Record ID: IOW-66FE54
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case no. 2011 T700. Relates to IOW-10CD85. Report to H.M Coroner for Hampshire 2011 T700 Circumstances of discovery Location: Shalfleet, Isle of Wight Finder: ********** Metal detecting on cultivated land, 14th October 2011 Description 1a. Cast copper alloy blade of a Middle Bronze Age palstave. Measurements: length: 65mm; weight: 128g. 1b. Cast copper alloy haft of a Middle Bronze Age unlooped palstave. Measurements: length: 95mm (refitted length of artefact nos. 1 and 2: 156mm); width of blade: 61mm; weight: 351.8g. 2. Cast copper alloy Middle Bron…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalfleet', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-10CD85
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age cast copper-alloy palstave (1500 BC-1150 BC). Treasure case no. 2011 T700 (IOW-66FE54). This part of the palstave is the butt end with a sharp transverse break that has occurred a short distance above the stop. It has high flanges which diminish in height towards the butt end where there is a small abraded break. At this end the septum has a thickness of 5.3mm and at the opposite end the minimum thickness is 8.4mm. In side view, at each side, there is the remains of a casting seam. 61.2 x 24.8 x 25.7mm. Weight: 128.13g. This upper half joins the lower half…
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 27th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C0C054
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A Bronze Age gold flanged- twisted torc fragment can be dated typologically to the Taunton (c. 1400-1250 BC), more probably the Penard (c. 1300-1150 BC), metalwork phases of the Middle Bronze Age. Treasure case no. 2011 T501. The coiled flanges have a regular spacing although are slightly tighter on one end. Both ends have been cut and as a result the flanges were crushed and are flattened. The profile is slightly curved. The rim on the flanges has marks and is flattened in some areas. Possible traces of repair between flanges. Length: 40.76 mm, Maximum Thickness: 6.71 mm, Wei…
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shorwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-134140
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age cast copper-alloy palstave (1500 BC-1150 BC). This part of the palstave is the butt end with an abraded transverse break that has occurred just above the stop. It has high flanges and the crest of each flange is incomplete due to breaks and corrosion. At the break the septum has a thickness of 5.6mm at the centre. The implement is severely pitted and corroded and has active bronze disease. There are patches of a patina varying in colour from mid-green to dark grey. 65.2 x 27.4 x 23.7mm. Weight: 104.42g
Created on: Sunday 21st August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-BCA2A7
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded Early Bronze Age cast copper-alloy (bronze) flat axe (2200 BC-1900 BC). Undeveloped flat axe of the Type Migdale, decorated variant (after Burgess and Schmidt 1981). The implement is sub-triangular in plan and sub-rectangular in side view. It has a narrow butt and slightly expanded sides. Some of the original surface has survived on the front and back faces and have an even brown patina. One face (the left image) has been pecked in sets of paired parallel lines. The other face is similar but has slightly angled incised lines like a stylised version of the …
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2011
Last updated: Saturday 30th August 2014
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Record ID: IOW-EBD1D3
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age cast copper-alloy socketed axehead (1150 BC- 800 BC). The upper part of the implement is missing and the hollow blade survives. It is sub-rectangular in plan and 'V'-shaped in side view. In plan the sides are slightly concave. At the top the width is 25.2mm and at the cutting edge it has a width of 40.1mm. The cutting edge is evenly curved and has small breaks. In side view the top has a width of 19.5mm and at the cutting edge it has a width of about 2.5mm. From the uppermost part of the break to the base of the socket, the distance is about 47.0mm. There are…
Created on: Sunday 7th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2011
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Record ID: IOW-FE25C2
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Middle Bronze Age palstave (1500 BC-1150 BC). The blade of the implement is missing. In plan, the sides are almost parallel and in side view it is sub-triangular. On one side, the flanges are complete and they are incomplete on the opposite side as there has been loss of material along the tops. The septum tapers from the bottom towards the butt end. At the bottom, adjacent to the stops, the thickness is 6.4mm and at the butt end the thickness is 3.9mm. On the butt end there is a 'V'-shaped notch which appears to have been deliberately manufactured rather than being …
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-EC34F6
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead (2150 BC - 1500 BC). The arrowhead is asymmetrical in plan and bi-facially worked over each face. One of the barbs is missing. In plan, the side with the complete barb is slightly concave and the other side is straight. The end of the tang is obliquely shaped. This arrowhead is pale grey with some creamy mottling. It is unclear how old the break is. 34.9 x 25.7 x 4.9mm. Weight: 3.27g. For a discussion on different types of barbed and tanged arrowheads, see Butler 2005: 162-165.
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 7th November 2014
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Record ID: IOW-C28575
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age cast copper-alloy palstave (1500 BC-1150 BC). The butt end of the implement is missing and the cutting edge is partially missing due to damage and corrosion. The septum has a minimum thickness of 4.2mm and the stops on each side are barely apparent. From the break at the top, the sides flare gently outwards and downwards to the cutting edge which is semi-circular in plan. In side view, the implement is pointed oval. 92.6 x 35.7 x 13.1mm. Weight: 137.81g. The break at the top is old and the surfaces are entirely covered with pitting and corrosion blisters.
