Record ID: WAW-600E31
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy awl of probable Bronze Age date, circa 2150 BC - 800 BC. At one end the point tapers in a sub-circular section. The tang end is flattened and becomes sub-rectangular in section. The shaft is rectangular in section. The surface of the awl is worn with an uneven dark green and mid brown surface patina. Identified as probably dating to the Bronze Age owning to the fabric of the object. However, as a functional object the form of the awl barely changes from the Bronze Age to Medieval periods and a selection of broadly comparable awls are recorded in Ottaway an…
Created on: Friday 15th November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 28th November 2013
Spatial data recorded.