Record ID: NARC-C0103D
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy notched-butt Lisburn dirk, knife, from the Penard phase of the Bronze Age period (1300-1140 BC). The object is in two parts, the blade has a narrow lozenge cross-sectioned, thickening towards the hilt end, the break is approximately at the midpoint of the bade and is transverse and abraded. The tip of the blade is trained and is slightly rounded. The blade is triangular in plan flaring slightly towards the hilt end, where contracts to two semi-circular indents above which is an expanded semi-circular hilt end. The centre of the blade has a clear mid-rib…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-EFA181
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, incomplete and extremely corroded cast copper alloy dirk, of early to middle Bronze Age date, probably part of the Arreton to Taunton Metalworking assemblages. The blade is pointed, tapering with concave sides to a point. It has clearly been subject to extensive and repeated re-sharpening over a prolonged period and now retains little of its original form. The rear edge is rounded and incomplete with traces of a pair of flanking and now broken rivet holes. The blade has a flat and lenticular cross section with no clear midrib. Cf. Burgess and Gerloff&rsquo…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: LEIC-1D5786
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete middle Bronze Age copper-alloy dirk, dating to c. 1700 - 1400 BC. Arreton or Acton Park phase. The dirk is almost complete, it is broken at each of the rivet holes. The hilt of the blade was originally trapezoidal in plan, some of the hilt is missing, it's mostly flat in cross section. It has a slightly convex butt. From the end of the hilt, it widens slightly before narrowing quickly in smooth concave arcs to the blade. It then narrows more gradually down its remaining length to end in a still sharp point. The dirk is flat at its hi…
Created on: Friday 1st March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

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: NMGW-3A90AA
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age bronze dirk, probably of Group III weapons with a damaged butt The dirk is near-complete with some peripheral damage to the butt (with a length of 121.3mm and a weight of 31.0g). The apex and shoulders of the butt are corroded and rounded (with a width of 31.1mm and a thickness at the apex of 0.8mm). There are the remains of a rivet hole on one side (with a diameter of 5.9mm) and probably the corroded remains on another on the opposite side.  It is now unclear whether the butt has significantly eroded around the rivet holes or whether the dirk has a reworked but…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-D0846D
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast Bronze Age dirk dating to c.BC 1500-1150. (Burgess and Gerloff’s Group IV). The dirk has a central blade that tapers to a point. It is triangle shaped in plan and lozenge shaped in section. The blade has a central thickening and is broken towards the end of the butt. It is not clear the break is intentional or post depositional damage. The edges of the blade have been dulled and damaged, creating an edge that has become serrated. The dirk has a green patina with areas that have blackened throughout the blade. Dimensions: Length 132.0mm, Width 24.5mm, Thicknes…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-E419DA
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the tip of a blade from a Bronze Age dirk or rapier. The blade fragment is narrow and triangular, 29.2mm in lengh and tapers to a point. The cross section is lozengiform with a broad, low and smoothly rounded midrib suggesting that it may correspond to Burgess and Gerloff's (1981) Group IV. 
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2023
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Record ID: NLM-05155C
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible dirk fragment, as kindly suggested by Ed Caswell, who comments: ' I wonder wether this is not closer to a rapier/dirk fragment due to the lozenge shaped cross section and quite straight sides?...'.. Cast lentoid-to-lozenge-shaped-section fragment from a very slightly tapered blade; this might as easily be from a robust dagger as a spearhead [which was the finder's initial suggestion]. Fiercely abraded. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800 BC Length: 29.3mm, Width: 14.6mm, Thickness: 5.3mm, Weight: 10.04gms
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
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Record ID: SUR-2377D8
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper alloy dirk, 77mm in length, of early to middle Bronze Age date, probably part of the Arreton to Taunton Metalworking assemblages. The blade is pointed, with concave sides and tapers to a blunt point. It has clearly been subject to extensive and repeated re-sharpening over a prolonged period and now retains little of its original form. The rear edge is rounded and incomplete with a pair of flanking rivet holes on the rear edge, each around 4mm in diameter and two further rivet holes in the centre, one in front of the other, suggesting repair or modification…
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-565C04
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small and heavily abraded fragment of a copper alloy blade from a mid to late Bronze Age (c.1500-1000 BC) dirk or rapier, 16.7mm in length. The blade has a lenticular cross section.
