Record ID: HESH-7BCA6C
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete hollow cast harness fitting / toggle of late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age date (1100-500 BC). The harness fitting is circular in plan with two irregular perforations one positioned near the centre which is sub-triangular whilst the other is more rectagular and positioned on the upper edge. The body is hollow cast, possibly around sand as there is no evidence of an internal clay core. This has created a light and fragile shell of copper alloy that has broken through corrosion in several places. On the upper edge is a oval casting jet which has been clipped and poorly fi…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 3rd June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oswestry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-FBF348
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete but very slender cast copper alloy (bronze) short flanged axehead of very late Early to Middle Bronze Age dating, most probably of the Acton Park I metalwork assemblage and dating from c.1700 to c. 1500BC. The axehead is extremely narrow and stake like; it most probably functioning as a chisel or specialised wood working tool. The axe is undecorated and there are no signs of a median bevel or stop ridge. The axe also is undecorated. The side flanges are cast rather than hammer raised descending approximately 2/3 of the length terminating in rounded edges. The casting seams …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grafton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-C57648
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy (bronze) early palstave / primary Group III - trident patterned palstave of Middle Bronze Age date (1500-1300 BC) - most probably associated with the Acton Park II and Taunton metalworking assemblages (Needham Period 5) - both assemblages fit within Burgess Metal Working Stage VIII and IX. This find has been recorded from images provided by the finder - it is hoped that it will be brought to the museum for further study after the pandemic The palstave measures approximately 155mm in length and is 50mm wide across the blade and 30mm wide across the hafting…
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 29th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellesmere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-371AAF
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An abraded tertiary debitage / waste flake of probable later Neolithic date (4500-2000 BC). The flake is irregular in form being broadly triangular in shape. The upper (dorsal) face has the remains of removal scars and it is possible that the edges have been crudely retouched to form a short lived cutting or scraping tool. The flake is very thin being a mid grey brown colour. The flakes measures 39.7mm length, is 25.7mm wide
Created on: Tuesday 29th September 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-36FE2E
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An abraded tertiary debitage / waste flake of probable later Neolithic date or Early Bronze Age date (3500-1800 BC). From the form of the flake it is possible that this is an aborted barbed and tanged arrowhead discarded during knapping. A large pale grey coloured inclusion is present that would have prevented finer working. The flake is irregular in form having been struck as a blade like flake. One edge has been worked to create a pseudo-tang. The dorsal face is more heavily worked than the ventral although there is no evidence of retouch / finer working. The flint is a dark grey bl…
Created on: Tuesday 29th September 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 29th September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-36D3AB
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An abraded secondary debitage / waste flake of probable later Neolithic date or Early Bronze Age date (3500-1800 BC) which has been crudely retouched to form a scraper. The flake is broadly rectangular in plan and wedge shaped in cross section. The retouch has been applied to only the dorsal face on two edges and is best described as poorly organised short, sub-parallel and semi-abrupt. The flint is a brown black colour with a distinctive cream coloured cortex. It is likely that this secondary retouch is applied to utilise a waste flake and discarded shortly after creation. The f…
Created on: Tuesday 29th September 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 29th September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-21AB33
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead (2200-1800 BC) This arrowhead has been knapped from a mottled dark brown black coloured piece of flint. It is broadly sub-triangular in plan and lentoid in cross section. The arrowhead has been knapped using a number of different techniques, including direct and indirect percussion, as well as pressure / ripple / invasive flaking. It is broadly symmetrical in shape with one barb and the tang being complete. The other barb is broken close to the body of the arrowhead by a clean break or snap. Both the long sides of the …
Created on: Monday 28th September 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 29th September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: HESH-8B18C2
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Overview: A hoard of fourteen objects dispersed through agricultural activity having originally been placed securely together within a closed context. The group is dated to the late Ewart Park – Llyn Fawr phase of the Late Bronze Age / earliest Iron Age c.800-600 BC Descriptions: 1.         Side Looped Spearhead [1] The cast bronze (copper alloy) side looped and socketed spear is broadly sub-triangular in plan and profile with a near complete but abraded sub-oval / leaf-shaped blade. The hollow socket is complete with a circular m…
Created on: Monday 23rd September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'River Perry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-F5F9CD
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy ring of unknown date - based on condition and form it is most probably of later prehistoric Late Bronze Age or Iron Age date (1000 BC - 50 AD), however there is some possibility that it may date from the Roman period (50 - 410 AD). The ring is complete and is circular in plan and sub-oval (D shaped) in cross section with a distinct internal flat edge. At one point there is a distinct internal wear facet, most probably from where it has been used to either suspend from a strap as some form of simple union. The ring is a mid brown colour with a well developed and heavil…
Created on: Monday 16th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'River Perry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-31539B
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper or bronze miniature flat axe of Early Bronze Age date (2150- 1500 BC) most probably from the first phase of the Early Bronze Age (2150-1900 BC) Needham Period 2. The axehead is sub-triangular in plan with a narrow rounded butt and slowly expanding in parallel straight sides. The cutting edge, areas of the long edges and part of the butt are all lost through movement in the ploughsoil. The cutting edge is slightly convex (bowed) and has a clear ground facet evidenced on only one edge (creating a chisel like cutting edge). In profile and cross section the axehead is lentoid.…
