Record ID: LANCUM-5E3C83
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy dagger dating from the Early Bronze Age, c.2150-c.1500BC. The object is a butt riveted small blade dagger or knife with triangular blade. The blade would have been attached to the hilt by means of three large rivets, the top side one is still in place. The rivet is circular in cross-section and flat-hourglass-shaped in plan. The other two are missing and the other rivet holes are incomplete due to breaks or possibly corrosion. The object is quite damaged so it is difficult to ascertain the exact type, but it is similar to Needham's series 2 (id 1200 Car…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
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Record ID: SUR-1EFCC6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle Bronze Age pin with a disc-shaped head, decorated shaft and perforated swelling on the shaft. The pin is a derivative of a Picardy-type pin and dates to c1400-1250BC. The pin is now bent but is complete and, if straight, measures 180mm. The surfaces are now mainly dark brown and there are iron-rich surface deposits, especially underneath the head of the pin. The disc-shaped head is 23.70mm in diameter and has a prominent rim on its upper face. The face of the disc is left rough and gives the impression there was an inlay made from a different material. Less than midway along …
Created on: Wednesday 5th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 11th August 2015
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Record ID: SOM-468577
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One end of a gold strip broken into two pieces of unknown date. The complete end is squared off with slightly rounded corners. The strip widens gradually and consistantly from 6.0mm at the complete end to 12.9mm at the break. The centre is slightly recessed for some of the strip leaving raised edges but it is otherside undecorated. The strip was apparently rolled up when found but was straighened by the finder. it is now 24.3mm long and 0.3mm thick at the thinnest point (in the centre of the broken edge), 0.9mm thick at the thickest point on the edges. It weighs 1.30 grams in total. …
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2012
Last updated: Friday 13th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C93187
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete undiagnostic gold object of Unknown date. The object is a misshapen flat strip of gold. One end appears to be complete and opposite end has a transverse break. Close to the complete end there is an off-centre irregular punched hole, burred on one side. Length: 38.21mm; width: 11.23mm; thickness: 0.26mm. Weight: 1.74g.
Created on: Saturday 16th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-FFEAA0
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Reading
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Bronze Age tanged knife, almost complete save for the rounded tip of the blade. The knife is 146.20mm long and measures 24.04mm across the blade. The thickness of the blade is 2.24mm and the tang is c3mm thick across its widest point. The blade, which is both unpatinated and still sharp, tapers outwards towards a rounded shoulder which leads to the narrower tang. Corrosion products on the tang and shoulder appear suggestive of the remains of a handle. The date range for this type of knife is c1100 to c800BC.
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2012
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Record ID: BH-6FF1F3
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Between 2010 and March 2012 fourteen copper alloy ingots, one copper alloy casting waste fragment and two unidentifiable copper alloy fragments were found. The copper alloy ingots and fragments were found in the parish of Sarratt, Hertfordshire. Description 1. Copper alloy ingot. Length: 76.44 mm, Maximum Width: 68.08 mm, Maximum Thickness: 31.84 mm, Weight: 641.9 g 2. Copper alloy ingot. Length: 67.52 mm, Maximum Width: 47.44 mm, Maximum Thickness: 22.74 mm, Weight: 197.1 g 3. Copper alloy ingot. Length: 56.73 mm, Maximum Width: 34.19mm, Maximum Thickness: 33.84 mm, Weig…
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sarratt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-42EF37
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy chisel, rectangular in plan and section, and triangular in profile. The socketed collar is missing and the blade end has been hammered flat so that is has flanged outwards slightly on both sides. The casting seam on both sides has been filed down, and there are now lumps of corrosion product following these lines which obscure the detail. The surface is generally corroded and pitted with patches of powdery bright green bronze disease. Pearce (1983) illustrates a similar socketed chisel from Bodmin, Cornwall on page 563, Plate 2, No.12 and another from Bovey Tracey,…
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-A11924