Created on: Monday 18th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-56041F
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a modified copper alloy blade from a Late Bronze Age (c.1200-1000 BC) dirk or rapier, along with part of its hilt. The blade has a lenticular cross section with a low midribe which is distinctly flattened on the top. This flares out into a triangular area at the hilt. There are flanking contractions or rivet holes at the junction between blade and the hilt, which has a thinner section and is trapezoidal in shape. This object is likely to be a reworked rapier or dirk blade fragment which was repurposed at a later time. Without the entirety of the blade the …
Created on: Monday 18th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-9AE0D7
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Bronze Age dirk blade (cf. Burgess and Gerloff's (1981) Group IV) dating to the period c. 1500 - c.1150 BC. The blade is 126.4mm in length, with roughly parallel sides, a flared base and a rounded tip. The butt is a slender trapezoidal form with two flanking rivet holes. The blade is slightly bent at either end but it is not clear whether this represents any deliberate treatment or simply post depositional damage.
Created on: Monday 27th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-B43A67
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a small blade of Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1450-1150BC. The fragment is 17.6mm in length and 7.6mm wide with a flat lenticular cross section 1.4mm thick. The fragment tapers slightly to one end, which is rounded, suggesting that it comprises the tip of a small dirk.
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2022
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
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Record ID: OXON-51F3A7
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  An intentionally broken near complete Middle Bronze Age dirk dating from c.1600-1200 cal BC. The dirk has a small break around one rivet hole in its hilt, is missing one rivet (which would have been placed in this hole) and has been intentionally broken before its burials. The hilt of the blade is trapezoidal in plan and mostly flat in cross section. It has a slightly convex butt that would have been c.55mm wide. From this point it widens to 66.7mm wide before narrowing quickly in smooth concave arcs to the blade. It then narrows more gradually down its remaining le…
Created on: Friday 6th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 31st March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brize Norton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-03943C
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Early to Middle Bronze Age copper alloy dirk or dagger. Possibly Wessex Culture (Read 2001, 76, no 625, fig 53) belonging to Group 2 (Burgess and Gerloff, 1981) or Type Taplow of Group II, Acton Park metalwork assemblage (Burgess and Gerloff 1981, nos. 79-92). The butt is more or less flat-topped and straight sided. Two large circular rivets remain in-situ which measure 3mm in diameter with hammered flattened ends. Originally, the dirk would have had an organic hilt/handle which has probably disintegrated in the ground post-deposition. About 28mm from the butt, the blade…
Created on: Monday 2nd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 28th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Aspatria', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-52E1C6
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily abraded copper-alloy possible dirk blade fragment of possible Late Bronze Age date. Description: The fragment is sub circular in plan and pointed oval in cross-section. It is heavily pitted and has a light grey-green patina. Measurements: length: 23.98mm; width: 21.2mm; thickness: 6.35mm; weight: 10.09g
Created on: Wednesday 17th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 18th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South-West Medway', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-431022
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete fragment of a small cast copper alloy dagger or dirk, 49.7mm in length, most likely dating to the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1500-1100 BC). The fragment comprises the base of the blade and the butt end, with two incomplete rivet holes. The cross section appears to be flat and lenticular without a clearly defined mid rib and there is no evident decoration.
Created on: Wednesday 29th September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 29th September 2021
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Record ID: SUR-DBFD61
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle Bronze Age (c 1400-1100 BC) dirk, 180mm in length. The edges of the blade taper from the butt end, are parallel along most of the blade length and then taper to a leaf-shaped point. The butt is trapezoidal with rivet holes to either side, both of which are broken, which would have secured the hilt. Both rivets are missing. The blade is lozengiform in cross section with a broad and very low central spine. The blade appears to have been intentionally bent at the mid point.
