Record ID: ESS-356856
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Bronze Age hoard. No scientific analysis of the finds has been undertaken but it is clear that the artefacts (numbers 1-9) are bronze. The remaining items are complete or fragmentary copper ingots created by smelting copper ores and allowing the molten metal to solidify in the rounded base of the furnace. 1. Socketed axe blade fragment 2. Complete South-eastern socketed axe (Schmidt & Burgess,1981, The Axes of Scotland and Northern England (Prähistorische Bronzefunde 9.7) Munich, page 212). 3. Complete South-eastern socketed axe 4. Complete South-eastern so…
Created on: Friday 4th August 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East of Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E90BD1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1. Complete, cast copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed axe. The axe is wedge-shaped in profile and subrectangular in plan. The mouth of the axe is subsquare. There is a rounded moulded collar running around the mouth, which is now badly worn and chipped. Beneath the moulding is a wide, shallow groove or indent, beneath which is a further raised moulded band that runs around the axe. The body of the axe is rectangular with gently flaring sides that expand into the lower blade and cutting edge. The cutting edge is missing, and the exposed edge worn and pitted. The blade tips are also w…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maldon Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-EC4D04
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A Bronze Age hoard. 1. Socketed axe, South-Eastern class A. Complete. Double mouth moulding, sub-square mouth with rounded corners. The axe is wedge-shaped in profile and almost rectangular in plan. The upper mouth moulding is worn and chipped. The cutting edge is expanded and there are slightly developed blade tip hollows. The blade edge and blade tips are missing due to corrosion damage. There are curving striations along the same plane as the blade edge on both sides of the cutting edge and lower blade. Internal ribs on both faces. The casting seams are barely visible on both sid…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2006
Last updated: Friday 1st February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mid Essex', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-007915
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case: 2006 T131 Bronze Age Hoard: Catalogue 1. Socketed axe, South-Eastern. Complete. Slightly flared mouth, single mouth moulding, straight body of rectangular section. Slightly expanded blade edge, no blade tip hollows. Blade edge missing. Much of original surface missing on the lower blade and at patches on the upper blade, moulding and loop. Careful removal of casting sprues. Length 89.8mm; Blade W: 41.3mm Mouth W: 37.1mm Mouth D: 36.2mm W. loop: 10.8mm Weight 160g 2. Socketed axe, South-Eastern, class A1 (Shoebury variant). Complete. Upper moulding rounded a…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tendring District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-008612
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case: 2006 T132 Bronze Age Hoard Circumstances of Discovery This group of artefacts was found dispersed within the ploughsoil in the same field, by three individuals using metal detectors. On 6th March 2006 two objects were found(nos. 1 and 2) and the remainder on the on 25th March 2006. Catalogue Weights were taken before conservation and sometimes include soil still adhering to parts of the surfaces and the insides of socketed artefacts. 1. Socketed axe, fragment. Lower blade end. Expanded cutting edge. Edge missing due to corrosion damage. Narrow, rectangula…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-009610
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age Hoard 44 fragments of copper alloy ingot fragments were discovered in 2000 (prior to the inclusion of such hoards in the Treasure Act). These fragments weigh 4.882 kilogrammes; the average fragment weight is 110.95 grammes. The weights of the copper ingot fragments from the hoard is given below. The numbers in brackets preceding the weight are the provisional catalogue numbers assigned each item. All weights are grammes, to the nearest gramme. Catalogue number (1) 577g, (2) 342g, (3) 306g, (4) 270g, (5) 228g, (6) 191g, (7) 177g, (8) 190g, (9) 173g, (10) 13…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-00C1C7