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy dagger dating from the Early Bronze Age, about 1900 BC - 1600 BC. It is a flat riveted knife-dagger type. The blade is slightly bent but seems to be almost complete. It has a mid rib on each face and the blade edges are bevelled. The sides of the blade are slightly convex, but are almost straight. At the hilt, they flare outwards and then meet to form a pointed end. A copper alloy rivet survives in the rivet hole on one side of the hilt. It is at the widest point. The other side is damaged and broken across the rivet hole. The rivet has expanded ends and is sub-cir…
Created on: Friday 9th March 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 20th March 2012
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Record ID: KENT-FAE641
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circumstances of discovery In February 2010, 21 Iron Age gold coins and a gold torc fragment were discovered. The coins were found at the same site as five earlier groups of coins (2003 T7, 2005 T18, 2006 T564, 2007 T624 and 2009 T182, with a total of 118 coins) and should be considered as addenda to the earlier hoard. The coins The coins consist of 6 gold staters and 15 gold quarter staters, of types associated with the Cantii, a people thought to have inhabited parts of modern Kent during the late Iron Age. All were produced from the mid to late first century BC, with the e…
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2012
Last updated: Friday 14th October 2016
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Record ID: LVPL-25CEB5
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bournemouth
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy cast palstave (Type Class 4/1 (Rowlands 1976:34, Site 73: pg. 243 (no.1) and plate 6 (1) variation on Type Werrar; see also Northover 2001, Fig 3a, no. 3 and 4). Ill-shaped/absent stop-ridge with U-shaped septum and straight-sided open flanges for hafting. The flanges are lozenge-shaped in profile. Broad, triangular-shaped blade with shallow mid-ridge. Brown patina with green encrustations and corrosion. Small chipping along blade edge. The object is part of a hoard of seven axes found in association. It therefore qualifies as treasure under the 1996 Treasure A…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bournemouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-25BFD5
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bournemouth
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy palstave with side loop (Type Class 5/1 (Rowlands 1976:34, Site 34: pg. 231 (no.1) and plate 6 (1). The object has a short, deep U-shaped septum with stop-ridge and low, triangular-shaped flanges. Flared, triangular-shaped blade with central mid-rib. Small loop on side of the palstave next to the stop-ridge. Reddish-brown patina with green corrosion, with a large chip out of blade edge and at the top of the septum. The object is part of a hoard of seven axes found in association. It therefore qualifies as treasure under the 1996 Treasure Act. The treasure rep…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bournemouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-25B355
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bournemouth
Workflow stage: Published
Complete cast copper alloy palstave axe dating to the Bronze Age (Rowlands 1976: fig. 1, O'Connor 1980: 47-49, Site 43: pg. 332 & fig. 18 (8) and Site 61: pg. 338 & fig. 24 (1-4) variation on Norman Type) . It has a deep, U-shaped septum and triangular side flanges. The object has a broad blade with multiple short-ribs (4) or rib and groove ornament below the stop/inset. Brown patina with green encrustations and corrosion. The object is part of a hoard of seven axes found in association. It therefore qualifies as treasure under the 1996 Treasure Act. The treasure report states: Th…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bournemouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-25A796
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bournemouth
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy cast palstave with side loop (Type Class 5/2 (Rowlands 1976: 35, Site 1060: Plate 3)) and lozenge-shaped flanges. The object has a flared blade with triangular-shaped depression and central mid-rib below the stop-ridge. It has a deep brown patina with green corrosion and encrustations and some surface pitting. The object is part of a hoard of seven axes found in association. It therefore qualifies as treasure under the 1996 Treasure Act. The object is corroded, patches of a mid-green patina remain. The treasure report states: This hoard represents a diverse col…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bournemouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-2599D7
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bournemouth
