Record ID: SF3749
Object type: WINGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Central section of winged copper-alloy axe with single loop. Patinated breaks. Only one of four wings complete and this is bent double and cracked. Major break to body but no obvious hammer marks or casting flaws. Deep brown/green patina with patches of pale green invasive corrosion. Surviving length 87 mm.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6704
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Rim sherd of coarse flint-tempered pottery, with simple rim. Probably late Bronze Age or Iron Age.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK STUTTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10245
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of heavy corrugated cast staple handle(?) attachment, probably from bucket or cauldron, found within a hoard. Decorated externally with five heavy ribs/corrugations, plain internally. At the base of these ribs is the remains of a transverse internal socket. The top, broken end of the ribs, is very thin in places. All breaks are ancient. Medium brown/green patina with paler green corrosive encrustations. Appears to be a high lead casting. cf cast staples from cauldron in Llyn Fawr hoard & from bucket(?) in Hatfield Broad Oak hoard (Davies 1929 - BAR67, Fig 8.1)
Created on: Monday 13th January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ipswich area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FD3E8D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A sherd from the body of an early Bronze Age vessel, dating to the period c.2350-c.1200 BC. Hard, coarse fabric containing plentiful poorly sorted quartz pieces (<2mm). The outer surface and core are an oxidised orange-red colour while the inner surface is a lighter grey. The outer surface is decorated with bands of three and two parallel lines of small square indentations. The fragment is too small to provide an indication of the original size and form of the vessel.  With thanks to Carlotta Marchetto, Oxford Archaeology East for identification help.  Length: 30.16mm, w…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF1423
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Edge fragment of copper alloy sheet metal; slightly curved, slight groove parallel to edge on concave face, which has a well preserved surface; convex face rough, original surface missing; invasive corrosion on both faces; medium green brown patina with bronze colour surviving along edge just inside concave surface.
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK TUNSTALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3671
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy socket fragment, perhaps from spear or gouge or chisel, etc. (too small and damaged to be able to be certain). Basically a cylinder of copper alloy, just over 2 mm thick, with ancient breaks and some crushing out of shape. Probable original diameter 12-13 mm, and possibly originally slightly tapering. Some invasive corrosion. Dark green/brown patina. Length 21 mm.
Created on: Friday 13th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ST MARY SOUTH ELMHAM OTHERWISE HOMERSFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10253
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small bronze body fragment from unidentified object possibly socketed axe. Found within a Bronze Age hoard. Ancient breaks. Patinated medium brown.
Created on: Monday 13th January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ipswich area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10254
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small bronze body fragment from unidentified object probably socketed axe. Found within bronze Age hoard. Ancient breaks. Patinated medium/dark green/brown with some paler green corrosion.
Created on: Monday 13th January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ipswich area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-520513
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy bronze 'moustache-like' object. This is a three-dimensional casting consisting of two, part decorated, drop-shaped parts on either side of a central constriction. The constricted area is masked by corrosive products including a large amount of rounded sand (from deposition horizon?). On other examples this constricted area has a central perforation so it is likely that this example also has a now obscured vertical perforation. The drop-shaped parts have elongated narrow tips with abrupt angular terminals, these may be incomplete but appear rounded so could be co…
Created on: Thursday 7th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9183
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy moustache-like object of probable Middle Bronze Age or Iron Age date, cast in one piece to form a distinctly three-dimensional shape. These objects are thought to date from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Iron Age, after the discovery of one in the Salisbury Hoard (Stead, 1998, no.117) and various other finds reported to the PAS which are often associated with Middle Bronze Age material.The object is c. 26mm long, and c. 24mm wide. There is a central hole, 4.5 mm square at the top and flaring to 9 x 5 mm at the bottom. Either side of the hole, separated …
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2002
Last updated: Friday 11th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MILDENHALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2229
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Blade fragment of copper alloy sword. Ancient breaks. Incised grooves defining edge bevels and rounded mid rib. At least one ancient blade edge nick, possibly others though masked by variable corrosion. Original bronze patina visible over 50% of faces, rest light/medium brown patina and light/medium green corrosive encrustations.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ARWARTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3411
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Sword blade fragment. Bent and very abraded (agricultural action?) Medium/dark green patina. Length 39 mm, width 34 mm, thickness 5 mm, weight 39g.
