Record ID: SUR-491236
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Late Bronze Age gold-plated penannular ring with a near-circular cross section. Damage on one of the terminals shows that the ring has been plated but the nature of the core is unclear (although it is likely to be copper alloy on the ground of known comparanda). There is no sign of banding in differential shades of gold, this being a common form of decoration on similar rings. Dimensions: Diameter 13.9mm; thickness 4.2mm; weight 2.77g.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2017
Last updated: Friday 10th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Guildford', grid reference and parish protected.

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-5A759A
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Middle Bronze Age basal-looped spearhead measuring 207mm in length. Although complete the blade edges are slightly 'nibbled' where they are very thin. The shaft bears extensive filing where the casting seams have been removed. The socket is 150mm long internally and the opening of the socket is 22.0mm by 23.5mm.
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-590F5D
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
The hoard consists of seven objects (two tools and five ornaments). Among the ornaments there are three annular decorated armrings/bracelets, one spiral coiled finger-ring and one short section from a spiral twisted torc, all made of copper alloy. Among the tools there is a palstave axehead and a socketed hammer, both also in copper alloy. No other details of the composition/arrangement of the hoard (or of any other objects) were recorded. Catalogue: 1. Bracelet/armring, annular, decorated (complete) ('Liss' type). A complete copper alloy bracelet/armring decorated probably…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2017
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
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Record ID: SUR-9D1663
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A very unusual Middle Bronze Age looped pin dating to c.1400-1250BC (the 'Ornament Horizon'). The pin has a dark brown patina with small green surface pits caused by corrosion. The pin has broken across its projecting loop and the lower part of the shaft is missing. There is a casting void visible in the break. The pin has a swelling shaft which is extensively decorated; five groups of bands encircle the shaft in the order 5,4,5,6, 6 with the band of five being closest to the head of the pin and the band of six at the break in the shaft. In three instances the space between two ind…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: SUR-5AE176
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle Bronze Age (c.1400-1250BC) copper-alloy rapier, now bent and distorted, almost certainly deliberately. This rapier has the characteristic thin narrow blade of a rapier that expands to form a plate with rounded end and with two rivet holes for attachment to the hilt. A short length of the rounded end is missing. The object now measures 404mm and is 23.3mm across its central length. The thickness is c.4.3 - 4.8mm.
Created on: Tuesday 30th August 2016
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2022
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Record ID: SUR-9A711C
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Middle Bronze Age (Ornament Horizon) hoard comprising two twisted torcs and two bracelets. Neither the two torcs nor the two bracelets form matching pairs although the pairs are similar in size and form. The hoard includes two torcs of a similar form but with the main difference between them being the number of the ridges formed by twisting (Torc 1 has 43 ridges while Torc 2 has 77 ridges). The two bracelets are significantly different in colour which presumably suggests different alloys. Bracelet 1 is more extensively decorated that Bracelet 2. The hoard was removed from the groun…
Created on: Monday 16th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 24th May 2018
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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-26AD1C
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circumstances of discovery Three objects found together on 29 November 2003 using a metal-detector. Subsequent excavation on the find-spot, conducted by David Williams, Finds Liaison Officer for Surrey, has shown an important relationship to ancient, probably Bronze Age, landscape features. Furthermore, the hoard appears to have lain beneath a small cairn of tightly packed flint nodules. Description Palstave 1 (axehead) A palstave with a gently flared and heavy blade ornamented with a stout trident rib design. The stop, at the blade/haft end junction is massive…
Created on: Tuesday 29th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2022
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Record ID: SUR-1530DF
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Bronze Age plain socketed axe of Southeastern type, Ewart Park metalwork assemblage c1000-800BC. The axe appears to have had a long and interesting life and has been used despite a small casting flaw in the form of a hole below the loop. The two parts of the mould were not aligned properly; the casting seams have been smoothed and the axe shows signs of use. There are striations on the blade; the blade has been shaped and formed and has been used and resharpened. The blade is now blunt and this may have been deliberate. The axe shows clear signs of initial work to break it u…
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Record ID: SUR-D8D06E
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Bronze Age copper alloy razor in fair condition but now a little bent. Some surface patches are missing on both sides and the blade edges are a little ragged. The razor is oval with a short narrow tang. The tang tapers and gets wider towards the blade. The edge of the tang continues into the body of the razor and the two sides form the inner edges of the blade itself. Peter Reavill comments: This is a Piggott (1946) Class I double-edged razor - some of these are decorated along the mid rib and many are pierced through the tang. The date is later EBA - early MBA and they are of…
Created on: Saturday 19th September 2015
Last updated: Sunday 7th August 2016
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Record ID: SUR-B3D798
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fagment comprising the blade and the base of the socket of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe, Meldreth type, dating from c. 1000-800BC. The sides of the axe facetted, with three facets to each side, and there are traces of filing on the blade. The blade edge itself is eroded. The axe has a dark brown patina.