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2006 T406: Braintree District, Essex: Late Bronze Age Scatter Circumstances of discovery: Whilst using a metal detector Description: A Bronze Age copper alloy awl and fragment of Bronze Age sword blade 1. Fragment of Late Bronze Age 'Saint Nazaire' type sword blade. The fragment is sub square in plan and lenticular in section. It has a rounded raised mid rid, with grooves giving definition to either side. There are a further three grooves to either side of the mid rib, to both faces of the blade. Both of the blade edges are damaged. The break edges, though not straight, are fair…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Braintree District', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: ESS-0153A1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Items Discovered 1. The sword blade fragment is a short length of blade weighing 11.52 grammes; the lentoid midrib is demarcated by two grooves. Analysis of the metal indicates that it is bronze. Swords like this are known as Carp's Tongue swords because the shape of the blade tip is said to resemble the tongue of that fish. Few complete Carp's Tongue swords are known in Britain. Most specimens consist of scrap fragments imported in that form from the mainland of Europe (Sealey 19915,7 with refs). They were current in the Ewart Park phase of the late Bronze Age dated c.1020…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Writtle Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-259C45
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
CORONER'S REPORT Bronze Age Hoard Description of objects 1. Incomplete looped socketed axe. The sides are gently concave and terminate in an unexpanded blade; the upper half of the loop is missing. The entire circuit of the mouth is absent, along with part of the upper ends of the four sides. Length 97.5 millimetres; weight 198 grammes. Axes like this are the Bilton (Worthing) variant of the ubiquitous south-eastern axe (Schmidt & Burgess 1981, 214, pl.85 nos 1275-80). 2. Complete looped socketed axe. The sides are gently concave and termina…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-9B7343
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
2008 T86 Bronze Age Hoard Description 1. Bronze sword hilt fragment. Length 61.5 millimetres; width 22.4 millimetres; weight 35 grams. The sides curve gently outwards, with a low flange along the edges; inside at the top (the end distant from the blade end of the weapon) there is a single circular rivet hole. The fragment ends at the start of the shoulder where there is a central midrib running parallel to the sides. Hilts like this belong to the so-called Carps' Tongue sword (Burgess & Colquhoun 1988, 108-11, pls 98-100 nos 669-95). 2. Bronze sword bl…
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epping Forest District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6FFC30
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2008 T589: Bronze Age Hoard The hoard is comprised of two fragments of sword blade, one fragment of socketed chape, two fragments of socketed spear, one fragment of a spear ferrule and 31 fragments of flat plate. Condition of the Metalwork To a greater or lesser extent, all the items in the hoard have a brown staining, presumably caused by iron-rich minerals percolating through the soil. In parts of Essex this process created the indurated conglomerate used as a building material in churches (Turner 1988). It is evident from this homogeno…
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broxted Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6A2528
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2008 T686 Bronze Age hoard; comprised of a sword hilt, five ingots and associated pottery vessel sherds. Circumstances of Discovery and Provenance The first discovery was the sword hilt, recovered at some distance from the hoard nucleus (hoard item 1). Subsequent exploration of the same part of the field brought to light the first two copper ingot fragments (items 2-3), about 'ten feet' (3 metres) apart. Hoard item 2 was associated with three sherds of pottery (Pot 1 Batch A). At same time a copper-alloy casting not thought to be Bronze Age and unco…
Created on: Friday 21st November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-D2E633
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2008 T703: Bronze Age Hoard. Hoard Content: spear blade tip and socketed axe blade. Hoard Catalogue 1. The socketed axe fragment is the blade end of the tool. It has expanded blade tips and the casting seams are still apparent along the sides. The blade itself is blunt and there is a profusion of scratches (some of them deep) on the pitted surface. Length 38 millimetres; width 45.5 millimetres; weight 60.18 grams. 2. The spear blade tip has a deep and prominent midrib; both sides of the blade are still present. What might conce…
