Record ID: GAT-FE6CD4
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
I am very grateful to John Llywelyn Williams for the following description: The axe has a mottled green and brownish yellow corroded surface and is most likely made of bronze. Its most notable feature is its small size - with a length from butt to cutting edge of 73.4mm. The axe is well made with a thin rounded butt and the body expanding to form a slightly asymmetric cutting edge with rounded terminations. The sides are rounded and there may be traces of very subdued side flanges - the abraded surfaces making it most difficult to confirm their presence. There is no stop bevel but a s…
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-FE5523
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age sword blade fragment of uncertain type, probably of Late Bronze Age date, possibly of Wilburton or Ewart Park metalworking Industry of Needham's (1996)[1] Periods 4-5, dated to c. 1150 - 750BC. The sword is fragmentary, represented by a blade fragment, broken at both ends in antiquity (with a surviving length of 22.3mm and a weight of 16.7g). The blade has a midrib (11mm wide and giving a maximum thickness of 8.0mm), flanked on each side by a concave section to the blade edge. The blade edges have been lost but the beginnings of the blade edge facets are evident on both …
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
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Record ID: NMS-FCC778
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy probable awl, both ends missing. Most of the tapwering square-sectioned tang is present. The short length of the presumed blade that remains is squarerather than round in cross-section. Extant length 53.8mm. Thickness and width at junction of tang and blade 4 x 4mm. Weight 47.2g. c.1000 - c.700 BC Area 11, within 20m radius of grid reference.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 30th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FCA9AA
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Short length of Late Bronze Age sword blade, both ends broken, abruptly narrowing to the cutting edges, both of which are damaged.The surfaces are dull and weathered. Extant length and width 23 and 30mm. Thickness 6.9mm. Weight 23.60g. c.1000 - c.700 BC Area 11, within 20m radius of grid reference.
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-FC4B96
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age bronze butt fragment from an axe of uncertain type but of Developed Axe or Palstave form The axe is represented by a butt fragment only, broken at one end (with a surviving length of 23.7mm and a weight of 18.4g). The butt end is rounded and thins to an edge (with a width of 20.5mm and a thickness of 0.8mm). The sides are straight and slightly divergent to the break (with a maximum width of 24.1mm and a thickness of 7.5mm). The sides are convex across their thicknesses with no surviving evidence of the casting seams. The flanges begin at the butt and are slightly convex …
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-FC228B
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age bronze butt fragment from an axe of uncertain type but of Developed Axe or Palstave form The axe is fragmentary, broken at both ends but is likely to have been close to the butt (with a surviving length of 21.4mm and a weight of 17.1g). The butt end has some damage (with a width of 21mm and a thickness of 4.4mm). The sides are slightly divergent to the break (with a maximum width of 24.6mm and a thickness of 6.7mm - 7.3mm). There is the suggestion of a casting seam on one side, although little of the original surface survives. The flanges are beginning to develop above the …
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-FBA618
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age bronze blade fragment from a flat axe of uncertain type The axe is represented by a blade fragment, broken across both its length and width (with a surviving length of 49.0mm, a surviving width of 44.8mm, a maximum surviving thickness of 6.2mm and a weight of 51.5g). The unbroken side is straight (for a length of 12mm) and is rounded across its thickness (with a maximum thickness of 4.5mm). The surviving blade tip is rounded and somewhat distorted, after which the surviving part of the blade edge is comparatively straight (42.9mm wide). Neither face has a discernib…
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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