Record ID: SOMDOR-00AC13
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy knife of possible Bronze Age date. The knife is a long narrow oval with pointed ends, 83.7mm by 25.3mm. It has a maximum thickness of 2.3mm and weighs 15.84g. The edges are damaged, the surface is pitted in places and one tip has broken.
Created on: Friday 1st December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langport', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-8A1F53
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable cast copper alloy miniature votive flat axehead of early Bronze Age date. The axehead measures 45mm by 23.3mm by 9mm and weighs 35.2g. The axehead is sub-oval and narrows towards both ends. Both the butt end and 'cutting edge' are curved. The surface is pitted.
Created on: Monday 13th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-E481D0
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a probable dirk blade of late Bronze Age date. The cast copper alloy fragment measures 37.9mm by 28.4mm by 4.9mm and weighs 14.99g. It has a long elliptical cross-section and two longitudinal facets on each side, at the point where the blade begins to thin. As the edges are parallel this fragment is likely to come from a dirk rather than a rapier or sword.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-E3B7D1
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The broken tip of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. The fragment consists of the crescent-shaped cutting edge, which measures 32.7mm from blade tip to blade tip, and a 19.7mm length of the axehead, including the end of the elliptical socket. At its widest surviving point the axehead measures 11mm. The surfaces are slightly pitted and the edges are rather corroded. The fragment has been bent out of shape.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-33F9A1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper alloy side-looped and socketed spearhead of probable Middle Bronze Age date. The surviving section comprises the central part of the spearhead, with the beginnings of the side flanges of the (probably) leaf-shaped spear blade at one end and the start of the two side loops at the other. The socket is circular in profile and tapers towards the blade end. The fragment measures 41.7mm by 14.94mm by 13.51mm and weighs 12.61g.
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-3396D3
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The tip of a cast copper alloy socketed spearhead of Middle Bronze Age date. The fragment measures 56.05mm by 14.26mm by 9.56mm and weighs 19.48g. On each side there is a central linear ridge and the very tip is missing.
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-AC9124
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. A substantial part of the axehead is missing, probably due to post-depositional damage. The wedge-shaped axehead measures 100.85mm in length and weighs 236g. The measurement across the expanded cutting edge (which is damaged on one side) is 50.39mm. It appears to have had a slight curve. The socket has a single mouth moulding, part of which is missing. The exterior of the socket is oval and the interior is sub-rectangular. The socket has a maximum thickness of 8.5mm. The loop, which starts just below the socket, …
Created on: Friday 17th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tintinhull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-A082F6
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy tanged knife of late Bronze Age date. The knife measures 141.15mm in length, 21.87mm in maximum width and 3.9mm in maximum depth. It weighs 49.87g. It has a rounded tip and widens only slightly along the length of the blade. It then narrows to the damaged tang, which is 16.18mm wide at this point and narrows to 14.22mm. The length of the tang is about 22.5mm. The object's mid olive green patina is patchy and much of the surface has flaked off. Similar knives have been found at Maesbury Camp, near Wells in Somerset and at Bilbury Rings in Wiltshire. The Maesbury Camp…
Created on: Friday 27th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-F9B3B8
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A blade fragment of a cast copper-alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. The expanded cutting edge is 59.23mm in width from blade tip to blade tip and the blade edge is corrosion chipped. The fragment is 32.63mm in length and at its widest point it measures 14.75mm thick and it weighs 89.96g. The beginnings of the hollow socket are just visible at the break.
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-E6A6F1
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the blade from a cast copper alloy sword or rapier, probably of late Bronze Age date. The fragment is 46.16mm long, 28.34mm wide, 5.28mm thick at the widest point and it weighs 28.96g. The cross section is a regular long thin oval with pointed ends. One edge is well-preserved but the other is damaged. The fragment has a patchy mid to dark green patina.
Created on: Friday 6th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-BA5606
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy single looped palstave axehead of later Middle Bronze Age date (Taunton tradition). Only two stubs of the loop survive, but the palstave is otherwise complete, although the surface is very pitted and some of the edges are damaged. The palstave measures 132mm in length and the width of the fairly widely splayed cutting edge, which is damaged, is 42.1mm. The width of the butt, which is also damaged, is 19mm. At the widest point, which is in the centre where the flanges start, the palstave measures 27.8mm. It weighs 230.16g. The blade is flat, but there is a casting s…
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Talaton area', grid reference and parish protected.