Record ID: LVPL-0C459C
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy casting jet for a socketed axe, of the South Wales type of socketed axe, of Bronze Age date. The object is circular in plan and sub-conical. Four circular-sectioned runners project from the body of the object. The runners measure 6-8mm in length and are 4mm thick. The upper surface is dished with a rough surface. The object has a mid-green patina. Dimensions: 22mm in length, 30mm in diameter, 26.4g South Wales types of socketed axes uses a four runner technology during production, resulting in four runners (or spikes) projecting from the object. Exampl…
Created on: Friday 13th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-036FEE
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete cast copper alloy socketed axe of late Bronze Age date (950 - 750 BC). The axe is relatively short and stubby with faceted sides. Probably Type Portree or possibly Gillespie. These axes have been discovered in associated with the late Wilburton metalworking traditions (phase XI) and the Ewart Park tradition (phase XII). This corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 6-7 circa 1100-900cal BC. The object is sub-rectangular in plan with the cutting edge expanding outwards to form a convex cutting edge. The cutting edge has been recently damaged, probably due to the plo…
Created on: Friday 25th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 28th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashton Hayes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-597E94
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy incomplete spearhead of late Bronze Age date. The object can be classified from Group 16 Blade openings (Davis, R. 2015. The Late Bronze Age spearheads of Britain. [PBF V.7]. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner.). The object has a sub-triangular blade which is broken at the tip. One long barb remains but is damaged and measures 35mm in length, from the break to the base of the blade. The socket flares outwards in width measuring 9mm in diameter. A perforation probably used as a peg hole on the socket has an internal diameter of 4mm. The object has a dark brownish black p…
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-378CA9
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) short flanged axe of Middle Bronze Age dating, probably of the Acton Park or Taunton metalwork assemblage and dating from c.1500 to c. 1350BC. The blade of the palstave is sub-triangular in plan, with a convex cutting edge measuring 35mm in width and 3.5mm thick. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being before the stop ridge. The stop ridge is further along the body of the axe on one face than the other. The blade (measured from the cutting edge to the stop ridge) is 95mm in length. The rear part of the axe (fr…
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2017
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saughall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-88B913
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A flint barb and tanged arrowhead of Early Bronze Age date. The arrowhead is triangular in plan and lozenge shaped in cross-section. Two notches chipped into the base of the flint separates the barbs and the tang. The arrowhead is bificially worked with covering, scaled, low angle retouch. The arrowhead has been made on a mid-grey piece of flint and there is no cortex remaining. The object dates to the Early Bronze Age or Beaker period, 2400-1600BC. Dimensions: 31mm in length, 25mm in width, 3.5mm thick, 1.8g
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sproston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5121C5
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ingot of uncertain date and function. The object is a pointed oval in plan with a rounded upper surface and flat base. The wider end of the object measures 40mm in width and tapers to the rounded point which measures 14mm in width. The upper face of the object has small fragments of blue-green to dark green patina remaining in places. It has a light green surface where the patina has been removed. The lower flat face is rough and pitted with a mid-green surface. The object is similar to what Stuart Needham calls axe or knife blanks - although it is fairly thick for…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 29th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Neston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B27017
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy (bronze) palstave axe with side loop of Bronze Age date from the period 1050-950 BC which fits with Wilburton and Penard assemblages of the Middle and Late Bronze Age and fits with Needham Period 5-6 Metalworking Assemblage X. The blade of the palstave is sub-oval or tongue shaped in plan. The cutting edge measures 27.45mm in width and 4.29mm thick. The cutting edge is blunt. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being before the stop ridge. The object measures 32.92mm in width (including the loop) and 26.71mm thick at the stop ri…
Created on: Wednesday 12th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hockenhull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B057F8
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A miniature flat axehead of early Bronze Age date (2150- 1500 BC). The object resembles a miniature version of the earliest and simplest solid cast copper alloy axe-heads with tapering sides and rounded ends. The patina has broken away leaving a light green corroded surface. The blade is incomplete due to a modern break, probably due to the plough. A crack runs along the width of the butt end on one face. Miniature flat axes such as this tends to fit in the chronology at the very end of the early Bronze Age when developed axes are starting out. It is likely that this example is dat…
Created on: Wednesday 12th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buerton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-98EC5D
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axe or possibly a developed flat axe, possibly from the Migdale type and dating c.2200-2000BC. The object is trapezoidal in plan with a splayed crescent-shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges, and in section, at the broken butt end, it is rectangular. The cutting edge measures 68.60mm in width and is 2.75mm thick. The object has been broken 68.50mm above the cutting edge. The axehead measures 39.19mm in width 12.58mm thick at the break. The long edges of the axe have not been developed / arsied …
Created on: Thursday 11th June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frodsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-AB829B
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy (bronze) palstave axe with side loop of Bronze Age date from the period 1050-950 BC which fits with Wilburton and Penard assemblages of the Middle and Late Bronze Age and fits with Needham Period 5-6 Metalworking Assemblage X The blade of the palstave is sub-oval or tongue shaped in plan. The cutting edge measures 30mm in width and is 3mm thick. The cutting edge is blunt. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being before the stop ridge. The object measures 22mm in width and 24mm thick at the stop ridge. Below the stop two faint r…
Created on: Thursday 19th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 24th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tiverton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-893C73
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy socketed side-looped spearhead dating to the early Middle Bronze Age. The spearhead is broadly sub-triangular in plan and profile with a sub-oval / leaf-shaped blade, hollow socket and cast side loops. The tip has broken away and the edges of the blade and socket are incomplete. The blade measures 33.65mm in length, 22.60mm in width and the incomplete edge of the blade is 3.68mm thick. The overall shape of the blade can be described as being leaf-shaped. The centre of the blade is divided by a tapering (tip to base) lozenge shaped midrib. This midrib expands into t…
Created on: Friday 28th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kelsall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-41BF59
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age flat axe of Migdale metalwork assemblage, EBA phase III, that is c. 2100-1900BC. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a narrow rounded butt and parallel sides which expand to the cutting edge. The butt end is rounded and measures 7.61mm in width and is 0.81mm thick. The cutting edge measures 28.90mm in width and is 1.18mm thick. At the central point of the object it measures 4.39mm thick. The object has a rough mid-brown surface with two patches of light green corrosion.
