Record ID: SOMDOR-9463D5
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint thumbnail scraper which probably dates from the early Bronze Age. The scraper has been made from a small regular flake, from which the bulb of percussion has been removed. There are fint ripples on the ventral surface and a number of flaking scars on the dorsal surface. The edges of the dorsal surface has been retouched all around the distal end and partially along both sides, probably by pressure flaking. The mottled light and dark grey flint has a mid gloss patina. Dimensions: 30.63mm by 23.72mm by 4.72mm Weight: 5.08g
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tatworth and Forton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-6E7EB5
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead. The arrowhead has been made from a flake, which was invasively retouched on both sides by pressure flaking. The arrowhead has a tang but no protruding barbs. Its small size, light weight and large length to breath ratio place it as a Sutton type (Butler 2005, pp. 162-3). The light brownish-cream flint has a low-gloss patina.
Created on: Monday 19th December 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nynehead area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FFE225
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a triangular perforated knife or hog-backed knife, of late Bronze Age date. The rather obtuse cutting edges are typical of these objects (pers. comm. Stuart Needham). The object would have originally been the shape of a squat isosceles triangle, with the cutting edge on the long side. In the centre there would have been an oval or rounded triangular perforation. The surviving fragment represents less than a third of the original artefact. In its present state it measures 31.31mm in length and weighs 15.99g. The maximum thickness is 6.47mm. The object has a heavy dark green pati…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddletrenthide', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-8D6A64
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thumbnail flint scraper. White, burnt flint. Shallow bulb of percussion with bulbar scar. Small striking platform at the proximal end. Irregular flaking scars on the dorsal face. There is retouch along the curving distal edge. the flint is crazed and fractured from burning.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-5EAD23
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of organic tempered pottery. Dark grey reduced core with brownish surfaces. Large voids left by the organic temper (plant material).Body sherd. Identified as Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age by Lorraine Mepham. There is also a slim possibility that this is Saxon in date, although on balance this is thought less likely.
Created on: Monday 12th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-5E9C84
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of fine flint (pieces up to 2 mm) and sand tempered pottery. Mid grey reduced core. The surfaces are oxidised to a reddish brown. Body sherd from a jar or closed bowl. this piece is from the rim and has a girth groove decoration at the top. Identified as Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age fineware by Lorraine Mepham.
Created on: Monday 12th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-5E2303
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large, crudely flaked flint scraper. Made on a thick, secondary flake of mottled grey-brown and white flint. It has a mid-gloss patina two patches of yellowish nodule cortex on the dorsal surface. On the ventral surface is a large, scarred bulb of percussion. The striking platform has been flaked away. The dorsal surface has one main flaking scar with concoidal void at one end and several smaller scars. Around half of the circumference(on the thickest part of the scraper) has been coarsely and steeply flaked to produce working edge. Slightly worn and tumbled by ploughing.
Created on: Monday 12th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-59BBD8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of fine flint (pieces 2 mm) and sand tempered pottery. Dark grey reduced core and interior surface. The exterior surface is slightly oxidised and brownish-grey. Thick walled body sherd. Identified as Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age by Lorraine Mepham.
Created on: Monday 12th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-59B077
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of coarse flint tempered pottery (pieces up to 7 mm). Pale grey reduced core, the surfaces are slightly oxidised and pale orange. Thick walled body sherd. Identified as Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age by Lorraine Mepham.
Created on: Monday 12th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-59A2D3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of coarse flint tempered pottery (pieces up to 7 mm. Oxidised red surfaces with a slightly redused grey-brown core. Body sherds. Identified as Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age by Lorraine Mepham.
Created on: Monday 12th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-598633
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2 sherds of coarse flint tempered pottery (pieces up to 4mm). Dark grey to black reduced core and internal surface. The exterior surface is slightly oxidised and reddish-brown. Thick walled body sherds. Identified as Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age by Lorraine Mepham.
Created on: Monday 12th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-04B2B7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the blade of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. The crescent-shaped cutting edge is 50.15mm in width from blade tip to blade tip and is slightly corroded.
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westbury-sub-Mendip area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-C71623
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Bronze Age cast copper alloy thin-butted flat axehead. The body of the axe flares out into a crescent-shaped blade, although the cutting edge has been lost due to corrosion. The butt (33.84mm in width) curves slightly, but is also corroded. The axe shows some pitting on each surface but it is otherwise in good condition, with a rich greenish-brown patina. The body thickens in the middle so that the shaft sides have an elongated diamond shape, each with a longitudinal ridge in the centre. Another very slight ridge can be seen across the centre of the object, at its thic…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-C4C660
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy chisel blade of probable Bronze Age date. Any collar and/or tang has been broken off the blade. The object has a rectangular profile which tapers to a flat, slightly curving blade. The edges are squared. On both of the flat sides, a groove runs along the object; on one side it is fairly central, but on the other it runs along one edge, making the profile more triangular towards the proximal end. The object is similar to Bronze Age chisels such as NMS-9A9212 and NMS-083CF3, both from Norfolk.
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-62CEB5
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-rectangular thumbnail scraper. Light and dark grey banded flint. There is a wide striking platform at the proximal end and a small bulb of percussion on the ventral surface. There large flaking scars on the dorsal surface and an area of small retouch around the curved distal edge. There is a patch of cortex on the left side of the dorsal surface. Mid gloss patina. Early Bronze Age
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-622552
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very small, sub-oval thumbnail scraper. Dark grey brown flint. Modern damage to the proximal end on the ventral surface. Remnants of the buld of percussion can be seen on the ventral surface. There are numerous small flaking scars on the dorsal surface and small retouch around much of the edge. Midgloss patina. Early Bronze Age
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-CB84D5
Object type: PLANO CONVEX KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint knife. A late Neolithic toEarly Bronze Age plano-convex type. A large flint flake with a triangular section and regular pressure flaking around the entirety of the edge on the dorsal surface. The pressure flaking radiates from a thick, slightly off-centre spine. The ventral surface is otherwise unworked and retains the bulb of percussion. The striking platform has been removed by the pressure flaking. Patchy matt grey-brown and dark brown flint with a mid-gloss patina. A patch of white nodule cortex remains on the dorsal surface. Small amount of plough damage on ventral surface.
Created on: Monday 25th April 2005
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stockland Bristol CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-719193
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rounded flint scraper. Made using the distal end of a secondary flake (bulb of percussion on the ventral side and patch of nodule cortex on the dorsal). There is retouch along the distal edge and part of the left side on the dorsal face, making it rounded. Banded mid and light grey flint with a mid-gloss patina.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-718044
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rounded flint scraper. Made using the distal end of a secondary flake (bulb of percussion on the ventral side and patch of cortex on the dorsal). There is a retouch from along the distal edge on the dorsal face, making it rounded. Banded mid and light grey flint with a mid-gloss patina.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-6E5C71
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint thumbnail scraper. Small rounded edged scraper made from the proximal end of a tertiary flake. There is a striking platform at the proximal end. The ventral surface has a bulb of percussion. There are flaking scars on the dorsal surface. The distal edge and both side edges of the dorsal surface have small, regular retouch. Light brownish-grey flint with a mid-gloss patina.
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.