Record ID: NMGW-9C3E75
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from c. 2,500 – 2,000 BC The arrowhead appears complete but may have a damaged barb (with a length of 29.7mm, a width of 23.8mm, a thickness of 4.2mm and a weight of 2.6g). The arrowhead is made on a convex flake with only slight and marginal retouch on the ventral surface. The dorsal surface has been pressure-flaked. The flint is non-cortical and has patinated grey.
Created on: Thursday 1st May 2008
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-A97564
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Middle to Late Bronze Age bronze dirk of Group IV type, damaged weapon with reworked butt (Burgess & Gerloff, 1981, p 99) and probably of later Penard or Wilberton metalworking industries, corresponding to Needham’s (1996) Periods 5-6, possibly dated to c.1200-900BC The dirk has a damaged butt and is eroded (with a surviving length of 87.7mm and a weight of 22.5g). The butt has been formed by hammering to thin the end (with a minimum thickness of 1.5mm) and to define a sub-triangular facet, with hammer-marks discernible on both faces. The sides of the butt have been hammered from …
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-A91D12
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age bronze dirk of Group II or Group IV with Group II affinities (Burgess & Gerloff, 1981, p 62 - 65), perhaps dating to the Penard metalworking industry (c.1275-1120 BC following Needham et al. 1997), corresponding to the latter part of Needham's (1996) Period 5 (dated to 1500 - 1150BC). The dirk has a damaged butt and is eroded, but is otherwise complete (with a length of 159mm and a weight of 38.2g). The butt was trapezoidal (with a maximum surviving width of 45.5mm) without a central rib or notches. The butt appears to have broken through two rivet holes, position…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-51EFD6
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe of Ewart Park metalworking phase, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7, dated to c. 950 - 750BC. The axe is of uncertain type, probably of faceted type (Type Meldreth (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, p 204-5) ). The axe is incomplete, missing the mouth and upper body (with a surviving length of 66.1mm and a weight of 77.3g). The body of the axe is slender (with a minimum surviving width at the break of 24.2mm). The sides of the axe are concave and expand at the blade to produce a moderately curved blade. The loop is not present on the incomp…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2D78C6
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged chisel, c.1150-700 BC. The chisel is fragmentary and eroded, represented by the blade and the remnants of the tang, with a surviving length of 37.2mm and weighs 7.5g. The tang has a surviving length of 15mm and is eroded, but is likely to originally have been of rectangular section with straight sides. The chisel has a maximum thickness at the top of the blade of 5.3mm. No lugs or collar are discernible between the blade and tang. The blade has straight sides diverging towards the blade edge, areas of surviving surface on the sides of the tang an…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2C69D1
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged and collared chisel, c.1150-700 BC. The chisel is likely to have a broken tang and has a surviving length of 53.2mm and weighs 36.6g. The tang has a surviving length of 15.6mm and is of rectangular section, which diverges towards the prominent collar (12 x 9mm at the collar). At the collar the chisel has a width of 19.9mm and a thickness of 12.2mm. The chisel blade thins and narrows below the collar, to a minimum width of 16.4mm. The sides of the blade are concave to produce an expanded blade edge with a surviving width of 35.0mm. The chisel has …
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2C4A02
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age bronze sword fragment of Ewart Park type, belonging to the Ewart Park metalworking Industry, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7, c. 950 - 750BC. The sword is fragmentary and comprises the base of the hilt and top of the blade, with a surviving length of 97.2mm and a weight of 81.0g. The upper break is across the hilt with a width of 20.7mm and a thickness of 4.8mm and with no evidence for a rivet slot before the break. The sword has a surviving width across the shoulder of 38.8mm (7.8mm thickness). Two opposing rivet holes survive on the shoulder (one damage…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-9CB1D2
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy awl of uncertain date, possibly Late Bronze Age The awl is of tanged form and is complete with a distorted tang. The awl has a weight of 17.0g and has a distorted length of 77.6mm, originally having been approximately 98mm long. The tang had an undistorted length of 62mm and is of rectangular section (8.7mm x 5.8mm at the base of the tang) and gradually tapers to a point. There is no collar or moulding between the tang and the point. The point of the awl has a length of 36.2mm and is of circular section (11.1mm diameter at the apex), gradually thinning to the point. The a…
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-4C20B4
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age bronze spearhead fragment of uncertain type and probably from a socketed spearhead of Middle to Late Bronze Age date, c. 1500 - 750 BC The spearhead is represented by a tip fragment with a surviving length of 44.2mm and a weight of 14.9g. The fragment has a maximum surviving width and thickness at the break of 17.0mm and 9.1mm respectively. The spearhead has a prominent rounded midrib (6.9mm wide and 1.9mm high at the break) which narrows towards the tip. The better preserved side has blade facets with a width of 2.5mm. Deep striations along the blade facets may be the resul…
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-4AF877
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper plano-convex ingot probably of Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking industry, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Periods 7 to 8, c. 950 - 500BC The ingot is represented by approximately quarter of the original and has been roughly broken. The ingot would have had a diameter of 110mm and the quarter ingot has a weight of 1,140.2g, indicating an approximate weight of 4,560g for the whole ingot. This would imply a comparatively large ingot. The surface of the metal is corroded and has a pale green patina with areas of red-brown surface.
