Record ID: NLM-8765C7
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy palstave. Palstave, Acton Park type. Suggested date: Middle Bronze Age, 1600-1000BC
Created on: Thursday 1st December 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coleby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A00C58
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy palstave axe. Cast looped palstave axe with a wide [71mm] crescentic cutting edge to its blade which is bevelled on either face for 11.5mm, an effect perhaps emphasised by sharpening. Apparently recent sharpening – or extremely well-preserved evidence for sharpening in antiquity – is present on about one third of the cutting edge, though on one side only. Behind the cutting edge a triangular midpart of the blade is slightly concave on both sides with a single central moulded rib of length 54mm. The blade tapers to meet a butt which has expanded convex flanges t…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cadney Carrs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-275DD9
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible palstave axe fragment. A small fragment with a crescentic narrow worn edge with opposed flanges running towards it, here suggested to be from a palstave axe. Suggested date: Middle Bronze Age, 1600-1000 BC. Length: 19.7mm, Height: 27.4mm, Thickness (clear of flanges): 3.5mm, Weight: 11.14gms
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 4th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Low Burnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-77EA68
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy palstave axe. A small narrow cast palstave of sub-rectangular section with a crescentic cutting edge at one end, tapered towards a curved butt at the other; short [34mm] flanges appear on one side only towards this end, though the ghost of another flange may also appear on the opposite side hereabouts. The axe head is thickest around its midpoint. One side of the axe has received a recent chip towards the cutting edge. Before this damage was incurred, the object was already severely abraded, and perhaps incomplete as a result of faulty casting, which is suggested by a bub…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-787EBE
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy palstave axe. Cast palstave axe with a wide [73.8mm] bevelled crescentic cutting edge to a narrower tapered blade with a central strengthening rib and thickened outer edges. The thickened ribs and side strips terminate on an angled stop for hafting appearing on both sides of the blade; a low [7.3mm high and 18mm long] loop appears on one side only. The butt of the axe is markedly flanged and of sub-rhomboid profile. The casting lines from the slightly misaligned halves of a two-piece mould appear along the top and bottom edges of the object. The cutting edge remains sharp…
Created on: Monday 16th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 10th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brandesburton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-68E56D
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy palstave axe. Cast axehead or sub-rectangular form with an expanded crescentic or lunate cutting edge. The object is of a lentoid profile with rounded sides and a wedge shaped flattened butt; the profile is reminiscent of the graceful form of Neolithic polished stone axes, and the form of the cutting edge also reflects these. A pair of longitudinal flanges pass between the butt and the flaring of the blade on either side, standing 2.8mm proud of the surface of the axe. Patches of glossy surface patina appear, though more has been lost than is retained. The cutting edge is…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wrawby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-66D928
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible palstave axe fragment. Cast trapezoid tapering blade from a solid cast axe blade with low flanges standing 1mm high along the edges of its blade. A narrow slightly crescentic cutting edge retains its sharpness. One side bears three - originally more - faint longitudinal lines of linear stamps, each stamp 1.7mm long, which are set 1.7mm apart from each other, each individually stamped impression being set diagonally relative to the sides of the axe. The spacing indicates the tool producing these marks was also used to govern their arrangement. The other side bears…
Created on: Friday 4th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-01D4A3
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible palstave axe fragment. Cast fragment from the angular edge of a hollow cast object with its sides meeting each other at right angles, of overall L section. The object appears to have tapered, and the extent of bubbled material on its inside surface increases as its sides converge. The outer surface bears patches of tarry material, possibly sooting, which carry across one fracture surface and appears as a small spot on the inner surface. Suggested date: possibly Middle Bronze Age, 1601-1000 BC. Length: 40.4mm, Width: 17.6mm, Thickness: 4.4mm, Weight: 15.56gms.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-061746
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy palstave axehead fragment. Cast blade and cutting edge from a palstave axe with faint discernible traces of a central mid rib. The blade diminishes in its thickness and increases in its width towards the cutting edge. Fiercely abraded with large nicks in the cutting edge, and encrusted with soil. Suggested date: Middle Bronze Age, 1600-1100 BC. Length: 55.3mm, Width: 52.6mm, Thickness: 11.3mm, Weight: 98.32gms.
Created on: Wednesday 11th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-1A38C2
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy palstave axe fragment. Cast butt and ridges or flanges - more on one side than on the other, giving a partial I-section - from the end of a palstave axe, of comparable form to others from the locality (e.g. NLM-EE9650 and NLM-EE77E7) which are described as Type Silsden side-looped palstaves. The end of the butt is rounded, presumably by wear. The surface where this object was detached from the rest of the axe is rough and shows the pale green signs of recent corrosion. This probably represents a recent break. Suggested date: Middle Bronze Age, 1300-1150 BC. Length: 1…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-10F757
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment from the butt of a Middle Bronze Age palstave. The object has an I -section with flanges rising on three of its four sides as viewed where it has broken, a result of the uneven break. Two of the flanges, symmetrically or diagonally opposite each other, are grooved on their outer edges. The extent of patination indicates it was broken in antiquity. A hoard of two palstave axes from this parish is currently going through Treasure process, but this object comes from a distinct findspot on higher ground. Suggested date: Middle to Late Bronze Age, 1300-1150. Length: 18.7mm, W…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-EE9650
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Palstave Axe. Cast straight-sided axe with an elongated blade expanded to lunate form at its cutting edge. A low medial longitudinal ridge runs along both sides of the blade. The butt is flanged on both sides, with triangular flanges rising from the blade and sides, enclosing a flat septum without discernible stop, and tapering towards the back of the butt, which is also tapered. A loop of length 26.6mm and height 12mm projects from one side of the axe, springing from the back part of the blade and the adjacent part of the butt; this defines an aperture of length 7mm frin…
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby cum Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-EE77E7
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Palstave Axe. Cast axe with an elongated blade expanded to lunate form at its cutting edge. A prominent medial longitudinal ridge runs along both sides of the blade. The butt is flanged on both sides, enclosing a flat septum without discernible stop until it reaches the back of the blade, where it tapers. A possible casting flaw occurs on the mid-blade ridge on one side, with a small scab of metal close to where blade meets butt. The axe is abraded, with nicks in its cutting edge and partial loss of the flanges on both sides, and with abrasion on one side in particular;…
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2011
Last updated: Monday 3rd June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxby cum Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-5576F0
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Fragment of a palstave axe (identification kindly suggested by finder), comprising the tip or lower part of a solid cast crescentic blade, narrowing to a rectangular-sectioned body. The rest of the axe - estimated as about three quarters of its original length - is now lost. Heavily abraded and pitted on all surfaces. Suggested date: Middle Bronze Age, -1500 to -1150. Length: 42.70mm, Width: 39.44mm, Thickness: 10.25mm, Weight: 54.40gms
Created on: Monday 8th March 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirton in Lindsey', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NLM6631
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Narrow blade and body, high flanges although rather worn, single loop.
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2002
Last updated: Monday 30th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WALESBY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM6070
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete, but very corroded surface, slightly flaring blade, central rib.
Created on: Friday 12th October 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HUMBERSIDE AYLESBY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM4575
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palstave in good condition, decorative hammer marks on surface.
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH KESTEVEN', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM4199
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palstave with one loop.
Created on: Monday 9th October 2000
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINCOLNSHIRE TOYNTON ALL SAINTS', grid reference and parish protected.