Record ID: SWYOR-ACB333
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy ring of unknown date; it is most probably of later prehistoric, Late Bronze Age or Iron Age date (1000 BC - 50 AD), however there is some possibility that it may date from the Roman period (50 - 410 AD). It is annular, not quite circular, and has a rounded lozenge shape cross-section, with a central arris on the inner and outer face. It has a highly polished glossy rich brown patina. Diameter: 18.97mm Width: 4.13mm Thickness: 3.93mm Weight: 2.57g The function of this bead or ring is uncertain with possible uses including harness or simi…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-824F77
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy late Bronze Age socketed axehead dating from about 1140 BC - 1000 BC. It is a type Fulford socketed axe. The axe is sub-rectangular in plan and wedge-shaped in cross-section. It has a square socket with a moulded triple collar, wider at the top. The sides expand slightly, and then curve at the tips. The faces are smooth and there is no decoration visible on the surfaces. The socket is 59.2mm deep, 34.1 mm wide, and 8.8 mm thick. There is a D-shaped loop just below the lower collar on one of the triangular side faces. The loop is D shap…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-34A3B5
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Bronze Age flat axehead dating from the Early Bronze Age, about  2400 - 1600 calibrated BC. It is incomplete and very damaged, so only small areas of the original surface survive. They are decorated on both faces with short sub-parallel and irregular lentoid grooves (rain pattern). They are at an oblique angle, and those near the butt are angled the other way to those nearer the blade end. Both the butt and the cutting edge are missing. Measurements are; length 70.8mm, width 46.3mm, thickness 9.6mm and weight 87.80g. The damage prevents the axe being mor…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-33E253
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy middle to late Bronze Age tranistional Palstave axehead dating from about 1250 - 950 cal BC, Penard or early Wilburton phase. The palstave is a transitional type with a deeply undercut stop. It has a thin butt with flanges that expand from the end of the butt to the stop in a triangular shape. The tallest part of the flange is at the stop. The stop ridge is curved and forms a small socket (is deeply undercut). It is 15.3mm high from the surface of the butt on one face, and 13.3mm high on the other face. It does not protrude to the sides (is unobtrusive). The blade flar…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-33CE4A
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy middle Bronze Age dirk of Group II, dating from the Arreton to Taunton phase, 1700 - 1275 cal BC. It has a rounded butt with two circular rivet holes positioned near the edge. A curved line visible on one face 16mm from the butt may show the extent of the hafting. There is a corresponding change of patina in the same place on the other face. The blade is of pointed oval cross-section and is undecorated. There are narrow edge facets about 3-4mm from the edge of the blades. The sides are concave under the butt, then taper to a point. Measurements are; length 154.4mm, …
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-33425D
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating to the Bronze Age, 2400 BC - 1000 BC. It is formed on a tertiary flake of grey flint with brown inclusions. It is broadly sub-triangular in plan with the tip missing, and is lentoid in cross section. It is broadly symmetrical in shape, with two notches chipped into the base of the flint to separate the barbs and the tang; both barbs are still intact. The tang and barbs all have square ends. Both faces are covered with scaled, low-angle retouch. Length: 35.21mm Width: 33.87mm Thickness: 5.69m…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-715A1A
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a flat axe-chisel or narrow bladed chisel dating from the Early to Middle Bronze Age, about 2200 - 1000 BC. The fragment consists of the axe's cutting edge above which is a patinated jagged break. The axe fragment is sub-trapezoidal in plan with the sides being slightly concave. The blade is an asymmetrical convex crescent with faint bevels. The broken edge of the axe runs transversely across its body giving an irregular oblique edge at one end. In cross section the body of the axe is rectangular as revealed by the break. The cross-section at the blade…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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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
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Record ID: SWYOR-8FB3C4
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy short flanged axehead, dating from the middle Bronze Age, about 1600 - 1200 BC. This corresponds with the Acton Park II, and Taunton metalworking Assemblages, that correspond with Needham Period 4 or 5. It is probably a short flanged axehead, maybe of Type Lissett, but it could also be a palstave. Corrosion, concretion and surviving wood obscure the details of the septum and hafting area, making identification difficult. The axehead is mostly rectangular in cross section and the cutting edge is crescent-shaped, with the tips recurved back towa…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-8F3FA8
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The tip of a Middle Bronze Age cast copper alloy artefact, probably a spearhead dating from the Taunton phase, 1500 BC to 1150 BC. The blade is double edged, tapering, with a central rib on both faces that produces a strongly lozenge shaped cross-section. The cutting edges are damaged and/or missing.  Each face of the solid midrib is decorated with two uneven and not very straight lines of punched or drilled dots (pointille). The lack of any other distinguishing features makes closer identification difficult. The fra…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-8F3783
