Record ID: YORYM-F1421C
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy socketed gouge of late Bronze Age date, c.950 - 750 BC.  The remaining portion is a length of the hollow socket with a tapered U-shaped blade terminal to one end. The opposite end terminates in a worn break. From the socket end the blade tapers to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which is concave to one side of the body. The gouging edge is extremely worn. The socket is circular with an exterior diameter of 15.1mm, interior diameter of 6.8mm and is 21.3mm deep. The metal has a mid-brown delaminated patina and is worn. The gouge is 38.5mm long, 15.1mm in…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cawton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-2018DE
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper-alloy gouge (1150 - 800 BC). The gouge consists of a semi-circular shaped blade tip. It is possible that this gouge was socketed, however there is no indication of a socket remaining. The blade is C-shaped in cross-section throughout its length and concave, with the hollow of the blade increasing towards the cutting-edge. The sides of the blade are slightly trapezoidal expanding towards the cutting edge which is rounded. The break is irregular and the reverse of the gouge is rounded. The gouge measures 32.3 mm in length, 15.6&…
Created on: Friday 1st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-4CC2EC
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Bronze Age copper-alloy gouge, dating to c. 1000 - 800 BC. The object is sub-rectangular in plan, circular in cross section. The gouge tapers in width and thickness from its collared socket to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which has a v-shaped concave indent that extends from the tip to the collar.  It is chipped at the socket end and the collar is stilll present. There is a single circular iron rivet (6.88mm diameter) that is present on the back of the gouge, about 2.26mm from the tip .The socket has a depth of 49.36mm Length: 83.05 mm Width:…
Created on: Friday 5th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 19th May 2023
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Record ID: DOR-D8A38B
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  fragment of copper alloy gouge. The tip only. The fragment is parallel sided with a u-shaped channel from the tip to the break. The tops of the sides are angled at the tip. Date: Bronze Age Dimensions: 34.08 mm x 13.46 mm x 12.21 mm Weight: 18.91 g  
Created on: Friday 24th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th May 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-6E2039
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late Bronze Age copper-alloy gouge, dating to c. 1000 - 800. It is sub-rectangular in plan, circular in cross section. It tapers in width and thickness from its socket to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which is concave on one of its surfaces. It is broken at the socket end, and any possible collar is now missing. The socket has a depth of 33.2 mm Length: 85.6 mm Width: 17 mm Weight: 50.58 g Comparable socketed gouges have been recorded on the PAS database. For examples see: YORYM-316F81, YORYM-CD7FFB, SWYOR-FCB525, NMGW-62C84F, DUR-06F0E8, IOW-EC25A7 and S…
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 5th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-0DF089
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete copper alloy socketed gouge of Bronze Age date, c. 950 - 750BC. The remaining portion is a short length of the socket with a tapered U-shaped blade. The piece is distinctly pointed oval in cross section with slight projecting ridges running down each side, probably the remains of casting flashes. The object tapers in width and thickness from its socket to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which is concave on one of its surfaces. The gouging edge has worn well rounded chips at its tip and on the exterior edge. The object bulges slightly at the point of this break by the soc…
Created on: Friday 25th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2023
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Record ID: BERK-2D7C07
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete socketed gouge dating to the Late Bronze Age, c. 1000-800 BC. It is sub-rectangular in plan, circular in cross section, and tapers in width and thickness from its socket to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which is concave on one of its surfaces. It is broken at the socket end, and any possible collar is now missing. The edge of the break is uneven and slightly frayed.
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tisbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-3C2682
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Bronze Age socketed gouge, c.950-750 BC. The remaining portion is a short length of the socket with a tapered U-shaped blade. The socket is oval in cross section with low ridges running down each side, visible for the whole length of the object on both sides, which are the remains of casting flashes. The object tapers in width and thickness from its socket to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which is concave on one face. The gouging edge has worn, well rounded chips at its tip. Part of the gouge has broken off from the socket, removing almost a fifth of s…
Created on: Thursday 5th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-D8B5CD
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy socketed gouge. The remaining portion is a short length of the socket with a tapered U-shaped blade. The socket is oval in cross section with projecting ridges running down each side which are the remains of casting flashes. The object tapers in width and thickness from its socket to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which is concave on one of its surfaces. The gouging edge has worn well rounded chips at its tip. The casting lines are visible for the whole length of the object on both sides. The surface is greyish green, indicating a probable high tin alloy. …
Created on: Friday 25th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 4th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-1536D1
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete socketed gouge dating to the Late Bronze Age, c. 1000-800 BC. The remaining portion comprises the tip, which is heavily corroded and has lost most of its original surface. The rear end has a corroded break which reveals the hollow interior of the casting and the sub-rounded cross section of the gouge shaft. A remaining portion of the surface in the concave interior surface of the gouge appears to have striations from use wear.
