Record ID: OXON-D41C0A
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very small fragment from the blade tip of a Middle Bronze Age Rapier fragment probably a Group IV Type dating to the Middle Bronze Age c.1275-1100 cal BC. The fragment begins at a transverse break where it is 8.5mm wide and 2.7mm thick. From this point it narrows in slightly convex curve, almost straight line, to a dull point which is also slightly truncated by a small break. The blade has a sub-oval cross section created by a slightly raised oval midridge from which cironline sides extend. The fragment is a light to medium green colour, The fragment is 26.2mm long, 8.5m…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warborough CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-07364D
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy bladed weapon either a dagger or rapier/ dirk dating to the Bronze Age. The object is sub-triangular in plan widening in smooth convex curves from a narrow rounded point (c.8mm wide, 0.5mm thick) to a ragged terminal (19mm wide, 0.5mm thick). This terminal has two semi-circular cut outs creating an almost rectangular tang between them. The semi-cricular holes are likely to have originally been circular (c.5mm diameter) rivet holes whose outer edge has been lost to corrosion. In cross section the object is has a slightly raised midrib runn…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-18E967
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large portion of the blade and tip of a Middle Bronze Age Rapier fragment probably a Group IV Type dating to the Middle Bronze Age c.1275-1100 cal BC. The haft and lower portion of the blade are missing to an old tranverse break across the blade. The fragment begins at the transverse break where it is 18.9mm wide and 3.0mm thick. From this point it narrows in slightly convex curve, almost straight line,  to a dull point which is also slightly truncated by a small break. The blade edge is chipped frequently along its length. The blade has a sub-oval cross section with …
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-48F73A
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy fragment of a Middle or Late Bronze Age dirk or rapier dating from the Penard phase, about 1300 BC - 1140 BC. Only the butt end survives. The rapier or dirk is would have had a blade likely to be about 300mm long which would have originally tapered to a fine point.  The blade is a shallow oval in cross-section (characteristic of Group 4 rapiers) and bevelled. It flares towards the trapezoidal butt end and extendsto a damaged terminal defined by C shaped side notches. These would have allowed attachment to the separate hilt. The breaks are worn and …
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-F156F3
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
 A rapier broken into four parts with two surviving rivets dating to the Middle Bronze Age c.1275-1100 cal BC. The object is damaged around the outside edge of its rivet holes but is otherwise intact. The hilt of the blade is trapezoidal in plan, its short side edges widening in  diagonal lines from its butt which is narrower than the interface to the blade. It is almost flat in cross section becoming thicker and a pointed oval closer to the blade. The hilt is pierced by two circular holes for rivets placed near its obtuse corners. Each is missing about one quarter of i…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gosford and Water Eaton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-8F6A19
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment from  a Bronze Age rapier or dirk. The fragment shows a central ridge and two flanking ridges (triple arris) running down toward the length of the blade, placing this  possible hilt fragment in group III (Burgess,C. B and Gerloff, S,1981). Most of the butt is missing andfurther classification is difficult, but  it is likely Late Bronze Age in date c. 1600-1001 BC. The main surface of the rapier is patinated green and shows signs of corrosion. 
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: WILT-DF6889
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Middle Bronze Age cast copper alloy rapier dating to c 1600 - 1000 BC.  It is a rectangular piece from a blade, broadly a pointed oval in cross section, but not quite symmetrical, one face having a slightly flattened mid line, the other an arris. It does not appear to taper in the short section that is extant. It has a pale green patina  Dimensions: 39.4mm in length; 31.1mm in width; thickness: 13.7mm; 5.84g in weight
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: IOW-7CED36
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Bronze Age cast copper alloy rapier blade dating to c. 1400-1100 cal BC. The blade is double edged, tapering, with a central ridge on both faces that produced a lozenge form profile. This is a fragment of the tip of the blade, although the very end of the blade is also missing. The top would probably have terminated in a tang. The fragment is 37mm long, 14mm wide, 4.5mm thick and weighs 4.41 grams. While incomplete the long narrow blade of the object is similar to that seen on rapiers illustrated by Burgess and Gerloff (1981). These are broadly dated t…
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-1F5A0B
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Middle Bronze Age rapier, dating to c. 1600 - 1000 BC. The upper blade-hilt/butt remains. Burgess and Gerloff (1981) group IV.  The object is sub-triangular in plan and lentoid in section. The hilt constricts rapidly from the broad, flat hilt into the long, narrow blade of lenticular section, most of which is missing, broken transversely by an ancient break. The rapier is also damaged around the now missing rivet holes.  Length: 66.3 mm Width: 30.3 mm Thickness: 5 mm Weight: 28.2 g Many thanks are extended to Dr Edward Caswell, Dr Dot Broughton a…
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-761C25
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slender blade fragment, probably of a Bronze Age weapon, most likely a rapier dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age c. 1550-750 cal BC. Only a portion of the blade remains. The fragment is from the body of the blade. It is sub-rectangular in plan, and has a lenticular or hexagonal shaped cross section with wide flat faces and then bevelled blades edges which have been abraded and chipped. The fragment narrows slightly from one transverse break (c.19.30mm wide), to the other (c.20.15mm wide). Both breaks are worn preventing a judgment on whether the breaks …
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watlington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-225912