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-116ED1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE: 2009 T498 Bronze Age hoard. Description 1. Body fragment of palstave broken at both ends with part of the stop ridge and a broken loop. The patina is dark green and brown. Length: 51.23mm; Width: 27.37mm; Weight: 166g 2. Ingot fragment (?). The patina is dark green and brown. Length: 25.50mm; Width: 24,9mm; Weight: 44g 3. Fragment. The patina is dark green and brown. Length: 27.35mm; Width: 28.77mm; Weight: 45g 4. Fragment. The patina is dark green and brown. Length: 41.12mm; Width: 19.86mm; Weight: 33g 5. Fragment. The patina is dark green and brown.…
Created on: Wednesday 16th September 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-11ECE6
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age copper alloy hoard comprising three broken socketed axe, five socketed axe fragments and one sword fragment, was found by metal detecting. Description 1. Body and blade of socketed axe with a long narrow body and flared blade. The patina is dark green. Length: 63.66mm; Width (blade): 41.22mm; Weight: 118.3g 2. Body and blade of socketed axe with a narrow body and flared blade. The patina is dark green. Length: 63.10mm; Width (blade): 41.63mm; Weight: 111.3g 3. Body and blade of socketed axe with a narrow body and flared blade. The patina is dark green, brow…
Created on: Wednesday 16th September 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-086ED1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2009 T528 Bronze Age Hoard Description 1. (a) Socketed axe. South-eastern Type. Double mouth moulding, with a prominent upper moulding and smaller lower moulding from which the loop originates. Below the moulding are three parallel pellets decorating the body. The long narrow body runs down to a slightly flared blade. The patina is dark green and brown. Length: 109.40mm; Width (socket) 39.18mm; Width (blade) 44.46mm; Weight 253.4g 2. (b) Body and blade of the socketed axe with a long narrow body and slightly flared blade. The patina is dark green and black. Leng…
Created on: Monday 28th September 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-C60114
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
2009T729 is an addenda to 2008T485 1. (Fig 2, B) Copper alloy cake ingot fragment. The flattened base of this fragment is matte red/brown while the top and broken sides are matte green/grey. Max thickness: 20mm; min. thickness; 13mm: weight: 135.3g 2. (Fig. 2, C) Copper alloy cake ingot fragment. One surface of this fragment probably formed part of the ingot base and one, being at a 45 degree angle, probably formed part of the ingot top. The pitted metal is matte red/ brown with green patches of corrosion. Max. thickness: 21mm: min. thickness; 8mm; weight: 61.59 g. 3. ( …
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttlesford District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-CC3994
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2010 T509 Burnham Bronze Age Hoard: Late Bronze Age metalwork assemblage with associated pottery. This record forms a summary of the material from the Burnham Hoard, and details of the discover are below. A note on the catalogue numbers: The letter prefix denotes the area designated the finders when they originally plotted the area of the find. These numbers were also used for the excavated material for consistency. A double suffix, e.g. 'AA' was used due to initial separating out casting debris from artefacts. The numerical suffix is the order in which the finds …
Created on: Tuesday 31st August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burnham On Crouch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-4E4757
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age hoard comprising of four incomplete artefacts. Date: late Bronze Age (1150-800 BC) 1) Damaged and incomplete blade fragment. The blade is broken at both ends, with damage along both edges. It has a shallow and elongated oval cross section. Length: 58.44mm. Maximum width: 24.84mm. Thickness: 4.92mm. Weight: 27.49 grams. 2) Damaged and incomplete socketed axehead. It has been broken across the body with the blade end surviving. The socket opening is rectangular, with the socket end visible. The cutting edge is damaged, appearing squared off, with no visible curvatu…
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ramsey ', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-98B3C5
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case: 2011 T210 (addendum to 2006 T606) Writtle Area : Bronze Age Hoard The previous parts of this hoard (2006 T606) are recorded as PAS-840704. Date of Discovery: Various - in date order: 1) 24/11/2004 casting waste 2) 19/9/2004 casting waste 3) 21/06/2006 blade fragment (reported as 2006 T606) 4) 21/06/2006 non Bronze Age fragment (reported as 2006 T606) 5) 14/09/2009 socketed axe fragment 6) 07/09/2010 socketed axe fragment Circumstances of discovery: Whilst searching with a metal detector on an amateur archaeological investigation Date: Late Bronze Age…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Writtle Area', grid reference and parish protected.