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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'dorset', grid reference and parish protected.