Created on: Thursday 22nd April 2021
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
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Record ID: LVPL-24B5DA
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy mout fragment, probably from a socketed gouge dating to the late Bronze Age (c.1150-750 BC). The object has an overall curved shape. The small form of the fragment suggests it is a gouge rather than a socketed axehead. The mouth swells and is slightly thicker than the main body of the object. The opposite side terminates in a jagged break that is worn and smooth, suggesting it broke in antiquity. The interior is rough with a possible casting line present. The surface is undecorated and has a smooth green patina. Dimensions: Length 22.46mm; 18.95mm; thickness 3…
Created on: Friday 5th March 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Much Wenlock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-EBDF21
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper tanged gouge of uncertain date possibly Bronze Age The cast tanged gouge is complete (with a length of 86.2mm and a weight of 24.7g). The tang is pointed at its apex ad below is square to rectangular sectioned, with straight sides gradually diverging towards the blade (reaching a maximum thickness of 5.6mm at the top of the blade, where the gouge has a width of 9.8mm). The sides of the blade are also straight and diverge more markedly to the blade edge. There are no lugs or mouldings on the sides. The blade edge is straight (with a width of 23.4mm and, a depth of 4.2mm). …
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: DEV-779119
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete socketed gouge dating to the Late Bronze Age, c. 1000-800 BC. It is sub-rectangular in plan, and tapers in width and thickness from its socket to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which is concave on one of its surfaces. It is broken at the socket end, and any possible collar is now missing. The edge of the break is uneven and slightly frayed. What survives of the socket appears circular in shape. Pearce (1983: 43) considers that socketed gouges 'appear to have begun in the Wilburton phase, and continued as part of the tool repertoire until the end of the Bronze A…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Last updated: Sunday 7th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Axminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-0401BC
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A mouth fragment from a late Bronze Age copper-alloy possible socketed gouge (c. 1000 BC-c. 800 BC). This fragment is sub-rectangular in plan and is curved when viewed from above. Considering the curvature of the mouth it was probably circular when complete. The top has a horizontal multiple (triple) mouth moulding, one moulding forming a rim to the mouth and two below. A possible casting seam has been fettled or hammered down. The inner and outer surface is coarse and has a green patina. The breaks are fairly crisp. Length: 29.0mm; width: 14.1mm; thickness at mouth: 2.9mm. W…
Created on: Thursday 28th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-EAC37E
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of cast and decorated possible socket gouge, dating Middle - Late Bronze Age, possibly Wilburton-Ewart Park phase c.1000-800BC. Description: The fragment is irregularly shaped heavily worn and patinated. It represents part of the body and socket of the object and is crescentic in cross-section. The rim is raised and triangular in cross-section, it has incised herringbone decoration. The breaks are relatively worn likely indicating archaic damage. It has an even bright green patination. Measurements: 33.95mm long, 27.3mm wide, 12.13mm thick and 23.57g in weight. Dis…
Created on: Monday 29th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 29th July 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-282B3B
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Bronze Age copper alloy gouge dating to 1500-800 BC, Middle to Late Bronze Age. The chisel is sub rectangular in plan, tapering slightly into the cutting edge and is circular in cross section, becoming crescentic towards the cutting edge. The opposite end is socketed with a circular mouth and an expanded collar on the outside. A prominent longitudinal casting seam is extant on either lateral edge. The chisel has signs of pitting damage in places. Length: 70.0mm; length of blade: 31.30mm; width: 16.0mm; internal aperture of socketed end: 14.0mm; thickness: 2.90mm; weight: 44.70g. …
Created on: Friday 8th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 20th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-D46055
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete copper alloy socketed gouge corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7, and dated to c. 950 - 750BC The remaining portion is a short length of the socket with a tapered U-shaped blade. The piece is distinctly pointed oval in cross section with slight projecting ridges running down each side, probably the remains of casting flashes. The object tapers in width and thickness from its socket to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which is concave on one of its surfaces. The gouging edge has worn well rounded chips at its tip and on one edge. The object bulges slightly at …
Created on: Monday 4th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-316F81
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy socketed gouge of late Bronze Age date, c.1100 - 650 BC. The remaining portion is a length of the hollow socket with a tapered U-shaped blade terminal to one end. The opposite end terminates in a worn break. The socket is circular with an exterior diameter of 16.4mm, interior diameter of 11.5mm and is 21.3mm deep. From the socket the blade tapers to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which is concave to one side of the body. The gouging edge is extremely worn. This gouge is most likely of Wilberton, Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking, phases which cor…
Created on: Thursday 31st January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 31st January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-D84EFB
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy socketed gouge, of Late Bronze Age dating circa AD 1100 BC to 650 BC. The object consists of the tip only with the rest of the object missing. The tip has a 'U' shaped blade. The gouge has a circular cross section. The object has tapering sides. The upper edge is damaged an uneven. The tip is narrowed, rounded and slightly flattened. One of the long edges faces is flattened. The opposing side is convex. The gouge has a dark green coloured patina with significant abrasion and pitting on the surfaces. An incomplete example is recorded on the PAS database…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-80BE35
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy fragment originating from a probable Ewart Park socketed gouge of Late Bronze Age date, c. 1000-800 BC. Only the lower edge of the gouge survives, consisting the working end of the object, with almost all of its upper socketed section broken away in old damage. It is circular in section, tapering to form a chisel-like edge with a broadly 'V' shaped deep recess in one side. Casting seams are visible on both sides of the object, though these are now somewhat eroded. Preserved in fair condition with an even greenish patina, it survives to a length of 33.31…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Friday 4th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hessett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-E9D3F1
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy socketed gouge, rectangular in plan, lozenge-shaped in profile with a circular socket in section, with faint vertical striations preserved in the groove which are probably remnants of use (Matt Knight pers comm). The circular socketed end is broken and partly missing, with an internal diameter of 13 mm at the broken edge, and the cutting edge is worn, partly through use, with its orginal surface missing. The gouge tapers in profile from the open end to a point at the cutting edge which is curved into a semi-circle so that it can gouge out sections of wood …
