Record ID: SUR-388F58
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy object, possibly an awl or small chisel and of Bronze Age to medieval date, c.1250 BC - AD 1500. The object has heavily abraded edges and is 54.2mm in length, tapering back from a rounded chisel-like terminal 7.6mm wide to a narrower slightly pointed terminal 4.5mm wide. The object is rectangular in cross section and slightly bent at the mid point. The surface is undecorated and heavily patinated.
Created on: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
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Record ID: SUR-8CFE39
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely corroded and abraded fragment of a Bronze Age cast copper alloy axehead of uncertain type. The fragment is 46mm in length, with a flat cross section and a sub rectangular shape with parallel sides. The side profile tapers from a maximum thickness of 10mm at the rear edge. A void or casting flaw is evident at the centre of the rear edge.
Created on: Monday 9th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 9th May 2022
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Record ID: SUR-5A9F73
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Bronze Age pegged spearhead, now much damaged and in two pieces. The central part of the spearhead is missing and the edges are ragged. The spearhead may have lain horizontally while in the ground and appears to have been shattered by the action of a plough. The spear is slender with a long hollow socket. Only a fragment of the socket extremity survives but does not retian evidence for a peg hole. On the larger fragment the socket survives to an extent of 127mm. The diameter of the mouth of the socket can be estimated at c.30mm. The original length of the spearhead may be in th…
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-155119
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy circular conical casting well with stubs of two runners. This is likely to be of Middle to Late Bronze Age date.
Created on: Tuesday 21st March 2017
Last updated: Saturday 24th March 2018
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Record ID: SUR-7C1C8C
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn fragment of casting debris comprising a probable well and diagonal runner. The date is uncertain.
Created on: Saturday 31st December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 8th February 2017
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Record ID: SUR-027FDC
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large part of a Late Bronze Age copper-alloy tanged knife. The point of the knife and a large part of the blade are missing and the blade has been bent at the break. The blade flares sharply outwards where it joins the tang which has a single rivet hole. The tang retains casting seams.
Created on: Saturday 21st May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2016
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Record ID: SUR-F7C193
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The tip of the blade of a Bronze Age copper-alloy spearhead with a pronounced central ridge. Probably dating from the later Middle Bronze Age or the Late Bronze Age, that is c. 1200-800BC. The end of the socket appears at the break and is 7mm deep.
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2022
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Record ID: SUR-49AF85
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A very late Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age (1100 - 900 BC) Blackmoor type spearhead with lunate openings. The spearhead is complete and in very good condition although the blade edges are now a little uneven. The patina is dark green/brown and there are iron concretions in a number of places, especially around one of the openings. On one side there is a large area of green/blue thin coppery scale which extends from the socket to a point some two-thirds along the length of the object. A pronounced rib accompanies the openings along one side but is largely absent on the other. The …
Created on: Friday 5th February 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-E39E45
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a blade of Bronze Age date. How much of this object survives is unclear as there survive no certain original edges. The object is 3.27mm thick and has a flattened lozengiform section. The object does not appear to have been an arrowhead, despite its apparent shape. It may be part of a knife.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Last updated: Friday 6th February 2015
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Record ID: SUR-D5A5A5
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy awl of probable late Bronze Age date. The awl is 61mm in length. One end is pointed and the other end has a flat and rounded terminal. The wide central part has a square section.
Created on: Wednesday 7th January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 7th January 2015
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Record ID: SUR-660898
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age cast copper alloy awl. The awl has a tapering chisel-like tang and a square centre section. The point has a circular section.
Created on: Saturday 8th February 2014
Last updated: Monday 31st March 2014
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Record ID: SUR-3B2641
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Bronze Age pegged spearhead of Ehrenburg 1977 Class V, which has a simple leaf-shaped or ogival blade. The spear is dated from the Penard Phase - Ewart Park so c1200-750BC (Needham period 6-7). Ehremburg notes that there is a sub-classification that she calls 'short stumpy' types (p15) which have a length of less than 100mm with the width of the blade being approximately 1/3 the length. This example fits this although it could be slightly longer - she suggests that these are from the Ewart Park (1000-750 BC Needham Period 7) assemblage. This example is similar to her #36…
Created on: Friday 1st November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-FE4CA5
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete awl of possible Bronze Age or Iron Age date measuring 69.5mm. The awl has a circular central section with a pointed terminal the opposite end is flat with a rectangular section.
Created on: Tuesday 29th October 2013
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2013
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Record ID: SUR-45BB83
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy fragment, perhaps the tang and part of the shaft of a chisel, 56mm long. If so the cutting edge is missing. The tang has a circular section. The patina suggests a date much later than the Bronze Age.
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2013
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Record ID: SUR-4B0D50
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible cast copper alloy chisel of uncertain, but possibly Bronze Age, date. The chisel is in poor condition and little or none of its original surface survives. The chisel measures 99.96mm in length. One end expands and is flat and spatulate with a rounded terminal. The remainder has a rectangular section. The width of the 'blade' is 11.26mm and the maximum width of the body is 9.55mm.
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2013
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Record ID: SUR-43E3A2
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Late Bronze Age sword scabbard chape with a prominent rounded midrib. The chape is narrow and tapering and both ends are missing. The weight of 15.67g includes black material, possibly charcoal or burnt clay from casting, which fills the central hollow.
Created on: Saturday 26th January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Record ID: SUR-DB99E1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle to Late Bronze Age side-looped spearhead, now in two pieces. The point is missing as are the edges of the blade which have corroded away. The end of the socket is also missing as is one of the loops. The socket now measures 51.32mm and has been cast slightly off centre. The spear is covered in hard brown soil deposits.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-0F1EA1
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn blade from a copper alloy socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date. The blade appears to be a from an axe with largely upright sides as it does no splay out.
Created on: Wednesday 19th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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