unitary AuthorityMEDIEVAL1Metal detectorBarnes0308awl.jpg439252008From a paper map16987BAUnitary AuthorityCertainWILT4392531500Heytesburyx137123.67Wiltshire106272011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestBronze Age/ Iron Age/ Roman/ ?Medieval copper alloy awl, bent. It measures 59.8mm in bent length (originally c.90mm) and weighs 3.67g.
The pointed end is circular in section and 2.1mm in diameter. This widens to the centre part of the awl, which is 3mm in diameter. To the other end, the awl narrows to 1.4mm thick (still 3mm wide). On one side of the flattened end, distict edges are visible, rather like flanges. They have probably been flattened but may have had a purpose. They extends only 20mm.Daniel Pett59.87-2.144349WILT-B7D5162138001MEDIEVALAWLST9039finds-213800134WILT-B8EB94-2150x14221images/khinds/116940400147EB905701F7C42008-03-27T12:17:27ZCertainx137122008-02-01T00:00:00Z02951.15017BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:06.479ZWiltshire10Unitary AuthorityROMAN1Metal detectorMartin0308awl.jpg439252008From a paper map44142BAUnitary AuthorityCertainWILT43925400Salisburyx137125.91Wiltshire106272011-02-24T13:51:20ZSouth WestBronze Age, Iron Age or Roman copper alloy awl, slightly bent. It measures 75.3mm in length and weighs 5.91g.
The flat end is 4.2mm wide and 0.8mm thick, thickening to 4.1mm, the max.thickness of the awl in the square-sectioned central section. The pointed end is circular in section and narrows from 4.1mm to the point. It is this end which is slightly bent.Daniel Pett75.37-1.83008WILT-8F3BD12135611ROMANAWLSU1231finds-213561218WILT-9261C6-2150x41218images/khinds/116940900147E927390165142008-03-25T16:24:25ZCertainx137122008-03-01T00:00:00Z12151.0782BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Post13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:06.373ZWiltshire1000Unitary Authority1LateMetal detectorBarnes0108socketedknife.jpg439252008From a paper map117057BA4Unitary AuthorityCertain4WILT43925-800Restricted Accessx137122634464733.57Wiltshire2016-10-25T15:40:23ZReturned to finderSouth WestLate Bronze Age bronze socketed knife of the Thorndon Class, complete and slightly damaged -squashed- to one side of the socket. The knife measures 110.1mm in length (the blade itself is 78mm in length) and is slightly bent in profile. It weighs 33.57g.
The hollow elliptical socket has incurved edges and a c.5mm diameter peg hole on either side. It is across one of these holes the socket has been damaged/ squashed. At the open end the socket is 19.7mm wide (internal 16.4mm), at the opposite end it is 18.5mm wide. Its narrowest point, roughly centre, is 17.1mm. The open socket end is 8.3mm in depth, 5.2mm internally.
The blade has a broad mid-rib and is a flattish pointed-oval in section, one face of the blade feeling slightly less-flat than the other. It is 17.2mm wide and 4mm thick where it extends below the socket and it narrows to 8mm wide (and 1.3mm thick) just before the slightly rounded point.
Where the patina survives it is a smooth and shiny green, but elsewhere the surface is pitted, rough and worn.
The distribution of the Thorndon class is mainly in the south east and from their inclusion in Late Bronze Age ‘Founders’ hoards, accompanied by metalwork from the Ewart Park phase, we can date them to 800-900 BC.
Cf. Needham 1990, The Petters Late Bronze Age Metalwork, British Museum Occasional Paper 70, p.45 fig.9 no.75 - also short-bladed and with a rounded tip.Richard Henry110.148Heytesbury3WILT-71F117208620Socketed1ThorndonKNIFERestricted Accessfinds-208620119.74WILT-7201C2Complete-900images/khinds/116433700147A7254301B2442008-02-04T14:46:27ZCertainx137122008-01-01T00:00:00Z0BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:03.947ZWiltshire1Unitary Authority1LateMetal detector439252007GPS (from the finder)117175BA3.1Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT43925-700Restricted Accessx137122.5Wiltshire2017-07-25T12:35:35ZReturned to finderSouth WestFragment of Late Bronze Age socketed axehead with rib decoration. The fragment measures 18x11.7x(max)3.1mm,(min.2)mm and weighs 2.50g.
The fragment is from the main body of the axe. The 'inside' surface is flat while the outisde ever-so-slightly sloping either side of the rib, which is 2.9mm wide and 0.5mm high.