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-48B6E7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Miniature copper alloy axe of Late Bronze Age to Romano-British date (c. 1200 BC -AD 400) and of Robinson's (1988, p61) type 1 or possibly 2. The axe head is complete, with an overall length of 22.1mm and a weight of 4.4g. The butt is sub-rectangular and convex (8.2mm x 4.9mm), at the centre is a small oval depression (3.9mm long, 1.9mm wide, 0.9mm deep) representing the socket of a socketed axe, similar to Late Bronze Age forms. The unlooped side is slightly concave and is rounded across its thickness. The loped side is more concave. The loop begins 4.6mm from the butt and end 9.4…
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-A67EA6
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age bronze socketed spearhead of Greenwell and Brewis (1909) Class IV side-looped (socket -looped) type, or Davis' (2012) Type 6C Developed side-looped, probably of Taunton-Penard metalworking phases, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 5, c. 1500 - 1150BC. The spearhead is incomplete and fragmentary, with a combined surviving length of 135.0mm and a combined weight of 39.6g. The lower of the three fragments would have been near the original socket rim and would have had a diameter of approximately 15mm. The sides of the socket are straight and converge towa…
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-EAC9D1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age spear tip of uncertain type and date within the Bronze Age The spear is represented by the tip only, with a surviving length of 52.mm and a weight of 19.4g. The spearhead broke in antiquity and there is no socket evident on the fragment. The spear has a width of 20.4mm and a thickness of 8.2mm at the break. The spear had a prominent and comparatively wide rounded midrib (12mm wide at the break). The midrib alignment differs between faces, as is evident on the cross-section break. The sides of the spear are comparatively straight or slightly convex along the length of the fra…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-EA67F3
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age copper flat axe, probably of Type Migdale (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, p 35-36) or Needham's (forthcoming) Class 2D, and belonging to metalworking stage III, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 2 dated to 2300 - 2050BC. The axe is broken and has lost the butt in antiquity, with a current surviving length of 67.8mm and weighs 195.1g. The axe has a width of 47.7mm and a thickness of 9.6mm at the break and is of sub rectangular section. One of the sides is comparatively straight, while the other side is concave and divergent to produce a moderately expanded…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-E927F3
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age bronze cast-flanged axe of uncertain type, possibly a long-flanged axe of Type Balbirnie (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, p 70-72) , likely to be of Late Willerby or early Acton Park metalworking phase, corresponding to the earlier part of Needham's (1996) Period 4 (1700 - 1500 BC), perhaps dating to 1700 - 1600 BC. The axehead is complete but has eroded considerably, and has an overall length of 122.7mm and a weight of 289.4g. The butt is straight and has a width of 23.0mm. The flanges begin from the septum, 11mm from the butt. The flanges are irregular, probably because…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-D73AD4
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age bronze unlooped palstave (Early Palstave Group II) of unusual form and probably of Early Midribbed type and of uncertain subtype, possibly of Type Liswerry (Schmidt & Burgess; 1981, p 125-127). The palstave belongs to the Acton Park metalworking phase of the Middle Bronze Age, corresponding to the earlier part of Needham's (1996) Period 5, dated to 1500 - 1150BC. The palstave is complete and is comparatively short with a length of only 119.3mm and a weight of 301.2g. The butt is slightly concave and has a width of 22.8mm. The sides are straight and parallel as far…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-D5E546
