Record ID: WMID-6F858B
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper alloy looped palstave of Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1400-1150 BC). Group 3 type.  The blade is broadly triangular in shape with a wide cutting edge. The cutting edge measures 58.2mm in width and is 7.8mm thick. The cutting edge is blunt. The septum (the area between the flange facets and the stop ridge) gradually tapers towards the butt and is a broad U shape and measures 64.7mm in length. The septum is 8.7mm deep at the stop ridge and the sides have a depth of 6.5mm.  The flanges start off parallel to the stop ridge an…
Created on: Monday 12th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2023
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Record ID: GLO-2FD054
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy socketed spearhead, Davis (2006, p.34) Type 3B: Flame Narrow blade, dating to the Acton Park to Taunton Industrial phase of the Middle Bronze Age c. 1500-1140 cal. BC (dating Needham et al. 1997). The blades of the spearhead are leaf-shaped; both blades expand from the pointed tip to culminate at their widest point (39mm diameter) two thirds if the way down. Form here each blade curves down returning to the socket of the spearhead. At the base of each blade is a small oval loop, approximately 6mm long on one side and 4mm long on the other. Separating the two b…
Created on: Friday 9th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mitcheldean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-1E3DC5
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete sub-rectangular strip of flat sheet Bronze Age gold (c. 2200 – 800 BC). The strip is slightly crumpled; it was originally folded up and has since been straightened out by the finder while cleaning. One end is complete, the other has been cut or broken off. The reverse is undecorated. The front is decorated with twenty horizontal ridges. The lines are all parallel to each other, possibly made with a comb or similar tool. Length 96.91 mm, width 15.1 mm, thickness 0.84 mm and weight 8.18 g. Similar multi-grooved strips of a Bronze Age date are known from throughout B…
Created on: Thursday 8th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sudbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-1E0410
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment of a blade, probably a dagger or rapier, dating to the late Bronze Age (c.1200-800 BC). The fragment is sub-rectangular in plan and has a shallow lentoid cross-section. At the mid point, the blade tapers towards the cutting edge at each side. Each end terminates with a break that is worn and patinated, which suggests it was broken in antiquity. The surface is smooth with a mid-green patina. Dimensions: Length 28.5mm; width 25.4mm; thickness at mid-point 6.4mm; weight 24.15g
Created on: Thursday 8th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: WMID-1AF96C
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete copper alloy unlooped palstave of Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1500-1300BC). Early palstave of Group II - mid rib type. The blade of the palstave is triangular shaped in plan with expanding sides. The cutting edge measures 57.3mm in width and is 5.3mm thick. The cutting edge is blunt. The septum (the area between the flange facets and the stop ridge) gradually tapers towards the butt and is a broad U shape and measures 55.6mm in length. The septum is 6.9mm deep at the stop ridge and the sides have a depth of 6.6mm.  The fla…
Created on: Thursday 8th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: WMID-1A8BAD
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 a splayed crescent shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges. The butt is relatively thin having a narrow rounded profile; the width at the butt is 23.7 mm (thickness: 2.5 mm). The sides of the axe gently expand in width from the butt to the blade; in shape they are relatively curved. The axe is thickest at the mid point (10.1 mm), with no traces of a proto stop ridg…
Created on: Thursday 8th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-FC3F4D
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Bronze Age cast copper alloy tanged chisel, probably of Wilburton or Ewart Park metalworking industry, dating from 1150 to 750 BC. The object comprises of part of the tang and a significant part of the blade. The chisel tang is oval in cross-section, and has a surviving length of 19.03mm from the break to the collar. The break is worn and heavily patinated suggesting damage in antiquity. The tang flares as it reaches the collar which is sub oval in form. From the collar the blade chisel flares, beginning at 8.33mm wide and expanding to a surviving width of 13.78mm. …
Created on: Wednesday 7th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-F4CCA6
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete middle bronze age copper alloy palstave axehead, probably a Group 2 Early Mid ribbed type (Schmidt and Burgess 1981) dating to the Acton Park/Taunton phase c. 1500-1250 BC. The palstave is almost complete with the blade corners missing.  The butt is worn and rounded; the axehead has a rectangular septum with parallel sides and a slightly curved stop ridge. The edges of the flanges rise with a convex profile from the butt edge, dropping slightly to the stop ridge; beyond which the blade tapers to the cutting edge. The blade corners are missin…
