Record ID: OXON-24920E
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete barbed and tanged flint arrowhead dating from the Early to Middle Bronze age (c.2400 - 1000 BC). The arrowhead is made on a secondary flake of mottled dark brown flint. The cortex is light. There are soft hammer, low angle scaled bifacial removals around all external edges with the centre of the arrowhead left unretouched.
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanton Harcourt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-23F078
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy possible awl of uncertain date, possibly dating to the Late Bronze Age - Medieval period, 1150 BC - AD.1100. The object is a single cast chisel with a flat bladed terminal that widens towards the middle of the piece before tapering down to a point which is now worn. There is no decoration on the object and it has an dark red brown patina. Small chisels and tools of this type were used for an extensive period of time, not simply in the Bronze age, but also in later periods for jewellery making and fine work. As such dating the object is difficult. The awl mea…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-22E8C5
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy, Bronze Age (c. 1500-1000 BC) looped (missing), palstave axe head. The axe head comprises a curved, fan shaped cutting edge, which has suffered damage and corrosion. This tapers back in a curve to the stop ridge, before levelling out to form the rest of the axe. There is a prominent vertical rib running down the centre of the blade on both faces, from the stop ridge, to within approximately 20mm from the blade's edge, this is mirrored by two slighter ribs running either side, along the blades edges. Casting seams are visible along both sides of the axe head. Just b…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st September 2018
Spatial data recorded.