Record ID: SUR-D531EA
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axe dating to the late Bronze Age  (1100 BC - 800 BC), comprising a corner of the socket. The profile of the socket appears subrectangular and is surrounded by a thick rim with a moulded collar 9.6mm thick which has a triangular cross section. A side loop, 19mm in length, is present on the remaining portion of the side of the axehead and there is a visible casting seam running along it, from the rim to the break.
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th 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. Cf. Burgess and Gerloff&rsquo…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 11th 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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Record ID: SUR-4B8276
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregularly shaped copper alloy ingot (149.96g), of uncertain date, possibly late Bronze Age. 
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-C242FC
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy awl 87.2mm in length with a sub rectangular cross section. One end tapers to a point, the other to a rounded chisel tip. The surface has a deep-green patina with considerable loss, but there is no evident decoration.
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-DC765F
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age scraper made from a casually re-used primary cortical waste flake of pale brown flint. Both ends on the long axis have patches of short, semi abrupt scaled retouch to define working edges. The dorsal surface is entirely covered by buff coloured cortex; there is no evidence for a prepared striking platform.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-DC262D
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A scraper made from a secondary flake of dark brown flint and of Bronze Age date. The distal end has a rounded projection defined by worked notches to each side which has been refined to a scraping edge with abrupt and semi abrupt sub parallel retouch. There is a pronounced bulb of percussion and striking platform at the proximal end, suggesting hard-hammered removal.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-DBCD2A
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint piercer made from a flake of mottled grey flint, 55.1mm in length and of Bronze Age date. The tool is triangular with a long tip which has been worked into a point using abrupt scaled retouch along both sides. The tip appears to have broken.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-A467C5
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint hollow scraper of later Bronze Age date made from a curved secondary struck flake of dark brown flint, 61.8mm in length. The concave long edge has short, semi-abrupt retouch.
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-258D88
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small flint scraper, probably a thumbnail type of Bronze Age date (c. 2400 BC - 1500 BC) struck from a tertiary flake, 32mm in length. The distal end has short abrupt retouch defining a working edge. The surface has a heavy white patination from prolonged deposition in calcareous sediments.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-D48AA8
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A curved cast copper alloy fragment, possibly from the blade from a middle to later Bronze Age axehead of uncertain type. The fragment is 23.7mm long and has a curved cutting edge with a triangular side profile. One edge of the break has a slightly outward curving lip, perhaps suggesting distortion when the blade bent before breaking on impact.
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Record ID: SUR-5AA1B8
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint hollow scraper of later Bronze Age date made from a thick hard-hammer struck tertiary flake of dark brown flint, 38.8mm in length. There are concave areas of short, abrupt retouch on the distal end and one lateral side.
Created on: Monday 4th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-F52494
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a flange- or bar-twisted gold torc, 39.7mm in length, dating to the Middle Bronze Age (probably Penard phase) c. 1300 - 1100 BC. The torc has a x-shaped cross-section with four flanges twisted into a spiral with a circular cross-section of 6.6mm diameter. Both ends of the fragment are abraded and one appears to have been crushed. It is unclear whether the fragment has broken off from or been cut from the original torc.
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-8A035F
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold penannular ring of late Bronze Age date. The ring is 17.5mm in diameter and has a circular cross section of 6mm diameter, with a gap of 2mm between the flat ends. The ring appears to be solid gold rather than plated as there are no evident cracks or fracturing in the surface which would be expected from corrosion of a copper alloy core. No decorative banding is evident.
Created on: Friday 25th August 2023
Last updated: Sunday 19th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-CC863F
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy awl 55.7mm in length. One half has a sub rounded cross section and tapers to a point, the other has a sub rectangular section which tapers to an incomplete chisel tip. The surface has a deep-green patina with considerable loss, but there is no evident decoration.
Created on: Friday 4th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 4th August 2023
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Record ID: SUR-E6C09E
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper alloy tanged awl, punch or engraving tool, 19.8mm in length and possibly of Bronze Age to Roman date. The object has an incomplete tapering tip which is is octagonal in profile, with eight distinct flat facets. The other end has a step to a rectangular-sectioned tang which also ends in an old break.
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-7A68D7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the blade from a middle to later Bronze Age axehead of uncertain type. The fragment is 42mm wide and has a curved cutting edge with a triangular side profile and a lenticular cross section.
Created on: Wednesday 19th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-2939A6
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper of later prehistoric date made form a primary nodule flake of dark grey flint, with a thick pale grey cortex. The flake is triangular, with a narrow striking platform. One distal corner and a side adjacent  to the striking platform have patches of short abrupt and semi abrupt retouch to create working edges for casual use. 
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-289D71
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A later prehistoric (Bronze Age) flint scraper made from a primary flake or broken fragment of a nodule of dark grey to blue black flint with a thick buff-coloured cortex. The distal end has been worked into a triangular point, with a working edge defined by long parallel semi abrupt retouch.
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-C1AB6D
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A secondary flake tool, 37.7mm in length, of brown flint and dating to the Bronze Age. The flake is broadly triangular, expanding to the distal end where a strip of cortex runs across the thickest part of the flake. The distal edge, one corner and one side have been worked into a scraping edge with short abrupt retouch. 
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
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