DOR-03A27A: FLAT AXEHEAD
A complete cast copper alloy flat axehead or chisel. There is some damage to the cutting edge and the butt. The butt is narrow and angled at the end. The axehead is elongated with long, low-flanged sides which flare out from the butt to the curved cutting edge. The flanges start at the butt and increase slightly in height to the mid.point of the axehead before decreasing in height until stopping around 1 cm from the cutting edge. The side profile is pointed oval. The transverse profile is a shallow H-shape. There is no evidence of a stop-ridge. The surfaces are all heavily pitted and corroded. Date: Early Bronze Age - c. 2000 - 1700 BC Dimensions: Maximum thickness at sides (including flanges) - 10.3 mm Maximum thickness of body (excl. flanges) - 7.2 mm Length: 74.7 mm Width of cutting edge: 22.1 mm Width at butt: 12.5 mm Weight: 42.31 g
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SUR-C95938: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A large flint piercer or multi tool made from a fragment of a nodule of mottled grey flint, 61.2mm in length and of Bronze Age date. The tool is triangular with a long tip which has been worked into a point using abrupt scaled retouch along one side. The proximal end has a patch of long abrupt parallel retouch which has removed the cortex and created a scraping edge, suggesting multiple functions for the tool.
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SUR-C8982D: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A small discoidal scraper of Bronze Age date made from a re-utilised secondary cortical waste flake. The distal end has been refined into a working edge using long low angle scaled retouch. The dorsal surface retains 30% of its buff coloured cortex.
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SUR-C84A23: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A small side scraper of Bronze Age date made from a re-utilised secondary cortical waste flake. The distal portion of one long side has been refined into a working edge using short, abrupt scaled retouch. The dorsal surface retains 60% of its buff coloured cortex.

SUR-C81E82: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A small scraper of Bronze Age date struck from a tertiary waste flake of banded grey flint. The distal end has long semi-abrupt sub parallel retouch and the proximal edge has short abrupt retouch to defining working edges; this has been done through earlier surface recortication suggesting that this object is a re-used waste flake of a much earlier date, possibly originally Mesolithic or Neolithic.

SUR-C7F296: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A small ovate scraper of later Neolithic to Bronze Age date struck from a secondary flake of grey flint. The distal end has long, low angle sub parallel retouch to define a working edge. The proximal end is covered in cortex has no evidence of a prepared striking platform, the flake having been removed directly from the nodule.

DOR-8CE34B: CHISEL
An incomplete, cast, copper-alloy chisel or awl. A bar of copper alloy, sub-angular in cross section with a break at one and and a tapered and splayed working edge at the other. Date: Possibly Late Bronze Age - c. 1250 - 800 BC Length: 61.9 mm Width: 2.92 mm Thickness: 3.83 mm Weight: 3.49 g

DOR-A990B5: SPEARHEAD
An incomplete copper alloy projectile point. A small spearhead or large arrowhead. It is socketed with only part of the flaring socket remaining. The socket extends into the body of the object and appears to retain fibres in the solid filling it, possibly from the original wooden haft. The blades are short and leaf-shaped. There is a prominent, triangular mid rib along both faces, creating a lozengiform cross-section. The mid rib extends to the break at the tip. There is an area of modern damage to one face on the midrib . Date: Middle to Late Bronze Age - c. 1550 to 800 BC Dimensions: 60.69 mm x 21.05 mm x 11.56 mm Weight: 22.18 g Not enough of the spearhead has remained to be able to date this fragment to a more precise range, although the circular section, the angle of the blade, and the midrib extending to the to the tip suggest comparisons with spearheads in Davis Groups 6-11.

DOR-8AAB0D: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A small, sub-circular thumbnail scraper. Made on a tertiary flake of grey and white mottled flint with a milky, low gloss patina. It has a small striking platform at the proximal end. A low bulb of percussion with a large bulbar scar and faint waves of percussion on the ventral face. The dorsal face has several flake removal scars. It has been neatly shaped into a sub-circualr working edge with invasive, semi-abrupt retouch around most of the margin apart from the striking platform. Dimensions: 25.0 mm x 22.5 mm x 8.5 mm Weight: 5.52 g Date: Early Bronze Age c. 2350 BC - 1600 BC

DOR-D2EF2C: CHISEL
A complete small copper alloy chisel or possibly a miniature flat axe. The object has a butt which tapers to a point and a flaring blade with a convex cutting edge which is chipped. It thickens from the butt to the centre and then thins to the cutting edge giving it a sub oval longitudinal profile. It is rectangular in its transverse cross section. Date: Bronze Age - c. 1100 - 800 BC Dimensions: 61.34 mm x 20.05 mm x 4.35 mm Weight: 11.29 g Similar objects can be found on the PAS database at: SF-81B0CD and DOR-D8751E

WILT-F34A7B: BLADE
A fragment of a possibly Middle Bronze Age copper alloy blade, perhaps a rapier dating to c. 1400-1100 BC. Only a very small part survives, a sub rectangular piece with early breaks at both ends. It both tapers and narrows along its length. It has a mid green patina. A small triangular section of the outer surface is missing on one side, but this is probably damage or decay, not decoration. Dimensions: 20.8mm in length; 16.1mm in width tapering to 14.7mm; 3.1mm thick at the wider break; 2.4mm at the narrower end; 5.73g in weight

SUR-74DCBE: SPEARHEAD
An incomplete cast copper alloy Middle Bronze Age socketed flame-shaped spearhead, 63.3mm in length and probably of Davis’ (2012) Group 6 (developed side-looped type), dating to the earlier Middle Bronze Age, c.1550 - 1250 BC. The socket is incomplete, 14.3mm in diameter and ends in an old break. The socket tapers seamlessly into a thick rounded midrib which runs to the blade tip. The cross section is lenticular with a clear distinction between rounded midrib and the narrow, rounded wings which taper to the tip with slightly concave sides on the front portion. The midrib has been damaged on one side, revealing the interior which is hollow to the point of the spear.

SUR-7468F4: PALSTAVE
A complete Middle Bronze Age unlooped primary / early palstave of Group 1 (following Schmidt and Burgess 1981), 157mm in length. The palstave has a low stop (17.1 thick) fused with flanges along the sides which taper smoothly back to the butt providing a lenticular side profile. The blade is wedge-shaped, with slightly concave sides and flares to approximately 53.3mm in width at the rounded cutting edge. There are traces of midribs along the blade and possible traces of a shield decoration on one face to the front of the stop. The surface has mostly been lost.

DOR-83DCA9: PALSTAVE
An incomplete palstave axehead in two pieces. The palstave has kite-shaped flanges (incomplete) which taper towards the angled butt.The stop ridges are very slightly crescentic and the same height as the flanges. There is a hole created during casting at the interface of the septum and stop ridge on one face. The blade flares from the stop ridge and ends in a curved and slightly flared cutting edge which is assymetrical (probably due to damage). One face retains traces of trident pattern raised decoration (the other is obcured by corrosion). There are traces of casting ridges along both sides. On one side are the stubs of a side-loop set with one end before the stop ridge and the other parallel with it. There are some areas of recent damage and the butt has broken off, revealing further casting flaws in the fabric of the axe. Date: Middle Bronze Age - c.1400-1150 BC Dimensions: 120 mm x 41 mm x 25 mm Weight: 221 g Ed Caswell has identified this as a Schmidt and Burgess (1981) Group III, low flanged palstave type and a Rowlands Group 1, Class 5 or misc type (see Rowlands hoard 52 no 2 and palstave 810).

DOR-237307: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
A fragment of copper alloy socketed axehead. The butt is missing. The axehead is narrow bladed with only a slight flare to the cutting edge. There are casting ridges along the sides. The socket is sub-angular at the break. The cutting edge is damaged and possibly re-shaped or worn, leaving it asymmetrical with a straight corner on one side and a rounded corner on the other. Date: Late Bronze Age Dimensions: 52.56 mm x 33.20 mm x 16.83 mm Weight: 66.33 g

DOR-98CA8C: SWORD
A fragment of a Middle to Late Bronze Age copper-alloy sword dating 1600-800 BC. It consists of a fragment of the blade. It is sub-rectangular in plan and lenticular in cross section. The edges are rounded and slightly jagged. The faces of the blade are plain. The fragment has straight transverse breaks on each end and there is a slight bend in the length , suggesting deliberate breakage prior to deposition (‘ritually killed’). The fragmentary remains preclude typological designation so it is broadly dated from the Middle to Late Bronze Age. The original length of the blade is unknown and the fragment could be from a sword, knife, rapier, dirk, Length: 69.7 mm; Width: 30.4 mm; Thickness: 5.3 mm; Weight: 52.71 g.

DOR-4374E1: FLANGED AXEHEAD
A complete copper alloy long flanged axehead. This axehead has a rounded arched butt and slightly diverging sides that abruptly expand to a broad crescentic blade and cutting edge, with the blade tips at right angles to the sides, but not recurving. Cast flanges extend along the sides,arching from the butt towards the middle of the axe and sloping down again to the blade expansion. This gives the axe a very shallow lenticular side profile. The flanges are slightly angled inwards on both faces. The axe has a very low ridge about two thirds of the way along the septum ( 42 mm from the butt) which may indicate the beginnings of stop ridge technology as is seen on later flanged axes and palstaves. The surfaces are is pitted in some areas and there is some damage and loss to the but, cutting edge and flanges. Possibly a Needham Class 4C. Date: Early Bronze Age (MBA I) c.1900-1800 BC Dimensions: 94.52 mm x 43.79 mm x 12.54 mm Weight: 132.07 Similar to DOR-A727D7

DOR-E83E4C: PALSTAVE
An incomplete and heavily corroded cast copper alloy palstave axehead.The butt is missing following a recent break. The side flanges are largely missing to old breaks, but what remains suggests they were lozenge-shaped and low.. They taper in to form a V shaped ridge on both sides encompassing a low, rounded stop ridge. There is a faint central ridge along one face of the blade. Beyond the flanges, the sides are narrowed and flare out to the cutting edge.. The axe tapers in cross section towards the flared cutting edge. The cutting edge is damaged and corroded, but appears to have been curving. There are no side loops. The side casting ridges have been smoothed and worn away. The surface corrosion has created pitting and lumps of pale green amongst more stable areas of dull green patination. Date: Middle Bronze Age - c. 1600 - 1100 BC Dimensions: 144 mm x 49 mm x 48.12 mm Weight: 320 g

SUR-5C743A: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint end-scraper of Neolithic or Bronze Age date struck from a secondary flake of pale brown flint, 55mm in length. The distal end has short abrupt scaled and sub-parallel retouch around it. A large patch of buff coloured cortex remains across nearly half of the dorsal surface, around a fossil channel inclusion which pierces the stone at an angle. The struck surfaces have a white patina (recortication) from prolonged deposition in calcareous sediments.

SUR-5C2DCE: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A small sub rounded flint thumbnail scraper of Bronze Age date (c. 2400 BC - 1500 BC) struck from a tertiary flake of pale brown flint, 27.8mm in length. The exterior edge has short abrupt scaled retouch around it. The surface has a white patina (recortication) from prolonged deposition in calcareous sediments.

DOR-70BE68: PALSTAVE
A very small fragment of the blade of a bronze axehead. A corner of the cutting edge. The fragment is wedge-shaped and curved along the cutting edge. The curvature suggests a fairly narrow blade. Possibly part of a palstave axehead. Date: Middle Bronze Age - c. 1600 - 1000 BC Length: 21.61 mm Width: 9.87 mm Thickness: 3.81 mm Weight: 3.05 g.

