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Record ID: SUR-4226C1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large rim sherd of flint-tempered late Bronze Age to early Iron Age handmade carinated coarseware bowl, probably of the Post-Deverel-Rimbury 'Plainware' group dating prior to 800 BC. The fabric is dark grey with frequent poorly sorted angular flint inclusions. The rim is decorated with a border of oblique pressed notches and the original rim diameter would have been around 250mm.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: NLM-2BE6E4
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy spearhead fragment. Fragment of the tip of a Bronze Age spear. Suggested date: Middle to Late Bronze Age, 1600-800BC
Length: 47.4mm, Width: 21.2mm, Thickness: 7.8mm, Weight: 13.05gms
Created on: Thursday 14th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
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Record ID: SF-1B57C5
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early Bronze Age flat axehead. All that remains is the blade end, which is flared and roughly triangular in shape.The worn and corroded cutting edge is crescentic in form, extending beyond both sides of the axe. The surface is badly corroded with little of the original patina remaining.
This is the blade end from an incomplete axe of Bronze Age date. Its form, size and lack of flanges suggest it is a flat axe rather than a palstave and as such it dates to the Early Bronze Age, c.2150-1500 BC.
Length: 66.35mm
Width: 62.66mm
Thickness: …
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.
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Record ID: SF-196FF1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An fragment of a cast copper-alloy spearhead of probable Middle to Late Bronze Age date. Only the tip survives, the pitting and corrosion. This is an incomplete fragment from the tip of a Bronze Age object, probably a spear of uncertain type. It is likely to date to the Middle or Late Bronze Age, c.1600-800 BC. It is 35.61mm in length, 12.68mm in width, 4.04mm in width and 5.32g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Horham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: GLO-088231
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy long flanged palstave axe dating to the late Early to early Middle Bronze Age.
The axe has a wide curved blade that is bevel on both sides of the forward edge. The sides of the blade concave and narrow to the main rectangular body. This is flanked by large flanges on both sides that project perpendicular to the frame of the axe, each flange is convex in profile running from the butt of the implement for two thirds of its length.
This is likely to be of Arreton or early Acton Park metalworking phase, perhaps dating to 1800 - 1600 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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Record ID: SF-0357D1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy spear of probable Middle to Late Bronze Age date. Only the tip survives, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. It is triangular in form with prominent mid rib and flattened blades that give the surviving fragment a lozenge shaped cross-section. The tip is rounded and perhaps incomplete due to old breaks, while in the breaks towards the butt end can be seen the remains of a central circular socket. It measures 50.01mm in length, 10.04mm in width, 7.87mm in thickness, and 8.31g in weight.
This is an incomplete fragment from the tip of a Bronze Age objec…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Pakenham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: OXON-01D647
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy ring of unknown date.
The ring is circular in plan and a pointed oval in cross section. It is plain and has a dark green patina. The ring has a maximum diameter of 25.2mm, is 3.7mm wide, and 2.0 thick. It weighs 1.85 grams.
Plain rings such as these cannot usually be closely dated and served various functions such as harness fittings and dress accessory components.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-F0B1BC
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead dating to the period. c 1150-800 cal BC.
The fragment comprises the socket section of the axehead of which half survives. The lower half and opposing side are lost to semi-worn irregular breaks. There is no evidence of a collar around the rectangular socket rim. The thickness of the body tapers from 6.2mm at the rim to 3.6mm at the lower break. The wider face of the fragment is decorated with three flat vertical ribs (2.7mm-4.3mm wide). The metal has a dark green/brown patina.
Measurements: length: 29.09mm; width: 38.05mm; …
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-EFA181
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, incomplete and extremely corroded cast copper alloy dirk, of early to middle Bronze Age date, probably part of the Arreton to Taunton Metalworking assemblages. The blade is pointed, tapering with concave sides to a point. It has clearly been subject to extensive and repeated re-sharpening over a prolonged period and now retains little of its original form. The rear edge is rounded and incomplete with traces of a pair of flanking and now broken rivet holes. The blade has a flat and lenticular cross section with no clear midrib.
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Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-B00176
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A later prehistoric side scraper struck from a secondary flake of grey flint. There is an area of short abrupt retouch along the right side long edge for use as a scraper.
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: WMID-AFB21A
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy unlooped palstave of Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1500-1300BC).Probably an early palstave of Group I - shield pattern type.
