Record ID: SOM-6D0A27
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. The fragment measures 42.3mm by 28.5mm by 5.4mm and weighs 27.7g. It comprises part of two sides of the socket, which has a thickened edge and an adjacent transverse linear moulding, and a short length of the axhead itself. There is a further longitudinal moulding in the centre of one of the surviving sides. A smaller fragment of copper alloy was found nearby. Although it does not appear to join with the larger fragment, the thickness, general appearance and patina are consistent and the two fragments may we…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Overcompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6D7E72
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead or socketed chisel of late Bronze Age date. The fragment measures 32.3mm by 32.9mm by 8.6mm and weighs 12.8g. It comprises the straight cutting edge and a short length of the tapering axehead. One side survives more intact than the other. The socket reaches almost to the cutting edge. In the centre of each side there is a longitudinal casting seam.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maiden Newton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1AA9C5
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy palstave axe of Middle Bronze Age date. The looped palstave measures 147mm in length by 55.2mm (width across cutting edge) by 35.6mm and weighs 389g. The cutting edge is crescentic with a wide edge bevel and there is a single central linear moulding on both sides of the blade which starts 27mm from the cutting edge and ends close to the stop ridge. The stop is squared and the side flanges are high, although one side is more worn that the other. There is a faint casting seam along the centre of the sides of the blade and flange. The palstave belongs to the Taunton ph…
Created on: Tuesday 14th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Priddy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1AD5D4
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy palstave axe of Middle Bronze Age date. The looped palstave measures 176mm in length by 54.3mm (width across cutting edge) by 37.2mm and weighs 532g. The cutting edge curves slightly and the blade has three ridges, one central and one along each edge. The stop is slightly rounded and the side flanges are high. There is a casting seam along the centre of the sides of the blade and flange. The palstave belongs to the Taunton phase of metalworking. It has a rich dark green patina in some places, although much of the surface is pitted and some of the edges are damaged.
Created on: Tuesday 14th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Priddy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1E8616
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy palstave of early Middle Bronze Age date. The unlooped palstave measures 155mm in length by 66.2mm (width across cutting edge) by 37.2mm and weighs 426g. The cutting edge is crescentic. The butt has parallel sides and the end is damaged with a small part missing. The stop is rounded and the side flanges are high. There is a very faint casting seam along the centre of the sides of the blade and flange. This palstave falls into the Acton Park phase of metal-working. The palstave is in good condition with an even dark brown patina.
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wiveliscombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AF89B5
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The tip of a probable copper alloy rapier or dirk of Middle to Late Bronze Age date. The fragment measures 21.6mm by 11.9mm by 1.8mm and weighs 1.9g. The cross-section is slightly wider in the centre, with sharp edges.
Created on: Monday 26th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Queen Camel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C03882
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. The axehead measures 89.8mm in length and weighs 274g. Just over half of the socket is missing. On the exterior of the sub-rectangular mouth there are four linear mouldings, the upper most of which is larger and thicker that the other three. There are no other mouldings. The socket has a maximum thickness of 7.5mm and a depth of 60mm. The complete loop starts just below the mouth mouldings. It measures 19.4mm in length and the width of the D-shaped cross section is between 10.5mm and 8.7mm. There is an indistinct…
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langford Budville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9810A6
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the butt of a Bronze Age palstave axe. The fragment is wedge shaped with raised edges of each side creating a 'H' shaped profile. The fragment is in fairly poor condition; it is eroded and pitted with very rounded edges. However, a small amount of dark-green, shiny patina can be seen in a few places. The small size and worn condition of the fragment makes it difficult to determine the original form of the palstave. However, it probably dates to the mid Bronze Age. Length: 28.6mm, Width: 21.7mm, Thickness: 10.2mm Weight: 23.4g
Created on: Monday 16th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Spaxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D70103
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lump or 'cake' of copper alloy metal working debris. The lump has a flat base, mishapen sides and a rounded top with a sub-circular depression roughly in the centre. Such objects are often indicative of Bronze Age metalworking. However, due to their basic form and consequent lack of diagnostic features they are largely undateable, unless found in association with other dateable objects. Width: 36.22, Thickness: 25.8 Weight: 107g
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near east Lydeard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-517AF1
