Record ID: WILT-C37914
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2012
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-AD8D05
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 8.44…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th August 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-B91985
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 …
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5F99C5
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 jag…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5ED7E7
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 Cum…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-A573B6
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
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…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-12B9D2
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
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…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-475A23
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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. 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 rectang…
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 3rd October 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-2EA613
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 expa…
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-8CE367
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 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.
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-858685
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heytesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-83D6D4
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 Boug…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heytesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5D7742
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
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.
Created on: Monday 12th December 2011
Last updated: Sunday 7th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stockbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-A74356
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
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 bord…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2011
Last updated: Friday 28th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D50014
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
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.
Created on: Friday 11th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 18th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hungerford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-E8DA70
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
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 a…
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2011
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wardour', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-458B40
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
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. …
Created on: Tuesday 11th October 2011
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-44C630
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
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.
Created on: Thursday 29th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F9DDA2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 a…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-DB2FE5
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-B12977
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 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…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D0BBE6
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Friday 13th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cherhill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-77CB78
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-4D06B3
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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, altho…
Created on: Monday 7th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lechlade', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-0CE335
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
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.
Created on: Friday 4th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-C49374
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-C47562
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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).
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-524387
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
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.
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Lavington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-3C9EB1
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 m…
Created on: Monday 29th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-AD88E3
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Thursday 5th August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 5th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durnford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-C4C954
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
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,…
Created on: Tuesday 13th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 14th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-8BC3E8
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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).
Created on: Monday 28th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Collingbourne Kingston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-6172B1
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Monday 14th June 2010
Last updated: Saturday 1st August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woodford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-613465
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Monday 14th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 14th June 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woodford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7C0344
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 cutt…
Created on: Thursday 3rd June 2010
Last updated: Friday 17th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5C5F87
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Wednesday 14th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 19th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5C1442
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Wednesday 14th April 2010
Last updated: Friday 23rd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-8E0680
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 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.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd March 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-8BA0B4
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.  
Created on: Tuesday 23rd March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 24th March 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-AE8C66
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chippenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-FA4F72
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 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.
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cricklade area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-B52A80
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete 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.
Created on: Monday 13th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-1A4572
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late 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.
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-6FB3B4
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late 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 (12.5…
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5DE294
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late 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.
Created on: Monday 27th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swindon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-F8A826
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete 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 …
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Monday 24th February 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-4A2D61
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undatable 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.
Created on: Wednesday 7th January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: WILT-07C153
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete/ 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.
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-84CC21
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete 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.
Created on: Wednesday 29th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-4FCD41
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment 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 visib…
Created on: Friday 27th June 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-182C61
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment 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.
Created on: Wednesday 7th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-181C95
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Droplet 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 2.7g
Created on: Wednesday 7th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-B8EB94
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze 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.
Created on: Thursday 27th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-9261C6
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze 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.
Created on: Tuesday 25th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-F83A78
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undatable 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.
Created on: Thursday 19th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-12C795
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late 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 a…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-117235
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age rapier fragment of Burgess and Gerloff Group IV (The Dirks and Rapiers of Great Britain and Ireland, Prähistorische Bronzefund IV 7). It measures 22.3x16.2x(max)3.8mm and weighs 7.20g. All breaks are ancient. The rapier has a broad flat mid-rib and much of the patina is lost. The surface is worn and pitted. Rapiers date to the Middle Bronze Age but fragments are often found in Late Bronze Age hoards, suggesting continued use.
