Record ID: WAW-F1A002
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Bronze Age side-looped spear dating to the Middle Bronze Age, circa 1500-1100BC. The central / lower midrib, both side loops and some of the socketed mouth of the spear survive. The rest is missing due to old breaks. Originally, the spear would have had a leaf-shaped blade. In plan, the midrib is slightly wider at the base, narrowing gradually to the break. The complete, but now sealed, side loops project to either side. The midrib section is circular and hollow, although soil is now present in the cavity. Soil adheres to the surfaces of the spear, but a…
Created on: Sunday 23rd March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-22B062
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete struck / knapped flint tanged arrowhead dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 2500BC to c. 1500 BC. The arrowhead is sub-triangular in plan with one surviving barb and a central tang. The second tang is missing due to modern damage. The arrowhead is broadly lentoid in cross section. The flint is an uneven grey / blue colour with flecks of light grey patina. The flint is a tertiary flake as all of the cortex has been removed. It has been knapped using a number of different techniques, with evidence of pressure flaking along all sides and multi-directional retouch on both ve…
Created on: Monday 17th February 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bridgnorth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-600E31
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy awl of probable Bronze Age date, circa 2150 BC - 800 BC. At one end the point tapers in a sub-circular section. The tang end is flattened and becomes sub-rectangular in section. The shaft is rectangular in section. The surface of the awl is worn with an uneven dark green and mid brown surface patina. Identified as probably dating to the Bronze Age owning to the fabric of the object. However, as a functional object the form of the awl barely changes from the Bronze Age to Medieval periods and a selection of broadly comparable awls are recorded in Ottaway an…
Created on: Friday 15th November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 28th November 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-CAEA06
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy (bronze) axe most probably from a palstave of Middle Bronze Age date, circa 1500-1150 BC. The blade is broken below the stop ridge and there is no evidence to suggest whether this fragment is from a looped - or unlooped palstave variant. The break is worn and patinated suggesting that it has been damaged in antiquity; only the lower blade of the axehead survives. A casting error is present on one flange. The edge of one of the flanges has been flattened with the re-set copper alloy forming a lip. The fragment has an irregular form in plan with the…
Created on: Monday 3rd June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-C1E995
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed late Bronze Age axehead, circa 800-1100BC. The axehead dates to the Wilburton or Ewart Park phases. The lower blade and cutting edge survive with a shallow hollow indicating the terminal of the socket. The breaks are antiquarian. The fragment is trapezoidal in plan view with rounded edges, and sub triangular in section. The cutting edge is curved and the sides of the lower blade are slightly flared. The fragment has a green / brown patina and the surface is heavily abraded. Length: 26.14mm. Width: 50.26mm. Thickness: 13.52mm. Weight: 65.21g.
Created on: Monday 15th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2013
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Record ID: ESS-F20045
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy fragment of a long-flanged axe dating from the very late Early to early Middle Bronze Age. The fragment is probably from a long-flanged axe characteristic of the Arreton Park metalwork assemblage. Arreton Types date to metalworking stage VI, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 4 circa 1750-1550 BC. The fragment is from the butt end of the axehead. The break is old and worn. The terminal has rounded corners and measures 21.98mm in width and is 2.60mm thick. Flanges are present on both sides of the object. Overall, the surface of the fragment has a mid green…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Feering Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-C13B97
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A gold fragment of parallel sided strip or ribbon. The ribbon is rectangular in plan and made from a sheet of gold. One side of the ribbon is decorated with four regular, longitudinal, incised grooves. The other side of the ribbon is plain with some light scratches. The ribbon is slightly contorted indicating that the ribbon may have been folded and then un-folded. The damage is not new. One end has a neat, flat-ended terminal with sharp 90 degree corners implying the original finish. There is a circular perforation located 1.54mm from this end of the ribbon which is slightly off-cent…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2012
Last updated: Friday 29th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tendring District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-9FF840
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Bronze Age side-looped spear with a leaf-shaped blade with bevelled edges. It is 27.26mm at its widest point and is damaged with the tip missing and chipped edges. The blade is 21.52mm in width at the broken end. The broken end of the blade clearly shows that the midrib is circular in cross section with a diameter of 7.96mm. Hollow socket mouth which is circular in cross section and with a sub-square nick. The socket mouth has a maximum diameter of 18.06mm. The thickness of the copper alloy cast at the socket mouth is 1.29mm. The length of the socket - f…
Created on: Friday 7th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wattisham Parish', grid reference and parish protected.