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy annular bracelet/arm-ring probably of Bronze Age date. The bracelet, which has an internal diameter of 64.5mm, an external diameter of 81.8mm and a width of 16.6mm has a sub-triangular section with a flat inner side and rounded apex running around the centre of the outer side. The surfaces are heavily pitted and there is a crack at one point. The remaining original surface does not show any incised decoration however too much of the surface has been lost to definitively state whether it was decorated or not. Similar plain and incised (Liss-type) brac…
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 15th February 2013
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Record ID: SOM-FBC596
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Hilt and lower part of the blade of an unfinished cast copper alloy Late Bronze Age Ewart Park type sword with patinated breaks between the fragments and at the end. The hilt is complete and filed as though finished but the sites where it would have been drilled for rivet holes are visible as indented dimples rather than completed. It has a flaring triangular finial, 34.2mm wide, with straight end which has been filed to a rounded profile. Above the finial the grip has a rectangular section with convex curved sides in plan. The sides have been filed to remove any casting flash with c…
Created on: Monday 7th February 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D995B1
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy awl/tracer. The centre of the awl, which is circular in cross-section, measures 4.7mm in diameter. It tapers, gradually at first then increasingly, to a circular sectioned point at one end (awl end). The other end is squared off just beyond the mid point then tapers to a rectangular sectioned point (tracer end). It is 44.2mm long and weighs 3.51 grams. Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but ones of this form are known to have been introduced in the Bronze Age (2150-800 BC) with most being Late Bronze Age in date (1150-800 BC).
Created on: Tuesday 19th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-DCCED7
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of copper alloy, probably from the tip of a spearhead of middle to late Bronze Age date: 1500-800 BC. The fragment is lentoid in cross-section, creating a slight ridge along the centre of both faces. It is very worn and pitted and the edges are damaged. It is difficult to see whether the end of the socket is visible within the break due to this damage and the small size of the fragment. The form of the original spearhead is impossible to determine and so it is difficult to date beyond middle to late Bronze Age. Length: 27.21mm, Width: 15.65mm, Thickness: 2.87mm, We…
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chewton Mendip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AE4024
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age socketed axe head of the Taunton-Hademarschen type. The axe is relatively long and narrow compared to more common forms of socketed axe. the surface is badly corroded with thick concretions in some areas. The mouth of the socket is square, 19.6mm by 19.9mm internally, 27.7mm by 29.3mm externally. Adjacent to the mouth is a prominent moulding, up to 8.2mm wide and raised 1.4mm, reinforcing this socket. The axe then tapers evenly becoming slightly narrower and consistantly thinner towards the widened blade, It is sub-rectangular in cross section with flat flaces and…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Last updated: Saturday 1st December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middlezoy CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6ACB14
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The tip of a cast copper alloy socketed gouge of late Bronze Age date. The fragment measures 32.7mm by 14mm by 11.2mm and weighs 12.4g. The gouge is quite corroded and has broken approximately half way along its length. The tip is rounded.
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waltham Abbey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B251B3
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper awl of possible Bronze Age date. The awl measures 51.2mm by 6.2mm by 4.9mm and weighs 5.1g. It has a broadly rectangular cross-section and tapers to a blunt point at each end.
Created on: Friday 2nd May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Portesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7F28E7
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A short section from the blade of a cast copper alloy sword, rapier or dirk of middle to late Bronze Age date. The worn fragment measures 29.4mm in width, 18.7mm in length and 6.4mm in maximum thickness. It weighs 12.8g. It has a flat lozenge-shaped cross-section.
Created on: Thursday 5th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-256407
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy chisel of probable Bronze Age date. The surviving portion measures 52.8mm by 6.5mm by 4.3mm and weighs 6.5g. It has a square cross-section which narrows to a wedge at one end. The other end is broken.
Created on: Friday 13th June 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Curry Rivel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-77FCF6
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy flanged flat axehead of early Bronze Age date. The axehead measures c. 69mm in length by c. 40mm in width. It has a crescentic cutting edge and low cast flanges on each side. The butt end is narrow and was probably rounded, but has been damaged. The original surface has been lost in several areas.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brewham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6E7416
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from the blade of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. The fragment measures 35.4mm by 22.2mm by 9.5mm and weighs 27.4g. The blade flares out slightly as its cross-section narrows. One face is particularly worn and one corner of the blade is damaged.
Created on: Monday 4th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.