Record ID: GLO-F40587
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy long flanged palstave axe dating to the late Early to early Middle Bronze Age. The front of the axe mounts that blade which has a curved forward edge that is bevelled on both sides and lead the main portion of the blade, here a low central spine on both sides runs from the bevel to the low stop ridge that is positioned in the centre of the axe. Large flagged sides project perpendicular to either side of the body of the axe, each side as a convex profile that runs from the butt of the implement to just below the base of the cutting edge. This is likely to be of …
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-E8EF38
Object type: BORER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Opaque grey flint borer. A small thick rhomboid flake with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a slightly concave ventral surface. A projecting triangular point was completed by short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect along one of its two convergent edges. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 29.7mm, Width: 33.5mm, Thickness: 10mm, Weight: 7.54gms
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laceby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-D8B00C
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete whetstone of Bronze Age to Modern date (1000 BC- AD 1800). The object is composed of a fine-grained micaceous grey stone. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and slightly convex in section/ The left- and right-hand edges have slight bevelling, there is a transverse break to one end, the opposing end is rounded. In the centre of, and flanking the rounded end are notches/grooves. These are indicative of its use as a whetstone. Length: 28.99mm, Width: 35.20mm, Thickness: 8.09mm, Weight: 34.5g Jones and Taylor (2010) illustrate similar sandstone and siltstone wh…
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-D87F95
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brown flint with cortex, and with a spot of re-formed cortex, debitage. A small thick flake with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a platform at one end of its bulbar ventral surface – where cortex had re-formed. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows one straight edge, suggesting a short period of probably improvised use, perhaps of an older flake. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 Length: 27.2mm, Width: 24.5mm, Thickness: 8.9mm, Weight: 5.56gms
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laceby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D7F4A2
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey flint, possibly collected from the East Coast, scraper. A thick leaf-shaped flake with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a concave ventral surface with a bulb at one end. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect trims sandy brown cortex to form a small crescentic hollow on one edge. The initial working and retouch both appear perfunctory. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 41.1mm, Width: 24.5mm, Thickness: 7.1mm, Weight: 7.81gms
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laceby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-D7CBB8
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey flint, possibly collected from the East coast, scraper fragment. A small thick flake with a bulbar ventral surface, possibly recently chipped. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect trims a sandy brown patina from along a curving working edge, which has probably been truncated by breakage. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 25.3mm, Width: 23.6mm, Thickness: 10mm, Weight: 6.56gms
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laceby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-D6BA74
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age spearhead: The spearhead is fragmentary with the tip remaining and probably dates from the Middle or Late Bronze Age, about 1550 – 800 cal BC. The fragment is triangular in plan, tapering to the spear's point which remains sharp. It has an oval midrib that is solid and runs to the point of the spear as it tapers in width and depth. From the midrib the blade extends, with each side forming an elongated triangle. The fragment has a shiny dark brown patina. The break at the lower edge is not too recent. The fragment measures 59mm long, 20.06mm wide, 9.89mm thick and wei…
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-C4785A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy fragment from an uncertain socketed object, probably of Late Bronze Age date (c. 1150-750 BC). The fragment is broadly trapezoidal in plan with four unevenly worn edges. The upper edge is relatively straight and has a worn notch of damage towards one end. The adjacent edge has a short triangular recess and a long edge that extends outwards to the lower pointed corner. The opposite short edge has three unevenly spaced semi-circular recesses. The lower edge, meanwhile, is rounded and curves inwards before the break. An integral flange extending along appr…
Created on: Monday 10th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 10th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-6F439A
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Bronze Age blade fragment from a spear or dagger. The fragment is broadly rectangular in shape and lentoid in cross-section, with gradually tapering sides. The long edges are worn and uneven, being damaged in several places. The breaks at each end are old, worn and patinated, suggesting they occurred in antiquity. Both faces of the blade have etched decoration along the long edges in the form of four or five linear grooves. The area of the blade between this decoration is undecorated and plain in appearance. The blade fragment is very worn and abra…
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 18th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-6E38D9
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Awl of probable late Bronze Age date (1150-800 BC). The awl is square in cross section along most of its length, and tapers to a rounded point at one terminal. At the other terminal it flattens to become rectangular, before ending in a chisel-shaped terminal. The surface is undecorated and has a dark green patina with small patches of bright green colouring. Measurements: Length, 57.45mm; Width, 5.92mm; Thickness, 5.48; Weight, 6.79g
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-6DBB85
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy socketed axehead fragment, dating from the Late Bronze Age to early Iron Age,(c. 950-750 BC). The surviving element consists of the cutting edge which is crescentic, and sharply flaring. The surviving fragment has a hollow centre, representing the beginning of a socket. The front and rear surfaces of the axe are slightly concave with multiple sub-oval indentations and there are raised casting seams remaining along each side. The blade edge is worn, and the tips irregular through use. while the breaks on the body are also old and worn. The exterior surfaces o…
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 27th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-59BC17
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worked oval flint flake, 64mm in length and struck from a pale grey-brown flint. The distal end appears to have a small amount of semi abrupt retouch alongside a patch of damage and a small area of cortex. The ventral side has a low bulbar scar. Possibly used as a scraper or knife and of Bronze Age or later prehistoric date.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-590DDA
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two flint scrapers struck from a grey flint (measuring 36.6mm by 34.3mm and 45.4mm by 30.2mm) of probable Bronze Age date and found together. Both have short abrupt retouch around their distal ends and along one side. The larger example has a small patch of buff coloured retouch on the distal end.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-5857EF
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description of Objects: The hoard consists of 33 objects. This includes five axes, all South-Eastern types of the late Bronze Age Ewart Park metalworking phase of c. 1000-800 BC: one Variant Bilton axe, one rectangular socketed axe and three other South-Eastern varieties. There are, in addition, two copper-alloy fragments from objects of uncertain function and 26 copper-alloy ingot fragments of the same date. The assemblage was found in two separate but probably connected groups over an area of approximately 30 metres, a catalogue of which follows below. Group 1 Axe 1. A near complet…
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-5847C1
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint tool of probable Bronze Age date struck from a tertiary flake of grey flint. One corner of the distal edge has been worked into a wedge-shaped triangular point with a square tip, suggesting an intentional use as a piercer or similar tool.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-425EF5
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A probably Late Bronze Age (1100-750 BC) solid gold ring of hexagonal cross-section, with flat upper and lower faces, and the internal and external faces to either side being angled. Two areas opposite each other display some wear gloss on the inner surfaces. The outer faces have fairly uniform lack of wear, but do have some scratches. It is 28.4mm external diameter, 20.5mm internal diameter, 4mm thick and weighs 13.2g. The internal angle makes it unlikely that this ring was worn as a finger ring. It is likely to have been a linking component of a composite object or suite of fit…
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-863BF2
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete knapped flint barbed and tanged arrowhead of Neolithic to Bronze Age date (c. 2800-1500BC). It is formed on a tertiary flake of opaque white flint, with a creamy patina. The arrowhead is triangular in plan with extended barbs to each side of the base, in-between is a rectangular tang. Multiple flaking scars cover both the ventral and dorsal sides. It measures 18.82mm in length, 18.59mm in width, 4.42mm in thickness and weighs 1.19g.