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-E19AA2
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly Bronze Age simple chisel ( possibly), similar to that from the Sparkford Hill hoard. It measures 65.5mm in length and is 14.1mm at its widest point, at the cutting edge. It is narrowest at the opposite broken end (old break), 7.7mm. At the break it is 3mm thick. It retains this thickness over its entire length, thinning on one side only at the the cutting edge, to 1mm thick. On the side with the narrowing the patina is mostly intact and very dark in colour, with tooling marks visible. The other side is dark green in colour with some light pitting. In profile, the o…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

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

Record ID: WILT-C5EBD0
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Irregular lump of copper alloy (probably bronze) casting waste. The surface is bumpy and pitted and it measures 55.3x38.3x27.8mm. It weighs 112.16g, perhaps a little light considering its dimensions. Casting waste is difficult to date as it is found from the Bronze Age to the post medieval period.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-26B5B1
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible fragment of Late Bronze Age sword of the Carps Tongue type. In section this fragment has a prominent mid-rib 5.4mm thick and c.10mm wide. One side of this is missing (probably recent damage). On the other side the blade extends c.11mm, thickening after it narrows either side of the mid-rib, then thinning towards the blade edge which is missing its bevelled edge, also due to recent damage. The metal is dark green in colour and has a rough feel. The fragment measures 26.7mm wide (probably originally c.38-40mm wide), is 20.1mm in length and max5.4mm thick. It weighs 7.01g. …
Created on: Monday 10th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-658D62
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Bronze Age knife of the Urnfield tradition. It measures 164mm in length (although it is slightly bent in profile) and with a max width of 28mm just behind the tang. The tang is a faceted circle in section, max 8mm diameter and 18.5mm long. The top of the knife is 6mm wide, narrowing to the sharp blade which thins in width to the point. Brendan O'Connor comments "This is a single-edged tanged knife. The turned-up point indicates that the blade is very worn. There is decoration on the blade, but I cannot make it out very well. This is a continental Urnfield type. With…
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-5045C4
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly Late Bronze Age or Iron Age copper alloy ring, slightly damaged (a small chunk is missing). It is triangular in section, the inside surface being a smooth curve from one side to the other while the outside surface has a slight rib running around it. It is 25mm in diameter (internal 12.8mm) and weighs 12.63g. At least seven other examples of triangular-section rings with curved inner edges have been recorded from Wiltshire in the past few years. They are thought to date to the Late Iron Age period and possibly linked to harness. This example is rather chunkier and may date ea…
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
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Record ID: WILT-8F8186
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified copper alloy/ bronze object, oval in shape with a crescentic cut at one end. It measures 49.6x40x7.3mm and weighs 48.13g. The surfaces are bumpy and all original patina has been lost. The metal is a rich orangey brown in colour, not dissimilar to the colour of some Bronze Age metal work. Where this brown has been worn away the metal beneath is bluey green. The crescentic cut seems intentional and appears to have a smooth, worn edge.
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-713FE8
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age awl, 47mm in length and weighing 2.70g. One end is pointed and square in section (2x2mm), widening to a point c.25mm from the pointed and to 5mm wide and 2mm thick. From here to the end, the awl thins to 0.5mm whilst widening to 8.5mm. This end is slightly bent and just below where it begins to thin, small flanges are visible, presumably created by the shape of the tool working the awl. The patina is heavily pitted and very dark brown. Although awls are common in the Bronze Age, it is thought some date to the Roman period.
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Latton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-70F237
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy apparantly hollow ring, made in two halves. The internal diameter is 11mm and it becomes wider and thicker (max.9.5x10.5) from the narrowest part (min.6.5x7mm). External diameter is 27mm. Weighs 9.25g. Around the circumferencial join possible decoration is evident in the form of tiny grooves perpendicular to the join, but only on one half. There is a slight gap between the two halves, ??possibly filled with a decorative precious metal strip? The join on the internal surface is closed. Possibly the inside is filled with ??clay. The patina is a rich brown in colour and pitte…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Latton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-702313
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated copper alloy unidentified object, oval in shape and slightly concave on the reverse (which is not flat or smooth), while the opposite side is rounded. At the centre is a rivet hole 2mm in diameter. The patina is a rich brown in colour, reminiscent of Bronze Age or Iron Age objects. Measures 17x11x(max)4mm and weighs 3.57g.
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Latton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-6E6953
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of ??Bronze Age copper alloy object, consisting of one face and part of a side at 90° to it. This edge is triangular in shape, its edges or ?'breaks' a rather clean break. At the opposite side of the face the metal is bent slightly backwards as though this break is where another side extended. This would give a width of 28mm across the front and a give the object a socketed function. No patina remains and the metal is a light green in colour with much black covering the surface, ?sooting. Although the metal does not necessarily have a Bronze Age quality to it, the shape is in…
Created on: Friday 27th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 10th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berwick Bassett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5B2036
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Bronze Age sickle. It is pointed oval in section and 21.5mm wide (max 2.5mm thick) at the (old) break. Both sides have decoration in the form of three worn ribs and two grooves. The three ribs join at a point 7mm from the end of the sickle, and a single rib extends to this end point. The fragment is 30mm long with one short mostly straight edge (it curves downwards at the very end) and one long curving edge. The surface is slightly pitted and the metal a bluey colour. The fragment weighs 5.62g.
