Record ID: DEV-A69052
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy looped socketed hammer dating to the late Bronze Age, c. 1600-800 BC. The hammer is broadly rectangular in plan, but does taper slightly from the socketed end to the tip. In profile the tapering is more evident. In section it is square. The socketed end has a raised but flat collar. The socket is sub-square in shape with rounded internal corners. A fragment of the collar is broken and missing. The tip of the hammer is rounded and assymetrical. There is a D-shaped loop on one side with an oval hole. A casting seam is evident o…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
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Record ID: DEV-FC36D3
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thumb nail scraper of Early Bronze Age date, c. 2350-1600 BC. The flint is dark grey in colour and mostly opaque. It is a tertiary flake and in plan the scraper is sub-circular. There are pronounced coinchoidal waves of percussion on the ventral surface and a negative hinge fracture at the distal end. On the dorsal surface there is covering, scaled, semi-abrupt retouch. Measurements: length 18.9 mm; width 19.1 mm; max thickness 5.1 mm. Weight: 2.24 g
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: DEV-FBDBBD
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thumb nail scraper of Early Bronze Age date, c. 2350-1600 BC. The flint is buff in colour and translucent. It is a secondary flake with a small area of white cortex remaining on one edge. It appears that further cortex was removed along this edge during retouch. In plan the scraper is vaguely rectangular but with one long curved edge (approximately 1/3 of the total edge) at the proximal end. There is a previous flake removal scar on the dorsal surface and a low bulb of percussion on the ventral surface. Along the curved edge there is invasive, scaled, semi-abrupt retouch. …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: DEV-EA4614
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  thumb nail scraper of Early Bronze Age date, c. 2350-1600 BC. A small, sub-circular thumbnail scraper made on a tertiary flake of grey flint and white inclusions and a low gloss patina. It has a small striking platform at the proximal end. The dorsal face has one removal scar. It has been neatly shaped into a curved working edge with abrupt retouch around most of the margin apart from the proximal end. Measurements: Length: 22mm, Width: 22.18mm, Thickness 5.13mm, Weight: 3.26g  
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-428127
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy slender Middle Bronze Age looped palstave, probably dating from c. 1500- 1150 BC. The cutting edge has a pronounced crescentic form with the tips re-curving back onto the expanding form of the blade though one sides curve is more pronounced than the other. There is slight damage to the cutting edge. The tops of the flanges on both sides are tall and the same height as the stop ridge down to the blade section in a leaf pattern. The septum is flat with a H shape and a casting pit in one side against the stop ridge. The casting lines …
Created on: Thursday 21st December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harpford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-03D7E3
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy decorated flat axehead probably of Needham’s Class 3, possibly type b (Boreland) c. 2200-1900 BC. The axe is broken mid-blade with none of the butt remaining, making further diagnostics unobtainable. There are two grooves running down the centre of the blade on one side which thicken and flare before terminating before the blades edge. Measurements: Length 87.1mm, Width 88.7mm at blade, tapering to 40.6mm at break, Thickness 11mm at break, tapering to 3.9mm at cutting edge, Weight 277g.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laneast', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-6356BF
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fragment of a cast copper-alloy socketed axehead dating to the Late Bronze Age, c. 1150 - 800 BC. The fragment consists of the axe's blade showing a transverse break. A small portion of the interior of the socket survives. The axe fragment is sub-square in plan, with rounded corners at the blade edge. The sides of the axehead are almost parallel but taper slightly outwards towards the blade edge. In cross section, the body of the axehead is rectangular, in profile the fragment is triangular, as the blade tapers to the cutting edge. The surviving&nb…
Created on: Thursday 16th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2023
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Record ID: DEV-4BD18B
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Bronze Age probable spearhead tip fragment, or possibly an arrowhead fragment.  The fragment is sub triangular in plan, tapering towards the tip, the extreme end of which is missing.  The blade has a triangular centre ridge, being more pronounced on one side.  The edges of the blade are worn and the fragment is lightly corroded.  The triangular mid-rib suggests a date of 1500-1150 BC. Measurements: Length 20.7mm, Width (widest) 12.6mm, Weight 3.96g
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
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Record ID: DEV-18B771
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy sword fragment, dating to Late Bronze Age, 1000-800 BC. Cast fragment of a long narrow leaf-shaped blade. A flattened rhomboid section at the narrower end of the fragment and the wider end is rendered lentoid. The mid rib is still visible, with old breaks at either end of the section and the cutting edge is uneven. Measurements: The length is 37.88mm, the width is 24.94mm and the weight is 25.53g. Similar objects recorded: NLM-A7B315 and NLM-6C8397.
