Record ID: NLM-831595
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper axe. Cast axe head of lentoid section with straight sides between a rounded cutting edge and butt. The sides are flat for a medially measured length of 51mm between the bevelled or sharpened ends. The cutting edge and the butt are [now] equally sharp; one flat side of the axe is smooth and the other eroded with ridges and hollowed areas, the latter side showing patches of metal of a reddish hue and localised specks of pale green corrosion; rough areas are also localised. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 86.5mm, Width (at inner end of cutting edge): 53mm, T…
Created on: Friday 6th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-FBF93D
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy (bronze) spearhead, likely from the Middle Bronze Age (1450-1150 BC). There is a central rib running along the blade with a high profile and a lozenge shaped cross section that tapers towards the tip of the spear, which would mean that the fragment is likely from a Middle Bronze Age looped and socketed spearhead, similar to HESH-8E7894. The original blade would likely have been leaf-shaped. The blade has lost much of its cutting edge due to abrasion in the soil. "Similar looped spearheads have been classified by Margaret Ehrenberg as Class I…
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 5th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-75439D
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the blade edge of a Bronze Age cast copper alloy axehead or tool of uncertain type. The blade is curved, with a triangular side profile, but only a fragment of the edge remains, with old breaks on all sides. It is unclear whether the blade broke during use or from post depositional processes.
Created on: Friday 20th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-7530CB
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the blade edge of a Bronze Age cast copper alloy axehead of uncertain type. The blade is curved and slightly flared at the remaining intact corner; the original width of the cutting edge was likely to have been 40mm or more. The side profile is triangular and there is a mould line along the remaining intact side surface. It is unclear whether the blade broke during use or from post depositional processes.
Created on: Friday 20th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chichester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-1BAA2B
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy ingot or 'cake' possibly dating from the Bronze Age period. The object is irregular in plan and curved in profile with two smooth faces and a rough uneven inner face were truncated. The outer faces are rough and pitted. This find may date to the Bronze Age, however without further metallurgical analysis of the find, it is difficult to say for certain, and the find could be of more recent date.
Created on: Monday 28th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanfaethlu', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-3B328A
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A badly corroded copper or copper alloy flat axe of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2350 BC to 1601 BC). It is broadly sub trapezoid in plan, although the axe has lost too much of its original shape to confidently assign it to a type using Schmidt and Burgess (1981). No. 270, pg. 50, Plate 22 has a generally similar shape apart from its smaller, flatter butt. The axe itself has a fairly narrow and rounded butt (36.5mm wide) and appears to have relatively straight sides although one is slightly convex- again it is difficult to tell the original side shape due to the heavy corrosion. The cutt…
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 8th December 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-E755CE
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy possibly Copper Age (Chalcolithic) flat axehead (c.2400 to 2200 BC). The axehead is sub-trapezoid in plan and flattened oval in cross section across the axe and pointed oval on cross section longitudinally. It is extremely worn with the original surface almost completely lost and is likely to have originally been slightly wider and thicker. The evenly rounded ends suggest is probably otherwise almost complete with perhaps some damage at the butt. The parallel sides are relatively straight, expanding towards a convex curved blade that has a wid…
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2020
Last updated: Saturday 14th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-DFA5EB
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Blade, Dagger or Rapier, of Mid to Late Bronze Age date (1600-800 BC). The object is rectangular in plan and a pointed oval in cross section. It is incomplete on all sides but has come visible bevel along the left and right hand edges away from the mid-rib. The cutting edges have been extensively broken and abraded. The metal is a dark brown in colour with a heavily pitted and corroded patina. Length: 18.37mm, Width: 13.98mm, Thickness: 2.5mm, Weight: 2.6g
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2020
Last updated: Friday 3rd January 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-085BF7
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of copper metal working debris. A small irregularly shaped fragment of solidified copper slag. The surface is lumpy and uneven with one side flatter than the other, which may indicate that the molten slag solidified onto a flat surface. Both faces are corroded with dark and lighter green verdigris generally present. The maximum dimensions are 27.3 by 23.4 across by 7.9mm thick, and it weighs 12.7 grams. The smelting of copper in rural locations is likely to be indicative of Bronze Age activity (and an early Bronze age axehead [PUBLIC-D25B73] was found quite close to this…
Created on: Monday 24th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-F1EEDC
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy ingot which would have originally been circular in plan and plano-convex in profile. This fragment is square in plan, triangular in profile, and rectangular in section, as it comes from one edge of the original ingot. Plano-convex ingots like this one were used during the Late Bronze Age, c.1150-700 BC. The surface of the ingot is pitted where air bubbles formed during the casting process. There are dark green and coppery brown areas and light green patches of bronze disease. Similar ingot fragments have been found in metalworkers' hoards in Cornwall da…