Created on: Sunday 12th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-495E64
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Merthyr Tydfil
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle to Late Bronze Age bronze dirk with a Group IV blade of uncertain sub-type and of Penard metalworking industry dated to c. 1350 – 1000BC The dirk is incomplete missing the tip and with peripheral damage and is fragmentary, now in three fragments (with a combined surviving length of 186mm and a weight of 70.7g) in addition to the separate bronze rivet. The top edge of the butt is straight and has broken around one of the rivet holes (with a surviving width of 23.6mm and a thickness of 2.0mm). The surviving rivet hole is countersunk and circular (with a diameter of 5.7mm …
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-455AE4
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Butt fragment from a Bronze Age blade, possibly a rapier or dirk, and possibly dating to c. 1600 – 1300BC The blade is fragmentary, represented by the incomplete butt and top of the blade (with a surviving length of 61.5mm and a weight of 40.0g). The butt is of irregular trapezoidal form and is thinnest at the end (with a maximum width of 45.6mm and a minimum thickness of 2.3mm). There are no obvious rivet holes surviving on the butt although a slight recess near the centre of the top edge may possibly be the remnants of a rivet hole. A central ridge is evident just before the …
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
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Record ID: SUR-1DB3FB
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy blade fragment, most likely from the blade of a dirk or rapier of Middle Bronze Age (c 1500-1100 BC) date. The fragment is 25.6mm in length and 17.8mm in width, with no evident midrib or surface decoration and a lenticular cross section.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd December 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd December 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-C6BDCC
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy dirk of Middle Bronze Age date (more precisely c. 1550 - 1350BC). The dirk is of Group II (Burgess and Gerloff, 1981) due to the central ridge producing a blade with a flattened lozenge shaped cross-section. The blade is undecorated with slightly hollow ground edges. The butt is rounded on the edges with a flat end flanked by two rivet notches at the shoulders of the butt. The butt shape is fairly unusual compared to other dirks of Group II, and the blade tapers towards the point from the butt at a shallower gradient than the majority of examples of Group II. …
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 29th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llangors', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-42FBC6
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tip of a copper alloy blade, probably from a dirk or sword of middle to late Bronze Age date (c 1500 - 800 BC). The fragment is 47.9 mm in length and triangular in shape. The blade has a flat cross-section with only a small rounded midrib evident. Corrosion has caused surface loss across both sides.
Created on: Friday 31st July 2020
Last updated: Friday 31st July 2020
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Record ID: SUR-4D0A7E
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily corroded copper alloy fragment from the blade of a dirk or rapier of Middle Bronze Age (c 1500-1100 BC) date. The fragment is 28mm in length and 22.5mm in width, with no evident midrib.
Created on: Monday 1st June 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-2311E6
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy blade, probably a Middle to Late Bronze Age dirk or rapier. No original edge survives, the top and bottom having broken away and the sides eroded. It is lentoid in cross-section, i.e. it has a rounded median rib and sides which taper to form a slight flange. c. 1600 to 700 BC Length: 19.8mm. Width: 17.0mm. Thickness: 5.0mm. Weight: 7.3g
Created on: Friday 6th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-BCF0BA
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment from the tip end of the blade of a dirk or rapier of Middle Bronze Age (c 1500-1100 BC) date. The fragment is 20.4mm in length and 13.3mm in width, with a lenticular cross section. The fragment is heavily corroded.
Created on: Tuesday 18th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-3C2D9D
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the tip of a blade from a Middle Bronze Age (1400-1100 BC) dirk or rapier. The edges of the blade gradually taper to a point which has been rounded, possibly from use. The cross section is lozengiform with broad and rounded midrib suggesting that it may correspond to Burgess and Gerloff's (1981) Group IV.
Created on: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-AE6DFE
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy dirk dating from the Middle Bronze Age, that is c. 1500-1300BC. The dirk is broken into five fragments and two rivets, but it is incomplete: the very tip fragment is missing and could not be recovered after intensive search. It may have never been deposited in the first place or else, possibly disintegrated in the ground. The remaining five blade fragments and two rivets survive in good condition. All breaks are clean and the fragments join. It displays much wear around the shoulder section, but there are two definite rivet holes and two 'cut-out's which probably hel…
Created on: Friday 24th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-47F96C
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A section of a copper alloy Middle Bronze Age rapier or dirk blade dating from about 1550-1150 BC. The object is broken at both ends; the breaks are abraded and patinated and probably old. The blade tapers to a broken tip and has a tapered cutting edge on both sides. There is a faint central rib on both faces for much of the length of the rermaining blade, giving a shallow lozengiform cross section. It has a patchy green brown patina. The blade is 117mm long, 16.2mm wide and 2.7mm thick. It weighs 17.7g. See https://finds.org.uk/guides/bronzeage/objects/rapiers-and-dirks.
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Friday 10th January 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-3B927C
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Middle Bronze Age dirk (small rapier) dating to the period c.1500 - 1150 BC found in 2 adjoining pieces. The break between the two pieces is probably recent and reveals a slightly purple crystalline matrix with many air bubbles. The edges of the breaks are not abraded but crisp. The butt is a slender trapezoidal with two rivet holes across the lower edge. There is a copper alloy rivet within each rivet hole. From these rivet holes the sides of the rapier expand into the shoulders of the blade. The maximum width of these shoulders is 31.03mm. From the shoul…
Created on: Thursday 19th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 19th September 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-7A3A52
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the tip of a blade from a Middle Bronze Age (1400-1100 BC) dirk or rapier. The edges of the blade gradually taper to a point which has been rounded, possibly from use. The cross section is lozengiform with broad and rounded midrib suggesting that it may correspond to Burgess and Gerloff's (1981) Group IV. There are small patches of post depositional iron concretion on the blade.
