Record ID: LANCUM-95C5CC
Object type: FLESH HOOK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Mid Bronze Age to Early Iron Age copper alloy socketed and pegged flesh hook. The hook fits broadly into Needham & Bowman Class 2. It consists of a 90mm long cone shaped hollow body with circular perforations either side near the top that served as peg holes. Socket diameter is 22mm. Near the base of the body there are two opposing projections in line with the peg holes. The projections terminate in vertical, almost flat, discs. At the apex of the body the shank of the hook has been attached. This shaft or shank is lozenge or diamond shaped, or sub-square, in section. From the socket…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Grassington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF9039
Object type: FLESH HOOK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy spike with curved tip and lozengiform cross-section, probably from a Late Bronze Age 'flesh-hook'. The spike tapers smoothly from 8.8 mm wide and 5.5 mm thick at the old and worn break, to a sharp tip. The unbent length is c. 105 mm, length as bent is 83 mm, height of hook from the horizontal is 38 mm. The curve begins at about 50 mm below the break, and appears to be original, having caused no stress to the metal. Some secondary distortion has occurred closer to the tip where the metal colour is showing through the patina. The original surface is largely lost, but wh…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SAHAM TONEY', grid reference and parish protected.