Created on: Friday 8th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BROMESWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3412
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy sword blade fragment. Slightly bent, extremely abraded (agricultural action?) Medium/dark green patina. Length 37 mm, width 29 mm, weight 32g. Abrasion on this fragment probably suggests long-standing movement and resultant wear in a sandy or gritty ploughsoil. The breakage however is deliberate and occurred in antiquity, and is a common feature of LBA hoards.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 25th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BROMESWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3413
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy sword blade fragment. Slightly bent, extremely abraded (agricultural/sandy soil action?) Pale/medium green with some invasive corrosion and modern nicks on edges. Length 32 mm, width 32 mm, weight 28g.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BROMESWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3754
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of hilt and part of blade from copper-alloy sword. Four complete rivet holes (diameter 3.5-4.2 mm) and one incomplete rivet hole or slot. Modern damage to blade edge and one ricasso, corroded pale green, otherwise breaks are patinated. The other (complete) ricasso is straight. Hammer marks adjoining breaks. Medium-deep brown patina with slight bronze colour surviving on one face. Surviving length 79 mm.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3755
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper-alloy sword hilt with one complete (3.1 mm diameter) and two incomplete small rivet holes. Patinated breaks. Hilt slightly bent. Hammer marks adjoining breaks. Some pale green invasive corrosion, otherwise mainly medium/deep brown patina with one area of untarnished copper alloy. Surviving length 64 mm.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3756
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper-alloy sword blade. Patinated breaks. Some pale green corrosion on edges probably due to recent damage. Extremely asymmetrically worn and narrow. One face medium to dark green/brown with slight pocking due to invasive corrosion, other face medium and dark brown patina. Surviving length 117 mm.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2E9D35
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy blade fragment from a late Bronze Age sword, measuring 65mm in length, 31mm in width and 7.9mm thick. It is markedly curved longitudinally, probably as part of the fragmentation process. The cross section is lenticular. All the edges and the breaks are severly damaged and eroded, probably due to long standing presence within the plough soil. There are a number a linear relatively recent possible plough grazes on the blade faces. There are frequent corrosive invasion pock marks on both faces but mainly near to the blade edges. This fragment is patinated medium brown to d…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Hadleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3AD1B6
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Broken fragment probably of sword-blade of Late Bronze Age type bi-convex in section, 31mm long (along the blade) by 24mm wide (across the blade) by 5.5mm thick at centre. The surface formerly had a thick brown patination, most of which has corroded away leaving a pale green patination.The fractures were made in antiquity.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Blakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8923
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Re-utilised fragment from an unfinished copper-alloy sword. The fragment consists of the hilt and blade junction, and has a rounded midrib. The hilt has two completely perforated rivet holes, one of which is broken across; the breaks here are corroded but relatively unworn. There are additionally two incompletely drilled rivet holes visible on both faces, more deeply drilled on one face than on the other. Both ends of the sword fragment have subsequently been blunted, smoothed and neatly rounded, to serve some secondary use. The sword would have been made in the Late Bronze Age an…
Created on: Monday 15th July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GREAT GLEMHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8716
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Short fragment of copper-alloy blade, probably from near the tip end of a sword. The cross-section is lentoid with slightly concave sharpening bevels near the edge. The main breaks are patinated and slightly worn, so appear to be ancient. The patina is a medium green/brown with patches of paler green corrosion. The surface is in relatively poor condition, with recent damage and erosion as well as invasive corrosion.
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8232
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy double-edged blade fragment, probably from a sword. The rounded midrib clearly narrows along the length of the fragment, suggesting that it is from near the tip of the blade. Although there are no definite hammer breakage marks, the edge of the blade is slightly bent next to one of the breaks suggesting possible deliberate breakage, which is common in fragmented swords from Late Bronze Age hoards. The fragment is in poor condition, with about 60% of the surface lost to corrosion; the surviving surface and the slightly worn breaks have a medium brown patination. The corr…
Created on: Monday 4th March 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'FORNHAM ST MARTIN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7256
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small fragment of severely abraded copper-alloy sword blade with a rounded midrib but no trace of channels or edge bevels. The surface is intact, though abraded; there is an oblique ridge running across between the midrib and one edge, which makes the fragment look unfinished. There is a dark green patina underneath a dark grey surface. The markedly rounded edges, similar to those in the August 2000 finds from this hoard, make it look almost like a beach find. The weight of the fragment (41.39g) may indicate that the copper alloy had too much lead in it, making the metal soft and t…
Created on: Monday 29th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BROMESWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF7258
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper-alloy sword blade. Abraded, especially over breaks; the blade edges are slightly rounded, but the damage is not nearly so bad as with the earlier pieces (the August 2000 finds, and sf7256). The surface is intact and the patina is a medium to dark green. The blade has a flat midrib, with slightly concave side channels and concave edge bevels. The fragment is slightly bent. Length 46 mm, width 30 mm, thickness 7 mm.
