Record ID: ESS-699871
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
This Late Bronze Age socketed axe weighs 94.74g, has a length of 71.42mm and a width of 26.86mm. It is subrectangular in plan, having short, straight sides typical of the Shoebury variant of the southeast axe type. The cutting edge of the axe is missing. Instead the axe ends in a semicircular shape that is blunted and very worn. The mouth is subcircular in section, appearing quite ‘squarish’ with an internal diameter of 22.14mm. The collar is broken and the moulding beneath almost rubbed away. The loop is missing and the remaining lugs are similarly very worn down. There is no deco…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-060F71
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
This backed knife has been made on a thermally fractured flint. It is 51mm long, 34mm wide, 12.4mm thick and weighs 22.64g. The use of thermally fractured flakes did not occur until the late Neolithic, but this flake is more likely to be late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age in date.
Created on: Friday 5th December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fingringhoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-BE8CF1
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe. This badly worn fragment is from the cutting end of the axe, though the cutting edge no longer exists and the surviving edge is badly worn and abraded. It is subrectangular in plan and section with a triangular profile. The opposite end of the socket to the mouth is visible and rectangular in section. There is no evidence of decoration or casting flashes. The surface of the fragment is badly pitted. It has dark brown patina. It has a length of 31.84mm, a width of 41.44mm and weighs 56.91g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Holland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-BECB96
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze fragment of Late Bronze Age socketed axe. This badly worn fragment is from the cutting end of the axe. Though It is just about possible to make out the splayed form of the axe tip, the cutting edge no longer exists and the surviving edge is badly worn. It is subrectangular in plan and section with a triangular profile. The opposite end of the socket to the mouth is visible and subrectangular in section. There is no evidence of decoration or casting flashes. The surface of the fragment is badly pitted. It has dark brown patina. It has a length of 22.26mm, a width of 45.7mm and we…
Created on: Wednesday 7th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Mersea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E07874
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment of a Bronze Age blade, possibly a dirk. This fragment is sub rectangular in plan with heavily curved ends, one which is noticably broader than the other.It is 46.1mm long, 25.2mm wide, 4mm thick and weighs 14.07g.The fragment is heavily worn and pitted on both sides. The blade edge is heavily chipped and abraded. The patina is mid green.
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brentwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-5CD477
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cooper alloy Bronze Age flanged axe tip. This axe tip is subrectangular in plan, and because of the flanges, subtriangular in section. It is 19.18mm long, 26.82mm wide, 4.72mm thick (though it does taper) and weighs 9.96g.The blade edge is intact, but heavily worn and abraded. The surface of the axe is missing and the body is heavily pitted and abraded, as are the remaining portions of the flanges. The overall patina of the object is dark brown with red flashes of bronze disease. The broken edge is of a similar colour, uneven and abraded implying the break probably occured in antiquity.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'White Roothing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-5DDBD3
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Bronze Age socketed spear head, This fragment is subrectangular in plan and subtriangular in section. It is 24.07mm long, 14.5mm wide, 4.1mm thick at is thickest point, and weighs 7.89g. This fragment represents a tiny portion of one of the spear wings that runs parallel to the socket of the spear head. The wing can be seen to angle away from the centrally raised area, that would have been convex due to the socket cavity. All that remains now of this rib and cavity is a curved piece of metal risingaway from the wing. The patina of the fragment is mostly brown with some flas…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'White Roothing', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-5E0001
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Bronze Age fragment, probably from a spearhead or sword. This fragment is 40.94mm long, 15.04mm wide, 4.78mm at the thickest point and weighs 10.92g. It is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-oval in section (having a circular centre with two triangular extensions to either side)and does not appear to taper. The fragment represents the centrally raised rib of the weapon,about 5mm wide, with less than 4mm either side of the wings of the blade. It has a dark brown patina with some lighter patches of green on the raised rib and on the damaged edges. The surface of the fragment is…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Margaret Roding', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FCE930
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible fragment of a Bronze Age weapon, possibly a dirk. This fragment is subtriangular in plan and oval in section. It is 27.28mm long, 15.58mm wide, 6.42mm thick and weighs 7.41g. It appears that this fragment could represent part of the rib of the weapon, from which the wings of the blade flare out to either side. This object is heavily abraded and damaged with a mid green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 28th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-EECB92
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper-alloy Late Bronze Age axe. This fragment represents the blade from a socketed axe and is subrectangular in plan, and subtriangular in section. The internal portion of the socket slot is rectangular. The fragment is 30.48mm long, 31.30mm wide, 4.72mm and weighs 29.08g.The blade edge is intact but heavily worn and abraded. The surface of the axe is missing and the body is heavily pitted and abraded. The overall patina of the object is brown with patches of light green. The broken edge is of a similar colour, uneven and abraded implying the break probably occurred in an…
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-14EDD7