Created on: Saturday 20th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Church Stretton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-CAC18B
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but heavily eroded cast copper alloy / bronze socketed axe / axehead of diminuitive size dating from the later Bronze Age / most probably Ewart Park phase (950-750 BC). The axe is small and almost all of its original surface patina has been lost through a combination of abrasion and significant spalling erosion. The axe is of a small size having a very distinctive square shaped mouth and relatively straight sides which expand near the base of the socket to form an asymmetrical crescent shaped cutting edge. The mouth of the axe is broadly sub-rectangular in cross-section; i…
Created on: Monday 15th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Preston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-7F4459
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead (2200-1800 BC) This arrowhead has been knapped from a mottled mid grey coloured piece of flint. It is broadly sub-triangular in plan and lentoid in cross section. The arrowhead has been knapped using a number of different techniques, including direct and indirect percussion, as well as pressure / ripple / invasive flaking. It is broadly symmetrical in shape with one barb and the tang being complete. The other barb is broken close to the body of the arrowhead by a clean break or snap. Both the long sides of the arrowhea…
Created on: Wednesday 5th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-4CB175
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from the tip of a Middle to Late Bronze Age spearhead c.1500-800 BC. The fragment comprises the extreme tip and is relatively well preserved. The piece is sub-triangular in plan with a distinctive bi-convex profile. The break is old and patinated but the artefact is relatively unabraded. The cutting edges are slightly rolled and the central rib extends to the tip making a strong puncturing point. The surface patina is a brown colour with a well formed surface longitudinal patinated scratches are present on either edge suggesting that the spear had been used and sharpened. A…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
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Record ID: HESH-A4953C
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily eroded and probably miscast palstave axehead of Middle Bronze Age date (1500-1300 BC Needham Period 5 Burgess's Metal Working Stage VIII and IX). The axehead is smooth and water worn being broadly a pointed oval shape in plan and irregular in cross section. The butt and blade are incomplete both having rounded edges. It is possible that the axe may have been broken in antiquity and then been eroded through water / abrasion to form this shape. Alternatively the axe may have never been the standard form and been discarded shortly after being miscast. The upper and lower blade…
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 10th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newport', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-BB82A7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy / bronze ribbed socketed axe of later Bronze Age / Ewart Park date (950-750 BC). The axe is incomplete it has lost a large suction of one side including the mouth / socket. Within the axe is a large substantial wooden haft which is fiberous in nature and relatively well preserved. The axe is relatively robust and would originally have had a square shaped mouth. The casting jets on the top have been trimmed from the only surviving element - it is highly likely that there were originally four runners - arranged in the South Wales Type. The sides of the …
Created on: Monday 26th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'swansea', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-6E6C2D
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large fragment from the tip of a cast bronze (copper alloy)socketed spearhead of Middle - Late Bronze Age date (1500 - 750 BC). The spearhead is abraded; it is broadly sub-triangular in plan and profile with an incomplete and abraded sub-oval / leaf or flame shaped blade. The tip of the spearhead is lost due to an old patinated break; the side blades are also much abraded, loosing most of their shape and also their original cutting edges. The surviving width of the blade is 31.3mm; it is 9.2mm thick at this point (across the mid-rib). The centre of the blade is divided by a tapering…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'worfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-3FABB3
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thumbnail scraper of later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (2300 -1800BC). The scraper is formed on a fine, mid brown (toffee like) coloured good quality, tertiary oval shaped flake of flint. The ventral face shows the bulb and point of percussion as well as conchoidal ripples and bulbar scar; this shows that the flake was struck from a prepared striking platform. The dorsal face has several broad removals / flake facets most probably caused by other flakes being removed for tool production. Around the edges are areas of dense neat regular well applied secondary retouch . This ha…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-3F875D
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead (2200-1800 BC) This arrowhead has been knapped from a mottled mid grey white coloured piece of flint. It is broadly sub-triangular in plan and lentoid in cross section. The arrowhead has been knapped using a number of different techniques, including direct and indirect percussion, as well as pressure / ripple / invasive flaking. It is broadly symmetrical in shape with one barb and the tang being complete. The other barb is broken close to the body of the arrowhead by a clean break or snap. Both the long sides of the ar…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-9EC8BE
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2018 T769 A Late Bronze Age hoard of two gold lock-rings encased in a lead wrapping County: Shropshire Date: Late Bronze Age, c.1000-800 BC Date of discovery: 28th September 2018 Circumstances of discovery: Found during metal detecting on cultivated land (pasture/grassland) with the permission of the landowner. The find was made in the field adjacent to the gold ‘bulla’/pendant (Treasure case 2018 T343). The findspot is considered to have been a wet environment during the Late Bronze Age, although investigations into the exact nature of…
Created on: Friday 19th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shropshire Marches II', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-A05816
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy axe or knife blank / ingot of Chalcolithic / Early Bronze Age date (2450 - 2300 BC). The blank is oval in shape with the butt being rounded narrowed and tapered. In profile it is lentoid in shape and its cross section is a similar lentoid shape. The 'cutting' edge is rounded, from the external edges it tapers gradually until it forms a narrowed but rounded but. There is no sign of a stop ridge or any form of cast design. It is thickest at the mid-point. The surface of the blank is heavily eroded and corroded, small areas of original patinated surface survive but on…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenlock', grid reference and parish protected.