Created on: Monday 29th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BROMESWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-659B34
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy sword fragment, probably dating from the Later Bronze Age, that is c. 1250-800BC. The fragment is triangular with a pointed oval cross-section. The surface is worn and only few patches of the greenish brown patina survive; the blunt tip is slightly bent. The fragment is too small to be completely certain of the sword type, but it is likely a sword type that was part of the Late Bronze Age Wilburton or Ewart Park metalwork assemblages. Length: 38.60mm Max width: 11.97mm Thickness: 3.83mm Weight: 5.90g
Created on: Thursday 21st May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10119
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of cast bronze bugle-shaped object (probably strap attachment/harness), one item within a hoard. Wide flanged, open ended hollow tube with loop. The loop has a hollow section at the break but this may be a large casting void in an otherwise solid loop. The item is crushed almost flat at the (ancient) break. Common small pale/medium green corrosive encrustations on the surface which is patinated medium/dark green/brown. This object is of Late Bronze Age Carps tongue/Ewart Park form as seen in the Watford hoard (Combs 1979).
Created on: Tuesday 7th January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ipswich Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2221
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Almost complete small copper alloy pegged spearhead. Short part of tip missing (ancient break). Remains of tip end suggest relatively rounded prior to tip breakage. Slight damage to one blade edge. Medium/dark green patina with corrosive encrustations.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ARWARTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3835
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper-alloy spearhead, tip and socket end missing (old, patinated breaks); slightly bent near tip. The length of socket into the mid-rib is quite short, suggesting a non-lead copper alloy. Narrow, slightly flame-shaped blade form, with concave channel beside mid-rib. The mid-rib is angular nearer the tip but becomes rounded towards the socket end. The surface is eroded and partially pitted, though there is little obvious active bronze disease. Mainly deep brown patina. Rowlands (1976) group 2 side-looped spearhead; a similar, but slightly larger, parallel comes from Burnt F…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WALSHAM LE WILLOWS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3670
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy spearhead tip, socket not visible. To one side of the mid-rib, one face has a distinct 'step' parallel to the edge and the other face has a sudden thinning of the metal parallel to and just inside the edge. The break may be relatively recent. Recent edge and tip damage. Pale/medium brown/green patina. Length 24 mm, maximum width 11 mm, weight 4g.
Created on: Friday 13th October 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ST MARY SOUTH ELMHAM OTHERWISE HOMERSFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3753
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small pegged copper-alloy spearhead. Fragment missing from socket (patinated break), otherwise complete. Some edge damage which could be recent. Tip appear extensively re-sharpened. Large amounts of untarnished copper-alloy surface visible, otherwise medium and dark brown patina.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4843
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small copper-alloy pegged spearhead, complete except for very end of tip which has been recently blunted/rounded. Some bare metal is visible here and it seems that the blunting may have happened within the last 100 years (during re-use as a toy?). Also slightly bent towards the tip when viewed from the side. Blade edges appear relatively worn. Original surface is patinated medium/dark green where surviving, but much lost due to slight surface corrosion (and ?agricultural abrasion on one face). Circular hole (diameter 4-5 mm) on either side of socket under blade. Length 71 mm, max width…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK KNODISHALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4437
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Tip of narrow copper-alloy spearhead which is curiously curved and must have been bent in antiquity. There is no trace of the socket, but as the fragment is only 32 mm long and 9 mm max wide this is perhaps not surprising. The tip curves smoothly from the break at the wider end (neither particularly old nor particularly new) to a sharp tip, and there is no hint of stress to the metal. The bend is almost all in one plane - side-to-side - with only a very slight hint of a front-to-back curve. The edges are sharp, and there is a rounded midrib; in section the spearhead tip is lozengiform …
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK STONHAM ASPAL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5811
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper-alloy spearhead tip, lozenge-shaped in cross-section and with a lozenge-shaped socket reaching to within about 35 mm of the broken end. All edges, except tip break, are severely abraded. The tip break is therefore probably more recent, though it actually shows a slight casting void. The lozenge-shaped cross-section socket is a characteristic of Wilburton form spearheads (cf. the Isleham hoard) of the Late Bronze Age, c. 1200-1000 BC.
