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Record ID: LANCUM-5E49AA
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy complete unlooped palstave axe probably dating to the Middle Bronze Age palstave 1450 to 1300 BC. The axe is of shares similarities with the Taunton metalwork assemblage and Hotham related to the palstaves of the Acton Park metalwork assemblage to which it bears some resemblance similar to Needham et al fig 140 (1985) and Read (1995: p.3 fig 9 ). The butt is slightly concave and has a width of 55mm. The flanges are flat, longiform in plan, straight and parallel as far as the stop but do not extend all the way to the butt, with a width at the stop of 30mm. The blade i…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-5E3C83
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy dagger dating from the Early Bronze Age, c.2150-c.1500BC. The object is a butt riveted small blade dagger or knife with triangular blade. The blade would have been attached to the hilt by means of three large rivets, the top side one is still in place. The rivet is circular in cross-section and flat-hourglass-shaped in plan. The other two are missing and the other rivet holes are incomplete due to breaks or possibly corrosion. The object is quite damaged so it is difficult to ascertain the exact type, but it is similar to Needham's series 2 (id 1200 Car…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-5E2C89
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete 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 sub-rectangular in plan with the cutting edge expanding outwards to form a convex cutting edge.
The socket has a sub square mouth, is deep and the insides are smooth.
A moulded collar decorates the axe below the mouth on each face. Extending down from this are three raised ribs. The ribs have been abraded and damaged in recent times. The front and back faces of the axe are faceted at the socket end.
Alon…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Monday 14th February 2022
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Record ID: LANCUM-91247A
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy unlooped palstave axe probably dating to the Middle Bronze Age palstave 1450 to 1200BC. The axe shares similarities with the Taunton metalwork assemblage and Hotham related to the palstaves of the Acton Park metalwork assemblage to which it bears some resemblance similar to Needham et al fig 140 (1985) and Read (1995: p.3 fig 9 ). The axe is almost complete with a length of 123mm. The butt is slightly concave and has a width of 20mm. The flanges are flat, longiform in plan, straight and parallel as far as the stop, with a width of 20mm. The blade is flaring 42mm wide…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-697908
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze age copper alloy palstave adze 1500 - 1150BC. The length is 125mm, the width of blade is 28mm thickness 20mm and the weight 138.02g. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and is intact, with slight damage to its butt end and some of its surface.
The butt end is rectangular in form and triangular in cross section, with each face having a rectangular shaped recess with a raised border to contain the handle. The blade, which has an elongated triangular cross section, tapers in width from the point it joins the butt. Overall it is 20mm wide and rectangular in form,…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-561B06
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy unlooped palstave axe probably dating to the Middle Bronze Age palstave 1300 to 1150BC. The axe shares similarities with the Taunton metalwork assemblage and Hotham related to the palstaves of the Acton Park metalwork assemblage to which it bears some resemblance similar to Needham et al fig 140 (1985) and Read (1995: p.3 fig 9 ) Dated to 1200 BC. The axe is almost complete and is relatively long with a length of 150mm. The butt is slightly concave and has a width of 30mm. The flanges are flat, long in form in plan, straight and parallel as far as the stop but do not…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-97FA16
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Hoard of two early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axes with similarities to the Aylesford tradition of the early Bronze Age, dating from c. 2050-1750BC.
Axe 1 - A cast copper-alloy flat axehead of the Early Bronze Age, dating to the period of 2050-1700 BC. Early Bronze Age bronze Developed (relatively late) flat axe, similar to Irish flat axes, and dating to the Willerby stage (i.e. 20th - 18th century BC) or later. It is possible that this axe is an Irish import (see examples in Harbison1969). The axe is near-complete sub-rectangular in plan but is heavily corroded with some perip…
Created on: Monday 14th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th February 2022
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This findspot is known as 'near Burnley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-5743B9
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a fragment of a cast copper alloy (bronze) socketed axe. The fragment appears to consist of a portion of the cutting edge and lower blade of a late Bronze Age axe (1100 - 800 BC). The axe fragment is sub-rectangular in plan with a curved (convex) cutting edge. The sides, adjacent to the cutting edge, taper inwards towards the break. In profile the fragment is sub-triangular (wedge shaped). The patina is green. The length is 19mm, the width is 19mm and the weight 8.27g.
There are other examples on the database that have been discovered in Kingstone, Herefordshire (HESH-5AE5…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-C2B467
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy unlooped palstave axe probably dating to the Middle Bronze Age palstave 1500 to 1150BC. The axe shares similarities with the Taunton metalwork assemblage and Hotham related to the palstaves of the Acton Park metalwork assemblage to which it bears some resemblance similar to Needham et al fig 140 (1985) and Read (1995: p.3 fig 9 ) Dated to 1200 BC. The axe is almost complete and is relatively long with a length of 150mm. The butt is slightly concave and has a width of 30mm. The flanges are flat, longiform in plan, straight and parallel as far as the stop but do not ex…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 26th May 2021
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Record ID: LANCUM-D63A53
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete small copper alloy socketed and side-looped spearhead dating from the Early Middle Bronze Age, c. 1600-1400BC. The head is leaf-shaped and the socket has a pronounced midrib. The tip of the spearhead is thicker than the rest of the blade and there are very fine, very clear re-sharpening marks all around the edges of the wings, running parallel to it. The hollow of the socket extends into the spear. It is circular and tapers towards the tip, becoming lozengiform in cross section as it develops into the solid mid-rib between the blades. There are two small, oval, pierced side…
Created on: Monday 4th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-D5F3D4
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed axe probably dating to the period c.950 - 750BC. The axe is probably a Faceted Axe, type Gillespie sometimes known as 'baggy axe'. 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 1000-700 CAL. BC.