Created on: Sunday 26th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 30th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gristhorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-353C3E
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy chisel or possible miniature axehead dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000BC -1700 BC). The object is trapezoidal in plan and wedge-shaped in cross-section with a flaring cutting edge and narrowed shaft. The sides descend from the butt almost vertically then fan out in a smooth curve to form the, now chipped, cutting edge. For a comparable example see PAS record LIN-9CD5CA. According to Brundle (2021) 'diminutive axes are often associated with Roman votive offerings. However, the axe recorded here is clearly of a Bronze Age form. Miniature flat axes …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-0A90B6
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy fragment probably from a Bronze Age spearhead, dating from 1700 BC - 800 BC. The fragment is the tip of the spearhead. It is lentoid in section, with a slight ridge running down each face and seems very worn. From the tip it is 25mm long until it ends in a rounded and patinated break. It has a dark green patina. The tip is 25mm long, 11.9mm wide and 6.4mm thick. It weighs 5g.
Created on: Monday 20th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-0823D1
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Probably an Irish palstave (Group C) dating to the early Late Bronze Age, c. 1300-1100BC. The flanges start at the butt and rise to form a lozenge in profile, then rejoin at a point a quarter of the way between the low transverse stop ridge and the point where the axehead starts to flare to the curved cutting edge. Similar to Schmidt & Burgess 1981, nos. 957-963. The length is 86mm, width 33mm, thickness 19mm, and the weight is 127.73g.
Created on: Monday 20th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Penrith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-042878
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy leaf-shaped basal-looped spearhead dating to the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1500 - 1250 cal BC). The spear has a sub-circular socket which tapers in circumference down its length from xmm to xmm. At the interface between the socket and the blade, the rounded section transitions to a lozenge midrib. The socket appears to be filled with concreted material, possibly organic 'fossils' imbuded with copper alloy salts.. The spear's blade is ogival in shape first expanding from the socket for xmm before narrowing initially in a convex arc bef…
Created on: Monday 20th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beachampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-042599
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Middle Bronze unlooped palstave axehead dating to c. 1500-1150 cal BC. It is missing the majority of its blade to an abraded transverse break placed 14mm below the stopridge. The butt of the axe is c.20.2mm wide, c.3.9mm thick and has a diagonal edge that is straight but worn. The septum measures c.66.9mm in length and is mostly consistent in thickness along its length narrowing very slightly at the stop ridge due to two small casting flaws on each side. The flanges of this axe begin 11mm after the butt and widen in a slightly convex curve reaching their tallest po…
Created on: Monday 20th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-E03E43
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the Beaker Period to the middle Bronze Age, about 2400 BC - 1000 BC. It is formed on a tertiary flake of opaque white flint. It is bifacially and invasively worked with covering, scaled, low-angle retouch. The tip is damaged, and both barbs are truncated. It is about 20mm long and about 15mm wide. The finder has measured that it is 3.3mm thick and weighs 1g. The object was found on a limestone gravel path and is through to have been imported to the site in the gravel. The origin of the gravel is not known.
Created on: Saturday 18th December 2021
Last updated: Saturday 18th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-C6B737
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy socketed spearhead of Middle Bronze Age date (1500-1100BC). The form corresponds to Davis’ (2012) Group 6 (Developed side-looped) and is most probably a product of the later Arreton, Acton Park, Taunton or early Wilburton metalworking phases (Needham’s (1996) Periods 4-5, c 1500-1100 BC). The remaining portion is 159mm in length, with a socket of 19mm diameter. The blade is leaf shaped and 28mm in width with a pronounced mid rib. There are two small and narrow flanking side loops around half way along the tapering conical socket. …
Created on: Friday 17th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Thurnham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-A631D5
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint barbed and tanged arrowhead that is triangular in plan with extended barbs to each side of the base, in-between is a rectangular tang. Multiple flaking scars cover both the ventral and dorsal sides. The flint is covered in a creamy patina.
Created on: Wednesday 15th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-A1C142
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible core rejuvenation flake with a scraper at the base. This has several long and thin flake removal scars with deep ripples on both the ventral and dorsal sides. Short, direct and abrupt retouch at the base. Dark grey flint with lighter grey patches. this items dates to the Neolithic to Bronze Age.