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Final Early Bronze Age bronze cast-flanged axe (Early Short-flanged axe) of Type Kirtomy (Schmidt & Burgess; 1981, p 82-83) , of Acton Park metalworking and corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 4 dated to 1700 - 1500BC. The axe is complete with an overall length of 136.4mm and has a weight of 380.3g. The butt is slightly convex and has a width of 24.5. The sides are straight and parallel as far as the blade. The axe may be seen as comparatively slender with a width of 27mm. The flanges are of sub-lozenge form and are highest near the start of the blade (45mm from the butt), with a…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-567545
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age bronze knife-dagger with midrib (Gerloff, 1975, p 168) The dagger is incomplete, missing some of the butt, areas of the blade edge and the tip. The dagger has a surviving length of 67.9mm and has a weight of 8.9g. The butt would have had two rivet-holes for hafting; the better preserved rivet hole has a diameter of 3.0mm. The butt has broken through both rivet-holes and the surviving area of the butt is straight and thin with a thickness of 0.5mm. The dagger has a maximum surviving width of 31.4mm. The midrib is widest at the butt (10mm) and gradually narrows with cur…
Created on: Thursday 22nd November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-C51803
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe of Southern English ribbed type, Class B (Type Welby) and of Ewart Park metalworking tradition, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7, c. 950 - 750BC. The axe-head is complete, with an overall length of 105.4mm and a weight of 344.0g. The mouth of the axe is sub-rectangular, with internal dimensions of 31.1mm (depth) by 25.9mm (width). The sub-triangular socket has a depth of 75.4mm. No casting stubs are evident on the mouth but there are broken areas above each face, where the casting stubs may have been removed. Below the mouth (6.2mm bene…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-857132
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy single-runner casting jet of uncertain date, possibly Middle to Late Bronze Age, c.1500-750BC The jet is irregular and conical-oval in shape, with a length at the top of 34.8mm and a width of 23.3mm. The jet has a weight of 35.0g and an overall depth of 17.4mm. At the base of the jet is a projecting stub or single-runner (19mm x 12mm x 7mm), which would have fed into the mould. The jet has an irregular surface with a dark green patina.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-5BAAA7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe of South Eastern Type and of Ewart Park metalworking phase, corresponding to Needham's (1996) period 7, c. 950-750BC. The axe is near-complete, missing only the loop and has a length of 86.9mm and has a weight of 146.2g. The mouth is comparatively square with an external width (between sides) of 37.0mm (27.9mm internal) and breadth (between faces) of 34.1mm (25.8mm internal). The socket has a depth of 72.4mm with no evidence of internal ribs. The mouth is uneven and appears to have had a prominent rounded mouth moulding. The axe has a weaker moul…
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-4FB540
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead, c. 2,500 - 1,500BC The arrowhead is near-complete, but may have lost the tip and has a length of 23.63mm, a maximum width across the barbs of 21.42mm and has a weight of 1.7g. The ends of the barbs are squared and the tang is moderately pointed. The arrowhead is bi-facially worked by pressure flaking and has a maximum thickness of 4.83mm. The arrowhead is made on pale grey flint and is unpatinated.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-A56AE4
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead, c. 2500 – 1500BC The arrowhead is complete, with a length of 29.77mm, a maximum width across the barbs of 24.03mm and has a weight of 2.7g. The arrowhead was made on a flake with minimal working to the ventral face. The flake has a convex profile with a thickness of 4.58mm. The dorsal face has been carefully worked by pressure flaking. The flint has patinated pale-grey.