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2005
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5A6FE0
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mouth fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, consisting of perhaps a quarter of the mouth moulding (triangular in section) and part of the body extending below. Its estimated original diameter is c.36mm. The surviving fragment measures 30.5x18x5mm and weighs 11.45g. It is worn and all breaks are old. A worn but prominent casting seam is also visible. It is probably not part of WILT-5A37F2, found on the same day, as the metal of this find is a brighter green in colour.
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2005
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5A37F2
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, consisting of part of the face and the side (which joins the body at a 90° angle). All breaks are ancient and it appears the side break has occurred along the casting seam - part of the ?seam survives towards the top of the axe fragment (it could also be part of the side-loop). On the face there is a vertical rib decoration. Measures 26x20.5x4mm and weighs 14.02g. This find is probably not part of WILT-5A6FE0, found on the same day, as the metal is a much darker green in colour.
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2005
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pewsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-CA5F25
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Solid copper alloy slightly squashed or oval ?bracelet. It measures 71.5x63mm and weighs 50.18g. It is roughly circular in section varying from 6-7mm in thickness, and where the bracelet appears less than circular there are patches of filing. The internal measurements are 59x49mm. If a bracelet it is rather small. However it could be a harness link, pulled horizontally out of shape - or perhaps designed this way. It could be Bronze Age or Iron Age in date.
Created on: Thursday 19th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WILT-FA2766
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy button, Late Bronze Age/ Iron Age in date. It is 19mm in diameter, 3mm thick (excluding loop) and weighs 2.81g - about a sixth is missing from the edge (a recent break). The reverse is flat with a slight depression at the centre and a 13mm long flattish-sectioned flattish loop across it. The loop is 3mm wide. To the front, the button has a raised edge triangular in section, and at the centre is a raised boss 3mm in diameter. This is surrounded by a 1.5mm wide rib triangular in section in the form of a circle 9mm in diameter.
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kington Langley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-B13034
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Middle Bronze Age Transitional Palstave axehead, broken across the main body of the axe (ancient break) and also across one corner of the cutting edge (more recent break). It is probably of Type Roundhay, mid-ribbed variant : the cutting edge has been moderately expanded and at the ancient break the body is narrow (20mm wide). The mid-rib is 5mm wide at the break and continues over 40mm at the same width on both faces. The fragment is 61mm in length and the surviving cutting edge is 38mm wide. Its estimated original cutting edge width is 43mm. At the ancient break, the cros…
Created on: Sunday 6th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-CB58F4
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, measuring 29x17x4mm and weighing 9.72g. The decorated face consists of two ribs extending below the lower part of the mouth moulding. It is of the characteristic South-Eastern type and would have been quite large when complete. Breaks not recent.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-774AE7
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment, consisting of the tip, of a Late Bronze Age spearhead. The break is ancient and possibly cut - the section is very smooth at this point, although the metal does appear to hava been treated, which may account for this. The fragment is 56.5mm long and weighs 15.51g. At the break it is 17mm wide (although one edge is worn) and 8mm thick at the mid-rib. At the point, which is worn, it is 3mm wide and 2.5mm thick. The rib becomes less pronounced c.10mm from the tip, where the blade becomes more lozengiform in section. At the break, the rib is very pronounced, with a slight depress…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd November 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-415167
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Bronze Age awl, 48mm in length and roughly circular in section at its mid-point (5mm diameter). This then narrows over 25mm to a point at one end, and at the other becomes square in section (4x4mm) thinning to a flat end (4x1mm), the tang, over 23mm. Weighs 5.12g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2004
Last updated: Friday 29th April 2016
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Record ID: WILT-8F2112
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy hollow spearhead, weighing 25.67g. It is 46.5mm long, 22mm wide (max) and 9mm wide (min) at the breaks. The socket is a pointed oval 10x4mm and slightly off-centre, so the metal is rather thin to one side of one face (where the break is more exaggerated). A length of 34mm is solid after the socket ends. One edge is very rounded though not apparently worn. The other edge is sharper and worn with chunks missing. The edges fall sharply from a central vertical point, although this is not a rib. Late Middle to Early Late Bronze Age in date, and possibly a miscast (d…
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Downton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-7AB304
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead, consisting of part of the rim and side of the axe, including the loop. The breaks are quite jagged; probably not ancient. The axe has a double mouth moulding, the upper of which is far more prominent. The lower appears (on this fragment) to be a continuation of the line where the loop meets the body of the axe. The casting seam is visible but not jagged. It stands less than 0.5mm high. The patina is smooth and green. 35x32x2mm. Weighs 23.96g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2016
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Record ID: WILT-517865
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy object, measuring 15x10.5x3mm and weighing 3.54g, and comprising two faces joined at right angles. The colour of the metal is dark grey. Most of the patina is missing except for a few shiny areas very light green in colour, almost 'pearly'. The fragment was found in an area where fragments of Late Bronze Age socketed axeheads have been found. It may possibly also be fragment, but is probably unlikely.