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 27th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-523D79
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper Alloy Late Bronze Age socketed gouge. The gouge has a circular mouth (17mm outside diameter) and single raised flanged collar at the opening. In plan it tapers over the majority of its 84.5mm length but flares out in the final 15mm to form a C-shaped cross-section cutting edge. The cutting edge extends back in a V-shaped flute to restore the full circular section around 12mm short of the mouth of the gouge. Casting seams are evident on either side of the gouge which are set in the horizontal plane when the flute is placed uppermost. The socket contains extensive remains of the …
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-2A0940
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy socketed gouge. The upper part and socket are circualr in cross section. The socket is 15.2 mm in internal diameter and approiimately 50 mm in depth. Around the socket is a thick, rounded collar. The gouge tapers slightly and becomes C-shaped in cross section towards the cutting edge. There is casting line along each side. The cutting edge is slightly lopsided, probably as a result of use wear. Date: Late Bronze Age - c. 1000 - 800 BC Dimensions: 73.71 mm x 22.88 mm x 3.81 mm Weight: 57.22 g A silmilar gouge is recorded in database record DUR-06F0E8 and date…
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-82B9CB
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Bronze Age 1250 BC - 750 BC copper-alloy socketed gouge. This gouge is sub-rectangular in cross-section at the top and 'C'-shaped in cross-section at the bottom. It tapers slightly from the top towards the bottom. The top of the socket has a thickened mouth collar which has a decorative bead beneath it. Two vertical casting seams are present. The purple colour may be associated with alloys with alot of tin within them or a enriched tin surface. Width across tip 15.68mm, Width across mouth19.90mm
Created on: Friday 26th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 8th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Steyning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-41C97A
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy socketed gouge, of Late Bronze Age dating (1000 BC to 650 BC). Around 95% of the gouge is present, with the end of the socket missing. The gouge is sub rectangular in shape, with a u shaped groove, that tapers down the length, towards the end to create a C shaped end. A casting seam is present running the length. It measures 60.9 mm in length, 16.3 mm wide, a maximum thickness 14.3 mm, a minimum thinness 7.8 mm. The depth of the socket 33.2 mm. The sides of the gouge are 2.2 mm. It weighs 30.7 g. The gouge is a mid green colour with an even surface…
Created on: Monday 27th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grendon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1D9A06
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy late Bronze Age socketed gouge. Only the tip of the blade end survives. This is crescent-shaped in cross-section, narrowing towards the outer blade end and expanding at the broken inner socket end. There is a circular indendation in the centre of the inner end, which is the remains of the inner end of socket. The surface of the metal is corroded and the break is well worn, but races of dark green patina survive on both faces. According to Pearce (1983, 43), socketed gouges 'appear to have begun in the Wilburton phase, and continued as part of the tool…
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2017
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-59E6C8
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nearly complete cast copper-alloy socketed gouge dating to c. 1000 to 650 BC. The gouge is oval in cross section and narrows from the base to the tip. On both sides are visible small ribs, residue of the casting process. The tip of the object is thinner than the body and is U-shape in cross section with a central groove that is 33 mm in length and narrows down through the body, disappearing before reaching the base. It is 13.66 at the cutting edge and widens to 18.74 at the socket. The gouge has not been finished as elements from the casting process have not been removed. According …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton Ross area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-07A804
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed gouge (1150 BC-800 BC). Most of the socket is missing due to a break. The cutting edge is C-shaped in cross-section exapanding in to the socketed oval cross section at the break. The gouge hollow is C-shaped in section and both narrows and reduces in depth as it extends further away from the cutting edge. According to Pearce (1983:43), socketed gouges 'appear to have begun in the Wilburton phase, and continued as part of the tool repertoire until the end of the Bronze Age', although most socketed gouges can be dated to the Ewa…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-D11447
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Bronze Age (c.1100-650 BC) copper alloy socketed gouge, with wide flaring collar and prominent (but smoothed down) casting flashes. The collar moulding expands from 18.1mm in diameter to 20.3mm in diameter (internal diameter 15.1mm) over 13.9mm. Below it measures 17.5mm in diameter, narrowing to the relatively straight cutting edge which measures 13.9mm in width and 5.6mm in thickness. The back of the gouge is linearly faceted (eight faces) while the inverted-V shaped groove reaches from the cutting edge to just before the collar moulding. The metal is a mid-green…
Created on: Thursday 29th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 30th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-15C64C
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nearly complete cast copper-alloy socketed gouge dating to c. 1000 to 650 BC. The gouge is oval in cross ssection and narrows from the base to the tip. On both sides are visible small ribs, residue of the casting process. The tip of the object is thinner than the body and is U-shape in cross section with a central groove that is 6,50mm in length and narrows down through the body, disappearing before reaching the base. The gourge has not been finished as elements from the casting process have not been removed. It measures 46.04mm in length, 10.91mm in width, 2.23mm in thick and we…
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-2C92AC
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The worn central part of a Late Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed gouge. What is left of the socket is 30.5mm deep.
Created on: Friday 9th September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-7B755D
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed gouge (c. 1000 BC-c. 800 BC ). This gouge is circular in cross-section at the top and 'C'-shaped in cross-section at the bottom. It tapers slightly from the top towards the bottom. The top of the socket has a thickened mouth collar. The cutting edge is missing due to a break. Two vertical casting seams are filed and hammered flat. This gouge is green with patches of a darker green patina. The break at the top is old and the break at the bottom may be more recent. The gouge possibly belongs to the Ewart Park phase (c. 1000 BC…
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2016
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-40C88A
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an unidentified probable Bronze Age copper-alloy object, apparently socketed. The wall thickness varies from 3.44mm to 4.59mm and is slightly concave in profile. The object is possibly too thick to be a spear socket.