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2007
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-7C7D31
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age copper alloy axe cutting edge fragment, probably from a socketed axe or palstave and of Middle or Late Bronze Age date, c. 1,500 - 750BC The axehead is represented by the blade end only, with a surviving length of 21.95mm and a weight of 28.0g. The axe is moderately expanded towards the blade tips, with a width at the break of 39.37mm and a thickness of 10.10mm. There is no evidence for the base of a socket along the broken edge. The blade edge has a width of 47.44mm and has a comparatively deep curve. The short surviving areas of the sides are concave and exhibit finished c…
Created on: Thursday 7th June 2007
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-7F9FF3
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Llangwm Hoard 1000-900BC, Three complete South Wales Type socketed axes, two complete South Wales Variant socketed axes, one complete Gillespie type faceted axe, two incomplete South Wales Type socketed axes, One incomplete South wales Variant Socketed axe, one incomplete Yorkshire Type socketed axe, one incomplete stepped-blade spearhead, one incomplete Ewart sword, one plain-pegged spearhead fragment and one fillet defined spearhead fragment.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7F3CA8
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
'Cowbridge' Hoard 950-750BC, eleven complete South Wales socketed axes, two complete South Wales Variant socketed axes, two complete South Eastern ribbed socketed axes, one complete type Meldreth socketed axe, two complete cake casting jets, seven incomplete South Wales socketed axes, two incomplete South Wales variant socketed axes, one incomplete plain pegged spearhead, one incomplete cake, one South Wales Variant socketed axe fragment, one South Eastern plain/Southern ribbed socketed axe fragment, one plain socketed axe fragment, two sword fragments, one spear fragment, three cake f…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7F0352
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Welsh St. Donats Hoard 950-750BC, five complete robbed socketed axes, one complete faceted axe and one complete plain socketed axe.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7EA628
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Tal Y Garn 2 950-750BC, two complete South Wales socketed axes, two complete South Wales variant socketed axes, one complete South Eastern type socketed axe, two incomplete South Wales Type Socketed Axe, one incomplete Yorkshire/Welby type socketed axe, one incomplete small plain socketed axe, three incomplete ribbed socketed axes, two incomplete socketed implements, one incomplete casting jet, four Ewart sword fragments, four leaf shaped sword blade fragments and two socketed implement fragments.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7E5F81
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Tal Y Garn 1 Hoard 950-750BC, one incomplete South Wales type socketed axe, one incomplete socketed axe, four ribbed socketed axes three incomplete and one fragment, one Southern English Type B ribbed socketed axe fragment, one South-Eaton Type Class A1 plain socketed axe, one plain socketed axe fragment and one incomplete ribbed late Palstave.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7D3137
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
St Nicholas Hoard 950-750BC, five complete South Wales Type Socketed Axes, one complete plain slender axe, one complete Gouge, one complete lanceolate spearhead, one complete eliptical spearhead, one complete casting jet for a South Wales Type socketed Axe, one complete casting jet. Two incomplete South Wales Type Socketed Axe, one incomplete South Wale Variant Socketed Axe, one incomplete Southern English ribbed socketed axe, one incomplete undiagnostic axe, one incomplete Thorndon knife, three incomplete Ewart Swords, one incomplete bracelet, one incomplete Jet for South Wales axe. …
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7CFB43
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Brigam Farm Hoard 950-750BC, One complete casting jet, two incomplete South Wales type socketed axes, one incomplete plain socketed axe, 2 ribbed sockecketed axe fragments, one intermediate socketed axe fragment, one sword fragment and 2 blade fragments.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7C6BF2
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Windmill Farm Hoard 950-750 BC found in 1998, 1 bronze South Wales Type Socketed Axe and 1 socketed axe.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7C1291
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Old Kemeys Hoard 950-750 BC, includes 5 complete bronze South Wales Type socketed axes, 3 bronze South Wales Variant Type socketed axes 2 complete 1 fragment and 1 complete bronze Gillespie type faceted axe.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-E97AE5
