Record ID: PUBLIC-2E7A94
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy (Bronze) Rapier Blade. The blade fragment is rectangular in plan, with parallel long edges, that narrow to terminate in a blunted point. It has a lozenge shaped (lentoid) cross section with a raised central rib that tapers slightly in width and terminates at the tip of the blade. The remainder of the rapier (upper blade and hilt) is now missing. The surfaces have a dark green coloured polished patina which is abraded in places. The blade fragment has been bent midway though its length; the lack of stress fractures in the surface patina sugg…
Created on: Wednesday 26th September 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th July 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-AE4623
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a bladed object of Bronze Age date. The object consists of the abraded blade tip, that tapers to a broadly rounded point. All of the edges have been abraded and broken to a greater or lesser extent. The break is broadly straight. The blade is broadly oval in cross section. Where it survives the metal has a dark-brown patina; underlying this it is a corroded mid-green colour.
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 26th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-D70378
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast fragment of middle Bronze Age copper-alloy blade, dating to c 1500 - 1200 BC. Description: The fragment is oval in shape and heavily worn. It is roughly a flattened lozengiform in cross section. There are traces of a central midrib extending to the tip on both faces. It is possibly from a rapier or sword, but the wear and pitting makes exact ID uncertain. It has a fairly even light green patination. Measurements: Length: 65.9 mm, Width: 28.5 mm, Thickness: 5.67 mm and Weight: 34.65 g
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2012
Last updated: Saturday 11th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Denton with Wootton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-DC2F32
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy socketed sickle blade of Bronze Age date. Weight is 12.08g, length of the fragment is 46.69mm, width is 16.73mm and thickness is 3.59mm. The cross section is oval or a sub lozenge. The edges are quite chewed, but Cyril Fox lists parallels from the River Thames (Tilehurst, Berks.; Plate XXIV, no 5), Norwich (Norfolk, Plate XXVI, no. 12) which have a similar straight blade. Due to the fragmentary remains of this blade it is impossible to determine whether the sickle was laterally or vertically socketed. Most of these socketed sickles are part of the Ewart Pa…
Created on: Friday 29th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Kesteven Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-E93A83
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper-alloy blade that weighs 24.12g, has an incomplete length of 44.3mm, width of 22.9mm and thickness of 5.4mm. This fragment has a relatively fresh transverse break at both ends and a narrow pointed oval cross-section. Patches of corrosion and light green patina are present on this artefact. This blade fragment is probably from an artefact of Bronze Age date. This fragment cross-fits with fragment CAM-14C0B5. This fragment may possibly be from an object similar to that shown in Watson, P., 1993 Catalogue of British and European Prehistoric Metalwork in Birmingham Ci…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Soham Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-13F828
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy blade tip, dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age c.1500-800 BC. Chipping along both edges makes accurate defination difficult, and the fragment could be the tip of a sword, dagger, rapier or knife.
Created on: Friday 20th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 20th April 2012
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Record ID: LANCUM-C0E445
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy blade from a small sword or knife probably mid to late Bronze Age 1500 - 800BC as material of a similar date has previously been found in the vicinity. Such a small fragment is difficult to securely identify; it is possibly a Wilburton type from the Late Bronze Age or perhaps a riveted dagger or rapier. The fragment is roughly rectangular with a central ridge and two cutting edges both broken. The top and bottom edges are straight breaks, the patina suggests these are old. In cross section the piece has a central oval ridge from which it tapers in a straight…
Created on: Monday 16th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GISBURN', grid reference and parish protected.

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: NARC-865BC7
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy object. This is probably a blade of Bronze Age date, suggested by the patina of the copper alloy. The object is triangular in section, being 6mm thick at its widest and tapering to a sharp narrow convex edge. The widest edge is slightly convex. It is eliptical in plan. it is 41mm long, 13mm wide and 66mm thick. It weighs 8.66g. No exact replica has been found for this object. It is possibly the blade edge of a Bronze Age axe head. However, the wede edge is very regular and unliley to be a broken edge. The Bronze Age Finds Advisor of teh British Museum has been…
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2012
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Record ID: KENT-33D526
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a late Bronze Age copper alloy blade, possibly from a sword, rapier or daggar (1150-800BC). The blade has a rouned mid rib, is broken at both ends and the edges are damaged. the fragment is 33.7mm long, 14.6mm wide, 3.4mm thick and weighs 8.08 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barfrestone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-FF1038
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tip of a copper alloy Bronze Age blade or axe. The object is in poor condition, is 20mm long, 11mm wide, 5mm thick and weighs 4.04g.
Created on: Friday 25th November 2011
Last updated: Monday 6th July 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-B773B7
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age copper alloy blade, probably from a socketed axe, or possibly a straight-sided palstave. The object is in fair condition with light green rough surfaces, but a small area of dark brown patina remaining, with striations visible roughly parallel to the blade edge. The blade is 39mm long (along the blade edge), 19mm wide, 8mm thick and weighs 21.29g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2020
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Record ID: BERK-506267
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy rapier, dagger or dirk, dating to the Middle Bronze Age (1500-1150BC). The fragment is only 21.33mm long, trapezoidal in plan and with a lozengiform cross section, seen through old, worn breaks. The cutting edges are worn and abraded. Some of the deep green patina survives on both the upper and lower surfaces of the rapier.
Created on: Thursday 17th November 2011
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-912847
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze age copper alloy blade fragment, 37mm long, 14.5mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 9.95grams. The object is sub rectangular in form and oval in section, it has a small circular hole, c.2mm wide, near its upper edge which is aligned with a slight medial ridge running the whole length on both sides.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-170C10
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze age copper alloy blade fragment, 26mm long, 17mm wide and 5mm thick at its centre. The object is in fair condition and weighs 7.86grams. The object consists of a central fragment of a blade with very worn edges and is rectangular in form and sub rectangular in cross section with a defined medial ridge.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2011
Last updated: Saturday 11th July 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-DAE625
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Middle to Late Bronze Age blade from a dirk, rapier or sword. The sub-rectangular piece has been broken off at both ends. Both surfaces are convex, but there is no sign of a pronounced mid rib. The fragment tapers slightly (W. 28-26mm) and has an elongated lozenge-shaped section (Th. 4-7mm).
Created on: Monday 12th September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
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Record ID: LEIC-E02F07
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze age copper alloy blade fragment, 19mm long, 18mm wide and 3mm thick. The fragment is in fair condition and weighs 3.73grams. The object is sub rectangular in form and slightly trapezoidal in section with one intact, but very worn original edge.
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 31st August 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-929AA3
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze age flint discoidal knife/ scraper, 28mm long, 21mm wide and 6mm thick. The object has a brown patina and weighs 3.69 grams. The object has a large area of shallow re-touch around its curved edge.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-067EE1
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint pebble blade, oblong with one end pointed in plan and convex-concave in profile. The left margin has been retouched up to the medial ridge. The left distal edge has a hinge fracture. The proximal end has been snapped. The right margin is backed. The ventral side has deep pitting. The flint appears to have been heated. It is a dark grey and the cortex a dark beige in colour and covers 1-49% of the surface area.
Created on: Friday 15th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2011
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Record ID: NCL-D85A68
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age flint blade. The object is sub rectangular in plan. The flint is white, with some grey patches. The object is complete and in condition. The edges are roughly bevelled. It weighs 5.4g and measures 41.12mm in length and 22.13mm in width.
Created on: Friday 1st July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2011
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