It is trapezoidal in shape and has a narrowed, triangular profile. The axe fragment consists of the lower portion of the axe that contain the slightly expanded cutting edge and th…
Created on: Monday 4th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-548AA4
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy Middle Bronze Age unlooped palstave axehead (c.1500-c.1300 BC). The palstave shares typological features with Group I and Group II palstaves. These were the primary forms introduced to Britain in the Middle Bronze Age Schmidt and Burgess 1981). This particular axehead is probably a Group I (shield-pattern) type from the Acton Park phase of Bronze Age metalwork, distinguished by its shield-shaped decoration below the stop ridge (ibid.p.119). The axe is sub-triangular in plan and sub-rectangular in section, tapering to the blade terminal. The blade is narrow tape…
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-FF3E11
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy palstave dating from the Middle Bronze Age, i.e. c. 1500-1300BC. The axe is a heavy implement for its size and complete with the two flanges and a crescent-shaped blade with up-turned corners. It is part of the Taunton metalwork assemblage. The axe has two triangular flanges (diamond-shaped from the side). The casting flashes are visible and have been filed but are still slightly raised and with its small, worn semi-circular stop-ridge it could be related to the shield-pattern palstaves of the Acton Park metalwork assemblage to which it bears some resemblance. It has…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Last updated: Friday 31st January 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-FF28DD
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age small cast copper alloy flat axe with a narrow butt end and a slightly flanged blade, dating from the Early Bronze Age c. 2125-1950 BC. The edge of the blade of the axe appears to be unused, and the size of the axe suggests that it might have been used for votive reasons. The colour suggests that the axe is copper-rich and the original surface survives well in places, with patches of corrosion product and a few pits, and a few marks on one face of the blade. Otherwise the axe is in good condition. Flat axes with narrow butt ends with rectangular sections and slightly flange…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Last updated: Friday 31st January 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-FF1A46
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Early Bronze Age cast copper-alloy undecorated developed flat axe (c. 2000-1700 BC): This implement is sub-rectangular in plan with an expanded crescent shaped blade. The butt, in plan, is complete with a rounded terminal. The side profile of the axe is lentoid with both terminals tapering. In cross section the body of the axe has lentoid profile. The axe is decorated with short incised probably chiselled lines below the stop ridge and along the length to the blade. The butt end of the axe has been hammered flat creating a proto-stop ridge. The blade tip flares outwards fro…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Last updated: Friday 31st January 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-FF125F
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Mid to Late Bronze Age copper alloy fragment probably a broken rapier or dagger dating 1500 - 1000BC. The object is triangular in form and an oval in cross section. It represents the damaged tip of a spear head. It has a narrow central rib with adjacent channels which has a circular cross section and tapers towards the point. The blades which are damaged taper in width towards the point. Rapiers are really long and have a slim blade and the shoulders and hilt, have broken off Similar to GLO-7EFE1A and WILT-471861 on the database. The length is 143mm, the width is 38mm thickness 20mm a…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Last updated: Saturday 9th March 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-1C4D1C
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Early Bronze Age cast copper-alloy undecorated developed flat axe (c. 2000-1700 BC): This implement is sub-rectangular in plan with an expanded crescent shaped blade. The butt, in plan, is complete with a rounded terminal. The side profile of the axe is lentoid with both terminals tapering. In cross section the body of the axe has lentoid profile. The axe appears to be undecorated. The butt end of the axe has been hammered flat creating a proto-stop ridge. The blade tip flares outwards from the body forming a concave hollow. The blade appears to be symmetrical. There is an …
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 31st January 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-1C081A
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy spearhead of middle Bronze Age date, c. 1500 - 1000 BC. Only the tip of the spear remains which is triangular in plan and lozenge in section with mid-ribs. No socket is present. An insufficient portion of the spear remains to prove diagnostic, therefore a specific type cannot be attributed. The metal has a mid-green patina and is pitted and worn.The length is 43mm, the width is 12mm and the weight 7.96g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-0729F7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age to early Iron Age off white heat effected flint or chert notched end scraper. There is evidence of light retouch to the mesal edges, possibly for use as side scrapers, & heavy modification to the distal end. The The distal modification was probably to make the tool more comfortable & easier to use and it may also have been to allow it to be mounted. Most likely to date to the late Bronze Age but manufacture in the early Iron Age cannot be dismissed due to the crude style of knapping. Dates to between c1000 and c400 BC.
The length is 58mm, the width is 41mm and the…
Created on: Monday 8th May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-C98FBF
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very late Bronze Age Hoard consisting of one gold bracelet, three gold penannular lock-rings and a cauldron fragment all found together in one find spot. The bracelet and two of the lock rings are stained possibly from an organic residue either from the soil or items placed with them. The lock-rings are all made from gold sheet face plates that are bi-conical in form and triangular in section with central tubes and side plates formed from the same sheet and secured by a binding strip of round sectioned gold wire fused to the plate join to form an outer rim-binding to the rim. The fa…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-16229D
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy palstave dating from the Middle Bronze Age, i.e. c. 1500-1300BC. The axe is broken at the butt but is otherwise complete with casting flashes that have been filed but are still slightly raised on the sides. It is part of the Taunton metalwork assemblage. The axe has two triangular flanges (diamond-shaped from the side) and with its small, worn semi-circular stop-ridge it could be related to the shield-pattern palstaves of the Acton Park metalwork assemblage to which it bears some resemblance. The axe is a heavy implement and complete with the two flanges and a cres…
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd March 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-EC8B9C
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy metal working waste possibly ore dating from the Early Bronze Age, that is c. 2150BC to the medieval period 1500AD. The ore is in an irregular trapezoid and exhibits corrosion products. It is not possible to refine the chronology on appearance alone. The length is 105mm, the width is 90mm thickness 80mm and the weight too heavy for scales.
