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Record ID: KENT-9E799C
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast and decorated socketed chisel head dating to the Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age transitional period c.9th-8th century BC, Ewart Park Phase.
Description: The chisel has a wide flat crescent shaped blade at the end of a long cylindrical body. The blade heavily abraded. The socket end has an oval aperture 10.57mm by 7.97mm. Each edge has a pair of opposed diagonal lines incised on them, creating a feathered decorative affect. One of the thin edges has the feathering go all the way up to the blade while the other stops before the blade begins to fan out. A fifth lin…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 25th May 2020
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Record ID: IOW-9C577A
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Bronze Age copper-alloy palstave (1500 BC - 1150 BC).
This implement is sub-triangular in plan and side view. The butt, flange, septum, loop (if one existed) and part of the blade are missing and there are two old breaks. The upper break, close to where a stop-ridge may have existed, is sub-rectangular in cross-section and measures 23.3mm in width and 13.6mm in thickness. The edges of the blade are slightly convex. From the upper break, the sides flare evenly outwards towards the cutting edge. Less than half of the cutting edge has survived as there is an oblique br…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMGW-9B796D
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Miniature copper alloy axe of Late Bronze Age to Romano-British date (c. 1200 BC -AD 400) and probably of Robinson's (1988, p61) type I.
The miniature axe head is complete but is slightly distorted along its length and is of comparatively elongated form (with an overall length of 28.9mm and a weight of 4.8g). The butt or mouth is sub-square (4.9mm x 4.7mm) and has a transverse ridge separating the mouth from the top of the loop. The mouth encloses a small, shallow and irregular depression, probably representing a socket. The miniature axe head has a maximum width across the loop (of 10…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-99743C
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Middle Bronze Age pin. The flaring head has a slight chamfer at the upper edge and the top is very slightly concave. Below the head there is a band of multiple fine incised lines and three broad bands of multiple incised oblique lines (those in the central band are reversed), the lower edge of this decoration is damaged where the pin is slightly bent and the rest of the circular-sectioned shaft is undecorated with the terminal broken in antiquity and now worn smooth. Extant length (unbent) 49.5mm. Diameter of head 5.5mm. Weighs 2.85g.
Unlike the large 'Picardy' pins of t…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: NMS-98F8AD
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Early Bronze Age flat axehead dating to the period c. 2250 - 1900 BC. Trapezoidal in shape with a curved cutting edge. The butt end is incomplete due to an old break and now measures 21mm in width. The blade then expands along its length to the cutting edge and has a maximum width of 33.2mm.
It exhibits a mottled green brown patina.
51mm in length, 33.2mm maximum width, 21mm minimum width, 7.1mm maximum thickness, 0.6mm minimum thickness and weighs 51.1g.
Similar objects on the database include CORN-7E0A41, SOM-05539E & HESH-33EA4A
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd November 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-98F56B
Object type: SIDE SCRAPER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to late Bronze Age (2701-801BC) flint side scraper, 37mm in length, 29mm wide and 8mm thick with a weight of 7.1grams. The butt is heavily heavily abraded, and the surface is abruptly re-touched with uni-directional flake scars.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st March 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-98D344
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic (later) - Bronze Age (Later) flint notch, 2700 - 501BC. 40mm in length, 12mm wide and 5mm thick with a weight of 3.2grams. Flake already patinated, semi-abrupt retouch on left lateral edge on the ventral face.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-98A795
Object type: COMBINATION TOOL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to late Bronze Age (2700-501BC) flint combination tool, 40mm in length, 18mm wide and 8mm thick with a weight of 6.3grams.
The tool has partial semi-abrupt retouch along its lateral edge. It has a notch on its broken distal end, on the ventral face formed using abrupt retouch.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st March 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-98689E
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age (Early - Later) flint button / thumb nail scraper, 2300 - 801BC. 21mm in length, 23mm wide and 10mm thick with a weight of 7.1grams.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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