Record ID: LEIC-4821A1
Object type: BATTLEAXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete late Neolithic to Bronze Age stone perforated battleaxe, dating to 2500 - 1800 BC. The axe is broadly triangular in plan. In section the triangular blade narrows sharply to a slightly rounded rectangular butt (rectangular with rounded corners). The axe has a flared blunted crescentic edge. The blade of the battleaxe is on the same alignment (vertical) as the perforation. It is broadly convex in profile and appears complete. The perforation is positioned at a point approximately 1/3 of the way along the length of the axe, closest to the butt end. The perforation itself has a…
Created on: Wednesday 29th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 17th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-352DE2
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper-alloy probable strap fitting, probably dating to c. 800 - 1 BC. The object is made up of a slightly trapezoidal square frame with an integral irregularly sized sub-spherical knop on each corner. The arms of the frame have a flattened oval cross section. One of the knops appears to have some corrosion or be damaged? Length: 17 mm Width: 17 mm Thickness: 4 mm Weight: 5.1 g A very similar object DENO-0D92E4 is recorded on the database as a 'swan headed pin'
Created on: Friday 12th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-97EA17
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Middle Bronze Age - Late Bronze Age socketed spear tip fragment. 27mm in length, 14mm wide and 8mm thick with a weight of 5.48g. The object is sub rectangular in form and cross section and is badly damaged. It has a tapering cross section which terminates in a rounded point. This is flanked by one partial flat 'blade' It has a very slight rib on each surface and is very worn.
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 24th March 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-6DDC3D
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead, 97mm long, 28mm wide and 15mm thick, with a weight of 52.83g. (weight includes wet mud still present into the shaft). The object has a large conical shaped socket with a sub-circular cross section, when recorded the socket was filled with damp mud. There is a circular hole, c.3mm in diameter, 8mm from the base. The socket is 28mm wide and 15mm thick at its base with an internal width of c.24mm. The socket continues as a midrib which terminates at the tip of the blade. The blade wings are quite small, 23mm at widest position, and gently curved with a …
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-BAD4C1
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to early modern leaded alloy casting waste, 61 mm long, 14mm wide and 8mm thick with a weight of 22.59grams. The object represents the well formed in a casting and has raised areas which are traces of the jets. The object would have been produced from the late medieval period to the early modern, 1400-1850.
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 30th September 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-222BC2
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a copper alloy spearhead of middle to late Bronze Age date. Only the tip survives. It is very damaged and corroded, but roughly sub-triangular in form and with a lozenge section and a wide hemispherical rib running along the centre of each face. The flattened sections to either side of this are very damaged and the tip is missing. At the other end is an irregular break with a slight dimple in the centre suggesting that the spear had a socket. There is a thick brown patina that is missing in a few places revealling a green inner core. It is likely to be of middle to lat…
Created on: Wednesday 5th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th March 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-3F1A93
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy tanged chisel or narrow flat axe of later Early Bronze Age to early Middle Bronze Age date. It is roughly sub-triangular in form with a slightly lentoid section, but unusually long and narrow for an axe of this type. It has an expanded, curved blade at one end and a rounded butt at the other. It is not clear whether there are slight flanges along each side or a median bevel. The surface is highly pitted and corroded. Two similar axes have been recorded on the PAS database - HESH-298FF4 and HESH-041538. Length: 55.0mm, width: 12.0mm, thickness: 3.0mm, weight: 0.77g
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2013
Last updated: Saturday 23rd November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Itchington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-AAD8B1
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy (bronze) fragment from a spearhead of uncertain Mid - Late Bronze Age date (1400-750 BC). The fragment has lost all its diagnostic features and so the classification cannot be further refined. The fragment comprises a section of the upper part of the spear blade, specifically the lozenge sectioned central mid-rib and a feathered section of blade, the tip of the spearhead is lost. The mid-rib is high and this is more common on spearhead of Middle Bronze Age date. The surface is a dark brown colour with a polished surface patina- this patina is pitted and has light gre…
Created on: Tuesday 1st October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hungarton', grid reference and parish protected.