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 13th June 2023
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Record ID: GLO-F33CDD
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a very roughly knapped flint lithic implement on a secondary flake. One arise on the dorsal with a large bulb of percussion on the ventral, 10% cortex on the base. There is short, semi-abrupt, direct retouch running down both sides. Brown flint with lighter patches.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: GLO-F32E30
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint lithic implement on a secondary flake. This has one arise running down the middle of the dorsal with the right side is covered in cortex, on the ventral is a large bulb of percussion. The top half of the left side has direct scaled semi-abrupt retouch.  Brown patina with lighter speckles.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: GLO-F2D7CC
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint barbed and tanged arrowhead. This item is triangular in plan with extended barbs to each side of the base (one of the barbs is truncated), in-between the barbs is a is a rectangular tang. Multiple flaking scars cover both the ventral and dorsal sides. Light brown flint that has lighter patches.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: GLO-F11CD3
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Poorly struck flint scraper on a tertiary flake. This flake is oval and has a flat dorsal with a large bulb of percussion on the ventral. there is direct, abrupt, scaled retouch running down the right side the leaves a convex edge.  Running down the left side are large, direct very rough retouch that is also slightly convex.  This is a grey flint that has lighter speckles.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: GLO-F1040E
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age lithic implement on a secondary flake. The is a long rectangular flake that has one arise on the dorsal and a bulb of percussion on the ventral. there is short, direct, semi-abrupt retouch on the to 20% of the right side, the left side is covered in cortex. Grey flint with lighter speckles.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: GLO-F0D5BB
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age notched scraper on a secondary flake. The is a long rectangular flake that has deep ripples on the dorsal and a large bulb of percussion on the ventral.  The middle section of one side has a concave scraper that has direct, abrupt and scaled retouch. Retouch then continues along the upper half, which is inverse, low angled and short.  direct, short, semi-abrupt flaking. The opposite side has cortex running down its length.  This is a reused flake that has a brown patina, the retouch has removed the patina exposing a lighter brown flint.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-F04D8D
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
DESCRIPTION Dimensions: length 102.6mm; width of blade 57.5mm; width of body 25.7mm; max. thickness of body 11.1mm; height of flanges 14.3mm; width of butt 20.5mm; weight 194.7g A virtually complete cast copper-alloy flanged axe of Needham’s Class 5A (Type Horncastle), dating to the Arreton phase of the Early Bronze Age (c. 1725-1500 BC) (Needham 1996; Needham et al. 1997). The sides of the axe are straight and slightly divergent, curving out suddenly at the blade end to create a widely expanded blade with a crescentic cutting edge. The blade edge is slightly damaged and asymm…
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-DF8F7E
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age cast copper alloy socketed chisel, being the cutting tip, dating to perhaps c 1000 - 800 BC. It is a sub-rectangular in plan, tapering slightly from an early break towards the cutting edge which is slightly chipped. It is triangular at the sides, reflecting the narrowing of the chisel towards the cutting edge, and the upper and lower  surfaces are concave on both faces. It is a mid to dark grey in colour . Dimensions: 23.8in length/height; 23.3mm in width; 9.3mm thick; 17.26g in weight. Although only a fragment remain…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-DF71D9
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
An short-flanged axehead of the middle Bronze Age.  The haft end is slightly curved, and it has a stop slightly over halfway along the haft. At the point where the blade starts to widen out the head is decorated with two concentric arcs which are cast into the axe. The head itsef is a wide arc, approximately 120 degrees and bent back at the outer ends. Both sides are identical in form, one side has slighty more corrosion apparant but overall it is in a good state of preservation. It has a light green patina Dimensions: 150mm long, 24.91mm wide at the base of t…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirby Thore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-DF6889
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Middle Bronze Age cast copper alloy rapier dating to c 1600 - 1000 BC.  It is a rectangular piece from a blade, broadly a pointed oval in cross section, but not quite symmetrical, one face having a slightly flattened mid line, the other an arris. It does not appear to taper in the short section that is extant. It has a pale green patina  Dimensions: 39.4mm in length; 31.1mm in width; thickness: 13.7mm; 5.84g in weight