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age socketed axe of South Wales (or Stogursey) Type and dating to the Ewart Park phase of the Late Bronze Age, corresponding with Needham's (1996) Period 7 and dated to c. 950 - 750BC The axe-head is incomplete, missing the mouth on one face, with the face missing a portion. The axe is comparatively small with an overall length of 59.50mm and a weight of 62.4g. The incomplete mouth would have been sub-rectangular (36.32mm x 25.3mm). The remnants of the three casting stubs are evident on the three remaining sides of the mouth, demonstrating the axe was produced using four-r…
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-4634E0
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe of uncertain type, possibly of Type Dunnottar and of Metalwork Assemblage III, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 2, c. 2,300 - 2,050 BC. The axe has an overall length of 106.95mm and weighs 176.7g. The butt has suffered some damage, but is narrow and short with a surviving width of 16mm and would have been rounded or possibly even pointed. The sides are straight and diverge gradually to the unexpanded blade. The sides are rounded across their thickness, giving the axe an oval section. The blade has a width of 59.04mm and has a shallow blade edge…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd November 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-EF8FC1
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age, Bronze cast-flanged axe whose sides are straight and near parallel, curving outwards markedly near the blade, giving a splayed blade. The artefact has a flat shaped butt end, which tapers in section. Unusually, the butt end of the axe is pierced by a circular hole (6mm in diameter). This was made with care in antiquity, possibly by drilling into the metal with a circular implement from each side of the artefact, the hole breaking through the middle (as suggested by its slightly hourglass shaped profile). The hole is slightly offset from the centre of the butt, and…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-DF6846
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This bronze casting jet represents the by-product of the manufacture of a socketed axe. The jet is of a roughly circular form and displays all four runners. The four runners together with its geographic location strongly hint at the jet being removed from an axe of type Storgursey or 'South Wales Type'. The patina on the casting jet varies from a brown to light green and the jet now displays a sheen due to polish or lacquer applied by the finder. The external diameter of the jet is 39.2mm - 45.3mm, with an internal diameter of 16.4mm - 19.3mm. The jet has a maximum thickness of 15…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2006
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-DDE311
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, tip missing. All of the damage on the arrowhead is ancient. Length 39.2mm, width 23.2mm, thickness 4.9mm, weight 3.5 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2006
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-743CA6
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy flat axe which thickens towards the middle, with a thin, narrow and originally probably slightly rounded butt and a splayed blade. The edges of both the butt and the blade are damaged, and one face in particular is heavily corroded. Two distinct casting flaws are visible on the relatively uncorroded face of the axe. The sides of the blade more or less evenly curve outwards towards the cutting edge from a point situated slightly over one third of the length of the axe from the butt. The axe is undecorated. Longitudinal stritations visible on the relatively uncorro…
Created on: Thursday 19th October 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-CD7412
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy low-flanged axe. This bronze Early Bronze Age flanged axe has a long slender body with near parallel sides, which suddenly expand widely, to produce a crescentic shaped blade and asymmetric cutting edge. The butt end of the axe has been slightly damaged in antiquity and therefore the original shape is not apparent. Part way down the body of the axe is a median bevel, whilst the sides of the axe are rounded. Surface pitting on these sides precludes the possibility of knowing whether or not they were once decorated. Both faces of the axe were once decorated, although mos…
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-CBE825
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy (probably bronze) socketed axe with a splayed and curved blade. The fragment was apparently broken and distorted in antiquity. Microscopic examination suggests the fragment is encrusted wuth ferrous and manganese oxide corrosion products presumably derived from the burial environment. Original blade width c.51mm, surviving height of fragment 40.5mm, maximum surviving thickness 13.5mm, weight 66.2g.