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy , 'shelf' type palstave axe with a trident midrib. This axe has a septum that is rectangular in plan, 66mm long and 22.34mm wide to the top and bottom of the axe. This is flanked either side by vertical , parallel flanges, triangular in profile, with tops that are straight and regular. The sternum has a straight stop that is 22.78mm wide. The blade, which is 67.34mm long has straight sides, triangular in profile, that diverge slightly to an unexpanded edge. The blade tips and cutting edge are intact. The width across these is 58mm. The axe is decorated with a tri…
Created on: Tuesday 29th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mersea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-52A001
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Almost complete barbed and tanged flint arrowhead. This arrowhead is beautifully crafted. It has suffered a tiny amount of damage to its pointed tip, the inner corner of one barb and to the terminal of the tang, but is otherwise in perfect condition. The arrowhead is 34.76mm long, 31.42mm wide, 4.78mm thick and weighs 3.42g. The barb length is 9.6mm with a width of 8.08mm, whilst the tang length is 8.4mm with a width of 8mm. The arrowhead is bi-facially worked over all with ripple flaking. The two sides of the arrowhead form an angle of approximately 45 degrees. The flint is translucen…
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alresford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E524F2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of flint implement. This fragment is subtriangular in plan and a flattened oval in section. It is 44mm long, 28mm wide at the widest point and 7mm thick. It weighs 11.71g. The flint is a very dark grey in colour, almost black, with one small patch of cortex to the broad end of one side. Given the fragmentary nature of the object, there is no evidence of the bulb of percussion. The fragment is retouched down both misal edges. The very tip is slightly damaged. The object seems to have been snapped, presumably in antiquity, given that the broken edge is very straight and 'clean'…
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2004
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-A41D75
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A rare and important find for Essex of an almost complete Bronze Age bronze arrowhead. Cast in one piece, this arrowhead is barbed and tanged in form, with the two sides forming an angle of approximately 35 degrees. It is 39.76mm long, 19.82mm wide from barb to barb, 2.56mm thick and weighs 5.10g. The extreme end of the point is missing and the barbs are damaged and truncated. The tang, which is complete and rectangular in plan is 7.8mm and the barbs are 3.48mm and 2.38mm long respectively. The arrowhead has a low mid ridge, making the object bevelled on one face and so gives it a tri…
Created on: Wednesday 11th August 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-49CEF6
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a late Bronze Age copper alloy sword. The blade fragment is 85.1mm long and 39.7mm wide. It is 8mm thick at the hilt end, tapering to 7.1mm at the blade tip end. It weighs 111.12g. In section the blade is lenticular, with a rounded midrib. There is just the suspicion of a concave outer section that terminates in a bevelled edge, which has been eaten away by corrosion. Five short curved dents set close together on the midrib look like an attempt to fracture the blade in antiquity. Both ends of the blade have been severed from the rest of the weapon by neat removals perpendic…
Created on: Tuesday 31st August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fingringhoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-621252
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of cast copper-alloy ingot. This fragment is plano-convex in cross section, 69 mm in length, 43mm wide and 16mm thick and weighs 120gms. The flat upper face is rough with a surface marked by bubble eruptions and swirling patterns caused by the cooling of the molten metal. The convex lower face is uneven, roughly pitted and porous, with innumerable pin-prick bubbles and with a number of small concave depressions. The broken edges are rough and slightly worn. The surviving original edge has a rounded profile that in plan view represents approximately one third of a whole circ…
Created on: Tuesday 14th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chelmsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-994075
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed axe. This fragment represents part of the expanded blade end of the axe. It is trapezoidal in plan and wedge shaped in profile. The original cutting edge no longer exists and the blade tips are heavily worn. There is a ‘V’ shaped depression in the broad end of the fragment that is subrectangular when viewed in plan, which represents the very end of the socket. The axe surface is heavily abraded and pitted. The original surface of the axe only survives in small patches and is dark brown in patina. The subsequently exposed surface i…
Created on: Thursday 16th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-EBFB42
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete, cast copper alloy Middle Bronze Age, side looped, spearhead. This spearhead has a narrow leaf shaped blade with a lozenge shaped section. The shaft is circular in section and socketed. To either side of the shaft, halfway along its length, is a lozenge or leaf shaped side loop, both of which are slightly flattened against the shaft. There is no peg hole on the shaft. The casting seams are not visible, except for a raised but smoothed seam of metal above one of the side loops. The original surface is mostly intact and has a mid brown patina. The object has suffered damage in a…
Created on: Monday 20th September 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: ESS-C860D2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint artefact. This object is a retouched flake, probably of late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age date. It is subtriangular in plan. The bulb of percussion is clearly visible on the ventral side. There is clear retouch along both misal edges and at the point. There is cortex on the butt end. The flint is opaque and dark grey with the tip being more translucent and amber in colour. It is 29.94mm long, 24.62mm wide, 7.52mm thick and weighs 5.97g.
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-C8D5E8
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age copper alloy flat axe. This axe is subrectangular in plan and section. It is severely pock scarred with the higher surfaces being darkish green in colour and the lower surfaces generally light green due to flaking and/or pocking. There are possible tiny patches of the original surface on the haft end. Due to the object’s condition, no punch decoration will have survived so it cannot be said whether the axe originally had such decoration or whether it was plain. The outline of the axe is little reduced except at the blade tips which have suffered the most. The cutting edge …
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bromley', grid reference and parish protected.