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2011
Last updated: Friday 15th July 2011
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Record ID: IOW-0BAF60
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Middle Bronze Age cast copper-alloy palstave (1500 BC-1150 BC). The butt end, including parts of the flanges and part of the septum are missing due to a recent break. One corner of the blade at the cutting edge is also missing. In plan, the surviving part of the butt has parallel sides. The flanges are quite high and have a maximum height above the septum of 10.4mm. At its mid-point, the septum has a minimum thickness of 5.9mm. The lower part of the flanges taper inwards, becoming shallower and forming a 'V'-shaped 'stop'. The maximum width of the flanges in side view …
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2011
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2011
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Record ID: IOW-FAAED6
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age cast copper-alloy chisel (2150 BC-800 BC). The upper part is missing due to a break. At the break it is sub-oval in cross-section. It flares towards the cutting edge to become sub-rectangular in cross-section. In plan, the cutting edge is curved. This implement is pitted and corroded and there is some superficial loss of material around the cutting edge. The break is abraded. 37.0 x 9.9 x 7.2mm; diameter at break: 8.3mm. Weight: 8.10g.
Created on: Friday 27th May 2011
Last updated: Friday 27th May 2011
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Record ID: IOW-D6AE66
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Bronze Age cast copper-alloy socketed axehead (1150 BC-800 BC). The upper part of the implement is missing and the lower part of the blade survives. An uneven break has occurred at the base of the socket. There is also a small break at one corner of the cutting edge. In plan, the blade flares out and downwards from the break to the cutting edge. At the break the width is 44.6mm and its thickness here is 16.5mm. When the cutting edge was complete its width would have been about 57.0mm. The cutting edge is not sharp and has a seam or flash extending from one end to …
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2011
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Record ID: IOW-ADA318
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Bronze age cast copper-alloy developed flat axehead. The butt is incomplete at the top. In plan, its sides are parallel sides and the lower part flares abruptly to the tips of the blade. The low flanges on the butt are very low and have a maximum thickness of 12.4mm about mid-way along its length. They diminish in height towards the butt and towards the blade. The septum has a width of about 10.5mm. It has a thickness of 4.6mm at the break and its maximum thickness about mid-way along its length is 9.7mm. In plan, the cutting edge of the blade curves evenly towards …
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2011
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
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Record ID: IOW-F24926
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age cast copper-alloy socketed axehead (c. 1150 BC-c. 800 BC). The blade end survives and the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks. The cutting edge is evenly curved. In side view it sub triangular. The complete side of the blade projects beyond the side of the axe, and both faces of the axe are slightly convex. It has voids at the top break which may be all that remains of the base of the socket, if, indeed, it is a socketed axe head and not a palstave. It has a pitted brown patina with some active corrosion taking place. Height: 29.7mm; wid…
Created on: Friday 8th April 2011
Last updated: Saturday 17th December 2011
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Record ID: IOW-CCF833
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age cast copper-alloy palstave (c. 1500 BC-c. 1150 BC). The blade and part of the butt end are missing due to old breaks. It is sub-rectangular in plan and cross-section, sub-triangular in side view. The wings are partially missing and the inner distance between the wings is about 13.3mm. The septum has a thickness of about 10.4mm. It measures 22.4 x 16.6mm at the break below the septum. This implement is heavily corroded and is suffering from bronze disease. About 60% of the surface is overlain by a mid-brown patina. The break at the bottom has a similar pati…
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2011
Last updated: Thursday 7th April 2011
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Record ID: IOW-871B13
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age cast copper-alloy looped palstave (c. 1500 BC-c. 1150 BC). This implement is in two parts and each part was found at different dates in the inter-tidal zone. It is possible that they two part belong together. However, this is uncertain. For the description it is assumed that the two parts are of one implement. It is slender in plan and side view. The top of the butt (the small part) is sub-triangular in plan and is fractured and corroded. The lower break is abraded and has three air/gas bubble cavities which are perhaps why it broke at this point. The tops …
Created on: Sunday 3rd April 2011
Last updated: Monday 27th August 2012
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Record ID: IOW-BD7F42
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Bronze Age cast copper-alloy tanged chisel (1150 BC-800 BC). It is triangular in form and rectangular in cross-section. The tang flares out for a distance of about 32.0mm and then flares more widely to the cutting edge. The cutting edge is evenly rounded in plan and is steeply 'V'-shaped in side view. Each side of the tang has an uneven surface. The surfaces have a mid-brown patina with some bubbly corrosion products. There is a small area of iron staining on one face close to the cutting edge. 52.2 x 40.0 x 4.6mm. Weight: 20.29g. The implement probably belongs…
Created on: Wednesday 16th February 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: IOW-540B46
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Middle Bronze Age palstave (1500 BC-1150 BC). This fragment is the extreme butt end and is sub-rectangular in plan. In plan the butt end is curved and at the opposite end there is an old break. The sides flare slightly towards the break. At the butt end the septum has a thickness of 2.4mm and the thickness at the break is 5.9mm. The corroded metal is a light brown colour and it has patches of a shiny mid-green patina. 29.5 x 26.6 x 14.4mm. Weight: 25.29g.
Created on: Friday 11th February 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: IOW-4075C1
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper-alloy implement. Possibly a sword blade of Ewart Park type (c. 1000 BC-c. 800 BC). The fragment is possibly the top part (between shoulders). It is lozenge-shaped in cross-section and slightly concave either side of the median midrib. This fragment is pitted and corroded and has areas of a shiny mid-green patina. 43.6 x 28.5 x 3.7mm.Weight: 15.32g.
Created on: Thursday 10th February 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: IOW-27B041
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed axehead (1150 BC-800 BC). It consists of the lower part of the implement, the blade end with part of the socket. In plan, it is sub rectangular and triangular in side view. It has a break at the top where the shape is rectangular in cross-section. The small portion of socket is oval in plan (20.5 x 9.9mm), is centrally placed and has a depth of 7.1mm. The maximum distance from the base of the socket to the centre of the cutting edge is about 35.0mm. From the break at the top, the sides flare out towards the blade tips of the cutti…
Created on: Wednesday 9th February 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.