Record ID: SUSS-4D0F1E
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a middle to late bronze age copper alloy axehead of uncertain type dating between 1600-800 BC The solid fragment consists of the blade end of the axehead. The blade corners are missing and the cutting edge is very worn. The rest of the object is lost to a worn oblique break. The entire object is heavily worn and pitted, with a mottled green/brown patina. Dimensions: length: 40.08mm,  width: 24.59mm,  thickness: 7.57mm,  weight: 28.33g. Too little of this axehead remains to be certain of the type it derives from. It is probably from a …
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SUR-4BBB34
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy late Bronze Age sword hilt probably dating to the Wilburton or Ewart Park metalworking tradition and dating to 1000 - c.800. BC. The terminal is 'fishtailed', and 31.8mm wide, with flared, pointed ends and a small concave depression in the middle. The hilt plate is 19.6mm wide and presents two raised parallel ribs along its length on both faces, with a broad central groove between. The object has broken across the first rivet hole which has a casting seam around the inside edge. The object is heavily abraded and all breaks are patinated.
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
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Record ID: BH-4BAC63
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy spear tip dating to the Bronze Age (c. 1500-800 BC). The tip is sub-triangular in plan and pointed-oval in cross-section, with a broad flat central longitudinal rib on both faces from which the body tapers either side to form the blade edges. The tip tapers to a point and is solid. The object has a patchy green patina. It measures measures 21.1mm in length, 9.4mm in width, a maximum of 5.1mm thick and weighs 2.49 grams. For similar Bronze Age broken spear tips recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme, see KENT-EE8649, BH-44CE08 and BERK-359D1B.
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 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: BH-4B51C9
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Middle Bronze Age cast copper-alloy flanged palstave axehead, probably dating to the Wilburton Industry (Needham Period 6, 1150-950 BC). The butt and part of the adjacent flange survives. The butt edge is blunt and rounded, and extends into part of the tongue, which thickens from the butt edge to the break. The area between the plates at the break is hollow. The break is uneven. The flange side is triangular in shape and widens from the cutting edge to the break. There is the slight indication of a casing seem that has been clipped and hammered flat. The en…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-358D0A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblade of 10 pieces of dark grey pottery (one in two pieces), some decorated, of uncertain date, Bronze Age to Early Medieval, 2400 BC - AD 700, perhaps most likely to be middle Iron Age (400 - 100 BC). The fabric is hard, irregular in texture, black on the surface and dark grey to reddish brown in the core. It has frequent poorly sorted quartz inclusions. The surface appears to be smoothed or burnished. There are four rim sherds (one in two pieces). One has an upright rounded rim. The others are rounded and slightly everted. Four wall sherds are decorated with scored lines. T…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-34A3B5
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Bronze Age flat axehead dating from the Early Bronze Age, about  2400 - 1600 calibrated BC. It is incomplete and very damaged, so only small areas of the original surface survive. They are decorated on both faces with short sub-parallel and irregular lentoid grooves (rain pattern). They are at an oblique angle, and those near the butt are angled the other way to those nearer the blade end. Both the butt and the cutting edge are missing. Measurements are; length 70.8mm, width 46.3mm, thickness 9.6mm and weight 87.80g. The damage prevents the axe being mor…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-33E253
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy middle to late Bronze Age tranistional Palstave axehead dating from about 1250 - 950 cal BC, Penard or early Wilburton phase. The palstave is a transitional type with a deeply undercut stop. It has a thin butt with flanges that expand from the end of the butt to the stop in a triangular shape. The tallest part of the flange is at the stop. The stop ridge is curved and forms a small socket (is deeply undercut). It is 15.3mm high from the surface of the butt on one face, and 13.3mm high on the other face. It does not protrude to the sides (is unobtrusive). The blade flar…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-33CE4A
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy middle Bronze Age dirk of Group II, dating from the Arreton to Taunton phase, 1700 - 1275 cal BC. It has a rounded butt with two circular rivet holes positioned near the edge. A curved line visible on one face 16mm from the butt may show the extent of the hafting. There is a corresponding change of patina in the same place on the other face. The blade is of pointed oval cross-section and is undecorated. There are narrow edge facets about 3-4mm from the edge of the blades. The sides are concave under the butt, then taper to a point. Measurements are; length 154.4mm, …
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-33425D
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating to the Bronze Age, 2400 BC - 1000 BC. It is formed on a tertiary flake of grey flint with brown inclusions. It is broadly sub-triangular in plan with the tip missing, and is lentoid in cross section. It is broadly symmetrical in shape, with two notches chipped into the base of the flint to separate the barbs and the tang; both barbs are still intact. The tang and barbs all have square ends. Both faces are covered with scaled, low-angle retouch. Length: 35.21mm Width: 33.87mm Thickness: 5.69m…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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