Record ID: SUR-0DCCB2
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small and incomplete copper-alloy awl 34.1mm in length with a sub rectangular cross section. One end tapers to a point, which has broken off; the other to a rounded and incomplete chisel tip. The surface has a deep-green patina with considerable loss, but there is no evident decoration.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
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Record ID: NARC-7ED05E
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint Arrowhead of Bronze Age date (2500-1200 BC). The object is a barbed and tanged form and is sub-triangular in plan and concavo-convex in section. The object has two semi-circular notches removed by pressure flaking, on the proximal edge. The notches create a sub-rectangular tang, projecting between them. The left-hand barb is missing. The dorsal surface retains a large amount of cortex and has short, scaled flaking along all edges. The ventral surface has short, scaled flaking along all edges. The flint is dark grey in colour, the cortex is light brown in col…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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Record ID: NARC-25E40E
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy developed flat Axehead of Early Bronze Age date (2200-1700 BC). The fragment consists of the narrow butt of the axehead, which is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in profile tapering in toward the butt edge. The sides are straight and retains visible linear casting seams. The opposing end terminates in an irregular transverse break. The surfaces with the exception of the broken edge has a predominantly smooth patina. The metal is dark green in colour. Length: 24.67mm, Width: 24.13mm, Thickness: 2.28mm, Weight: 17.9g Similar examples can …
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 2023
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Record ID: BUC-BC0593
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy, Bronze Age, spearhead, 1500-900BC. The object comprises the tip of the spearhead, tapering down to a point. There is an old break at the bottom of the object in which there remains only a small circular depression marking the end of the inside of the socket. The object has a brown-green patina.
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: NARC-8238B4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint Arrowhead rough out of Bronze Age date (1500-800 BC). The object is sub-triangular in plan and plano-convex in section. The object has a small semi-circular notched aspect to the proximal left-hand edge, indicating a barbed and tanged form. The proximal right-hand edge has been abruptly blunted. The dorsal surface has extensive scaled flaking. The distal end tapers to a point. The left- and right-hand edges have rough semi-abrupt retouch. The ventral surface is predominantly flat with five negative scars. The lithic retains no cortex and is therefore a tertiary …
Created on: Thursday 14th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st April 2022
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Record ID: NARC-BBBD74
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Finger Ring of probable Middle Bronze age date (1500-1150 BC). The object is a spiral ring and attributable to the 'ornament horizon' of the Taunton and Penard metalwork phases. The spiral is circular in plan and formed of one overlapping coil which is ovate in cross-section with both terminals tapering to a point. The exterior surface is heavily pitted; the interior has a smooth dark green patina. Diameter: 19.81mm, Thickness: 2.85mm, Weight: 2.7g See also SF-4497E7, HAMP-7556B3, ASHM-A4CAD2 and SF-761FF6. There are also examples of comparable …
Created on: Tuesday 18th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
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Record ID: NARC-53133F
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed spearhead, of Middle to Late Bronze Age date (1200-800 BC). The blade is narrow and triangular with a pronounced mid rib on both sides extending to the tip of the spear which tapers in to a point. In cross section the object is lozenge shaped. The edges narrow and flare out from the mid-rib. There are multiple abrasions and missing portions of the edges. The fragment terminates in an old abraded transverse break. The socketed lower portion of the object is missing and the retained portions has a shallow concave aspect expose by the break…
Created on: Tuesday 27th August 2019
Last updated: Friday 5th March 2021
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Record ID: BUC-97565E
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible flint blade dating from the late Bronze Age to the early Iron Age period, c. 1150-250 BC. Flint, light brown grey, with black patches inside and white spots on the surface. The blade is sub triangular shaped. Shallow bulb of percussion on the ventral face suggesting a soft hammer. Retouch is short, abrupt and stepped. The flint is a secondary flake, the opposite end to the bulb of percussion is covered with cortex. Length: 35.2mm, Width: 23.8mm, Thickness: 6.7mm, Weight:4.01g.
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 13th August 2019
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Record ID: BUC-AD3C04
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Cast copper alloy bead, dating from the Bronze Age to Post medieval period. The bead is circular and D shaped in cross section, with a raised ridge running around the centre of the outer bead hoop. It has a mid green patina and measures 11.2mm in external diameter, 7.4mm internally, 7.5mm wide, 1.0mm thick and weighs 1.08g.