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 24th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BD0932
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pieces of copper metal working debris. Both are small irregularly shaped fragments of solidified copper slag. All surfaces are uneven with vesicles and small black flecks of charcoal & some shiny gold & silver coloured flecks incorporated. Both fragments are corroded with patches of green verdigris, and red corrosion is generally present. The maximum dimensions of the individual fragments are 37.4 by 19.7 by 10.1mm and 30.5 by 22.3 by 10.8mm, and together they weigh 23.0 grams The smelting of copper in rural locations is likely to be indicative of Bronze Age activity (and …
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-570A3C
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Casting waste uncertain date, possibly Middle to Late Bronze Age through to Post-Medieval (AD 1500 BC- AD 1750). The object is ovate in from with on flat and one convex surface. Both surfaces are heavily pitted and there are glass like inclusions in the convex surface. The metal is green and brown in colour with a corroded patina. Length: 116.52mm, Width: 111.67mm, Thickness: 37.05mm, Weight: 885g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-1A7A76
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Bronze Age spear head dating to 1500BC to 800BC. Only the tip of the spear head remains and is sub-triangular in plan and profile. The edges have sustained damage and the break appears not to be recent. The item is triangular in shape. The mid portion of the spear is cylindrical in section, and there are two triangular sectioned flanges that protrude at each side to prodice the sharp blade edges. The spear tapers to a point, and the breakage is at the opposite end. The surface patina is a light brown with patches of green, and the inside (seen through the breakage…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2020
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DENO-D366D7
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper tanged dagger from the Copper Age/Beaker Period (c. 2500 - c. 2300 BC), missing its point and the end of its tang. The blade is broadly triangular and has a flat, pointed-oval cross-section. There is a ridge along the edge of the blade, where it was hammered to sharpen the edge. At the tang end the blade narrows sharply from 35.6 mm wide to 14.1 mm wide and then the tang projects from there and tapers gradually, measuring 11.4 mm wide at the break. The tang has a rectangular cross-section. Overall, the dagger measures 114.6 mm long, 35.6 mm wide and 6.7 mm thic…
Created on: Monday 4th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-8321DF
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very small Early Bronze Age flat axehead, probably of quite pure copper, in rather worn condition. Much of one face is purplish with small, thick patches of verdigris. On the other face there are only narrow purplish areas. Length 55.2mm. Width 39.8mm. Thickness 7.6mm. Weight 73.52g. c.2350 - c.1700 BC. Field WG3
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-652028
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A probable Middle Bronze Age copper alloy Palstave axehead of Schmidt and Burgess 'unclassified low-flanged palstave' type with broad blade (group III) and (probably) without side loop, belonging to the Taunton phase of metalworking and corresponding to Needham's period 5, 1500-1150 BC. The axehead is incomplete and badly corroded, found with two smaller pieces of copper which have possibly been broken off the axehead. The main body of the axehead has been broken diagonally across the butt end, just above the stop ridge, and across the blade, above the cutting edge. The surviving bla…
Created on: Wednesday 16th July 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A44592
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
11 pieces of copper metal working waste of uncertain date, probably from Bronze Age to Roman. The presence of this material suggests that bronze objects have been manufactured here and possibly broken copper alloy items were being recycled. Sadly no precise findspot was recorded. One piece displays a bright blue deposit whilst the rest are more turqouise. Two pieces (bottom right and one above that) appear to be casting sprues suggesting items were being manufactured on site.
Created on: Saturday 1st June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CPAT-1C53E1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age, near complete copper flat axe. The butt is straight and narrow but is moderately thick (with a width of 19mm and a thickness of 5.5mm). The sides are markedly straight for their entire lengths, gradually diverging from the butt, towards the gently curved blade. There is some damage to the blade being heavily eroded - one blade tip having been lost. The more complete blade tip shows minimal flaring, producing a trapezoidal form. The axe form is unusual within the British and Irish traditions and is possibly a variant of copper trapezoidal axes with a continental Europe…
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-569DE1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age copper flat axe of Type Ballybeg / Roseisle (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, p 27-8) and of Metalwork Assemblage I to II, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 2; dated to 2,300BC - 2,050BC The axe is complete (with a length of 109.2mm and a weight of 356.1g). The butt is thin or sharp and arched (with a width of 36.9mm and a thickness of 2mm). Both faces are convex, giving the axe a lenticular body profile, with the thickest point (at 12.5mm) on the blade, approximately two-thirds of the way along the axe (around 40mm from the blade edge). There is no median beve…
Created on: Tuesday 19th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-23B333
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper cake ingot of Bronze Age date. For other examples see PAS records BH-34DF67, ESS-5AD352 & ESS-5B0EB2. Weight is approximately 360.0g. The fragment has a length of 68.64mm, width of 49.15mm and thickness of 28.63mm.
Created on: Friday 10th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shipton Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.