Created on: Thursday 25th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 26th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mollington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-DD291D
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date, that is c. 2300-1900BC. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a narrow rounded butt and parallel straight sides which expand to the cutting edge. It is of narrow butted form. The relatively straight sided body broadens to the blade, which is 1mm thick. There an indication of the beginnings of a stop ridge. The axehead measures 65mm in length, 15mm in width at the butt, 22.5mm in width at the cutting edge and 6.5mm in thickness. It weighs 42.9g. The patina across most of the axehead has been worn and eaten away by i…
Created on: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 22nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarvin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-F1F541
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) palstave axehead of Middle Bronze Age dating (c.1500 to c. 1150 BC). The object is broken before the stop ridge/flanges. On both sides of the palstave, is an incomplete concave depression, which is bordered by raised ridges. This is broadly sub-rectangular (U-shaped) and is an area of decoration, usually described as shield shaped. The shield shaped pattern is 67.93mm from the cutting edge. The blade of the palstave flares out with convex expanding sides, and a convex cutting edge. The cutting edge measures 1.47mm thick and is chipped in pla…
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarporley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-34E545
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments of a cast dirk or rapier dating to the Middle Bronze Age (c.1500/1400-1150 cal. BC). Descriptive catalogue Copper alloy dagger or rapier fragment. Sub-triangular shaped fragment; sides taper to a point, lozenge in section, with a central rib on both faces. The implement has been broken in antiquity; the entire object is covered with a dark green patina, with mounds and pits of corrosion. Weight: 14.6 g; Dimensions: Max Length: 45 mm, Max Width: 18 mm, Max Thickness: 5 mm. Copper alloy dirk or rapier fragment. Sub-lozenge shaped fragment, lozenge in section, w…
Created on: Tuesday 18th February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kelsall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9ED307
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy (bronze) palstave of Middle Bronze Age dating (c.1500 to c. 1150 BC). The palstave has a shield shaped pattern below the stop ridge, and raised flange facets. The blade of the palstave is sub-triangular in plan, with convex expanding sides, and a convex cutting edge. The cutting edge measures 56.60mm in width and is 7.76mm thick. It is very thick and corroded. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being before the stop ridge. The object measures 26.40mm in width and 34.79mm thick at the stop ridge. Beneath the stop-ridge, on each face o…
Created on: Friday 8th March 2013
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarporley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9186C1
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy bead dating from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. It is circular in plan and biconical, measuring 17.59mm in diameter and 6.93mm thick. The internal perforation measures 5.64mm in diameter. The object has been drilled from each side. The outer face is decorated with a central circumferential moulding flanked by four grooves. A similar example which can be found on the database is Minter, F (2006) SF-B4C654 A BRONZE AGE BEAD Webpage available at: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/123352.
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 31st January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-90D446
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date (1000 - 800 BC). The object can be classified as the Ewart Park phase of metalwork. The object is irregular in plan and curved in profile being faceted. One half of a circular perforation is probably where the side loop was attached to the object. Around the mouth of the socket is a moulded collar which measures 3.18mm thick and is D-shaped in cross-section. Running from the mouth of the socket to the break is a raised rib. The object is has a mid green patina and is in fair condition. The object appears to hav…
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9091D5
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date (1000 - 800 BC). The object can be classified as the Ewart Park phase of metalwork. The object has been deliberately cut just above the base of the socket. The object is sub-rectangular in plan with the cutting edge expanding outwards to form a convex cutting edge. The cutting edge is incomplete due to both modern and ancient damage. It measures 36.02mm in width and is 1.98mm thick. At the base of the socket the object measures 27.73mm in width and is 14.87mm thick. The remaining socket measures 12.11mm in dept…
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-900F50
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date (1100 - 800 BC). The object can be classified as the Wilburton or Ewart Park phase of metalwork. The object has been deliberately cut above the cutting edge and just below the base of the socket. The object is sub-rectangular in plan with the cutting edge expanding outwards to form a convex cutting edge. The cutting edge is damaged and corroded. It measures 14.07mm in width and is 1.35mm thick. At the base of the socket the object measures 32.60mm in width and is 12.19mm thick. There is a small depression with…
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Delamere', grid reference and parish protected.