Record ID: DOR-2A928E
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete cast copper-alloy rapier. At the butt is a small, narrowed tang with a rounded end. It does not appear to be broken. The blade is expanded from the hilt with angled shoulders and tapers towards the bent and broken opposite end. It has a lenticular profile and a low mid-rib on both faces. It has possibly been deliberately broken in antiquity. Date: Bronze Age c. 1600 - 1000 BC Dimensions: 141.65 mm x 19.68 mm x 4.05 mm Weight: 60.86 g
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2017
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Record ID: LANCUM-FF125F
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Mid to Late Bronze Age copper alloy fragment probably a broken rapier or dagger dating 1500 - 1000BC. The object is triangular in form and an oval in cross section. It represents the damaged tip of a spear head. It has a narrow central rib with adjacent channels which has a circular cross section and tapers towards the point. The blades which are damaged taper in width towards the point. Rapiers are really long and have a slim blade and the shoulders and hilt, have broken off Similar to GLO-7EFE1A and WILT-471861 on the database. The length is 143mm, the width is 38mm thickness 20mm a…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2017
Last updated: Saturday 9th March 2019
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Record ID: SUR-921E66
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The extreme tip of a Middle to Late Bronze Age copper-alloy rapier or sword.
Created on: Saturday 27th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 20th July 2017
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Record ID: WILT-048851
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy rapier of Middle to Late Bronze Age date, c BC1400-800. The fragment consists of 46.41mm length of blade. It is damaged on both edges and there are early breaks at each end. It is 11.85mm in width at one end and 12.70mm at the other. The rapier blade is nearly flat in cross section (2.13mm thick) but there is some tapering towards the edges so it has a slightly elliptical cross section. It weighs 6.25g. It has a dark green patina and a heavily pitted surface.
Created on: Monday 8th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-4E8C83
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete cast copper alloy Middle Bronze Age rapier. The butt is incomplete and damaged which makes the original shape difficult to determine. Two C-shaped incomplete rivet holes or notches lie in the upper part of the butt, which is where the handle would have been attached. The notches are spaced approximately 24.82 mm apart. Slight shadow (shallowing of the metal) of the handle is visible just under the rivet holes extending centrally to the top of the break. This widest point (49.52 mm) is at the shoulders. The blade extends c. 290 mm from the base of the butt and is ap…
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
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Record ID: BERK-AE6C24
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy rapier. The fragment comprises the lower part of the blade and the tip. It has a prominent mid rib, straight truncation at break and slightly pitted edges. Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1550-1150 BC. Length 67.25mm; Extra measurements; width - top 11.79mm, 8.79 at the end. Thickness; 3.26 at end, 3.56 at the break.
Created on: Saturday 4th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2017
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Record ID: NMS-3A9744
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Middle Bronze Age rapier or dirk dating to the period c.1500 - 900 BC.The butt exhibits a series of old breaks along the upper edge and measures 19.8mm in width. It then tapers inwards to form a C-shaped notch on either side which would have formed the attachment point for the missing handle at which point it measures 18.9mm in width. The sides then expand into the shoulders and a maximum width of 40.6mm before tapering into the blade. The blade is lenticular in cross-section with a flattened mid-rib. It terminates in an old break.
Created on: Monday 9th January 2017
Last updated: Monday 27th September 2021
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Record ID: NMS-A63418
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tip of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy rapier in abraded condition with pockmatked surfaces and an ancient break. Extant length, width and thickness 23.8, 13.5 and 3.8mm. Weight 3.70g. c.1600 - c.1000 BC.
Created on: Monday 2nd January 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: NMS-9038DD
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Abraded and slightly bent fragment from near the tip of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy rapier blade, both ends broken and both cutting edges lost in antiquity. Extant length, width and thickness 50.2, 11.6 and 2.8mm. Weight 6.51g. Field JO11
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th October 2021
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Record ID: BUC-52EB4C
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy late Bronze Age spear dating to c. 1000 - 801 BC. Only part of the blade located near to the terminal (tip-end) survives. The fragment is sub rectangular in shape, narrowing towards the tip of the spear, which is worn and broken. The fragment is lozenge shaped in cross section. Running down the centre of the fragment on both sides is a raised midrib. The blade edges have been worn and there are notches along both the edges. The blade has a dark green patina, and has patches of brown corrosion. The blade is 23.6mm in length, 14.1mm in width, and 4.9mm in max…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-DB6579
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the blade of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy rapier, both ends broken in antiquity. The surfaces are pockmarked but a flat mid-rib is visible on both. The cutting edges are not sharp. Extant length 41mm. Width 17.3mm. Thickness 5.7mm. Weight 15.54g. c.1600 - c.1000 BC. Field L6
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2016
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2021
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Record ID: BERK-B0BBE1
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The tip of the blade of a cast copper alloy rapier of Middle to Late Bronze Age date, c. 1400-800 BC. The fragment consists of the end of the blade and is 71.3mm in length. The very tip of the blade is broken and missing and there is some bending to either end of the object, probably post-depostional. The rapier blade is nearly flat in cross section however there is a faint mid-rib that runs the length of the blade but is non-perceptatble in cross section. There is old damage to all edges.
