Record ID: PUBLIC-4F8125
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Bronze Age Socketed Spear. The fragment has a central oval socket with breaks at both ends. One end is broken away in to the centre of the rim. It is trapezoid in plan with an oval mid rib. Approx 25mm from the tip end.Its widest end is 28mm and tapers to 16.4mm and the tip end socket width is 6mm. A similar example can be seen on the database in the Burnham hoard: ESS-A2E203. c. 1000-800 BC.
Created on: Sunday 10th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lower Road', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F370C8
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
End scraper worked on a flake of grey translucent flint with opaque cream inclusions. It appears to have been a plunging flake from a core as there are parallel scars on the dorsal surface with a hinged termination to one of them. The end scraper scars are parallel and semi-abrupt and work around on to the right margin and finish with a sharp notch. Shaunie found a large deeply concave section granite saddle quern fragment nearby.(632B.1). Butler illustrates a similar end scraper on page 166, fig 70, 5.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Treassowe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F30B33
Object type: STRIKE A LIGHT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Found by Shauney Strick;A large piece of flint for this area which has been flaked off the end of a nodule. Flakes have been removed from the edge of the platform created and have shallowly removed cortex from the dorsal surface. The edge has been heavily abraded in places as though localised deliberate use for a grinding or strike-a-light task. There is an overall water worn appearance. There is fresher abrasion to the tip of the tool and this might be recent plough damage or reuse after the tumbling in water. Butler describes strike-a-lights from prehistoric to Medieval times on page 17.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Raginnis', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CDEAE0
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An awl or piercer on a pointed triangular flake of dark brown nodular flint. The lower straight left margin is cortically backed and the distal margin is flaked and sharpened from use towards the point. This use damage continues part way down the sharp right margin. Butler(2005) illustrates piercers on page 186, fig 76, 1-5.
Created on: Monday 4th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lesingey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CD1676
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thick pebble cortical flake of marbled light and dark grey flint. The distal end has been abruptly flaked as an end and some finer retouch continues part way down the left margin as a side scraper.. This simply made expedient tool does not easily fit a particular age. Mesolithic to Bronze age tools are found nearby. Butler illustrates a cortical end scraper on page 126, fig 50, 8.
Created on: Monday 4th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lesingey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CCBB76
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thick pebble cortical flake of marbled light and dark grey with brown filaments. The distal and proximal ends have been utilised as scraper edges with shallow sharpening flakes removed from the straight edged proximal end and the distal cortex broken away to form a similarly straight edge. This simply made expedient tool does not easily fit a particular age. Mesolithic to Bronze age tools are found nearby. Butler illustrates some Later Bronze Age scrapers on page 184, fig 75 1-4.
Created on: Monday 4th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CC5830
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thumbnail scraper . The right margin has a patch of nodular cortex. The ventral surface has some curved cracks and the dorsal surface has spalled away, indicating that the scraper was partially destroyed by fire. The colour is dark grey brown and apparently little altered. The distal margin has long parallel bladelet removals. Butler(2005) illustrates a thumbnail scraper on page 166, fig 70, 2.
Created on: Monday 4th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A1FF85
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age Axe dating from the Ewart Park tradition, circa 1150 BC - 800 BC . The fragment represents part of the socket rim and a small part of the body. It carries a double mouth moulding, with the lower moulding 4.5mm away from the upper moulding and measuring 4.9mm wide. The object measures 24.4mm in length, is 11.6mm wide, with a rim thickness of 3.8mm and a body shell thickness of 1.8mm. It weighs 4.7g. The fragment surface has a dark grey/green patina , and shows no real signs of corrosion. Similar examples may be seen on the Database, BH-EAAFD1, SUR-85A…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PUBLIC-AB5AC3
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead. This arrowhead has been knapped from a dark brown piece of flint. It is 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 flaking. It is asymmetrical in shape with damage to the tip and tang . Much of this damage has happened relatively recently. The arrowhead has been worked bi-facially; both the sides (ventral and dorsal) of the arrowhead have been retouched to create sharp edges. Both t…
Created on: Friday 27th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clun', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PUBLIC-AAD922
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead. This arrowhead has been knapped from a dark brown piece of flint. It is 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 flaking. It is asymmetrical in shape with the point and both barbs being damaged. Much of this damage has happened relatively recently. The arrowhead has been worked bi-facially; both the sides (ventral and dorsal) of the arrowhead have been retouched to create sharp edge…
Created on: Friday 27th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clun', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C0E767
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Bronze Age cast copper-alloy double-edged knife blade, which tapers both in width and thickness from its break point to the tip. A slight rib runs down the centre of the blade on both sides. The surface of the blade is worn, slightly pitted, and has a green patina. All edges including breaks are worn. The fragment measures 34.8mm in length, width 10.0mm at the break point tapering to 6.1mm at the tip. It has a thickness of 2.6mm at the break tapering to 1.8mm at the tip. It weighs 3.7g. It is likely to date from the Middle to Late Bronze Age, 1500-700BC. A similar e…
