Record ID: SUSS-0A02B2
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy awl probably of late Bronze age date, c. 1150-800BC. The object comprises a copper alloy bar. One end is of square cross-section and tapers to a point. The bar terminates at the opposing end in a worn break with a circular cross section. The surface has a deep-green patina with no evident of decoration. Measurements: length: 44.62mm; diameter: 5.27mm and weight: 5.68g.  Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely and are found from the Bronze age to Medieval period. However, examples of this form are thought to have been introduced in…
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-F6EE06
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint arrowhead. A barbed and tanged type made on a tertiary flake of pale grey-brown flint. It has a glossy patina. A elongated triangular shape with a long central tang and short barbs. The notches forming the barbs are curved and relatively shallow. One face has invasive, scalar pressure flaking along both edges. The other face has some invasive pressure flaking but less regularly applied around a pre-exisiting deeper flake scar. There is slight damage to the tip. Date: Bronze Age Dimensions: 29.63 mm x 18.99 mm x 3.84 mm Weight: 1.88 g
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-EAB5C7
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dimensions: length 84.7mm; length of blade 39.2mm; max. surviving width of blade 14.2mm; external socket diameter 14.9mm; internal socket diameter 12.4mm; approx. length of side-loops 10-10.4mm; depth of socket 53.8mm; weight 21.62g Middle Bronze Age bronze socketed spearhead of Davis’ Group 6: Developed side-looped (2012), and probably dating to the Acton Park-Taunton metalworking assemblages (c. 1550-1250 BC). The spearhead is complete and relatively short in overall length, with a short and slender leaf shaped blade. The midrib is pronounced and lozenge shaped in cross-secti…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-F441A9
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy spearhead dating from the Middle to Late  Bronze Age (c. 1550-800 cal BC) consisting of a the blade and part of the socket. The spearhead's blade is broadly kite shaped in plan with a point of maximum width (PMW) placed 10.9mm along its 74.5mm length. Below the PMW the blade edges first narrow in a convex arc before abruptly becoming straight diagonal lines to meet the haft of the object. Above the PMW they narrow smoothly in a slightly concave arc to the blades' point. Both blades have irregular chips mis…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-B60A31
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A triangular copper alloy fragment which is flat, with a round loop at the apex and an irregular oval aperture at the centre, which may be a casting flaw. The fragment tapers in thickness to the wider end, which has broken across its width. Possibly from a later Bronze Age to early Iron Age 'Hallstatt' razor of Type Unterstall or Poiseul. See CORN-D78C78 for a whole example of the type.
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-B3E75C
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late middle to late Bronze Age socketed spear, 79.3mm in length and possibly of side looped or pegged type (c. 1400 BC - 800 BC). The blade is triangular, the wings having straight edges with rounded shoulders at the transverse break, originally measuring around 85-90mm in length from the tip to the junction with the socket. The midrib is pronounced and has a lozengiform cross sectional profile 12.9mm thick with a hollow centre near the socket. There is no decoration.
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-B3B204
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint tool of later prehistoric date struck from a secondary flake of mottled grey-brown flint which has been removed using a hard hammer. One convex corner at the proximal end has been bifacially worked with patches of low angle long parallel retouch to create a working edge for a cutting or chopping tool; this has been damaged by abrasion or possibly use.
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: WILT-2302FE
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Middle Bronze Age to Early Iron Age cast copper alloy moustache-like object, of uncertain use, dating to c. 1500-100 BC. The find is half of its original crescentic shape. What is extant is a bud shaped feature ribbed with grooves and ridges along its length. At the apex of this a shallow hollow cell and the marks of the early break with the rest of the item. At the opposite end of the bud shaped feature is an oval section shaft tapering to a point.  Dimensions: 29.7mm in length; 10.4mm in width; 8.79g In other examples the hollow cell appears l…
Created on: Monday 13th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-8F3FA8
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The tip of a Middle Bronze Age cast copper alloy artefact, probably a spearhead dating from the Taunton phase, 1500 BC to 1150 BC. The blade is double edged, tapering, with a central rib on both faces that produces a strongly lozenge shaped cross-section. The cutting edges are damaged and/or missing.  Each face of the solid midrib is decorated with two uneven and not very straight lines of punched or drilled dots (pointille). The lack of any other distinguishing features makes closer identification difficult. The fra…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: WILT-2434EE
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Late Bronze Age copper alloy casting jet, or sprue, possibly dating to c. 1000 BC to 800 BC. The item is roughly oval in plan with a conical cross-section that leads to a flattened shaft that that may be part of the moulding. Dimensions: length: 38.9mm; width: 26.6mm; height: 27.1mm; weight: 53.96g. See OXON-7C88B5 on the PAS database, the record for which states, 'Casting jets are waste products which form at the top of a two-piece clay mould when the molten metal has filled the object-shaped void below. As they represent re-usable metal, they were ofte…
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: WILT-D2AF18
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age to Medieval copper alloy awl, dating to c.1250 BC-AD 1500. It is incomplete because there is a small early break at one end. It is a long slim oval in form, but slightly wider towards one end than the other, sub oval in cross section with flatter sides. One end is pointed, the other probably also originally pointed but now jagged at the break. Both flatter sides have a wide longitudinal groove which echoes  the overall shape, more pronounced on one side than the other. Close to the break there is a chunk missing from the edge …
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
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Record ID: WILT-87B2D2
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Middle to Late Bronze Age copper alloy spear head probably dating to c. 1550-800 BC. The fragment consists of the point of the blade. It is sub-triangular in plan, with a circular sectioned mid-rib, from which project the wings of the blade. These taper in section into the point. The rest of the spearhead is lost to an old break. Length: 34.4mm; Width: 11.2mm; Thickness: 6.8mm; Weight: 5.37g Precise typological classification is difficult considering the fragmentary nature of the object, however its form would suggest a Middle or Late Bronze Age date.