Created on: Wednesday 15th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-9FFC87
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) flat axe of Early Bronze Age dating (c. 2350 BC to c. 2050 BC). The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in shape with an incomplete rounded shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with tapering edges. The butt is relatively thin having a narrow rounded profile; the width at the butt is 11.9 mm (thickness: 2.0 mm). The sides of the axe gently expand in width from the butt to the blade; in shape they are relatively straight. The axe is thickest at the mid point (6.0 mm), with no sign of a proto stop ridge. The sides of the blade expa…
Created on: Wednesday 15th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-9B9FA8
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age? copper-alloy awl, dating to c. 1150 - 800 BC. The object is square in cross section along half of its length, and at the mid-point tapers to a circular cross-sectioned and point at one terminal. At the other terminal it flattens to become rectangular in cross-section, before ending in a chisel-shaped terminal. The surface is undecorated. Length: 55.37 mm Thickness: 8.20 mm Weight: 11.64 g
Created on: Wednesday 15th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-8B6353
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead, c. 2500 BC-1500 BC. The arrowhead has been knapped from a secondary flake of opaque, white flint. One of the barbs is missing, and there is a significant patch of cortex on one face, suggesting the arrowhead was perhaps abandoned before it was finished. There is invasive, low-angled, scaled retouch on both sides. Length: 42.73mm, width at barbs: 27.35mm, thickness: 4.96mm, weight: 4.20g. Cf. IOW-E76144
Created on: Tuesday 14th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 4th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-8A4D0D
Object type: ANVIL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy probable miniature anvil of uncertain date, probably dating between the Bronze Age and the early-modern period (c. 2350 BC - AD 1800). It consists of a rectangular body. The is a triangular projection from one short edge and a triangular projection from one long edge. The object has a dark green coloured patina covering all surfaces. This object may have been used for very fine metalwork.
Created on: Tuesday 14th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-891FAC
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy (bronze) knife or dirk, dating from the Early Bronze Age III (1800 to 1500 BC, Arreton phase) to the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1300 to 1150 BC). Two joining fragments of a knife or dirk. The knife or dirk would have been triangular in shape. Traces of rivet holes are present at the top of the top fragment. A median rib is present on both fragments. Blade facets are present along the edge but the original edges have been damaged. The middle section has been decorated by stippling. The break between the fragments is patinated, indicating that it was broken pr…
Created on: Tuesday 14th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-871F5F
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fragment from a cast bronze (copper alloy) rapier or possible dirk of Middle Bronze Age II date (1350 to 1100), Taunton/Perand phase. The fragment consists of part of the upper blade, just below the hilt. it is sub rectangular in shape. It has a lentoid cross section and is slightly bent in cross section. The blade edges are incomplete. The blade edges are 2.0 mm thick. It measures 84.9 mm in length, 20.5 mm wide and 4.1 mm thick. It weighs 24.5 g. The fragment is a mid to dark green colour with an even surface patina.
Created on: Tuesday 14th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-720F0D
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Late Bronze Age (c.AD1150-800) awl/chisel. The object has a square cross section in the middle and tapers on four sides towards a flat, chisel edge. The other end tapers to a flattened point with a small knop on the terminus.
Created on: Monday 13th December 2021
Last updated: Friday 11th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-711C38
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age? copper-alloy awl, dating to c. 1150 - 800 BC. The object is square in cross section along half of its length, and at the mid-point tapers to a circular cross-sectioned and point at one terminal. At the other terminal it flattens to become rectangular in cross-section, before ending in a chisel-shaped terminal. The surface is undecorated. Length: 63.33 mm Thickness: 5.02 mm Weight: 7.19 g
Created on: Monday 13th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Casterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4A44B2
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gently curved fragment of the mouth of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead. Below the external rounded thickening there is a horizontal rib moulding. The breaks are not recent. The shiny surface, especially evident on the interior, is probably the result of tin enrichment. Extant length and width 20.8 and 26.3mm. Weight 11.3g. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Created on: Saturday 11th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 14th February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-35E144
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze age penannular ring
Created on: Friday 10th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-343537
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete cast copper alloy socketed spearhead of Middle Bronze Age date. The form corresponds to Davis’ (2012) Group 6 (Developed side-looped) and is most proba a product of the later Acton Park, Taunton or early Wilburton metalworking phases (Needham’s (1996) Periods 4-bly5, c 1500-1100 BC). The blade was leaf shaped and 18.7mm in width with a pronounced mid rib which extends to the socket. There is a small area of damage to one side of the blade. The socket depth is 52mm. There are two small and narrow flanking side loops around half way al…
Created on: Friday 10th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-20CEB7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axe head of Late Bronze Age date, likely dating from the Wilburton-Wallington metalworking phase to the Llyn Fawr Phase (c. 1140 to 700 BC). The fragment consists solely of part of the blade nearest to one blade tip, one side and face of the axe, and part of the very bottom of the socket of the axe. The cutting edge of the blade is missing, but enough remains of the side and blade to see that the blade curved down from a now missing projecting blade tip. The fragment measures 24.9mm from the broken tip to the break perpendicular to the b…
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-200E53
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Late Bronze Age copper alloy awls, c.1000 - c.700 BC: - incomplete, at the non-recent break the cross-section is rectangular. Beyond this it becomes round and tapers to a point. Weight 3.3g. Extant length 34.9mm. Width and thickness 4.1 and 3.8mm. - complete, consisting of a short, round-sectioned part tapering to a pointed end and a tapering rectangular-sectioned tang. Weight 2.5g. Length 38.7mm. Width and thickness 4 and 3.8mm.
