Record ID: DEV-634F22
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  A Late Bronze Age scrap hoard consisting of 10 objects, 1 socketed axehead fragments, four possible bun ingot  fragments and 5 pieces of probable casting waste. These likely date to the Late Bronze Age c.1150-800 cal BC. The items are now described by type. Socketed axehead: An incomplete, worn fragment of a cast Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe head, dating to c.1300-700cal BC. The fragment consists of the axe's blade above which is a worn and abraded termination that is placed such that a small portion of the interior of the socket survives. The…
Created on: Thursday 19th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colaton Raleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-E549F6
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A folded fragment of gold strip or ribbon, dating to the Bronze Age c. 2350-800 BC. The ribbon is rectangular in plan and made from a beaten sheet of gold. It has been folded or bent out of shape in several locations. One surface of the ribbon is decorated with thirteen regular, longitudinal, incised grooves, creating ridges. The exterior longitudinal edges are slightly thicker than the internal ridges, creating a border to the band. Both terminals appear to have been cut leaving a straight edge. The longitudinal edges have likely been smoothed, as they are rounder when compared w…
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadwindsor CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-D0FFF1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slender copper alloy flat developed axehead or possibly a chisel, dating to the Early Bronze Age, c. 2000-1700 BC. The object is markedly petite, rectangular in shape, and an extremely flattened pointed oval in section, not bulbous enough to be described as lenticular. The object flares very slightly from the butt to the cutting edge, but this is extremely subtle and not characteristic of broad flared axeheads. There are slightly raised flanges present, but these are only present on one surface, and can only be felt rather than seen. There is a suggestion of a slight nick at t…
Created on: Thursday 11th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-319D93
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A roughly made chert arrowhead, likely unfinished, dating to the Bronze Age, c. 3300 - 1000 BC. The object is formed of a mid brown chert, which has areas of grey patinisation across the dorsal, and to a lesser extent the ventral, faces. It is triangular in plan and in section, with a distinct nub at the distal end which is reminiscent of a possible tang. There is an attempt at retouch on one of the cutting faces, but this is incomplete and suggests the object was discarded during manufacture. For a complete example in chert, see LEIC-FCF17B. Measurements: 29.1mm length, 23…
Created on: Thursday 16th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-CE73DB
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two small fragments of a spearhead of possible Middle Bronze Age date. The fragments adhere to one another, although a small area remains missing between the two fragments comprising the cutting edge. A distinct mid-rib runs through the fragments, emphasising their flattened outer flanges which do not show signs of channelling. The cutting edge around the full circumference is worn and damaged. The butt is entirely missing and while the tip fragment appears smooth, there is very likely a further fragment missing comprising the sharp tip for entry to the prey or victim. The fragments to…
Created on: Wednesday 18th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadclyst', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-6F3A87
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, worn and damaged Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age socketed axehead, dating to c. 800-700 BC. Part of one lateral surface survives in respectable condition while the other is badly damaged with only c. 25% of this surface surviving. Any possible collar is also missing, along with the entirety of the open end. The hollow socketed form is clearly visible due to the break. The cutting edge is also badly worn and appears distinctly rounded. The body of the axe is narrow and slender, and does not flare to the cutting edge. In profile, the axehead appears triangular and …
Created on: Thursday 8th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newton Abbot CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-77918A
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment comprising approximately 50% of a barbed and tanged flint arrowhead dating to the Early Bronze Age, c. 2700-1600 BC. The point, the tang and one of the barbs are missing. One barb, the cutting edge of the point to near the apex and part of the distal end survive. It is formed of a tertiary flake of mid grey flint, with a distinctive circular patch of white patina in the centre of the arrowhead. Most barbed and tanged are made with the bulb of percussion orientated towards the point of the finished arrowhead, this is the thickest part where the area immediately …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd June 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-6B72E1
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy sword of Bronze Age date, c. 1600-800 BC. The fragment comprises part of the blade, and is sub-rectangular in shape, although it tapers to a narrowed break. It is lenticular in section, with a marked central rib giving it this profile. There are breaks at both terminals, and the sides of the blade are also jagged and damaged. The surface is largely a smooth dark brownish green, but areas of damage show the lighter green undersurface. Numerous similar fragments are recorded on the database, which include SF-F0C159 and NMGW-587A08. The size of th…
Created on: Monday 26th April 2021
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-D3E964
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Found in April 2021 while metal detecting on cultivated land. The finder is to be highly commended for ceasing detecting after the discovery of the uppermost two axes, at which point he sought archaeological assistance. The FLO attended, accompanied by Michael Trevarthen who supervised the excavation of the findspot. There were then discovered a further fifteen axeheads arranged very deliberately, carefully placed one upon another. Their formation strongly suggested that they were originally placed in a soft yet firm container, possibly a basket. A full excavation report is to follow. …
Created on: Monday 19th April 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Churchstow CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-4418E9
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy flat axehead of Needham Class 4, dating to the Early Bronze Age period, c. 1900-1700 BC. The axehead is lenticular in profile, with slightly flattened edges, and a broadly flaring cutting edge. It is comparatively small with a markedly slender butt, which nonetheless thickens at the septum. This is possibly a proto-stop ridge, as there is a particular horizontal thickening in this area. Both faces show signs of pitting, with some circular areas a deeper green than the consistently dark green surface elsewhere. There is a shallow U-shaped depression in the cutting …
Created on: Wednesday 31st March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 7th April 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-9FEB4C
