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Record ID: DEV-3B950F
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded copper-alloy axehead fragment: probably the terminal of a Middle Bronze Age palstave (c. 1500-1100 BC). The cutting edge is shallowly rounded and somewhat abraded. The sides only barely perceptibly flare to this edge. The break, a shallow diagonal, appears old; the solid cross-section revealed suggests that this was a palstave. Such an identification is reinforced by the presence of a central casting seam visible on the side. No decoration appears to survive on the fragment, though the patina is pitted in a few places.
Measurements: weight 48.87 g
Created on: Monday 20th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2023
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Record ID: DEV-21B9A8
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn fragment of a cast Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead, dating to c. 1300-700 BC. The fragment consists of the axe's blade above which is a worn and abraded termination, placed such that a small portion of the interior of the socket survives.
The axe fragment is sub-rectangular in plan. The broken edge of the axe runs broadly transversely across its body. From this point the sides continue at around the same width towards an abraded, seemingly rounded blade. In cross-section the body of the axe is rectangular, while the blade is a pointed …
Created on: Monday 14th November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 17th November 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Halberton CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DEV-41CD0C
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded, now incomplete probably Middle to Late Bronze Age palstave axehead of Transitional or Late type, dating to the Penard or Wilburton phase (MBA III to LBA I; c. 1100-900 BC).
The butt and loop have been lost to an old break, beyond the point at which the flanges develop. Based on what survives, the flanges themselves have been abraded in places such that their original profile height cannot be replicated. The stop is pronounced and curved at its junction with the flanges. To one side, on the side, is a sub-oval depression, the only remnant o…
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2022
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Record ID: PAS-8B52C6
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy object of Bronze Age date: probably a small tanged knife dating from the Late Bronze Age (c. 1000-850 BC). The object now has a sub-trapezoidal form, being rounded at the blade tip, and tapering gradually towards it. At the attachment end the object becomes waisted and narrowed, indicative of a tanged handle. However, all of the sides of the artefact are abraded, with a number of significant notched removals. In cross-section the object is the shape of a very flat pointed oval. The surface is pitted on both surfaces.
The object measures 60.4 by 20.1 by 2.6mm and…
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 19th February 2016
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Record ID: PAS-9C1225
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy blade probably from a sword of Late Bronze Age date. The fragment is pointed oval in cross-section with smooth curve on both surfaces and no discernible mid rib. There are old patinated breaks at each end and down each side, obscuring the original shape. However, in one corner the fragment does appear to flare out slightly, though this may be illusory; the width is generally consistent.
It is 28.05mm long, 20.7mm wide,3.7mm thick. It weighs 10.37grams. The surfaces are slightly corroded.
Created on: Sunday 22nd February 2015
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
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Record ID: PAS-65902F
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A probable Middle Bronze Age (c.1500-1100 BC) solid gold bead of annular form and biconical profile with a central perforation measuring 2.9mm in diameter. It is max.7.6mm in diameter at the centre, narrowing to c.5mm diameter at either end, both of which show areas of damage. The bead stands 5.3mm in height and weighs 1.91g.
The bead is of similar form to several of sheet gold reported through the Treasure Act, namely HAMP-72E451 (2011 T526),GLO-46CA05 (2014 T358) and NMS-AEC678 (2013 T20), for the latter of which is written 'The gold bead is likely to date to the Middle Bronze A…
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
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Record ID: SOM-9AAFF3
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Late Bronze Age socketed hammer, broadly sub-rectangular with slightly convex faces and a square socket. The top and bottom face angle slightly together towards the striking surface giving the sides of the hammer a trapezoid shape. The striking surface is also convex curved giving rounded ends to the sides of the hammer. There is a wide, plain thickened collar at the socket end of the hammer adjacent to the rim; the corners of this are rounded giving a sub-square outer edge to the rim. There is no clear evidence for a loop, although on side is corroded and could potential…
Created on: Wednesday 17th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Whitelackington CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-589161
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle to Late Bronze Age cast copper-alloy chisel. Such chisels are generally thought to be wood working tools. It has a rectangular sectioned tang with a thinned and rounded end; the other end widens and flattened into the blade which ends with a fairly shallow curve and slightly abraded at the corners. The blade is also thinned compared to the central section which is the widest point. There is no evidence of a stop ridge or side lugs. The object has a fairly even dark-brown patina with some slight pitting.
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
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This findspot is known as 'Kingsdon CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-0F85D7
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Middle Bronze Age/early Late Bronze Age cast copper-alloy palstave (axehead) of unlooped type. The palstave is corroded and pitted. There is not much difference in width between septum and blade; the particular narrowness of the blade suggests an ancillary use as a chisel. The low flanges are abraded but gradually widen from the butt to the mid point, narrowing again towards the stop ridge with which they are fused, creating an elongated oval shape in profile. Just beyond the stop ridge are pronounced lateral protrusions; such lugs or 'trunnions' are known on chisels, but also …
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2013
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This findspot is known as 'Doulting CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HAMP-ACB706
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable element from towards the tip of a Bronze Age cast copper-alloy spearhead. The fragment is now sub-trapezoidal in plan, with breaks at both ends, and broadly lozengiform in cross-section, with flattened side flanges. Both edges have been abraded, one having suffered more losses than the other. The metal has a variable dark-green patina with some patches of brighter corrosion product. Both breaks appear to have been at points where air bubbles intruded during the casting process. Unfortunately with so much of the artefact missing, it is very difficult to tell the phase of the …
Created on: Wednesday 26th June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Chilcomb CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-A636D3
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age cast copper-alloy palstave (axehead) of unlooped type .The palstave is corroded, with some losses at its extremities. The septum is thinner than the blade suggesting that this is a palstave rather than an earlier flanged axe (Schmidt and Burgess 1981, 115). The flanges gradually widen from the butt to the stop, creating a triangular shape in profile. The stop is angled forwards slightly at its centre.