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-DC595D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Middle Bronze Age to Early Iron Age cast copper alloy moustache-like object, of uncertain use, dating to c. 1500-100 BC. The find is half of its original crescentic shape. What is extant is a bud shaped feature ribbed with grooves and ridges along its length. At the apex of this a hollow cell. At the opposite end of the bud shaped feature is an oval section shaft with an early break at one end. On one side, just above the junction of the shaft and the expanded feature, is a rough sideways extension which is another early break from a further, unkn…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 26th July 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-8A0A54
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy short flanged axehead of early to middle Bronze Age date, c. 1600 - 1400 BC. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a rounded butt end, and concave and wasted sides which flare to a crescentic blade. Two integral lateral lozenge shaped flanges are present along either side, rising steadily from the butt, rounding off at the apex midway along the body, before sloping steadily back down to the mid-point of the sides. The exterior surfaces of the flanges have been filed smooth leaving no visible casting lines.  A slight steepening to the prof…
Created on: Thursday 1st June 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-88A226
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A well preserved copper alloy socketed side-looped spearhead. The head of the spear is leaf-shaped with a pronounced midrib. There are the reamins of two side loops situated approximately halfway along the shaft. The spearhead has a dark brown patina and shows some signs of wear. The following information is taken from WREX-79F899, thanks to Susie White and Dot Boughton for this information: Side-looped spearheads are Greenwell and Brewis' Class IV and date to the early Middle Bronze Age. They are likely to belong to the Acton Park 2, Taunton (Cemmaes) or Penard metalwo…
Created on: Thursday 1st June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gisburn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-757957
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete late Bronze Age copper alloy wing decorated 'South-Eastern' type socketed axehead, (Needham Class A1, Turner Group III/ii) dating to the Wilburton/Ewart Park phase c.1150-800 cal BC.  The axehead has a rectangular body and a sub-square to oval socket (measuring internally: 26.00mm x 24.01mm). There is a narrow moulded collar at the mouth, broadly 4.8mm wide with a side loop set 9mm below the rim. The side loop measures 19.25mm long x 6.40mm wide and 9.00mm high and has a D-shaped aperture. The body of the axehead is long an…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-7432FE
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age socketed axe probably of Yorkshire type variant dating from the Ewart Park phase, 950 - 800 BC. The body of the axe is generally rectangular in cross-section, with a rectangular socket. The top is missing, so the mouth moulding is unknown. Casting seams are visible along the external sides of the axe. There is also a small hole unde the loop, probably a casting flaw. The sides continue towards the blade before expanding outwards to form a crescentic-shaped blade with a cutting edge of 39.0mm in length and a width of 7mm. One wing tip is mis…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-73E44C
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two highly corroded cast copper alloy fragments totalling 180.09g, possibly part of a late Bronze Age bun ingot (Circa 1150 - 600 BC) or just casting waste. The larger fragment (57.4mm by 42.5mm by 19.6mm) has a curved surface which may suggest an origin in a bowl furnace rather than a mould.
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: SF-70ECF8
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Middle Bronze Age gold tripartite penannular ring dating to circa 1300-1150 BC. It is C-shaped in plan comprised of three circular-sectioned penannular rings soldered together. The terminals are of an inconsistent width, creating an oblique aperture. Diameter: 14.2mm; Width: 6.4mm; Thickness: 1.3mm; Weight: 3.38g. Discussion: The form is consistent with other examples processed through the Treasure Act including 2021 T762 (Gard 2021) and 2012 T165 (Smith 2012) each of which is dated to the Middle Bronze Age. Meeks et. al. (2008, 13) note that “although small, penann…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-6086CE
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy spearhead fragment of Middle to Late Bronze Age date, c. 1550 – 800 BC. Only the tip of the spear remains which is triangular in plan and lozenge in section with slight raised mid-ribs. A hollow socket extends through towards the tip. An insufficient portion of the spear remains to prove diagnostic, therefore a specific type cannot be attributed, though it is probably comparable with the range of spearheads in Davis Groups 6-11. The metal has a mid-green/grey patina and is worn. The spear is 30.43mm long, 14.26mm wide, 8.28mm thick and weighs 6.44g.