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 15th February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-1C95C0
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rochdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper alloy unlooped palstave axehead (Group II) of middle Bronze Age date (1500-1300 BC). The blade of the palstave has convex expanding sides, and a convex cutting edge. The cutting edge is blunt and abraded and is slightly asymmetrical. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the thickest section being at the stop ridge. Below the stop ridge descends a vertical rib that extends to the top of the edge bevel. Here the sides are slightly thickened in line with the central rib to create three ribs separated by two hollows. The rear part of the axe (fro…
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-0E2C6A
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy dirk or rapier dating c. 1450-1150BC. The triangular fragment forms the tip of a blade. It is lozenge shaped in section with a worn central midrib on each face. The blade is slightly bent. There is a worn transverse flat break, and the edges and surfaces are also worn and abraded. The object is pale green with patches of a dark green patina. Measurements: length: 47.18mm; width: 14.44mm; thickness: 5.13mm and weight: 9.09g. Other recorded examples include: SUR-E7A00E; WMID-871F5F; SUR-1DB3FB and a complet.e example LVPL-2D3369
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-09EF95
Object type: FOIL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A fragment of gold sheet foil with a series of decorative applied repousse marks presented on the outer face. Due to the condition and the small size of the fragment the overall design is unclear. The sheet has been folded into two and it is difficult to establish if this is deliberate and post depositional or later damage in the ploughsoil. What remains of the decorative design consists of a series of nine circular pointille bosses formed with a round headed punch or awl that has been worked from the underside to create the form. These bosses are arranged along one long…
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bidford-on-Avon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-09555C
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete solid copper alloy bead dating to the middle Bronze Age (1300-1150). The bead is circular with a bi-conical profile with a central perforation measuring 7.7mm in diameter. The surface is smooth and undecorated with a mid green patina. Dimensions: Diameter 16.34mm; thickness 5.76mm; weight 5.33g Similar examples of copper alloy beads recorded on the PAS database include CAM-DD9C51 and LEIC-3641F5. A gold example from Gloucestershire, GLO-46CA05 (2014T358) has also been reported and the record by Kurt Adams comments: "The gold bead is likely to date to the Mid…
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Last updated: Friday 7th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-F25F04
Object type: ANVIL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Substantial Bronze Age anvil, solid cast sub-cuboid head with an elongated sub-oval sectioned spike or beak/bec, the top of the head is gabled, one side longer than the other creating an off-centre arris with two working surfaces approximately 110 degrees from each other. All faces of the head and beak are intentionally slightly convex, one of the faces set at 90 degrees to the spike has a sub-circular rough divot in alignment to the arris on top, this is very likely to be the remains of a second beak/spike that has broken in antiquity, presumably through use. The remaining original su…
Created on: Tuesday 7th December 2021
Last updated: Friday 30th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-E1A3CE
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy chisle or miniature axehead of Early Bronze Age date c 1700 - 1500 BCE . The blade has a crescent cutting edge with pointed terminals,  the cutting edge is 24 mm wide. The sides are slightly flanged, creating a long elipse in profile. There is a stopping ridge in a central position. The butt is straight. The object has a mottled green and brown patina with some corrosion along the cutting edge.  The length is 54 mm, width  11 mm , thickness 6 mm weight 22 g
Created on: Monday 6th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-E0E99E
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Early to early Middle Bronze Age copper alloy flanged palstave axe head. The flanges start at the butt and rise to form a lozenge in profile, then rejoin at a point a third of the way between the low transverse stop ridge and the point where the axehead starts to flare to the curved cutting edge. The cutting edge appears mostly free from wear, the butt has some damage, with small chips. A similar form is illustrated in Rowlands, plate 26. Also Nicholson, 203.(f) Length 121 mm, width 30 mm, width of cutting edge 53 mm, thickness ( at flange) 36 mm. Weight 351 g …
Created on: Monday 6th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-E0B67A
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy awl or tracer. The awl has two distinct elements: A circular sectioned, cone-shaped end Awl) and and a flat, wedge-shaped, rectangular cross sectioned end (tracer). Date: Late Bronze - c. 1150 - 800 BC Dimensions: 52.58 mm x 7.04 mm x 4.76 mm Weight: 5.66 g There are several similar objects recorded on the PAS database. For example DOR-AD7774, DOR-79E277, SOM-D995B1, SOM-7C6ED1 and SOM-990775 in which Laura Burnett notes: Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but ones of this form are known to have been introduced in the Br…
Created on: Monday 6th December 2021
Last updated: Sunday 24th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-A0F715
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast, copper-alloy chisel-like palstave adze of Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1500BC - 1150BC; likely of Acton Park II - Taunton phase of the Middle Bronze Age and probably dating to 1500BC - 1300BC. The adze is rectangular in form and cross-section with a narrow curved blade. The butt end is rectangular in form and triangular in cross-section. It has flanged sides on both the top and bottom faces that project vertically, creating a U-shaped channel that would have terminated at a stop ridge; the stop ridge is no longer present. The sides on the blade end have…
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2021
Last updated: Friday 28th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sebergham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-75CEDC
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probably Bronze Age unidentified object dating to circa 2300-800 BC. Made from a strip of gold, It is broadly triangular in plan flaring outwards from the apex to the terminal. Both the top and bottom edges are straight. There is a circa 1mm in diameter perforation just below the apex. Length: 16.1mm; Width: 7.2mm; Thickness: 0.2mm; Weight: 0.26g. Discussion: Similar strips of gold with perforations are known from southern England associated with the Bronze Age. Their precise function is uncertain but likely related to some form of ornamentation. Similar examples…
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-75BFEA
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very corroded flat axehead of early Bronze Age date. Apart from the corrosion and total loss of surface, it appears complete. The butt is 27.5mm wide, and the axe then flares with very gently concave edges for most of its length. Close to the other end it flares out in a more noticeable curve, to rounded corners and a gently curving cutting edge which is 53.6mm wide. The cross-section flares from 2-2.5mm thick at the butt to a maximum of 13.0mm thick in the centre. The axehead is 88.5mm long and weighs 223g. It is slightly larger than, for example, LVPL-4DA982; and compares …
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-64F227
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy flat axe dating to the early Bronze Age period (c. 2350-2050 BC). The object is sub-trinagular in plan and lentoid in section. The cutting end flares out but is damaged at the tips. The cutting edge is much worn and chipped. The opposing end is thin-butted and also shows signs of chipping. The object has a light green patina. The surface is abraded and there are a few deep scratches on both faces, probably from plough damage. Comparable examples can be seen in Nicholson (1980: 81) nos 177-8. The overall dimensions are as follows: 101.80mm in leng…
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-645475
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Blade, Dagger or Rapier, of Mid to Late Bronze Age date (1600-800 BC). The object is rectangular in plan and a pointed oval in cross section. There is visible bevel along the left and right hand edges away from the mid-rib. The metal is a dark brown in colour with a predominantly patina. Length: 27.25mm, Width: 26.06mm, Thickness: 7.01mm, Weight: 20.8g
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 10th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-6437BE
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Awl of probable late Bronze Age date (1150-800 BC). The awl is square in cross section along most of its length, and tapers to a rounded point at one terminal. At the other terminal it flattens to become rectangular, before ending in a chisel-shaped terminal. Length: 65.07mm, Width: 5.69mm, Thickness: 5.00mm, Weight: 7.0g The metal is dark brown in colour with a predominantly smooth patina. Cf. OXON-C4D536 on the database which states: Awls were a range of rod-like tools that were usually round sectioned and pointed at one end, and rectangular se…
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 10th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-4C987C
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe dating to 1100to 800 BC. This items of a fragment of the socket (20% of the aperture) and the side containing the low oval loop. The front a rear face of the axe are truncated as is the forward blade.
