Record ID: HESH-543D8A
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A potential strap fitting, possibly dating to the late Iron Age, but could also be from the late Bronze Age.  The object is hollow, consisting of four sides: a top, bottom and two sides. The top is subrectangular in shapes, with convex outer edges. There are two sub-circular knobs on either side, and there is a central raised ridge. The bottom surface is thinner so the underside of the top surface is visible, also rectangular in shape with slightyl concave outer edges. The front of the object has a sub-circular hole (measuring 18.5mm wide and 7.5mm high)&…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-EC6774
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Spearhead of middle Bronze Age date (1550-1250 BC). Side looped spearhead. The blade is leaf-shaped and tapering with a narrow mid-rib, there is no visible bevelling to the outer edges. The mid-rib is hollow to the tip. The socket is circular in section which tapers out to the open socket end. there are two, integrally cast, side loops in the mid-section of the socketed end, with shallow casting seams in line with each. Length: 174.77mm, Width (max): 27.34mm, Width (min): 2.10mm, Thickness: 9.59mm, Diameter (socket): 13.41mm, Weight: 60.0g The metal is dar…
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: ESS-52B6A2
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper-alloy casting jet or gate of Late Bronze Age date (c.1300-800) Description: The object is pointed-oval in plan, and conical in profile, with broken sprues at the apex and casting seems running from these, along the pointed sides to the base. On the underside, is a concave bowl-like cavity, the surface of which is wrinkled. The object has a green and light-brown patina. Measurements: length: 41.3 mm; width: 30.6 mm; thickness: height 31.6 mm; weight: 77.5g Discussion: The object represents waste from an object cast in a t…
Created on: Monday 15th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-C3FEF2
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Complete gold ingot, long with rounded ends and oval cross-section. One surface is smooth with a few large dents; the other is pitted with very many small dents. One end is slightly wider and substantially thicker due to a rise in the pitted surface; the smoother surface is fairly flat. The colour is very slightly pale, suggesting a relatively impure gold. Dimensions: Length, 40.9mm. Maximum width, 13.3mm. Maximum thickness, 8.8mm. Weight 37.39g.  Discussion: This ingot is quite distinctive; it is long, with rounded ends and cross-section, o…
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-824F77
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy late Bronze Age socketed axehead dating from about 1140 BC - 1000 BC. It is a type Fulford socketed axe. The axe is sub-rectangular in plan and wedge-shaped in cross-section. It has a square socket with a moulded triple collar, wider at the top. The sides expand slightly, and then curve at the tips. The faces are smooth and there is no decoration visible on the surfaces. The socket is 59.2mm deep, 34.1 mm wide, and 8.8 mm thick. There is a D-shaped loop just below the lower collar on one of the triangular side faces. The loop is D shap…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-03E593
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete unlooped copper-alloy Middle to Late Bronze Age palstave axehead. The H-shaped hafting channels at the butt are in good condition, with most of the original edges surviving on all four flanges. The butt narrows before a worn transverse break. The (abraded) stop ridge is slightly higher than the flanges. The septum is 57.1mm long. Beneath the stop ridge on both faces is a moulded shield-shaped pattern, bisected by a prominent longitudinal ridge creating a trident pattern. The ridges fade before the cutting edge. The crescentic cutting edge is jagged and abraded. There are no ca…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: WAW-9D6268
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy (bronze) palstave of Middle Bronze Age date, probably of the Acton Park II/Taunton metalwork style (c. 1400-1250 BC). The cutting edge has a crescentic form with the tips recurving back onto the expanding form of the blade, though one side is more pronounced than the other. The maximum heights of the flanges on both sides are taller than the stop ridge height, with the flanges forming a leaf-shaped pattern when viewed from above. The septum is U-shaped and is largely flat, though it tapers towards the butt. There is a casting pit on one side against the stop ridge. …
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-4BEA51
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Badly abraded fragment of a very small Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead, both ends missing. Length 45mm. Width 22.5mm. Thickness 7.5mm. c.2350 - c.1500 BC. CRP 28/1
Created on: Friday 7th February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-866101
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy sword handle, both ends broken in antiquity, one across a rivet hole. There is much recent scuffing on both breaks and both edges. All patination has been lost. Extant length and width 26.5 and 20.8mm. Thickness 6.1mm. Weight 10.8g. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-31977B