Created on: Tuesday 7th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-EC7A2A
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The fragmentary nature of the object makes typological identification difficult. It is probably a cast copper alloy flat axe dating from the Early Bronze Age, that is c. 2150-1500BC. The axe is narrow with tapering sides and there are no signs of a stop ridge. It has a rounded butt and a flared cutting edge with concave shoulders judging from the slightly tapering sides it is probably an earlier flat axe (that is from c. 2150-1700BC) rather than a later one from the Migdale metalworking tradition. It shares similarities with axes of the Brithdir and Willerby metalwork traditions (Roh…
Created on: Tuesday 7th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-B155C3
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy flat axe dating to the Early-Mid Bronze Age (2350 - 1500 BC). The axe is narrow with straight but tapering sides and there are no signs of a stop ridge. The sides of the axe are very slightly thickened, but it does not have flanges.
The metal is dark green in colour with a heavily pitted and corroded patina.
The axe probably fits into the earliest phases of metal working in Britain, metalworking stage I-II, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 1-2 circa 2500- 2050 CAL. BC, or slightly later.
Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Datab…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2017
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: LANCUM-8A0D61
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Sefton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly an incomplete mid to late Bronze Age tang off a chisel or awl, probably dating from the Ewart Park phase, c 1150- 800BC. The length is 54mm, the width is 12mm thickness 8mm and the weight 14.64g. Tanged chisels, which date from c. 1150-850 BC, are known from several hoards and as isolated finds. Several tanged chisels, or elements of them, are recorded on this database (for example, see BH-49EAD8). Tanged chisels and awls have few diagnostic features and change little through time, making their dating and identification more difficult and their dating is further hampered by a…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-6C591F
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy single looped palstave axe with high, protruding stopridge and well preserved side loop dating to the Mid Bronze Age 1300 to 1150BC possibly relating to the Silsden types generally dated to the Penard. The axe is complete, except for the broken side loop, and in good condition. The body of the palstave is narrow but splays down the blade eventually flaring at the blade edge which is wide. The blade has a heavily curved faceted/bevelled cutting edge which may well have been hammered. The butt is squared, tapering with narrow flanges on both sides. The broken side loop is a…
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-31A16D
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Blackburn with Darwen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Middle Bronze Age (c.1600-c.1000 BC) spearhead missing part of its socket. The spearhead has a leaf-shaped blade and is bent (possibly deliberately) so that it curves slightly towards the tip. The blade appears to have had slightly curved cutting edges. A prominent raised circular sectioned midrib runs longitudinally down the centre of each face, all the way to the tip and is lozengiform in cross-section. The socket is sub-rectangular and measures 15mm in diameter at the break. The spearhead was probably originally side-looped. The length is 115mm, the width…
Created on: Wednesday 9th November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 18th May 2021
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Record ID: LANCUM-8A5846
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy casting jet with two conical sprues or flashes that is ovate in plan, with two conical projections that are triangular in profile. The casting jet was formed during the casting of a socketed axe in a two-part mould, where the molten bronze was poured into the entrance of the mould around the gate piece which had two conical apertures that the bronze then solidified in once it had filled the mould for the axe. Socketed axes of this type date from the Late Bronze Age (c.1000-800 BC).
Pearce (1983) illustrates a similar casting jet with conical sprues from Lelant in …
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-60E45B
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axe head dating to the Late Bronze Age (c. 1000-800 BC) probably of the Ewart Park phase. The fragment is now roughly L-shaped in section. Only the complete blade end and part of the socket survive, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The socket end is oval in form with the base of a narrow oval socket just visible. Beneath the socket the object flattens and flares to a rounded blade. No other decorative or diagnostic features can be discerned due to the fragmentary nature of the object. The length is 54mm, the width is 36mm, width o…
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-A6E169
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy axe head probably Early Bronze Age 2550 to 1600BC. The axe head has a lenticular profile with a convex section/ thickness at the sides. The parallel sides are particularly straight, although they expand outwards with a protruding blade tip to either side. Although most of the original cutting edge survives, the probable blade facets are not particularly noticeable. The artefact is in a worn but fair condition with a mid-brown patina. The length is 100mm, the width blade is 54mm, width butt 34mm, thickness 20mm and the weight 184.94g. The axe probably fits into the earlies…
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-D8A073
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy complete horse harness ring dating 1000BC - 100AD. The ring is bevelled on the inside and decorated with hatched lines and the outside is decorated with chevrons and pellets. The use of this object is difficult to interpret. It may have had a decorative function in harness or personal dress or more probably relates to chariot furniture of the later Iron Age. The diameter is 33mm and the weight 14.50g.
Created on: Monday 5th September 2016
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-D86241
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy incomplete tanged dagger or knife blade which is incomplete dating 1000 - 800BC. The blade is double edged, tapering, with a central ridge producing a lozenge form profile, the blade is in two pieces which were discovered on different occasions. other. The blade is narrowed from the top with angled sides and terminates at the tip. The top would probably have terminated in a tang. The length is 92mm, width is 27mm and the weight 30.32g.
Burgess, C. B. and Gerloff, S., 1981. The Dirks and Rapiers of Great Britain and Ireland Munich : Prähistorische Bronzefunde
Created on: Monday 5th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 25th April 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-566167
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early Bronze Age flat axe head dating to the period c. 2100-1900BC. The axe was probably part of the Migdale metalworking tradition. It is complete, but very worn. The axe head has a rounded butt which exhibits some old damage. It widens along its length at the butt end to the blade end. There is some damage to the blade. The object is has a brown patina and surface is slightly pitted. The length is 78mm, the width is 22mm thickness 8mm and the weight 47.43g.
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2016
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: LANCUM-9DF379
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy found in a burnt mound dating at least to the Early to mid Bronze Age 2150 to 1150BC. The copper is not sheet metal and appears to have been cast as one piece as part of a larger object. It is not yet known what this object was. It should be possible to refine the dating once the charcoal samples are dated from the burnt mound which was the subject of an evaluation associated with treasure case 2016 T518 database number LANCUM-A5AF1B. The length is 48mm, the width is 35mm.