Created on: Monday 29th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-4B3B1C
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete copper alloy dagger blade of Early to Middle Bronze Age date. The form corresponds with a Wessex type of dagger traditionally dated to the last phase of the Early Bronze Age (EBA III) c.c 1600-1400 BC. This falls into the Arreton (Camerton-Snowshill) metal working tradition (following Gerloff 1975) or Series 5D (following Needham 2015), and of Needham's (1996) Period 4-5. The dagger is sub-triangular in plan, with concave edges and a pointed sub-oval in cross section. The cross section is formed due to a tapering central mid-rib and stepped recessed blade facets …
Created on: Monday 29th November 2021
Last updated: Sunday 30th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Near Devizes'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-131E12
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy palstave of Middle Bronze Age dating to the period c.1500-1300 BC.  Group I mid rib, Acton Park II. Weight: 432gms,  Overall length: 147.76mm, Blade width, 68.26mm, Thickness: 33.08mm
Created on: Friday 26th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pontesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-F98F83
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brown flint with re-formed cortex, thumbnail scraper. Small thick flake with broad flake struck from its dorsal side and with a bulbar ventral surface; invasive angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows a curving edge opposite the striking platform. The lack of subsequent patina may hint that the object was subsequently incorporated into a sealed context. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 22.0mm, Width: 26.4mm, Thickness: 9.3mm, Weight: 6.35gms
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-F94C28
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy object, possibly of middle to late bronze age date c.1500-750 BC. Description: The object is roughly cast and survives as a narrow conical. Both ends terminate in rough breaks and the walls are veyr thick. On one side there is an overlap likely some fault in the casting or vagaries of production. It has a heavily patinated and pitted surface which obscure more detail. It remains a mottled light green to turquoise colour. Measurements: 58.75mm long, 16.25mm in diameter at widest (13,5 at narrower end) and 35.41g in weight. Discussion: Th…
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 8th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-F733C1
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age fragment of a cast copper alloy axehead, possibly a palstave or flanged axehead of Middle Bronze Age date, circa 1500-1100 BC. The fragment comprises the butt of the axehead which is trapezoidal in form. The object is slightly thicker at one end. Air bubbles from the casting process are also visible at the broken edge. The object has a mid-green coloured surface patina.  It measures 21.7 mm in length, 11.3 mm in width, 4 mm in thickness and weighs 3.9 grams. 
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-F6A02E
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint lithic implement of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2200 - 1000 BC) in the form of a possible thumbnail scraper. The scraper is struck from a secondary flake and retains c.95% of its original cortex. The dorsal surface exhibits a flake scar ridge and short, scaled, abrupt retouch at the edge of the distal end. A small striking platform is present at the proximal end. The scraper measures 21.6mm in length, 20.3mm in width, is 6.5mm thick and weighs 2.36g.
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-F61549
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy dagger, probably of Middle Bronze Age or early Late Bronze Age date, c1500 and c1100 BC. Description: The blade has a narrow lozenge cross-sectioned, thickening only slightly towards the hilt end. The point is missing but it appears likely to have been pointed rather than rounded. The blade is a rough narrow triangle in plan flaring slightly towards the hilt end. There is a slightly raised mid-rib along the blades length. At the hilt end are the remains of two semi-circular or rivet holes, these have broken cross their width, one side has broken more ex…
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-E549F6
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A folded fragment of gold strip or ribbon, dating to the Bronze Age c. 2350-800 BC. The ribbon is rectangular in plan and made from a beaten sheet of gold. It has been folded or bent out of shape in several locations. One surface of the ribbon is decorated with thirteen regular, longitudinal, incised grooves, creating ridges. The exterior longitudinal edges are slightly thicker than the internal ridges, creating a border to the band. Both terminals appear to have been cut leaving a straight edge. The longitudinal edges have likely been smoothed, as they are rounder when compared w…
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadwindsor CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-E2A290
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thumbnail scraper of later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (2300 -1800 BC). The scraper is formed on tertiary flake, with a pronounced bulb of percussion and scar on the ventral face. The dorsal face has several removals / flake facets with neat abrupt secondary retouch around the edge which forms a slightly serrated cutting / scraping edge. Little or no retouch is applied to the edges on the ventral face. The flint is black with some areas of re-cortification on the dorsal face. Measurements: length: 19.35mm, width: 19.28mm; thickness: 5.66mm and weight: 2.3g
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-CFDA5A
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete leaf shaped spearhead of Late Bronze Age date (Ewart Park phase, c. 950 - 750 BC). The spearhead is 90% complete; an irregular tear is present along the mid-rib socket between the two blades. The overall shape of the spearhead is broadly leaf shaped, with a 'flame shaped' blade. Two circular peg holes are present, one on either side of the socket. These have an internal diameter of 6.1 mm. The base of the socket is circular and has a depth of 123.7 mm. Blade facets are visible along the edge of the blades on the undamaged side. The spearhead is a dark brown to mid gree…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-CB591E
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy awl of potential late Bronze Age date, 56.4mm in length. Around 40% of the length of the object is square in cross section, the remainder is of rounded cross section. Both ends taper to points. There is no decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-BCA442
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Bronze Age to Medieval copper-alloy awl 1250 BC-AD 1500. The find consists of four straight sides, each one plain, and rectangular in section. Its midpoint is bulbous and the awl tapers inwards terminating in rounded points at each end. Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but examples of this form are thought to have been introduced in the Bronze Age and they have barely changed throughout the centuries. Length: 53.6mm width: 4.0mm weight: 4.40g Similar examples on the PAS database include: SF-5623C1, NARC-643B92.