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-0AC023
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Bronze Age pot sherds (2) large flint inclusions 
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-07B8ED
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A complete gold penannular ring dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age (c. 1300 -800 cal BC). The ring is made of gold bar that has a sub-oval cross-section with slightly flattened inner and outer faces. This bar has been bent into an approximately circular loop with a small gap (2.3mm) between two terminals. The ring is a gold colour with scratches of variable length width and depth across its outer surface. Dimensions: The ring has a maximum diameter of 17.1mm, is 5.6mm wide, 5.8mm thick and weighs 7.49 grams. Discussion:  Similarly proportioned, evenly …
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bix and Assendon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-E1458C
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Unidentified Object of  Bronze Age tp Post-Medieval date (2350 BC - AD 1750) The fragment is rectangular in shape with D-shaped cross-section and two possible ribs. It exhibits old breaks on all four sides. The object has a dark green slightly pitted patina. Length: 42.04mm, Width: 12.73mm, Thickness: 5.83mm, Weight: 15.8g Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: SWYOR-0D5DC3 and WILT-88F60A
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-DE72FB
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible fragment of a knife / dagger blade of Bronze Age date (c.2000-800 BC). The object is sub-triangular in plan and lozenge shaped in cross section, suggesting that it could be from the raised centre of a blade, possible a sword. The object is heavily worn so any remnants of the blade's edge have been worn away and all that remains is this sub-triangular fragment. Dimensions: Length 25.5mm, Width 35.0mm, Thickness 7.7mm, Weight 25.05g
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DD891B
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy late Bronze Age socketed axehead. Only the blade end and a small amount of the socket survive. The blade curves gently outwards while its sides curve inwards slightly towards the butt end. The break across the inner end is irregular and well worn. A rectangular indentation in the centre of the break represents all that is left of the inner part of the original socket. The surface of the metal is corroded in places. Only a broad late Bronze Age date can be suggested due to the lack of diagnostic features. Length: 39.33mm, width: 39.56mm, thi…
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drinkstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-CCD9B0
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy arrowhead or spearhead of the Bronze Age date (2500-1200 BC). The tip and socket of the object are missing and the retained portion consists of the central body. There is a central ventral and dorsal rib. An insufficient portion of the arrowhead/spear remains to prove diagnostic, therefore a specific type cannot be attributed. The metal is a dark brown in colour with a pitted patina. Length: 32.45mm, Width: 19.89mm, Thickness: 8.81mm, Weight: 7.2g.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-B805BC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy spiral ring of probable Bronze Age to Roman date, c.1500 BC – AD 300. The object is formed of a circular sectioned rod of metal with cut ends. The ring has three coils. It is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is in fair condition. The ring is 15.9mm tall, 27.9mm in diameter, 3.5mm thick and weighs 17.7g. Some rings of this type appear to be made from reused fragments of metal and a few are far too big to have been worn on the finger. It has therefore been suggested that they could have been used as hair ornaments or as harness…
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-B61908
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy spearhead of Middle to Late Bronze Age date, c. 1550 – 800 BC. Only the tip of the spear remains which is triangular in plan and lozenge in section with slight raised mid-ribs. The tip of the hollow socket can be seen though is filled with soil. An insufficient portion of the spear remains to prove diagnostic, therefore a specific type cannot be attributed, though it is probably comparable with the range of spearheads in Davis Groups 6-11. The metal has a mid-green/grey patina and is worn. The spear is 35.6mm long, 6.6mm wide, 2.7mm thi…
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-B362A9
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle Bronze Age copper alloy side-looped spear dating from about 1550 BC - 1250 BC. It fits into the Acton Park or Taunton phases. These phases correspond with Needham's Period 5 (c. 1500 - 1150 BC). The spearhead has a leaf-shaped blade with a pronounced mid-rib on both faces, triangular in cross-section, giving a lozenge shaped cross-section at the point. No edge bevels are discernable. The tip of the blade is missing. The rib is hollow, and there is a hole through the midrib at the base of the blade. The socket is circular in cross-section and is hollow.…
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8E55C7
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed chisel or small axehead, the inner part of the socket and the cutting edge. The break is old but with some recent scuffing and much of the patinated surfaces have been lost, though casting seams are visible on both sides. The blade is not sharp. Weight 39.37g. Extant length 37.3mm. Width at cutting edge 32.3mm. Thickness 14.6mm. c.1000 - c.700 BC. Finder's number N2F1
Created on: Saturday 20th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8AAB0D
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, sub-circular thumbnail scraper. Made on a tertiary flake of grey and white mottled flint with a milky, low gloss patina. It has a small striking platform at the proximal end. A low bulb of percussion with a large bulbar scar and faint waves of percussion on the ventral face. The dorsal face has several flake removal scars. It has been neatly shaped into a sub-circualr working edge with invasive, semi-abrupt retouch around most of the margin apart from the striking platform. Dimensions: 25.0 mm x 22.5 mm…
Created on: Saturday 20th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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Record ID: SUR-7531C6
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
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 53mm in width and 43.9mm in length, comprising the front end which has a flared, semi circular blade, with pointed ends. There is no evidence of any decoration or casting seams; however most of the original surface has been lost to corrosion. The break across the axehead reveals the interior to be hollow and the cross section to be of a sub rectangular shape.
