Record ID: LVPL-F84517
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy miniature axehead in the form of an early Bronze Age flat axehead or chisel, dating from the early Bronze Age to Roman period (c. 2200 BC-AD 410). The object is sub-triangular in shape with one end presenting a slightly crescentic cutting edge and the butt end rounded. It has a lentoid section with a widened middle that thins towards each end. The object has a dark brown patina with a pitted surface. Dimensions: Length 45.6mm; width (cutting edge)14.1mm; width (butt)11.8mm; thickness (centre) 5.9mm; weight 14.42g The form of the object is consistent with earl…
Created on: Friday 18th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
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Record ID: LIN-B5E1EC
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Miniature copper-alloy axehead of Early Bronze Age c. 2000 BC - 1700 BC. The object is a miniature or model flat axehead or chisel. The sides are bowed. It is trapezoidal and wedge-shaped in cross-section with a flaring cutting edge and narrowed shaft. The sides descend from the butt almost vertically then expand in a smooth curve to produce a cutting edge. Heavily pitted with some damage to the cutting edge. Length: 51.78 mm; Width: 31.65 mm; Thickness: 9.77 mm; Weight: 58g Diminutive axes are often associated with Roman votive offerings…
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-CBAC3E
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible near complete copper alloy miniature object, an axehead, possibly dating from the Bronze Age to Roman Period, about 1900 BC - AD 100. The object is axehead-shaped; sub-triangular with the corners of the widest end (possibly the axe cutting edge) reduced to a curve, with the opposite end terminating in a blunt point (possibly the butt). The form is reminiscent of a miniature early Bronze Age flat axe. The corrosion and patination with the dark green colour suggests an early date. However, the ware makes it impossible to be certain that the edges are not broken, so it cou…
Created on: Monday 27th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Thirsk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-399776
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy miniature Socketed Axehead/Chisel of Late Bronze Age date (1000 - 800 BC). The object is composed of the blade end of a miniature axehead, there is a transverse break resulting in the loss of the majority of the object and the socket/loop. The blade is flared and the visible inner portion is hollow. The upper and lower edges retain linear casting seams. Length: 20.84mm, Width: 23.66mm, Thickness: 7.77mm, Weight: 10.0g The metal is dark brown in colour with a slightly pitted patina. LANCUM-70715D notes: Miniature socketed axeheads that imitate functi…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd March 2023
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Record ID: LIN-6E3EAD
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy miniature or model flat axehead or chisel dating to the Early Bronze Age - c. 2000 - 1700 BC. The axehead has a tapering, truncated butt probably the result of an old break. It is slightly thickened at the mid-point. It flares, initially gently and then is stepped out into a wide, curved cutting edge which is thinned from the thickened mid-point. The cutting edge is blunt and rounded. The axe has a flat sub-rectangular cross section. There are no evident raised flanges. There is wear and damage on all faces.  Length: 81.07 mm; Width: …
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
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Record ID: IOW-2B4B98
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age cast copper-alloy miniature palstave (1600-1001 BC). This palstave is sub-triangular in plan, pointed-oval in side view; the butt and cutting edge are curved in plan. There are no clear flanges along the side of the palstave, possibly due to the damage caused during deposition. This implement is badly corroded with a dark green patina.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-40EB06
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Bronze Age to Roman copper alloy miniature socketed axehead dating to c 800 BC - AD 410. It is rectangular in form, partly hollow, tapering from an oval mouth to a vertical cutting edge. It does not have the usual loop, instead it has a circular hole through the upper part of the blade itself, perhaps to allow it to be suspended and worn. Dimensions: 13.2mm in height; 14.1mm in length; 8.5mm thick; 5.1g in weight This resembles Robinson's Type IVa 'Miniature axes with parallel vertical sides - essentially square' (nos. 16-18), although as the edges flare a little …
Created on: Monday 11th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Record ID: NMS-F76975
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Corroded and worn copper alloy axehead-shaped object. Sub-triangular in plan with the corners of the widest end radiused to a curve, with the opposite end terminating in a sharp point. The mid-section of the sides are symmetrically chamfered. Two thirds of the way towards the pointed end, on one face only, is a blind circular hole. It is unclear if this is by design or a defect from the casting process. The form is very reminiscent of a miniature un-hafted axehead coping an early Bronze Age flat axe. However, the sharp point, chamfered sides and rounded coroners at the blade end are a…
Created on: Friday 18th February 2022
Last updated: Sunday 27th February 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-A34F4A
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy miniature palstave axehead of probable Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1500-1300 cal BC, Acton Park). It is most similar to a primary shield type and the form is similar on both faces of the axehead. The rounded butt is incomplete with one side more rounded the other indicating an area of loss. It widens to form the septum (23mm at widest point). The flanges are high (c.10mm) and rise steeply from part away (approx. 8.5mm) along the septum before terminating at a prominent stop ridge (19.6mm wide, 21mm thick). From the abrupt slope stop the blade narrows slightly…
Created on: Monday 14th February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 16th February 2022
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Record ID: IOW-6D64B6
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy flat axehead of Needham Class 4, dating to the Early Bronze Age period, c. 1900-1700 BC. The axehead is lenticular in profile, with slightly flattened ridges along the narrowest sides and a broadly flaring cutting edge. It is comparatively small with a markedly slender butt. Similar examples, albeit with a slightly longer butt, include SOM-90B762 (from the south west), KENT-A2BA81 and NMGW-084887, the latter of which has slightly more exaggerated bevelling.
