Record ID: BH-B71423
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy artefact, possibly representing part of a scabbard chape. A piece of sheet-metal has been folded to create a two-sided object with central gap. The outer side, where the fold is located, is angled at approximately 45 degrees, extending into a flat base. From the narrow 'arm' at the top, the upper side flattens out, forming a wide area at the bottom. The surfaces of the angled portion of the chape have a dark blueish-green patination and are pitted; there is a clear break between this and the lower portion, where the metal is lighter green, has lightly inci…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2011
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6B22A3
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a late Bronze Age 'tongue' shaped scabbard chape. The surviving section is an elongated trapezoid in plan and it has a narrow hexagonal cross section.There is damage to both ends. There is a pronounced central rib running along the front and back face. It has a mid-green patina.The artefact is damaged, with recent damage seen on one face in the form of several dents revealing the copper colour below the patina.It is 69.89mm long, 27.40mm wide tapering to 17.69mm, and it is 10.27mm thick tapering to 9.63mm. The walls are 1.35mm thick. It weighs 33.69 grams.
Created on: Thursday 14th April 2011
Last updated: Monday 18th April 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-095061
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly corroded, damaged cast copper-alloy Late Bronze Age 'bag-shaped' dagger scabbard chape. The object has a rounded end, slightly flattened at the base perhaps through wear. The attachment end has suffered some losses but is broadly U-shaped after a removal, with a raised border. On each side are three punched ring-and-dot motifs in an arc aligned with the attachment end. These bear internal concentric rings as part of the production process. Two of the perforations are filled with corrosion product. The base is thickened from the widest point to the terminal and on the side…
Created on: Friday 16th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quarley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-428CF4
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy spear ferrule. The terminal of the ferrule is rounded, the sides gently expand outwards to form a long cone with a circular cross-section.The walls of the cone are 3.5 mm thick and heavily truncated due to corrosion making it is impossible to determine its original length.This artefact dates to the Bronze Age.
Created on: Friday 7th May 2010
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tibberton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-5A3CD3
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age cast copper alloy scabbard chape fragment. Weight 16.78. Length 33mm
Created on: Monday 26th April 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-104AF3
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Late Bronze Age scabbard chape, cast. A tapering hollow object, both ends missing. The two wide faces are concave on either side of a median arris. Length 40mm, maximum external width 15.5mm, maximum internal width 13.5mm. It is uncertain whether this of a short tongue or long tongue type (Colquhoun in Burgess and Coombs eds. 1979, 109, fig.4.7 nos. 119-21). c.950 – c.750 BC. A very similar fragment was found in Barton Bendish in 2004 (HER 17600).
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-76EAB1
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the terminal end of a Late Bronze Age sword chape. The chape is hollow and of lozenge-shape section with rounded (or worn) corners. The enclosed terminal is very slightly expanded. The chape fragment is broken at the upper edge.
Created on: Friday 12th January 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Saunderton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-9ADF54
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy sword-chape. Late Bronze Age (1150BC-800BC). Ogival with lozenge shaped cross section, sharp median ribs and flattened edges with a slight rib front and back. The mouth of the chape is wide and open with deeply in-curved upper edges. The butt has a solid oval boss with a convex end. There are three ridges around the sides of the boss. The chape then flares out before curving back in to form an ogee shape and tapering to the round ended, oval sectioned butt. The chape is damaged and incomplete at both top and base and has been broken in two (the pieces were foun…
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-864DB7
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy object which is tentatively identified as a chape of late Bronze Age date (A.Macgregor, 1987, p. 110, no.1178 (similar)). The piece is sub-triangular and has a shallow, transverse recess of oval shape at the top. The object tapers towards the bottom where it is broken off. It measures 39mm long by 23.9mm wide and 8.4mm thick. It weighs 18.16g. The surfaces are heavily corroded.
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hadham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-5DEF37
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy Late Bronze Age 'bag-shaped' dagger scabbard chape. The object has a rounded end. Because it is abraded at the attachment end it is hard to discern whether or not the 'body' of the chape would have continued up with straight sides. There are six aligned circular perforations near the point of the old break, three on either side. A couple of these chapes are listed in O'Connor (1980, 190-191; ref. 161). They are associated with the 'carp's tongue complex' of south-east England and date to the Ewart Park metalworking phase.
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2005
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-9EA484
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete bronze bag-shaped chape with two peg holes, measuring 18mm in height, 37mm in width and 10mm in thickness. Three transverse grooves decorated the base of both faces of this chape. One face is incomplete due to ancient, and some more modern, breaks down to the peg hole. The surface condition is reasonably good and patinated dark grey/green with a slight silvery sheen in places. There are areas of pocking and surface loss with paler green corrosion products visible. The top edge of the chape is less pronounced in comparison to other East Anglian examples, e.g those in the L…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2005
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hilgay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-4A2F62
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age scabbard chape, relating to the family of tongue-shaped chapes and dating to between 1100-800 BC. The chape would have fitted onto the end of a sword scabbard. The mouth of the chape is diamond shaped and this tapers to join a larger circular, flat terminal. About two thirds of the way down the chape are two small circular perforations on each side, possibly for riveting to the scabbard. The chape is undecorated and in good condition. The object weighs 46g and measures 64.46mm in length and 28.35mm in width (across the chape mouth).
Created on: Wednesday 26th May 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Darrington', grid reference and parish protected.