Record ID: SUR-AEF786
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of finely worked white flint, 12.1mm in length, sub rectangular in shape with a flat lenticular cross section. Both faces have long low angle intrusive retouch. The fragment probably represents the cutting edge from a small Neolithic flint chisel.
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-8A5040
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy flat tanged chisel, or possibly a miniature flat axe most likely dating to the Bronze Age. In plan the chisel is narrowest at its butt end. From this point it is initially straight sided for just over half of its length before widening in a mostly linear line a presumbaly crescent blade edge which flares outwards from the side of the chisel slightly. Most of the blade of this edge is lost to an old diagonal break. The chisel is rectangular in cross section and a pointed oval in cross section. it is 2.3mm thick at its butt…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirtlington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A4314B
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged chisel, dating to c 1150 - 850 BC. The handle and blade is missing. The chisel was cast in one piece but can be described in two sections. It has a rectangular tang in subsection which abuts the ovoid-sectioned, collared handle stop of the chisel blade. At the other end would have been the chisel blade beyond the tang. At this point there is a worn break. This artefact has a dark orange brown patina. Tanged chisels, which date from c. 1150-850 BC, are known from several hoards and as isolated finds; …
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A3A169
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Bronze Age tanged chisel of Late Bronze Age date, probably of Wilburton or Ewart Park metalworking industry, dated to c. 1150 – 750BC. Only a small section of the tang survives but is clearly square in section. It flares slightly to the collar which is sub oval in form. The blade flares below this collar to give a blade width of 29.02 mm. The blade faces are near-flat and thin gradually towards the edge.  The surface is pitted with a mid-brown patina. On one side an incised line runs parrallel to the angled edge of the blade, c. 3mm from the edge. It…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-3BF71B
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete probable copper-alloy tanged chisel, or trunnion tool, likely dating to the Middle Bronze Age (c.1500-1150 cal BC). It has a light green-grey patina. It probably belongs to the metalworking tradition phase VIII - IX, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 5; circa 1500-1150 cal. BC. In profile, you can clearly see where it has been heavily used on one edge. It is sub-rectangular in plan with the trunnions, projecting out 11.5mm and 6.5mm from the sides. However, it is missing its butt end, as there is a post-depositional break just above th…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-206481
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a socketed chisel or miniature flat axe dating from the Late Bronze Age c. 1150-800 BC. The fragment comprises a flat blade which tapers inwards as the thickness increases forming a broadly trapezoidal fragment. The fragment terminates short of full length with a worn transverse break. The fragment is hollow with the interior containing some organic material. Viewing the object towards the socket presents an elongated oval cross-section. The blade edge is fairly worn but otherwise undamaged. All the surfaces of the f…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ebberston and Yedingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-C038B9
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Kirklees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron chisel, splitter or other tool of unknown date, Roman - Post Medieval, AD 43 - 1950. The chisel is wedge shaped at the widest point, although very rusted. It tapers sharply to the narrow end which is a rounded lozenge shaped in cross-section. Although it is thin at the wide working end, it is thicker towards the narrow end, possibly with slightly concave faces where it narrows. Length: 165mm; Width: 64.37mm; Thickness: 25.53mm and Weight: 566g. Manning (1976) illustrates similar chisels dated from the Roman period including page 48 item 59, d…
Created on: Monday 8th January 2024
Last updated: Sunday 28th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-18DA63
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete small biface, likely to have been a chisel, of unpatinated glossy black and dark grey flint with a small patch of whiteish cortex to the centre of one face, the biface has broken transversely in antiquity (the broken face is glossy, not matt as would be expected for a recent break), the missing end would have presumably been the primary cutting edge, the remaining butt narrows to a point. Neolithic, 4,000 to 2,350 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F582A9
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small flint chisel, of light grey patinated flint, it appears to have been reshaped from a slightly larger completely ground and polished example, a very smooth remnant of the original surface remains to each face, though the rest of the surfaces are knapped to the smaller size, the lateral edges have been reground and the high points of the later flake scars are also smoothed off to some degree. One end is semi-pointed, the other is slightly squared off in plan and may represent the main cutting edge, though this chisel could well have been reversible. A much larger exa…
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: ESS-EFFF96
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy chisel of possible Bronze Age date (c.2350-800 BC). Description: The object is rectangular in plan and in cross-section at one end. It tapers in thickness to a flat blade at the other while maintaining its width. The blade has a crescentic cutting edge. The object has a light green patina.  Measurements: length 67.38mm; width 10.28mm; thickness 9.63mm; weight 40.92g Discussion: Similar examples of block chisels have been found in the Glentrool Hoard (Burgess and Gerloff 1975: pl. 127) and Allerston hoard (Jessop 2004) so there…
