Record ID: NLM-BAA288
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sheathing an iron core, unidentified object fragment. Source record suggests Late Bronze Age to Late Iron Age date; the accompanying database gives this as Late Iron Agel. Suggested date: Late Iron Age 100BC-AD100. Length: 41.2mm, Width: 30.9mm, Thickness: 8.6mm, Weight: 21.69gms
Created on: Thursday 3rd August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-50F594
Object type: LATCHLIFTER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron latchlifter dating from the Iron Age to the Early Medieval period, c. 100 BC - AD 800. Wrought iron stem with a projecting suspension hook at one end, and a plain bit formed by a projecting bar at a right-angle to the stem. The ferrous material is very corroded and damaged. The iron has a brown patina. The latchlifter is 126.16mm in length, 29.66mm at its widest with a stem diameter of 6.58mm. It weighs 17.69g. The bit is not of a complex form for use with a barrel padlock, so a use as a latch-lifter is suggested. The term ‘latchli…
Created on: Monday 17th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-607104
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete iron socketed axehead dating to the early Iron Age (c. 800-600 BC). The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a socketed mouth, crescentic cutting blade and incomplete single side loop. The mouth is oval in shape and has a prominent collar around the edge. The mouth measures legnth: 46.5mm; width 38.1mm; thickness 4.8mm. The main body has a consistent width the mouth and presents a single complete side loop at one side. The body of the underside of the loop is open to the socket. From the base of the body the blade begins to expand in width and narrow in thickne…
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-BB4329
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron socketed axe head. A complete iron Socketed Axe of early Iron Age date (800-600 BC). The object is of the late Iron Age form, wedge-shaped with a rectangular socket aperture. The upper face retains shallow but broad loop. The body of the axe is generally rectangular in profile, flaring roughly symmetrically to the crescent shaped blade. The blade does come to a point but is thickened somewhat in places by the effects of corroison.One side seems to have been ti at some time causing an oval indentation in the form across the width of the axe, in front o…
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Appleby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-54DD16
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron chisel or hatchet-like tool of uncertain date. An incomplete iron possible tanged chisel dating to the Iron Age- Post Medieval period  The chisel is broken at the top of the blade and is missing most of the tang. The widening at the top of the blade may suggest a rectangular collar. The blade is broadly triangular, flaring out to a rounded sharpened edge. The chisel has a tang with a rectangular cross section at the base but which is broken off at a point where it has a circular section . At the junction with the blade is an asymmetrical bulge; the blade is 7…
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
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Record ID: WILT-0AFFDA
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Iron Age socketed axehead, dating to c 800-600 BC. It is of Late Bronze Age form, wedge shaped with an almost vertical cutting edge, which has rounded corners splaying outwards slightly. The upper and lower edges of the axehead are parallel, the mouth sub rectangular (with rounded corners) and the socket echoes this. The whole item is heavily corroded with a reddish brown and darker brown to black crust, flaking in places. It is uncertain whether there is a moulding at the mouth. The loop is almost central on one edge and there is a groove in its arc, as if to hold th…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Last updated: Saturday 11th June 2022
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Record ID: LIN-22A18C
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron axehead  probably of medieval to post medieval date. It is sub-triangular in shape and in longitudinal section. From the thicker blunt end it becomes thinner and flares outwards to the blade end.  At the blade end the edge has been chamfered to create a narrow sharp edge.  The object is red brown in colour. It has rusted and corroded. On one long edge the layers of the metal can be seen. On one face there is a circular depression probably caused by the metal flaking off. Dimensions: Length 116.60 mm. width…
Created on: Friday 4th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Holton-le-Moor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-3E1123
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Iron Age iron axehead The implement is incomplete, with some damage to the socket (with a length of 81.3mm and a weight of 64.3g). The butt is irregular but is likely to have been truncated, although possibly was not much longer (with a width of 5mm and a thickness of 2mm – 3mm). A socket was formed by forged flanges, now damaged and incomplete (giving a maximum overall depth of 11.4mm and producing a socket width of 8mm). The butt end has straight, near parallel, slightly divergent sides (with a length of 32mm and a maximum butt width of 21mm) with surviving evidence …
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NARC-3EFF7D
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete iron Socketed Axe of early Iron Age date (800-600 BC). The object is of the late Bronze Age form and is wedge-shaped with a rectangular socket aperture (inner dimensions: 57.55mm 39.73mm) and 89.31mm in depth. The upper face retains shallow loop. The body of the axe is generally rectangular in profile, with an expanded, crescentic blade. The iron is dry and stable, but flaking and requires conservation. Length: 166.05mm, Depth: 89.31mm, Width: 86.60mm, Thickness: 56.46mm, Weight: 1,390.0g
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: CORN-EA0B9E
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The remains of a late Iron Age sword with iron blade and cast copper alloy hilt guard still in place. The hilt guard is of Piggott's (1950) IVB 'Crown' type and of Stead's (2006, p.13, fig.8) Type viii and dates from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD. The hilt guard is oval in plan and both faces have an upper edge of convex arcs, producing the characteristic 'crown' form in profile, with a length of 75 mm, a width of 25 mm, a height of 20 mm and a thickness at the edge of one face of 3.25 mm. The lobes on each face of the hilt-end splay outwards. The bottom edge of the hilt gu…
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 26th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South East Cornwall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BH-D037BC
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete iron knife of Manning (1985) Type 23 dating to the Late Iron Age or early Roman period. The knife possesses a rectangular-sectioned whittle tang, tapering tapering to a point. The other end joins the back edge of the knife blade which curves downwards before curling up at the tip. The cutting edge is stepped forward from the tang and follows the line of the back edge, giving a rounded cutting edge with a sharp tip. The knife measures 168mm in length. The tang measures 53mm in length, 10mm in width and 6mm in thickness. The blade has a length of 114mm, 41mm in width and 4mm …