Created on: Monday 26th July 2004
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-516792
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy object, measuring 18x14x3mm and weighing 4.10g, and comprising two faces joined at right angles. The fragment was found in an area where fragments of Late Bronze Age socketed axeheads have been found. It may possibly also be fragment, given its shape. The patina however is purpley-brown in colour, suggestig a post-medieval date.
Created on: Monday 26th July 2004
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-514237
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy object, measuring 26.5x22x2mm and weighing 10.16g, and comprising two faces joined at right angles. The fragment was found in an area where fragments of Late Bronze Age socketed axeheads have been found. It may possibly also be fragment, given its shape. The larger face is also curving and has a possible ?hammer mark. However, all the patina is missing, and the metal is a purpley-brown colour, which suggests a post-medieval date.
Created on: Monday 26th July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-512468
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy object, measuring 13x7x3mm and weighing 1.57g, and comprising two faces joined at right angles. The fragment was found in an area where fragments of Late Bronze Age socketed axeheads have been found. It may possibly also be fragment, but it is too fragmented to be sure. The patina is lost and the colour of the metal is light green.
Created on: Monday 26th July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-50E5D4
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy object, measuring 28.5x25x2.5mm and weighing 12.54g. Both faces are very flat and one straight edge appears original. The fragment was found in an area where fragments of Late Bronze Age socketed axeheads have been found. It may possibly also be fragment, but the apparantly original edge does not tally - if socketed, it would join at right angles with a corresponding face. However, the patina is dark green and slightly tinny.
Created on: Monday 26th July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-50C401
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tiny curving copper alloy fragment. It measures 15x8x3mm and weighs 1.66g. The patina is light green with darker patches. Because of its shape, its greeny colour, and the fact is has been discovered in an area where a number of Late Bronze Age socketed axehead fragments have been discovered, it may possibly be an edge fragment (side and face) of a Bronze Age socketed axehead.
Created on: Monday 26th July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-509F12
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy object, consisting of two faces joined at right angles. It measures 20x11x2.5mm and weighs 3.92g. The patina is light green with darker patches. Because of its shape, its greeny colour, and the fact is has been discovered in an area where a number of Late Bronze Age socketed axehead fragments have been discovered, it may possibly be a small fragment (side of axe and face) of Bronze Age axehead.
Created on: Monday 26th July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-4CE6F2
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Middle Bronze Age palstave or Late Bronze Age winged axehead, consisting of the butt-end approx. 31mm in length with flanges or wings beginning at the sides. It is I-shaped in section at the break and weighs 43.30g. The width at the break is 29.5mm. The break is smooth (worn) but uneven and lumpy. It is 6.5mm thick; the flanges or wings are 13 and 14mm wide. The butt end is 2.5mm thick and also worn. The sides start developing after c.0.8mm. Casting seams are visible down both outside edges of the wings/ flanges, although they are worn. The patina is mostly light green wit…
Created on: Monday 26th July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-120518
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Bronze Age decorated socketed axehead, consisting of part of the decorated face. It measures 19x14x1.5mm and weighs 4.05g. The decoration is rib and pellet - A vertical rib ends in a pellet. Another next to it (it is broken above the pelet but it presumably also had a rib) is parallel. Below and between the two is another pellet, linked to the first two with a diagonal line. Two more diagonal lines extend from the first two pellets, as to two pellets to their respective right and left; however the break cuts the lines before they reach the probable pellets. The patina…
Created on: Friday 23rd July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-102923
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, consisting of part of the face and the side of the axe, with a very worn casting seam running its legnth. T face is slightly concave, presumably as the result of a ?hammer blow. The break at the side is mostly along the length of the casting seam. The edge is jagged but worn. Width to the break is 27mm. Thickness of the face 1.5mm, of the sides 3mm. Weighing 17.38g.
