Record ID: BM-28B710
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances of discovery The large group of gold and bronze artefacts described here were found between September 2004 and December 2005, initially by metal detecting, later by a combination of excavation and metal-detector survey. Most finds were made within a zone 25 x 10 metres in extent with just a few further away, up to 40 m. The finds circumstances are fully dealt with in Gloucestershire County Council’s preliminary report (Barrett & Vallender 2005); in summary they can be broken down into six groups: Thirty-five objects were initially found before any archa…
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cirencester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-27DFCC
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Bracelet 1 A complete and well crafted penannular bracelet with a band of thin, ‘C’ section. The section is, however, thickest at the centre, thinner, rounded and highly polished along the edges. The band tapers gently towards the squared off terminals, which are defined by a narrow beading created by turning the metal outward slightly. The bracelet has many dents and scratches visible under magnification. Slight compression of the band around the middle has caused limited distortion and misalignment of the terminals. One of the latter is damaged by a small nick. D…
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-25EFE8
Object type: ROD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A contorted fragment of rod of triangular section; the faces are concave and the flanges formed at their junctions are therefore acute. A moderate double twist at a point where the rod is bent appears to be a deliberate feature, but elsewhere very slight twists are likely to be due to distortion. There are no cut-marks, nor any crushing at the breaks. Maximum dimension (in contorted state) 55 mm; approximate extended length 200 mm; thickness 2.5 – 3.1 mm; weight 14.4 g
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-239133
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of square-sectioned rod which is fairly evenly twisted, but with tighter twisting towards the torn ends. The flange-crests are rather rounded and in places flattened due to damage.
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-833958
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Published
A hoard of five late Bronze Age gold jewellery items and one copper-alloy fragment, found in a pottery vessel. The contents of the hoard are as follows: 1.) Neckring 1: a penannular ring of thick gold bar of elliptical cross-section, the whole ring is decorated with incised radial lines except for a plain strip along the rear face; there is more complex groove decoration near the terminals. 2.) Necking 2: a penannular ring of thick gold bar of elliptical cross-section, decorated near the terminal zones only, with bands of close-set grooves. 3.) Bracelet 1: a 'C'-shaped ring of el…
Created on: Monday 25th June 2012
Last updated: Sunday 5th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milton Keynes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-E9E2A1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age gold ribbon ornament from Ilam, Staffordshire Description Two joining fragments form a parallel sided strip, or ribbon. One end is a neat flat-ended terminal with rounded corners, the other is a ragged break. The back is flat, while the front carries twenty-one very finely incised grooves aligned longitudinally. These are evenly spaced, but the outer rims are slightly broader in places. The grooves stop a little short of the terminal. In addition to the main tears, the strip is a little contorted with a partial tear from one side and two tiny drill holes have been not…
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-7D4A11
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Description 2. Socketed axe fragment (site id. 358) Mouth intact, but blade and one face lacking. Class A socketed axe decorated with wing-rib design. The bases of the wings continue onto the sides as a slight horizontal moulding. Length 69 mm; weight 81.4 g 3. Plate-like fragment All edges broken; possibly part of an artefact. Max. dimension 46.5 mm; weight 23.2 g 4. Tang fragment Blunt ended rod of sub-trapezoid section; other end thins and expands towards a bifurcation, but the two ends are immediately broken. Length 36.5 mm; weight 9.4g 5. I…
Created on: Friday 24th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ringlemere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-7C59E2
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age cast copper alloy sword, probably from the Wilberton phase. . It is incomplete and in two pieces. There is a break across the blade, and part of the object is missing at the hilt end. There are six rivet holes, which would have been used to attach a handle. The cross section of the blade is unknown. The blade tapers in width before expaning out again becoming widest at aproximately two thirds its length, before tapering again to the point. Identified by Stuart Needham on the 12 October 1978 as an enquiry. The letter from the British Museum states "The sword is datable to…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Matching Green Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-9EE670
Object type: ROD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2005 T582 Very small, flat, fragment of gold with evidence of hammering, possibly relating to scrapping. Too little survives to be able to make even a tentative identification and its exact age is thus unknown although it is likely to be over 300 years old. I can confirm that this find contains a minimum of 10 per cent gold. Consequently, it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms of both age and precious metal content.