DOR-72FAD4: END SCRAPER
A crude flint end scraper. Made on a tertiary flake of patchy grey flint. It has a matt patina. There is a low bulb of percussion and a small striking platform at the proximal end and faint waves of percussion on the ventral face. On the dorsal face are several flake removal scars and angular fractures (probably due to the low quality of the flint). The tip of the distal end has a small area of abrupt, irregular retouch creating a working edge. Date: Bronze Age 2350 - 800 BC Dimensions: 58.5 mm x 41.5 mm x 11.5 mm Weight: 33.5 g

DOR-A5B077: FLAT AXEHEAD
A copper alloy flat axehead. A very small, possibly miniature axehead. It has a tapering, rounded butt. It is slightly thickened at the mid-point (possibly a proto stop-ridge). It flares, initially gently and then is stepped out into a wide, curved cutting edge which is thinned from the thickened mid-point. Then cutting edge is blunt and rounded. The axe has a flat sub-rectangular cross section with rounded short edges. There are no evident raised flanges. There is wear and damage on all faces. Date: Early Bronze Age - c. 2000 - 1700 BC Dimensions: 61.28 mm x 24.92 mm x 8.35 mm Weight: 48.54 g Similar to HESH-A147C8 and WMID-0BA3F4

DOR-DD256B: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
An complete cast copper alloy socketed axehead. The mouth of the socket is square with a thick exterior beaded collar around it. The body of the blade tapers from the mouth towards the blade in one plane, whilst it flares in the other into a curved, crescentic cutting edge. At one side, below the collar, is a large side loop on the longitudinal axis. The loop is D-shaped with an oval aperture. There are clear casting lines along the sides of the axehead. The sides of the body have two longitudinal facets flanking the casting ridges, giving the body an irregular hexagonal exterior profile. On one side (the one without the loop) there is pitting on the surface, perhaps as the result of slight mis-casting. Date: Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age - c. 1000 - 700 BC Dimensions: 81.05 mm x 47.98 mm x 30.10 mm Socket dimensions: external 30.10 mm x 31.99 mm, internal 23.41 mm x 22.73 mm Weight: 107.21 g

DOR-D8B5CD: GOUGE
An incomplete copper alloy socketed gouge. The remaining portion is a short length of the socket with a tapered U-shaped blade. The socket is oval in cross section with projecting ridges running down each side which are the remains of casting flashes. The object tapers in width and thickness from its socket to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which is concave on one of its surfaces. The gouging edge has worn well rounded chips at its tip. The casting lines are visible for the whole length of the object on both sides. The surface is greyish green, indicating a probable high tin alloy. Date: Bronze Age - corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7, and dated to c. 950 - 750BC Dimensions: 56.08 mm x c18.45 mm x 17.45 mm Weight: 21.49 g Comparable socketed gouges have been recorded on the PAS database. For examples see: SOM-D46055, YORYM-316F81, YORYM-CD7FFB, SWYOR-FCB525, NMGW-62C84F, DUR-06F0E8, IOW-EC25A7 and SUR-7898C5. In database record SOM-D46055 Ed Caswell comments: The missing mouth makes typological identification difficult, Savory (1980, p 55) suggests that the earliest socketed gouges such as those that occur in the Guilsfield hoard have multiple mouth mouldings, whereas later gouges tend to have a broad flat collar. According to Pearce in the 1983 publication 'The Bronze Age Metalwork of South Western Britain Part I', page 43, socketed gouges 'appear to have begun in the Wilburton phase, and continued as part of the tool repertoire until the end of the Bronze Age', although she suggests that most socketed gouges can be dated to the Ewart phase between c. 1000 - c. 800 BC. Needham et al's (1997) recent study of Bronze Age chronology dated a collared socketed gouge from the Bodwrog Hoard, Anglesey to 2720 +- 45 BP (DoB No 3, OxA-4652, p68). This gouge is most likely of Ewart Park metalworking, phases which correspond to Needham's (1996) Period 7

DOR-D8751E: CHISEL
An incomplete small copper alloy chisel or possibly a miniature flat axe. There is a break at the butt. The object has a tapered butt and a flaring blade with a convex cutting edge. It is thinned from the butt to the cutting edge giving it a wedge shaped longitudinal profile. It is rectangular in its transverse cross section. Date: Bronze Age - c. 1100 - 800 BC Dimensions: 52.47 mm x13.63 mm x 3.49 mm Weight: 9.89 g Similar to SF-81B0CD

DOR-9E51FB: KNIFE
An incomplete copper alloy probable tanged knife. The top of the rectangular tang has a transverse break with the remnant of a single, circular attachment hole in the centre. The tang has a rectangular cross section. Below the tang, the blade narrows and thickens slightly and the sides curve inwards before flaring out again to a wide, tongue-shaped terminal. The body of the blade has a wide central mid-rib on both faces. The mid-rib is parallel sided and has a ridge along each edge and one at the centre. It runs from below the rectangular top part down to the rounded end.The blade has a shallow, lentoid cross section. Date: Late Bronze Age c. 1000 - 800 BC Dimensions: 82.54 mm x 17.71 mm x 1.72 mm Weight: 13.29 g Perter Reavill (2022 pers comm) suggests this is a Late Bronze Age tanged knife made from an earlier, possible Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600 - 1000 BC) dirk or rapier blade.

DOR-E0B67A: AWL
A complete cast copper alloy awl or tracer. The awl has two distinct elements: A circular sectioned, cone-shaped end Awl) and and a flat, wedge-shaped, rectangular cross sectioned end (tracer). Date: Late Bronze - c. 1150 - 800 BC Dimensions: 52.58 mm x 7.04 mm x 4.76 mm Weight: 5.66 g There are several similar objects recorded on the PAS database. For example DOR-AD7774, DOR-79E277, SOM-D995B1, SOM-7C6ED1 and SOM-990775 in which Laura Burnett notes: Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but ones of this form are known to have been introduced in the Bronze Age (2150-800 BC) with most being Late Bronze Age in date (1150-800 BC).

WILT-BCA442: AWL
A copper-alloy Bronze Age to Medieval copper-alloy awl 1250 BC-AD 1500. The find consists of four straight sides, each one plain, and rectangular in section. Its midpoint is bulbous and the awl tapers inwards terminating in rounded points at each end. Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but examples of this form are thought to have been introduced in the Bronze Age and they have barely changed throughout the centuries. Length: 53.6mm width: 4.0mm weight: 4.40g Similar examples on the PAS database include: SF-5623C1, NARC-643B92.

DOR-38EB77: PALSTAVE
A complete cast copper alloy palstave axehead. The axehead has high side flanges which are rounded rectangular in profile stepped at the stop ridges. The tops of the flanges on both sides are tall and the same height as the stop ridge. The flanges taper to the rear ans do not extend into the butt. The stop ridges are rounded at the top, and curved. On one side the stop is undercut with a ‘blowhole’ like casting flaw. The butt of the axe head is the most corroded part, but it appears to taper into a straight edge. On one side, cast on the midline of the flange and with the lower attachment point ibeyond the stop ridge, is a low-arched side loop with a sub-circular aperture in line with the stop ridge. The broad blade is a triangular wedge-shape; it flares from below the stop and terminates in a wide, crescent-shaped cutting edge. The front and rear faces of the blade have a low midrib extending centrally from below the stop ridge to about three quarters of the way down the blade; it is more visible on one side than the other due to surface corrosion. There are traces of the casting lines along both sides from the flanges and down the sides of the blade which have been trimmed and hammered flat when the axe was prepared for use. The object has not been cleaned and there are still areas with soil adhereing. Date: Middle Bronze Age c. 1350 - 1150 BC Dimensions: 155.2 mm x 57.7 mm x 30.7 mm Weight: 474 g Ed Caswell has kindly commented that this can be classed a a transitional type in the typologies of both Rowlands (1976) and Schmidt & Burgess (1981). Peter Reavill gave the suggested date range.

DOR-383D76: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
A fragment of copper alloy socketed axehead. A small piece from the side and butt, having an angled corner on the exterior surface . Around the remnant of the mouth is a moulded low, wide collar. The internal surface is curved and smooth. Date: Late Bronze Age - c. 1100 - 800 BC Dimensions: 36.43 mm x 24.35 mm x 5.56 mm Weight: 19.34 g

DOR-51A7BB: INGOT
A possible fragment of a bronze plano-convex ingot or "cake". A sub-triangular fragment of copper alloy. The edges and surfaces are worn and irregular apart from one which has a fresher, more angular break. One face has a low, wide ridge and on the other there is a rough-surfaced depression near the broken edge. Date: Probably Late Bronze Age - c. 1150 - 600 BC Dimensions: 35.36 mm x 32.83 mm x 10.80 mm Weight: 32.91 g Kindly Identified by Peter Reavill. Some examples of plano-convex ingot can be seen in records NMS-67D9E3, SOM-C304F9, SUR-0E8478 and NLM-C11C1B and there are many more on the PAS database.

DOR-36C809: VESSEL
Two large, thick-walled body sherds of probably Bronze Age pottery. The fabric is patchily reduced dark grey and oxidised brown and orange-brown. The fabric contains frequent grog pieces (up to 5 mm) and sparse limestone and quartz (up to 3 mm). It is low-fired. The inside surface is crazed and cracked, the exterior surfaces are wiped. Handmade. Body sherds from a large urn or similar vessel. Date: Bronze Age - c. 2350 - 800 BC Weight: 53 g

DOR-78C28A: DAGGER
An incomplete cast tanged dagger or knife.The blade is double edged, tapering, with a central ridge producing a lozengiform profile, At the top is a narrowed rectangular tang with a single, circular attachment hole ( about 3 mm diameter). The tang is narrowed from the top of the blade with angled sides. At one side is a slight shoulder at the top of the blade, the other side is broken.The dagger has The blade tapers to the break and has been slightly bent. The patina is orangey-brown, probably from waterlogging in the area where it was found. Date: MIddle to Late Bronze Age - c. 1150-850 BC Dimensions: 132.12 mm x 20.60 mm x 3.43 mm Weight: 27.16g Blades with similar tangs are recorded on the database as DUR-F9F5D4, NLM-F55856 and DOR-FAC625, on which Dot Boughton has commented that Burgess and Gerloff include a blade of similar shape and size in their Group II (Damaged Blades Modified for Rehafting), p. 36ff. Its their no. 248 from Marston Trussel, Northamptonshire which is c. 12.6cm long and 2.1cm wide. It is described as "Tanged blade, either a knife made in this form or possibly a dirk with butt cut down for rehafting, in which case the torn rivet hole would have been secondary; rather worn brown green surfaces with some patches of bright green corrosion; edges worn and chipped." Plate 32, no 248.

DOR-84864A: BLADE
An incomplete, small, copper alloy blade. Possibly cut down from a larger blade such as a dirk. The blade is tapering and rounded at both ends. It has flattened cutting edges along both sides and a low central ridge. The hilt is missing and the end has been re-shaped. Date: Middle to Late Bronze Age 0 c. 1400 to 750 BC Dimensions: 84.24 mm x 12.66 mm x 2.98 mm Weight: 12.23 g Peter Reavill (2020 pers com) suggestes this may be a dirk blade, perhaps repurposed as a knife.