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-0B60F3
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze/Early Iron Age copper ring dating between 1150-300BC. The object is probably part of horse trappings possibly used for reins (terret ring). It is circular in shape with a round section. The diameter is 40mm and the weight 27.80g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-A5AF1B
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hoard of 16 Late Bronze Age copper alloy objects comprising of five socketed axes, three spearheads, two torc bracelets, four ring bracelets, two rings, one wood fragment possible part of a haft, hazelnut shells and 2 pressed flowers one of them complete deposited in some of the axes and the chisel. There were also in the same find spot 2 sherds of pottery both Roman, 1 fragment of vitrified glass one lithic implement probably a microlith. The Roman finds are invasive and therefore do not form part of the treasure case likewise the microlith is likely to be Mesolithic and residual. Al…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th October 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-B28EB0
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy developed flat axe of miniature form or possibly a chisel of early Bronze age date (2050- 1750 BC). The axe is possibly of Type Bandon, Variant Swinton but it is smaller that so far known examples. The object resembles a miniature version of the earliest and simplest solid cast copper alloy axe-heads. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a narrow sub-rounded butt and parallel slightly tapering sides which expand to the cutting edge. The cutting edge is slightly convex (bowed). In profile and cross section the axehead is lentoid. The patina has broken away leaving a…
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2016
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-8BB5A7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast bronze (copper alloy) socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date (1000 - 750 BC). The fragment comprises part of the blad and part of the socket is visible. The length is 26mm, the width is 14mm thickness 8mm and the weight 5.57g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: LANCUM-17104C
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Bronze Age copper alloy chisel probably a broken tang. The object is flat and rectangular in plan. The upper end has suffered an old break and is very worn. The fragment is ovoid in section towards the break and expands slightly in width at the centre. From this expansion, the lower section is triangular in section and tapers to a point which is rounded in plan. The sides of the lower section are slightly thicker than the flattened central area, possibly indicating that the edges had raised sides which are now worn to almost the same thickness as the re…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-A14C35
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age cast copper-alloy awl. The pointed end and part of the shaft of this awl survive, but the other terminal is now missing due to old breaks. It has a square cross-section, which tapers to a flatish point at the complete terminal end. The length is 54mm, the width is 6mm thickness 6mm and the weight 7.81g.
According to the PAS website: http://finds.org.uk/bronzeage/objects/awl Awls are difficult to date but most are probably from the Late Bronze Age. They can have circular or square cross sections and are generally undecorated. They would have been used to mak…
Created on: Tuesday 9th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2016
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-4EBF17
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy casting jet of probable Mid to Late Bronze Age date 1600-800BC. The lower part of the object consists of an inverted-sub-conical plug. The upper end of this plug bifurcates into 3 circular-sectioned arms, each with a vertical, flat outer face.
Casting jets are waste products which form at the top of a two-piece clay mould when the molten metal has filled the object-shaped void below. As they represent re-usable metal, they were often retained and regularly turn up in founder's hoards of the period. Given the jets size it is unlikely to be from brooch production and i…
Created on: Monday 19th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 27th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-594187
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete but worn copper alloy unlooped palstave axe dating from the Middle Bronze Age (c.1700 BC - 1400 BC), belonging to the Arreton or Acton Park phase of Bronze Age metalwork. The main body of the axe is rectangular with the blade part flaring outwards to form a curved cutting edge.
The main body of the axe is rectangular with the blade part flaring outwards to form a curved cutting edge. The axe has a well-defined stop-ridge on both faces and the flat sides of the axe are lozenge-shaped from this stop ridge extending towards the butt of the axe.
The axe has notable p…
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2016
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-BC95E9
Object type: CREMATION
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Multiple fragments of cremated bone. Associated with a cremation probably human from a Bronze Age cairn.
The length is 45-3mm, the width is 11-3mm and the weight 15.24g. Associated with LANCUM-06AA41, LANCUM-0633E7, LANCUM-064172, LANCUM-0788A0, and LANCUM-069462.
Created on: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-1C8617
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint implement made from a pale greyish brown flint flake. The ventral side exhibits a low bulb of percussion but is otherwise flat, while the dorsal side shows sign of removals to form a slightly off centre ridge. The distal end of the implement is missing and it is unclear whether this was a scraper, blade or possibly an arrow head. The length is 22mm, the width is 14mm thickness 5mm and the weight 0.58g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-1C7D71
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper of the Bronze Age, made from a pale grey flint flake, the ventral side is flat, while the dorsal side shows evidence of removals to form a flat dorsal ridge. There is a slight curve towards the ventral side. Some abrupt retouch to the convex edge although very worn. The surface of the flint is very pale through weathering and has some brown staining. The length is 36mm, the width is 17mm thickness 9mm and the weight 5.15g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-1C75FE
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper of the Bronze Age, made from very dark grey flint. It retains a bulb of percussion and conchoidal ripples, with removals across its entire surface. It has abrupt retouch to one edge. The length is 46mm, the width is 38mm thickness 15mm and the weight 25.59g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-1C6C78
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tanged blade made of greyish-brown flint with a brownish mottled patination. A very low ridge remains on the otherwise flattened dorsal side, having been worked all over with invasive scale -like semi-abrupt removals. The ventral side is flat with only minor removals. Overall, the blade is curved to the ventral side. The length is 58mm, the width is 15mm thickness 10mm and the weight 7.08g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-D2E14E
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper probably Bronze Age dating 2150 - 800BC. This has been made from a dark grey flint flake, although the outer layer is very pale through weathering. It is fairly crude, with several large flakes removed from the dorsal side. A bulb of percussion remains on the ventral side. All edges show evidence of re working with short, abrupt retouch to create the edges except at the proximal end which appears to have been snapped in antiquity. Length: 34 mm, Width: 18 mm, Thickness: 6 mm, Weight: 2.82 g
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-D2A768
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and worn copper-alloy blade fragment probably of Bronze Age date 2150-800BC, perhaps from a knife, rapier or similar item. The blade is a flat diamond in section, each edge sloping from a central spine which is flattened on one surface, the flat area being appx 4mm wide along the length of the fragment. The opposite surface does not exhibit the same flattening.It has a greenish patina, with some brownish pitting.The length is 28mm, the width is 17mm thickness 5mm and the weight 6.67g.