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: WILT-1F42DB
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped lithic implement of Neolithic to early Bronze Age date, circa 4000 - 2300 BC. The implement is a thumbnail scraper, designed to be held between the thumb and forefinger, formed from a secondary flake which is D-shaped in plan and triangular in section. The ventral surface is smooth with subtle ripples of percussion, although the striking platform has been damaged. The dorsal surface displays minimal retouch. The flint is a grey colour. The implement is 19.3mm long, 14.6mm wide, 4.4mm thick and weighs 1.30g. Scrapers are fairly ubiquitous throughout prehi…
Created on: Friday 1st September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2023
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Record ID: SUR-F1B110
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axe dating to the late Bronze Age  (1100 BC - 800 BC), comprising a corner of the socket. The profile of the socket appears subrectangular and is surrounded by a thick rim with a worn moulded collar 4.3mm thick. A side loop, 17.8mm in length, is present on the remaining portion of the side of the axehead.
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-DDC942
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment of a solid gold penannular ribbon bracelet dating from the Middle Bronze age to the Late Bronze Age, about BC 1150 - BC 750. The fragment is the buffer terminal of a penannular bracelet, which has a plain and sub-circular cross-section at the terminal, tapering to a flat rectangular cross-section. The object is partially cut and partially broken about 10mm from the end of the terminal. Dimensions: The object is 11.98mm in length, 6.33mm in width, 4.55mm in thickness and it weighs 2.44g. The diameter of the terminal end is 6.17mm. The flat end is …
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-E419DA
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the tip of a blade from a Bronze Age dirk or rapier. The blade fragment is narrow and triangular, 29.2mm in lengh and tapers to a point. The cross section is lozengiform with a broad, low and smoothly rounded midrib suggesting that it may correspond to Burgess and Gerloff's (1981) Group IV. 
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2023
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Record ID: SUR-7A916A
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment from the central part of the blade of a small rapier or dirk of Middle Bronze Age date c. 1500 – 1100BC. The fragment is 30.6mm in length and 23.3mm in width, with lenticular cross section and a rounded rib, 4mm thick, at the centre to give strength to the blade. This rib tapers in thickness noticeably down the length suggesting the fragment is from one of the ends of the blade. The cutting edges have been lost to post depositional abrasion; the remaining surface has an even green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-6897F9
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy awl of likely Bronze age date c. 1250 - 800 BC. The awl is short, with a broadly circular cross section; but is very worn and appears slightly faceted and was probably of quadrilateral section originally. One end tapers to a point, while the opposite end terminates in a very worn break. The awl is widest at the broken rounded end, 4.97mm across, tapering slowly toward the pointed end. The mid point of the object measures 4.32mm across, and the point itself 1.57mm. The object is light green in colour, with patches of brown. Dimensions: length:…
Created on: Tuesday 18th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2023
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Record ID: WILT-5B129D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age cast copper alloy object of a type usually referred to as 'moustache-shaped', dating to the Middle Bronze Age to Early Iron Age, c. 1500 - 650 BC. The object is three dimensional and comprises half a 'moustache', with the appearance of a hedgehog with its nose in the air.  This object is one of two separate parts of a composite 'moustached-shaped' fitting.  The body has multiple longitudinal incised lines on the upper part of the 'moustache' which taper to a plain point. The base of the object has an oval…
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-DF8F7E
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age cast copper alloy socketed chisel, being the cutting tip, dating to perhaps c 1000 - 800 BC. It is a sub-rectangular in plan, tapering slightly from an early break towards the cutting edge which is slightly chipped. It is triangular at the sides, reflecting the narrowing of the chisel towards the cutting edge, and the upper and lower  surfaces are concave on both faces. It is a mid to dark grey in colour . Dimensions: 23.8in length/height; 23.3mm in width; 9.3mm thick; 17.26g in weight. Although only a fragment remain…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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