Created on: Friday 17th June 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 31st August 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-FF82BC
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nearly complete cast copper-alloy socketed gouge dating to c. 1000 to 650 BC. It is 47.91mm in length and 13.40mm in diameter at its greatest. The socketed end of the gouge has a circular section and an internal diameter of 10.43 mm. The gouge tapers down its length into a C-shaped section, with a furrow widening to c9mm down the length starting c12.50mm from the open socket. Casting seams can be seen on both sides of the gouge. A gouge of this type would have been used for woodworking. Similar examples are recorded on this database including one from Dorset (DOR-FD5EF4),…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2016
Last updated: Monday 18th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-61BCF0
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed gouge, the distal end with a recently damaged cutting edge and the inner end of the socket. The main break is not ancient. For a note on the dating of such objects, see CAM-A203C1. Extant length and width 45.5 and 15mm. Weight 25.69g. c.1020 - c.800 BC. Field BUN
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-042843
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A nearly complete cast copper-alloy socketed gouge dating to the Ewart Park phase of the Bronze Age, Needham's (1996) Phase 7, that is c. 1100 to 800 BC. The socketed end of the gouge has a circular section and an internal diameter of 16 mm. The end of the socket, which may have been collared or just lipped, is now missing due to an old break. The gouge tapers down its length into a C-shaped section, with a furrow widening down the length from the open socket. The furrow widens from a point to c. 9mm. A gouge of this type would have been used for woodworking. Similar examples are reco…
Created on: Tuesday 15th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-DA3D7B
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed gouge dating to the period c. 1500 - 800 BC. The gouge commences in an worn break. The mouth is missing. The socket is D-shaped with an external width of 15.44mm and internal width of 9.34mm. The socket retains soil, therefore, the depth cannot be measured. From the socket the blade tapers along its length into a C-shaped cross-section with a furrow widening down the length to the edge which is heavily worn. The gouge has a dark green-brown patina. It measures 39.13mm in length, 15.14mm in width at the socketed end, tapering t…
Created on: Tuesday 1st December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wigborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-CD7FFB
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy socketed gouge of late Bronze Age date. The remaining portion is a length of the hollow socket with a tapered U-shaped blade terminal to one end. The opposite end terminates in a worn break. The socket is circular with an exterior diameter of 15.6mm, interior diameter of 12.1mm and is 20.7mm deep. From the socket the blade tapers to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which is concave to one side of the body. The gouging edge is extremely worn. Peter Reavill, Finds Liaison Officer for Herefordshire & Shropshire, states that this gouge is of Wilberton, Ewart…
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-8B55F1
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper-alloy gouge (1150 - 800 BC). The gouge consists of the rectangular shaped blade tip. It is possible that this gouge was socket, however there is no indication of a socket remaining. The blade is C-shaped in cross-section throughout its length and concave, with the hollow of the blade increasing towards the cutting-edge. The sides of the blade are parallel and the cutting-edge is rounded and there is a visible casting-seam present on one side of the object. The break is semi-circular in cross-section and the reverse of the gouge is rounded. The…
Created on: Tuesday 5th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2015
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Record ID: DOR-98A038
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy gouge.The tapering tip only remaining. The remaining shaft of the gouge is solid and oval in cross section. It tapers to a slightly grooved, wedge shape with a rounded end. The groove is shallow and 25 mm long. The surface of the gouge is a dark grey-green with a few patches of lighter green corrosion. Date: Late Bronze Age - c. 1000 to 800 BC Dimensions: 45.6 mm x 12.2 mm x 10.7 mm Weight: 16.44 g Similar to SWYOR-FCB525 which is socketed. It is possible this example was also socketed.
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorset', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-FCB525
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a cast copper alloy, socketed gouge, probably dating from late Bronze Age date, about 1000 - 650 BC. The remaining portion consists of a short length of the socket and the U shaped blade. The interior of the socket is circular and 9.9mm deep; the exterior is sub-rectangular. The blade tapers from the socket to a rounded cutting edge. The gouge is concave on one face and convex on the other. It has a dark green patina and the breaks are very abraded. It is 39.9mm long, 14.1mm wide and 13.9mm thick. It weighs 22.8gm. The socket is 7.8mm in diameter, the groove is 35.4mm long and…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th July 2020
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Record ID: CORN-EE9D5D
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy socketed gouge, semi-circular in plan, at the cutting edge, lozenge-shaped in profile and circular in section. The circular socketed end is broken and partly missing and the cutting edge is worn and nicked in two places and on one side. The gouge tapers in profile from the open end to a point at the cutting edge which is curved into a semi-circle so that it can gouge out sections of wood etc. The surface is pitted and corroded but some of the original patina remains on the inside of the cutting edge, but the damaged edges have become worn and corroded and …
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Last updated: Sunday 25th January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-62C84F
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age socketed gouge, possibly of Ewart Park metalworking, corresponding to Needham's (1996)[1] Period 7, and dated to c. 950 - 750BC The socketed gouge is incomplete, missing the mouth (with a surviving length of 41.4mm and a weight of 18.6g). The socket is oval at the break (with maximum surviving external dimensions of 15.0mm x 10.7mm and 11.3mm x 8.5mm internal) with no mouth mouldings present on the incomplete socket. Beneath the break is the beginning of groove, of V-shaped profile near the top and becoming U-shaped towards the blade. The sides of the gouge are stra…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
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Record ID: LIN-F1C06A
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment of a late-Bronze Age (c.1150-c.700 BC) gouge, missing all but its functional tip. Overall, the fragment measures 27.8mm long, 14.4mm wide and 9.9mm thick. It weighs 11.32g. The fragment is sub-rectangular in plan with a rounded end, sub-triangular in profile with a rounded hypotenuse edge, and U-shaped in section. The broken edge has a sub-oval intentation showing that the complete gouge was hollow up to this point.
