Record ID: SWYOR-856181
Object type: MACE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a perforated stone mace head or pebble hammer. It was broken in antiquity irregularly through the shaft hole, which is cylindrical and approximately 12 - 15mm in diameter. The shaft hole has been drilled from each side, meeting about halfway across, with the second bore slightly misaligned. The stone is heavily weathered and pitted, as well as cracked. It is almost lozenge shaped in section and a pointed oval in plan. The stone is probably quartzite and is a light yellow grey colour. An important clue to its age is given by the fact that the shaft hole is drilled and not …
Created on: Friday 13th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-817C77
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Middle Bronze Age cast copper-alloy palstave (1500 BC-1150 BC). This object is the majority of a blade. It has an asymmetrical cutting edge and a transverse break at the top. From the breaks both sides flare outwards and downwards to the cutting edge which is corroded and blunt. It is 'V'-shaped in side profile. The surfaces are pitted and corroded. There are no cast marks or evidence for re-sharpening. The break is old and abraded.
Created on: Friday 13th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 16th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-6FF1F3
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Between 2010 and March 2012 fourteen copper alloy ingots, one copper alloy casting waste fragment and two unidentifiable copper alloy fragments were found. The copper alloy ingots and fragments were found in the parish of Sarratt, Hertfordshire. Description 1. Copper alloy ingot. Length: 76.44 mm, Maximum Width: 68.08 mm, Maximum Thickness: 31.84 mm, Weight: 641.9 g 2. Copper alloy ingot. Length: 67.52 mm, Maximum Width: 47.44 mm, Maximum Thickness: 22.74 mm, Weight: 197.1 g 3. Copper alloy ingot. Length: 56.73 mm, Maximum Width: 34.19mm, Maximum Thickness: 33.84 mm, Weig…
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sarratt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-56A537
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed leaf-shaped spearhead, probably of Wilburton or Ewart Park Metalwork Assemblages, c.1200-c. 800 BC. The spearhead is incomplete, missing both the spear head tip end and a portion of the socket and ribs. Part of the circular socket survives with damage arround its edge and it is likely that the spearhead had peg or rivet holes. One of the blades of the spearhead is intact, however the other is is damaged along the outer edge. The spearhead is roughly leaf-shaped in plan, with a lozengiform cross-section near the break at the spearhead tip, wh…
Created on: Wednesday 11th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Balcombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-40ED42
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy palstave axe, probably of the Taunton phase, dating from 1400-1000BC. It has an oval flange on each side, extending above and below the blade. The blade itself tapers to a very slightly flared cutting edge. The axe has a patchy, dark green patina. It is 98mm long, 27.7mm wide and 25.3mm thick. It weighs 150.07gm.
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2012
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Record ID: NLM-404840
Object type: PLANO CONVEX KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mottled dark and pale grey flint, lightly crazed by burning, possible plano-convex knife fragment. Knapped triangular flake fragment with a flat surface on its dorsal aspect and a concave ventral surface. The dorsal aspect bears pressure flaking scars around the converging edges running right up to a break. Lighter pressure flaking may extend to the third, broken, side. If so, indicates that it was intended to abate its sharpness to enable the continued use of a broken tool; the flat upper surface also provides a convenient thumb rest to facilitate its use in truncated form. The burni…
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: CORN-319C01
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy socketed gouge, semi-circular in plan, at the cutting edge, lozenge-shaped in profile and circular in section. The circular socketed end is broken and partly missing and the cutting edge is worn and nicked in two places and on one side. The gouge tapers in profile from the open end to a point at the cutting edge which is curved into a semi-circle so that it can gouge out sections of wood etc. The surface is pitted and some of the original patina remains on the inside and outside of the gouge, but the damaged edges have become worn and corroded and there ar…
Created on: Monday 9th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2012
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Record ID: CORN-214B63
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy fragment of a collar from a socketed axe, semi-circular in plan, B-shaped in profile and in section. The collar is quite substantial at about 12 mm deep and 9 mm thick, and there is quite a deep indented area below it before the body of the axe begins with a raised ridge. Along this ridge at one side of the axe is the remains of the base of the side loop, which has worn into a point. The surface is pitted and some of the original patina remains on the collar but the projecting sections have become worn and corroded and there are patches of light green bronze disease.…
Created on: Monday 9th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2012
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Record ID: CORN-F29E04
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy fragment of a flanged blade from a socketed axe, semi-circular in plan, triangular in profile and lozenge-shaped in section. The blade edge is worn and incomplete so that it is only flanged on one side. The broken edge reveals an oblong aperture which is the end of the socket for the haft or handle of the axe. The original surface has mostly corroded away and there are patches of light green bronze disease. There is not enough detail to precisely date this fragment within the Late Bronze Age, but some comparanda are offered below. Pearce (1983) illustrates a simila…
Created on: Friday 6th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2012
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Record ID: SUR-DB99E1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle to Late Bronze Age side-looped spearhead, now in two pieces. The point is missing as are the edges of the blade which have corroded away. The end of the socket is also missing as is one of the loops. The socket now measures 51.32mm and has been cast slightly off centre. The spear is covered in hard brown soil deposits.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-DAA1A3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Bronze Age flat axe, consisting of the blade edge and a portion of the body. The axe blade probably dates to the Early Bronze Age, c. 2150-1500 BC. The flat axe fragment has an elongated oval cross-section. The fragment is in fairly poor condition, with extensive mottling and surface corrosion; the metal is a variation of green colours, with some areas of greater patina. The fragment measures: 20.44 mm long, 31.20 mm wide and 7.64 mm maximum thickness; it weighs 20.39 grams. Not enough diagnostic information remains to identify this fragment typologica…
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-C1CAE2
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead of Bronze Age date. The fragment is the blade end including the base of the socketed area. It is rectangular in plan and V-shaped in section with a worn cutting edge and rounded corners. The breaks at the socketed end are old and the remains of a loop project from one edge. A casting flash is present along one of the longer edges. The metal has a mid reddish-green patina and is very worn. The fragment is 49.1mm long, 38.4mm wide, 22.4mm thick and weighs 63g.