Similar to GLO-71F6AF and SF-E15226
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-ABC965
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper cake casting waste probably Bronze Age but could be Medieval. The length is 75mm, the width is 62mm thickness and the weight 289.11g.
Created on: Tuesday 31st March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 31st March 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-A994F5
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy casting waste. The fragment is irregular with a pitted surface and has a dark green patina. The diameter is 27mm and the weight 30.47g. Similar records are LANCUM-8CCE11, ESS-37CA01 and LIN-57F3A5.
Created on: Tuesday 31st March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Old Carlisle', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-F169B8
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy loop of a Palstave axe dating to the early Bronze Age (circa 2550 BC - 1500 BC). The loop is in good condition and does not appear to be damaged. The patina is dark brown. Records NMGW-0BA169 and NMGW-FDCDF0 indicate what the loop would have looked like attached to the axe. The length is 32mm, the width is 15mm, thickness 10mm and the weight 11.24g.
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 31st March 2015
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-589816
Object type: PUNCH
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age cast copper alloy tanged punch, corroded slightly, rectangular-sectioned with transverse stop ridge at mid-point, tapering towards both damaged ends, length 112mm. c.1000 - c.700 BC. The length is 48mm, the width is 9mm, thickness 8mm and the weight 8.58g. Below the head the punch tapers to a handle that is almost circular in section at the broken end and polygonal nearer the head. This handle is broken. The object is quite narrow compared to records NMS-9B6D51 and BERK-E133A6.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2015
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Record ID: LANCUM-587D68
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A blade fragment of a Late Bronze Age (1150 - 800 BC) copper alloy socketed axehead consisting of the cutting edge and lower part of the body only, broken just above the start of the socket. The fragment is sub-rectangular, rectanuglar in cross-section. The cutting-edge is angular and narrow. The blade shows signs of breakage and damage. The sides of the axe are triangular, tapering towards the cutting-edge. The break is uneven on both faces and the lower portion of the socket is visible at the break, consisting of a narrow, sub-triangular hollow.The length is 36mm, the width is 35mm, …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: LANCUM-F6BECB
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy razor dating from the Late Bronze Age, that is c. 1000-800BC. The razor is tanged, with a leaf-shaped blade and a low central peak/apex along the entire blade. This is a rare type of Late Bronze Age razor, often misidentified. Parallels on the database are recorded under LANCUM-F6BECB and LANCUM-0FBC03. The length is 114mm, the width is 27mm, thickness 6mm and the weight 30.37g.
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 1st July 2021
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This findspot is known as 'ASKHAM BRYAN', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-85288F
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy leaf-shaped peg-hole spearhead of Ehrenburg 1977 Class V, which has a simple leaf-shaped blade. It can be dated to the late middle Bronze Age - late Bronze Age, Penard - Ewart phase c. 1200-750BC, (Needham period 6 - 7).
The spearhead has a leaf-shaped blade with two peg holes. The blade has a pronounced central mid-rib (extending from a conical socket). The blade has been damaged along the edges, it curves and angles a little more sharply at the tip which is rounded and the socket is broken at one edge close to a peg hole. The break appears to have occurred during…
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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This findspot is known as 'FOXLEY', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-64B7A7
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy palstave adze dating from the Middle Bronze Age, that is c. 1500-1150BC. The body of the adze is long and slender and shaped like a palstave with its cutting edge twisted at 90 degrees. It is complete and in good condition with only some patches of active corrosion. The blade and butt end are intact and most of the original dark olive green patina survives.
A similar example has been recorded from Warwickshire (WAW-F2B395) and Brokenborough, Wiltshire (WILT-DBCAF4) and on this example Brendan O'Connor commented: "This is a type known to John Evans (Ancient Bronz…
Created on: Monday 28th July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'GISBURN', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-2CE43A
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy (bronze) socketed axe of Late Bronze Age dating (1000BC to 700 BC).
The axe is sub-rectangular in shape with a flared convex cutting edge and the socket is sub square in cross section. There is no collar or loop but the axe is broken so the loop maybe missing. The casting seams are not visible which may mean they have been removed or they may be hidden by corrosion.
The length is 75mm, the width is 32mm, thickness 23mm, length of blade 45mm, width of blade 5mm and the weight 104.76g.
Similar on the database to DENO-2EE993, WMID-E6E666 and LVPL-92B6A6
Created on: Tuesday 1st July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'GISBURN', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-B72611
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper-alloy socketed side-looped spearhead probably of Acton Park 2, Greenwell and Brewis' Class IV, dating from the early Middle Bronze Age, c. 1600-1400BC. The spearhead is complete, the blade and socket are undamaged and is in good condition. The spearhead is small and stumpy, with two flattened side loops and a short, kite-shaped blade. The casting seams along the sides have been carefully removed and smoothed down and the loops are now narrow and oval. The head of the spearhead is small, wide, kite-shaped with clear re-sharpening marks all around the edges of the…
Created on: Tuesday 20th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'BARNOLDSWICK', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-6507C2
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axe with similarities to the Migdale-Marnoch tradition of the early Bronze Age, dating from c. 2200-1900BC. The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in shape with a splayed crescent shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges. The blade is flaring to the edge and the blade facet is bevelled from hammering. The long side-edges of the axe are slightly flanged. The butt is flat slightly tapering with damage to the edge.
The length is 175mm, and the width of blade is 84mm, width of butt 30mm and the thickness 14mm. .