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-1D68BC
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy gouge most probably from the Late Bronze Age dating to the period c. 1000 - 650BC. The mouth is circular and is now filled with earth. The metal is of uneven thickness around the mouth. There is one casting seams running down each side. The shaft tapers before flaring towards a semi-circular blade. The gouge furrow is triangular and the edge of the blade is rounded. The edge of the blade and part of the gouge furrow are chipped and shows a light green corrosion. The gouge has a dark green patina with brown patination visible in the furrow and along the casting seams. …
Created on: Sunday 25th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B49767
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distal end of socketed gouge, granular break (not ancient) across socket. Surviving length 40mm. Width 16.5mm. Weighs 25.96g. Cf. examples from the Heathery Burn hoard (Inventaria Archaeologica (1968) GB.55 10(7) 85-7). Final period of the Late Bronze Age, c.800 - c.700 BC
Created on: Wednesday 12th February 2014
Last updated: Friday 13th February 2015
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Record ID: NMS-8CCDF7
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment, a mouth sherd only, of a Late Bronze Age socketed copper alloy object, probably a gouge. The breaks are ancient and smoothed. Extant length 20.7mm. Thickness 2.1 - 3.8mm. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 29th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 28th September 2015
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Record ID: SUR-7898C5
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete fragment of a cast bronze (copper alloy) socketed gouge of probable Late Bronze Age date (c. 1100 - 650 BC). It is likely that this tool is from the Wilberton, Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking, phases which correspond to Needham's (1996) Period's 6 - 8.
Created on: Sunday 11th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 18th September 2013
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Record ID: DUR-06F0E8
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy socketed wood gouge dating to the Ewart Park phase of the Bronze Age, C. BC 1000 to 800. The socketed end of the gouge has a circular section and a diameter of 20.8. There is a collar at the socketed end and the gouge then flattens to a C-shaped section by the end and the length of the furrow is 41.90 mm and the width of the furrow at the tip is 13.57 mm. A gouge of this type would have been used for woodworking and similar examples are known from Dorset (PAS database DOR-FD5EF4) and also as part of a hoard from Cumbria (PAS database LANCUM-6F9525).
Created on: Friday 1st March 2013
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2013
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Record ID: IOW-EC25A7
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed gouge (1150 BC-800 BC). The socket is missing due to a break. The blade is C-shaped in cross-section throughout its length and is semi-circular in cross-section at the break. In plan, each side tapers to a curved cutting edge. At the top, the base of the socket can be seen. This is sub-circular in plan with a maximum diameter of 4.9mm and a maximum depth of 3.5mm. This gouge is corroded to mid-green and is pitted overall. Corrosion is active on the break and cutting edge. Height: 38.61mm; width: 13.02mm; thickness: 9.77mm. Weight…
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E06B92
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
BURNHAM HOARD 2010 T509: item 7.A - socketed gouge Fragment of a copper alloy socketed gouge. It is cylindrical with a 'U' shaped cross section. It is broken at both ends. The socket is filled with corrosion products. Length: 44.18mm. Width: 14.95mm. Thickness: 13.65mm. Weight: 35.72g.
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burnham on Crouch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-3C2381
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
BURNHAM HOARD 2010 T509: item B.1: Socketed Gouge Cast copper alloy socketed gouge. It is cylindrical with circular socket opening. The cross section changes from circular at the socket end to 'U' shaped at the blade end, with the changes corresponding to an elongated 'V' shaped depression on the upper surface which starts 22mm from the socket opening and extending to the blade end. Length: 91.81mm. Mouth: 19.58mm by 17.06mm. Socket opening: 12.80mm by 12.52mm. Blade width: 15.09. Weight: 53.73 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burnham on Crouch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-9530E7
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age cast copper-alloy socketed gouge (c. 1150 BC-c. 800 BC). This is the lower part including the cutting edge. It is 'C'-shaped in cross-section and has a pronounced furrow throughout its length on the rear face. In plan, the sides taper inwards from the break at the top to the cutting edge at the bottom. The distance between the base of the socket and the base of the cutting edge is about 21.75mm. On the rear face, just below the break, there is a circular hole, about 2.32mm in diameter. This may have been used to secure a peg. The furrow has numerous longit…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-319C01
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy socketed gouge, semi-circular in plan, at the cutting edge, lozenge-shaped in profile and circular in section. The circular socketed end is broken and partly missing and the cutting edge is worn and nicked in two places and on one side. The gouge tapers in profile from the open end to a point at the cutting edge which is curved into a semi-circle so that it can gouge out sections of wood etc. The surface is pitted and some of the original patina remains on the inside and outside of the gouge, but the damaged edges have become worn and corroded and there ar…
Created on: Monday 9th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-09CD58
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy gouge dating to the late Bronze Age. The gouge (used as a wood-working tool) is sub-rectangular in plan. The socketed end which is incomplete is oval in cross-section while the incomplete cutting edge is 'C'-shaped in cross-section with an elongated triangular or 'V' shaped groove leading back from it on the upper surface of the gouge. Linear striations are visible on the gouge furrow. A casting flash is visible down each side of the object. The object has a dark brown patina. It is likely that this tool is from the Wilberton, Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr…
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selattyn and Gobowen ', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-5D5F57
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy socketed gouge dating to the Late Bronze Age betweem c. 1150 and c. 800 BC. The gouge has a hollow socket, circular in section, which narrows to form a flaring and curved blade edge. The gouge is in good condition with an even green patina. The socketed end is 17mm in diameter. The gouge is 92mm long, and the flared blade end is 14mm wide. Two similar examples are illustrated in Watson, P, 1993, 'Catalogue of British and European Prehistoric Metalwork in Birmingham City Museums', BAR British Series 233. According to Pearce, S, M in the 1983 publication 'The Bro…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2011
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Record ID: PUBLIC-1EF534
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed gouge, probably of Ewart Park metalworking, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7, and dated to c. 950 - 750BC The socketed gouge is near-complete, with some peripheral damage around the mouth and blade (with a surviving length of 77.2mm and a weight of 50.5g). The mouth is circular (with a diameter of 20.5mm) with no mouth mouldings. The gouge flares outwards slightly to the mouth (with a diameter beneath the mouth of 18mm). Beneath the flaring mouth, the sides of the gouge are straight and slightly convergent (producing a blade width of 15.4mm). The c…
Created on: Friday 10th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-58C596
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and corroded, incomplete cast copper-alloy object, probably a gouge of Bronze Age. The artefact is sub-rectangular in shape and a shallow U-shaped in cross-section at one end, becoming circular at the other. One end is open (socketed) and there is a recess extending from this end into the body of the object which has a dark orange-brown mineralisation within the socket similar to DOR-FD5EF4 on this database. The artefact has a dark-brown patina in places, the majority on the concave recess and partially over the semicircular curve. There is evidence of pitting and the meta…
Created on: Tuesday 18th January 2011
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-F59376
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a ate Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed gouge. The piece represents the distal end of the implement, the upper part having been lost in antiquity. An irregular break marks the top of the tubular upper end of the implement, and a groove tapers upwards from the rounded blade, creating a C-shaped cross section in the lower part.