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-BC38BE
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead, dating to 2500-1500 BC. The arrowhead is made from a tertiary flake of white flint with a low gloss patina. Both barbs and tang are missing with the remains of the notches visible on the lower edge. One face has covering, sub-parallel pressure flaking and the other has short scaled retouch along the sides of the head. Measurements: Length: 20.00 mm Width: 17.89 mm Thickness: 2.20 mm Weight: 0.74g Similar flint barb and tanged arrowheads are associated with the Beaker phase of the Late / final Neolithic and Earl…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B76483
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A triangular flint arrowhead of early to middle Bronze age date (c.2350-1000BC). Bifacially worked with covering, scaled, low angle retouch. It has two curved notches chipped into its base to produce two barbs (both barbs are broken off) and the central tang is slightly damaged. The angled edges are very slightly convex. Length: 20.92mm, Width: 18.98mm (at widest point) Thickness: 2.75mm, Weight: 1.00g
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GF001B', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-782AF5
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable incomplete copper alloy socketed spearhead fragment with another object lodged inside. The spearhead would date to the Late Bronze Age, circa 1100-800 BC. The object is fragmentary and has damaged and broken upper and lower terminals. The probable spearhead has flared long edges. Extending from the broader damaged short terminal edge is a broadly rectangular piece of copper alloy. It is uncertain if this was originally part of the object or a separate object inserted into the other. The object has a moulded rib along the centre which forms shallow linear grooves eithe…
Created on: Friday 19th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-6477EA
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Blade, Dagger or Rapier, of Mid to Late Bronze Age date (1600-800 BC). The object is rectangular in plan and ovate in cross section due to a central mid-rib. It is incomplete due to an abraded transverse break, resulting in the loss of the upper portion of the object. The retained portion is the tip and partial body of the blade. The cutting edges have been extensively broken and abraded. The metal is a dark brown in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Length: 133.38mm, Width (blade): 22.99mm, Width (tip): 7.11mm, Thickness: 5.35mm, Weight: 64.8g
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 18th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NARC-643B92
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Awl of probable late Bronze Age date (1150-800 BC). The awl is square in cross section along most of its length, and tapers to a rounded point at one terminal. At the other terminal it flattens to become rectangular, before ending in a chisel-shaped terminal. Length: 57.84mm, Width: 4.52mm, Thickness: 4.14mm, Weight: 4.0g The metal is dark green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Cf. OXON-C4D536 on the database which states: Awls were a range of rod-like tools that were usually round sectioned and pointed at one end, and rectangular sect…
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 29th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-52E1C6
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily abraded copper-alloy possible dirk blade fragment of possible Late Bronze Age date. Description: The fragment is sub circular in plan and pointed oval in cross-section. It is heavily pitted and has a light grey-green patina. Measurements: length: 23.98mm; width: 21.2mm; thickness: 6.35mm; weight: 10.09g
Created on: Wednesday 17th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 18th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South-West Medway', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-520AA8
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Socketed axe, of tapering sub-rectangular section: - of chocolate brown patination with patchy iron oxide deposits to the surface, somewhat encrusted around the side loop. A large fragment is missing to one side of the mouth of the socket, otherwise small losses of surface elsewhere to the socket, side loop and the cutting edge, showing a paler grey/green corroded surface below. Both sides retain a casting seam, the sides flare slightly towards the crescent-shaped cutting edge, the axe is undecorated apart from the standard double collar at, and below the mouth…
Created on: Wednesday 17th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Norwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-50194C
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified cast copper-alloy object of uncertain date. It is a solid and heavy bar with four long narrow faces, one of which is divided into two gently sloping facets by a central longitudinal ridge, which may be a casting seam. The end faces and the cross-sectional form are pentagonal, but nearly square: the three unfaceted sides are at approximately right-angles to each other and of similar widths. All faces and facets are generally flat (even the sloping ones). Both ends of the bar splay slightly on all sides, suggesting that they may have been subject to a compressive hammering f…
Created on: Wednesday 17th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 19th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-42CFE1
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axe head of indeterminate type and of Late Bronze Age date, probably of the Ewart Park metalworking phase (c. 1000-800BC). The axe is incomplete, missing large parts of the mouth moulding, the side loop, the entire blade edge, and any potential blade tips. This lack of key diagnostic features makes it hard to place this axe into a typology, but it shows similarities to the South Eastern Type. The mouth moulding is a simple raised band c. 10mm wide in its surviving areas. The mouth is 28.2mm thick at the mouth moulding and 33.3mm wide, with inte…
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-3A784C
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead, point only, finely cast with the socket extending into the blade and containing blackened remains of burnt clay. Fine ribs flank the tapering central rib of the socket on both faces. The edges are very subtly faceted on both faces. Very similar to NMS-D636B5. c. 9th century BC. Extant length: 42.7mm. Extant width 17.8mm: Thickness at break: 9.1mm. Weight: 11.2g
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-38EB77
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy palstave axehead. The axehead has high side flanges which are rounded rectangular in profile stepped at the stop ridges. The tops of the flanges on both sides are tall and the same height as the stop ridge. The flanges taper to the rear ans do not extend into the butt. The stop ridges are rounded at the top, and curved. On one side the stop is undercut with a ‘blowhole’ like casting flaw. The butt of the axe head is the most corroded part, but it appears to taper into a straight edge. On one side, cast on the midline of the flange and with the lower at…
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 15th February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-383D76
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy socketed axehead. A small piece from the side and butt, having an angled corner on the exterior surface . Around the remnant of the mouth is a moulded low, wide collar. The internal surface is curved and smooth. Date: Late Bronze Age - c. 1100 - 800 BC Dimensions: 36.43 mm x 24.35 mm x 5.56 mm Weight: 19.34 g
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 15th February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-284CFA
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small and extremely corroded cast copper alloy flat axehead or possibly a chisel or other tool of early to middle Bronze Age date (c 2000-1600 BC). The object is 57mm in length and 19mm wide with a flat rectangular cross section and lenticular side profile. It tapers towards the butt end and has a curved cutting edge; however the degree of loss from corrosion makes the original form and type uncertain.
