Record ID: NMS-6FB233
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age awl. One end is flat in cross-section, and gradually thickens to a circular cross-section of diameter 3mm about halfway down the object. It is slightly bent here, causing stress to the metal and loss of the surface. From here it tapers to a point. Where the surface is lost, the colour is a matt green; where the surface survives it is a polished dark brown. Length (as bent) 52mm, maximum width (at flat end) 5mm, maximum thickness 3mm, weight 3.17g. Similar awls were made throughout the middle and late Bronze Age, but the dark brown patina suggests a middle Bronze Age da…
Created on: Tuesday 21st January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd November 2020
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Record ID: SF-E2FD24
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Bronze Age axehead, dating to 1500-1100 BC. It has a sub-rectangular socketed body with a semi-oval loop on the short side. The mouth is largely missing; the only surviving fragment refers to one of the short sides, bearing a raised rim followed by a transverse raised line. The integrally cast loop is set on the latter side. The body of the axehead flares and thins towards the blade which is heavily damaged on its cutting edge. The surfaces are moderately abraded and covered by a greenish brown patina. Length: 95.89 mm Width of the blade: 40.7…
Created on: Monday 9th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Halesworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E2ECE9
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Bronze Age axehead, dating to 1700-1500 BC. It has a sub-rectangular body with a rounded butt and it flares towards an incomplete crescent-shaped blade. The long edges of the body have slightly raised flanges, leaving on both faces a shallow recessed septum. The body of the axe has its point of maximum thickness at its centre and tapers towards the blade end the butt; the blade thins abruptly and breaks at the cutting edge. The axehead is covered by a brownish green patina and bears modern post-depositional damages. Cf with the Arreton-flanged axes group, as…
Created on: Monday 9th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Halesworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E1E72A
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Bronze Age arrowhead, dating to 2500-1500 BC. It is barbed and tanged, having one of the barbs broken off; both faces have a low mid ridge, which flattens towards the tang. The tang is rounded at the base and the overall cross-section of the arrowhead is slightly lozengiform. It has relatively crude notches between the tang and barbs, and it might have been poorly cast. Early Bronze Age metalwork often follows earlier and contemporary lithic forms and these examples are no exception, paralleling the more common 'barbed and tanged' flint arrowheads. Cf LEI…
Created on: Monday 9th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Halesworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-54E13B
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy ring with dark green polished surface. It is 20mm in diameter externally and with a central hole 11mm in diameter. The ring is 5mm thick where best preserved; in other places, corrosion has removed some of the surface. In cross-section it is kite-shaped, with an acutely pointed arris around the exterior and a more gentle angle in the central hole. It weighs 6.21g. Rings of these proportions have been dated to the late Bronze Age (e.g. WILT-7BCF7B, with references), or Iron Age to Roman periods (e.g. SOM-7EDF21, WILT-CDE753, HAMP-E3F5BC).
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
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Record ID: SF-81B0CD
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment of a probably Bronze Age chisel, dating to 1100-800 BC. It is sub-rectangular in plan and tapers towards the complete end. This expanded end appears to be bevelled, suggesting that it is a blade. The other end is irregularly broken. The object is rectangular in cross-section and thins towards the blade. The surface of the metal is pitted with corrosion and the long edges are slightly damaged at the same length. See Pendleton (1999, fig.67, no.291) for a very similar example. See also PAS record: SF-498094 and SF-3041F9. Length: 53.33 mm Width: 15.00 …
Created on: Tuesday 29th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horringer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-815F3C
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment of a Bronze Age socketed axehead, dating to 1100-800 BC. It consists of the loop of the axehead and part of the curved edge; the loop is oval and its frame is slightly D-shaped in cross-section. The edges are very worn and the greenish brown patina is worn down to the greenish metal core. Length: 28.51 mm Width: 17.43 mm Thickness: 3.77 mm Weight: 8.86 g
Created on: Tuesday 29th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorpe Morieux', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-813713
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment of a Bronze Age socketed axehead, dating to 1100-800 BC. It consists of the terminal part of the rectangular cross-sectioned socketed body, which flares and thickens towards a crescentic-shaped blade. The short sides of the body have traces of the hammered-flat casting seam and the blade tips are still in good condition. The cutting edge is slightly abraded. Length: 24.44 mm Width of the blade: 42.80 mm Width of the body: 27.83 mm Max thickness: 13.23 mm Weight: 29.66 g
Created on: Tuesday 29th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorpe Morieux', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8108B4
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment of a probably Bronze Age axehead, dating to 1700-1100 BC. It consists of a pointed oval fragment of the blade; it has a triangular cross-section tapering from one long edge to the opposite; all the edges have breaks. It is not possible to determine the type of axehead because of the small size of the fragment. Length: 33.16 mm Width: 9.35 mm Max thickness: 5.20 mm Min thickness: 2.08 mm Weight: 4.17 g
Created on: Tuesday 29th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield St Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-80C76C
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Bronze Age flanged axehead, dating to 1700-1500 BC. It has a sub-rectangular body with a rounded butt and it flares towards a crescent-shaped blade. The long edges of the body have raised flanges, leaving on both faces a recessed central septum. The haft end thickens from the but towards the centre of the body; from there the body keeps the same thickness until the edge of the blade, from which it thins towards the cutting edge. The axehead is pitted and abraded. As in Rohl-Needham (1998, p. 127) Length: 86.15 mm Width of the blade: 38.17 mm Width at…
Created on: Tuesday 29th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradfield St Clare', grid reference and parish protected.