Created on: Monday 2nd September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st January 2020
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Record ID: OXON-2C1494
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron harness possibly a horse bridle link, bit or snaffle piece. The bridle fitting comprises two U-shape loops at a slight perpendicular axis to each other. One end is U-shaped the other is broken. The bar is rectangular in section and has been formed by twisting. It is covered in corrosion and is a red/brown colour. Similar bits were used in Late Iron Age bridles and the comparatively small length may suggest the link is from a multi-link bit. Similar objects found on the database are: NMGW-C7724E and SWYOR-BCADC8. The object measures 73.6mm long, the shaft b…
Created on: Thursday 1st August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
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Record ID: CORN-6217F4
Object type: BLOOM
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bloom of impure iron solidified on a flat surface to form the plano-convex profile and ovate section. The bloom is partly magnetic suggesting that it is not pure iron and therefore more likely Iron Age or Romano-British in date as in more recent times they would have hammered out the slag completely to purify the product (John Smith pers comm). A bloomery is a term used to refer to a furnace used to smelt iron from its oxides and the bloom is the product of that process and usually contains a mixture of fine iron particles, un-reacted iron oxide (ore), slag and charcoal residue. This …
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 29th April 2019
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Record ID: NMS-F5C55E
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete iron and copper alloy linch pin dating to the period c. 100 BC - AD 100. The head is missing. The iron shank is now heavily corroded, the original cross-section indiscernible. The base of the shank fits into a socketed copper alloy foot. Sub-conical in form, traces of a moulded collar are visible at the mouth of the socket under a layer of iron corrosion. Just below, on one side only is a moulded relief ring-and-dot motif. The foot curves along its length and expands into a discoidal terminal. The face of the terminal exhibits a raised circular border expanding in width from…
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
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Record ID: LON-CCEF56
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age short sword with copper alloy scabbard elements dating from 100 BC - 43 AD. The sword is corroded and missing part of the tang. Parts of the scabbard remain. The chape frame is a type a2 lobed chape end. The scabbard was approximately mm long, represented by a copper alloy plate at the mouth a copper alloy chape; the main body of the scabbard may have been of an organic material either leather or wood. The short copper alloy front plate is mm wide and mm deep, with a low campanulate mouth (about mm) high. The reverse of the plate has a iron rivet. The mouth desi…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 10th March 2022
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Record ID: YORYM-B4FC9A
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
ARCHAEOLOGICAL TREASURE CASE : 2017 T887. Iron sword, Context 426, RF 103 Description: Iron sword with campanulate hilt, bent in half. No hilt or scabbard present. Dimensions: Blade length: 560mm, Blade width: approx. 35.3mm Tang length: 130mm (measurements taken after conservation) Iron shield boss/fitting, Context 426, RF 104 Description: Oval shaped iron shield boss/f…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halsham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-DA8631
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Merthyr Tydfil
Workflow stage: Published
Earliest to Early Iron Age iron socketed axehead, probably of 8th to 5th century BC date The axehead is symmetrical in form and is incomplete, missing part of one face and side and is a small example (with a length of 88.6mm and a weight of 116.5g). The mouth appears to have been sub-rectangular (with a surviving external width and depth of 32mm and 27mm respectively and 3mm - 11mm thick). The socket (56mm deep) is also of rectangular or sub-rectangular form. There is a suggestion of a gentle out-turning at the mouth but no clear evidence for a collar. The sides are moderately strai…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2017
Last updated: Saturday 30th April 2022
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Record ID: LANCUM-D10482
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Report for HM Coroner 2016 T241 - Iron Age sword and scabbard, from West Cumbria Date: First century BC to first century AD Date of Discovery: 25th March 2016 Circumstances of Discovery: Metal detecting To be known as: West Cumbria PAS record no.: LANCUM-D10482 Description 1.) Sword: HILT The hilt of the sword is detached from the blade, and consists of three separate copper alloy fittings. Originally, these would have been arranged vertically, slotted onto the iron tang of the sword. The tang has corroded away, leaving the pieces separate. The b…
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 25th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Cumbria', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FF5E45
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Early Iron Age iron socketed axehead, complete apart from a small piece of the cutting edge. Some detail is obscured by corrosion, but a considerable amount of metal remains un-oxidised. Length 90mm. Width 53mm. Thickness 34mm. Weight 241g. c.800 - c.600 BC Iron socketed axes are rarely found in the British Isles, with finds from the Berwyn Mountains of Wales (Savory 1976, 20), Walthamstow, Essex / Greater London and Cold Kitchen Hill, Wiltshire (Cunliffe 1974, fig.14:2.4 and 2.5). Those recorded by the PAS include examples from Lincolnshire (NLM-1AD972), South Gloucestershire (GLO-D2…
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 18th April 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-DE01E1
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Stockport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete linch pin of late Iron Age to early Roman date, c. 100BC-AD100. The object consists of a circular sectioned iron shank, surmounted at one end by an incomplete copper alloy terminal. The terminal which measures 30.01mm in length terminates with a break. The terminal flairs outwards with a 'flared skirt' where it joins the iron shaft above this is a circumferential collar. The opposite end of the shaft is incomplete. The copper alloy terminal or head of the object has a mid-green patina. The iron shaft is corroded. More complete examples which can be found on the databa…
Created on: Thursday 21st May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bredbury Green and Romiley', grid reference and parish protected.