Record ID: WAW-D168A8
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy (bronze) socketed axehead of middle to late Bronze Age date (c. 1300-800 BC). The fragment comprises the blade, above which is a worn and abraded break that reveals a shallow portion of the socket. The fragment is sub-trapezoidal in plan and has a triangular cross section. The blade is an asymmetrical crescent, which is possibly due to wear and abrasion. The angle of the right-hand side of the blade is steeper than that of the left-hand side. The broken edge of the axe runs at an angle inwards from the bottom before rising towards the top end of …
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2024
Last updated: Sunday 3rd March 2024
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Record ID: WAW-FF9418
Object type: ARM GUARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible wrist guard or bracer made from bone. In plan it is rectangular and in section it is a slight crescent. One terminal has three circular holes in a row measuring 3.9mm diameter. This terminal has slightly rounded corners and the edge is slightly bevelled on the upper surface and straight and flat on the edge. The opposite terminal is a cut edge, which has a cut mark alongside it. The surface of the guard has a well developed shiny patina. It measures 44.86mm long, 21.09mm wide, 4.77mm thick and weighs 5.6g. The identification of a wrist guard or bracer is very tentative for …
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2012
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: WAW-C70091
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete copper alloy spearhead and knife. The spearhead has smooth, elliptical blade edges with concave upper blade edges. A mid-rib tapers and extends from the socket to the blade tip. The socketed end is circular in section and the void is hollow. Two side loops remain in situ roughly half-way up the socket on opposing sides. The loop plates are diamond-shaped and both are complete. The blade wings are slightly chipped as is the opening of the socket, otherwise the spearhead is intact. The object has a mottled greenish-brown patina with signs of iron staining acros…
Created on: Wednesday 30th June 2021
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Himbleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-54ECBC
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age (c. -2150 to -1700) flat axe: Only the lower half of the axe/blade survives, the butt end is missing. The butt/haft end is missing due to a break across the body, but the break does not appear to be recent. There is not a stop visible. The blade is asymmetrical and is slightly abraded with rounded blade tips. In profile the axe tapers towards the blade and also is tapering slightly towards the break so it was probably lentoid originally. The surface is corroded and has patches of a dark brown patina on one face. The axe measures 63.28mm long, 60.35mm wide from blade …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-052196
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold decorated strip. Rectangular strip made with a sheet of gold and decorated with four embossed ribs. The edges of the body have been bent backwards. The strip has been severed at both ends as well as being bent, compressed and twisted. Dimensions: Length 28.27 mm, width 9.55 mm, thickness 0.43 mm, mass 1.9 g. Discussion: Similar narrow embossed strips are known from the pommels of daggers accompanying Early Bronze Age burials in Scotland (Henshall in Coles and Simpson 1968, 173-95; Hardaker 1974, 21-23. fig 6.; Taylor 1980, pl. 28a-…
Created on: Sunday 14th November 2010
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shrawley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-1669B1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy spearhead dating to the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1550-1250 BC). The spearhead is broadly sub-triangular in plan and profile with a sub-oval/leaf-shaped blade, with a pronounced mid-rib on both faces. The mid-rib is lozenge shaped and tapers from the tip of the spearhead into the socket of the spear. The socket is hollow and has cast side loops roughly half way up the socketed end on opposing sides. The socketed end is slightly chipped but overall the object shows few signs of wear. The object has a smooth dark brown to dark green patina, which i…
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: WMID2498
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy (Bronze) socketed and side looped spearhead (Davis Group 6) of Middle Bronze Age dating (1500 BC to 1100 BC). No measurements were recorded at time of original record.
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HEREFORD AND WORCESTER BROMSGROVE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-999E8D
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete barbed and tanged flint arrowhead of Early Bronze Age dating (c. 2500 BC to c. 1500 BC). Approximately 95% of the arrowhead is present, with the tang being incomplete. The arrowhead has been knapped from a mottled mid grey coloured piece of flint. It is broadly sub-triangular in shape and lentoid in cross section. The tang is incomplete and the surviving barbs are sub triangular. The arrowhead has been knapped using both direct and indirect percussion techniques. Both long sides / edges of the arrowhead have been finely retouched to create sharp edges. The retouch can b…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: WAW-7EEAA4
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible tip of a Bronze Age spearhead. The fragment that remains is an elongated trapezoidal shape in plan. The upper narrow edge is broken as the tip is missing. This break is not recent as the patina covers the break. The lower edge is also broken and again not recently. In section, at the upper edge it is a lozenge shape. This continues but the lozenge has slightly concave edges. A short portion of the socket is visible on one face of the spear. It is off-centre and therefore not positioned in the thickest portion of the spear. This damage may be due to miscasting or was later dama…
Created on: Monday 27th March 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: WAW-2B0260
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object appears to be the tip of a Bronze Age spear head. It has been made from cast copper alloy. In plan it is an elongated triangular shape, with a blunt tip. In profile it has a lozenge shaped section with two of the opposite corners being rounded. The break is not recent. Where the spear head is broken there is a slight concave area, which is where the socket of the spear presumably terminated. The object has a well developed mid green patina. It weighs 7.19g, and measures 29.6mm long, 14.6mm wide and 7mm thick.