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an axehead, possibly a flat axehead, dating from the Early to Middle Bronze Age, c. 2200-1500 BC. The rectangular fragment comprises the blade of the axehead, which is fairly straight and flattened and does not flare broadly from the main body. The break occurred in antiquity, with the break appearing irregular and weathered in conjunction with the rest of the fragment. The surface is now a mid green in colour but with patches of darker brown where the surface patina has been damaged. The fragmentary condition makes firm identification difficult, but the cons…
Created on: Thursday 11th March 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crediton Hamlets', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-36A19E
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a small tanged copper alloy spearhead of Bronze Age date, within the Arreton metalworking assemblage, Needham Period 4, c. 1700 - c.1500 BC. The fragment is leaf shaped, with the original tip damaged and then worn to a rounded apperance. From the tip the head flares to its widest point before narrowing to the stub of a flattened tang which appears to have extended and may have been rectangular in shape. There is a markedly raised central midrib on both faces, and these extend along the full length of the surviving fragment. While initially reported as an arrowh…
Created on: Saturday 16th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 20th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ottery St Mary CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-8D7466
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly incomplete copper alloy flat axehead of Migdale type dating to the Early Bronze Age, c. 2200-2000 BC. The axehead has a slightly truncated butt, which may be due to a break or simply its individual form. It remains fairly narrow and rectilinear in shape before flaring to the blade. It is rectangular in cross section, although the blade narrows to its original cutting surface. It appears undecorated but the surface is pitted and marked across the dark green shiny patina. It is similar to DEV-0CAAEF, although slightly shorter in the butt. It is characteristic of s…
Created on: Thursday 3rd December 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-EACCB7
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The assemblage is made up of three palstaves of Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1400-1100 BC. All three are of South Western Type, and characteristic of the Taunton/Penarth phase. The three palstaves are all very similar to one another, with none having any side loops or clearly visible decoration, although any decoration may be obscured by encrustation. All three are now mid to pale green in colour, and somewhat encrusted, with all three examples showing signs of the onset of bronze disease, with a particularly notable powdery pale green patch on the central midrib of Palstave 3. Pa…
Created on: Monday 8th June 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newton Poppleford and Harpford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-B86EBD
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy flat axehead dating to the Early Bronze Age, c. 2050 to 1700 BC. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a flaring cutting edge and narrowed shaft which shows signs of a shallow channelling at its centre. It is flattened oval in cross section lengthways, and pointed oval in cross section widthways. There is damage to part of the cutting edge, with one of the corners of the blade now rounded due to a missing area.The green patinised surface is pitted and damaged, with only small areas of the original smooth surface remaining. Miniature flat axes such as thi…
Created on: Saturday 6th June 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colyton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-77B56F
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy pin dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1450-1250 BC. The head of the pin is oval in form and flattened, sitting atop its long tapering shaft, which is circular in cross section. There is a single vertical line extending down the shaft, and a suggestion of linear decoration on the head of the pin, although this is damaged. There is also a small area of horizontal lines on the shaft which survives, although this is also damaged. This style of pin occurs in northern France and southern England within the 'Ornament Horizon' phase of the late Taunton or e…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Last updated: Sunday 7th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Axminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-779119
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete socketed gouge dating to the Late Bronze Age, c. 1000-800 BC. It is sub-rectangular in plan, and tapers in width and thickness from its socket to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which is concave on one of its surfaces. It is broken at the socket end, and any possible collar is now missing. The edge of the break is uneven and slightly frayed. What survives of the socket appears circular in shape. Pearce (1983: 43) considers that socketed gouges 'appear to have begun in the Wilburton phase, and continued as part of the tool repertoire until the end of the Bronze A…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Last updated: Sunday 7th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Axminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-778CD2
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy miniature socketed axehead dating to the late Bronze Age to early Iron Age, c. 850 BC to 400 BC. The object is rectangular in shape, parallel sided with the cutting edge, now damaged, originally flaring between the two horizontal sides. It is now wavy, with a marked rise and fall along the cutting edge. It is unclear whether this may have been deliberate, given the size of the object and its possible non-functional use, or whether this happened post deposition. The latter seems more likely as the wave is caused by one large and one smaller removal …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Axminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-0CAAEF
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy flat axehead of Migdale type, dating to the Early Bronze Age, c. 2200-2000 BC. The axehead has a long slender butt, tapering gently to the flared blade. It is rectangular in cross section, although the blade narrows to its original cutting surface. It appears undecorated but the surface is pitted and marked across the dark green shiny patina. There is a small area on one side near the blade which has decayed in a different manner, and is now a far brighter green and much more corroded, although there are no signs of bronze disease or ongoing decay. It is simi…
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-0C1D15
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a blade, possibly from a dirk or rapier, dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1500-1200 BC. The fragment is sub-triangular in shape, and is from near the point of the blade. It is broken just at the tip, and where the blade would have continued to the hilt. It is lozengiform in cross section, but the central midrib is markedly higher on one side than another, which is near flattened. The surface is now pitted and a dark greenish black in colour. DOR-772FCD is a similar example on the database, as is NARC-DFA5EB. Measurements: 24.1mm length, 19.9mm width, …
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded.