Record ID: SOM-7C6ED1
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy Bronze Age awl. The shaft is sub-rectangular in section and tapers towards either end. One end is pointed, whilst the other is chisel shaped. It is difficult to date awls precisely. However, Ben Roberts, Curator, European Bronze Age, The British Museum (pers. comm.) suggests that they are likely to date to later in the period. Length: 60.91mm, Thickness: 5.18mm, Weight: 8.5g
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-609110
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The tip of a Bronze Age basal-looped spearhead. The object is sub-triangular in shape, either side curving inwards slightly before coming to a point at the tip. A raised midrib runs longitudinally down the centre of each face, all the way to the tip. In cross-section this rib is hollow and lozenge shaped. The shape of the tip suggests that this is probably a flame shaped spearhead, which according to Davis (2006, pp.49-50) is the most numerous of the basal-looped series and is likely to have originated in the Acton Park phase and had its main period of use in the Taunton Phase, so aro…
Created on: Thursday 7th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.