Created on: Monday 21st June 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wendover', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-A203C1
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two copper-alloy artefacts reported under the Treasure Act, see details below. 1. Socketed gouge - Plain mouth moulding with casting seams running down each side. The shaft tapers before flaring towards a semi-circular blade. The gouge is partially chipped and the patina is dark brown with some green corrosion. L: 77.0mm; W: 13.0-14.0mm; Wt: 58.4g 2. Bronze decorated fragment - four sets of two parallel rib decorations on a curved bronze fragment. Patina is dark brown. L: 26.0mm; W: 3.0-8.0mm; Wt: 5.1g Discussion Socketed gouges appear throughout Britain during the EwartPark …
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melbourn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-813353
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distal end of socketed gouge, ancient break with some recent damage on the fracture Length 47.5mm. Cf. examples from the Heathery Burn hoard (Inventaria Archaeologica (1968) GB.55 10(7) 85-7). Final period of the Late Bronze Age, c.800 - c.700 BC
Created on: Wednesday 28th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 21st October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heacham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-FD5EF4
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy socketed gouge. The gouge (used as a wood-working tool) is sub-rectangular in plan, with an oval cross sectioned and slightly flared socketed. The cutting edge is 'C' shaped in section with an elongated triangular or 'V' shaped groove leading back from it on the upper surface of the gouge. This groove (length: 75 mm) terminates 16 mm from the open socket and gradually tapers towards it. The mouth of the socket has a flat topped rim with a ridge around the outside. There is also a low ridge around the body of the gouge below this, forming a slight collar. T…
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Bredy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-DAA7A6
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy socketed gouge of Late Bronze Age date. The socket is missing and the remainder of the artefact is also damaged. The hollow body is of U-shaped section, the depth and width of the groove increasing towards the thin, slightly convex cutting edge. The surface of the artefact bears a dark grey coating. The piece measures 57.4mm long, 18.4mm wide and 12.5mm thick. The weight is 40.97g. Although relatively rare finds, there are a few examples of similar artefacts recorded on the PAS database, most from Wales and the Midlands - see, for example, NMGW-52C2A3,…
Created on: Friday 13th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buckland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-8F7C15
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed gouge of Late Bronze Age date (c. 1150 BC-c. 800 BC). The fragment is the lower part and includes a small portion of the socket at the top and the cutting edge at the bottom. The break at the top is old and abraded. The object is mainly corroded and in poor condition. However where a patina has survived, it is matt mid-brown colour. 50.2 x 14.9 x 11.7mm. Weight: 27.56g.
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-10DB52
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy socketed gouge of Late Bronze Age date, 1200-800 BC. The socketed edge is worn and is circular with a diameter of 16.31mm. Two longitudinal casting seems can be determined. The gouge measures 51.68mm in length, 15.13mm in width at the blade end, and weighs 27.92g. There concave face is plain, with green corrosion along the sides and round the cutting edge. The patination is dark green.
Created on: Thursday 11th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pettistree', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-8BC6B6
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed gouge of Late Bronze Age date (c. 1150 BC – c. 800 BC). Length: 76.2mm; width: 17.0mm and 13,4mm thick. Weight: 38.51g. The gouge is sub-rectangular in plan. It originally had a circular mouth with a diameter of 17.0mm. However, although the diameter can be measured accurately, the mouth is now damaged and incomplete. This damage may be old. From the plain mouth, the body of the gouge tapers slightly from the mouth towards the cutting edge to a minimum width of 13.2mm. It then flares so that the width of the cutting edge is 14.4mm. The blad…
Created on: Saturday 10th January 2009
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6ACB14
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The tip of a cast copper alloy socketed gouge of late Bronze Age date. The fragment measures 32.7mm by 14mm by 11.2mm and weighs 12.4g. The gouge is quite corroded and has broken approximately half way along its length. The tip is rounded.