DOR-86B8B9: BRACELET
A fragment of gold strip or bar with a flared terminal. The strip has been coiled with the terminal on the inside. The strip is rectangular in cross section. At one end is a flared, flat-ended, terminal (approximately 4.5 mm thick) which is oval in cross section. At the other the strip has a deliberate angled cut. The strip is flattened from the terminal and expands in width to the cut end. The sides have been raised to create low flanges. This is slightly more prominent along the edges of one face (the outer face of the coil) than the other. The strip is 1.4 mm thick at the ridged edge and 1.2 mm thick in between. Date: Late Bronze Age c. 950 – 750 BC Dimensions: 32.83 mm x 1.10 mm x 7.80 mm Weight: 14.05 g Discussion: The fragment has its closest parallel to NMGW-E48854 on this database which is dated to the Late Bronze Age. That example has a circular cross section to the flared terminal and is similarly flattened and flaring with raised flanges at the sides. Further parallels include Fragment 1 from CORN-705C14 which has been paralleled to an example from St Martin's, Isles of Scilly (Tyacke 1993). Further similar examples are also illustrated by Eogan (1994) from Caister on Sea Norfolk (Eogan 1994: pl 13, no. 1) and Berwickshire (Eogan 1994: pl 15, no. 6) all of which are also suggested to date to the Late Bronze Age. This is supported by a bracelet with an expanded terminal being found with a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead at Llanarmon-yn-Iâl in Denbighshire (Green 1983). These are sometimes termed Potterne type bracelets following the publication of a similar bracelet from this site (Taylor 1984) Conclusion: Consequently, this item qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms of both age and precious metal content. Authors: Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen (Finds Liaison Officer) And Edward Caswell (Finds Liaison Officer) References Eogan, G. (1994) The accomplished art: gold and gold-working in Britain and Ireland during the Bronze Age (c. 2300-650 BC). Oxford, Oxbow. Green, H. S. (1983).'A late Bronze Age hoard from Llanarmon-yn-Ial, Clwyd', Antiquaries Journal, 63, 384-7. Taylor, J. (1984) The Potterne gold bracelet and its affinities. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 78, 35–40. Available from last accessed 13th February 2023 Tyacke, A. (1993). Recent archaeological acquisitions at the Royal Cornwall Museum. Cornish Archaeology, 32, 142-145.

DEV-0C1D15: BLADE
A fragment of a blade, possibly from a dirk or rapier, dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1500-1200 BC. The fragment is sub-triangular in shape, and is from near the point of the blade. It is broken just at the tip, and where the blade would have continued to the hilt. It is lozengiform in cross section, but the central midrib is markedly higher on one side than another, which is near flattened. The surface is now pitted and a dark greenish black in colour. DOR-772FCD is a similar example on the database, as is NARC-DFA5EB. Measurements: 24.1mm length, 19.9mm width, 7.9mm thickness, weight 11.8g.

DOR-BD0723: SPEARHEAD
An incomplete copper alloy socketed spearhead in two refitting pieces. Possibly a pegged type, although this feature does not remain due to the break. The spearhead is leaf-shaped with gently out curved blades. The mid-rib extends to the tip of the spearhead and tapers to a point. The hollow of the socket extends to 35 mm short of the tip of the mid-rib and is circular in cross section. At the base the socket is slightly flared to the break. This spearhead belongs to Davis LBA Group 11 (generic). Date: Late Bronze Age 1100-800 BC Dimensions: 109.52 mm x 31.23 mm x 17.87 mm Weight: 42.82 g Reference: Davis, Richard, 2016, A Short Guide to Later Bronze Age Spearheads, Object Datasheet No. 3, Later Prehistoric Finds Group.

DOR-A0C483: BLADE
A fragment of Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy blade dating to c 1500 - 1200 BC. The fragment is tapering to an old break. It has a low, wide mid-rib, creating a shallow lozengiform in cross section. It is possibly from a rapier. Length: 49.59 mm Width: 19.76 mm Thickness: 3.64 mm Weight: 7.85 g

DOR-BF94AF: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A thumbnail scraper of Late Neolithic ro Early Bronze Age date (Beaker period) c 2400 BC - 2200 BC. Made on a sub-oval tertiary flake of semi-translucent, mid-brown flint with a mid-gloss patina. The scraper is now completely covered in a smooth layer of off-white speckled recortification with a very dense area in the centre of the dorsal face. The dorsal face shows covering, scaled, abrupt retouch across the central area with very fine scaled retouch to all margins. The ventral face shows no apparent bulb of percussion indicating probable use of a soft hammer. Date: Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age. Dimensions: 21.0 mm x 20.8 mm x 8.3 mm Weight: 4.3 g

DOR-F12BC1: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A crudely flaked rounded scraper made on a primary flake of pale grey flint with a low gloss patina. The scraper retains the remnant of a small striking platform and low bulb of percussion at the proximal end. There is covering abraded nodule cortex on the dorsal face. There is large, abrupt, parallel retouch round the 80 % of the outer edge. The distal end is curved. Dimensions: Length; 41.58 mm Width; 27.53 mm Thickness: 10.35 mm Weight: 14.12 g Date: Neolithic to Early Bronze Age c. 4000 -1000 BC

DOR-F11EE3: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
A crudely flaked thumb nail scraper made on a tertiary flake of grey flint with a thick white patina. The scraper retains the remnant of a wide striking platform and low bulb of percussion at the proximal end. There is a remnant of flake removal scars on the dorsal face. There is large, abrupt, parallel retouch round the 75 % of curved outer edge, which has been struck from the ventral face. Dimensions: Diameter; 32.78 mm Thickness: 12.85 mm Weight: 16.59 g Date: Early Bronze Age c. 2200 -1000 BC

DOR-053F4A: PUNCH
A copper alloy tanged punch or graver of Middle to Late Bronze Age date c. 1500 - 750 BC. At one end is a long, tapered tang with a sub-angular cross section. The tang extends to approximately one third of the overall length of the implement. From here the it expands into a faceted hexagonal profile. This then tapers to a rounded point forming a conical awl. Length: 105.39 mm Diameter: 7.47 mm Weight: 20.1 g Small tools of this type were used for an extensive period of time, not simply in the Bronze age, but also in later periods for jewellery making and fine work. Peter Reavill (pers comm) suggests a Middle to late Bronze Age date and comments that whilst such tools are also found in later periods, this is is less likely to be Roman or later as iron would be preferable at that date.

DOR-AA4A9E: BLADE
A section of copper alloy rapier or dirk blade. The object appears broken at both ends. The breaks are abraded and probably old. The blade tapers to a broken tip and has a tapered cutting edge on both sides. There is a high central rib on both faces for much of the length of the rermaining blade, giving a shallow lozengiform cross section. The break on the upper part of the blade appears to have been flattened and shaped into a curve and also lacks the midrib present lower down. possibly in reuse of the broken blade. Date: Middle Bronze Age - c. 1500 - 1150 BC Dimensions: 84.52 mm x 12.41 mm x 3.29 mm Weight: 12.35 g

DOR-A727D7: FLANGED AXEHEAD
A copper alloy long flanged axehead /developed flat axe. This axehead has a rounded arched butt and slightly diverging sides that abruptly expand to a broad crescentic blade and cutting edge, with the blade tips at right angles to the sides, but not recurving. Cast flanges extend along the sides, rising very gradually from the butt towards the middle of the axe and sloping down again to the blade expansion. This gives the axe a very shallow lenticular side profile. The flanges are slightly triple-faceted, so are slightly angled inwards on both face. The axe has a very low ridge about two thirds of the way along the septum (c.45 mm from the butt), which may indicate the beginnings of stop ridge technology as is seen on later flanged axes and palstaves. A second curved ridge has been hammered into both faces at the blade expansion, . The blade is18.66 mm deep and has an even crescentic cutting edge,. The surface is slightly pitted in some areas, but otherwise quite smooth and an even dark green-brown Date: Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - c. 1800 - 1500 BC Peter Reavill suggests that the axe dates to an Aylesford or Arreton metal working phase with a date in the final early Bronze age (EBA III) or the first part of the Middle Bronze Age (MBA I). Dimensions: 84.19 mm x 42.45 mm x 11.50 mm Weight: 103.77 mm

DOR-03E430: AWL
A complete Late Bronze Age (c.1150-800 BC) copper alloy probable awl, with a square cross-section tapering into a flat rectangular sectioned tang at one end, and an oval cross section tapering to a rounded point at the other. The point has been bent out of shape. Date: Late Bronze Age - AD 1150 - 800 BC Dimensions: 54.33 mm x 4.13 mm x 3.71 mm Weight: 3.24 g Similar to database record HAMP-10928A and DOR-AD77774

DOR-CA6F71: BLADE
A section of copper alloy rapier or dirk blade. The object appears broken at both ends. The breaks are abraded and probably old. The blade is parallel sided with a tapered cutting edge on both sides. There is a high central rib on both faces giving a shallow lozengiform cross section. Date: Middle bronze Age - c. 1500 - 1150 BC Dimensions: 93.09 mm x 16.87 mm x 5.56 mm Weight: 35.60 g Peter Reavill (pers comm) has dated this to c 1500 - 1150 BC and suggests that it is from the lower part of the blade where the lozengiform cross section would give greater strength and rigidity.

DOR-18B605: PALSTAVE
A cast copper alloy palstave axehead of "Early midribbed Palstaves of Type Chepstow" type dating to c.1500 -1300 BC. The butt is rounded and the septum is thinner then the blade. The side flanges are low and increase in height from the butt to the stop ridges. On both faces the stop ridges are higher than the flanges. From the stop extends the rectangular cross sectioned blade. The blade tapers in the horizontal plane and is flaring in transverse plane. It termiates in a flared and curving cutting edge. It has a pronounced midrib running from the stop ridge to just before the edge on one face. Details of any edge bevel and casting lines are lost to corrosion. The palstave is heavily corroded, with some losses at its extremities. Reference: Schmidt and Burgess 1981, Plate 58, Date: Middle Bronze Age Dimensions: 141.58 mm x 47.94 mm x 28.74 mm Weight: 3.36 g Dot Boughton comments that this is an "Early midribbed Palstaves of Type Chepstow" but that it is too worn to be any more precise. Such axes are are part of the very late Arreton and then, Acton MW assemblage, that is the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1500-1300BC.

DOR-A4BDE2: RAPIER
A fragment of copper alloy blade, probably from a rapier or dirk. The tip only of the blade remains. The blade is double-edged and thin with a low mid-rib creating a narrow lentiod cross section at the break. The blade tapers from the horizontal break to the rounded end where it is damaged. Date: Bronze Age - Dimensions: 34.94 mm x 12.94 mm x 1.83 mm Weight: 3.08 g

WILT-7F60F4: SICKLE
A fragment of a Middle to Late Bronze Age copper alloy sickle, probably dating to c. 1500-800 BC. The fragment consists of a sub-triangular, curving fragment of blade, with a central mid-rib tapering into the edges in cross section. The fragment is truncated by an old break, with all edges being abraded. Length: 20.3mm; width: 15.6mm; thickness: 2.1mm; weight: 1.83g. cf. a similar, but more complete sickle found at Edington Burtle (Pearce 1983: 512-513, no. 648). The fragment is too incomplete to be further classified.

DOR-7D9C3B: PALSTAVE
A fragment of copper alloy palstave axehead. The tapering butt and partial side flanges only remaining.The surface has a patchy smooth brown patina with areas of spreading green corrosion. Date: Middle Bronze Age - 1600 - 1000 BC Dimensions 42.22 mm x 23.78 mm x 14.01 mm Weight: 40.33 g

WILT-337985: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
A probable Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead fragment, probably dating to c. 1100-800 BC. A sub-rectangular fragment with a sub-triangular cross section, comprising of part of the cutting edge and internal socket end. Only one wall survives, leaving the socket open on one face, with all breaks being old. Dimensions: 28.8mm in length; 18mm in width; 6.31g in weight. Although the fragment is too small to be certain, it probably fits into the Ewart park or Wilburton metal working groups, giving it a date of 1100-800 BC (Schmidt & Burgess 1981: 119).

