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Record ID: HAMP-893364
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
CORONER'S REPORT
A hoard of 197 bronze socketed axes, broken socketed axes and socketed axe fragments. A full catalogue has been produced for this hoard but is not offered here; it is available on request from the Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasure at the British Museum. Rather, the axes, all being similar, are discussed as a group.
All of the axes in this hoard appear to be of Type Portland (Bruns pers. comm), which dates to the Llyn Fawr stage of the Bronze Age (LBA4) (800-600BC) (Needham et al 1997; O'Connor 2007). This type is distributed in…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Langton Matravers CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HAMP-2865F1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
CORONER'S REPORT
A hoard of 303 bronze socketed axes, broken socketed axes and socketed axe fragments. A full catalogue has been produced for this hoard but is not offered here; it is available on request from the Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasure at the British Museum. Rather, the axes, all being similar with one exception, are discussed as a group.
All but one of the axes in this hoard appear to be of Type Portland (Bruns pers. comm.), which dates to the Llyn Fawr stage of the Bronze Age (LBA4) (800-600BC) (Needham et al. 1997; O'Connor 2007). Thi…
Created on: Friday 13th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Langton Matravers CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-F9B3B8
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
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.
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
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Record ID: SOMDOR-C4C660
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy chisel blade of probable Bronze Age date. Any collar and/or tang has been broken off the blade. The object has a rectangular profile which tapers to a flat, slightly curving blade. The edges are squared. On both of the flat sides, a groove runs along the object; on one side it is fairly central, but on the other it runs along one edge, making the profile more triangular towards the proximal end. The object is similar to Bronze Age chisels such as NMS-9A9212 and NMS-083CF3, both from Norfolk.
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SOMDOR1609
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Part of rectilinear socket with lipped edge and side loop
Created on: Tuesday 12th November 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-4983D4
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy sub rectangular object, possibly a fragment from the tip of a Bronze Age rapier. The object tapers gradually (W. 16.1-13mm) and is broken off at both ends forming irregular edges. The object is thicker in the centre, tapering to the edges, so that it has a pointed-oval section. Patchy light green and dark patina.
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'North East Dorset', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-5E0AB6
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Curved fragment of a Middle Bronze Age, 1400-1100 BC, copper-alloy twisted ribbon torc. The fragment has six twists with old, patinated, breaks at each end. The twists are slightly tighter at the ends than in the centre and the curve is uneven suggesting it has been bent out of shape. The 'ribbon' is a flattened pointed oval in section with edges which come to a point. The fragment is 64.8mm long, the ribbon varies from 8.0 to 7.3mm wide and is 2.0mm thick. The fragment weighs 8.28 grams.
There are two Middle Bronze Age bronze ribbon torcs known from Somerset from the hoards at Edi…
Created on: Monday 25th April 2011
Last updated: Sunday 5th April 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Near Sherborne', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-8D4C40
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy (bronze) looped transitional type palstave of later Middle or Late Bronze Age date (1250-1000 BC) - most probably associated with the Taunton and Penard phases.
The palstave has a flared blade, wider than the butt, with a curved cutting edge. In profile the palstave is lentoid with the widest section being before and after the stop ridge - where it tapers to form the butt and blade. The blade (measured from the cutting edge to the stop ridge) is 91.35mm long and the width of cutting edge is 48.88 mm. The thickness of the blade tip is 2.14 mm. The maximum thic…
Created on: Monday 11th February 2013
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2013
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This findspot is known as 'Iwerne Minster', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-8CBFA4
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
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 dep…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Record ID: DOR-FCCD7E
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper tanged knife or dagger. The blade and tang are both thin with a rectangular cross section. The tang tapers very slightly into a rounded end. The blade is slightly an irregular pointed oval shape in outline and tapers to a a rounded tip. The missing handle has left a faint trace in the sutface corrosion as an ogival arc on the hilt.
Date: Early Bronze Age - c. 2300 - 2500 BC - Chalcolithic
Dimensions: 47.14 mm x 11.31 mm x 5.62 mm
Weight: 8.67 g
Similar objects are recorded in HESH-7C7854, LANCUM-3BEC10, NCL-093B77, SUR-38BFA5. Peter Reavill comments that this example…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2019
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This findspot is known as 'East Dorset', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-AD7774
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
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
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
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Record ID: DOR-3F8141
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
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 Bronz…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Sunday 10th February 2019
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Record ID: DOR-3F8E48
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
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.
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
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Record ID: DOR-54B989
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
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.
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: WILT-5213F9
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
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.
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2019
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Record ID: DEV-C3AD9B
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
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 ed…
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
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Record ID: DOR-EA2008
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
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
Created on: Friday 18th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
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Record ID: DOR-FAC625
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast tanged dagger or knife.The blade is double edged, tapering, with a central ridge producing a lozengiform profile, At the top is a broken tang with a single, circular attachment hole ( about 4 mm diameter). The tang is narrowed from the top of the blade with angled sides. The dagger has breaks at both ends.
Date: Late Bronze Age - c. 1000-850 BC
Dimensions: 73.38 mm x 18.83 mm x 4.01 mm
Weight: 18.66 g
Katie Hinds has recorded a similar blade as record WILT-83A428 and dates it to the late Bronze Age Wilburton and Ewart Park phases.
Dot Boughton has commented that…
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Bryanston', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: WILT-A49B7A
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
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 (bla…
Created on: Wednesday 21st June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2017
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B21001
Object type: ANVIL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze anvils like this were first produced in the later Middle Bronze Age (Ehrenberg 1981). This particular anvil is known as a 'complex anvil' in that it has a working face, a punching hole, a beak and a lengthy swage (apparently for forcing a sheet into premade shapes)--Although in this instance the swage looks almost like it could be hammered into a wooden base. Each feature is for working metal in a different way. BA anvils are typically small and were likely for working smaller items of copper alloy and precious metals. The composition of this anvil (a high tin bronze) would mak…
Created on: Wednesday 10th August 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2017
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This findspot is known as 'dorset', grid reference and parish protected.
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