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy bladed weapon, probably a rapier or dirk dating to the middle Bronze Age, 1500-1300 BC. The remaining fragment consists of part of the hilt and blade. The blade has a lozenge-shaped cross section. The blade flares at the hilt before tapering. Dimensions: length: 81.84mm; width: 29.02mm; thickness: 4.99mm; weight: 36.20g
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
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Record ID: WAW-23205A
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy (bronze) blade, likely a rapier or dirk and dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age (c. 1600-1000 BC). The fragment has a lenticular cross section and is sub-trapezoidal in plan, starting at initially at 12.02mm wide at the bottom, expanding to 13.75mm wide before then tapering to 6.53mm at the top. A flattened midrib runs along the object. The blade is bent around half way along the length from the bottom before being bent back, forming a slight arch. The blade has lost much of its cutting edge due to abrasion in the soil. The blade has a Verdigris patina …
Created on: Monday 14th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 14th November 2022
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Record ID: WILT-1ABFCE
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Middle Bronze Age rapier dating to c. 1550-1150 cal BC. This slender fragment appears to be from the tip of a rapier. The opposite end is broken, but this is not due to recent damage. The find has a sub-rectangular cross section. It has flat surfaces, which do not appear to have been deliberately bent prior to deposition. The edges of the blade are bevelled although these are now abraded and chipped. The surfaces of the blade are pitted and worn. Dimensions: Length: 35.1mm; width: 13.8mm; thickness: 2.9mm; weight: 5.15g. The …
Created on: Monday 26th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-F4446E
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Upper blade-hilt/butt part of a Middle Bronze Age rapier, of Burgess and Gerloff (1981) group IV, all old surfaces are thinly patinated chocolate brown, most probably from deposition (originally) in damp conditions, known as water patination. Most edges are relatively recently damaged and show as pale green, though both sides of the blade expansion for the handle survives as original straight edges, indicating that this rapier had the rivets fully enclosed in a trapezoidal sheet Cua rather than the edges cut or cast with open “slots” for the attachment of the rive…
Created on: Monday 12th September 2022
Last updated: Saturday 24th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-72E899
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of a Middle to Late Bronze Age copper-alloy rapier. They are heavily abraded around the edges (with total or near-total loss of original edge) and do not fit perfectly together. However, they are likely to be two parts of a single object since they are of similar thickness and width, with the same lozengiform cross-section and central longitudinal ridge on both faces. They also have a very similar very dark brown and green patina. They were discovered approximately twenty-five metres apart. One piece is long and narrow, the other is slightly shorter and wider, but taperi…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2022
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Record ID: OXON-F98009
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from the tip probably of a Bronze Age weapon, most likely a rapier dating to the Middle Bronze Age c. 1550-1150 cal BC.  The fragment is from the tip of the blade. It has a pointed oval shaped cross section with wide flat faces and then bevelled blades edges which have been abraded and chipped to become rounded. It widens slightly from its bluntly rounded point to  a diagonal break.the fragment has a dark brown sometimes green patina. The fragment is 36mm long, 18.6mm wide, 2.4mm thick and weighs 6.20 grams. While a more recent Roman or …
Created on: Friday 19th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Record ID: LVPL-D62ACD
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy blade tip, possibly from a rapier, of Bronze Age date (probably middle to late Bronze age c.1600-800 BC). The fragment consists of the narrow part of the blade, likely towards the point. It is lenticular in section and narrows towards the blade edge. The edges are worn and irregular, and ends in a break at the lower part of the blade. Dimensions: Length 35.13mm; width 17.12mm; thickness 3.55mm; weight 6.4g Due to the fragmentary nature of this object, it cannot be confidently assigned to an object type or metalworking phase, although the narro…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
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Record ID: NMS-3054A6
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy rapier blade. The lateral edges are broadly straight and parallel for the most part, towards one end these begin to taper convexly before terminating at an old break, apparently a few millimetres before the original pointed tip. There is some loss of one of the edges here, due to an old break. The other end appears to be an old break too and there is minimal tapering in width as rapier blades often are. Cross-section is a wide, narrow lozenge, each face bearing two equally-sized facets divided by a rounded longi…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-CE20A7
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy blade, probably a rapier or dirk dating to the middle Bronze Age (c.1500-1300 BC). The blade has a pentagonal shape that narrows along the length of the blade. It is thin with a shallow lentoid section and a slightly bevelled surface towards the blade edge. All the sides are worn with incomplete edges. Overall, the surface has a smooth dark green patina. Dimensions: Length 60.72mm; width (top) 30.68mm; width (lower blade) 16.45mm; thickness 2.25mm; weight 15.6g The fragmentary condition of the object makes typological identification indeterminate.
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2022
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Record ID: LVPL-8DFBA7
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy object, probably a rapier or dirk dating to the middle Bronze Age (c.1500-1300 BC). The object has a sub-rectangular shape that is wider at the top (19.06mm) which formed part of the hilt. The lower portion, the blade narrows slightly and terminates in the a worn break. The edges are worn and incomplete and the blade is slightly bent. Overall, the object has a smooth bright green patina. The fragmentary condition of the object makes typological identification indeterminate. Dimensions: Length 35.87mm; width 19.06mm; thickness 1.99mm; weight 4.08g
Created on: Monday 9th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.