DOR-EBFA4D: RAZOR
A copper alloy razor of Middle to Late Bronze Age date. The blade is sub rectangular and tapers slightly to a truncated end. It has a low central mid-rib on both faces with a thinned cutting edge along the outer edge on both sides. At the opposite end to the break, the blade narrows into a trapeziodal pierced tang. The tang has a circular attachment hole with an incised framing line around it on one face. The end of the blade has been bent backwards. Date: Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age: 1400 BC - 800 BC Dimensions: 68.6 mm x 24.15 mm x 0.18 mm Weight: 13.63 g A similar object is recorded on the PAS database: SUR-E3AEB2

DOR-54B989: FLAT AXEHEAD
A fragment of copper alloy palstave. The blade end only. The blade is rectangular in cross-section. The cutting edge is flared and curving. There is a slight curving ridge on both faces across the body of the axe, behind the cutting edge The blade thins gradually from the break to the cutting edge. Date: Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1000 BC. Dimensions:45.1mm x 50.8mm x 13.8mm. Weight: 126.16g.

DOR-3F8E48: AWL
A copper alloy awl or gouge. The awl has an rectangular cross section. It tapers towards both ends from the centre. Both sides taper on all four faces and terminate in a sub circular sectioned point. One side is slightly bent upwards. Reference: Read.B, 2016, pg.99, no.694. Date: Possibly late Bronze Age 1150 to 800 BC. Dimensions: 67.2mm 5mm 4.6mm Weight: 7.42g.

DOR-3F8141: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
An incomplete copper alloy facetted socketed axehead dating to 1000 BC - 800 BC. As we cannot see the collar the axehead can probably be classified as Meldreth type, Ewart Park phase of metalwork. The cutting edge is expanded and relatively undamaged. The sides are faceted, giving a six-sided cross section. The socket mouth is circular although the collar is missing. On the upper part of the axe is a D-shaped, oval sectioned (approx 8mm in depth) attachment loop, it is positioned unusually horizontally instead of vertically probably directly below the missing collar. Date: Late Bronze Age. Dimensions: 95.3mm x 47.1mm x 21.8mm Weight: 123.12g Dot Boughton (former FLO) has identified this as a Late Bronze Age facetted socketed axe of the Ewart Park Metalwork phase (1000 - 800 BC) and notes that the unusual form of the loop and thiness of the walls make it different from the generality of such axes.

DOR-AD7774: AWL
A complete Late Bronze Age (c.1150-800 BC) copper alloy probable awl, with a square cross-section tapering into a flat rectangular sectioned tang at one end, and an oval cross section tapering to a rounded point at the other. Date: Late Bronze Age Dimensions: 60.8mm x 3.9mm x 3.9mm Weight: 3.55g Similar to database record HAMP-10928A

SOM-4A4DA2: DEBITAGE
Sevon incomplete flakes prehistoric flint debitage. The flakes represent a number of flint sources, and are a mix of tertiary and secondary flakes, although where it survives the area still covered by cortex is invariably small. The proximal end survives on three flakes, these all have relatively diffuse bulbs of percussion, only one exhibiting a bulbar scar and with one exhibtiign a slight 'lip' at the platform, suggesting the use of a soft hammer. One flake exhibits platform preparation, and clear evidence of multiple striking platforms. The flakes exhibit a mixture of sub-parallel and more irregular removals otherwise. None exhibit any sign of retouch. Weight: 26.57g. It is difficult to date such a small group of flint with any degree of certainty, and with no characteristic features the group is given a very broad prehistoric date range.

DOR-9C4AB8: AWL
Cast copper alloy awl. The the awl is sub-circular in cross-section and is faceted longitudinally. It tapers to a point at both ends. One end is slightly thicker than the other and is damaged and corroded. Date: Bronze Age - c. 2150 - 800 BC Dimensions: 47.62 mm x 6.62 mm Weight: 5.77g Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but ones of this form are known to have been introduced in the Bronze Age (2150-800 BC) with most being Late Bronze Age in date (1150-800 BC).

OXON-FC8972: RIBBON
TREASURE CASE 2018 T373. Description: An incomplete strip of decorated gold, of probable Bronze Age dating (c. 2150 BC to c. 1150 BC). The strip is an oval/ellipse shaped band that tapers towards the possible terminals. The terminals have a corrugated appearance consisting of three or four peaks and troughs, each created length-ways for approximately one quarter of the object's length. The central section of the band is undecorated but, like the rest of the object, displays a number of scuffs and striations to both surfaces. There is evidence of a fold at either end of the corrugation and a third diagonal fold across the centre of the object. The finder reported that he unfolded the object himself, thinking at first that it was modern foil. Dimensions: 53.3mm long, 13.3mm wide, 0.5mm thick, 3.5 grams. Discussion: It is difficult to identify the object as a particular object type, although it may belong to a range of ribbon, or strip ornaments of Bronze Age date. A number of parallels have been recorded through the Portable Antiquities Scheme (Northfleet, Kent: Treasure Case 2004 T326, Brixton Deverill, Wiltshire: 2006 T250, Gussage-all-Saints, Dorset: 2013 T428, Roche, Corwall: 2014 T39 and Wantage, Oxon 2013 T674). As Dr S. Needham pointed out in the report for Brixton Deverill (2006 T250): 'a range of ribbon, or strip ornaments in gold are known from the British Bronze Age, including for torcs, bracelets and small fittings'. Conclusion: This fragment has a precious metal content of greater than 10% and is, on the balance of probabilities, of prehistoric date. It therefore qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act (1996).

DOR-EA2008: PALSTAVE
A fragment of a copper alloy palstave axe, probably dating to 1500 BC to 1150 BC. The flared, crescentic cutting edge only remains. It has a rectangular cross section. The surface is lightly corroded and pitted. Date: Middle Bronze Age Length: 26.70 mm Width: 34.37 mm Thickness: 9.93 mm Weight: 32.53 g

DOR-E9D105: RAPIER
A fragment of a copper alloy probable rapier blade, 1500-800 BC. A section of straight-sided double-edged blade with a low oval cross section. The surface is pitted and corroded and has an even green patina. It has a wide mid rib. Date: Bronze Age - c. 1500 - 1200 BC Length: 40.16 mm Width: 16.86 mm Thickness: 3.95 mm Weight: 12.38 g The piece could be a fragment of a Bronze Age rapier, representing the blade just below the tip. The size and condition of the fragment make further identification difficult.

DEV-C3AD9B: CHISEL
A Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged chisel, probably dating to c. 1150-800 BC. The chisel survives complete, although the tang has been damaged, and is now bent at 45 degrees to the plane. The tang is rectangular in cross section, tapering to a point in profile and with a sub-rectangular end in plan, with the remains of casting seems running down either lateral face, particularly prominent at the interstice with the collar. The latter is elaborated, and oval in cross section, with concave sides and an expanded upper edge. The blade projects from below the less pronounced lower edge of the collar, exapanding into a crescentic cutting edge in plan, whist tapering to a point in profile. The lateral faces are faceted, creating a shallow, sub-hexagonal cross section. The blade is undecorated. Dimensions: length 85.9mm; width of tang at mid point c. 6.0mm; width of collar 11.4mm; width of cutting edge 27.9mm; maximum thickness (at collar) 9.6mm; weight 27.68g. A similar tanged chisel was found in association with a large amount of Late Bronze Age material as part of a probable Early Iron Age hoard at Gussage St. Michael, Dorset (Knight, Ormrod & Pearce 2015: 51, no. 250b). Another similar example, from Kingston, Dorset, is published by Pearce (1984: 476, no. 416a), from a site which has also produced Late Bronze Age pottery. Numerous similar chisels are also recorded onto this database, but cf. WILT-CDB685, which is particularly similar.

DOR-72A60D: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
A near complete barbed and tanged flint arrowhead. The tip and part of the tang are missing. The flint is semi-opaque and mid to dark brown with a mid-gloss patina. Both faces show covering low angle scaled and sub-parallel retouch. Date: Early to Middle Bronze age 2400 BC to 1000 BC. Dimensions: 40.5mm x 27.4mm x 4.2mm. Weight: 3.98g.

WILT-5213F9: FLAT AXEHEAD
A cast copper-alloy flat axehead of the Early Bronze Age, dating to the period of 2200-1500 BC. It measures 78.36mm in length and 48.24mm in width. It is 10.21mm thick and weighs 159.11g. The axehead is broadly trapezoidal in shape. Its thickest point is in the middle, from where it tapers to the sides. The blade gradually widens towards the cutting edge edge. Both ends curve outwards slightly.

WILT-B03F7B: BLADE
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Bronze Age blade, dating to the period 1500-1150 BC. It measures 38.89mm in length and 17.8mm in width. It is 2.89mm thick and weighs 7.86g. The patina is smooth, the colour is dark green and brown. The blade is lozengeform in cross section.

NMGW-9B796D: MINIATURE OBJECT
Miniature copper alloy axe of Late Bronze Age to Romano-British date (c. 1200 BC -AD 400) and probably of Robinson's (1988, p61) type I. The miniature axe head is complete but is slightly distorted along its length and is of comparatively elongated form (with an overall length of 28.9mm and a weight of 4.8g). The butt or mouth is sub-square (4.9mm x 4.7mm) and has a transverse ridge separating the mouth from the top of the loop. The mouth encloses a small, shallow and irregular depression, probably representing a socket. The miniature axe head has a maximum width across the loop (of 10.0mm). The top of the loop is the same level as the mouth. The integral loop is semi-circular form (9.0mm wide and 3.0mm thick) with a small central, sub-circular perforation of irregular, hour-glass form (2mm diameter). It is possible that the axe was suspended from the loop as a pendant or similar. There is the suggestion of a subtle collar moulding below the mouth (6mm long). The unlooped side and the looped side, beneath the loop are both near-straight, with a slight concavity and are divergent to the blade. The blade edge (with a width of 9.7mm and thickness of 1.2mm) is straight. The axe has a rounded, sub-rectangular body profile. The axe has a wedge-shaped profile with generally flat faces and both faces have no obvious decoration. The miniature axe has remnants of a dark- brown patina and elsewhere is mid-green.

DEV-3B1474: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
An incomplete Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, probably dating to c. 1150-750 BC. The fragment is extremely abraded, leaving no surface detail and at one point wearing completely through the wall, leaving an irregular perforation. The socket mouth and cutting edge have both been lost to wear, leaving the axe with a narrow sub-rectangular in plan, with a rounded blade-end and the wall of the socket lost entirely on one face. In profile the axehead tapers towards the cutting edge. the socket is sub-rectangular in cross-section and survives to a depth of c. 54.7mm. Dimensions: length 72.0mm; width 34.8mm; thickness 24.0mm; weight 75.61g. The probable axehead (although it could potentially be from another form of socketed tool, such as a chisel) is too worn for its form to be paralleled, however a Late Bronze Age date is likely.

DOR-0BCB5D: PALSTAVE
A copper alloy looped palstave axehead. The cutting edge is crescentic with a slight flare at one edge. The butt us also slightly curved. The septum is rectangular with a deep stop ridge. The flanges are lozenge shaped, The blade tapers back to the stop ridge where there are two cast decorative ridges on each face forming a V-shape. On one side is a corroded curved side loop. The surfaces are corroded and pitted, obscuring any casting lines. Dimensions: 124.36 mm x 44.04 mm x 26.30 mm Date: Middle Bronze Age c. 1500 - 1300 The axehead probably fits into Needham's group III and the Acton Park II or Taunton metal working phases, and probably dates to c. 1500-1300 BC.