S…
Created on: Monday 27th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th January 2014
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This findspot is known as 'HURST GREEN', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-06F162
Object type: CREMATION
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragments of unidentified burnt material possibly wood. Retains light brown colour on interior, while exterior surface is charred black. 4-20mm in length, 2-15mm in width and 2-12mm in thickness.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2017
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-06E237
Object type: CREMATION
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Chert fragments possibly worked, including 1 piece of debitage. 11-25mm in length, 7-11mm in width and 2-10mm in thickness.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
No spatial data available.
Record ID: LANCUM-06D222
Object type: CREMATION
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
3 fragments of what appears to be copper alloy metal fragments each of which appears to have been molten, although 1 appears to have possibly been worked. 1=19mm 2=24mm, 3= 34mm in length, 1=15mm, 2=17mm,3=21mm in width and 1=6.5mm, 2=2mm,3=14mm in thickness
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Friday 20th January 2017
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-06C260
Object type: CREMATION
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy tab with an iron attachment or stud which appears to be broken. 2. A lump of metal, possibly copper alloy which appears to have been molten. 3. A lump of metal possibly silver or lead which appears to have been molten. 1=29mm 2=20mm, 3= 16mm in length, 1=15mm, 2=9mm,3=9mm in width and 1=14mm, 2=8mm,3=6mm in thickness.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Friday 20th January 2017
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-06AA41
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ring probably Late Bronze Age dating 1000 to 800BC. It is circular in shape with a defined circumferential ridge running around the centre and flattened faces above and below. The interior surface exhibits scratch or wear marks which appear to have occurred during use. The ring has a pitted dark brown patina with patches of green. The length is 30mm, and the width is 30mm, the thickness is 5.5mm and the weight is 11.32g. Associated with, LANCUM-0633E7, LANCUM-0788A0, LANCUM-060825.jpg, LANCUM-064172 and LANCUM-069462and LANCUM-069462. Similar to WILT-091140, LANCUM-672196 …
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-069462
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy blade, probably a double-edged tanged razor dating from the Late Bronze Age, about 1,000 - 800BC. The fragment is roughly leaf-shaped with a flat diamond-shaped cross-section. The outside edges are largely missing. Part of the rectangular sectioned tang remains though most has broken off. There is no decoration on the surface. A smooth mid green patina survives in places but mud adhering to the faces obscures much of the surface. A fairly broad, flat rib can be seen on both faces, running from the tang towards the point of the blade. The length is 38mm, the …
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-066250
Object type: CREMATION
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily water worn piece of limestone, possibly from a limestone pavement and therefore not in situ. The 'antler' like protuberances could have been useful for working stone tools. Associated with a cremation probably human from a Bronze Age cairn. The length is 100mm, and the width is 55mm and the thickness is 60mm.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-0657D7
Object type: CREMATION
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Various fragments of stone including sandstone, limestone and some chert debitage. Also some quartz chippings and a small piece of glass (possibly Roman). Associated with a cremation probably human from a Bronze Age cairn. The length is 2-40mm, and the width is 2-20mm and the thickness is 1-17mm.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-0648D4
Object type: CREMATION
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eight fragments of stone including worked chert and limestone with 1 quartz chipping that may have been worked. Associated with a cremation probably human from a Bronze Age cairn. The length ranges between 6-34mm, and the width between 6-23mm and the thickness between 2-20mm.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-064172
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of four fragments of flint blades, clearly worked and three small pieces of flint debitage and two pieces of limestone which look unworked, but could have been used as tools due to their natural shape. Associated with a cremation probably human from a Bronze Age cairn. The length is 8-38mm, and the width is 5-22mm and the thickness is 1-9mm and the combined weight is 9.42g. Mesolithic to BA lithic assemblage. Two flint flakes, one burnt the other not; both worked and one quartz chipping possibly worked. Associated with a cremation probably human from a Bronze Age cairn. …
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-0633E7
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two flint flakes, one burnt the other not; both worked and one quartz chipping possibly worked. Associated with a cremation probably human from a Bronze Age cairn. The length is 7-16mm, and the width is 6-14mm and the thickness is 2-7mm.
Neolithic to BA lithic assembly of broken implements and/or waste. Associated with LANCUM-06AA41, LANCUM-0788A0, LANCUM-060825.jpg, LANCUM-064172 and LANCUM-069462.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-062872
Object type: CREMATION
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Various stone fragments, including limestone and chert. White glazed pottery sherds, a piece of worked flint and a fragment of blue glass. Associated with a cremation probably human from a Bronze Age cairn. The length is 5-26mm, and the width is 3-18mm and the thickness is 4-13mm.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-060825
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of jet and one fragment of cremated bone. Associated with a cremation probably human from a Bronze Age cairn. The length is 18-22mm, and the width is 12-20mm and the thickness is 4-8mm and the weight is 2.89g. The two pieces of jet that display signs of artificial fracture and were probably originally from Whitby. Age of production difficult to determine but possibly Bronze Age. Associated with LANCUM-06AA41, LANCUM-0633E7, LANCUM-0788A0, LANCUM-060825.jpg, LANCUM-064172 and LANCUM-069462.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-04EDB2
Object type: CREMATION
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragments of partially burnt wood. Retains light brown colour on interior, while exterior surface is charred black. Assocaited with a cremation probably human from a Bronze Age cairn. The length is 2-10mm, and the width is 2-6mm and the thickness is 2-4mm.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Friday 20th January 2017
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-0788A0
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy mid to late Bronze Age tanged chisel dagger fragment and two slag residues found within 1.5m of each other and appear to be associated. They date from 1000 to 800BC. Associated with LANCUM-06AA41, LANCUM-0633E7, LANCUM-060825.jpg, LANCUM-064172 and LANCUM-069462
Description
1. Chisel: The chisel is virtually complete and in good condition. The tang of the chisel is tapering and rectangular sectioned square-sectioned. There is a wide, oval collar separating the tang from the blade. The blade is oval in cross section below the collar and flares and thins in to a tria…
Created on: Monday 25th March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-893116
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete cast copper alloy flanged or early palstave axe from the very late Early to early Middle Bronze Age. This flanged axe shares characteristics of the Arreton and Acton Park metalwork assemblages. Arreton and Acton Park Types date to metalworking stage VI, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 4 circa 1750-1550 BC.