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper allow cast palstave (Type Class 2/2 (Rowlands 1976: 31, Site 127: plate 3 and Site 132 (no.6) & plate 2; O'Connor 1980: 57, Site 21: pg. 319 & plate 1 (1-4)) with deep, U-shape septum and leaf-shaped flanges. Flared, triangular blade with central mid-rib. Brown patina with green encrustations/corrosion, surface pitting, and chipping along the blade edge. The object is part of a hoard of seven axes found in association. It therefore qualifies as treasure under the 1996 Treasure Act. The treasure report states: This hoard represents a diverse collection of palstave t…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bournemouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-2588F5
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bournemouth
Workflow stage: Published
Flared blade fragment of a cast copper alloy palstave axe dating to the Bronze Age. The object has a shallow mid-rib with casting seams along the side of the blade. There is chipping along the blade edge. The object has a brown patina with green encrustations. The fragment is part of a hoard of seven axes found in association. It therefore qualifies as treasure under the 1996 Treasure Act. The object is corroded, patches of a mid-green patina remain. The curator's treasure report states: 'This hoard represents a diverse collection of palstave types typically found in Southern Englan…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bournemouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-2574F4
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bournemouth
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of midsection of cast copper alloy palstave, including the stop-ridge dating to the Bronze Age. The object has a U-shaped septum, and triangular-shaped depression on the neck below the stop-ridge (possibly Type Class 3/1 (Rowlands 1976:32-33, Site 80: pg. 245 & plate 4 (1) and Site 82: pg. 246 & plate 10 (3-9)) Type Birchington). Possible remains of a broken side loop next to the stop-ridge. Very well preserved with original dark brown patina and some green incrustations. The fragment is part of a hoard of seven axes found in association. It therefore qualifies as treasure…
Created on: Monday 20th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bournemouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-0F86A5
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
8 Fragments of copper alloy from a Bronze Age Hoard. Description 1. Copper alloy ingot. Length: 151.53mm, Maximum Width: 100.95mm, Maximum Thickness: 36.52 mm, Weight: 1659.7 g 2. Copper alloy "bun" ingot. Length: 126.70 mm, Maximum Width: 112.66 mm, Maximum Thickness: 25.64 mm, Weight: 1381.2 g 3. Copper alloy ingot. Length: 80.01 mm, Maximum Width: 79.79 mm, Maximum Thickness: 24.89 mm, Weight: 592.7 g 4. Copper alloy ingot. Length: 73.57 mm, Maximum Width: 52.08 mm, Maximum Thickness: 26.42 mm, Weight: 301.9 g 5. Copper alloy ingot. Length: 66.57 mm…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lynsted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-76B150
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
2011 T890 Circumstances of Discovery On 10th December 2011, while metal detecting on cultivated land in Ancaster, three gold rods fused together were found, the probable remains of a broken and melted down twisted wire torc of Middle Bronze Age date (c.1300-1150BC). One is made from twisted gold, one is a round, smooth rod with a pitted surface, the last is also round but the feint hint of of a twisted surface survives on one side. The hoard was found in the parish of Ancaster, Lincolnshire. Description 1. Three gold rods fused together. All three rods may once have been…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-0E2F72
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2011 T768. Catalogue (Part 1) 1. Cast copper alloy socketed axe. Late Bronze Age socketed axe with double mouth moulding. The upper collar is short and trumpet shaped. The loop emerges above the lower horizontal moulding. The sides are straight and taper slightly outwards towards the cutting edge which is only slightly convex. The axe is of Type Yorkshire (Schmidt and Burgess 1981: 223-238). Measurements: Length: 81.2mm; Blade width: 41.8mm. Body width (at loop): 31.0mm; Weight: 169.6g. 2. Cast copper alloy socketed axe blade fragment. Body fragment…
Created on: Monday 14th November 2011
Last updated: Friday 10th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bridlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-3E31A6
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Three ingot fragments were found in the parish of Furneux Pelham in Hertfordshire. Description 1. Copper alloy ingot fragment, light green and brown patina Weight: 126.5g, Max Length: 52.22mm, Max Width: 36.95mm 2. Copper alloy ingot fragment, light green patina. Weight: 104.3g, Max Length: 41.68mm, Max Width: 32.51mm 3. Copper alloy ingot fragment, light green patina. Weight: 116.5g Max Length: 56.19mm, Max Width: 42.02mm Discussion Copper alloy ingot fragments in hoards are typical the Late Bronze Age (c. 1100-800 BC) where they are relatively common. Com…
Created on: Friday 4th November 2011
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
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