Created on: Thursday 29th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 29th August 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-4833FE
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Middle to Late Bronze Age Group IV dirk, possibly of Burgess & Gerloff's (1981)[1] Group IV, possibly of Type Stuntney and of Penard or Wallington metalworking Industry, dated to c. 1300 - 1000BC The cast dirk is near-complete, with some peripheral damage (with a length of 258mm and a weight of 77.5g). The top of the butt is flat and thin, with curved corners (with a butt width of 27.5mm and a thickness of 0.7mm). Beneath the butt the rivet-notches are a little irregular and of V-shaped profile (with a depth of 4.0mm - 4.4mm, a width of 7mm and are 18.8mm apart). Beneath the rivet-…
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2019
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-4811C9
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age dirk of Penard or Wallington metalworking Industry, dated to c. 1300 - 1000BC The cast dirk is complete but now distorted across the mid blade (with a distorted length of 282mm, a straightened length of approximately 288mm and a weight of 94.4g). The butt is flat-topped, slightly angled (23.0mm wide and 1.8mm thick). There are two rivet notches beneath the butt and on the sides (of 8.5mm diameter, with their midpoints 9.6mm beneath the butt and giving a minimum butt width of 17.5mm). There is no clear hilt mark but there is the suggestion of a curving mark from the …
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-932ECC
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nearly complete copper alloy dirk, dating to the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1500-1300 BC) and 153.8mm in length The butt is trapezoidal with two rivet holes partially preserved. The original mushroom rivets are lost. The dirk is 43.5mm wide across the butt and narrows to 14.5mm at the blade tip, which has been lost. The blade has bevelled edges and a flattened lozengiform / lentoid cross section with a distinctive central rib which extends all the way from butt to the tip. This thickened rib adds strength to the blade and is a diagnostic feature of this type of short sword or dirk which …
Created on: Monday 13th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 14th May 2019
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Record ID: SUR-CDFEEC
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle Bronze Age (1400-1100 BC) dirk or rapier, 142.6mm in length. The edges of the blade are straight and gradually taper to a rounded point. The butt is trapezoid with a flat rear and concave shoulders. Rivet holes to either side,of the butt, one of which is partially broken, would have secured the hilt. Both rivets are missing and one of the holes is filled with iron concretion. The blade is lozengiform in cross section and has a very low rounded spine. The rounded tip and uneven edge suggest re-sharpening and a prolonged lifetime of use. The surface of the object shows some dam…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-436942
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy dirk or knife, dating from perhaps the Bronze Age c BC1500 - 800. The item consists of a short section of blade, slightly lenticular in cross section, and trapezoidal in form, with breaks at both ends. It is 34.09mm in length overall from break to break, widening from 20.30mm to 26.62mm c 10mm below, then tapering inwards over a length of 24.22mm to 19.79mm wide. It is 3.23mm thick. It is pierced with two drilled holes, one either side of the slightly raised central section and about halfway along the extant length. This was likely to attach a handle…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-2C1328
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early to Middle Bronze Age (1800 - 1400 BC) copper alloy dirk or dagger. Ogival blade expanded centrally. The butt is trapezoid in form with shoulders that curve inwards to the narrow blade. Two rivet holes to the bottom of either side would secure the hilt in place, both of which still retains its rivet; the rivet is 11.5mm long with a 7.4mm diameter and has a slightly expanded domed head at either terminal. The sides of the blade are straight and gradually taper to the point, running down the length of the blade on both sides is a very low central spine. Post depositional corrosi…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-88691D
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy dirk dating from the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1500-1300BC. Related to dirks with ill- or poorly defined butts or possible damaged butts (because of rehafting) (Burgess and Gerloff 1981, nos. 217-266). The dirk survives in good condition with an even olive green patina covering most of the surface. There are some patches of corrosion in the centres and towards the butt ends on both obverse and reverse and there is damage around the outside edges. The rivets are missing and there is considerable damage around the rivet holes. The olive patinated surface is smooth: the …