Created on: Monday 11th June 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FELIXSTOWE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2238
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a thin cast copper alloy blade edge and socket possibly from a spear (in which case hollow cast blade as well as socket). Hollow cast almost up to bevelled blade edge. Medium brown/green corrosive encrustations.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ARWARTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E8C314
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
The tip fragment of a bronze spearhead. Measuring 42.17mm in surviving length and 14.34mm in width, at the widest surviving point. This spearhead has been severly affected by invasive corrosion, no original edges survive and there is only about 70% of the surface surviving on one face and 20% on the other. The tip of the spearhead is missing. It has a prominent mid-rib with concave blade faces on either side. These blade faces have a medium brown patina. Elsewhere the spearhead is pale green in colour, due to corrosion products. This spearhead is middle or late Bronze Age in date, c150…
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F381F2
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
The tip of a Bronze Age spearhead. 32mm in length, 13mm in width, at the widest point and 7mm thick. The tip is sharp, the break is old and the end of the socket is visible and slightly off centre. There is also a small casting void/bubble hole next to the socket. The spear tip is patinated medium green/brown. The deep socket void suggests a lead-bronze product and a late Bronze Age date.
Created on: Tuesday 16th December 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laxfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-68AB45
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment originating from a large socketed and basal looped spearhead of later Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1400-1150 BC) belonging to Davis' group 8; 'elongated spearheads with incorporated basal loops' forms. This object can probably be assigned to the Taunton or Penard metalworking phases. Only the upper section of the spearhead survives, consisting the upper blade and point, probably representing less than a third of the original object. The lower portion of the body, side-loops and socket have been removed by means of a neat old truncation. The upper blade is triangula…
Created on: Wednesday 29th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Euston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8440
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy basal-looped or pegged spearhead, very worn and corroded. The base of the socket and possible loops, plus the tip, are missing, along with much of the wings. The wings were probably originally quite narrow, as edge bevels survive in two small areas. The midrib is rounded. Possible basal loops are suggested by spurs at the base of the wings, with gaps above. Although it is possible that the base of originally solid unlooped wings have merely corroded away leaving these spurs, and that this is therefore a pegged spearhead, the long narrow form and concave channels beside the…
Created on: Wednesday 24th April 2002
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BRANTHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10116
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete bronze pegged spearhead, one item within a hoard. Socket end decorated with two groups of approximately parallel girth grooves, a pair near the socket, a gap and four more nearer the peg holes. The conical socket is deep and extends to near the tip, which is shortened through ware, use and/or resharpening. The wings are relatively short. Both are slightly bent (use damage?) and one has also been blunted where the very edge has been slightly turned sideways along and parallel to most of the edge (probably by running or clashing with another hard surface). The surface has extens…
Created on: Tuesday 7th January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ipswich area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10240
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Almost complete bronze pegged and decorated spearhead, one item within a hoard. Only end of tip missing but this may be recent damage - certainly badly corroded at this point. The socket is decorated with four pairs of cast ribs around the shaft. The junction of the socket is also decorated with a band of diagonal nicks. Deep cone shaped circular socket extends almost to tip. Small, plain wings with some slight recent damage to blade edges. Medium green patina with numerous small paler green corrosive encrustations.
Created on: Monday 13th January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ipswich area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10241
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Very small complete bronze pegged spearhead/arrowhead, one item within a hoard. Deep cone shaped circular socket extends almost to tip. Slight wings. The tip has some slight recent damage. Some slight cracking is present at the socket below one of the peg holes. Medium/dark brown (not cleaned) & green patina with numerous paler green corrosive encrustations.