The axe is broadly rectangular in plan with a crescent shaped blade. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a narrow rounded butt and cutting edge. From the butt the body extends, remaining fairly uniform in width until widening to the splayed…
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'TUNBROOK WOODS', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-069534
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy flat axe of early Bronze Age date (c.2200 to 1900BC). The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in plan with a splayed crescent shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges. In cross section the axe is D shaped with one edge displaying a distinctive curved (domed edge) whilst the opposite is relatively flat. It is likely that this is caused by the axe being cast in an open stone mould. The butt is relatively thin having a narrow sub-rounded profile; the width at the butt is 16 mm. The sides of the axe gently expand in width from the butt to the…
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2013
Last updated: Saturday 30th August 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'HALES', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-E8F754
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy casting sprue probably Bronze Age 2100 - 800BC. The object is sub-spherical in form with a flattened upper surface and a tapering projected arm suggesting that it has been created by pouring the metal into the mould. The sprue is in a fair condition with a green patina. These sprues are commonly found in late Bronze Age hoards, but can be of other dates as well and it is possible that it is Roman used in the making of a small object like a brooch. The length is 14mm and the width is 14mm. Similar to LEIC-370216, SF-7BABF5 and WILT-FA4F72 and shares similarities with SF-ACD2A4.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'PONSONBY', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-050851
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy single looped palstave axe with high, protruding stopridge and well preserved side loop dating to the Mid Bronze Age 1300 to 1150BC possibly relating to the Silsden types generally dated to the Penard. The axe is complete, except for the tip of the butt, and in good condition. The body of the palstave is narrow but splays down the blade eventually flaring at the blade edge which is wide. The blade has a heavily curved faceted/bevelled cutting edge which may well have been hammered. The butt is squared, tapering with narrow flanges on both sides. The side loop is adjacent …
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'CLITHEROE', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-87FCE0
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy unlooped palstave axe probably dating to the Middle Bronze Age palstave 1300 to 1150BC. The axe is of unusual form and shares similarities with the Taunton metalwork assemblage and Hotham related to the palstaves of the Acton Park metalwork assemblage to which it bears some resemblance similar to Needham et al fig 140 (1985) and Read (1995: p.3 fig 9 )dated 1200BC. The axe is almost complete and is comparatively short with a length of only 125mm. The butt is slightly concave and has a width of 25mm. The flanges are flat, straight and parallel as far as the stop, with…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th October 2021
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'ANESHAWBRIDGE', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-874565
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper axe of simple form dating to the very early Bronze Age or Copper Age dating 2250 BC to 1900 BC. The axe is sub-rectangular in plan and section gradually flares to the blade end with a narrow tapering sub-rounded relatively thin butt. The axe is 105mm in length and the blade is rounded measuring 48mm wide. The blade has a bevelled edge 4mm at its widest point probably resulting from hammering the edge. There are no flanges, stop ridges, or evidence of any joints and is probable that the axe was made using a one piece mould. The sides of the axe gently expand in width from the but…
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'LANESHAWBRIDGE', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-38E894
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy broken flanged chisel or small axe wood-working tool dating from the middle Bronze Age 1500 - 1150BC. The chisel flares outwards towards the cutting edge with no stop ridge but the broad faces of the haft slope up quite abruptly to meet the full thickness of the blade, the body has narrow flanges on either side of the body which itself narrows slightly from the centre towards the butt which is broken and missing. The flanged chisel is a precursor to the Palstave and shares similarities with NMS-894E92 on the database and though smaller may well be a similar transitio…
Created on: Monday 26th November 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'LANESHAWBRIDGE', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-6A9C17
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly part of a late Bronze Age dish-shaped ingot dating 1150 to 800BC. The fragment is sub-cuboid in shape with a rough area on one surface which could be where the cast bronze was open to the air in the mold. The patina is a light green and constant with a Bronze Age date. Similar to KENT-605B16, SWYOR-9226F6, and in a hoard KENT-0F86A5 on the database. The length is 78mm, 60mm wide and 35mm in thickness and the weight was too heavy for the scales.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd October 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'BARFORD', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-D725A4
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper alloy unlooped palstave axe with a very short, flared blade dating from the Middle Bronze Age, i.e. c. 1500-1150BC. The axe is incomplete with some of the flanges, butt end and blade missing. The blade is crescentic and the axe is flanged with a small stop-ridge. It is probably related to the shield-pattern palstave from the ActonPark phase metalwork. It has a dull brown/gold patina. The length is 110m; blade width is 6.5cm and the shaft width 2.6cm.
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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This findspot is known as 'BRIDEKIRK', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-545A51
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age collared urn consisting of twenty two body sherds. The fabric is tempered possibly with fine sand with some larger pieces of grog, flint and other stone (up to 3mm). Very little abrasion. The fabric is local clay fired on a bonfire with a flint temper. The sherds vary in size from between 55mm in length and 40mm wide and are 4mm thick.