Created on: Friday 12th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dalton Parish area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-F5909E
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the tip of a blade from a Middle Bronze Age (1400-1100 BC) dirk or rapier. The edges of the blade gradually taper to a point which has been rounded, possibly from use. The cross section is lozengiform with broad and rounded midrib suggesting that it may correspond to Burgess and Gerloff's (1981) Group IV.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2017
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-B671B3
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy rapier or dirk hilt fragment with patches of original surface surviving. The remains of two rivet holes survive only partially on the upper heavily worn and eroded external edge of the hilt. The hilt is broadly is trapezoidal in shape. The width of the blade at the break is 16.79mm and the measurement between the rivet holes is 25.89mm. There is no evidence of a raised or cast mid-rib to the blade The distinction between dirks and rapiers is difficult when the fragment is as small as this example - the main difference between a dirk and a rapier is …
Created on: Sunday 16th July 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-06591C
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy middle Bronze Age blade - probably a small dirk of Burgess & Gerloff Group II or Group III corresponding with the late Arreton to early Taunton range (1600-1350BC). This equates with a latest Early Bronze Age to early Middle Bronze Age date range and the likelihood is an Acton Park I or II of 1550-1400 BC. This corresponds best with Needham's (1996) Period 5, dated to 1500 - 1150BC. The dirk is incomplete being broken across the upper blade; this break is relatively fresh being unabraded and unpatinated. All the other external edges have also been e…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2017
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hordley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-E5872D
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete copper alloy Middle Bronze Age dirk, dating to the period c. 1550-1350 BC. The trapezoidal hilt plate / butt end is damaged by movement in the plough zone; however, the remains of two rivet holes are discernible on the feathered external edge. A further slight notch is present on the exterior edge which may possibly suggest the handle was originally fixed with four rivets. The original mushroom rivets are all lost. The dirk is widest across the trapezoidal plate - below this the shoulders narrow to form the blade which is a flattened lozenge (lentoid) shape in cross se…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-55F121
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy middle Bronze Age Group II dirk with a low butt (Cats 139-5) (Burgess & Gerloff 1981, 6). The object corresponds to late Arreton to early Taunton range (1600-1350BC). This equates with a latest Early Bronze Age to early Middle Bronze Age date range and the likelihood is an Acton Park I or II currency of 1550-1400 BC. The butt end of the object is damaged and the edge eroded. The butt end measures 48.05mm in width and is 2.50mm thick. Two large circular rivets remain in-situ and measures 8.13mm in diameter with hammered flattened ends. One side of one rivet is exposed…
Created on: Thursday 2nd July 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nercwys', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3E9D87
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Middle Bronze Age copper alloy dirk or rapier, with both ends missing and heavily pitted surfaces. The break across the blade is old but part of that at the butt is not. On the blade a strongly rounded mid-rib is flanked by grooves. Burgess and Gerloff 1981, Group I. Extant length, width and thickness 100.6, 31.1 and 5.5mm. Weight 53.63g. c.1600 - c.1000 BC. Field JO8
Created on: Friday 19th June 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-676191
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Middle or Late Bronze Age dirk or rapier dating to the period c. 1300 - 900 BC. The fragment consists only of part of the shoulders and the top of the blade. It measures 104.97mm in length, 35.07mm maximum width, 11.22mm minimum width, is 4.34mm thick and weighs 46.81g. The fragment is sub-triangular in plan and rectangular in section. The shoulders are rounded and narrow into the rectangular blade. The fragment is badly damaged on all sides by a series of old breaks and is covered in brown and green corrosion products.
Created on: Friday 4th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-F3A08E
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A Middle Bronze Age copper alloy dirk (1500-1150 BC). Sub-triangular dirk, with sides tapering to a rounded tip, which was likely broken in antiquity. Both faces have a central mid-rib, with a rounded butt and two sub-circular rivet holes, lozenge in section. The object is likely a Group IV blade, with a comparable example no.864 from Undley, Suffolk (Burgess and Gerloff 1981, Plate 107). Length: 60.1 mm, Width: 24.3 mm, Thickness: 2.5 mm, Weight: 9.37 g.
