Record ID: NCL-624B6E
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible incomplete copper alloy Bronze Age hammer, c. 1500-1000 BC. The artefact has a square-based pyramid shape with four broken, tapering, undecorated sides. The square base has a roughly circular hole revealing a hollow centre. On the corner of two sides are worn edges suggesting that there was a pre-existing hole on this face, possibly indicating that a wooden handle was inserted through this hole. The artefact has a mid-greenish brown patina. It has been suggested that this is a small Bronze Age socketed hammer, similar to SF-E8DB40, or the beak of a Bronze Age anv…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: DEV-A69052
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy looped socketed hammer dating to the late Bronze Age, c. 1600-800 BC. The hammer is broadly rectangular in plan, but does taper slightly from the socketed end to the tip. In profile the tapering is more evident. In section it is square. The socketed end has a raised but flat collar. The socket is sub-square in shape with rounded internal corners. A fragment of the collar is broken and missing. The tip of the hammer is rounded and assymetrical. There is a D-shaped loop on one side with an oval hole. A casting seam is evident o…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-68D7B6
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy socketed hammer head of middle to late Bronze Age date (c.1500-700 BC). The hammer is long and narrow, sub-rectangular/sub-trapezoidal in plan and section (total length 85.2mm). One end contains a socket with a sub-rectangular, almost circular and slightly expanded mouth (external dimensions 14.6mm tall x 14.3mm wide*, internal dimensions of mouth 11.1mm tall x 12mm wide x appx.12.1mm deep) with a narrow moulded collar (8.5mm long). The sides of the hammer are straight and taper very gently from the collar (dimensions just after collar: 10.3mm wide x 10.5mm…
Created on: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: WAW-143ACD
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Heavily corroded Post-Medieval hammer head. The handle socket through the centre of the head is oval and there is a 34mm pin in this, with the head of the pin having a diameter of 13mm and the main body having a diameter of 5mm. The hammer head is broadest at this part and is waisted before flaring out again to form the circular end. The hammer head itself is 19mm thick at this point and 21mm wide. The flat, circular end of the hammer has a diameter of 24mm. On the other side, it tapers to a pointed end. This type of hammer was likely used in metalworking.
Created on: Wednesday 26th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-7D35CC
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy late Bronze Age socketed hammer head. The socketed end has a single raised collar with broadly square-shaped (externally 23.7mm x 23.3mm) socket and tapers slightly to a more rectangular shaped head (17.7mm x 21.7mm) which has been slightly upset through use. The overall length of the head is 64 mm with a socket depth of approximately 44 mm providing a 20 mm long solid bronze striking section. Both casting seams have been removed and only a scant trace on one side is evident. The dark green to brown patina is largely complete save small eroded areas around the mouth of th…
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-866732
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval, copper alloy hammer, probably a jeweller's or glazier's hammer dating from about AD 1600 - 1900. The hammer has a pair of pierced square fixing lugs to hold it to a shaft, a remnant of which is still present. An iron rivet would have connected these lugs and passed through the wooden handle. The head has a conical striking peen, with three circumferential bands decorating it: a double collar at the base, a bulbous one next, decorated with oblique incised lines, and finally a faint double collar part way along the peen. The gently curved claw bifurcates at the end, whe…
Created on: Saturday 15th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: KENT-73D8B4
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast, socketed copper alloy hammer dating to the Late Bronze Age (1000-700 BC). Description: The body of the hammer has been relatively crudely finished with the casting seems very prominent and unworn. The socket is sub-square in cross-section at the mouth with a double moulding on the exterior. The main body of the hammer is narrow below the moulded collar and flares slightly to the working face. The face and body are as one unlike modern hammers so the bell/poll is from the socket to the working face. The face has a convex surface and is a rounded square in plan, …
Created on: Thursday 9th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-7886F2
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable fragment of copper alloy Bronze Age socketed implement, probably a hammer, dating from about 1400 BC - 700 BC. Only the middle part of the hammer survives. One end is an incomplete socket os rounded rectangular cross-section. The socket tapers from the broken outer end where it is 32.9mm wide and 16mm thick to 29.4mm wide and 22.8mm thick at the end of the socket. One face of the socket is missing, showing the internal end to be rounded. The solid head of the hammer is irregular and uneven, and may have been mis-cast. It is broadly rectangular in cross-section, but with pie…
Created on: Monday 16th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 15th July 2020
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Record ID: HESH-96BA8A
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy hammer or possibly small anvil of unknown - probably post medieval, date. The body of the hammer comprises of a cylindrical shape which tapers at both ends - one into a wedge shape the opposite into a four sided point. The remains of an iron riod extends from one face and it is at this point that one egde is wide than the other. A direct paralell has not been found but given the method of manufacture and also the patina it is most likely to post medieval (1500-1800) The artefact measures 81.5mm length, 31.5mm width and is 28.0mm thick; the iron rod has …
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 30th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weobley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-5AC798
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed hammer. There is no apparent decoration and it is slimmer than is usual. The hammer is sub rectangular and slightly wasted in plan. In profile it is a truncated sub-triangle, with the facetted striking face being at the narrower end and the socket at the wider. The socket has a sub rectangular mouth and its internal dimensions are 43mm x 14mm x 12mm. The striking surface is rectangular in end view and is a typical obliquely angled triangle in profile, with bulging from use on when edge. It is Ewart Park phase attribution so would date from c1000 t…