Created on: Friday 19th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 19th May 2023
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Record ID: IOW-5FC088
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe of South Wales (Stogursey) type and of Ewart Park Metalworking Industry, c. 1000-700 BC This socketed axehead is cast with linear patterns and hollow socket, it has the remains of a single loop attachment and half of the socket and part of one face is missing. There are three widely spaced, fine ribs running roughly half the axe’s length below a single prominent collar, which fits the main characteristics of South Wales (Stogursey) type and of Ewart Park Metalworking Industry axeheads. Similarly, this is a relativ…
Created on: Thursday 18th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-5EA0D1
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and abraded fragment of a cast copper alloy blade fragment, possibly from an early Bronze Age dagger of Arreton (Camerton-Snowshill) type or a Middle Bronze Age dirk or rapier. The blade has a lenticular cross section with a rounded midrib flanked by raised flat ridges which each have grooved decoration. The blade edges are lost to corrosion.
Created on: Thursday 18th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 26th May 2023
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Record ID: NLM-4C957C
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Opaque pale grey flint scraper fragment. About half of a thumbnail scraper with a broad flake struck from the dorsal side and with a bulb at one end of the ventral surface. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows a curved end; it breaks off where the scraper broke, possibly during manufacture. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC. Length: 24.5mm, Width: 15.6mm, Thickness: 6.5mm, Weight: 2.88gms
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4C70CC
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale grey-buff flint scraper. Thumbnail scraper, with two broad flakes struck from the dorsal side and a bulbar ventral surface; the bulb has perhaps been trimmed by drafts delivered from the ventral aspect. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows a curved edge. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC. Length: 27mm, Width: 22.2mm, Thickness: 7.2mm, Weight: 5.34gms
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-4BF549
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey flint possibly collected from the East Coast [as inferred from relict marine ‘patina’ on the dorsal side] scraper. The ventral surface is rippled with a positive hinge fracture at that end. Invasive angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the curve of either end, and may be masked by subsequent battering along one side. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 23.7mm, Width: 20.2mm, Thickness: 9.7mm, Weight: 4.89gms
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-4AE14B
Object type: BORER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probable flint borer, awl or scraper of probable late Neolithic to (early?) Bronze Age date (c. 3300 BC - 1000BC). It is also  It is a unifacially worked tertiary flake with no cortex remaining. There is evidence of short, scaled, semi-abrupt retouch along the dorsal margins together with invasive, stepped, semi-abrupt retouch moving toward the centre of the dorsal surface. There is also a distinct flake scar with visible ripple scars towards the proximal end of the dorsal surface. This creates a recess in the surface of the implement that could possibly have been…
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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Record ID: NLM-492486
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Honey-brown flint with cortex, scraper. A thumbnail scraper with two broad flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a bulb at one end of its ventral surface. Invasive angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the curved end. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 29.2mm, Width: 23.4mm, Thickness: 9.4mm, Weight: 5.86gms
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-48E148
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey-brown flint with cortex, debitage. An irregular flake from the outer surface of a nodule with a bulbar ventral surface. Possibly formed by frost action in ‘pot lid’ form, but very roughly trimmed with a hard hammer and bearing at least two drafts of angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect. Probably an ephemeral tool knocked out for a single passing use. Suggested date: Bronze Age, 2350-800 BC. Length: 37.6mm, Width: 37.7mm, Thickness: 7.3mm, Weight: 11.65gms
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-48BF97
Object type: FABRICATOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey flint with off-white patch near its tip, probable fabricator fragment. A thick pointed flake of plano-convex section with large flakes initially trimmed from its dorsal side and a flat ventral surface. Invasive angled scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect is carried over most of the surface; this was perhaps interrupted by removal of a further flake from the butt end of the tool. Though this need not have interfered with its function, it does not bear wear suggesting it to be the result of a deliberate modification. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: …
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-481055
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Early-Middle Bronze Age axe, probably a flanged axehead of uncertain sub-type dating to the period 1600 - 1300 BC. This corresponds with the Acton Park II, and Taunton metalworking Assemblages, that correspond with Needham Period 4 or 5.  Only the butt has survived. It is rectangular and convex with cast flanges that are triangular in cross-section, tapering towards the septum. The fragment is very worn and pitted, with patches of developed brown surface in places. The break is patinated and an old break. See for paralle…
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-397D2B
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale blue-grey flint with cortex, scraper. A small thick chunk with a slightly concave ventral surface, probably broken in antiquity removing the striking platform, and with cortex removed from the opposite curving edge by short abrupt scalar retouch executed from the dorsal aspect. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 Length: 18.5mm, Width: 19.3mm, Thickness: 8.5mm, Weight: 3.78gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-393368