Created on: Thursday 1st May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Shelford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-DA8D94
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age bronze metalwork from Poulton, Gloucestershire Description 1. Palstave, broad-bladed. Complete, well finished axe-head with deliberate hammer-rippling on the cutting edge bevels and, more diffusely, on the sides and faces of the blade. Flanges are of truncated-leaf form in profile. Below a thick stop on either face is a deep pendulous shield motif defined by a near V-shaped rib enclosing a depression and, on one face, also a fine central rib. A very slight medial ridge runs down the blade faces from the base of the shield, but otherwise the blade has a crisp rect…
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotswolds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-BABA90
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment from probably a small spearhead, Bronze Age. Stuart Needham of the British Museum suggested it may be from the middle - late Bronze Age 1,500 - 800BC). The fragment originated near the tip, both ends of the fragment are breaks. The breaks have the same glossy dark green patina as the rest of the surface suggesting the breaks occurred in antiquity. The fragment has a pronounced central midrib; on either side of the midrib the metal gradually thins towards the edges. There is a small notch missing from one side but this may have occurred whilst in the ground. Len…
Created on: Friday 5th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-531788
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a copper alloy socketed chisel, the blade end only. It is oval sectioned.
Created on: Thursday 7th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 1st May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-8101B6
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Socketed axe head, made of cast copper alloy. Sompting type. It has a prominent bulbous collar below which is horizontal moulding. The upper body is narrow at the sides (measuring 26mm) and diverges to an expanded cutting edge (measuring 70 mm) that forms into a splayed, elongated wedge-shape. The loop is broad with its upper end merging with the horizontal moulding, and the lower end slightly splayed out extending to the edges of the side. It is decorated on both sides with four pairs of ribs, each rib ending at a ring.
Created on: Wednesday 15th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-9AC505
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete bronze axe. Narrow socketed axe with slightly flaring cutting edge. Butt of the axe missing. Casting ridge along each side. Rectangular cross section and socket. There is a raised cast V motif on both faces of the axe. Stuart Needham identified this as an unusual feature on a socketed axe.
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-BF4245
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The neckring is made from a heavy, thick bar of oval cross-section, which is thickest in the middle and tapers towards both ends. The terminals are finished off as flat oval surfaces. The object appears to have had a good surface finish prior to damage and it has been left entirely plain. The original curvature of the ornament has been distorted asymmetrically so that one arm is more extended than the other. The middle of the bar bears deep >cuts= across both faces apparently having been formed by ancient chisel strikes. Dimensions and metal content: Maximum dimension (distorted) 20…
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moulsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-BF2BC7
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small Late Bronze Age penannular ring of fat `D' section, the flatter face facing inwards. The object appears to be made by folding sheet gold over a core of another material, probably of copper. Exterior surfaces are relatively well smoothed, but the interior and the terminal faces are less well finished, such that folds and crimps remain clear. Dimensions and metal content: Diameter: 15.2 x 13.9mm; weight: 4.4g. X-ray fluorescence analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content of 78 per cent for the cover.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bidford on Avon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-BEBC60
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy object with an intact asymmetrically triangular end, unsharpened. The narrow end leads into a tang of curved section, perhaps originally a narrow socket. Extant length: 46.6mm; maximum width: 15.0mm; extant width of narrow end: 3.9mm; maximum thickness: 3.5mm.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Friday 2nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cantley', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-BEA110
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
Much of the blade of a small socketed copper alloy spearhead. Although fine surface features have been lost due to surface deterioration in the soil, the midrib was almost certainly of lozenge section. Extant length: 53.3mm; maximum width: 22.4mm; maximum breadth: 10.0mm.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cantley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-BE6A53
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
An undecorated gold torc, or neckring, made from a thin rod of gold tapering towards either terminal. One terminal is intact and is hooked. Dimensions and metal content: 1. Maximum diameter:155mm; maximum thickness: 3.4mm; thickness of the intact terminal end: 0.5mm; weight: 36.1g. X-ray fluorescence analysis of the torc conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content of 81 per cent.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Friday 2nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CANTLEY', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-BDF674
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A strip of very flimsy sheet gold describing an even crescentic shape, broadest in the middle and tapering gently to the ends. The terminals are expanded a little to form oval tabs, each with a central perforation, although one tab is broken across the perforation. This loss evidently occurred in antiquity, for there is a secondary perforation in the neck of the terminal. The edges of the crescent, including the tabs, are entirely outlined with closely set punched dots. The dots are about 0.9mm across, protrude beyond the surface by about 0.2mm and number 6-7 per centimet…
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Braithwaite', grid reference and parish protected.