The sherds eroded out of a cliff section at Beckfoot Roman cemetery and were probably accompanied by a fragment of an incense cup. This suggests votive deposition and a previously unknown Bronze Age phase to the cemetery, with re-use in the R…
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2012
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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This findspot is known as 'BECKFOOT', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-A4E905
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper coiled finger ring probably dating from the Middle Bronze Age, that is c. 1500 -1150BC. The finger ring is very similar to a number of coiled rings found in a Middle Bronze Age hoard found in Sussex, recorded under SUSS-C5D042. It is similar to Middle to Late Bronze Age coiled bronze finger ring dating to 1500BC, which is part of a Bronze Age hoard discovered a short distance inland from Black Rock, in East Brighton. It has been coiled in three complete turns and decorated on the outer edge. Similar rings have been found in the Mecklenburg area of North Germany suggesting …
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd January 2015
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This findspot is known as 'GISBURN', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-92C393
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unusual object that remains unidentified but could perhaps be a toggle for fastening clothing. The toggle is broadly circular in section, cylindrical in plan with tapering ends and a hole possibly for an attachment loop near one terminal. This object is difficult to date but it could be Late Iron Age - Roman 300BC - 410AD or even later. The object shares some similarities with LANCUM-3D1943
The length is 36mm, and the width is 10mm.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 19th November 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'WORSTON', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-D79453
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age/Late Iron Age copper ring dating between 1150BC-100AD. The object is probably part of horse harness furniture possibly used for reins (terret ring).
The diameter is 28mm.
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'WESHAM', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-2FF232
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy 'unlooped shield pattern' palstave dating to the middle Bronze Age 1500 - 1150BC from the ActonPark phase metalwork. The axe has a flared cutting edge and would have had a rectangular butt which is now broken with an irregular line suggesting that it was broken in antiquity. The axe has a shield-shaped undecorated hollow located on either side of the stop ridge. The sides of the butt are triangular in plan and there is no stop rib between the stop ridge and raised flange. The axe has a pronounced flare of the blade suggesting that it was broken not too long …
Created on: Monday 10th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 12th October 2021
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This findspot is known as 'WORSTON', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-2FABA3
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-ally socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date 1150 - 800BC. The piece represents the bottom part of the axe. There is a slight increase in width towards the blade, but the axehead is of slender appearance. The patination of the break suggests that the damage occurred in antiquity. The artefact measures 45mm long and 38mm wide
Created on: Monday 10th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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This findspot is known as 'WORSTON', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-1F3187
Object type: FISH HOOK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper object, made from circular-section wire which tapers from about 6mm in diameter at a blunt, squared-off wider end to about 4mm immediately below, then gently tapers to c. 3mm at the curve. It curves around a little over 180 degrees to form a hook which measures in total c. 42mm long by 24mm wide. The tip is pointed and has no barb; there is no hole or eye for attachment at the blunt end.
This object is strikingly similar to an object known as a fish hook, now in the British Museum (1989,0601.225), which was apparently found in the 'Batheaston' hoard of Bronze Age and Iron …
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2011
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-4FF870
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worked flint probably a Bronze Age 2150 - 800BC thumbnail scaper worked from close to the core which is unusual. The flint is caramel in colour which is agin unusual for worked flint but maybe explained by a lack of source material in the area hence the necessity of utilising every part of an imported material. The scraper reveals 3 blade scars from the shaping of the tool. There is also minor damage possibly from being knicked by early ploughing in the Iron Age or Medieval period. The length is 25mm and the thickness is 22mm.
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2013
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This findspot is known as 'Burley in Wharfdedale', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-4F81E3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age flint or more likely chert barbed and tanged arrowhead dating 2150 - 800 BC. The arrowhead has a waxy texture indicating that it is probably chert perhaps local to East Yorkshire and is greyish-brown with evidence of inclusions probably from the original formation processes. The arrowhead is curious in profile it is either incomplete or more likely damaged by ploughing altering the profile. The length is 20mm and the width 16mm.
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 2nd February 2015
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This findspot is known as 'DRIFFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-4D4A96
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint fragment possibly utilised as a thumb nail scraper perhaps Bronze Age 2150 - 800BC. The flint is yellowish white and appears to have been worked close to the core which would be unusual for a scraper so it may well be debitage although there does appear to be some evidence of retouch.. The length is 28mm and the width 20mm.
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 20th January 2017
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This findspot is known as 'NORTHLEACH', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-3C9335
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin possibly Bronze Age 2150BC to 1500BC. The length 21mm.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'SOUTH LAKES', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-B3C250
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy flat axe dating from the very Early Bronze Age c. 2400-1500BC. The axehead is sub triangular in plan with a wide curved blade which tapers to a curved butt and is rectangular in section and there are no signs of a stop ridge. It has a rounded butt and a flared cutting edge with concave shoulders. The axe is worn with a flat, rectangular body that gradually tapers towards the butt end and the middle section is missing. Judging from the slightly tapering sides it is probably an earlier flat axe (that is from c. 2400-1700BC) rather than a later one from the Migdale metal…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2011
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: LANCUM-E95FB6
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy blade from a palstave or Middle Bronze Age flanged axe, sub-triangular in plan and sub-rectangular in section, tapering to the blade terminal. The blade is narrow tapering and the axe is narrow and unlooped and the butt is broken. The axe has a well defined, rounded stop-ridge on both sides rising at right angles to the septum. The side flanges are too damaged to allow definition of their shape or height. The blade is narrow and trapezoidal, widening gently to the cutting edge, with no added flare to the tips. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina…
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 27th July 2010
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This findspot is known as 'STAINFORTH', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-BDFEF6
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint debitage possibly Bronze Age dating from 2150-800BC. The flint is white and yellow and probably derives from the east of the country. The length is 15mm, width is 15mm, thickness 5mm and the weight is 1.74g.
Created on: Tuesday 25th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 26th July 2010
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'WINCHCOMBE', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-BDF1F5
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint debitage possibly Bronze Age dating from 2150-800BC. The flint is white and yellow and probably derives from the east of the country. The length is 25mm, width is 18mm, thickness 3mm and the weight is 3.14g.
Created on: Tuesday 25th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 26th July 2010
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'WINCHCOMBE', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-9521F7
Object type: WIRE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment wire from a Multiperiod metal working site assemblage could be Bronze Age or Iron Age dating between 2150BC to 100AD but it is perhaps a modern intrusion on the site. The length is 112mm and width 2mm.
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'SOUTH LAKES', grid reference and parish protected.
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