Created on: Tuesday 18th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-9CD5CA
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Miniature copper-alloy axehead of Early Bronze Age c. 2000 BC - 1700 BC. The object is a miniature or model flat axehead or chisel. The sides are bowed. It is trapezoidal and wedge-shaped in cross-section with a flaring cutting edge and narrowed shaft. The sides descend from the butt almost vertically then expand in a smooth curve to produce a cutting edge. Length: 28.54 mm; Width: 14.08 mm; Thickness: 3.81 mm; Weight: 4.97g Diminutive axes are often associated with Roman votive offerings. However, the axe recorded here is clearly of a Bronze Age form. Miniature flat a…
Created on: Tuesday 21st September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 7th October 2021
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Record ID: SOM-E477B7
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, miniature, copper alloy flat axehead of possible Bronze Age to Roman date (c. 2200 BC - AD 410). The object has a tapering blade, flat sides and a rounded cutting edge. The entire surface is heavily pitted with corrosion. A broad date has been proposed as the appearance of the object most closely resembles Early Bronze Age flat axeheads of the Migdale type (e.g. HAMP-3781B6 and DEV-8D7466), but its small size is comparable to late Iron Age and Roman miniature votive deposits (e.g. SUSS-9DD02B). Length: 49.5mm, width: 25.81mm, thickness: 3.87mm, weight: 20.25…
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2021
Last updated: Friday 15th October 2021
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Record ID: SWYOR-6E7AE7
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy miniature developed flat axe, or perhaps a chisel, of Bronze Age date, probably 2250 - 1200 BC. The cast axe is near-complete. It has expanding straight sides, flaring more at the cutting end into a curved cutting edge, which is slightly lopsided, possibly from use or damaged. The butt also has straight sides, tapering towards the rounded butt. There is a thickening in the centre of the axe; the start of a proto stop ridge, but no actual stop or flanges. The axe has a well developed green patina with some pitting. The total length is 51.1mm, the length of the blade is …
Created on: Monday 26th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: LIN-0BCEC7
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy miniature flat axehead of early Bronze Age date, c.2150 - 1500 BC. The axehead is sub-trapezoidal with a curved blade tapering to a rounded cutting edge. The axe has a narrow, thinning butt with moderately concave sides. It is undecorated. The metal has a dark green/brown patina and is worn. The axehead is 46.31 mm long, 14.15 mm wide tapering to 6.40 mm wide, 2.88 mm thick and weighs 5.75g. This object is too small to have functioned as an axe and current archaeological thinking suggests they played a role in votive/ritual practices or function…
Created on: Tuesday 15th September 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd February 2021
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Record ID: DEV-778CD2
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy miniature socketed axehead dating to the late Bronze Age to early Iron Age, c. 850 BC to 400 BC. The object is rectangular in shape, parallel sided with the cutting edge, now damaged, originally flaring between the two horizontal sides. It is now wavy, with a marked rise and fall along the cutting edge. It is unclear whether this may have been deliberate, given the size of the object and its possible non-functional use, or whether this happened post deposition. The latter seems more likely as the wave is caused by one large and one smaller removal …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Axminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-3F6A11
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy miniature flat axehead of early Bronze Age date, c.2150 - 1500 BC. The axehead is sub-trapezoidal with a curved blade tapering to a rounded cutting edge. The sides are slightly concaved and the axehead is undecorated. The metal has a dark green/brown patina and is worn. The axehead is 44.8mm long, 18.3mm tapering to 4.4mm wide, 4mm thick and weighs 9.4g. This object is too small to have functioned as an axe and current archaeological thinking suggests they played a role in votive/ritual practices or functioned as amulets. Despite the obvious lack of …
Created on: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-70715D
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy Late Bronze Age miniature socketed axehead (c. 1000 - 800 BC). The objects imitates a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead of the Ewart Park phase (c. 1000 - 800 BC), in miniature (see for instance, SOM-7B35AD). It has a collared, square socket with a D-shaped loop to one side, and a wide, curved blade. The blade edge is worn and fragmentary and there are some worn patches to the surface of the object. Otherwise, the object has a smooth, brown patina. It is 55.15mm in length, 26.18mm in width and 14.60mm in thickness. It weighs 19.99g. Miniature socketed axeheads that imit…
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 21st June 2019
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Record ID: DOR-F74A8E
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unfinished cast copper alloy miniature socketed axehead, dating to c.1150 BC-410 AD. The axe has the remains of the irregular globule of casting sprue at the cutting edge. Broadly sub-triangular with tapering parallel sides. The socket opening is oval. One face of the axe demonstrates a casting flaw which slightly distorts the profile of the object, though there are no casting seams visible anywhere on the object. A prominent sub-circular groove is visible on one edge of the axe, this is probably a failed attempt at creating a loop which may have served to suspend the piece, this i…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
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Record ID: NMS-4436A4
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper-alloy miniature developed flat axe dating to the late Early/early Middle Bronze Age. The axe has a narrow butt with moderately concave sides. Initially the sides are only slightly flaring but in the last 20% of its length the width increases by another 50% to form the curved cutting edge. In profile, the axe is lenticular with the maximum thickness at the centre of its length. Dimensions: 34.4mm in length, 12.0mm in max.width, 4.2mm in max.thickness and weighs 4.97g. The axe appears to be modelled on the Class 3 non-flanged axe types of Period 2 circa 2100-1900 B…
Created on: Friday 14th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
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Record ID: BH-AED714
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete miniature copper-alloy object, possibly an axe dating from the Late Bronze Age to Roman period (c. 1200 BC - AD 400). The axe is wedge shaped and sub-rectangular in cross-section with one wedge shaped end and the other end rounded. One face is flat while the other is concaved. One of the long edges is damaged in the form of an irregular triangular notch. There are no signs of decoration but there are small patches of a black coating on one of the edges. The rest of the object has a mid-green patina. The object measures 34.5mm in length, has a maximum width of 19mm and a …
Created on: Thursday 1st November 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
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