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Record ID: LVPL106
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late bronze age socketed axe. Two vertical ribs
Created on: Thursday 9th July 1998
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SHROPSHIRE KNOCKIN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL1141
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Shield pattern motif on the blade, prominent stop-ridge. Corroded condition, some damage to butt-end. Retains some patina.
Created on: Friday 10th March 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SHROPSHIRE LOPPINGTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL2439
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late Bronze Age socketed axe. It is slim with a flaring blade. The haft end is mostly missing but fragments remain of the trumpet mouth. Both faces are decorated with three ribs. Prominent casting seams down both sides. The blade is 43mm wide.
Created on: Tuesday 18th March 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-65A960
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete palstave, butt end damaged and corroded. Incipient stop ridge, flanges extent to cutting edge.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-25FCB6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age Gold Strip (possibly a bead) from Much Wenlock - Shropshire Treasure Case: 2017 T42 A small rectangular strip of folded gold with one decorated surface. The object was folded upon discovery and subsequently opened up by the finder. One edge of the strip is complete having been cut regularly with a slightly thickened rim while the other edge of the strip has been torn resulting in a sharp undulating edge. The decoration consists of eight fine, straight ridges and grooves.. Dimensions: length 17mm, width 14mm, weight 2.1g Discussion: The linear decoration…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2016
Last updated: Friday 20th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Much Wenlock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-F58748
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2020T292 Overview A group of four Bronze Age artefacts from a closed group or hoard scattered by modern agricultural activity. The group comprises two socketed axes of different forms and a socketed gouge broken into two parts and recovered as two separate objects. (1) Socketed axe A complete cast copper alloy socketed axehead. The axe is sub-rectangular in plan with a socketed mouth, crescentic cutting blade and single side loop. The mouth of the axe is sub-square shape with rounded exterior edges that forms an almost circular outer mouth. The mouth has a …
Created on: Monday 16th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 22nd July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baschurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-09B703
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast bronze (copper alloy) faceted socketed axe (axehead) dating to the Late Bronze Age. The body of the axehead is rectangular in plan and faceted, flaring gradually towards the blade. The mouth of the axe is rectangular in cross section measuring 27.16mm x 28.39mm. The shape of the mouth is sub-rectangular (rectangular with rounded corners). There is a moulded lip around the opening. Part of the mouth is missing on one side, which occurred in prehistory, and the edges are bent slightly inwards. The damage continues down one face of the axe until just above the half …
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selattyn and Gobowen ', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-09C113
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast bronze (copper alloy) faceted socketed axe (axehead) dating to the Late Bronze Age. Breiddin (Ribbed) Type A. The body of the axehead is rectangular in plan, flaring at the blade. The mouth of the axe is sub-circular in cross section measuring 41.83mm by 42.68mm. The shape of the mouth is sub-rectangular (rectangular with rounded corners). The side loop which is set below the collar is separate. Directly above the loop is a cast decorative circumferential or transverse groove which is regular and encircles the entire axe evenly. Below the transverse groove are th…
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selattyn and Gobowen ', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-09CD58
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy gouge dating to the late Bronze Age. The gouge (used as a wood-working tool) is sub-rectangular in plan. The socketed end which is incomplete is oval in cross-section while the incomplete cutting edge is 'C'-shaped in cross-section with an elongated triangular or 'V' shaped groove leading back from it on the upper surface of the gouge. Linear striations are visible on the gouge furrow. A casting flash is visible down each side of the object. The object has a dark brown patina. It is likely that this tool is from the Wilberton, Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr…
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selattyn and Gobowen ', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LVPL107
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Middle bronze age side looped spearhead with leaf-shaped blade.
Created on: Thursday 9th July 1998
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SHROPSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.