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-5EFC4B
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an iron object, possibly the cross-pene of a hammer, possibly dating to the Roman period. Rectangular-sectioned object, broken at one end, tapering slightly towards the other. If a fragment of a hammer, it may be of Hanemann's (2014) Type 2, the most common Roman hammer type. Cross-pene hammers of this type are usually associated with metalwork, although the ubiquity of this tool type and its distribution within London, suggests that they were also used as general-purpose household tools. Measurements: L (37) mm ; W (at break) 32 mm ; T (at break) 15 mm ; W (at tip) 3…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 15th July 2019
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Record ID: BH-CC2BB4
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cross-pene hammer-head dating to the Roman period of Hanemann's Type 2 (2014). It possesses an unusual square-sectioned shaft hole, in a diamond-shaped casing, with fragments of a wooden shaft preserved inside. From one end protrudes a slightly tapering cross-pene, with a blunt tip. From the other a rectangular-sectioned hammer-head, with ?bevelled edges on the striking surface, now bent. It can be classified as Hanemann's (2014) Type 2, the most common Roman hammer type. Cross-pene hammers of this type are usually associated with metalwork, although the ubiquity of this tool …
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 15th July 2019
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Record ID: WAW-BAA488
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron hammer head of probable Early Medieval or Medieval date. Rectangular section 14.8 x 12.8 thinning to form a flat sectioned (16.0 x 7.7mm) pane, the transition being marked by a tight curve behind the eye. The eye is oval, 13.0 x 7.2mm, The iron is exfoliating. Length 76.0mm, Mass 57.02g. Iron tools are difficult to date but this hammer can be compared to examples from Old Saram, Wiltshire, dated to the 11th century and Wintringham, Cambridgeshire, early 14th century (Goodall 2011, Fig. 2.5, Nos 32 and 33). It can also be compared to hammers from the Tattershall Thorpe, Lincoln…
Created on: Friday 15th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-5D6DB8
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron hammer or hand mattock of uncertain date (c. 43 - 1900 AD). The object is rectangular in plan, with a flat blade at one end and a circular face at the other; it widens slightly towards the blade end. The object is triangular when viewed from the side, narrowing towards the flat end, with a distinctive curve. A rectangular perforation can just be made out towards the circular end of the object, although this is now obscured through the encrustation that covers the surface of the object. The object is red-brown in colour. It is 86.13mm in length, 38.07mm in width and 30.20mm at max…
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 14th January 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-910D14
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable hammer of uncertain date, Iron Age to Modern, about 400 BC - 1900. The hammer head is a pointed oval in plan, with a point at one end and a bifurcated end, perhaps a claw terminal. There is a circular perforation for the handle which is closer to the claw end. In profile, the pointed end is much thicker than the claw end. The thickness reduced suddenly in the centre, resulting in a pointed oval shape with a step in the middle. The perforation is through the thinner claw end. The pointed end is 5.8mm wide and the claw end is 9.5mm wide. It has a V shaped notch b…
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2019
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Record ID: NARC-5B738E
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Socketed Hammer, of late Bronze Age date (1000-800BC). The object is rectangular in cross-section, and a tapering sub-rectangular in plan. The sides of the object are slightly bevelled. The hammer in section waisted, expanding into a flared undecorated collar at the socketed end. The socket mouth is sub-rectangular. The hammer tapers sharply from the socket toward the mid-point, before again flaring more gently toward the hammer face. The striking face of the hammer shows evidence of use-wear. The metal has a smooth dark green patina with areas of light…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
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Record ID: SUR-E6FD46
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small Post Medieval, copper alloy jeweller's hammer, circa 17th to 18th century, 68.4mm in length. The head has a conical striking peen 8.6mm in diameter, decorated with two pairs of concentric lines and a moulded collar where it meets the square central section. The opposite peen is a flattened and curved fork or claw. The hammer has a pair of pierced square fixing lugs to hold it to a shaft, one of which has broken off.
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-716523
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post medieval? iron hammer head, 106mm in length, 23mm wide and 18mm thick with a weight of 158g. The object is sub rectangular in form and rectangular in cross section. It has an oval hole, c.20mm long, for its shaft just to one side of the centre and the corresponding outer edge has a slightly projecting, rounded profile. To the right of this (as shown) the object tapers to a point with one long edge remaining straight. The other side is rectangular in cross section and terminates with a slightly rounded 'collar' around its flat end. Objects of iron are utili…
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th August 2018
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Record ID: KENT-709B56
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The head of a heavily worn copper-alloy hafted object, probably a hammer or mattock head of uncertain date (see discussion). Description: The object is roughly rectangular in plan narrow towards one end. The narrow end is thicker and is squarish in cross-section (possibly a bell/face hammer end) while the wider end is thinner and more rectangular in cross section (blade/mattock end?). There is a roughly circular hole through the body of the head likely the eye for hafting the tool to a handle. Dividing the bell/face end from the eye section is a distinct groove creating a very shor…
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
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Record ID: SUR-84D684
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly Post Medieval hammer head with double ribs each side of the socket and a groove around the strikijng face. The hammer has a forked terminal and a socket diameter of 7.80mm.
Created on: Saturday 17th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2018
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