Created on: Friday 23rd July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-E86904
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment, probably from a socketed axehead, Late Bronze Age in date. The fragment is part of the cutting edge and socket made by the side of the axe rising to one side. The fragment is very worn and measures 30x15mm(being the width to the break of the cutting edge). A casting seam is visible running the length of the side. The cutting edge is very blunt and the socket ends 11mm before it. A fawn coloured material lies in the socket, ?clay from casting?
Created on: Wednesday 21st July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-E83223
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy loop from a late Bronze Age socketed axehead. It is circular in section and 5mm in diameter. It is a C in shape and 25mm long (14mm wide). A casting seam is visible at the midpoint of the outer and inner surfaces. Weighs 7.84g
Created on: Wednesday 21st July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-E75217
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment of an unidenitifed object, possibly a socketed axehead given its close proximity to other Late Bronze Age socketed axehead fragments. The patina is silvery in colour and suggests a high tin content. It measures 23x18x1.5mm. One face is rough while the other has a rib or unfinished ?casting seam running its length. Not particularly datable, but possibly Bronze Age given its associated finds.
Created on: Wednesday 21st July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-E6F931
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment of an unidneitifed object, possibly a socketed axehead given its close proximity to other Late Bronze Age socketed axehead fragments. It measures 23x22x2mm and consits of two faces, at right angles to each other. One face has been dented (??a hammer blow). Its patina -purpley brown under light green- suggests a post-medieval date, but does not rule out a Late Bronze Age one.
Created on: Wednesday 21st July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-E6C880
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment, possibly of a Bronze Age socketed axehead. It measures 20x14x2.5mm - all edges are broken. The face is curving in profile and 13mm wide. Two 'sides' join at right angles, opposite each other and extend c.5mm before breaking. No casting seams are visible. It is unlikley this is a socketed axehead given its slim width and lack of casting seam. The patina suggests it might be post-medieval in date, but doesn't rule out Bronze Age. It has been classified as 'possibly' a socketed axehead as it was found in an area where other fragments of socketed axehead have been found, suggesti…
Created on: Wednesday 21st July 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-99DDB2
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Angular (slightly more than 90 degrees) fragment of Late Bronze Age socketed axehead. It comprises part of the body and part of the side of the axe. The line of the body is flaring outwards, suggesting this dates to late in the Late Bronze Age (c.900-700). It measures 29x15x2.5mm and weighs 12.33g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-99ACF3
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tiny and very worn fragment, probably of a socketed axehead and measuring 18.5x9x1mm. A worn rib is visible, running the length of the fragment. It weighs 1.58g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WILT-9975F0
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a late Bronze Age socketed axehead, comprising part of the body and upper and lower mouth moulding. The upper mouth moulding is wider than the lower. The fragment is curving in profile. The metal is light brown in colour. It measures 22.5x20.5x3mm (the body is 1.5mm thick) and weighs 9.73g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: WILT-98B277
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, consisting of part of the body and mouth moulding. The mouth moulding is semi-circular in section, curving to the side. The fragment is curving in profile, which suggests the mouth was circular. It measures 24x21x5mm (body 1.5mm thick). It weighs 9.87g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bedwyn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-948FE6
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, consisting of part of the body, mouth moulding, and complete loop. The mouth moulding is thicker at its centre. The loop measures 18x8mm (external) and 8x4mm (internal). The casting flash is visible on the mouth moulding above the loop but is rather worn -it does look unfinished though. Measures 33x29x4mm. Weighs 25.52g
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
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Record ID: WILT-947008
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body fragment of Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, consisting of part of the side of the axe. It is slightly cuving and has a casting seam running its length. The casting seam has been finished. 28x18x3mm. Weighs 10.42g
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
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