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Bronze Age socketed axe of Type Welby dating from the Ewart Park phase, about  1000 - 800 BC. The mouth of the axe is sub-rectangular. There is a thick  and slightly everted collar moulding. There is no casting seam on the inside of the socket but the seams are visible on the outer afces. A second horizontal moulding is much shallower than the collar. from this descends three ribs on each face. They extend less than half way along the axe. One one side there is a cast loop that extends from the lower collar. It is ocal in cross section and has a D shaped …
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-8F2C45
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy early short flanged axehead of Type Caverton, dating from the early to middle Bronze Age date, about  1600 - 1400 BC. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a rounded butt end, and concave waisted sides which flare to a crescentic blade. There is a slight ridge on the sides of the axehead at the end of the flanges. These shouldered sides are characteristic of Type Caverton axes. The axehead has elliptical flanges present along either side, rising steadily from the butt, rounding off at the apex midway along the body, before slopin…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-3F6B3D
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy basal-looped spearhead dating to the Middle Bronze Age about 1400 to 1125 BC. The spearhead has a sub-triangular blade with a raised rounded mid-rib ridge extending to the tip of the blade on both faces. The cutting edges are bevelled. There is an oval loop incorporated into the base of the blade on each side of the socket. The socket is circular in cross-section and contains surviving wood. The object is 153.9mm long and 35.1mm wide.  The base has a diameter of 20.6mm.  It weighs 115.16g. This is an example of a Group 8 Middle Br…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-A9A2EA
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary and very worn narrow Palstave of the Middle Bronze Age, dating from around 1600-1150 cal BC. The palstave is broadly rectangular in plan and is lentoid in profile. There are raised ridges on the outer edge of each side and a stop ridge across the centre, forming a H shape in cross-section. The butt is thinner than the blade. The axehead is a dark green in colour with an uneven patina. Abrasion caused by movement whilst within the plough soil has resulted in the loss of most of the original surface detail. The object is 57.9mm long, 17.9mm wide at the stop ridge, 10.7…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Saturday 28th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-DDC942
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment of a solid gold penannular ribbon bracelet dating from the Middle Bronze age to the Late Bronze Age, about BC 1150 - BC 750. The fragment is the buffer terminal of a penannular bracelet, which has a plain and sub-circular cross-section at the terminal, tapering to a flat rectangular cross-section. The object is partially cut and partially broken about 10mm from the end of the terminal. Dimensions: The object is 11.98mm in length, 6.33mm in width, 4.55mm in thickness and it weighs 2.44g. The diameter of the terminal end is 6.17mm. The flat end is …
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-A1A798
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, worn fragment of a cast Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe head, dating from about 1300-700 BC. The fragment consists of the axe's blade above which is a worn and abraded break that reveals a shallow portion of the socket. The axe fragment is sub-trapezoidal in plan with the sides being slightly concave, particularly on one side as the tip of the blade is not abraded like the other. The blade is an asymmetrical crescent which is possibly due to wear and abrasion. The broken edge of the axe runs transversely across its body giving a flat edge. In cro…
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-89F84B
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age, 2400 - 1000 BC. It is formed on flint which is opaque light grey. It is sub-triangular, with two notches to separate the barbs and tang. Both barbs are missing. It has bifacial, covering, scaled, low-angle retouch. The arrowhead is 27.5mm long, 18.3mm wide and 4.1mm thick. 1.5g.
Created on: Sunday 13th August 2023
Last updated: Sunday 20th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-89156E
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age, 2400 - 1000 BC. It is formed on flint which is opaque light grey. It is sub-triangular, with two notches to separate the barbs and tang. One barb is missing. It has bifacial, covering, scaled, low-angle retouch. The arrowhead is 33.6mm long, 21.9mm wide and 5.6mm thick. 2.9g.
Created on: Sunday 13th August 2023
Last updated: Sunday 20th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-8905EA
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age, 2400 - 1000 BC. It is formed on flint which is translucent, brown and partially patinated. It is sub-triangular, with two notches to separate the barbs and tang. It has bifacial, covering, scaled, low-angle retouch. The arrowhead is 22.9mm long, 22.4mm wide and 3.6mm thick. 1.3g.
Created on: Sunday 13th August 2023
Last updated: Sunday 20th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-88F723
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age, 2400 - 1000 BC. It is formed on flint which is light grey. It is sub-triangular, short and wide, with two notches to separate the barbs and tang. One barb is missing. It has bifacial, covering, scaled, low-angle retouch. The arrowhead is 15.8mm long, 19mm wide and 3.2mm thick. 0.7g.
Created on: Sunday 13th August 2023
Last updated: Sunday 20th August 2023
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