DOR-2A928E: RAPIER
A incomplete cast copper-alloy rapier. At the butt is a small, narrowed tang with a rounded end. It does not appear to be broken. The blade is expanded from the hilt with angled shoulders and tapers towards the bent and broken opposite end. It has a lenticular profile and a low mid-rib on both faces. It has possibly been deliberately broken in antiquity. Date: Bronze Age c. 1600 - 1000 BC Dimensions: 141.65 mm x 19.68 mm x 4.05 mm Weight: 60.86 g

DOR-2A0940: GOUGE
A complete copper alloy socketed gouge. The upper part and socket are circualr in cross section. The socket is 15.2 mm in internal diameter and approiimately 50 mm in depth. Around the socket is a thick, rounded collar. The gouge tapers slightly and becomes C-shaped in cross section towards the cutting edge. There is casting line along each side. The cutting edge is slightly lopsided, probably as a result of use wear. Date: Late Bronze Age - c. 1000 - 800 BC Dimensions: 73.71 mm x 22.88 mm x 3.81 mm Weight: 57.22 g A silmilar gouge is recorded in database record DUR-06F0E8 and dated to the Ewart Park metalwork phase

DOR-988ED1: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A thumbnail or horseshoe scraper tool made on a sub-oval tertiary flake of Portland chert. The chert is opaque and characteristically dark grey in colour with a mid-gloss patina. The dorsal face is smooth and slightly bulbous across the centre with short, scaled, abrupt retouch to the distal end and possibly the left side margin, although this may have been lost due to modern damage. There are areas of long, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt retouch to the right and left side margins near the proximal end. The ventral face shows a prominent bulb of percussion with bulbar scar indicating probable use of a hard hammer. Date: Early Bronze Age - 2350 to 1600BC. Dimensions: 25.1mm x 23.1mm x 5.7mm. Weight: 4.1g.

DOR-986639: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A thumbnail or horseshoe scraper tool made on a sub-oval tertiary flake of Portland chert. The chert is opaque and characteristically dark grey in colour with a mid-gloss patina. The dorsal face is flat across the centre with covering working and short, scaled abrupt and semi-abrupt retouch extending around all edges. The ventral face is concave and shows a very low bulb of percussion with bulbar scar indicating probable use of a soft hammer. Date: Early Bronze Age - 2350 to 1600 BC. Dimensions: 31.3mm x 28.1mm x 8.3mm. Weight: 7.8g.

DOR-2D27D7: SPEARHEAD
An incomplete small copper alloy socketed and side-looped spearhead. Part of the socket has been broken off and the tip pf the spearhead is missing. The blades are short and leaf-shaped. The hollow of the socket extends 46 mm into the 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 loops set opposite each other part way along the socket. There are traces of casting lines along the sides of the spearhead running from above the side loops to the base of the blades. Below the side loops, the casting lines appear to have been smoothed away. Date: Early Middle Bronze Age, c. 1600-1400BC Dimensions: 68.80 mm x 22.06 mm x 13.22 mm Weight:. 27.58 Dot Boughton suggests LANCUM-7609C0 on the PAS database as a parrallel in which record she notes "Side-looped spearheads are Greenwell and Brewis' Class IV and date to the early Middle Bronze Age. They are likely to belong to the Acton Park 2, Taunton (Cemmaes) or Penard metalwork assemblages, corresponding to Needham's (1997) Period 5, c. 1500-1150BC. The spearhead was likely to have been short and similar to Savory (1980) nos. 227 - 230, which Savory argues are of Acton Park metal, although no. 228 gave an analysis suggesting Penard metal. A side-looped spearhead from the Thames at Mortlake (DoB 31) has been radio-carbon dated by Needham et al (1997) producing an early radiocarbon date of 3225+/- 65BP (OxA-5948) 1680-1400BC with a 95% confidence rating."

WILT-A49B7A: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
A late Bronze Age faceted socketed axe of Meldreth type, Ewart Park metalwork assemblage, c1000-800BC. The axe is gently flaring to the curved cutting edge. There are ridges along the faceted sides of the axe. The casting ridges are visible. At the socket end of the axe is a narrow ridge and a deep convex collar. The collar is broken at a point. The socket is circular and there are slight inward projections set opposite on the edge, probably sprues from the casting process. At one side below the collar is a side loop. The socketed axe measures 101.93mm in length, 50.59mm wide (blade) and 6.43 mm thick (blade). It weights 185.15 g The collar measures 31.11 mm in diameter.

DOR-BB077A: FLAT AXEHEAD
A small copper alloy flat axehead. It has a thin sub-rectangular cross section. THe faces of the axe are both flat with no side flanges. The sides are slightly convex with a faint trace of a mid casting line on each. It has a slightyl flared, thinned and out-curved cutting edge without a clear facet.The axe tapers at the sides to a narrow rounded butt and the faces also taper so that it is thinned. There is considerable corrosion on one face of the axe. Date: Early Bronze Age - c. 2100 to 1900 BC Dimensions: 93.38 mm x 36.84 mm x 6.12 mm Weight: 71.22 g Ther axe is simlar to LANCUM-CDB533 which is identified by Dot Boughton as belonging to the Migdale metalworking phase.

WILT-048851: RAPIER
A fragment of a copper alloy rapier of Middle to Late Bronze Age date, c BC1400-800. The fragment consists of 46.41mm length of blade. It is damaged on both edges and there are early breaks at each end. It is 11.85mm in width at one end and 12.70mm at the other. The rapier blade is nearly flat in cross section (2.13mm thick) but there is some tapering towards the edges so it has a slightly elliptical cross section. It weighs 6.25g. It has a dark green patina and a heavily pitted surface.

DOR-533DF1: AWL
A complete copper alloy awl or "graver". The mid section has a square cross section and either end tapers extends into a long tapering point with a circular cross section.This created four lozengiform faces on the mid section. Date: Bronze Age to later Dimensions: 86.33 mmx 5.19 mm Weight: 8.65 g Although possibly Bronze Age, it is difficult to distiguish tools of this type from later,items of similar function (Peter Reavill pers. comm.)

DOR-029EBA: SPEARHEAD
An incomplete Bronze Age socketed and side looped spearhead. The spearhead is in two conjoining pieces, broken accross the socket below the blades. The end of the socket is damaged and incomplete.The blades are outcurved at the base before tapering in to a narrow tip, forming a flame-shape. There is prominent midrib running between the blades and extending into the socket. The midrib is lozengiform in cross section as is the upper part of the socket. The lower end of the socket is circular in cross section. There is a low flattish side loop on either side with oval apertures. The upper part of the socket retains what appears to be a piece of mineralised wood. Date: Middle Bronze Age - c. 1200 - 1000 BC Peter Reavill suggestes the spearhead is from the Taunton metalwork phase.

DOR-DC23F5: SPEARHEAD
A copper-alloy socketed side-looped spearhead of Bronze age date. The spearhead is broken into two conjoining pieces but is otherwise well preserved. The blades are curves along the outer edges and remain sharp. There is a prominent midrib between the blades which flares towards and extends into the socket. The midrib and socket have a circular cross section. The socket is flared to the base. It retains one curved side loop, the other is broken off. Date: Middle to Late Bronze Age - c. 1200 - 800 BC Peter Reavill has identified this as dating to the Penard phase of the Bronze Age.

DOR-C918FF: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A scraper made on a sub-oval, horseshoe shaped secondary flake of dark grey flint. The flint is semi-translucent with a mid-gloss patina and thick nodular cortex remains on the whole of the flat striking platform. The dorsal face shows central broad flake removal scars and short, scaled, semi-abrupt retouch around the distal end. The ventral face has a prominent bulb of percussion indicating probable use of a hard hammer such as a hammerstone. Date: Early Bronze Age - 2350 to 1600 BC Dimensions: 29.9mm x 34.7mm x 9.5mm Weight: 12g

DOR-1F4D7C: SPEARHEAD
Cast bronze (copper alloy) side looped and socketed spear (spearhead) of Middle Bronze Age date (1500 - 1150 BC). The spearhead is broadly sub-triangular in plan and profile with an incomplete and abraded sub-oval or leaf-shaped blades. The hollow socket is near complete and is slightly chamfered at the base.. Two single cast 'string' side loops are present, one on either edge. The tip of the spearhead is complete however the side blades have been broken. The overall shape of the blade can be best described as being leaf-shaped. The centre of the blade is divided by a tapering (tip to base) pointed midrib. This midrib expands to the socket of the spear. The central raised line of the mid-rib does not extend into the socket. The socket is roughly half the whole length of the spear. The cross section of the spear is lentoid and the socket is circular. There are no visible areas of cast or incised decoration on the spearhead. The casting seams have been filed or polished away. The spearhead measures 104.02mm length, has a maximum width (across base of socket) of 14 mm. The depth of the socket is 55 mm. The spearhead weighs 42.89 grams. The mouth of the socket has a diameter of 12.5mm and a thickness of 2 mm. Similar looped spearheads have been classified by Margaret Ehrenberg as Class IV dated to the Middle Bronze Age specifically the second phase of Acton Park (2), Taunton (Cemmaes) or Pennard metalworking traditions. These phases correspond with Needham's Period 5 (c. 1500 - 1150 BC).

GLO-AA3A38: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Flint tool that has one arise on the dorsal, there is a shallow bulb of percussion on the ventral that has a stepped fracture one third of the way down that has been coursed by cracks running through the body of the flint. Retouch is present running down the length of both sides in the form of direct short, semi-abrupt flake removal. The distal end is rounded with a small portion of the cortex on the tip while the proximal end has been knapped into a point, possibly forming an awl. Mid grey flint with creamy patched that is heavily worm. This item would date to the early to middle Bronze Age 2200-1500BC

DOR-28154A: FLANGED AXEHEAD
A developed flat axe with hammer raised flanges of later Early Bronze Age date (c. 2000 - 1700 BC) specifically of the axe type Arreton which is dated to Early Bronze Age III, of metalworking stage V, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 3 circa 2000 - 1700 CAL BC. This axehead is broadly sub-rectangular with an expanded crescent shaped blade. The butt is narrow and rounded and measures 22mm in width and is 3.4mm thick. In profile the axe is a sub pointed oval with both terminals tapering. In section the axe is slightly H-shaped as the side edges of the axe have been worked to form a slight raised collar rather than cast flanges .The expanded blade measures 43.64mm in width and is 2.4mm thick. The axe is in good condition although there is some damage to the blade. The object has a green patina and the surface is slightly pitted. A small area of the original cutting surface survives on the central part of the blade but there is some damage towards the peripheries of the cutting edge. The sides of the axe are raised, with distinct but very low flanges extending from the base of the blade to near the butt. There is no evidence of casting seams which would indicate that the axehead has been reworked after casting to produce the raised flanges. The axehead measures 96.19mm in length, 43.64mm in width (at the blade) is 11.4mm thick and weighs 131.04g. In HESH-3AFE67 Peter Reavill comments that the axehead is best described as coming from the Arreton type of long-flanged developed flat axes (cf Burgess and Schmidt: Axes of Northern Britain pp 65 - 75 specifically 420, 423and 413). Burgess and Schmidt suggest from their study that the distribution of this Arreton type concentrates in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Their work though looks directly at the axes of Scotland and Northern England.

DOR-5546C3: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
A fragment of copper aloy socketed axe. The cutting edge of the axe only remains. The cutting edge is crescentic. At the back is the remnant of the socket. Along each of the sides is a casting seam. Date: Late Bronze Age - c. 1100 - 800 BC Dimensions: 23.7 mm x 43.0 mm x 12.7 mm Weight: 34.93 g

DOR-9A6EE6: SPEARHEAD
An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed spearhead (1150 - 800BC). This object is in two pieces, found at different times. The spearhead has a leaf-shaped blade remaing on one side and a pronounced hollow mid-rib extending to the broken tip. The remaining edges of the blade are bevelled. The socket is circular. The mouth of the socket is damaged at one side. There are remnant s of side loops on both sides of the lower part of the socketed end. There is a large irregular hole on side of the lower part of the socketed end. Date: Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC - 800 BC Dimensions: 139.68 mmx x 22.04 mm x 25.35 mm. Thickness of wall - 2.29 mm Weight: 85.67 g A silmilar spear is recorded in database record DOR-FD69C8. There is a difference in the surface colour and condition between the two pieces resulting from surface treatment of the lower section by the finder.

