Record ID: SWYOR-DDC942
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment of a solid gold penannular ribbon bracelet dating from the Middle Bronze age to the Late Bronze Age, about BC 1150 - BC 750. The fragment is the buffer terminal of a penannular bracelet, which has a plain and sub-circular cross-section at the terminal, tapering to a flat rectangular cross-section. The object is partially cut and partially broken about 10mm from the end of the terminal. Dimensions: The object is 11.98mm in length, 6.33mm in width, 4.55mm in thickness and it weighs 2.44g. The diameter of the terminal end is 6.17mm. The flat end is …
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Codford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B50B30
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold penannular ring made from three strands of wire, and probably dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age. The strands of wire are stacked on top of each other to produce a ribbed effect. The wires are all of 1.7mm diameter and are almost circular in cross-section. The ends are cut on an angle and the longer side of each is slightly burred.One strand has separated slightly from the others at one end revealing a rough surface on the wire below where they were once joined and there are a number of stress cracks elsewhere on the ring. Similar objects from the British Museum collectio…
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-F748BE
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Bronze Age flat axe probably dating from 1900 - 1700 BC. This fits into metalworking stage V-VI, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 3-4. The axe is decorated with rain pattern and bands of incised herringbone pattern. The axe has a rounded butt which is about 30mm wide. The sides are straight for most of their length, then flare outwards to form a crescentic cutting edge with concave shoulders. The axe is thickest at the proto stop ridge (12.9mm thick) where the face of the butt and the face of the blade change in angle. This thickened area is decora…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd July 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-425EF5
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A probably Late Bronze Age (1100-750 BC) solid gold ring of hexagonal cross-section, with flat upper and lower faces, and the internal and external faces to either side being angled. Two areas opposite each other display some wear gloss on the inner surfaces. The outer faces have fairly uniform lack of wear, but do have some scratches. It is 28.4mm external diameter, 20.5mm internal diameter, 4mm thick and weighs 13.2g. The internal angle makes it unlikely that this ring was worn as a finger ring. It is likely to have been a linking component of a composite object or suite of fit…
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-88E81E
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age, 2400 - 1000 BC. It is formed on flint which is patinated to white, with some inclusions. It is sub-triangular and quite narrow, with two notches to separate the barbs and tang. One bar is missing. It has bifacial covering, scaled low-angle retouch. The arrowhead is 41mm long, 23.7mm wide and 4.5mm thick. 3.4g. 
Created on: Sunday 13th August 2023
Last updated: Sunday 20th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-88F723
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age, 2400 - 1000 BC. It is formed on flint which is light grey. It is sub-triangular, short and wide, with two notches to separate the barbs and tang. One barb is missing. It has bifacial, covering, scaled, low-angle retouch. The arrowhead is 15.8mm long, 19mm wide and 3.2mm thick. 0.7g.
Created on: Sunday 13th August 2023
Last updated: Sunday 20th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-8905EA
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age, 2400 - 1000 BC. It is formed on flint which is translucent, brown and partially patinated. It is sub-triangular, with two notches to separate the barbs and tang. It has bifacial, covering, scaled, low-angle retouch. The arrowhead is 22.9mm long, 22.4mm wide and 3.6mm thick. 1.3g.
Created on: Sunday 13th August 2023
Last updated: Sunday 20th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-89156E
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age, 2400 - 1000 BC. It is formed on flint which is opaque light grey. It is sub-triangular, with two notches to separate the barbs and tang. One barb is missing. It has bifacial, covering, scaled, low-angle retouch. The arrowhead is 33.6mm long, 21.9mm wide and 5.6mm thick. 2.9g.
Created on: Sunday 13th August 2023
Last updated: Sunday 20th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-89F84B
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age, 2400 - 1000 BC. It is formed on flint which is opaque light grey. It is sub-triangular, with two notches to separate the barbs and tang. Both barbs are missing. It has bifacial, covering, scaled, low-angle retouch. The arrowhead is 27.5mm long, 18.3mm wide and 4.1mm thick. 1.5g.