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waltham Abbey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-1AEA74
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy socketed gouge. The mouth of the socket is circular and there is some damage to it. The socket is empty. The gouge tapers towards the cutting edge and has a gently curved sectioned furrow. There is no sign of wear in the furrow, but there is some damage or wear at the working edge. The edge is flattened. Along each side, running longitudinally is a casting line, the sprues of which have been trimmed. The surface of the gouge is in generally good condition, retaining a greyish shiny patina, suggesting a tin component to the alloy. Date: Late Bronze age - c 1150 Bc to 800 B…
Created on: Thursday 31st January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Rushton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-4D8505
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age cast copper alloy socketed gouge, dating 1000-800BC. The gouge is sub-rectangular in plan, decreasing in with from the socketed end, before expanding out at the working edge. It is circular in cross section at the socketed end, however the mouth edge has been damaged and broken. The upper surface of the gouge has a recess along two thirds of its length, starting at a point located 26.42mm below the mouth, which widens out towards the blade end, forming a 'V' shaped depression along the length of the gouge. This recess changes the cross section of the gouge to crescentri…
Created on: Friday 28th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'High Laver CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-E08851
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Bronze Age gouge found as a single find. It has a circular mouth and a flat top, the mouth and socket are damaged. There is also damage or wear on the gouge furrow, largely caused by bronze disease but also faint striations can be seen in the furrow, possibly indicating sharpening. The gouge survives in a very good condition and much of the well-finished original surface still survives. The mouth of the socket is also experiencing some active corrosion; bronze disease is affecting the metal. The majority of the gouge is still covered with the original surface, which has a…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Molescroft', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-8CBD65
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age cast copper alloy socketed gouge, dating from 1000 to 800BC. The gouge is rectangular in plan, measuring 73.11mm in length. It is sub-rectangular in profile. It has a circular cross section at the socketed end with an external diameter of 16.33mm and an internal diameter of 11.37mm. The mouth of the socket expands slightly outwards. The external diameter decreases to 14.45mm below the mouth. The upper surface has a recess along two thirds of its length, starting at a point located 26.42mm below the mouth, which widens out towards the blade end, forming a 'V' shaped depr…
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wereham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-078221
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy socketed gouge of late Bronze Age. Although relatively rare finds, there are a few examples of similar artefacts recorded on the PAS database, most from Wales and the midlands - see, for example, NMGW-52C2A3, NMGW-75FE70, NMS-817C97, LEIC-4AC3D3 and WMID-634197. Socketed gouges are late Bronze Age in date. They are generally thought to be a product of the Wilburton phase of c.1150-950BC, or of the Ewart Park phase of c. 950-750BC; most were probably made between c. 1000 and 800BC. In comparison to many of the aforementioned examples, the gouge is …
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whipsnade', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-FAF9D7
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy socketed gouge dating to the Late Bronze Age betweem c. 1150 and c. 800 BC. The gouge possesses a circular section socket and body which becomes hemispherical in section to form a flaring curved blade edge. Very little of the original metal surface remains and the object possesses a flaky green patina. The gouge measures 86mm in length and has a diameter of 16mm at the socket and 15mm in width at the gouge end. Two similar examples are illustrated in Watson, P, 1993, ‘Catalogue of British and European Prehistoric Metalwork in Birmingham City Museums’, BAR British …
Created on: Friday 13th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Wratting', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-13F3D4
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze gouge fragment of a late Bronze Age gouge, only the blade end survives and the rest is missing due to old breaks. The blade is slightly expanded and assymetrical. Patinated a medium green. The balde is damaged possibly due to recent damage. Measuring 31.26mm in length and 15.74mm in width across the blade endand 15.07mm in width across the incomplete end, it is 10.01mm in thickness. Very similar to another blade fragment from Gillingham, Norfolk, see SF-ED16D7.
Created on: Friday 9th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barrow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-2F3073
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded cast copper-alloy object, probably a Bronze Age gouge. The artefact is sub-rectangular in shape and U-shaped in cross-section. On end is open (socketed) and there is a recess extending from this end into the body of the object. The artefact now has a light-mid green colour as it has suffered from Bronze disease.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-ED16D7
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze gouge fragment of a late Bronze Age gouge, only the blade end survives and the rest is missing due to old breaks. The blade is slightly expanded and assymetrical. Patinated a deep medium-dark brown. There is a small area of recent damage and a groove at the blade edge with limited green corrosion products.
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gillingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYM-7FFB96
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Socketed Gouge.
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wragby Rally', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-69E723
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze age copper alloy gouge, 55mm long, 14mm wide and 10mm thick. The object is in fairly good condition with a green patina and weighs 12.05 grams. The objects consists of a sub-circular sectioned shaft, which begins with a flattened crescentric section running from the rounded tip. This gradually morphs into a circular section which is marked by a rounded protruding collar about 3mm thick. Below the collar is a fragment of circular sectioned shaft which has broken off.
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-DCEC43
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete socketed gouge of late Bronze Age date, 1200-800 BC. The gouge measures 78mm in surviving length, 14mm in width at the blade end and 15mm at the break. The butt end is missing due to an old break, now worn, the socket is circular in cross-section at the break. The blade is exteremely worn and damaged. There are linear longitudinal abrasion grooves on the concave face there are also dents and surface scratches elsewhere which may be agricultural damage. The patination is dark green aprt from small pocks of lighter powdery green corrosive products.
Created on: Friday 17th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foxhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-634197
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy socketed gouge, dating to the Late Bronze, between c. 1150 – c. 800 BC (length: 69mm; diameter at mouth 17.5mm; width at gouge end: 14.5mm; thickness at gouge end: 8mm; weight: 36.5g). The gouge (used as a wood-working tool) is sub-rectangular in plan, with a circular and slightly flared socketed terminal at one end. At the opposing end, the curved blade edge is ‘C’ shaped in section with an elongated triangular or ‘V’ shaped groove on the upper surface of the gouge. This groove (length: 37mm) commences 33mm from the open socket and gradually inc…
Created on: Friday 6th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-4DD918
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy socketed gouge, dating to the Late Bronze, between c. 1150 – c. 800 BC (length: 82.5mm; diameter at mouth 21mm; width at gouge end: 16.5mm; thickness at gouge end: 9mm; weight: 63.9g). The gouge (used as a wood-working tool) is sub-rectangular in plan, with a circular and slightly flared socketed terminal at one end. At the opposing end, the curved blade edge is ‘C’ shaped in section with an elongated triangular or ‘V’ shaped groove on the upper surface of the gouge. This groove (length: 37mm) commences 47mm from the open socket and gradually inc…
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-4AC3D3
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze age socketed gouge, 66.5mm long and 14mm in diameter. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 28.41 grams. The object is circular at one end and for three quarters of its length it tapers gradually, becoming crescentic in section with a curved edge. The section is formed of two distinct ridges which run along its length before converging and disappearing into the now circular body. The circular end of the object is hollow, forming a socket with a wall 5mm thick, whilst the rest is solid. There is a deep crescent shaped area missing from the socket, w…
Created on: Monday 24th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: WAW-890416
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Bronze Age socketed gouge made from cast copper alloy. The gouge is complete, but the surface is in poor condition. Approximately half of the patina remains otherwise the surface is pitted and has areas of corrosion. The patina is a mottled dark green colour. The gouge is a sub-rectangle in plan, with the socketed terminal being slightly flared. It measures 95.41mm long and weighs 74.5g. The socket is circular in section, 13.85mm diameter, and tapers in the internal diameter. The opposite terminal, the blade edge is ‘C’ shaped in section. The blade is the terminal of a elong…
Created on: Friday 21st April 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-817C97
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age Socketed gouge, almost all of mouth missing. Recent damage. Length 73mm, maximum external diameter 17.5mm. Weight 56.07g.