Created on: Wednesday 12th August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 12th August 2015
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Record ID: SUR-1EFCC6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle Bronze Age pin with a disc-shaped head, decorated shaft and perforated swelling on the shaft. The pin is a derivative of a Picardy-type pin and dates to c1400-1250BC. The pin is now bent but is complete and, if straight, measures 180mm. The surfaces are now mainly dark brown and there are iron-rich surface deposits, especially underneath the head of the pin. The disc-shaped head is 23.70mm in diameter and has a prominent rim on its upper face. The face of the disc is left rough and gives the impression there was an inlay made from a different material. Less than midway along …
Created on: Wednesday 5th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 11th August 2015
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Record ID: SUR-D8BC05
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The tip of a copper-alloy spearhead of probable late Bronze Age date. The tip is rounded in section and thins rapidly to blades which remain sharp.
Created on: Sunday 14th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2015
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Record ID: SUR-DD7BC6
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age to Iron Age awl. The awl has one chisel end which expands into a square section and terminates in a circular-sectioned point. The awl is in fine condition.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2015
Last updated: Monday 22nd June 2015
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Record ID: SUR-F78859
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unlooped copper alloy Middle Bronze Age palstave axe with a pronounced hollow below the stop ridge. About 40% of the original surface survives and is very pitted. Grinding marks are visible in a patch on the blade. This is most likely to be a Primary Phase, Group I (unlooped), palstave with a shield-shaped depression below the stop ridge. The axe is of Middle Bronze Age date (1500 - 1300 BC) and is most probably associated with the Acton Park II and Taunton metalworking assemblages (Needham Period 5) - both assemblages fit within Burgess Metal Working Stage VIII and IX. Unusu…
Created on: Sunday 10th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Record ID: SUR-A18104
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragments of the hilt and blade of two Middle Bronze Age rapiers. Fragment two is in two joining pieces. Both appear to belong to the same broad Group in Bugess & Gerloff's (1981) scheme: Group IV, the blade in two sections is probably Type Appleby and the blade in one section has parallels among Type Killucan and Type Corncarrow. Fragment one: 140.53mm long; 22.00mm wide; 5.72mm thick; weight 43.96g. Fragment two: 106.04mm long; 30.34mm wide; 3.73mm thick; weight 31.65g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 9th May 2019
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Record ID: SUR-FA65B0
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late Bronze Age or early Iron Age cast copper-alloy miniature socketed axe measuring 17.39mm by 13.01mm. The socket is shallow, and the loop is a circular hole inset from the edge of the axe. The blade is blunt and flat.
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2015
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2021
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Record ID: SUR-8A4184
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A small gold Penannular Ring (or so-called 'hair ring') of Late Bronze Age date. The ring has a sub-circular cross section and the ends of the terminals are flat. The ring has alternating decorative banding of yellow and a paler, silver rich gold. There is no visible evidence that the ring had a copper alloy core and the weight of the ring suggests that it may be solid gold. Analysis by the British Museum's scientific research team has demonstrated that the penannular ring has been modified. A small section of metal has been removed from the edge of each end exposing fresh metal, a…
Created on: Monday 9th February 2015
Last updated: Saturday 2nd March 2019
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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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