Created on: Sunday 13th August 2023
Last updated: Sunday 20th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-DBF058
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an incomplete gold band or ribbon of rectangular shape, now in two pieces, of Bronze Age date (2100 BC - 1150 BC). Description: The parallel sided strip of gold has twelve (possibly thirteen) embossed longitudinal lines visible on both faces, giving a corrugated effect. Both ends appear to be breaks, and the strip has broken into two pieces post-recovery. Both long edges are folded making a thicker edge. About 2.6mm - 2.8mm of the sheet is folded over on each edge. This flange is damaged and partially missing on one long edge, and partially unfolded. There is s…
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-B370FA
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, but folded, sheet gold basket-shaped ornament of Bronze Age date (2500-2200 BC). The object is composed of a single, oval sheet of gold, rolled into a cylinder. There is an integral, flat, sub-rectangular tang projecting from the centre of one long edge which appears to be truncated. In use, the object would have been a tube, but this example has been further folded. Both ends have been folded towards the middle, and the tube has been flattened, making the ornament now sub-rectangular. There is a crease visible about 2mm from the edge of the sheet all the way round, like a …
Created on: Friday 11th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-BB6C1F
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a cast copper alloy spearhead dating from the Middle or Late Bronze Age, that is about 1550 - 800 BC, Davis Groups 5-16. The main body and part of the wings survive, but the tip and the attachments on the socket are missing. The spearhead has a leaf-shaped blade and the socket and midrib are circular in section. There is no visible decoration and the edges are damaged, obscuring any edge bevels. The metal has a smooth grey green patina, but is deeply pitted in places. The edge of the blade is smooth and curved, suggesting there was no change in angle in the edge of the blade. T…
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-2CC750
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The tip fragment from a copper-alloy spearhead, of which the point is missing, dating from the Middle or Late Bronze Age, about 1550 - 800 BC. It is in the form of a narrow isosceles triangle with a mid rib down the centre on each face of the blade. The patina is glossy dark-brown in colour with some areas of blue green active corrosion. It is 50.5mm in length, 16.6mm wide, and 6.7mm thick. It weighs 10.07gm. The mid rib cross section is a diamond or lozenge (square rotated by 45 degrees). It is impossible to assign a type from such a small fragment (Worrall 2004, Finds Recording notes…
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-85FDD1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy spearhead dating to the Middle or Late Bronze Age, about 1550 - 800 BC. It is the tip of a narrow, hollow, socketed spear with a triangular midrib, which extends to the tip, running down each side. This makes the section lozenge shaped but with concave sides. It has a light brown patina with some corrosion showing through in patches. It is 48mm long, 15.1mm wide and 9.7mm thick. It weighs 12.24g. .
Created on: Saturday 11th July 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-1F74C1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy spearhead fragment, probably dating from the Middle Bronze Age, about 1550 BC - 1150 BC, although a later date cannot be ruled out, consequently a broader range of about 1550BC - 800BC is suggested. Probably Davis Groups 5-11. Only the very tip of the spearhead survives. It has straight sides at the tip, and the centre of the blade is divided by a tapering (tip to base) lozenge shaped midrib. The object has a smooth grey green patina damage to the blade edges. The broken end is less patinated than the rest of the object, but it is not an immediately recent break. …
Created on: Sunday 22nd November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-E2B066
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Middle to Late Bronze Age socketed spear dating from 1550 BC - 800 BC. Davis Groups 5-11; 13, 14, or 16, side looped or pegged. Only the circular sectioned mid-rib survives, broken at both ends and with both sides of the blade missing. The metal is pitted, but has a glossy dark patina. From this fragment, it is not possible to narrow down the type of spear head, but the circular sectioned mid-rib suggests a Middle to Late Bronze Age date. The socket tapers from 9mm internal diameter to 5.8mm internal diameter. The breaks are worn and patinated. The fragment is 51.5mm long…
Created on: Tuesday 19th July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bassetlaw', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-76EE76
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a probable socketed and side looped spearhead dating from the Early or Middle Bronze Age, about 1700 - 1250 BC, Davis Groups 2-7. Only the end of the socket survives. The side loop is undamaged and is evenly rounded with a D shaped section. It has a smooth and glossy light green patina with some concretions on the surface. It is 27.9mm long, 17.6mm wide, and 15.7mm thick. It weighs 8.36gm. It was probably similar to NARC-9B5076 when complete.
Created on: Friday 10th July 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A8FC69
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Middle Bronze Age copper alloy side-looped spear dating from about 1550 BC - 1250 BC. It fits into the Acton Park or Taunton phases. These phases correspond with Needham's Period 5 (c. 1500 - 1150 BC). The spearhead has a leaf-shaped blade with a pronounced mid-rib on both faces, triangular in cross-section, giving a lozenge shaped cross-section at the point. There is some damage to the edges of the blade and no edge bevels are discernable. The socket is oval in cross-section and is hollow, but is filled with possible mineralised wood. It has cast side loops roughly half way alo…
Created on: Friday 7th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A609BB
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy socketed side-looped spearhead found in two pieces, dating from the Middle Bronze Age, about 1550 BC - 1250 BC. The spearhead is broadly sub-triangular in plan and profile with a sub-oval / leaf-shaped blade, hollow socket and cast side loops; Davis Group 6, 'developed side looped'.The spear head has broken, fairy recently, across the lower part of the blade. The two pieces were found about 6 metres apart. The tip piece is 57.2mm long, 19.9mm wide and 9.6mm thick. The socket piece is 74.2mm long, 23.1mm wide and 17.7mm thick. The blade measures about 75mm i…
Created on: Sunday 11th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-3D024E
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Middle Bronze Age spear (spearhead) dating from about 1550 - 1250 BC. The spear has a very short and rounded leaf shaped blade, and two side loops on the socket; Davis Group 6, 'developed side looped'. The blade of the spear appears to be complete but it is unusually small at 37.4mm long and 24.6mm wide. The edge facets are about 3mm wide. The midrib continues to the very tip of the blade. It forms a pronounced rounded rib on each face. It can be described as conical, but is a little taller than it is wide. There is 17mm between the base of the blade and the si…
Created on: Wednesday 1st July 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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