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
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Record ID: NLM-9ACFE9
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible chisel fragment. The source record presents a possibly Roman date. suggested date: possibly Roman, 43-410 Length: 36.6mm, Width: 19.3mm, Thickness: 7.1mm, Weight: 14.02gms
Created on: Friday 1st December 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-5D6454
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete chisel or possibly a miniature flat axe dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age c. 1500-1150 BC. The head comprises a flat flared crescentic blade that is an elongated hexagon in cross-section. The blade edges are very worn but are otherwise undamaged. Projecting from the head is a complete gently tapering tang that terminates at a point. Behind the head the tang is lentoid in cross-section for a short portion before it transitions to sub-rectangular for most of the shaft and oval-sectioned at the point. All the surfaces of the blade and tang are relat…
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: SF-49068B
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy early Bronze Age probable axe-chisel (or diminutive axe). The object is a narrow, sub-triangular shape with a rounded butt and gently outwards curving narrow blade end. In profile the object is lenticular - expanding slightly towards the centre and narrowing towards each end. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded with the outer edge of the blade now entirely missing. With its small size and narrow body and cutting edge this object probably fits best into a group of objects that Needham (1996) describes as 'axe-chisels…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southolt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-0D28D9
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Late Bronze Age chisel dating c. 1500-800 BC.  Description: The solid fragment comprises the nearly complete blade and blade edge. One corner of the blade survives in tact. The opposite corner is broken, as is the adjacent side. The other side of the body is curved and features a longitudinal casting seam. The blade faces have a smooth, slightly glossy surface and are dark green in colour with patchy areas of light green. The breaks have the same patination indicating breaks made in antiquity. Measurements (mm): len…
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-3A7AD0
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed chisel The chisel is complete (with an overall length of 103.5mm and a weight of 43.5g). The socket mouth is oval (with external dimensions of 19.6mm x 15.9mm and internally 16.4mm x 12.3mm) and there is no collar or mouldings and there are no attachment holes on the sides of the socket. The sides are near-straight, or slightly concave and the socket faces are straight and convergent to the blade (with a socket depth of 48.2mm). The blade is of rectangular section (15.1mm wide and 5.6mm thick beneath the socket) and the sides are gently convex and divergent to…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8CE34B
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast, copper-alloy chisel or awl. A bar of copper alloy, sub-angular in cross section with a break at one and and a tapered and splayed working edge at the other. Date: Possibly Late Bronze Age - c. 1250 - 800 BC Length: 61.9 mm Width: 2.92 mm Thickness: 3.83 mm Weight: 3.49 g
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Saturday 30th December 2023
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Record ID: ESS-273BE3
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 An incomplete copper alloy socketed probable chisel of late bronze age date (c. 1000BC - 800BC). Description: The socket is circular in cross section, narrowing at the the blade which sub-triangular in plan, and rectangular in cross section with worn and broken edges. The blade tapers in width and thickness to an almost pointed end, missing its tip. It is also broken at the socket edge, and any possible collar is now missing. The edge of the break is very uneven and slightly frayed. Measurements: Length: 71.9mm, Width (on the blade section): 14.2mm Thic…
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-2475D4
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of finely worked flint, 13.8mm in length, possibly from a small chisel of Neolithic date. The fragment has a thick lenticular cross section and tapers slightly along its length Both sides have covering retouch.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-D2E7B4
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron chisel or other tool of unknown date, Roman - Post medieval, AD 43 - 1950. The tool is covered in corrosion, but is probably broken at both ends. It has a shaft which is circular in cross-section, which flattens and widens into a working end. The wide end is 41.3mm wide, and flat in plan. The shaft is 26.3mm diameter and 39.3mm in length. The blade part is triangular in profile. The overall length is 91.2mm, the maximum thickness is 22.9mm and the weight is 198.16gThe surface of the chisel is cracked and corroded. Being incomplete, the tool is impossibly to ident…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-9B5A09
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze age axe or chisel of copper alloy. It is a truncated triangle in shape, widening towards the blade but maintaining a narrow profile. The sides are therefore largely parallel with a small cutting area. There is no stop bezel present. The profile is lenticular. Similar shaped axe/chisels are seen in Needham (2017, 60) and are dated to the early Bronze Age Dimensions: 93mm long and 30mm wide, 4.5mm thick. It weighs 73g`
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Euxton', grid reference and parish protected.