Record ID: DOR-4737A1
Object type: HALBERD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age halberd. Comprising the blade and four intact, in-situ rivets. The butt of the hafting plate is arched and bilobed with a slight notch, possibly from a missing fifth rivet. The cutting edges are slightly splayed from the hafting plate creating a small shoulder on each edge. The four rivets are arranged in two on each side in a diagonal line. The rivets are all domed at either end with thick shank between. They vary a little in length and diameter (see below). The blade tapers to a broad, tongue-shaped, rounded tip. On both faces there is a broad, low midrib with a…
Created on: Wednesday 29th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Witchampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-87E225
Object type: HALBERD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
This is a symmetrical slender halberd blade of cast copper or bronze. Down the centre of the blade is a straight midrib. This is wide and angular in cross-section, at the top end tapering with a straight line into the haft-plate. The blade edges have been entirely removed, thus also removing any traces of bevelling originally along the edge. Whilst much of this damage is due to erosion of fragile edges, it is possible that some edges were notched through use wear or mutilation prior to burial. The erosion seems particularly deep and severe, with concave eroded depressions side by side…
Created on: Wednesday 17th March 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.