Record ID: BERK-52E8C3
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy tanged chisel of probable Late Bronze Age date. The chisel is complete and in good condition, only suffering minimal damage to the blades edges and tip. The chisel has a tapering square-sectioned to conical tang; there is a collar seperating the tang from the blade. The blade is sub-triangular in plan, having a thin convex cutting edge at the bottom. The thickness of the blade tapers gradually towards this cutting edge. The object is slightly corroded in places but retains a greenish-brown patina across much of its surface.Tanged chisels are not common finds, and a comp…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-55A4B7
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy awl of probable Bronze Age date. The shaft is sub-rectangular in section and tapers in thickness towards both end, but in plan flares at one end and tapers at the other. One end is pointed, whilst the other is chisel shaped but rounded. The patina is brown and green and pitted. Compare SOM-7C6ED1 and BH-C6DC45.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-535478
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead of Bronze Age date. The fragment is the blade end including the base of the socketed area. It is rectangular in plan and V-shaped in section with a worn cutting edge and rounded corners. The breaks at the socketed end appear to be mostly old though there are also some signs of more recent damage. The metal has a mid blackish-green patina and is very worn. The fragment is 42.3mm long, 28.1mm wide, 11.6mm thick and weighs 36g.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hunmanby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-52CB08
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed spearhead fragment probably dating from the Middle Bronze Age, about 1550 - 1250 BC. The spearhead has a prominent central midrib which is lozenge shaped in section with a sub circular opening. The shape of the blade is, perhaps, diagnostic of side looped spearheads, probably Davis Groups 5-7. Both ends of the spear head are missing; the cutting edges and parts of the blade wings are worn and damaged; some of the material has been cracked/split and bent backwards. The spearhead has a dark orange brown patina with flecks of green throughout, shad…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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