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2016
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Record ID: NMS-B0453A
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment, with both ends broken in antiquity, of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy rapier blade with bevelled edges and broad midrib. Extant length 43mm. Width 20- 18.5mm. Thickness 5mm. Weight 17.41g. c.1600 - c.1000 BC.
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 6th October 2021
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Record ID: NMS-BA30A6
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tip of a copper alloy blade, probably a Middle Bronze Age rapier, very thin and with a crisply defined midrib. In fresh condition but with edge damage and with the point missing. Perhaps Burgess and Gerlof 1981, Group IV, Type Cutts, Variant Kilrea (pl.105, no. 845). Extant length, width and thickness 16.8, 10.2 and 2.4mm. Weight 1.09g. c.1600 - c.1000 BC.
Created on: Monday 10th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-27A90E
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Middle Bronze Age copper alloy notched-butt type short rapier dating to the period c. 1400 - 1100 BC. Burgess & Gerloff Group IV. The butt exhibits a series of old breaks along the upper edge and measures 25.9mm in width. Below is a C-shaped notch on either side which would have formed the attachment point for the missing handle, at which point it measures 30.7mm in width. Each notch houses a faceted rivet c. 10.3mm thick. The sides then expand into the shoulders and a maximum width of 35.4mm before tapering into the blade. The blade is lenticular in cross-section with a fl…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holme Hale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-5AE176
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle Bronze Age (c.1400-1250BC) copper-alloy rapier, now bent and distorted, almost certainly deliberately. This rapier has the characteristic thin narrow blade of a rapier that expands to form a plate with rounded end and with two rivet holes for attachment to the hilt. A short length of the rounded end is missing. The object now measures 404mm and is 23.3mm across its central length. The thickness is c.4.3 - 4.8mm.
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2016
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-DBE3D3
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Middle to Late Bronze Age bronze rapier of Group IV and possibly of Type Appleby, variant Lakenheath (as defined by Burgess & Gerloff 1981, p. 74-6) but possibly with a reworked butt and of Penard metalworking Industry The rapier is near-complete, with some damage to the shoulders and butt (with an overall length of 328mm and a weight of 94.3g). The butt end is arched and rounded (with a width of 20.3mm and a thickness of 1.6mm) with two side notches to accommodate rivets beneath (with a depth of 3.5mm and 2.8mm, giving a minimum width of 14.3mm at 10mm beneath the top of the butt). …
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 5th October 2017
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Record ID: WILT-9D21F1
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy cast Bronze Age blade, possibly a rapier, dating to the period 1500-1200 BC. The fragment is rectangular shape in plan, lozenge-shaped in cross section and has straight edges. The upper edge of the blade narrows slightly and has rounded corners. On the centre of the blade is a 5.94mm ridge. The blade is covered with a green patina and measures 55.23mm in length, 17.10mm in width, 4.68mm in thick and weights 18.13g. Similar blades are recorded on PAS database as SUR-750511 and NLM-9DE2F3, both dating to Middle Bronze Age.
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2016
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-88E367
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy mid to late Bronze Age rapier (or possibly a spear) dating to c 1500-800 BC. The object comprises only the tip and a short section of the blade. The fragment comprises the triangular end of the blade. In cross section, the blade is lozengiform in shape with each flat side of the blade rising to a ridge in the centre which runs to the point. The break at the end if old and the ridges are in good condition. The edges of the blade are blunt and jagged, possibly through corrosion or perhaps through striking to blunt the blade. The fragment weighs 28.97g and meas…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2391B9
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy rapier, broken in antiquity at both ends. Scuffing, almost all ancient, has removed all of the cutting edges. A broad midrib widens towards the missing butt. Burgess and Geldoff 1981, Group IV. Extant length and width 61 and 19mm. Thickness 1.5 - 3.5mm. Weight 14.68g. c.1400 - c.1250 BC. Field JG1
Created on: Thursday 28th April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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