Record ID: SUR-3D4986
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A later Bronze Age scraper struck from a nodule fragment of dark brown flint. The distal end is rounded with finely executed long, semi abrupt sub parallel retouch defining a working edge. The dorsal surface retains around 75% cortex and there is little in the way of a striking platform or other preparation suggesting that this is most likely a casually re-used primary waste flake from nodule reduction.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-3CE55D
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A scraper of later Bronze Age date struck from a large nodule fragment of dark grey flint, which retains a buff coloured cortex across more than 60% of its dorsal surface. There is no striking platform or evidence of preparation, suggesting a casually re-used fragment of a nodule which may have been naturally broken. The  distal end has long, semi abrupt retouch to define a working edge. 
Created on: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-43D12E
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy awl of probable middle to late bronze age date c. 1800-850 BC. The short awl has a single point at one end (7mm long) with a circular cross-section. At the base of the point; the bar has a square-section which tapers in thickness into a chisel ended tang. The tang flares slightly in width at the terminal end suggesting it has been hammered flat. The object has a dark green patina.  Dimensions: length: 33.53mm,  width: 5.05mm,  thickness (maximum): 5.15mm,  thickness (minimum) 1.86mm,  weight: 2.82g Plain awls are difficult t…
Created on: Thursday 21st December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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Record ID: DEV-428127
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy slender Middle Bronze Age looped palstave, probably dating from c. 1500- 1150 BC. The cutting edge has a pronounced crescentic form with the tips re-curving back onto the expanding form of the blade though one sides curve is more pronounced than the other. There is slight damage to the cutting edge. The tops of the flanges on both sides are tall and the same height as the stop ridge down to the blade section in a leaf pattern. The septum is flat with a H shape and a casting pit in one side against the stop ridge. The casting lines …
Created on: Thursday 21st December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harpford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-314F87
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A short flanged Bronze Age axehead dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1500 - 1250 BC. The axehead has short flanges with high sides, the general condition of the object is worn which distorts identification, but there is a median bevel on the septum of the axe, and a broad lentoid profile suggesting possible Acton Park phase, 1600-1400 BC.  The axehead is incomplete, with a break towards the butt. Measurements Length: 73.07mm Width: 20.23mm Thickness: 7.93mm Weight: 51.02g
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Witham Friary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-301047
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete barbed and tanged arrowhead of Green, H.S. (1980) Sutton type dating to the Early Bronze Age 2500 - 1500 BC. The barbs are incomplete, and the tip of the arrowhead is missing, otherwise the arrowhead is in good condition.  The flint is glossy, dark brown, both faces are completely covered with invasive pressure flaking scars that overlap in the middle of each face, a larger flake scar on one side may indicate trace of original flake blank which the arrowhead was knapped from. Barbed and Tanged arrowheads are associated with the Bronze Age Beaker Period, …
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-2D0022
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Almost a complete barbed and tanged arrowhead of Green, H.S. (1980) Green low type, though the barbs are around the same length as the tang (Green lows have longer barbs than the tang) the general form of the notches and the slightly drooping barbs fit within that group, there is a tiny amount of recent damage; one corner of the (rectangular) tang is missing as is the very tip if the point, otherwise it is in pristine condition, the flint is glossy, dark brown/grey with a very slight misty patination to parts of the surface, both faces are completely covered with invasive pressure flak…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-2B3EC8
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date (c 1000 - 800 BC) corresponding to the Ewert Park metalworking phase (Needham’s (1996) Period 7). The surviving portion of the axehead is 39.4mm in width and 47.5mm in length, comprising the front end which has a flared, semi circular blade, with rounded corners. There is no evidence of any decoration or casting seams. The break across the axehead reveals the interior to be hollow and the cross section to be of a sub rectangular shape.
