Record ID: WILT-436942
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy dirk or knife, dating from perhaps the Bronze Age c BC1500 - 800. The item consists of a short section of blade, slightly lenticular in cross section, and trapezoidal in form, with breaks at both ends. It is 34.09mm in length overall from break to break, widening from 20.30mm to 26.62mm c 10mm below, then tapering inwards over a length of 24.22mm to 19.79mm wide. It is 3.23mm thick. It is pierced with two drilled holes, one either side of the slightly raised central section and about halfway along the extant length. This was likely to attach a handle…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-435535
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~Flint side scraper on a secondary flake. This is a flat flake with several flaking scars on the dorsal and a large bulb of percussion on the ventral. There is a shallow concave notch that runs down the top half of the right side that has direct, abrupt, flake removal. This is a mid brown flint with darker and lighter patches and two small patches of cortex still present on both sides.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st March 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-3DAD49
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete developed flat axe with hammer raised flanges, of later Early Bronze Age dating (about 2000 BC to 1700 BC). The axehead is broadly rectangular, with an incomplete expanded crescent shaped blade. The butt is narrow and incomplete and measures 21.8mm in width and is 3.8mm thick. In profile the axe is a sub pointed oval with both terminals tapering. In section the axe is slightly H-shaped as the side edges of the axe have been worked to form a slight raised collar rather than having cast flanges. The flanges extend 1.0 mm above the body of the axe head. The expanded blad…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2018
Spatial data recorded.