Record ID: SUR-9302E5
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy casting jet or casting gate with four projecting runners, from a mould for a late Bronze Age socketed axehead. The upper surface is rough and slanted and the margins are uneven. There are four short spikes / runners projecting from the convex underside; these have lenticular to sub rectangular cross section and are arranged in a rectangle. The surface of the object is coated with thick iron deposits from prolonged exposure to groundwater or river floodwater. This find is probably associated with the production of socketed axes of South Wales type, which are la…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-52B6A2
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper-alloy casting jet or gate of Late Bronze Age date (c.1300-800) Description: The object is pointed-oval in plan, and conical in profile, with broken sprues at the apex and casting seems running from these, along the pointed sides to the base. On the underside, is a concave bowl-like cavity, the surface of which is wrinkled. The object has a green and light-brown patina. Measurements: length: 41.3 mm; width: 30.6 mm; thickness: height 31.6 mm; weight: 77.5g Discussion: The object represents waste from an object cast in a t…
Created on: Monday 15th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-BAE05E
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy casting jet of possible Middle to Late Bronze Age date (1550-750 BC). The object is composed of a sub-rectangular predominantly flat casting jet or gate with an upper projecting, conical, curved spru. Height: 45.71mm, Width: 55.61mm, Thickness: 24.65mm, Weight: 132.6g The metal is dark green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Similar examples have been recorded on the PAS database including KENT-A8272B, SF-DDFF40, YORYM-6C605F, OXON-7C88B5 and LVPL-0C459C. Casting jets are waste products which form at the top of a two-piece clay mould w…
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2023
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Record ID: WMID-4C474F
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy casting jet or "gate" with two stumps of sprues of possible Late Bronze Age date. The jet is made of a sub-triangular body from one side of which are two projecting sprues placed on opposite edges of the body. The sprues are sub-circular in cross section and conical in shape. The body has a D-shaped cross section, with the flat side being the outer edge.The object has a brown/ green mottled surface patina. The jet is 25.8mm x 26.2mm on its body and 7.6mm thick, the sprues project a maximum distance of 12.4mm from the back of the body. The fragm…
Created on: Friday 3rd November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-2434EE
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Late Bronze Age copper alloy casting jet, or sprue, possibly dating to c. 1000 BC to 800 BC. The item is roughly oval in plan with a conical cross-section that leads to a flattened shaft that that may be part of the moulding. Dimensions: length: 38.9mm; width: 26.6mm; height: 27.1mm; weight: 53.96g. See OXON-7C88B5 on the PAS database, the record for which states, 'Casting jets are waste products which form at the top of a two-piece clay mould when the molten metal has filled the object-shaped void below. As they represent re-usable metal, they were ofte…
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
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Record ID: LANCUM-A389B3
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mid to Late Bronze Age casting gate or jets.The object consists of two conical sprues or flashes with a casting well that is a figure '8' in plan. Casting jets, such as this, are waste products which form at the top of a two-piece clay mould when the molten metal has filled the object-shaped void below and around the gate piece which had two conical apertures. These sorts wsate material are made uo of re-usable metal, and would have been retained for resmelting. They turn up in base metal hoards of the period and later Suggested date range c1500 to c800 BC, probably after c1000…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Barnoldswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-7A8CCD
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age - Roman period (c. 1500 BC - 450 AD) casting waste: An incomplete piece of copper alloy (bronze) casting waste which is a fragment from the neck (funnel / well) of a composite probably two-part mould. The casting waste is broadly conical in shape although the wide edges are more heavily tapered than the sides. In profile the two halves of the casting waste are uneven with one side being much thicker and more wedge shaped than the other. This is presumably due to the mould being cut deeper one half than the other. The base of the casting waste is cut or br…
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-9CEEAD
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy casting spru or waste piece of probable late Bronze Age date, c. 1000 - 800BC. The object is sub-ovate base with irregular broken and worn edges. The object is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The object is 19mm long, 10.5mm wide, 8.3mm thick and weighs 7g.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-9CE632
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy casting spru or waste piece of probable late Bronze Age date, c. 1000 - 800BC. The object is trapezoidal with a sub-ovate base which tapers to a narrower flat sub-ovate top. The object is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The object is 27.3mm long, 16.1mm wide, 12.7mm thick and weighs 19.6g.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-9CCB67
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy casting spru or waste piece of probable late Bronze Age date, c. 1000 - 800BC. The object is conical with a sub-circular base and raised rounded point terminal to the upper surface. The object is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is worn. The object is 37mm in diameter, 19mm thick and weighs 47.3g.
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.