DOR-1FC0EB: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A rounded flint scraper. Made on a secondary flake of beige and grey patchy flint with a low gloss surface and areas of milky-white patination. At the proximal end is a wide striking platform and on the dorsal face is low bulb of percussion with a small bulbar scar and several widely spaced waves of percussion. On the dorsal face is an area of worn nodule cortex and a more recent flaking scar which has removed some of the patinated surface. There is invasive semi-abrupt parallel retouch around the curved distal edge and the right side covering around 50 % of the perimeter. Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age c. 2700 - 1600 BC Dimensions: 26.3 mm x 22.8 mm x 8.1 mm Weight: 6.50 g

DOR-1E4620: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A rounded flint scraper. Made on a secondary flake of dark grey flint with a mid gloss patina. At the proximal end is a small striking platform and on the dorsal face is pronounced bulb of percussion with a small bulbar scar and numerous closely spaced waves of percussion. On the dorsal face is an area of worn nodule cortex and the remnant of several flaking scars ancluding a hinge fracture. There is short semi-abrupt parallel retouch around the curved distal edge and the left side covering around 50 % of the perimeter. There is some damage to the opposite side. Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age c. 2700 - 1600 BC Dimensions: 30.2 mm x 27.2 mm x 12.2 mm Weight: 9.10 g

DOR-1E2FA1: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A rounded flint scraper. Made on a secondary flake of orange-brown flint with a mid gloss patina. At the proximal end is a wide striking platform and on the dorsal face is pronounced bulb of percussion and numerous closely spaced waves of percussion. On the dorsal face is an area of worn pebble cortex and the remnant of one flaking scar. There is invasive semi-abrupt parallel retouch around the curved distal edge and the left side covering around 50 % of the perimeter. Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age c. 2700 - 1600 BC Dimensions: 32.9 mm x 28.1 mm x 12.4 mm Weight: 12.08 g

DOR-1E1219: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A rounded flint scraper. Made on a secondary flake of mid grey flint with a mid gloss patina. The proximal and distal ends have been removed. On the a few faint waves of percussion. There are several flaking scars on the dorsal face and a layer of thick nodule opposite the worked edge of the scraper. There is short semi-abrupt parallel retouch around the curved, cutting edge covering around 50% of the perimeter. Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age c. 2700 - 1600 BC Dimensions: 31.3 mm x 27.3 mm x 11.0 mm Weight: 9.81 g

DOR-A09E8A: SPEARHEAD
A fragment of copper alloy spear or arrowhead. The tip only surviving. There is a central rib between two curving cutting edges. The typology and exact date of this object are uncertain. Date:Probably Middle to Late Bronze Age - c. 1600 - 800 BC Diameter: 24.1 mm x 11.4 mm x 7.1 mm Weight: 4.11 g

DOR-761B1C: KNIFE
A fragment of copper alloy tanged knife. The tang has a single rivet hole for the attachment of the missing handle and the edges have been worked to create a slight ridge.The knife has a symmetrical, shallow, pointed oval cross section giving two cutting edges. Date: Middle Bronze Age c. 1600 - 1000 BC Dimensions: 83.47 mm x 20.11 mm x 2.95 mm Weight: 20.54 g

WILT-46374E: PALSTAVE
An almost complete cast copper alloy palstave of Middle Bronze Age dating to the period c.1500-1300 BC. The palstave has a U-shaped pattern below the stop ridge, and raised flange facets. The blade of the palstave is sub-triangular in plan, with convex expanding sides and convex damaged cutting edge. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being after the stop ridge. The blade, from the cutting edge to the stop ridge, is 66.42mm in length and 22.86 thick, measured close to the stop ridge. The cutting edge is 41.60mm in width and 2.72mm thick. Beneath the stop-ridge, on both sides of the palstave, is a concave depression, which is bordered by raised ridges. This is broadly sub-rectangular (U-shaped), with three parallel grooves going down to the septum to facilitate the process of hafting. One face of the palstave preserve, near the three grooves of the septum, a through hole linked with forging activities. The rear part of the axe, from the stop ridge to the butt, is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in profile, with the widest part behind the stop ridge. The rear part is 67.63mm in length, 23.10 in width and 23.42mm maximum thick, 4.60mm minimum thick (measured at the foot). The palstave weights 263g. The palstave is covered with a green patina.

WILT-BCBB58: CHISEL
A Bronze Age chisel fragment measuring 33.35mm in length and 45.6mm wide. The chisel is incomplete only the blade survives. The blade thins from 4.9mm thick to 1.5mm thick at the cutting edge, the break at the top of the blade is broadly oval in cross section. The blade expands from the break towards the cutting edge. The chisel weighs 26.15 grams.

WILT-B88605: PALSTAVE
A fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy palstave (c 1600 BC - c 1001 BC). This blade fragment is rectangular in cross section with convex sides. From the old transverse break at the top, the sides flare evenly to the cutting edge which is evenly curved in plan. No casting seams or decoration are present. This palstave has a green patina.. Length of remains of blade: 43.68mm; width at widest point near cutting edge 26.58: width at broken end 18.90mm; thickness at broken end 8.75mm narrowing to thickness at cutting edge of 2.65mm. Weight: 37.31g.

WILT-6416A6: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
A fragment of a late Bronze Age socketed axe. The fragment is J-shaped in section and roughly rectangular in plan. There is a clear mould line evident. On the inner edge of the lip there is a possible sprue from casting waste. The fragment has a grey green patina. The length is 24.40mm, maximum width is 33.77mm, maximum thickness of the lip 5.53mm. The weight is 13.54 grams.

LEIC-9CB78E: VESSEL
Bronze age to Medieval pottery vessel sherds. The pottery appears hand built, has rough fabric with large gritty inclusions and lots of mica. It has a thick section and some sherds have evdience of sooting on the outer? surface. It was found in a very tight scatter disturbed by tractor, near a Bronze Age barrow cemetery. So its probable that it is prehistoric, however pottery such as this is known in the area up to the medieval period.

DOR-F1F966: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead. Made on a flake of light brown flint. The faces have mid-gloss surfaces. The triangular arrowhead has been made laterally across a thin, broad flake which is slightly twisted. There are waves of percussion on the ventral face. There is semi-invasive retouch on the margins, forming a blunt point at the apex. At the base one of the notches is partially worked but incomplete, leaving it quite shallow. In forming the other notch the side has broken off, shearing from the centre of the notch to a point around two thirds along the margin on the same side. There is a remnant of the notch remaining. Date: Early Bronze Age - c. 2350- 1600 BC Dimensions: 34.37mm x 12.89mm x 1.22mm Weight: 2.44g Mike Trevarthen (pers. comm.) has suggested that the incomplete notching on this arrowhead indicates that it was broken during manufacture.

WILT-8CBFA4: HOARD
A hoard of two incomplete Middle Bronze Age rapiers dating to the period c. 1400 - 1100 BC. Both blades best described as rapiers and best placed in Burgess & Gerloff's 'Group III' (Burgess, C.B., and Gerloff, S. 1981. The Dirks and Rapiers of Great Britain and Ireland. Prähistorische Bronzefunde IV, 7 Beck: Munich). The rapiers will be discussed as rapier A and rapier B. Rapier A consists of six fragments of the blade along with six rivets from the handle. One of the breaks between two of the fragments may be deliberate, the other breaks appear to have occured during deposition. All of the fragments feature substantial damage along both edges of the blade. All of the fragments exhibit one surface with a smooth dark green patina with some pitting and one surface with a heavily pitted, rough dark green patina. The uppermost section comprises widened shoulders which measure 63.47mm at their widest point. They have been damaged along the top by a series of old breaks. The edge of one notch is visible along the break line. The blade then tapers to a width of 19.82mm and terminates in a jagged break point. The blade is lozengiform in cross-section and features a thick, prominent mid-rib. The second fargment of rapier A has straight parallel sides and is lozengiform in cross-section. The blade is slightly curved along its length and terminates in an old break which may have been deliberate. This fragment measures 129.16mm in length, 20.77mm in width, tapering to a width of 18.39mm and is 7.37mm thick. The third fragment tapers noticably along its length 77.64mm in length, 16.92mm in width, tapering to a width of 14.24mm. It is 6.51mm thick, narrowing to a thickness of 5.91mm. The fourth fragment measures 41.00mm in length, tapers from a width of 13.07mm to 11.95mm and is 5.43mm thick. The fifth fragment measures 15.28mm in length, 11.05mm in width and is 5.15mm thick. The sixth fragment comprises the tip of the blade and narrows markedly incomparison to the other fragments. measures 46.45mm in length, tapers from a width of 11.67mm to a width of 3.98mm and narrows from a thickness of 5.19mm to 3.47mm. It terminates in an old break. The rivets are cylindrical in shape, each featuring a ridged collar at either terminal with rounded ends. They all feature an uneven dark green and brown patina. One terminates in an old break, however, the other five are all intact, save minor surface damage. The rivets vary in length from 21.44mm to 13.34mm and in diameter from 19.21mm to 11.78mm. Rapier B comprises three fragments of the blade. It is missing the hilt and shoulders. The first fragment is rectangular in shape and lozengifrom in cross section. The blade has been faceted, with a prominent mid-rib and two additional ribs flanking, creating four facets on each surface. The faceting is also visible in the cross section. The fragment measures 131.72mm in length, 23.34mm in width, tapering to 20.91mm and is 7.29mm thick. The second fragment tapers slightly along its length. The break point at one end seems to match with the break point of the first section. One surface has a deeply pitted dark greeen patina. The other surface exhibits a smooth dark green patina interspersed with uneven patches of green and brown corrosion product and some recent scratches where the original colour of the metal is visible. It measures 135.66mm in length, 21.17mm in width, tapering to 18.66mm and is 7.11mm thick, narrowing to 6.47mm. The third fragment comprises the tip of the blade and commences with a deliberate break, visible where the blade has been bent out of shape and snapped. Unlike the first two fragments, this fragment only exhibits one thickened ridge running along its length, rather than the faceted surfaces of the other two fragments. Both surfaces feature a pitted and scratched dark green patina. The fragment measures 156.65mm in length, 23.36mm in width, tapering to 8.98mm and is 11.86mm thick, narrowing to 8.11mm.

