Record ID: DOR-4737A1
Object type: HALBERD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age halberd. Comprising the blade and four intact, in-situ rivets. The butt of the hafting plate is arched and bilobed with a slight notch, possibly from a missing fifth rivet. The cutting edges are slightly splayed from the hafting plate creating a small shoulder on each edge. The four rivets are arranged in two on each side in a diagonal line. The rivets are all domed at either end with thick shank between. They vary a little in length and diameter (see below). The blade tapers to a broad, tongue-shaped, rounded tip. On both faces there is a broad, low midrib with a…
Created on: Wednesday 29th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Witchampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-EC2456
Object type: HALBERD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead alloy miniature halberd, 21mm high and 23mm wide. It is quite decorative and may have been a childs toy? The shaft appears to be complete and is made up of two circular knops the lower of which has a pointed end. The head is fixed into a square section and is flared, it has curvilinear forms engraved into its surface.
Created on: Monday 22nd March 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-87E225
Object type: HALBERD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
This is a symmetrical slender halberd blade of cast copper or bronze. Down the centre of the blade is a straight midrib. This is wide and angular in cross-section, at the top end tapering with a straight line into the haft-plate. The blade edges have been entirely removed, thus also removing any traces of bevelling originally along the edge. Whilst much of this damage is due to erosion of fragile edges, it is possible that some edges were notched through use wear or mutilation prior to burial. The erosion seems particularly deep and severe, with concave eroded depressions side by side…
Created on: Wednesday 17th March 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-DA0236
Object type: HALBERD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
This weapon consists of an axe-head (a large flat piece of iron), which is balanced by a 'pick' (a smaller flat piece of iron). This weapon would have been hafted onto a shaft and the spike would have made the shaft even longer. This weapon is likely to be post - 14th Century in date, as they were not introduced into France or England until that time. The blade of the axe-head is square (rather than crescent) suggesting an even later date of c. 15th Century. As drawn, the axe-head is on the left, the pick is on the right and the spike extends between the two. The socket (where this wea…
Created on: Monday 15th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.