Record ID: SWYOR-ED73D3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy axehead, probably dating to the Bronze Age. The axehead is quite chunky in form and has been poorly cast and so would have been discarded. The cutting edge of the axehead seems to have cast well but the butt is completely miscast and has a pitted uneven surface. The axehead weighs 139g and measures 57.1mm in length, 29mm in width and 21mm in thickness.
Created on: Friday 25th August 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SWYOR-EE1667
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy, Bronze Age flanged axehead known as a 'Wing-flanged' axe, dating from 1600-1400BC. The axe is complete but is heavily pitted with corrosion. On one of the side flanges, there are two small circular patches which may be the remains of a fixing point for a loop. It is 106mm long, 43.2mm wide (across the blade edge) and 27.9mm thick. It weighs 188.4gm. Two similar (unprovenanced) parallels can be seen in Nicholson, S, 1980, Catalogue of the Prehistoric Metalwork in Merseyside County Museums, page 87, Numbers 200 & 201.
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-EE0306
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy, Early Bronze Age, flat axe, probably of the Migdale type, dating from 2150-1500BC. Approximately one third of the axehead is represented by this piece. The thinned blade edge survives and flares out at each side. Before the broken edge, there are slight flanges on the edges of the axehead. It has been suggested that Bronze Age axes were sometimes sacrificially killed (cut into pieces). The fragment is 32.4mm long,, 36.2mm wide and 8.8mm thick. It weighs 33.41gm.
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-C63D62
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy miniature votive axehead/chisel probably dating to the late middle Bronze Age. The object is a model of a flanged flat axe (a precursor to the Palstave axe). The model has a long thin body that narrows slightly from the butt to the centre; there are flanges on each side of the body. The axe splays to the blade which is flattened and has a slightly rounded cutting edge. The axe weighs 2.1g and measures 38.49mm in length, 10.27mm in width and 3.62mm in thickness. Miniature versions of functional objects are commonly ritual contexts and are thought to represent votive deposits.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tickhill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A0C2D2
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy circular hoop. The hoop is not a complete circle and the terminals taper to points with a gap of about 4mm between. The hoop is plain and undecorated but there is a rib running along the centre of the metal around the circumference. These objects are impossible to accurately date when out of context but have been cited as parts of jewellery (possibly earrings or hair decorations) from a Bronze Age context right through to Medieval times. The piece weighs 2.03g and measures 20.16mm in length, 19.2mm in width and 3.18mm in thickness.
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Towton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-1EE112
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Early Bronze Age flat Axehead (possibly of Migdale type?) and dating to between 2200-1500 BC. The axehead has a thin narrow rounded butt. The body is thickened at the middle and thins again to a splayed blade and cutting edge. The axehead weights 217g and measures 99.6mm in length from butt to cutting edge. At the thickest point across the body of the axehead, it measures 11.1mm and the measurement across the blade is 58.7mm. The surface of the axehead is very corroded and pitted, only small patches of the original surface survive.
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2005
Last updated: Saturday 30th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Silsden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B8AC38
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy, flat axehead of the Migdale-Marnoch tradition, dating from the early Bronze Age, 2150-1500BC. The axehead has a thin narrow rounded butt; the body then thickens in the middle and thins again to a splayed blade and cutting edge. There are slightly raised flanges along the sides. The surface of the axehead is quite corroded and pitted; only small patches of the original surface survive. The axehead measures 104.8mm long, 50.8mm wide across the blade and 11.8mm thick. It weighs 203gm.
Created on: Friday 6th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SWYOR-19E2B1
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast arrowhead, dating to the late bronze age Ewart Park phase. The arrowhead is socketed and leaf shaped with a central ridge running down the length. The arrowhead measures 33.61mm in length, 11.07mm in width and 5.9mm in thickness.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scaftworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-51FE73
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Bronze Age palstave axehead. Only a small part of the butt end of the axehead survives and is quite corroded. The side flanges are intact on the edges of the butt but none of the blade survives. The piece weighs 42.97g and measures 51mm in length, 22mm in width (across the side flange) and 16mm in thickness.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-6F8BE7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age looped and socketed axehead dating to 1000-800BC. The axehead is cast from copper alloy and is of the Ewart Park tradition. The axehead is complete and in good condition and has a piece of wood inside the socket mouth, this fragment is loose and it is unclear as to whether this is a piece of the original haft or a later intrusion. It has been handled and so would not be datable. The axehead has a square socket mouth with a small protrusion on one edge and a single moulded rim. Below the rim on one side of the axehead is the loop (with an oval section). The …
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-CAE7A7
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy early Bronze Age flat Axehead, 2150-1500 BC of the Migdale-Marnoch tradition. The axehead has a thin narrow rounded butt. The body is thickened at the middle and thins again to a splayed blade and cutting edge. The cutting edge has a small nick in it caused corrosion. The axehead has very slight flanges along its sides. The axehead weights 64g and measures 90.3mm in length from butt to cutting edge. At the thickest point across the body of the axehead, it measures 6.9mm and the measurment across the blade is 32.8mm. The surface of the axehead is smooth and undecorated bu…
Created on: Friday 13th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gringley on the hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-4A2F62
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age scabbard chape, relating to the family of tongue-shaped chapes and dating to between 1100-800 BC. The chape would have fitted onto the end of a sword scabbard. The mouth of the chape is diamond shaped and this tapers to join a larger circular, flat terminal. About two thirds of the way down the chape are two small circular perforations on each side, possibly for riveting to the scabbard. The chape is undecorated and in good condition. The object weighs 46g and measures 64.46mm in length and 28.35mm in width (across the chape mouth).
Created on: Wednesday 26th May 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Darrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-475FC2
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a late Bronze age socketed axehead, of the Ewart Park tradition and dating to c.1000-800 BC. The object is the blade end of a looped and socketed axehead. Both blade tips, the cutting edge and a small portion of the sides and faces of the axehead are present. It is possible that the axehead has been deliberatly broken or 'ritually killed'. It weighs 38.08g and measures 46.91mm in width and 30.55mm in length.
Created on: Wednesday 26th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.