LANCUM-E31E41: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint tool, or possibly debitage, made from a brownish grey flake. There have been some small flakes removed to flatten a bulb of percussion on the ventral side. A single dorsal ridge has also been flattened by removal of flakes. There has been micro flaking along both edges and the distal end. At the proximal end, an angled 'tang' has apparently been deliberately left or created - possibly for setting into a shaft? The flint is generally a pale brownish grey colour except for a white inclusion on the dorsal ridge near the proximal end. L25 W11.5 Th4 mm w 0.5g Length 25mm, Width 11.5mm, Thickness 4mm, Weight 0.5g

LANCUM-E30FA1: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint tool - probably a scraper, quite crudely made from a grey flint flake. There is a striking platform and bulb of percussion on the ventral side. Flakes have been removed to create a dorsal ridge which begin at the proximal end but bifurcates before reaching the distal. Both sides and the end show evidence of re working in the form of micro flaking on both the ventral and dorsal sides. The flint is generally grey but varies in shades throughout and includes some very pale inclusions. Length 27mm, Width 16mm, Thickness 5mm, Weight 3g

LANCUM-E2FC04: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint tool - possibly a scraper, quite crudely made from a greyish brown flint flake. There is a small bulb of percussion and a hint of concoidal ripples on the ventral side which is considerably convex and slightly twisted along its central axis. Flakes have been removed to create a dorsal ridge nearer to one side than the other. The side nearest to the ridge shows evidence of reworking all the way round to the distal end with several flakes removed as well as micro flaking. A notch has bee created very lose to the proximal end. However on the side furthest from the dorsal ridge, no reworking has taken place and this entire side retains a layer of cortex. Length 30mm, Width 16.5mm, Thickness 2.5mm, Weight 2g

LANCUM-E2E774: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint tool - possibly a scraper, quite crudely made from a flint flake. There is a bulb of percussion and concoidal ripples on the ventral side. Flakes have been removed to create a dorsal ridge which begin as a Y at the proximal end and join to form a single ridge towards the distal which has been snapped off apparently at a hinge fracture. The proximal end also appears to have been snapped in antiquity as this is now patinated to a considerably lighter shade of grey that the rest of the flint which is generally pale grey with lighter inclusions and a brown inclusion on the dorsal ridge at the distal end. Both edges show some evidence of minor re working by micro flaking. Length 25mm, Width 24.5mm, Thickness 5mm, Weight 3g

LANCUM-E2CCC3: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint tool - possibly part of a blade, possibly debitage, quite crudely made from a flint flake. There is a striking platform and bulb of percussion on the ventral side. Flakes have been removed to create a dorsal ridge which begin as a Y at the proximal end and join to form a single ridge towards the distal which appears to be a hinge fracture. Both edges show some evidence of minor re-working, with a small notch having been created on one side. The flint has a very 'chalky' appearance being almost white in colour across approximately half of its surface, but with a clearly defined change to a very pale grey towards the distal end. Length 28mm, Width 21.5mm, Thickness 7mm, Weight 4g

LANCUM-E2ABB2: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint tool - probably a scraper, quite crudely made from a grey flint flake. There is a striking platform and bulb of percussion on the ventral side as well as a small area of cortex. There is evidence of flakes being removed to create a dorsal ridge, beginning at the proximal end, but finishing before the distal which still retains a layer of cortex. This has been removed only at the very edge of the distal end. Both side edges have been re worked, showing micro flaking, but the dorsal side either side of the dorsal ridge retain areas of cortex which has only been partially removed. The flint is largely medium grey in colour but has been patinated to a lighter shade across much of its surface. Length 35mm, Width 29mm, Thickness 10mm, Weight 11g

LANCUM-E27891: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A flint tool - probably a scraper, quite crudely made from a grey flint flake. There is a bulb of percussion and concoidal ripples on the dorsal side with further ripples on the ventral side which is slightly concave. The tool is roughly triangular in shape with the thickest side being almost entirely covered in cortex. The other two sides which taper to edges show evidence of re touching in the form of both flaking and micro flaking. At it's thickest side the flint is quite dark grey, but becomes much lighter towards the distal. There are some still lighter inclusions in places. Length 38mm, Width 43.5mm, Thickness 12mm, Weight 15g

DEV-892904: FLAT AXEHEAD
An incomplete Early Bronze Age copper alloy cast flat axehead, dating from c.2150 to 1500 BC. The blade is curved and it has a very uneven edge, probably due to surface wear and corrosion. The axehead tapers to a break before the butt. There are some traces of Bronze disease on the surface of the item.

DOR-0A6771: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
A incomplete barbed and tanged arrowhead made on a tertiary flake of light brown flint with a thick white patina. A small arrowhead. The tip has been broken off and both barbs are truncated. The tang is quite long in proportion to the rets of the arrowhead. Both faces are finely pressure flaked. The flaking is regular and invasive. Date: Early Bronze Age - 2500 -1500- BC. Dimensions: 23 mm x 18.5 mm x 4 mm Weight: 1.5 g

DOR-0A5506: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
A incomplete barbed and tanged arrowhead made on a tertiary flake of grey flint with a thick white patina. A small arrowhead. One barb has been broken off. Both faces are finely pressure flaked. The flaking is regular and invasive. Date: Early Bronze Age - 2500 -1500- BC. Dimensions: 19 mm x 15 mm x 4 mm Weight: 1 g

DOR-007CB2: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
A small thumb nail scraper. A secondary flake of dark grey flint with large pale grey mottles and a mid gloss patina. At the proximal end is a wide striking platform. The bulb of percussion is large and well defined and there are fine waves of percussion on the ventral face. There are several flake removal scars and a patch of yellow nodule cortex on the dorsal face. The curving distal end is finely worked with semi abrupt retouch from the ventral face. Date: Early Bronze Age 2500- 1500 BC. Dimensions: 25.5 mm x 22 mm x 9 mm Weight: 5 g

DOR-006960: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
A small thumb nail scraper. A secondary flake of dark grey mottled flint with a thin milky blue patina. At the proximal end is a wide striking platform. The bulb of percussion is large and well defined and there are fine waves of percussion on the ventral face. There are two flake removal scars and a strip of abraded yellow nodule cortex on the dorsal face. Part of the distal end is finely worked with semi abrupt retouch from the ventral face. Date: Early Bronze Age 2500- 1500 BC. Dimensions: 25 mm x 19 mm x 7 mm Weight: 5 g

DOR-004D74: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A small horseshoe shaped scraper. A secondary flake of dark grey brown flint with a mottled pale grey to white patina. At the proximal end is a wide striking platform. The bulb of percussion is large and well defined and there are distinct waves of percussion on the ventral face. There are two flake removal scars on the dorsal face. The curving distal end is finely worked with semi abrupt retouch from the ventral face. Date: Early Bronze Age 2500- 1500 BC. Dimensions: 29 mm x 25.5 mm x 6 mm Weight: 4.5 g

DOR-CF48C1: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A sub oval thumbnail scraper made on a thick secondary flake of mid brown translucent flint with a mid gloss patina. There is an area of thick, off white nodule cortex on the dorsal face. The striking platform has been removed. The ventral face is smooth. On the dorsal face are several removal scars and a projection resulting from a hinge fracture. There is abrupt retouch around a quarter of the dorsal face at the distal end, struck from the ventral face. Date: Early Bronze Age - 2350 - 1500 BC Dimensions: 28.5 mm x 21.5 mm x 14 mm Weight: 7 g

DOR-6D7BA7: KNIFE
A crude flint knife. Pale grey-brown flint with a mid gloss patina. The knife has been made on a secondary flake with a area of thick nodule cortex at one edge. There are waves of percussion on the ventral face and the bulb of percussion has been flaked off in order to thin the knife. On the dorsal face are several parallel elongate flaking scars. The left edge (viewed form the dorsal face) has been abruptly re-touched in order to sharped it. The flaking was carried out from the dorsal face. Date: Bronze Age - c. 2150 - 1500 BC Dimensions: 46 mm x 32 mm x 10 mm Weight: 15 g

DOR-88E178: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Small flint scraper. An irregularly shaped scraper made on a broken thick secondary flake of mid grey flint with off-white mottles and banding. There is a small area of abraded nodule cortex on the left edge of the dorsal face. The distal end only remains and there is semi-abrupt re-touch along the distal edge, struck from the ventral face. Date: Early Bronze Age - c. 2500 - 1500 BC Dimensions: 30 mm x 16 mm x 6.5 mm Weight: 3.5 g

DOR-888F71: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Small flint scraper. "horseshoe" shaped scraper. Made on a thick secondary flake of very dark brownish-grey flint with off-white flecks.There is an area of thick nodule cortex along the left edge of the dorsal face. At the proximal end there is a wide striking platform and a bulb of percussion on the ventral face. There are several flaking scars on the dorsal face. There is a small area of semi-abrupt re-touch at the distal end, struck from the ventral face. Date: Early Bronze Age - c. 2500 - 1500 BC Dimensions: 29 mm x 21 mm x 9 mm Weight: 6.5 g

DOR-396952: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
A small sub-oval flint thumbnail scraper. The scraper has been made on a primary flake of dark yellow-brown flint with off-white large mottles. There are low waves of percussion on the ventral face.The dorsal faces is largely covered in a thick off-white nodule cortex. The scraper has been steeply pressure flaked around the entirety of its edge. Date: Early Bronze Age- 2100 - 1500 BC Dimensions: 27.45 mm x 23.74 mm x 7.63 mm Weight: 7.03 g

DOR-D96632: CORE
A crude flint core. The flint is opaque and grey-brown. There is a patch of abraded pebble cortex on one surface (this is a river pebble which has been thermally spalled). The core has been worked opportunistically from several directions using a hard hammer. There is a small striking platform at the proximal end and and a bulb of percussion with bulbar scar ventrally. Date: Probably Bronze Age - c. 2100 to 800 BC Dimensions: 38 mm x 41 mm x 25 mm Weight: 39 g

SUR-608AC8: KNIFE
A double-sided tanged knife blade of probable late Bronze Age date. The knife blade is 18.3mm wide; the tang is 1.24mm thcik and 2.8mm thick at the shoulder with the blade.

DOR-C367E2: CHISEL
Cast copper alloy chisel. A small chisel with a broad, slightly flaring blade and a curving cutting edge. The blade thins towards the sides and to the cutting edge. The tang is rectangular in cross section and sharply narrowed from the blade. It tapers to a point. This object is similar to DOR-BFD933 and SUR-EB0AB6. Date: Late Bronze Age - c. 1100 - 800 BC Dimensions: 44.43 mm x 17.92 mm x 2.81 mm Weight: 6.44g

DOR-C04744: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A sub-angular flint scraper. It has been made on a primary flake of nodule flint. The flint is dark grey-brown with thick off-white cortex. The ventral face is quite flat. On the dorsal face areas of cortex have been removed in the course of steep retouch along two edges. Date: Early Bronze Age Dimensions: 32 mm x 32 mm x 12 mm Weight: 16 g

DOR-BFD933: CHISEL
A cast copper alloy chisel. The chisel has a rectangular sectioned, tapering tang. The blade flares out into a trianguar shape with a broad cutting edge. There is some damage to the formerly straight cutting edge and the whole chisel is slightly curved. Date: Late Bronze Age Dimensions: 64.35 mm x 20.38 mm x 1.01 mm Weight: 10.11 g

DOR-7FBCE8: RAZOR
An incomplete cast copper alloy razor or triangular scraping knife (racloir triangulaire). Probably originally triangular in shape, the main cutting edge and the sides are bevelled to produce a thinned edge. Along the sides there are also cast ridges on both faces. There appears to be a curved aperture above the blade, but the razor is broken beyond this point. Date: Late Bronze Age - c. 1200 - 800 BC Dimensions: 53.65 mm x 25.33 mm x 3.97 mm Weight: 17.75 g

DOR-422514: FLAT AXEHEAD
Cast copper alloy flat axehead. The axe has very slight low flanges on both faces. There is a casting ridge along each side. The axe thins and flares out into a broad cutting edge which is slightly bevelled on both faces. It thins and tapers in the other direction to a rounded butt. The body of the axe is slightly thicker to at the centre than it is at the ends. The surface of the axe has several patches of light green corrosion and damage to the cutting edge, sides and butt. The rest of the surface has a smooth, dark green patina. This flanged example is characteristic of the Arreton Park metalwork assemblage (Kevin Leahy, pers. comm). Date: Early Bronze Age - 16th century BC Dimensions: 121.27 mm x 60.47 mm x 11.32 mm Weight: 256 g

DOR-952A41: SCRAPER (TOOL)
A large, very coarsely worked denticulate scraper. Dark to mid grey patchy flint with greyish, mid gloss patina and some iron staining. Worked on a natural flake from a large nodule. The scraper is sub-angular in shape with a large area of stained coretex on the dorsal surface. Two of the four edges have been flaked from the ventral face, with large flakes removed leaving distinct points between them at the working edge. This implement is difficult to date, but it is most likely to be of Middle to late Bronze Age date (Peter Bellamy, pers. comm) Date: Probably Middle to Late Bronze Age Dimensions: 89 mm x 67 mm x 31 mm Weight: 176 g

