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
Spatial data recorded.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.

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: 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: 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.

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.