Created on: Friday 26th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 11th September 2019
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Record ID: BUC-4957C3
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy casting waste of unknown date, from Bronze Age to modern period. The fragment is sub triangular in shape, and oval in cross section. The fragment consists of layers of copper alloy that have been fused together, and there are air bubbles and circular indentatons and projections throughout from manufacture. It has a light green patina with patches of light brown. It measures 27.7mm in length, 25.2mm in width, 15.9mm in thickness and weighs 18.07g.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2019
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Record ID: BUC-4D21F2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy unidentified object of unknown date. The object is cylindrical but solid, at one end there are four triangular projections, two of which have rounded knops on the terminal end. Inside the projections is hollow, with traces of corrosion. In the body of one of the projections is a circular indentation, possibly a ring and dot decoration. Below this is a circular perforation, this is mirrored on the opposite side of the object. At the opposite end of the cylinder the object ends in a worn break. Either side of this is a half circular globular projection, projecting out lik…
Created on: Thursday 27th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: BUC-23F078
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy possible awl of uncertain date, possibly dating to the Late Bronze Age - Medieval period, 1150 BC - AD.1100. The object is a single cast chisel with a flat bladed terminal that widens towards the middle of the piece before tapering down to a point which is now worn. There is no decoration on the object and it has an dark red brown patina. Small chisels and 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. As such dating the object is difficult. The awl mea…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
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Record ID: BUC-26AB57
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold sheet strip, dating from the Bronze Age to modern period. The strip would have originally been rectangular in shape, but has been bent and folded over in four different places. Near one of the folds is a slight tear along the edge. At either end of the strip is a circular pierced hole. The corners at each end of the strip are rounded, and the strip narrows slightly. On one side the object is decorated with ten raised ribs running the length of the object, there may have been more but one edge is worn. On the other side of the strip there is no decoration. The object is…
Created on: Friday 8th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 4th December 2019
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Record ID: BH-609B54
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Bronze Age copper-alloy ingot. The piece is irregular in plan but retains part of its convex outer edge. The upper and lower surfaces are both convex and slope downwards, towards this outer edge. The casting contains large air pockets. Length: 50mm; width: 42.1mm; thickness: 25mm. Weight: 224.81g. This piece is typical of the fragments of circular ingot commonly found associated with hoards of the Middle to Late Bronze Age. Comparable fragments include PAS record BH-09D254 and Treasure case 2012 T286 (BH-6FF1F3), a hoard of 14 such pieces from Sarratt, Hertfor…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newton Blossomville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-7C4708
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy quoit-headed pin of Middle Bronze Age date. It is undecorated and has a crinkly gold-coloured surface but is clearly made of copper alloy that has been in anerobic conditions which have preserved the colour. There are patches of green corrosion products so possibly the plough has pulled the pin out of the original deposition site. The flat loop of the head has slightly rounded edges and is circular, 30.15 in diameter, with a central circular, perforation, 23mm in diameter. This has been slightly bent probably after burial as has the shaft. The shaft itself is a flat…
Created on: Thursday 18th July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haversham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-833958
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A hoard of five late Bronze Age gold jewellery items and one copper-alloy fragment, found in a pottery vessel. The contents of the hoard are as follows: 1.) Neckring 1: a penannular ring of thick gold bar of elliptical cross-section, the whole ring is decorated with incised radial lines except for a plain strip along the rear face; there is more complex groove decoration near the terminals. 2.) Necking 2: a penannular ring of thick gold bar of elliptical cross-section, decorated near the terminal zones only, with bands of close-set grooves. 3.) Bracelet 1: a 'C'-shaped ring of el…
Created on: Monday 25th June 2012
Last updated: Sunday 5th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milton Keynes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-798B47
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age complete barbed and tanged flint arrowhead. The tang is wide with a slightly irregular outline; the barbs are shorter, rectilinear in shape and angled outwards, to give the entire object a symmetrical kite-shaped appearance with one end a long point and the other a short, blunter point. Each long edge has a concave curve at the barb end and a slightly convex curve towards the point. The angles between barbs and tang are rounded. The flint is light brown, marbled with a little white on each face in the centre where the arrowhead is thickest. Low-angle…
Created on: Friday 16th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wharley End', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-7A17A4
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age cast copper alloy socketed axehead (1150 BC - 800 BC). This fragment is the mid section of the blade of the socketed axe. The sides flare outwards slightly (as viewed in plan) towards where the the cutting edge was before the damage removed it. At the break in the open end the socket is rectangular with rounded corners (as viewed from above) The fragment is corroded and in poor condition, although a little of the mid to dark green patina has survived.
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hanslope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-30CF40
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the tip of a Bronze Age socketed spearhead. This upper part of the blade is triangular in shape and has a raised midrib that is circular in section. This socket extends far up the blade.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newport Pagnell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-61AC53
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper, brown in colour with a white patina developing, roughly sub-circular in shape. The flint is roughly faceted at the distal and proximal ends, to create a scraper. The ventral surface is slightly concave and the dorsal surface convex with a central ridge, creating a triangular profile. The ventral surface is slightly stepped at the distal end.
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gayhurst', grid reference and parish protected.