Created on: Monday 13th January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ipswich area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9908
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A side looped (and pegged?) bronze spearhead, complete except for some minor loss at the socket. It has a very good surface condition although some recent (plough?) marks are visible on one face and on the blade edges and tip. The spearhead also bears extensive ancient relatively coarse abrasive cleaning grooves. The blade has cast edge bevels and a circular sectioned midrib. The loop plates are lozenge-shaped and there is an inset bevel at the socket mouth. This spearhead is a Rowlands (1976) group 1 side-looped type, although at present the loops are blocked and it is not clear if th…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2002
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8920
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small copper-alloy side-looped spearhead or arrowhead. Most of the blade is missing, with a corroded and slightly worn break just above the socket; in addition, quite a bit of one face of the socket is missing just below the base of the blade. The side loops are small, and there is a rounded midrib to the blade. Deep brown patina with areas of pale green corrosion where damage (possibly recent) has occurred. Surviving length 61 mm, estimated original length c. 83-108 mm. Surviving width (probably only slightly less than the original width) 16 mm, external diameter at socket 15 mm, weig…
Created on: Monday 15th July 2002
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HEMINGSTONE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5A5BF1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy socketed spearhead dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1550-1250 BC. This example is of Davis' Group 6-'Developed side looped spearheads', probably belonging to the Acton Park or Taunton metalworking phases. The base of the socket is missing along with the edge of one blade wing, but otherwise the spearhead is preserved intact. The socket itself is circular sectioned and extends into the head of the spear for a short distance before becoming solid, retaining most of one socket-loop at its irregularly truncated end. The latter has a broadly lo…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Playford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A22557
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy basal-looped spearhead of the Middle Bronze Age, dating to 1500 BC -1150 BC. The blade has a flame shape in plan and a lozenge-shaped cross-section, with a slightly rounded mid-rib ridge extending to the its tip. There is only one oval loop surviving out of the two which are incorporated into the base of the blade, one either side of the central rib. The mid-rib extends and expands to form the hollow circular-sectioned socket. Both edges of the blade are moderately worn and the surfaces are pitted. See Davis' Type 3 (2006, plates 9-18) and Davis (2012, N…
Created on: Friday 7th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stonham Earl', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F762AD
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy fragment of a Middle Bronze Age side-looped spearhead, dating to 1500 - 1200 BC. It consists of the socket and the lower part of the blade. The socket is damaged and incomplete, however an original oval cross-section can be confidently suggested. Symmetrically placed on the sides of the socket are two oval loops, which have an oval cross-sectioned frame. The blade/socket junction is 14.00 mm long and it takes a lozenge shaped cross-section; the blade survives for14.57 mm long and it is heavily damaged, only short fragments of the blade wings survive. The junction is dama…
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-62D86B
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy fragment of a middle Bronze Age spear head, dating to 1500 BC - 1100 BC. It is the spear tip, which has an oval midrib cross-section and a hollow longitudinal internal channel. The blades have a pair of longitudinal ribs on both faces; they merge in the tip.The edges of the blades are worn. Cf R. Davis PhD (2017, datasheet no. 5, p. 2, fig. 4, group 8) Length: 70.53 mm Width: 19.47 mm Thickness: 9.83 mm Weight: 18.66 g
Created on: Monday 11th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worlingworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF1421
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete bronze socketed and looped axehead; blade edge chipped and blunted (in antiquity), blade edges have numerous ancient scratches, mostly diagonal, recent abrasion to part of moulding on one face, no internal moulding seams; deep dark brown patina, slightly darker on one face than other.
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK TUNSTALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF1424
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment from a bronze socketed axehead; medium/dark brown patina; traces of original bronze colour showing through in places.
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK TUNSTALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF1425
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small bronze fragment from mouth moulding of a ?socketed axe; medium brown patina, very thin on outer face with bronze colour showing through.
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK TUNSTALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF1426
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small bronze fragment from mouth moulding with part of seam from a socketed axehead; medium brown patina with green from invasive corrosion on external face; thin medium brown patina on inner face with considerable bronze colour showing through.
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK TUNSTALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF1427
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of bronze with section of mouth moulding from a socketed axehead; mainly bronze colour with slight patina in places.
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK TUNSTALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF1428
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a blade edge from a socketed bronze axehead; edge smooth and relatively blunt; small patches of invasive corrosion on faces; otherwise original bronze coloration survives.