Created on: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Peckham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-34E545
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments of a cast dirk or rapier dating to the Middle Bronze Age (c.1500/1400-1150 cal. BC). Descriptive catalogue Copper alloy dagger or rapier fragment. Sub-triangular shaped fragment; sides taper to a point, lozenge in section, with a central rib on both faces. The implement has been broken in antiquity; the entire object is covered with a dark green patina, with mounds and pits of corrosion. Weight: 14.6 g; Dimensions: Max Length: 45 mm, Max Width: 18 mm, Max Thickness: 5 mm. Copper alloy dirk or rapier fragment. Sub-lozenge shaped fragment, lozenge in section, w…
Created on: Tuesday 18th February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kelsall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-070192
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy Dirk. The blade of the Dirk has a sub lozengiform cross section, raised central rib and bevelled edges, burnished with fine longitudinal striations. Weights 10.52g. Surviving length 60.5mm. Surviving width (at break) 21mm. Thickness at break 4mm.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-C7EEF3
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age ceremonial dirk, the second recorded from Norfolk. The first was recovered from Oxborough in 1988 found point down in peaty deposits (Needham 1990; Collins 2013, 52). The landowner was said to have observed the second dirk being ploughed up, it then remained in the farm office for some years, occasionally being used to prop the door open. It was suggested that the object could be old and was then bought to Gressenhall for identification, causing more than a little surprise to the FLO and other staff of the finds department. Remarkably, the provenances of th…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Rudham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-CC1CF4
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy dagger, or dirk, of Bronze Age date. The dirk has been broken in half in antiquity. The dirk has four rivet holes. There is an even light green patina. Dot. Boughton, FLO for Lancs and Cumbria and specialist in Bronze Age metalwork, has kindly offered the following research: "According to Burgess and Gerloff (Ref: Burgess, C. and Gerloff, S. 1981. The dirks and and rapiers of Great Britain and Ireland. Praehistorische Bronzefunde IV, 7. Munich) (pg. 19): "Group II: Dirks and rapiers assigned to Group II have blades showing a central ridge which produces…
Created on: Thursday 16th August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 6th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-C2BC23
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy dirk or rapier of Middle Bronze Age date. The blade has a pronounced mid rib, being a flattened lozengeiform in section and with bevelled edges to the blade. This bevelling starts c.4mm in from the edges. The tip of the blade has been broken and lost in antiquity. The blade is bent twice along its length, first at approximately 80mm in from the hilt end and then again at roughly 140mm along the object length. When straight the whole blade (including hilt) would have measured c.220mm (presently 192mm in its bent state). The item is broadest at the trapezoidal hi…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flawborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-BCC384
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary copper-alloy dirk or rapier of middle to late Bronze Age date, c. 1500-1100 BC. The dirk or rapier fragment is sub-triangular, with the incomplete base and shoulders and the base of the blade. The base would have been semi-circular or similar in outline, and the top edge of a rivet hole remains at the end. A central spine runs down the length of the fragment, with very worn and corroded edges remaining. In section, the blade is lozenge-shaped. While corrosion has undoubtably removed much of the blade, it seems likely that the blade edges has been worn through use in th…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 19th August 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-D291E7
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast cu-alloy fragment of a dirk or rapier dating from the early Late Bronze Age, i.e. c. 1200-1100BC. The fragment is very worn and the surface pitted and smooth. Only the upper part of the blade, the shoulders and part of the hilt plate as well as one rivet survive. The hilt plate is flat whilst the blade itself has an oval cross-section. One of the rivet holes is badly worn, the rivet missing. The rivets would have held an organic hilt (made from bone, antler or wood) in place. The weapon was small and the size and shape of the hilt plate suggest that it was a Type Appleby dirk/rapier.
Created on: Thursday 17th February 2011
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kendal', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-E1C785
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late bronze age dirk hilt fragment measures 42.72mm long, 38.20mm in width, 2.05mm thick and weighs 13.1g. This fragment forms the flared end to the hilt and has been separated from the rest of the hilt, leaving a slightly curved break point at the end of the non-flared shaft. The surface is dark green in color and is pitted. The curved edge of the flared end has two sections that are missing due to breakage.
Created on: Tuesday 8th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-9DE736
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy dirk, dating to the Middle Bronze Age, between 1500 – 1150 BC. The artefact is sub-leaf shaped in plan and lozenge shape in cross-section. The object consists of part of the blade and the tang both of which have broken before they terminate. One half of a rivet hole can be seen at the end of the tang. The tang is rectangular in cross-section and flat. Three faint raised ribs can be seen on the blade. The blade can be classified according to the blade cross-section as Group IV, with a flattened mid-section, p204, Renfrew, (1974). The object has a mid-gr…
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CPAT-1503C2
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Here we have a fragment of a middle Bronze Age copper alloy dirk or sword, circa 1200BC. The blade has a shallow but discernible midrib section, clear 'shoulders' and two rivet holes to the butt end. Given the parallel edges, the simple rivet form and the possible length if this blade, I would err on the side of this being a dirk. The patina is now a very dark black/green due in part perhaps, to some restorative action.