The blade of the palstave is triangular shaped in plan with expanding sides. The cutting edge measures 37.4 mm in width and is 4.4 mm thick. The cutting edge is blunt. The septum (the area between the flange facets and the stop ridge) gradually tapers towards the butt and is a broad U shape, measuring 57.4 mm in length. The septum is 12.9 mm deep at the stop ridge and the sides have a depth of 7.1 mm. The fla…
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-AF72D9
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a Middle to Late Bronze Age spearhead. Only part of the blade and midrib survive.
The fragment is broadly rectangular in plan having three regular linear breaks running at right angles to the surviving blade edge. This edge is rounded and shows no signs of damage. After c.11.3mm the plate splits to from what would have been a hollow probably circular/oval midrib. One of these plates has been slightly squashed against the other. There is possibly a small incised channel running along the edge of the midrib seen on both surfaces.
The fragment is a medium green colour.
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Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-AF676D
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A later prehistoric end scraper struck from a secondary nodule fragment of dark grey flint with a light brown cortex retained over 60% of the dorsal surface. The flake has been removed by hard hammering and there is no evidence of a prepared striking platform. The distal end has long semi abrupt parallel retouch defining a working edge which has been largely obscured by battering damage, some of this is clearly post depositional as it has broken the patina.
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-AED1D6
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of casting waste.
The fragment is a long thin narrow bar but with a slightly irregular form and section being globular at points and sub-rectangular at others. It has a medium green patina.
The object is 93.2mm long, c.10mm wide, 4.6mm thick and weighs 13.66 grams.
The object's irregular form suggests this object may have been the result of the casting process but is not a component part of an object.
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-AEB0EE
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy flat axehead of early Bronze Age date, c.2150 - 1500 BC. The axehead is sub-trapezoidal with an ovate section. It expands to a flared cutting edge at one end and terminates in a worn break at the opposite end. The cutting edge is worn.
The axehead is extremely worn and undecorated. No signs of ridges or flanges are present indicating that this is an early flat axe.
The metal has a delaminated mid-brown/green patina. The axehead is 43.7mm long, 29.6mm wide, 12.1mm thick and weighs 53.3g.
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-AE9696
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A secondary flake of dark grey brown flint which appears to have been removed by hard hammer from a nodule and re-used as a tool, probably in the later prehistoric period. The distal end is triangular with steep sides defined by long and short semi-abrupt retouch into a working point. The right side long edge has scaled low angle retouch on the ventral face to refine a cutting edge suggesting the tool may have had a variety of functions.
Created on: Friday 8th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
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Record ID: SF-896F6B
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed axe blade dating to circa 1300-800 BC. The extant piece consists of the crescentic cutting end, a fragment of the socket survives as a groove on the break. The cutting edge is smooth. Length, 29.15mm; Width, 39.46mm; Weight: 49.62g. Similar example SF-ED1342.
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Badley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUR-841638
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, 31mm in length, dating to the early Bronze Age / Beaker period (c. 2500 BC-c. 1500 BC) and made from a pale brown flint. The arrowhead is triangular with lenticular cross-section and has scaled and low angle retouch on both sides. The barbs are longer than the tang and convex on the outer edges with obliquely angled tips (Type C) and the tang is narrow and rounded (Type G).
This example fits into the sub-classification of non-Fancy B&T arrowheads best described as Green Low types (Butler 2005: 162-165, after Green (1980).
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: NCL-73E19D
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: South Tyneside
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy socketed axehead of probable Late Bronze Age date, c. 1300-700 BC.
The artefact is the blade of the axe and consists of a broadly curved cutting edge with sides that flare out to reveal a hollow interior cavity. The artefact is sub-trapezoidal in plan. The broken edges are transverse to the cutting edge and are uneven, but all edges are abraded and chipped. The artefact has a powdery green patina.
Height: 29.28 mm
Width: 45.56 mm
Thickness: 15.34 mm
Weight: 37.49 g
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-583CD2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an early to middle Bronze Age copper alloy flanged or palstave axehead, comprising a 24mm long section of the butt end. The fragment is wedge shaped in side profile, with the tapering ends of parallel ridges along each side creating a characteristic H shaped cross section at the break, which is patinated and ancient.
Created on: Monday 4th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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