Created on: Monday 10th January 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: WAW-938FC7
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle or Late Bronze Age (1500 BC to 800 BC) spearhead or ferrule: The socket remains of the copper alloy spearhead, or ferrule. The socket tapers towards the upper edge. The base is abraded and incomplete, and there is a possible rivet hole at the edge. At the base the void is 13.11mmx12.46mm on the interior, and the wall varies between 3.2mm and 2mm thick. The upper edge is broken, but not recently. Towards the upper edge there is an irregular hole on one side, this is not recent damage. The surface of the socket has a well-developed incomplete heavy mid to dark green patina. It mea…
Created on: Wednesday 29th July 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: WAW-A3A753
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age spear (1500-800 BC): The upper portion of the spear remains, and this is an elongated triangle in plan, with an obliquely angled broken edge, the break is probably quite recent. There is no socket visible on this broken edge. In section the spear has an elongated sub-lozenge with slightly bevelled tips. The centre of the section has an oval cross-section thereby forming pronounced mid-ribs on the faces. The surface of the spear head has a well developed shiny mid green patina with some slight pitting. It measures is 37.03mm in length, 17.98mm wide, 7.89mm thick and weighs 10…
Created on: Thursday 30th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: WAW-76615B
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle or Late Bronze Age date (1500 - 800BC) socketed spear (spearhead): The copper alloy spearhead consists of the upper portion of the spear, being with only 11.24mm of the socket remaining. In section the spearhead is has a sub-circular tube with short, abraded triangular facets, one on opposite sides which are the abraded blades. The tip is missing and here the spear is a sub-square in section. The spearhead fragment is broadly sub-triangular in plan. The lower portion of the spearhead has been lost and the break is too high to include the cast side loops. The break at the base of…
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2016
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: WAW-76B07A
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle or Late Bronze Age date (1500 - 1150 BC) socketed spear (spearhead): The copper alloy spearhead consists of two fragments of the lower half of the spearhead. The socket is incomplete, but tapers towards the blade. The socket is broken into two portions and has further fragments which are missing. On the exterior surface there is a trace of a side loop, the loop on the other side is completely missing. There is a fragment of the blade on either side of the socket, but the upper edge is broken, and this break is not recent, but the surface of the break does not have the same patin…
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2016
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: WAW-B06603
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle or Late Bronze Age date (1500 - 900 BC) socketed spear (spearhead): The copper alloy spearhead consists of the central portion of the spearhead. In section the spearhead is, at the upper terminal, is a lozenge and the lower edge is a tubular, but is incomplete. The broken edges are not too recent. The spearhead has a broken side edge which reveals the interior of the socket. The other side face is abraded and reveals an incomplete side-loop. There are no visible areas of cast or incised decoration on the spearhead. The surface of the spearhead has traces of a mid grey patina, o…
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: WAW-08FC02
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete stone axe hammer dating to the Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age period (c. 2500 BC - 1800 BC). The object is ovoid in form, with a rounded hammer end and pointed tip, with a central hole for attachment. There is an irregular facet adjacent to the hammer end. The stone appears to be igneous in composition.  Comparable examples recorded on the PAS database include: LEIC-300870, NMGW-0431CC and WMID-42A930. Glenn (2017) states that 'the function of this artefact is also not fully understood. The larger examples are thought to be either …
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd March 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-891339
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy unlooped palstave, dating to 1500 - 1300 BC. The blade of the palstave is broadly sub-triangular in plan with relatively straight (but with slightly expanded) sides and a expanding convex cutting edge (fantailed). In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being before the stop ridge. Directly below the stop ridge on one side is a concave depression which is divided vertically in the centre by a raised rib. The rear part of the axe, from the stop ridge to the butt, is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-…
Created on: Monday 20th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
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Record ID: WAW-EB0CAC
Object type: CORE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint core of type A2 probably dating to the Bronze Age period (c. 2000-800 BC). The object is sub-pyramidal in form and retains pinkish-brown cortex around one edge and in one small patch adjacent. The flint is semi-translucent and grey in colour. A striking platform and the removal of a few small flakes up to a hinge fracture can be seen along one edge before loss or discard.  The overall dimensions are as follows: 33.53mm in length, 28.86mm in width, 30.60mm in thickness and 37.86g in weight. 
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
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Record ID: WAW-B0D0E4
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy incomplete socketed axe. The lower portion of the axe remains, including a fragment of the internal socket and blade. Only the tip of the socket is visible before the axe has a broken edge. This break is not recent as the patina on the break matches that on the surface of the axe. The sides of the axe taper outwards towards the blade tip. The blade tips are not flared outwards and are now rounded, probably due to corrosion rather than wear. The blade cutting edge is rounded and blunt, and is slightly convex in plan. The surface of the axe is abraded, but has patches…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2007
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: WAW-BDB854
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Bronze Age copper alloy long flanged developed axehead dating to circa 2050BC - 1700 BC. The axehead is sub rectangular in cross section and has a shallow lenticular side profile. There is a proto stop ridge / median bevel which is now barely visible due to corrosion and the developed patina. The axehead has a rounded butt end. The external edges are worn and have a slight hammer raised flange. The object then extends to a crescentic flared blade/cutting edge which is worn and slightly chipped. The object has a light green to brown coloured pitted surfac…
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
Spatial data recorded.