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale grey flint scraper. A small thumbnail scraper with broad flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a concave ventral surface. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the curving edge opposite a flat butt, perhaps where the flake broke in antiquity. A dense creamy patina suggests a subsequent period of exposure to a calcareous environment. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 Length: 18.8mm, Width: 22.5mm, Thickness: 6.7mm, Weight: 3.89gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-38CFD8
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale cream coloured opaque flint scraper. A small thick flake with a broad flake struck from its dorsal side and with a striking platform at one end of a bulbar ventral surface. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the curved edge on one side, possibly hinting at a left-handed user. Battered. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 29.6mm, Width: 23.5mm, Thickness: 6.6mm, Weight: 6.03gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-385F3C
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cream coloured opaque flint with cortex, scraper. An oval pebble with a broad flake struck from its dorsal side and with a bulbar ventral surface with a striking platform at one side. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows that part of the curving edge opposite the striking platform, which seems to have served as a butt. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 23.1mm, Width: 34.6mm, Thickness: 9mm, Weight: 7.63gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-3777D3
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cream coloured opaque flint scraper. A small thumbnail scraper with a broad flake struck from its dorsal side and with a bulbar ventral surface. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the curving edge, with a possible striking platform serving as a butt. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 23.4mm, Width: 24.6mm, Thickness: 6.4mm, Weight: 4.88gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-333916
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale grey flint barbed and tanged arrowhead. A small triangular arrowhead bearing covering angled scalar retouch overall, with two tapered barbs [one chipped] between a tapered tang. A lentoid longitudinal profile marks a very efficient weapon tip combining its penetrative power and barbs with light weight. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600BC Length: 25.5mm, Width: 20.2mm, Thickness: 5.1mm, Weight: 1.48gms
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotter', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-21F21C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
7 sherds, body apart from one possible basal, Rusticated Beaker pottery, reduced, thickness 8-16mm, weight 65g. (in addition, 3 small, rounded pieces of fired silty clay, reduced pale grey, weight 12g, small fragments of animal bone, charcoal)
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-219F78
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 body sherd Beaker pottery with a diagonal grooved lattice, reduced with oxidised exterior, thickness 7mm, weight 4g.
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-218282
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
44 sherds Early to Middle Bronze Age grog tempered pottery, perhaps biconical urn, all body apart from one rim and three with basal angle, many with internal sooting, predominantly reduced, thickness 9-15.5mm, weight 518g (in addition, many small, rounded pieces of fired silty clay, reduced pale grey, weight 94g).
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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Record ID: ESS-E0B50C
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a socketed axehead of uncertain type of Late Bronze Age date (c.1150-800BC) Description: The object remains as the blade end including the bottom of the waisted body which flares and curls out to the blade's corners which are now worn. The cutting edge is curved and worn. The socketed end has worn transverse break. There are no visible casting seams. The object has a medium green patina.  Measurements: length: 25mm; width: 33.7mm; thickness: 13mm; weight: 27.11g
Created on: Friday 12th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2023
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Record ID: ESS-D07AEB
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy spearhead of probable middle to late Bronze Age date (c.1550 – 800 BC) Description: The object remains as the tip end of the spearhead. It is triangular in plan and sub-lozenge in cross-section having a pronounced rounded midrib which runs, although gradually flattens, towards the tip. Either side of the midrib are wings which widen towards an old transverse break. The socket is circular. The object has a medium green pitted patina. A ring of light green metal can be seen within the socket. Measurments: length: 28mm; widt…
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2023
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Record ID: DEV-CDC5E9
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken copper-alloy spearhead, Davis (2006, p.34) Type 3B: Flame Narrow blade, dating to the Acton Park to Taunton Industrial phase of the Middle Bronze Age c. 1500-1140 cal. BC (dating Needham et al. 1997). The spearhead is broken into three sections, most likely through post-depositional damage, but can be refitted to roughly illustrate its original form. The smallest section is the tip, which is blunt and severley pitted. A second section represents the upper half of the blade, and the third and largest section represents the base of the blade and the socket. T…
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2023
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Record ID: GLO-BACF4E
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crude concave scraper on a tertiary flake. This flake has one arise on the dorsal and a large bulb of percussion on the ventral.  On the first half of the left side is crude, abrupt, inverse flake removal forming a concave working edge.  This is a mid-brown flint with lighter patches.
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: GLO-BA4EC4
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint knife on a secondary flake. This flake one arrise on the dorsal and a large bulb of percussion bulb on the ventral. The is short, low angled, direct retouch on the left side. The right side and top edge have suffered extensive frost damage. Grey flint with a creamy speckled patina forming the areas of frost damage has removed the patina exposing the flint.  