Created on: Monday 15th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-27E1A2
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the tip of a cast copper alloy socketed spearhead, probably of pegged type, 38mm in length and dating to the Late Bronze Age (c.1100 BC to 800 BC). The object is triangular in shape and lozengiform in cross section with a large circular midrib and short side wings to the blade. The interior of the casting is hollow.
Created on: Monday 15th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-E6796C
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The cutting edge of a late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead dating to c.950-750 BC. The object is comprised of the cutting edge only, the rest of the object is missing. The fragment is sub-rectangular in shape with a wedged section that tapers to the cutting edge. The edge is worn and abraded. The imcomplete side of the object has a worn but straight cut revealing a grooved interior suggestive of a socketed axehead. The surface has a smooth dark brown patina with small patches of bright green corrosion. The fragmentary condition of the axe makes typological identific…
Created on: Friday 12th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wem', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-E3F099
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy EBA III developed or long flanged axehead dating to 1800-1500 BC and attributable to the  Arreton or Acton Park I industries, possibly being of Aylesford type (1800-1600 BC) . The remaining portion is 52.7mm in length and probably comprises around 60% of the whole tool. The axehead is cast in a two part mould and is broken across the upper part of the blade. The section is sub rectangular with a proto stop ridge / median bevel at the wide part and tapers after the mid-point object to a thin rounded butt end. The external edges ha…
Created on: Friday 12th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WREX-D3A90E
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy palstave axe with side loop of Middle Bronze Age date from the period c1500-1300 BC. The object is broken just above the stop ridge but appears to have a single midrib visible on one face only. The blade is sub-triangular in plan, with convex expanding sides, and a convex cutting edge. The cutting edge 56.0mm in width and is 2.4mm thick. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being before the stop ridge. Traces of a U-shaped area of decoration survives on both sides, usually described as shield shaped. Through this shield desce…
Created on: Thursday 11th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cwm', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-D2ADD1
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle to Late Bronze Age palstave axehead of Transitional or Late type, dating to the Penard or Wilburton phase (MBA III to LBA I; 1100 - 900 BC). Description: The butt end has rounded is rounded. The flanges begin about a third of the way along the butt's length. The cleft between the flanges is raltively smother perhaps from use. There is a significant casting fault in one side of the butt, rectangular in shape. The casting seem is visible along the sides of the axehead, though some effort to reduce it appears to have taken place. The stop is pronounced and overhangs a littl…
Created on: Thursday 11th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-D28A75
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy socketed spearhead dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Age c.2350-1001 BC. The lower portion of the socket and loop, and tip are missing. The blade is broadly elongated lozenge-shaped with a prominent midrib. On both sides of the midrib, running longitudinally are several grooves and marks. The socket cross-section is circular. Probably of Davis (2017) Group 6 'Developed side looped'. Length: 52.19 mm; Width: 23.72 mm; Thickness: 11.54 mm; Weight: 25.52g David, R. 2017. Later Prehistoric Finds Group Object Datasheet No.5. A Short Guide…
Created on: Thursday 11th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 6th January 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DEV-D0FFF1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slender copper alloy flat developed axehead or possibly a chisel, dating to the Early Bronze Age, c. 2000-1700 BC. The object is markedly petite, rectangular in shape, and an extremely flattened pointed oval in section, not bulbous enough to be described as lenticular. The object flares very slightly from the butt to the cutting edge, but this is extremely subtle and not characteristic of broad flared axeheads. There are slightly raised flanges present, but these are only present on one surface, and can only be felt rather than seen. There is a suggestion of a slight nick at t…
Created on: Thursday 11th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-BEC347
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A Bronze Age hoard of 40 LBA copper-alloy ingot fragments. Description: The deposit consists a ‘founder’s hoard’ of 40 LBA plano-convex ingot fragments (see catalogue for a record of each individual fragment). The total (unwashed) weight of the hoard is 15.18kg, with the heaviest being 1489g (SF 003) and the lightest a mere 51g (SF 021). All bar one of the ingots were archaeologically excavated from the same feature, but the outlier discovered only a short distance away is almost certain to have originated from this deposit – likely disturbed by later ploughing. Disc…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Maidstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-BAB90B
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy barbed and tanged arrowhead dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age c. 1600-801 BC. A flat triangular arrowhead with a slightly raised ridge from the uppermost tip to the central tang. The uppermost tip is bent. It has a dark brownish-green patina with orange patches. Length: 34.38 mm; Width: 25.14 mm; Thickness (plate): 1.75 mm (tang): Thickness 1.45 mm; Weight: 2.97g Discussion Bronze arrowheads are not commonly found in Britain. The Penard hoard, however, confirms they did occur (National Museum of Wales item no. 15.277/5). The PAS Database contains seve…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 23rd December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BA6686
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy possible Bronze Age axe. It is sub-triangular in shape and wedge-shaped in profile. One side curves outwards slightly and is relatively sharp suggesting that it may be part of a cutting edge and the shorter side adjacent to this also appears to be complete, while there is a rough break across the longer inner edge. The surface is heavily corroded and the break is very well worn. Because of the damage and corrosion it is uncertain whether this is definitely a Bronze Age axe and if so what type of axe this may be. It should be noted,…
Created on: Wednesday 10th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Redgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-A65276