Created on: Monday 16th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-FFEA42
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A quite thick, decorated wall sherd from a large urn of approximately 0.3 metres diameter. The exterior is damaged from being exposed to rain and frost in the plough soil. It would have had a smooth finish with only a few fine grits showing in order for the herringbone pattern of plaited cords to be impressed. The sherd is crumbling with a developed network of fine surface cracks and the decoration only discernable in oblique light.The orangey red surface oxidised colour extends part way through the fabric which then remains dark grey brown to just below the orangey interior surface. …
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F87565
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A thick, plain wall sherd from a large urn of approximately 0.3-0.4 metres diameter. The exterior is complete and has a smooth finish with only a few fine grits showing but a developed network of fine surface cracks.The orangey red oxidised colour extends about half-way through the fabric which then remains dark grey brown to the interior surface. This has a leathery appearance and has been beaten to a dense finish with the larger grits below the surface causing local bumps on the otherwise flat interior . The clay contains fine up to 2mm corroded white felspar with a sorted addition …
Created on: Saturday 18th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1804E2
Object type: MORTAR (VESSEL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Greenstone cupped cobble. It has been broken in the past into two halves; one of which was found. The break facet bisects a deep bell shaped depression with a coarse pecked finish. The top surface is pecked smooth with a few flake scars around the outside to shape it circular. The base of the stone has a smooth ground shallow concave depression. It has an irregular sharp edged perimeter and the surrounding stone is uneven and rough. It appears that a somewmat wider bell shaped depression was broken up, leaving only its bottom remaining.The top surface has a bubbly brown deposit which …
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-ED3775
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint horseshoe scraper, oval in plan, trapezoidal in profile and section. Bulb on ventral face, with gloss from proximal end in a line to the distal end. Scraper retouch from the proximal left end around the left, distal and right margins to the proximal right edge. A flake has been removed from the centre of the dorsal face. The flint is light to dark grey colour with lighter inclusions and iron staining. Bond(2004) illustrates a similar example on page 151, Fig. 5.135, No. F130, which is dated to the earlier to middle Bronze Age.
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-E8D567
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint pebble end and side scraper, triangular in plan and profile, and pentagonal in section. Bulb removed from ventral face, with retouch at the distal end. a layer of brown cortex is present on the lower dorsal face, with scraper retouch along the distal end and left edge. The flint is dark grey brown colour with lighter inclusions. Butler (2005) illustrates a similar example on page 184, Fig. 75, No. 7, which is dated to the later Bronze Age.
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D5B1B1
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint cutting flake, sub triangular in plan and plano convex in profile. The dorsal side is convex with a central lateral ridge. The distal end is part cortex and part broken. The proximal end is one sharp-edged, low-angle large flake removal. The left margin is partly broken and has a mostly sharp serrated edge on the lower end. The right margin has a vertical snapped edge. The ventral side has a slightly curved convex surface. The right margin is possibly retouched with a small fracture on the lower end. The flint is dark grey cream in colouring. Butler (2005) illustrates a simi…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C46002
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint scraper, ovoid in plan and lozenge shaped in profile. The dorsal side has a lateral-ridged convex surface. The left margin is serrated and the proximal has a blunt unevenly fractured edge. The ventral side has an unevenly contoured surface with some blunt-angled edges. The flint is mid smokey brown in colour with a secondary cortex in two areas of light brown tones. Bond (2004) illustrated a similar example on page 153, Fig. 5.137, No. 8 which is dated to the Bronze Age.
Created on: Sunday 22nd January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C40862
Object type: BORER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint pebble borer, ovoid in plan and almond shaped in profile. The distal tip has been retouched to a point with a blunt-snapped curve leading to the right margin which has semi-abrupt retouch and some edge wear. The proximal end is snapped and the left margin is cortex. On the ventral side the distal end has been retouched and there is also some adjacent flake removal. The flint is dark grey with a brown grey secondary cortex in colour. Butler (2005) illustrates a similar example on page 186, Fig. 76, No. 2 which is dated to the Bronze Age.
Created on: Sunday 22nd January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C3E4E7
Object type: BORER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint borer, sub triangular in plan and lozenge shaped in profile. On the dorsal side the distal end is broken and there is flake removal leading to the tip. There is a cutting notch area on the upper left margin. The right margin is curve fractured with cortex on the lower end. The proximal end is one large low-angle flake removal. The ventral side has a curving hinge fractured surface. The lower left margin is cortex. The flint is grey and light brown with a beige-coloured secondary cortex. Butler (2005) illustrates a similar example on page 186, Fig. 76, No. 2 which is dated to…
Created on: Sunday 22nd January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Spatial data recorded.