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: GLO-B9DEB2
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint scraper on a secondary flake. This flake has a large negative blubs of percussion on the dorsal and a shallow bulb on the ventral. There is thick cortex covering the top edge of the flint. Down the left side are poorly struck inverse, scaled, abrupt retouch.  Retouch is also present on the right side but here it is direct, short and abrupt.  This is a dark greyish brown flint with light patches that dates to the Bronze Age.
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: GLO-B96FB3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lithic implement, this is a triangular secondary flake with 50% cortex and one arise on the dorsal.  There is a shallow bulb of percussion on the ventral. On the left side are semi-abrupt, scaled and direct retouch which is very poorly executed. Dark grey flint with lighter patches.
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: GLO-B75DFD
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic- Bronze Age side and end scraper. This has a negative large bulb of percussion on the ventral and one arise on the dorsal. Running around the forward edge are rough, direct, abrupt, scaled retouch creating a curved working edge. Alternating, semi-abrupt, short retouch running down the left side . 5% cortex on the dorsal, dark brown flint with grey patches. 
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: LIN-B5E1EC
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Miniature copper-alloy axehead of Early Bronze Age c. 2000 BC - 1700 BC. The object is a miniature or model flat axehead or chisel. The sides are bowed. It is trapezoidal and wedge-shaped in cross-section with a flaring cutting edge and narrowed shaft. The sides descend from the butt almost vertically then expand in a smooth curve to produce a cutting edge. Heavily pitted with some damage to the cutting edge. Length: 51.78 mm; Width: 31.65 mm; Thickness: 9.77 mm; Weight: 58g Diminutive axes are often associated with Roman votive offerings…
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-A4D394
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Period: Late Bronze Age (Ewart phase in England; Ewart/Dowris in Ireland) Object type: A so-called ‘dress fastener’, a penannular object with conical, trumpet-mouthed terminals Date of object: 1000 – 800 BCE (Late Bronze Age) Dress fastener with solid, cast 'bow' or 'handle' ending in two sub-conical terminals. The terminals appear to have been raised from the joining bar or 'bow' (which is circular in cross section and tapers towards the terminal cones) by hammering (planishing) and small hammer marks are visible on the surfaces o…
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-A33ECB
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete worked flint or chert tertiary flake or blade of Late Neolithic to Bronze Age date (C.2500-1500BC). Description: The object is broadly rectangular in plan and trapezoid in cross-section. It is also slightly curved in profile. It has been produced from a medium orange flint. There is no evidence of striking on either face; the dorsal face has two prominent longitudinal ridges to each side. The edges have short, abrupt, sub-parallel retouch to both the dorsal and ventral faces. The dorsal face has a areas of white surface patina. Measurements: length: 53mm; width: …
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 10th July 2023
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Record ID: ESS-A2F8F0
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete worked flint tertiary flake of Late Neolithic to Bronze Age date (C.2500-1500BC). Description: The object is broadly trapezoid in plan and triangular in cross-section. It is also curved in plan and in profile. It has been produced from a dark grey flint with areas of light grey. The ventral face bears the bulb of percussion and concentric ripples; the dorsal face has one prominent longitudinal ridge to one side. The edges have short, abrupt, sub-parallel retouch to both the dorsal and ventral faces.  Measurements: length: 87.2mm; width: 45.5mm; thickness: 8.…
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-90F5B1
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy rectangular section awl or other leather working tool, of unknown date. The find has one pointed end, the other is wedge shaped. It has a mottled mid green patina. Dimensions: 51.2mm in length; 6.9 mm in width; 6.89g in weight. While many copper alloy awls are known from the Bronze Age, it is difficult to be confident about this particular item given that the shape of awls changed little over time. Therefore a Late Bronze Age to Medieval date is given (c. 1250 BC - AD 1500).  There are many exam…
Created on: Monday 8th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2023
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Record ID: CORN-8F1527
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thumbnail scraper of probable late Neolithic to Beaker Period/Middle Bronze Age date, (c. 2500 BC - 1000 BC). The scraper is sub-oval in plan and bi-convex with a D-shaped cross section. There is evidence of abrupt retouch around approximately two thirds of the circumference where no cortex remains. There is a patch of cortex remaining on the convex face, making this a secondary flake. There are clear conchoidal ripple marks on the flat face together with evidence of some small-scale flake removal. The scraper is a light pinkish brown in colour, with the fl…
Created on: Monday 8th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
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Record ID: CORN-8E1107
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A thumbnail scraper of probable late Neolithic to Beaker Period/Middle Bronze Age date, (c. 2500 BC - 1000 BC).  The scraper is sub-circular in plan and bi-convex with a D-shaped cross section. There is evidence of abrupt retouch around approximately three quarters of the circumference where no cortex remains. There is a patch of cortex remaining on the convex face, making this a secondary flake. There are clear conchoidal ripple marks on the flat face. The scraper is amber-brown in colour, with two clear patches of dark brown present. The remaining cortex is crea…
Created on: Monday 8th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
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Record ID: CORN-8D61BD
Object type: BORER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A borer of probable Neolithic to Bronze Age date (c. 2800 BC - 801 BC). The object is sub-triangular in plan and is bi-convex with a broadly D-shaped cross-section. It has one flat and one convex face. The flat face features clear conchoidal ripple marks while the convex face is largely covered by cortex, making it a secondary flake. It appears that the proximal end of the dorsal face has been retouched on both margins to form a projecting point, creating a clear chisel-like edge with evidence of flake removal leading away from the working point. The borer is a sl…
Created on: Monday 8th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
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Record ID: GAT-4D2298
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment. The fragment is sub rectangular in form and appears to be very dense in composition. The find is possibly a fragment of a copper alloy ingot, likely Bronze Age - Roman in date.  