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the mouth of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead. Apart from the mouth itself all of the edge is smooth and rounded. There are traces of longitudinal ribbing on the exterior. Probably debris from miscasting rather than an abraded shattered piece. Extant length and width 39.4 and 18.3mm. Weight 13.14g. c.1000 - c.700 BC. Field RG2
Created on: Friday 29th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9B50E3
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Bronze Age copper alloy razor with a short and apparently complete tang and the distal part of the lead-shaped blade missing. The patination is brown as is the break. Piggott 1946, Class I. Extant length 39.4mm. Width 18.4mm. Thickness 1.3mm. Weight 3.33g. c.1000 - c.700 BC. Field T4
Created on: Saturday 28th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-BA30A6
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tip of a copper alloy blade, probably a Middle Bronze Age rapier, very thin and with a crisply defined midrib. In fresh condition but with edge damage and with the point missing. Perhaps Burgess and Gerlof 1981, Group IV, Type Cutts, Variant Kilrea (pl.105, no. 845). Extant length, width and thickness 16.8, 10.2 and 2.4mm. Weight 1.09g. c.1600 - c.1000 BC.
Created on: Monday 10th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-48F7A9
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe with the cutting edge and the base of the socket, in quite fresh condition and quite sharp. The break is granular and not worn but is partly covered in ferrous staining. Extant length 25.5mm. Width 39.7mm. Thickness 9.8mm. Weight 34.36g. c.1000 - c.700 BC. Finder's DW-P 109
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: NCL-624B6E
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible incomplete copper alloy Bronze Age hammer, c. 1500-1000 BC. The artefact has a square-based pyramid shape with four broken, tapering, undecorated sides. The square base has a roughly circular hole revealing a hollow centre. On the corner of two sides are worn edges suggesting that there was a pre-existing hole on this face, possibly indicating that a wooden handle was inserted through this hole. The artefact has a mid-greenish brown patina. It has been suggested that this is a small Bronze Age socketed hammer, similar to SF-E8DB40, or the beak of a Bronze Age anv…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-EAF577
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead, one transverse break immediately before the inner end of the socket and another before the tip. Both cutting edges have been lost. All breaks are old. Weight 15.05g. Extant length and width 49.3 and 12.8mm. c.1600 - c.1000 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 27th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-19F66A
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the mouth of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead with recent scuffing on old breaks. Extant length and width 22.5 and 29mm. Weight 10.67g. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Created on: Friday 17th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-53722F
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl comprising a rectangular-sectioned tang and a sub-circular-sectioned blade. Length 49.2mm. Maximum thickness 5mm. Weight 4.13g. c.1000 to c.700 BC.
Created on: Thursday 13th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9983BB
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete hilt of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy sword, slightly bent and with both ends missing. Neither break is recent but the surface of the wider end is less granular and more worn. There are low flanges along the sides. No rivet hole or slot is extant. Length 31.2mm. Width 19.2 - 20.7mm. Thickness 5.8 - 6.2mm. Weight 22.44g. c.1100 - c.800 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 28th April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-D5CFA6
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl. The tang is square in cross-section and has lost its terminal in a recent break. The cross-section of the blade is sub-square as it leaves the tang but soon becomes round. It has been bent into a curve just before the point. Weight 6.34g. Extant length 64mm. Width 5mm. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Created on: Monday 18th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-F1421C
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy socketed gouge of late Bronze Age date, c.950 - 750 BC.  The remaining portion is a length of the hollow socket with a tapered U-shaped blade terminal to one end. The opposite end terminates in a worn break. From the socket end the blade tapers to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which is concave to one side of the body. The gouging edge is extremely worn. The socket is circular with an exterior diameter of 15.1mm, interior diameter of 6.8mm and is 21.3mm deep. The metal has a mid-brown delaminated patina and is worn. The gouge is 38.5mm long, 15.1mm in…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cawton', grid reference and parish protected.