Record ID: KENT-F3A08E
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A Middle Bronze Age copper alloy dirk (1500-1150 BC). Sub-triangular dirk, with sides tapering to a rounded tip, which was likely broken in antiquity. Both faces have a central mid-rib, with a rounded butt and two sub-circular rivet holes, lozenge in section. The object is likely a Group IV blade, with a comparable example no.864 from Undley, Suffolk (Burgess and Gerloff 1981, Plate 107). Length: 60.1 mm, Width: 24.3 mm, Thickness: 2.5 mm, Weight: 9.37 g.
Created on: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Peckham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EF02B4
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl comprising a sub-square to round-sectioned blade, point missing and a square-sectioned tang (proximal end missing). The damage is recent. Extant length 51.5mm. Width at junction of tang and blade 4.4mm. Weight 4.61g. c.1000 - c.700 BC. (field L12)
Created on: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-EEBB82
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bracknell Forest
Workflow stage: Published
A late Bronze Age socketed axe of Meldreth type, Ewart Park metalwork assemblage, c1000-800BC. The axe is facetted and octagonal in section. It measures 99mm in length and the socket is 63mm in depth. The width is 22.43mm and the distance from the side to the loop opposite is 31.3mm. The rim of the axe is c3.6mm thick and there is a prominent rib just below the rim. The blade is largely worn away and a section is missing from the rim. The casting seams are largely filed away but are still visible. There are large patches of surface corrosion where the original surface is missing. Else…
Created on: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Spatial data recorded.