Socketed axeheads date from c.1100 BC to c.700 BC.Richard Henry1848Cricklade area3WILT-E7FC742031151SOCKETED AXEHEADRestricted Accessfinds-203115111.710WILT-E83868Fragment-1100images/khinds/1001475E84CC017A942007-12-11T12:38:36ZCertainx137122007-09-30T23:00:00Z0BRONZE AGE41427BA113BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:00.485ZBath and North East Somerset100Unitary AuthorityIRON AGE1Other chance findBonAprehistpot.jpg25554From a paper map1606BA
Recorded during Bradford-upon-Avon Finds Day 29.9.07.
11Unitary AuthorityCertain1WILT25554100Batheastonx137122634463526.1Bath and North East Somerset105392018-11-08T13:56:56ZReturned to finderSouth West
Rim fragement of prehistoric pottery, probably Bronze Age or Iron Age in date. It measures 41x37.5x11mm and weighs 26.1g. The fabric has large chalk inclusions.
Helen Geake415-2.34639361WILT-92E6461963281IRON AGEVESSELST7667finds-196328437.56WILT-92DF35Fragment-2100x13992images/khinds/115256100147092E620145842007-10-07T20:07:14ZCertainx137121651.40151741BRONZE AGECeramic41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:07:56.573ZWiltshire100Unitary AuthorityPOST MEDIEVAL3Metal detectorStorer0607sprue.jpg439252007From a paper map117125BA17.7Unitary AuthorityPossiblyWILT43925Kington St. Michaelx1371250.14Wiltshire106272011-02-24T13:51:20ZReturned to finderSouth WestUndatable copper alloy probable casting sprue. It is oval in shape, measuring 37.4x26.6mm and is max.17.7mm thick (at the centre). It weighs 50.14g.
The underside is rough and uneven while the opposite surface is rounded and smooth. At the centre, longitudinally, is a 22.5mm long scar, which would presuambly have fed into the mould.Daniel Pett37.47-2.145428WILT-F7F6961871201POST MEDIEVALMETAL WORKING DEBRISST9077finds-187120126.66WILT-F83A78x41047images/khinds/3144057001469F85C90156242007-07-19T16:39:53ZPossiblyx137122007-05-01T23:00:00Z03651.491855BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:07:52.125ZSwindon100Unitary AuthorityIRON AGE1Metal detectorLast0707tache.jpg381412007From a paper map117254BA11.7Unitary AuthorityCertain2WILT38141-300Restricted Accessx1371224.31Swindon2011-02-24T13:51:20ZReturned to finderSouth WestIncomplete Middle Bronze Age to Early Iron Age bronze moustache-like object with one damaged pointed end (but apparantly complete) and one missing pointed end. It measures 58.5x12.3x11.7mm and weighs 24.31g.
The object resembles a moustache and consists of one solid pointed drop-shape either side of a central area D-shaped in section (being flat on the underside) and measuring 5.2mm long and 7.8mm wide and thick. This central area has a square shaped perforation on the underside 4.4x3mm and 3.8mm deep. The complete pointed drop is 32mm in length.
The pointed drop shapes are decorated with pronounced ridges and deep grooves on the rounded half (fifteen on the complete drop, fourteen on the incomplete). The tapering part of the drop is plain. The underside of the drop shapes is slightly flatter but this does not affect the decoration.
These moustache-like objects are thought to date from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Iron Age, after the discovery of one in the Salisbury Hoard (Stead, 1998, no.117). Three other examples are known besides the twelve recorded on the PAS database. Some of these are single examples, while those that are 'double', like this example, extend downwards rather more than outwards (as this example does). The perforation on the underside of the central area suggests the object was meant to top something that fitted into this gap. Descriptions of other moustache-like objects with similar perforations describe iron corrosion or wood mineralisation around the perforation. Although very similar to wing-shaped chapes, it seems unlikely they had a similar function, as the perforation (and size of the object) is comparably small.