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
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Record ID: DEV-85F591
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of a sword blade, or possibly a dirk or rapier, dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age period, c. 1200 - 800 BC. The two fragments can be refitted, and the tapering width suggests they belong to the distal end of a blade. The larger fragment is wider and the edges taper gently towards the second fragment. The second smaller fragment is narrower and tapers further still towards the tip of the blade, which is missing. The blade has a lenticular shaped cross-section and a low, broad central ridge. The edges ar…
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2023
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Record ID: DEV-CDC5E9
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken copper-alloy spearhead, Davis (2006, p.34) Type 3B: Flame Narrow blade, dating to the Acton Park to Taunton Industrial phase of the Middle Bronze Age c. 1500-1140 cal. BC (dating Needham et al. 1997). The spearhead is broken into three sections, most likely through post-depositional damage, but can be refitted to roughly illustrate its original form. The smallest section is the tip, which is blunt and severley pitted. A second section represents the upper half of the blade, and the third and largest section represents the base of the blade and the socket. T…
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2023
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Record ID: DEV-3C7513
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, unlooped copper-alloy palstave axehead dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1500-1140 BC. The blade flares from the stop ridge forming an roughly convex cutting-edge, but it is uneven due to damage. The blade tapers from the stop ridge to the blade edge, creating a wedge-shaped, triangular profile. The blade length seems short in proportion to the butt length when compared to other palstaves. On both faces of the palstave, there are two depressions forming a central ridge, creating the shape of a shield. The stop ridge is wide…
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2023
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Record ID: DEV-90481B
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rod of possibly Bronze Age date. The body is circular in cross section and tapers at one end into a four grooved point which appears worn and smoothed at the tip. The opposite end has an old break.  The surface has some damage with striation marks longitudinally and latitudinally as well as pitting. Dimensions:  The length is 110 mm with the rod having a diameter of 8 mm and the point narrowing to 4 mm. The weight is 103.13 g. This object has been published in Knight et al. 2015, pp. 40 & 103, no. 121b. 
Created on: Wednesday 26th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2023
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Record ID: DEV-8FAB47
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Bronze Age axehead c. 2150 - 1650 BC. The fragment comprises of the front portion of the axehead. The head is rectangular and widens into the blade. The blade edge has been hammered to raise the flanges. The cutting tip appears damaged. The surface is uneven and pitted. A similar one can be found illustrated in Leahy and Lewis (2018, 206-207), recorded on this database - see NMS-7AA90G and LVPL-613611. Measurements: The length is 36 mm. The width of the rectangular body is 27 mm and widens to the blade with a width of 53 mm. The weig…
Created on: Wednesday 26th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2023
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Record ID: DEV-B04D64
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy palstave dating to the Middle Bronze Age c. 1500-1140 BC. The palstave is broken into two, the break is old and worn but the fragments can be refitted. There are worn protrusions on the side of both the blade section and butt section suggesting the palstave was looped. The blade is flared forming a convex cutting-edge. The blade tapers from the stop ridge to the blade edge, creating a thin, triangular profile. Beneath the stop-ridge there are two decorative grooves forming a central ridge. This is only visible on one fa…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2023
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Record ID: DEV-62AC6B
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, heavily worn fragment of a cast Bronze Age copper-alloy palstave axehead, probably of Middle Bronze Age date c. 1600-900 cal BC. The fragment consists of the axe's blade above which is a worn and abraded termination. The axe fragment is broadly trapezoidal. The broken side runs transversely across its body giving a flat edge from which the sides thin evenly towards a slightly crescentic blade which is heavily chipped. In profile the body of the axe is triangular, due to tapering towards the cutting edge. The break reveals a rectangular cross-section. …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
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Record ID: DEV-3B950F
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded copper-alloy axehead fragment: probably the terminal of a Middle Bronze Age palstave (c. 1500-1100 BC). The cutting edge is shallowly rounded and somewhat abraded. The sides only barely perceptibly flare to this edge. The break, a shallow diagonal, appears old; the solid cross-section revealed suggests that this was a palstave. Such an identification is reinforced by the presence of a central casting seam visible on the side. No decoration appears to survive on the fragment, though the patina is pitted in a few places. Measurements: weight 48.87 g
Created on: Monday 20th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2023
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Record ID: DEV-EAA73A
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregular worked secondary flake of dark brown flint with triangular cross-section of later Neolithic or Bronze Age date. Possibly debitage from core reduction or even a heavily reduced fragment of a bladelet core. There is a small area of what appears to be the striking platform with the natural surface remaining just to the side. There are some scars along the surface; on the ventral surface there is a slight bulbar scar. Measurements: 46 mm in length, 20 mm in width and 28.36 g in weight
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 18th April 2023
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Record ID: DEV-21B9A8
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn fragment of a cast Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead, dating to c. 1300-700 BC. The fragment consists of the axe's blade above which is a worn and abraded termination, placed such that a small portion of the interior of the socket survives. The axe fragment is sub-rectangular in plan. The broken edge of the axe runs broadly transversely across its body. From this point the sides continue at around the same width towards an abraded, seemingly rounded blade. In cross-section the body of the axe is rectangular, while the blade is a pointed …
Created on: Monday 14th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 17th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halberton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-6A3B88
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy Late Bronze Age socketed spear (spearhead), c. 1200-750 BC, comprising the terminal (tip). The spearhead fragment is broadly sub-triangular and lozenge shaped in cross section. The terminal of the blade is very slightly abraded. The object is broken at the opposing terminal which exposes a circular shaped socket. The break is broadly straight on one side of the socket, and angled upwards on the other. The spearhead has a pronounced midrib which extends longitudinally along the central axis of the object. The edges of the blade are …
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th October 2022
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