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-7D4986
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy weapon of Bronze Age date. The form of this small piece suggests that it probably represents the lower handle and upper blade of a dirk. Such weapons date from the middle part of the period, between c.1500BC and c.1150BC. For a more complete example, see PAS record no. WMID-A934D4. The piece is of pointed oval section, with a broad ridge down the centre of both sides. It measures 26.4mm wide at the top and tapers to 17.5mm wide at the point where the blade is broken. On one side the edge has been flattened slightly. The surface has a dark green patina an…
Created on: Friday 29th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-096835
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast bronze blade or dirk (sometimes also known as a small rapier), of Late Early Bronze Age or Early Middle Bronze Age date (1500-1400 CAL BC). The fragment consists of the near complete blade, minus cutting edges, and the majority of the trapezoidal tang also survives. The blade has been much abraded in the soil and therefore is relatively irregular in shape and profile. In plan the blade is broadly sub-triangular, expanding from a relatively wide base junction with tang, to a relatively narrow irregular point. In profile the fragment is also sub-triangular with the thi…
Created on: Friday 18th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellesmere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-35C411
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast bronze dirk of the middle Bronze Age. The dirk is incomplete, with breakage at the butt, obscuring the number of perforations for rivets, of which only one is clear. In section, the dirk is lozenge shaped. The blade has a central midrib that is more pronounced on one face than the other. From the shoulder, the blade edges taper slightly until a distance of 40-50mm from the tip, when the edge angles more sharply to the tip. The slight irregularities of the edges and asymmetry of the edges closest to the tip indicate that the dirk was resharpened on a number of occasions.
Created on: Thursday 26th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NCL-A35BC8
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy dirk from the Bronze Age with two rivets. The rapier is an elongated lozenge in section with a midrib running its length. In plan, the rapier is narrow and tapering with a wide shoulder. The top of the butt has been broken off. There are two incomplete rivet perforations in the butt/shoulder. Both rivets are present and are circular in section with expanded dome heads on either side.
Created on: Thursday 19th June 2008
Last updated: Monday 29th October 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-A97564
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Middle to Late Bronze Age bronze dirk of Group IV type, damaged weapon with reworked butt (Burgess & Gerloff, 1981, p 99) and probably of later Penard or Wilberton metalworking industries, corresponding to Needham’s (1996) Periods 5-6, possibly dated to c.1200-900BC The dirk has a damaged butt and is eroded (with a surviving length of 87.7mm and a weight of 22.5g). The butt has been formed by hammering to thin the end (with a minimum thickness of 1.5mm) and to define a sub-triangular facet, with hammer-marks discernible on both faces. The sides of the butt have been hammered from …
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-A91D12
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age bronze dirk of Group II or Group IV with Group II affinities (Burgess & Gerloff, 1981, p 62 - 65), perhaps dating to the Penard metalworking industry (c.1275-1120 BC following Needham et al. 1997), corresponding to the latter part of Needham's (1996) Period 5 (dated to 1500 - 1150BC). The dirk has a damaged butt and is eroded, but is otherwise complete (with a length of 159mm and a weight of 38.2g). The butt was trapezoidal (with a maximum surviving width of 45.5mm) without a central rib or notches. The butt appears to have broken through two rivet holes, position…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-8A21A8
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy dirk, dating to the Middle Bronze Age, between 1500 - 1150 BC (length: 92mm; width at shoulder: 30.5mm; thickness at mid blade: 4mm; overall weight: 31.3g). The artefact is sub-triangular in plan and is mostly flat in section. The butt and shoulders of the dirk are incomplete with the top completely missing. One rivet holes is partially visible to one side, although two rivets would have been originally visible to the left and right when the artefact was complete. The sides of the blade below the shoulders curve/ taper inwards to start form the blade,…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-E481D0
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a probable dirk blade of late Bronze Age date. The cast copper alloy fragment measures 37.9mm by 28.4mm by 4.9mm and weighs 14.99g. It has a long elliptical cross-section and two longitudinal facets on each side, at the point where the blade begins to thin. As the edges are parallel this fragment is likely to come from a dirk rather than a rapier or sword.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-A934D4
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy dirk (in three pieces), dating to the Middle Bronze Age, between 1500 – 1150 BC (approximate length: 161mm; width at shoulder: 37mm; thickness at mid blade: 5.5mm; overall weight: 75.2g). The first part of the artefact is the incomplete butt and shoulder (length: 62.5mm; width: see above; thickness of shoulder: 5mm; weight: 40.6g). The butt has a flat-sectioned rounded top with the remains of two incomplete rivet holes in opposing corners to the left and right, with an approximate diameter of 8mm (both rivets are missing). The butt is also broken (a…
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-8D3476
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Middle Bronze Age dirk or rapier blade. The blade narrows just below a trapzoidal shaped hilt, becoming parallel-sided, and is bent just before a worn transverse break. The hilt has two rivet holes, of 7.25mm diameter. One of these is incomplete, but the other retains a cylindrical copper alloy rivet, length 13mm by diameter 8.2mm. These rivets would have attached the handle, which would have been of an organic material such as wood or horn. Based on the line drawing this fragment has been reidentified as a group IV dirk or rapier, and not a dagger as previously…