Dr JD Hill feels these objects date to the Iron Age rather than the Bronze Age.Daniel Pett58.548SwindonWILT-618DC21865091IRON AGEUNIDENTIFIED OBJECTRestricted Accessfinds-186509112.36WILT-616785Incomplete-1500x13992images/khinds/1144044001469618D701DC942007-07-12T13:04:39ZCertainx137122007-05-31T23:00:00Z116BRONZE AGE41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:07:51.859ZWiltshire100Unitary AuthorityROMAN1LateMetal detectorGillett0607miniaxe.jpg439252007From a paper map117251BAUnitary AuthorityCertainWILT43925400Mildenhallx1371231.28Wiltshire106272011-02-24T13:51:20ZReturned to finderSouth WestLate Bronze Age to Roman copper alloy 'model' (Robinson, Wiltshire Archaeology Magazine 1995) or possibly miniature socketed axehead, with traces of iron in the shallow socket (9.2x5.6x3mm).
It measures 38.5mm in length and has a cutting edge max. 24.8mm wide. At the socket end (narrowest part) it is 16.8mm wide. It weighs 31.28g.
The axehead is thinnest at the blade end (1.1mm thick) expanding over the length to 12.7mm at the socket end.
The mouth has a slight moulding which is emphasised by a groove beneath it. The loop is cast to the side (and not part of the body of the axe as so many miniature example are) and is C-shaped (8.7x7mm) with a piercing 2.6mm in diameter.
The surface of the miniature axe has lost some of its original patina, although it is mostly smooth and shiny and dark in colour. There is no sign of wear on the loop(suggesting it was not worn as an amulet).
The dating of miniature axeheads is from the Late Bronze Age to the Roman period, although they are more common from the Roman period. Their function is probably as an amulet or votive. This axehead is unlike those recorded from Wiltshire so far, which are mostly crude interpretations, whereas this is much more faithful to a true Bronze Age axe. That said however, it is very flat in section and its splayed blade is rather more reminiscent of palstave axeheads than socketed ones. The socket and loop are rather more Late Bronze Age, Ewart Park types.
Robinson comments in WAM 1995 that better-made examples could be used as tools of some sort. He comments on this particular object: "To my mind this is a classic "model" but not miniature axehead. They are always much better made than the miniature axeheads. The example we have in Wiltshire Heritage Museum is 51 mm long which is close enough to yours at 38.5. I had thought that they were Late Bronze Age but could never find strong dating evidence for them".
This example has an unusable socket as it is too shallow.Daniel Pett38.573-1.728045WILT-1312F7183469axehead1ROMANMINIATURE OBJECTSU1971finds-183469124.86WILT-12C795-1150x41218images/khinds/21411590014671312D01A3E42007-06-14T13:14:37ZProbablyx137122007-04-30T23:00:00Z12151.437682BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:07:50.424ZWiltshire1000Unitary Authority1Other chance findWaley0507flint.jpg439251962From finder116886BA22.5Unitary AuthorityCertainWILT43925-800Woodfordx13712216.01Wiltshire108372017-04-28T11:00:57ZReturned to finderSouth WestBronze Age flint dagger, measuring 165x61.5x22.5mm and weighing 216.01g.
Both faces have been extensively flaked, with additional abrupt flaking all the way around the edges. One face has had many short flakes removed, but to one side only. This face has also had less abrupt working to the edges than the other face, and the point has not been worked, wheareas on the other face it has been, quite extensively, making it very sharp. The butt end is rounded but also quite sharp.
The flint is dark grey/ black in colour with spots of a lighter brown. It also has a very light patination in places (c.5%).
The abrupt flaking around the edges is probably related to the hafting of the blade.
Richard Henry16510-1.829849WILT-C3CE051815861DAGGERSU1238finds-181586461.54WILT-C3C8D1-2150images/khinds/1139855001465C3CDE0134142007-05-29T15:46:54ZCertainx137121962-01-01T00:00:00Z151.141144BRONZE AGEFlint41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:07:49.488ZWiltshire100Unitary Authority1Chance find during metal detectingMartin0506durnfordflint9.jpg439252007From a paper map116885BA8.6Unitary AuthorityCertainWILT43925-800Durnfordx1371211.56Wiltshire108372011-02-24T13:51:20ZReturned to finderSouth WestProbably Bronze Age flake, measuring 36.6x40.5x8.6mm and weighing 11.56g. The edges have been bashed/ damaged.
The distal end is the widest point, is steep and consists of cortex.
The flint is 100% heavily patinated except where the dark/ black shows through the damage.Daniel Pett36.610-1.829948WILT-1EE8471797751FLAKESU1235finds-179775240.56WILT-3032A6-2100images/khinds/01377670014643072C01CE642007-05-10T12:51:08Zx137122007-03-01T00:00:00Z051.114168BRONZE AGEFlint41427BA113http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:07:48.644Z