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed spearhead of Middle Bronze Age date. The form corresponds to Davis’ (2012) Group 6 (Developed side-looped) and is most probably a product of the later Arreton, Acton Park, Taunton or early Wilburton metalworking phases (Needham’s (1996) Periods 4-5, c 1500-1100 BC). The remaining portion is 74.5mm in length, with a socket of 15.8mm diameter which is completely infilled with sediment. The blade was leaf shaped and 20mm in width with a pronounced mid rib; only the rear quarter to a third remains, with a clean break across the…
Created on: Tuesday 9th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-943448
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged chisel, dating to c 1150 - 850 BC. It is missing any handle. It is cast in one piece but can be described in two sections. It has a square-sectioned tang which abuts the rectangular-sectioned, collared handle stop of the chisel blade. At the other end is the chisel blade beyond the tang. At the point of the tang, the blade narrows in thickness to the blade's outer edge. The sides of the blade extend from the handle stop, more or less parallel with one another before flaring out a little towards the outer edge which is now also rounded.…
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 14th April 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NLM-9430F5
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey-brown flint scraper. Triangular flake with a broad flake struck from its dorsal side and with a bulb at the narrower end of a concave ventral surface. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows a curved working edge. Patches of misty patina suggest it was subsequently exposed to a calcareous environment. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 26.3mm, Width: 22.6mm, Thickness: 5.9mm, Weight: 3.75gms
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 9th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-940841
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey-brown flint debitage. A battered ovoid flake with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a bulbar ventral surface. The edges are battered, with parallel scars perhaps indicating trimming carried across the bulb. The lack of patination may hint that the object was subsequently incorporated into a sealed deposit. Suggested date: possibly Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 32.3mm, Width: 34.7mm, Thickness: 19.5mm, Weight: 11.19gms
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 9th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-93F503
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey flint with re-formed cortex spot, scraper. Rounded thick flake with broad flakes trimmed from its dorsal side and with a bulbar ventral surface. Angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows a curving edge. The development of misty patches of patina across all struck surfaces may suggest the object was then exposed to a calcareous environment. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 41.1mm, Width: 42.3mm, Thickness: 15.5mm, Weight: 26.24gms
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 9th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-92FC88
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey flint with thick re-formed cortex, probable scraper. Small thick irregular chunk with a smooth ?dorsal side and a flat ?ventral surface where cortex has re-formed. Milky patina extends over part of the dorsal side, suggesting its exposure to a calcareous environment. Angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect trims part of this patina along a curved edge opposite a flat thick butt, while the opposite longer edge bears two smoothed zones perhaps arising from a hinge fracture. Probably re-used debitage. Suggested date: possibly Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length:…
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-92AD68
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey flint scraper fragment. A thick flake with irregular flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a slightly undulating ventral surface. Angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect followed a curving edge. To one side is a concave battered zone; the other appears to have been recently broken, with a long scalar scar executed from the ventral aspect beside the fracture. A lack of subsequent patination may hint that the object was subsequently incorporated into a sealed deposit. Suggested date: Bronze Age, 2350-1000 BC Length: 39.8mm, Width: 35mm, Thickness: 14.1…
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-92A181
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint with cortex, scraper. A rounded flake with short angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect trimming cortex from along a curving edge, with a striking platform at the butt end of a slightly concave ventral surface. Dense misty patina across struck surfaces suggests the object was subsequently exposed to a calcareous environment. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 25.5mm, Width: 23.3mm, Thickness: 6.6mm, Weight: 5.53gms
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-928BE2
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint scraper. Small oval flake with a broad flake struck from its dorsal side to provide a thumb rest, and with a flat ventral surface. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the curved edge. Dense misty patina across all struck surfaces suggests the object was subsequently exposed to a calcareous environment. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 23.1mm, Width: 26.7mm, Thickness: 6.2mm, Weight: 4.01gms
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-927FA5
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey flint with cortex spot, scraper. A small irregular flake with a broad flake struck from its dorsal side to provide a thumb rest, and with a bulb adjacent to a lateral concavity on its ventral surface which may have accommodated the user’s index finger. Short scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the curving end opposite the bulb. Subsequently abraded, though a lack of subsequent patination may hint that the object was subsequently incorporated into a sealed deposit. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 27.4mm, Width: 23.3mm, Thicknes…
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-926AD3
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey flint pebble, possibly collected from the East Coast, scraper. Oval pebble with short angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect intermittently following its curving edge, and with a bulb at one end of the ventral surface. A single long angled draft executed from the ventral aspect passes across the edge of the bulb. An improvised tool with light battering along the base of one long side. The lack of subsequent patination may hint that the object was subsequently incorporated into a sealed deposit. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 29.5mm…
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swinhope', grid reference and parish protected.