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 4th May 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-C38355
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy middle Bronze Age rapier or dirk. The mid section of the blade is slighly convex with no medial ridge. The tip survives, and the edges are in remarkably good condition and are still sharp. The blade tapers out to the shaft which is oval, with two circular holes at the top, one of which has been broken in antiquity. The top of the shaft is slightly hexagonal in shape. The dirk has a greeny/brown patina, and the surface which survives, has a light etching to it. Dating to an early date within the middle bronze age, part of the Acton assemblage or possibly the Taunton phase,…
Created on: Tuesday 1st June 2004
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-FCE930
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible fragment of a Bronze Age weapon, possibly a dirk. This fragment is subtriangular in plan and oval in section. It is 27.28mm long, 15.58mm wide, 6.42mm thick and weighs 7.41g. It appears that this fragment could represent part of the rib of the weapon, from which the wings of the blade flare out to either side. This object is heavily abraded and damaged with a mid green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 28th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-E07874
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment of a Bronze Age blade, possibly a dirk. This fragment is sub rectangular in plan with heavily curved ends, one which is noticably broader than the other.It is 46.1mm long, 25.2mm wide, 4mm thick and weighs 14.07g.The fragment is heavily worn and pitted on both sides. The blade edge is heavily chipped and abraded. The patina is mid green.
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brentwood', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SWYOR-C9CAB7
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leeds
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment (butt end) of a Dirk or Rapier probably dating to the middle Bronze Age. The blade of the Dirk has a pointed oval cross section and a raised central rib. The blade edges appear to have suffered some corrosion as does the butt. The butt is quite rounded due to corrosion but would probably have been trapezoidal in shape and shows the remains of two rivet holes on the left and right side. The object weights 29.81g; the length measurement is 76.22mm; width across butt is 31.05mm; thickness of remaining blade is 3.9mm.
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-60B525
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mostly complete copper-alloy bronze age dirk. The dirk is plain and pointed oval in cross section and shape. It has a slight raised central rib. The butt is rounded although has suffered some corrosion and in incomplete. The butt tapers to a point (the tip) although the very end of the tip is missing. It has a light green/ brown patina, some pitting has occured.
Created on: Friday 20th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kendal', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-E97802
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete dirk missing both the butt and point, and of Middle Bronze Age date . The dirk has a plain ogival shaped blade with a rounded central rib producing a flattened lozenge cross-section. The butt no longer survives, however the blade size and shape suggest it to be a Group II dirk (Burgess & Gerloff 1981). The butt has corroded to a trapezoidal form, although this should not imply any similarity to the butt when complete. None of the corroded notches around the butt can be positively identified as rivet holes, however it is tempting to see the arc near the top of the dirk as the…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS1581
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of dirk or rapier with wide central midrib and chamefered edges. Patona dark brown and surface pitted. No original edges survive. Weighs 7.62g
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH TUDDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR1737
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small piece of copper alloy blade. Short tang, narrowed from the blade. The blade has a pointed oval cross section. The form of the tang and the small size of the blade indicate that this object can be classed as a dirk or rapier.
Created on: Thursday 27th March 2003
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP1312
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy dirk. Lozengic blade cross-section. Wide, shallow butt, four rivet emplacements; only one of which is complete.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HAMPSHIRE KINGS WORTHY', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS218
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Published
Narrow dirk, c.230mm long and 10mm max width. Smooth and shiny browny-green patina with several large pitted holes in the surface. Point intact and sharp. The break is rough and therefore probably quite recent and pointed oval in section. It is unclear how long the dirk would have been as the narrowing towards the break could be just wear, though the narrowness suggests this was probably not a lot longer and therefore a dirk rather than a rapier.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: NMS89
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of dirk or dagger, too fragmented to tell exactly, though size suggests its length was not more than about 120mm long. Raised mid-rib with a line either side following the line of the blade. On the other side of this line the blade slopes away to give a smooth pointed-oval cross-section. It seems the butt was probably quite pronounced as the line of the blade on one side suddenly curves more sharply as though toward a trapezoidal butt. This is typical for the dirk, though a sharp curve at the butt is not unheard of in the dagger (Wessex Daggers, Armorico-British C -though t…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK MORTON ON THE HILL', grid reference and parish protected.