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-1C8B8B
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertairy ?soft hammer struck flake with the bulb of percussion removed and neatly trimmed to a triangular shape by direct, steep percussion predominantly to the dorsal face, of slightly mottled dark grey flint with no patination. This is very likely to be an unfinished arrowhead, the profile is very straight for a struck flake, and the thickness is within the perfect range (4.6 mm), the trimming has evened out the curve already, the flake seems to have been worked into a blank then misplaced before the piece was extensively pressure flaked to its final shape, it is very likely this was…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-1A4802
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Barbed and tanged arrowhead of Green, H. S. (1980) type Sutton (tang longer than the barbs), of glossy unpatinated slightly mottled dark grey flint with invasive flake scars completely covering both faces and overlapping at the centre line, one barb appears to be complete, the other, larger barb is broken near the base of the notch, the tang is slightly off centre and is of rectangular shape. Early Bronze Age, 2,350 to 1,500 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-190487
Object type: PLANO CONVEX KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete plano-convex knife, made from a hard hammer struck tertiary flake of good quality dark grey/black flint with minimal patination, the ventral surface remains blank; as struck, the dorsal face has been extensively and invasively pressure flaked, the distal end of the knife is broken transversely across a thinner, weaker section of the knife. Early Bronze Age, 2,350-1,500 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: WMID-17187C
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete flint scraper dating from Late Neolithic to Bronze Age. In plan the scraper is largely rectangular save for one rounded edge which is found on the left when facing the ventral side. The opposite edge is predominantly straight. In section, the tool curves slightly towards the dorsal face, and narrows in thickness towards the distal end. The thickest point is at the bulb of percussion. The scraper is a white/light grey patina and warm in tone, with no cortex visible. On the dorsal side there are areas of flake removal but there is limited evidence of retouching. At the pr…
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: CORN-07364D
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy bladed weapon either a dagger or rapier/ dirk dating to the Bronze Age. The object is sub-triangular in plan widening in smooth convex curves from a narrow rounded point (c.8mm wide, 0.5mm thick) to a ragged terminal (19mm wide, 0.5mm thick). This terminal has two semi-circular cut outs creating an almost rectangular tang between them. The semi-cricular holes are likely to have originally been circular (c.5mm diameter) rivet holes whose outer edge has been lost to corrosion. In cross section the object is has a slightly raised midrib runn…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
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Record ID: DEV-03D7E3
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy decorated flat axehead probably of Needham’s Class 3, possibly type b (Boreland) c. 2200-1900 BC. The axe is broken mid-blade with none of the butt remaining, making further diagnostics unobtainable. There are two grooves running down the centre of the blade on one side which thicken and flare before terminating before the blades edge. Measurements: Length 87.1mm, Width 88.7mm at blade, tapering to 40.6mm at break, Thickness 11mm at break, tapering to 3.9mm at cutting edge, Weight 277g.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laneast', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-03A27A
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy flat axehead or chisel. There is some damage to the cutting edge and the butt. The butt is narrow and angled at the end. The axehead is elongated with long, low-flanged sides which flare out from the butt to the curved cutting edge. The flanges start at the butt and increase slightly in height to the mid.point of the axehead before decreasing in height until stopping around 1 cm from the cutting edge. The side profile is pointed oval. The transverse profile is a shallow H-shape. There is no evidence of a stop-ridge. The surfaces are all heavily pi…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-CDE50B
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Bronze Age cast copper alloy flat axe of undeterminable type, dating from c. 2200 to 1800 BC. The axe is incomplete due to surface loss. It has a surviving length of 76.79mm. The blade end is crescentric in shape, it has a surviving blade width of 44.79mm.  From the blade, the body of the axe narrows in shape, and terminates in a rounded butt. The axe is broadly lenticular when viewed in profile, although heavy corrosion has altered its shape. The axe has a heavily textured surface caused by corrosion; it is copper-green in colour with areas of reddish brown…
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-C242FC
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy awl 87.2mm in length with a sub rectangular cross section. One end tapers to a point, the other to a rounded chisel tip. The surface has a deep-green patina with considerable loss, but there is no evident decoration.
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-845F3F
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper alloy spearhead dating from the Middle or Late Bronze Age, about 1550 – 800 cal BC. Only the tip of the spear remains the rest being lost to a transverse break The fragment is triangular in plan, tapering from a break to the spear's point. It has a circular shaped midrib that is hollow and runs to the point of the spear from which the flat blade edges of the spear extend these narrow in width to meeting the point. The fragment has a dark reddish green patina that is chipped away in places.  The fragment is 35mm long, 17…
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-715A1A
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a flat axe-chisel or narrow bladed chisel dating from the Early to Middle Bronze Age, about 2200 - 1000 BC. The fragment consists of the axe's cutting edge above which is a patinated jagged break. The axe fragment is sub-trapezoidal in plan with the sides being slightly concave. The blade is an asymmetrical convex crescent with faint bevels. The broken edge of the axe runs transversely across its body giving an irregular oblique edge at one end. In cross section the body of the axe is rectangular as revealed by the break. The cross-section at the blade…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: NCL-6D9C0A
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy socketed axehead of probable Late Bronze Age date, c. 1300-700 BC. The artefact is the blade of the axe and consists of a broadly curved cutting edge with sides that flare out to reveal a hollow interior cavity. The artefact is sub-trapezoidal in plan. The broken edges are transverse to the cutting edge and are uneven, but all edges are abraded and chipped. The artefact has a powdery green patina. The fragment is part of a rectangular bodied socketed axe. The lack of diagnostic features prevents a more precise identification, but Socketed Bronze Age …
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
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