DOR-4B1815: VESSEL
1 sherd of coarse flint tempered pottery (pieces up to 7 mm). Oxidised red surfaces with a reduced black core. Body sherd. Handmade. Date: Probably Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age Weight: 5 g

SOMDOR-881874: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Small scraper. Made on a secondary flake of mid grey patchy flint. There is a patch of pebble coretex on the dorsal face. Striking platform at the proximal end. Bulb of percussion with bulbar scar on the ventral face. There is some retouch along the left dorsal side. Mid gloss patina. Dimensions: 36 x 20 x 8 mm Weight: 4 g

SOMDOR-4F1F71: VESSEL
Five sherds of hand-made pottery of Middle Bronze Age date. The sherds have oxidised orangey-brown exterior and interior surfaces and reduced grey/brown cores. The clay matrix contains a moderate to common (25-30%) amount of very well-sorted sub-rounded quartz grains measuring less than 0.25mm. There are also rare amounts of sub-rounded and well-sorted red and black iron oxides measuring less than 0.5mm. The fabric has been tempered with sparse (3%) sub-angular, poorly sorted calcined flint inclusions measuring between 0.5mm and 5mm. The also contain rare (1%) amounts of sub-angular well-sorted unburnt flints measring <2mm. Weight: 29g

SOMDOR-4F08F5: VESSEL
Two sherds of hand-made pottery of Middle Bronze Age date. One has been oxidised orangey-brown all the way through. This may have happened after it was broken as the oxidisation visible in the fractures is slightly patchy and it has a softer more soapy feel than the other sherd. The other sherd has an orangey exterior and grey/brown interior. The clay matrix contains a moderate to common (25-30%) amount of very well-sorted sub-rounded quartz grains measuring less than 0.25mm. There are also rare amounts of sub-rounded and well-sorted red and black iron oxides measuring less than 0.5mm. The fabric has been coarsely tempered with sparse to moderate (7-10%) well-sorted sub-angular calcined flints measuring between 0.5mm and 2mm. Weight: 17g

SOMDOR-F6BD03: VESSEL
Ten sherds of hand-made pottery of Middle Bronze Age date. Nine of the sherds are undiagnostic body sherds and the remaining one is a very abraded rim. Less that 5% of the rim has survived, making it very difficult to decipher its form and diameter, but it does appear to be slightly globular in shape. The colour of the sherds vary, but generally they have oxidised orangey brown exteriors and reduced grey/brown interiors. The clay matrix contains a moderate to common (25-30%) amount of very well-sorted sub-rounded quartz grains measuring less than 0.25mm. There are also rare amounts of sub-rounded and well-sorted red and black iron oxides measuring less than 0.5mm. The fabric has been coarsely tempered with a moderate (15%) amount of well-sorted sub-angular calcined flints measuring between 1-7mm. One of the sherds also contains one piece of unburnt flint. Weight: 27g

SOMDOR-F68A17: VESSEL
A sherd of hand-made pottery of Middle Bronze Age date. The coarse textured sherd has a slight oxidisied buff to brown exterior and a reduced dark grey/brown interior. Its thickness suggests it is part of a vessel base. The clay matrix contains a moderate to common (25-30%) amount of very well-sorted sub-rounded quartz grains measuring less than 0.25mm. There are also rare amounts of sub-rounded and well-sorted red and black iron oxides measuring less than 0.5mm. The fabric has been tempered with a common amount (30%) of sub-angular moderately-sorted calcined flint measuring between 0.5mm and 7mm. The exterior of the sherd contains a very small area with a much higher density of flints which might suggest it was sat or rolled amongst a patch of pre-prepared crushed flints. Dimensions: 34.22mm by 28.61mm by 15.27mm Weight: 13g

SOMDOR-F66031: VESSEL
Two sherds of hand-made pottery of Middle Bronze Age date. The two undiagnostic body sherds have orangey brown oxidised exteriors and reduced brown grey interiors. One of the sherds exhibits a slightly brighter orange surface and a burnt interior. The clay matrix for these sherds contains a moderate to common (25-30%) amount of very well-sorted sub-rounded quartz grains measuring less than 0.25mm. There are also rare amounts of sub-rounded and well-sorted red and black iron oxides measuring less than 0.5mm. The fabric has been tempered with a common amount (30%) of sub-angular well-sorted calcined flint measuring between 0.25mm and 2mm. There are also rare larger flints measuring less than 5mm. Combined weight: 9g

SOMDOR-E17F01: VESSEL
Three body sherds of hand-made pottery of Middle Bronze Age date. The sherds have been fired an orangey brown oxidised colour on the exterior surfaces and a reduced grey black on the interior. The fabric is very hard with a slight soapy feel and laminated fractures. The clay matrix contains a moderate to common (25-30%) amount of very well-sorted sub-rounded quartz grains measuring less than 0.25mm. There are also rare amounts of sub-rounded and well-sorted red and black iron oxides measuring less than 0.5mm. The fabric has been tempered with a sparse amount (10%) of sub-angular well-sorted calcined flint measuring between 1mm and 3mm. Two of the sherds appear to have some form of decoration. One exhibits some faint horizontal finger grooves along its exterior and the other appears to have been decorated with flint/twig impressions. These are quite faint but there appear to be two rows forming part of a circular pattern. Combined weight: 27g

SOMDOR-F9B3B8: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
A blade fragment of a cast copper-alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. The expanded cutting edge is 59.23mm in width from blade tip to blade tip and the blade edge is corrosion chipped. The fragment is 32.63mm in length and at its widest point it measures 14.75mm thick and it weighs 89.96g. The beginnings of the hollow socket are just visible at the break.

SOMDOR-F816B6: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
A flint end scraper which probably dates from the early Bronze Age. The scraper has been made from a primary flake and nodule cortex covers much of the dorsal surface. At the proximal end is the striking platform, below which on the ventral side is the bulb of percussion, a prounuced bulbar scar and slight ripples which radiate for the whole length of the scraper. The distal end has been retouched. There is also some edge damage on the lateral edges. The mottled light and mid grey flint has a low gloss patina. Dimensions: 60.7mm by 39.08mm by 16.6mm Weight: 42.71g

SOMDOR-8D6A64: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Thumbnail flint scraper. White, burnt flint. Shallow bulb of percussion with bulbar scar. Small striking platform at the proximal end. Irregular flaking scars on the dorsal face. There is retouch along the curving distal edge. the flint is crazed and fractured from burning.

SOMDOR-5EAD23: VESSEL
1 sherd of organic tempered pottery. Dark grey reduced core with brownish surfaces. Large voids left by the organic temper (plant material).Body sherd. Identified as Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age by Lorraine Mepham. There is also a slim possibility that this is Saxon in date, although on balance this is thought less likely.

SOMDOR-5E9C84: VESSEL
1 sherd of fine flint (pieces up to 2 mm) and sand tempered pottery. Mid grey reduced core. The surfaces are oxidised to a reddish brown. Body sherd from a jar or closed bowl. this piece is from the rim and has a girth groove decoration at the top. Identified as Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age fineware by Lorraine Mepham.

SOMDOR-5E2303: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Large, crudely flaked flint scraper. Made on a thick, secondary flake of mottled grey-brown and white flint. It has a mid-gloss patina two patches of yellowish nodule cortex on the dorsal surface. On the ventral surface is a large, scarred bulb of percussion. The striking platform has been flaked away. The dorsal surface has one main flaking scar with concoidal void at one end and several smaller scars. Around half of the circumference(on the thickest part of the scraper) has been coarsely and steeply flaked to produce working edge. Slightly worn and tumbled by ploughing.

SOMDOR-59BBD8: VESSEL
1 sherd of fine flint (pieces 2 mm) and sand tempered pottery. Dark grey reduced core and interior surface. The exterior surface is slightly oxidised and brownish-grey. Thick walled body sherd. Identified as Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age by Lorraine Mepham.

SOMDOR-59B077: VESSEL
1 sherd of coarse flint tempered pottery (pieces up to 7 mm). Pale grey reduced core, the surfaces are slightly oxidised and pale orange. Thick walled body sherd. Identified as Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age by Lorraine Mepham.

SOMDOR-59A2D3: VESSEL
1 sherd of coarse flint tempered pottery (pieces up to 7 mm. Oxidised red surfaces with a slightly redused grey-brown core. Body sherds. Identified as Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age by Lorraine Mepham.

SOMDOR-598633: VESSEL
2 sherds of coarse flint tempered pottery (pieces up to 4mm). Dark grey to black reduced core and internal surface. The exterior surface is slightly oxidised and reddish-brown. Thick walled body sherds. Identified as Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age by Lorraine Mepham.

SOMDOR-7B3C43: CHISEL
A copper alloy palstave chisel or miniature axe with the cutting edge and part of the hafting groove remaining. The cutting edge is narrow and slightly flaring. It tapers back to a rectangular channel on both sides with raised edges along the side. It's dimensions are 51.82mm x 22.54mm x 9.03mm

SOMDOR-AE22F2: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Flaked flint knife. Ovate form. Struck from dark grey flint with light grey patches. Glossy patina. On the ventral surface is the remnant of the bulb of percussion. Dorsally the knife has been formed by soft hammer striking, producing elongate flaking scars emanating from an off-centre longitudinal spine. The scars have very marked waves of percussion. The dorsal edge has invasive retouch around most of it.

SOMDOR-531788: CHISEL
A fragment from a copper alloy socketed chisel, the blade end only. It is oval sectioned.

SOMDOR-990337: FLAT AXEHEAD
An incomplete cast and hammered copper alloy low flanged axe of Early Bronze Age date. A small developed axe type. It has an asymmetrical hammered crescentic blade and the butt is missing. There is a slight hammered flange along each side, front and back. There are several transverse ridges on the axe from hammering it into shape. Dimensions 72.74mm x 63.41mm x 9.07mm, weight 137.01g.

SOMDOR-9AC505: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Incomplete bronze axe. Narrow socketed axe with slightly flaring cutting edge. Butt of the axe missing. Casting ridge along each side. Rectangular cross section and socket. There is a raised cast V motif on both faces of the axe. Stuart Needham identified this as an unusual feature on a socketed axe.

SOMDOR-9A65F5: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Fragment of bronze axe. Blade end only of a socketed axe. Slightly flaring cutting edge. Casting ridge along each side. Elliptical cross section and socket.

SOMDOR-7F16F3: VESSEL
One large body sherd of coarse pottery from a thick-walled vessel. Unevenly fired fabric with abundant shell temper (up to 6 mm) and occasional larger inclusions of grog and stone. Hand made (coils visible in section). Very little abrasion.

SOMDOR-7EEA46: VESSEL
One small pottery body sherd, possibly from a collared urn. Hand-made and thick-walled. Largely black, reduced fabric with an oxidised brownish layer on the external surface. The fabric is tempered with fine sand with some larger pieces of grog, flint and other stone (up to 3mm). The exterior surface retains a band of vertical thumb impressed decoration (4 impressions on this small sherd). Very little abrasion.

SOMDOR1737: DIRK
Small piece of copper alloy blade. Short tang, narrowed from the blade. The blade has a pointed oval cross section. The form of the tang and the small size of the blade indicate that this object can be classed as a dirk or rapier.

SOMDOR1609: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Part of rectilinear socket with lipped edge and side loop

SOMDOR185: DISCOIDAL KNIFE
A small Bronze Age discoidal knife. The flint is dark grey-brown with a glossy patina. The knife has been created by pressure flaking over most of both faces. There is a fresh fracture at one end (plough strike). Date: Early Bronze Age - c. 2350 to 1600 BC Dimensions: 40 mm x 35 mm x 11 mm Weight: 14 g