Created on: Tuesday 15th February 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK TUNSTALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2219
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete plain copper alloy socketed axe with single loop. Main socket moulding plus further decorative moulding below. External moulding seam still relatively rough. Crescentric but not extensively re-sharpened, though bears slight ancient edge damage (some modern - caught by machine bucket). Two internal seams. Medium/dark green patina, with corrosive encrustations. Length 91mm, maximum width (at blade) 45mm.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2000
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ARWARTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2220
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Almost complete copper alloy triple ribbed socketed axe with single loop. Main socket moulding plus further decorative moulding below. Faces decorated with three short ribs. Irregular hole (casting flaw) on side behind loop, which is also poorly cast. Blade severely damaged (lump broken off and severely bent/blunted elsewhere) by heavy use? Medium/dark green patina with corrosive encrustations.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ARWARTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2222
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Socket end of plain bronze socketed axe with loop. Main socket moulding with slight second moulding below. Very thin wall at break, possibly edge of casting void, suggest possible reason for scraping. Some light/medium brown patina and some original bronze colour with medium green encrustations.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ARWARTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2223
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete plain bronze socketed axe with loop containing fragments of crushed copper alloy sheet, a copper alloy ring ? Or strip fragment and other copper alloy fragments (not extracted). Socket crushed inwards from either side. Main socket moulding only. Crescentric blade edge but extensively re-sharpened with ancient nick. Traces of original bronze patina on one face, otherwise medium/dark brown patina and light/medium green encrustations. 98mm long, 47mm maximum width including loop.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2000
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ARWARTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2224
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a plain bronze socketed axe with loop. Main socket moulding only - does not appear to have secondary mouldings. Comparatively long neck between socket and loop. Medium/dark brown/green patina with medium/dark green corrosive encrustations on outer faces.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2000
Last updated: Monday 12th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ARWARTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2227
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small fragment of a plain socketed axe (or possibly chisel) with loop. Main socket moulding with slight second moulding below. Small loop. Squashed and cracked on one face. Some dark green patina but mostly light brown and original bronze patina with medium green corrosive encrustations.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2000
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ARWARTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2232
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Socket fragment from a bronze socketed axe. Main socket moulding with secondary moulding below. Dark brown patina (all interior and part exterior) and areas of original bronze patina. Slight pale/medium green corrosion.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2000
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ARWARTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2233
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small fragment of a bronze socketed axe? Part of casting seam and corner between face and side of body. Medium/dark brown/green patina internally and on breaks, light brown patina and patches of original bronze coloration on other faces. Patches of pale/medium green corrosive encrustations.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2000
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ARWARTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2234
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a bronze socket, probably from thin-walled socketed axe (cf. example from Icklingham hoard SMR 085). Slight angled mouth moulding, straight neck terminating with groove rather than moulding. Medium/dark green patina internally, traces of original bronze patina at edges and externally with pale/medium green corrosive encrustations.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2000
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ARWARTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2235
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of plain bronze socketed axe with loop. Slight recent damage to mouth of socket but main breaks ancient. Single mouth moulding with groove below. Dark green/brown patina with pale green corrosive encrustations.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ARWARTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3703
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Plain socketed bronze axe with large single loop. Complete, a few very small nicks out of crescentic splayed blade edge. Small casting flaw in one face. Two internal casting seams (Ehrenberg 1981, type 5a). Surface condition good with only small amount of invasive corrosion. Medium and dark brown patina. Contained small fragments of wood in socket, probably from recent root.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3704
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Plain socketed bronze axe with large single loop. Complete, relatively extensive wear/damage on fairly straight blade edge. Some small casting flaws. Maximum socket dimension transverse to cutting edge. Surface condition good with only slight traces of invasive corrosion. Mainly dark brown patina but with traces of untarnished surface at blade end on one face.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3705
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Plain socketed bronze axe with single loop. Complete, relatively extensive wear/damage on slightly crescentic blade edge. Two internal casting seams (Ehrenberg 1981, type 5a). Circular socket. Extensive but light/medium green invasive corrosion products visible on surface, elsewhere medium brown patina.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3706