The blade is rectangular in cross-section with shallowly curved sides that widen gradually towards the cutting edge before curving out more approaching the cuttin…
Created on: Friday 26th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2013
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This findspot is known as 'Selwood', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HAMP-C04CC3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from an unidentified cast copper-alloy object of a known type usually referred to as 'moustache-like' or 'moustache shaped'. These objects are thought to date from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Iron Age, after the discovery of one in the Salisbury Hoard (Stead 1998; ref. 117) and various other finds reported to the PAS which are associated with Middle Bronze Age material. An example was found recently in a Middle Bronze Age context at Clay Farm, Cambridgeshire (Robin Iles pers. comm. 9th July 2012; Current Archaeology March 2012, Issue 264, 35).
The object is a hollow…
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-B18A07
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and abraded cast copper-alloy flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date. This small example is from the earliest bronze working traditions, dating from the centuries after c. 2000 BC. The blade terminates in a rounded cutting edge. Bevelling to create the edge is gradual. Beyond the edge the object narrows to a width of 16.65mm and is at its thickest, 7.6mm. The object remains a fairly constant width to the butt. It narrows very gradually, and then more obviously in the quarter at the butt end. The axehead has a rectangular cross-section with no side flanges as such; the surf…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th June 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-A28663
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A pair of body sherds probably from Late Bronze Age hand made vessels (cf. Barrett 1980). They are characteristically flint tempered (up to 6.8mm) and an oxidised orange colour externally. The interior is reduced and mid-grey, with darker areas of possible sooting internally. Both sherds are irregular quadrilaterals in form; one sherd is far larger and heavier (39.6 by 35.7mm; 16.74g) than the other (3.30g; a combined weight is given below).
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th December 2015
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Record ID: HAMP-2F8427
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded fragment of a cast copper-alloy socketed axehead of Late Bronze Age date (c. 1150 - c. 800 BC). The fragment consists of part of the rim of the socket extending down into the body, with the loop present. Little of the curvature of the mouth is discernible but it would appear to be angular rather than smooth. There is a raised band on the outer side by the mouth. A possible further, lower band is visible beyond. At right angles to the bands is a possible casting seam, extending into the loop. The semicircular loop is around 23.8mm long, 9.5mm high, and is 8.7mm wide and 3.8m…
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2011
Last updated: Sunday 10th February 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-99FF65
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Bronze Age penannular gold ring with hoop of circular cross-section; original decorative banding in broad stripes of yellow and paler gold are very worn and best perceptible near the inner surface. Roughness of gold at one terminal could be due to damage. The surface is heavily worn; scores and scrapes are likely to have occurred post-depositionally. Visual inspection suggests that the piece comprises a gold covering over a base metal core, with some corrosion product at the terminals.
A similar penannular ring from Rowlands Castle, Hampshire, was reported through the Treasu…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
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This findspot is known as 'South Warnborough CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HAMP-72E451
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, roughly annular sheet gold bead. The plain bead has shallow biconical profile with slightly inturned inner edges. It has a central circular piercing. On one side it has been squashed slightly following probable post-depositional damage.
Discussion: A similar bead from Harlow, Essex, was reported through the Treasure Act (Treasure Annual Report 2005/6, 17; ref. 6/2005 T150).
Dimensions: Ext. dia.: 10.3 mm; height: 3.6 mm; weight: 0.44 g
As the bead is of precious metal and is of prehistoric date it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2013
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This findspot is known as 'Buriton CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HAMP-333398
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very corroded lower fragment from a Middle Bronze Age socketed spear head with basal loops. The blade is missing and there is a considerable loss from the socket end. The side loops are large, elongated semicircles, broken at their tops and only perforated towards their bases, the holes within longer recesses. One hole has broken through the side. As implied, the break to the spear occurs towards the tops of the side loops and in a ragged fashion across the shaft, before the blade would have begun. The spear has an oval cross-section. At the base it measures 12.8 by 9.9mm internally;…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-352B13
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from the hilt of a Late Bronze Age sword cast in copper alloy. The fragment consists of the flared finial and part of the grip beyond. The sides are flanged right up to the finial, with a low H-shaped cross-section; the flanges are seemingly cast and give the artefact a maximum thickness of c. 3.7mm, with a thickness of c. 2.6mm between them. The grip narrows to a waist (W.: 14.7mm) before expanding again gradually, only to be truncated by the broadly diagonal break, now ragged. The break appears to have occurred at a weak point: either a central perforation or longer hole,…
Created on: Monday 11th April 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Micheldever CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: HAMP-9FE7C0
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, but concreted, Middle Bronze Age cast copper-alloy palstave axehead from the Acton Park (phase 2) or Taunton phases, probably Taunton (c. 1500 - c. 1150 BC). It is unlooped with high, curved flanges (max. H.: 26.9mm), fused to the stop ridge. The septum (the area between the flange facets and the stop ridge) measures 70.3mm by c. 16mm. The width at the butt is 19.45mm. The flanges start to rise gradually from the butt, reaching a maximum height of c. 9.6mm above the septum. The stop ridge is stands c. 6mm above the septum. There is a shield shaped moulding beyond the stop …
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 18th March 2011
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