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-AF35D7
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: 1. A gold ring of circular cross-section gently tapering to flat terminals. The ring bears decorative, narrow, stripes of yellow and paler gold; the stripes are still, clearly, visible on both, exterior, sides and the interior circumference, though are heavily worn on the outer circumference. There is some damage to the flat terminals Weight: 4g, External width: 14.75mm, Internal width: 6.51mm, Max breadth: 4.39mm. Discussion: The silvery-striped gold pennanular ring is a fairly common object dating to the Late Bronze Age (1150-750BC) (Meeks et al. 2004). Comparab…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxwell Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-AD6886
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
2012 T237. Description 1. A plain, gold ring of oval cross-section. Thickening occurs towards one side, with flat terminals. There is damage to both terminals. Weight: 9g, External width: 15.95mm, Internal width: 7.04mm, Max breadth (thicker side): 4.89mm, Max breadth (thinner side): 4.44mm. Discussion The solid gold pennanular ring is a fairly common object dating to the Late Bronze Age (1150-750BC) (Meeks et al. 2008). There are further penannular rings which have been recently found in broader environs as at Kelvedon, Essex (ESS-E97973) and at Takeley, Essex (ESS-E8A4F8…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as '"Finchingfield, Essex"', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-AD5F56
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age copper alloy awl. The object has a dark brown patina broken by scratches showing as light brown around the sharp end, and by green corrosion at the very tip of the sharp end, and in a small spot on the side. The point of the awl is very blunt and is circular in section. The section becomes sub-square two-thirds of the way along the awl's length, and then slopes to a thin sub-rectangular section at the other end. The object is 55mm long, 4mm wide, 4mm thick and weighs 4.67g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-AD4834
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age copper alloy awl. The object has a light brown patina broken only by light green corrosion in two spots along its length and at the sharp end, where a dull point remains. The awl is circular in section near the point, but becomes square in section around the middle. The object is 59mm long, 5mm wide, 5mm thick and weighs 5.52g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-AC92E5
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ring, probably dating to the Bronze Age or Iron Age. This example is similar to rings found in Suffolk (SF-7BD5C1), Norfolk (NMS-688046), North Lincolnshire (NLM-2CB634) and Shropshire (HESH-4B9AC5). The object is 5mm thick, 18mm in exterior diameter, 8.5mm in interior diameter and weighs 5.32g. The use of this object is difficult to interpret. It may have had a decorative function in harness or personal dress. It shows no particular signs of wear, but is chipped with a small chunk missing on the outside edge. The surface of the object has a dark brown patina with pit…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
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Record ID: NMS-99FB70
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bag-shaped dagger scabbard chape with three perforations through both faces (five remain blocked by a ferrous deposit). Each perforation lies in the centre of a circular mark on the outer face, probably the result of the drilling process rather than a purposefully made ring. Unusually the mouth is almost straight rather than markedly concave, e.g. an example from Reach, Cambridgeshire (Inventaria Archaeologica (1956) GB 17 3 (3) no. 20). Two examples with pairs of triple perforations but concave mouths come from Quarley, Hants and Norton, Northants (PAS HAMP-095061 and NARC-5DEF37). Bo…
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hillington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-990775
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One end of a cast copper alloy awl or tracer. The centre of the awl, which is sub-square in cross-section, measures 4.7mm by 4.6mm. This centre is at the transition from a circular section to a square cross section. To one side it tapers, gradually at first then increasingly, to a circular sectioned point at the complete end (awl). The other end is rectangular in section and tapers gradually to the old break (3.7mm by 4.0mm) but probably originally ended in a rectangular sectioned point (tracer end). It is 36.9mm long and weighs 3.14 grams. Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date p…
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-48BA44
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A dispersed Late Bronze Age hoard recovered initially through metal detecting on 24th March 2012, followed by a small scale excavation on the 27th March 2012 by Andrew Brown (Suffolk FLO) and Mark Sommers (SCCAS). Metal detecting on the 24th of March produced a total of nine objects including the remains of seven socketed axes, one gouge and a fragment of copper-alloy ingot all dating to the Late Bronze Age. Excavation on the 27th centred on the immediate area of the metal detected finds where there was the suggestion of a concentration of material in addition to objects still i…
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Bergholt area', grid reference and parish protected.