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 5th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-CA3104
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy leaf-shaped blade (length 63mm, width 19mm, thickness 2mm, weight 7.9g). The edges are slightly bevelled and the blade has a very slight but relatively wide midrib. One end of the blade apparently tapers into a tang which is now largely missing. The blade is in poor condition, its tip is bent and its edges are badly damaged and notched. This damage makes it difficult to evaluate whether the apparent tang is a genuine feature or simply a fortuitous break. The blade may possibly be an example of a rare type of Early to Middle Bronze Age knife known as a Class I or …
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2006
Last updated: Saturday 24th March 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-B86FC3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Butt fragment from a flat axe, flanged axe or palstave of indeterminate type and of Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age date, probably dated to c. 2,200 - 1,150BC. The axe is represented by the butt only, with a surviving length of 29.52mm and a weight of 31.4g. The butt is thin and tapers to an edge with a width of 30.04mm. The sides of the axe diverge slightly to the break where the axe has a width of 33.77mm. The sides are rounded across their thickness and there is no discernible evidence for flanges on the fragment. The axe has a maximum thickness at the break of 7.05mm. The fac…
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2006
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-24F646
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age (or Metal-Using Neolithic) copper flat axe, falling within Needham et al.'s (forthcoming) Class 2D, Type Halberton, or probably of Type Growtown / Milton Moss (following Schmidt and Burgess 1981). The axe is near-complete with only a little damage to the edges and has a length of 98.55mm and weighs 325.1g. The butt has suffered a little damage making the type identification difficult and slightly speculative, but appears to have been straight with a surviving width of 32.9mm and a thickness of 4.5mm. The sides of the axe are comparatively straight and are very slig…
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-3FE865
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast bronze strap fitting probably of Late Bronze Age date, c. 12th to 7th century BC The decorative strap fitting is circular and resembles a button with a diameter of 20.37 -20.97mm and a weight of 4.5g. The rear of the fitting has a central integral loop with a length of 10.17mm, a maximum width of 7.52mm (minimum width 3.17mm) and a depth of 3.68mm (2.3mm internal). The surface of the rear is coarse and unfinished. The rear is concave and displays a cast 'channel' for guiding a thin strap, the interior of the cannel is more even than the surrounding surface. The front of the fitti…
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-41AEA2
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe of uncertain type and of Ewart Park metalworking phase, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7, dated to 950 - 750BC. The axe is incomplete, missing the blade, the mouth and loop, giving the axe a surviving length of 80.87mm and weight of 229.0g. The surviving mouth is uneven and irregular because of insufficient bronze to fill the mould during casting. The mouth has an oval profile with external dimensions of 46.95mm x 38.28mm (37.85 x 30.55mm internal). One face is higher at the mouth and appears to be turning out slightly, before it would …
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-0A1053
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead The arrowhead is near-complete, missing only one barb and has a surviving length of 21.10mm, a maximum surviving width of 17.96mm, a maximum thickness of 4.11mm and weighs 1.1g. The flint has patinated white. A small area n one face appears to be polished and suggests the arrowhead may have been reworked from a Neolithic polished flint axehead.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2006
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-F2F5E1
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Middle or Late Bronze Age palstave fragment, c. 1,450 - 750BC The axe is represented by the butt only, with a surviving length of 37.69mm and weighs 30.5g. The butt is rounded, but may be eroded and has a width of 22.71mm. The sides are straight and fairly parallel with a maximum width at the break of 24.64mm. The casting seams are prominent on both sides. The flanges begin before the butt and rise to a maximum surviving height of 15.00mm. The septum is flat and tapers to the butt, with a thickness at the break of 7.1mm. Air bubbles are evident in the bronze at the break and may have c…
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2006
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-F26A64
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe fragment, c. 1,150 - 750BC This is a small fragment from the side of a socketed axe of uncertain type and has a maximum surviving length of 30.53mm and weighs 20.2g. The side has a loop (24.27mm long 7.41mm wide and 9.78mm deep). The loop is irregular and springs from immediately beneath (5.3mm) the rim and there is no evidence of a mouth moulding. The casting seam is evident above the loop. The edges of the axe fragment are turning inwards, probably to the faces, and have a maximum width of 27.1mm. The fragment is distorted possibly from heat (melt…
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-89E573
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe of Type Migdale (following Schmidt and Burgess 1981) or Class 3D, Type Barton Stacey (following Needham et al. forthcoming), and dating to the Brithdir assemblage (c. 2200/2150 - 2050 BC) during Needham's (1996, pp 127 - 130) Period 2, c. 2,300 - 2,050BC. The flat axe is complete and has an overall length of 150.4mm and weighs 503.9g. The butt is square with a width of 24mm and is tapered to a thickness of 3mm. The sides are divergent and are straight for some 50mm before they become concave to the expanded blade. The sides are moderately flat acr…
Created on: Thursday 27th July 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 18th May 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A5E573
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe fragment, c. 1150-800BC The axehead is represented by the blade end fragment with a surviving length of 28.8mm and weighing 40.2g. The axehead has broken across the base of the socket, which has a length of 21.8mm and a width of 4.4mm. The axehead has a width of 33.9mm and a thickness of 10.55mm at the break. The sides are rounded across their width, and are divergent towards the blade tips (with a surviving blade width of 42.10mm), producing a moderately expanded blade. The blade edge is eroded and is gently curved. Both faces are plain for the sur…
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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