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Plain bronze socketed axe with large single loop. Complete but with ancient split from socket to beneath loop. Blade edge corroded but also with clear wear and damage causing slight cracking parallel to slightly crescentic cutting edge. Surface condition good with only traces of pale/medium green invasive corrosion visible on one face, mainly deep brown patina elsewhere.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3707
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Plain socketed bronze axe with large single loop. Complete apart from losses from blade edge and part of surface of one face due to invasive corrosion. Maximum socket dimension transverse to cutting edge. Recent (agricultural?) scratches on one face. Small casting flaw on one face. Apart from obvious corrosion, surface condition appears good. Medium green/brown patina with traces of only slightly tarnish copper alloy showing over c. 60% of one face.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3708
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Plain socketed bronze axe with large single loop. Complete but with severely worn/damaged crescentic blade edge. Surface condition generally good, slight traces of pale/medium green invasive corrosion visible, mainly dark brown patina. Traces of untarnished copper alloy showing through on one face.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3709
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Plain socketed bronze axe with single loop. Complete apart from worn/damaged and corroded crescentic blade edge. Recent (agricultural?) scratches on one face. Some, relatively slight, pale/medium green invasive corrosion visible (loss of blade end caused by this?), otherwise deep brown patina. Surviving width 48 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3710
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Plain socketed bronze axe with large single loop. Complete apart from losses to blade edge due to corrosion. One short recent (agricultural?) scratch on one face. Surface generally in good condition though invasive corrosion has caused loss of most of blade edge. Maximum socket dimensions transverse to cutting edge. Medium to dark brown patina with some untarnished copper alloy showing through on one face and unlooped side. Surviving length 108 mm, surviving width 46 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3711
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Plain socketed bronze axe with large single loop. Complete. Some edge wear/damage. Two diagonal (agricultural?) scratches on one face, though not fresh. Some invasive corrosion visible, otherwise medium brown patina.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3712
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Plain socketed bronze axe with single loop. Complete but with badly damaged crescentic blade edge (some due to corrosion). Some traces of invasive corrosion but surface in generally good condition. Mainly deep brown patina but one area of untarnished copper alloy.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3713
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Plain socketed bronze axe with single large loop. Significant fragment missing from one face of socket. Socket lacks usual double mouth moulding. Break surfaces mostly showing pale green corrosion but some darker brown remnants demonstrate ancient break. Crescentic blade edge with sharpening bevel, slight wear/damage in places and about half of edge lost to recent (?) corrosion.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3714
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small plain socketed bronze axe with single loop. Complete. Crescentic blade edge badly affected by corrosion. Two internal ribs (Ehrenberg 1981, type 5a). Pale/medium green patches of invasive corrosion, otherwise deep brown patina.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3715
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Plain socketed bronze axe with single loop. Complete apart from some surface loss due to corrosion. Small casting flaw on mouth moulding. Blade edge and part of adjoining surface largely lost to invasive corrosion. Surface elsewhere appears to be in good condition with deep brown patina.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3716
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small plain socketed bronze axe with single loop. Part of blade end missing. Heavily hammered on both faces near end of socket void. Both faces have punched (?) groups of marks, possibly made by a chisel-ended tracer/awl (parallels exist in the Levington Hoard, Suffolk: Pendleton 1999, 49). Crescentic blade edge affected by corrosion. Other patches of pale green invasive corrosion near blade, otherwise deep brown patina and large area of untarnished copper alloy. Surviving width 39 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3717
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Part of plain socketed bronze axe with single loop. Blade end missing. One slight casting void on one face. Traces of pale/medium green invasive corrosion mainly on one side, otherwise deep brown patina. Surviving width 33 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3718
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Facetted socketed bronze axe with single loop. Complete. Very slight wear/damage to fairly straight blade edge. Semi-octagonal socket. Good surface condition, deep green/brown patina on one face, mainly untarnished copper alloy on other.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3719
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Facetted socketed bronze axe with single loop. Complete. Fairly straight blade edge which appears asymmetric, though may be a result of recent corrosive damage. Surface has medium green/brown patina with underlying invasive corrosion causing surface loss along part of blade edge and part of socket. Traces of moulding seams largely removed. Surviving width 43 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3721
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Socketed end and part of single loop from linear facetted socketed bronze axe. Walls of faces show poor casting, one being very thick at break (6 mm); the other very thin (1 mm), though casting seams and socket have been tooled off, suggesting usage. Dark green/brown patina with some small pale green invasive corrosion patches. Surviving length 49 mm.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3722
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Nearly complete small single-looped socketed bronze axe with double pellet decoration. Largish fragment missing from splayed crescentic blade edge (probably use damage). Partially hammer-crushed towards blade and towards socket. Socket mouth partially crushed and split. Surface condition mainly good, only slight evidence of invasive corrosion. Mainly deep brown patina with large patch of untarnished bronze on one face.
