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Record ID: GLO-822C7A
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy axe blade fragment that would have had a wide curved blade, but now only one tip and part of the curving cutting edge remains. The remaining side of the blade is concave. In total less than about 5% of the original artefacts remains.
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: GLO-37B31F
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete although broken Late Bronze Age copper alloy sword of the Ewart Park Metalworking Industry (c. 950 - 750 BC). The hilt of the sword is formed from a straight bar (45mm long), the forward side of which tapers into the narrow grip. The grip is 75mm long and has slightly convex sides, bring at the thickest two thirds along its length. There is a line of three rivet holes in the centre of the grip. The grip leads onto the hilt of the sword that expands outwards with straight angled edges and two rivet holes on each side. Form the hilt the sides curve down to the leaf shaped bla…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2019
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Record ID: GLO-2AFBCD
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1, fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe that consists of the blade and the base of the socket. The break is ancient and irregular with bubbles form the casting visible in the cross-section. The blade has a very low curved forward edge which is heavily corroded. Behind the blade the surface of the axe is in excellent condition with a dark green patina that has a series of shallow striation that run up from the blade on the top and bottom edge that are probably formed from use or sharpening. The casting seam is visible but has been filed down. The body is decorated with three hori…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
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Record ID: GLO-721365
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy socketed spearhead that dates to the middle Bronze Age. The blade of the spearhead is leaf/lozenge-shaped with blades that gently angle inwards from an expanded midsection. Running down the centre of the blades is a triangular cross-section spine on both sides. Towards the edge of one blade, in the middle where it is at its widest point, is a drilled hole, this hole has been drilled from both directions, resulting in it having an hour-glass shape profile. The socket has a circular cross-section and expands from the base of the blades Some of the lower portion or the socket…
Created on: Thursday 27th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: GLO-9AA7B2
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:
Thin strip of gold that has been hammered flat, 24mm long, 6mm wide and 0.4mm thick. One end has been broken off, the other narrows and thickens from a flat ribbon towards a buffer shaped terminal bent back along the length of the ribbon.
Dimensions:
11mm long, 2mm wide, 2.5mm thick. Length 24mm, width 9mm, thickness 8mm, weight 1.57g.
Discussion:
The gold terminal and body fragment is that of a Late Bronze Age (1150-750 BC) penannular ribbon bracelet comparable to recent finds such as at West Wight, Isle of Wight (2002:13)
Metal content:
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Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Stretton Grandison', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: GLO-57A7E7
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast bronze (copper alloy) flat axe of Early Bronze Age date, the sub-type of axe is difficult to identify mostly due to the small size of this example. The axe is sub-triangular in plan with a narrow rounded butt that is 9mm wide, the sides expand in evenly to the cutting edge which is 49mm wide, the blade is slightly convex in shape with a prepared cutting edge which has been eroded / abraded in the soil. The blade bevel is slight. When viewed in profile the axe is lentoid (elongated oval).There is no evidence of development such as a median bevel or raised side flanges. The original…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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