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Ellingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-75FE70
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed gouge. The socketed gouge is near-complete and has broken in antiquity at the mouth. The gouge may be judged slender with a maximum external diameter at the mouth of 20.2mm (15.6mm internal). The gouge has an overall length of 86.0mm and weighs 46.0g. The mouth is simple and has no mouldings around it. The gouge has a subtle collar 12mm deep. The sides of the gouge are gently concave and converge towards the blade edge. The casting seams are high and have undergone minimal finishing. The gouge groove begins 31mm from the mouth. The blade edge h…
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-2F5366
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze age copper alloy socketed gouge, 47mm long and 12mm in diameter. The object is in quite poor condition with a damaged upper edge. It has a brown patina and weighs 13.96grams. The object is sub-rectangular in form and sub-circular in section, tapering slightly becoming 2mm narrower at the tip. The Gouge blade is formed of a V shaped recess 29mm long which begins in teh centre of the object at 1.5mm wide, expanding to 10mm wide at the rounded flat tip.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-ACD9F3
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed gouge, with part of the wooden handle surviving. The gouge itself is worn, possibly from water action, and is incomplete, most of the mouth having broken off. There are a pair of faint incised transverse lines, presumably decoration, just below the mid- way point, around the back of the gouge. The gouge measures 72.36mm in length, 18.14mm-20.07mm in width and it weighs 54g. The wooden handle, which is shaped to fit the socket is 73.15mm long, 12.75mm-13.43mm wide and weighs 7g. When the handle is inserted into the socket the combined obje…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-283DE4
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed gouge. The socketed gouge dates to the Late Bronze Age, c. 1100-750BC and dates to the Wilburton-Ewart Park metalworking phases (Needham et al. 1997), corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period's 6-7. The gouge is comparatively short, with an overall length of 55.6mm. The socket is oval with an external width (across the blade) of 21.3mm and an external height of 19.7mm (internal: 17.7 x 16.6mm). The mouth of the gouge is plain, and 2.4mm beneath the mouth is a square collar moulding, with a width of 2mm. The sides of the gouge are slightly conca…
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-80C4A5
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy gouge. This has been cast, and then the blade was probably hammered to harden it before sharpening. The artefact is incomplete, with only the blade end surviving; the socket has been lost or removed in the past. The faces are roughly sub-rectangular; at the top it is 14.7mm wide, widening to 15.34mm at the blade; the tool has a wedge shape when seen from the side. It is loosely semicircular in cross-section. The blade edge is rounded rather than straight. There is a hollow in the other end, which would have been the base of the original socket. The original surface has v…
Created on: Monday 27th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton-on-Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-52C2A3
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age socketed gouge, probably of Ewart Park (c. 950 - 750 BC) metalworking tradition. The gouge is of circular mouth section and has a low-raised collar, which is very slightly concave and is 10mm deep from the mouth. The casting seams are prominent on both sides and are likely to have been finished by hammering. The sides are straight and diverge slightly at the blade. Sharpening striations are visible on both of the blade faces. The striations are angled across the blade, towards the sides on the front (gouged) face, and are positioned along the blade circumference on the…
Created on: Tuesday 20th April 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CORN-F50994
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy socketed gouge, mouth fragment; apex of gouge-facet extant.
Created on: Sunday 5th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Erth parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF10244
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze socket fragment , possibly from a gouge(?), with external casting seam and remains of two (decorative?) concave channels visible. All breaks ancient. Medium green/brown patina. Found as part of a hoard.
Created on: Monday 13th January 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ipswich Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8366
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small fragment from the mouth of a copper-alloy socketed object. The socket is rounded and there is a slight mouth moulding. The fragment is too flimsy to have come from a socketed axe; it is probably from a socketed gouge or a leather worker's knife. There is a medium/dark green/grey patina all over the fragment, including the worn breaks, with frequent small patches of pale green invasive corrosion products. Surviving length 16.5 mm, surviving width 15 mm, maximum thickness thickness (at moulding) 3 mm, weight 2.95g. Late Bronze Age.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK FRECKENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3751
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete socketed copper-alloy gouge with slight recent blade edge damage revealing pale green invasive corrosion on sub-surface. Surface condition good elsewhere with medium/dark brown and green patina. Plain socket.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF3752
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete socketed copper-alloy gouge with slight recent blade edge and socket damage revealing medium and pale green invasive corrosion on sub-surface. Surface condition good elsewhere with medium/dark brown and green patina. Plain socket.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BRAMFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF2228
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy gouge with wood (recent tap root?) in socket. Traces of original bronze patina, mainly dark brown with medium/dark green corrosive encrustations.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2000
Last updated: Friday 7th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK ARWARTON', grid reference and parish protected.