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3739
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete large five-ribbed socketed bronze axe with large single loop. Socket transversely proportioned to blade. Small casting flaw near socket. Two internal casting seams (Ehrenberg type 5a). Probably Sompting related form. Not heavily worn. Surface condition mainly good, though blade edge has some damage caused by invasive corrosion. Deep brown patina to dark green/brown at blade end with traces of original bronze on both faces.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3740
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete two- or four-ribbed socketed bronze axe with single loop. Slight invasive corrosion pocking in places, and further pale green invasive corrosion in areas of recent damage (surface grazing and blade edge). Remainder deep brown/green to medium green patina. Recent damage suggests ploughsoil find. Surviving width 49 mm.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3741
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete four-ribbed socketed bronze axe. Two-thirds of socket and loop missing. Patinated break. Remnant of slight internal casting seam visible (Ehrenberg type 5a). Blade only slightly crescentic - not heavily use worn. Some recent damage and corrosion to one side and adjoining edge of blade. Very small area of opposite blade end appears to have been recently abraded. Dark brown/black patina with large amounts of medium/pale green subsurface corrosion showing through.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3742
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete wing-decorated socketed bronze axe with single loop. Socket and half loop missing, possibly hammer-broken. Hammer-crushed at socket end. Patinated (use?) damage to widely splayed crescentic blade end. Internal casting seams (Ehrenberg type 5a). Mainly deep brown patina on one face and sides, mainly untarnished on other face. Surviving length 87 mm, surviving width 47 mm.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3743
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Blade end of socketed bronze axe. Patinated break. Widely splayed and markedly crescentic blade with slight dent. Good surface condition. Mainly deep brown/green patina with slight traces of untarnished metal visible on one face. Surviving length 44 mm.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3744
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Blade end of socketed bronze axe. Patinated break. Gently crescentic blade with considerable light green invasive corrosion visible, otherwise medium brown and deep green/brown patina. Surviving length 39 mm.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3745
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Blade end of socketed bronze axe. Patinated break. Only small amount of socket remaining. Considerable corrosive encrustation, especially on one face. Group of small, irregular (stone?) hammer marks on other face. Possible slight damage to gently crescentic blade edge. Medium/dark brown patina on hammer-marked face and sides, untarnished on non-corroded parts of opposite face. Surviving length 54 mm.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3746
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Part of blade end of socketed bronze axe. Patinated break. Blade edge and one face melted and badly corroded (pale green). Other face hammered but mainly with original surface, patinated dark brown. Surviving length 82 mm.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3747
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Central section of socketed bronze axe. Patinated breaks. Hammered almost flat. Dark brown/green patina. Surviving length 57 mm.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3748
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Blade end and part socket of socketed bronze axe. Patinated break. Very heavily hammered at break and severely damaged blade. Numerous small (casting?) voids visible - possibly stress induced by hammering. Deep brown/green patina. Surviving length 58 mm, surviving width 52 mm.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF4665
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Blade end of a small socketed axe or possibly a chisel. The blade is curved and the small fragments of edge above the blade are straight. There is extensive invasive corrosion; a little of the original surface, patinated medium brown, survives. Where corroded it is mainly pale green. Small trace of the socket still visible as a groove in the top. Old breaks. Blade width 38mm, surviving length 15 mm, weight 16.06g.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK SHIMPLING', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF473
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe; corroded surface; edge of blade worn to rounded profile; transverse breakage revealing socket in section across width of blade.
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK NETTLESTEAD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5639
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment from mouth of bronze socketed axe. A single mouth moulding and part of the angle between the axe side and face survive. Patinated medium/dark green on both original surfaces and the worn breaks. No other significant features. Surviving length 23 mm, weight 17.41g.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WITHERSFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF5725
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small fragment from socket of bronze socketed axe. Standard double mouth moulding with part of casting seam and side angle visible. Medium/dark green patina with traces of pale green corrosion products on all faces and breaks. Breaks worn fairly smooth. Surviving length 32 mm, width 16 mm, weight 11.4g.
Created on: Monday 4th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF6655
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Blade end of bronze socketed axehead. Very little original surface survives, with extensive surface loss and minor pitting due to corrosion. It appears to have been 'treated' with navy-blue shoe polish, which masks the coloration. One diagonal (plough?) scrape on one face. Slightly expanded crescentic cutting edge with some slight (ancient?) damage. No trace of external or internal ribs. Probably 'south-eastern' form of socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date. Surviving length 71.5 mm, blade width 41 mm, weight 121.28g.
Created on: Friday 24th August 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK HADLEIGH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10249
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of bronze socketed axe blade with slightly diverging sides, one item within a hoard. Ancient break. Slightly convex cutting edge (not splayed) with considerable amount of ‘use’ blunting. Medium/dark green/brown patina with paler green corrosive encrustations.
Created on: Monday 13th January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ipswich area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10250
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of bronze socketed axe blade with widely splayed convex cutting edge (one end lost to corrosion), one item within a hoard. Ancient main break. Medium/dark green/brown patina with extensive paler green corrosive encrustations.
Created on: Monday 13th January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ipswich area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10817
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
The blade end of a bronze incomplete socketed axehead including part of the socket. This blade is quite narrow with straight expanding sides but is without obvious blade expansion. The cutting edge is rounded and blunt, though severely affected by corrosive pitting. There is a small casting void in the socket. The surface colour is mainly pale green due to invasive corrosion products, some areas do have better surface survival and are patinated darkbrown. This may be part of an Armorican socketed axe, also refered to as 'Breton axes', a type which are usually non-functional and may hav…
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'EYE', grid reference and parish protected.