Created on: Friday 5th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanddyfnan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4CC2EC
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Bronze Age copper-alloy gouge, dating to c. 1000 - 800 BC. The object is sub-rectangular in plan, circular in cross section. The gouge tapers in width and thickness from its collared socket to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which has a v-shaped concave indent that extends from the tip to the collar.  It is chipped at the socket end and the collar is stilll present. There is a single circular iron rivet (6.88mm diameter) that is present on the back of the gouge, about 2.26mm from the tip .The socket has a depth of 49.36mm Length: 83.05 mm Width:…
Created on: Friday 5th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 19th May 2023
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Record ID: DEV-3C7513
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, unlooped copper-alloy palstave axehead dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1500-1140 BC. The blade flares from the stop ridge forming an roughly convex cutting-edge, but it is uneven due to damage. The blade tapers from the stop ridge to the blade edge, creating a wedge-shaped, triangular profile. The blade length seems short in proportion to the butt length when compared to other palstaves. On both faces of the palstave, there are two depressions forming a central ridge, creating the shape of a shield. The stop ridge is wide…
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-3C303A
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy spearhead tip dating to the Bronze Age (c. 1500-800 BC) The object consists of the tip of the spearhead only, the rest of the body and socket are missing. The blade is sub-triangular in shape and lozenge in section. It has a prominent, circular mid-rib in the centre that is socketed, and two very worn blade protrude the side; one blade is almost fully incomplete, the other is mostly incomplete. The surface is rough and worn and iron staining is present along the more complete blade. The object has an overall light green patina. Dimension…
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-3BE5E0
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating to the early Bronze Age or Beaker Period (c. 2400-1500 BC).  This arrowhead has been knapped from a light grey-white piece of flint and there is no cortex remaining. It is broadly sub-triangular in plan with sharp point and is lentoid in cross section. It is broadly symmetrical in shape, with two notches chipped into the base of the flint to separate the barbs and the tang, both barbs are still intact. Both the long sides of the arrowhead have been precisely retouched to create sharp edges. The obje…
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-38EA68
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy flanged axehead (developed flat axe) dating from the final phase of the Early to the earliest Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000-1700 BC). The axehead is most probably of the axe type Arreton which is dated to Early Bronze Age III, of metalworking stage V, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 3 circa 2000-1700 CAL BC. The object has straight sides, a worn butt end and a flared cutting edge with concave shoulders, it is lentoid in profile. The cutting edge is broad and crescentic in plan with slightly flared tips. It measures 53.9mm in width a…
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
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Record ID: NCL-261011
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy axehead of probable Bronze Age date, possibly early Bronze conforming to Needham's Class 2D Halberton type, c. BC 2350-1601. The axehead has a trapezoidal shape with straight sides, a broad butt, and very minimal blade tip expansion. The cutting edge is largely in tact and free from knicks and breaks. it has a lenticular, narrow profile. The patina is powdery, pale green with some surface pitting. Due to the lack of blade tip expansion and the near rectangular shape, this broadly conforms to Needham's Class 2D Halberton type which date from the Early Bro…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-0D5565
Object type: CORE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint bladelet core of grey flint with a single striking platform from which a number of small flakes and blades have been removed. Some of the flake scars are concave suggesting excessive force used in the striking. The core appears to have been opportunistically worked from a large fragment of a crudely or perhaps naturally broken flint nodule, with little in the way of formal preparation. It retains a light brown cortex around half of its exterior and a linear void from fossil inclusions across the rear part of the striking platform. This lack of preparation li…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
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Record ID: NMS-FB90D8
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age copper alloy axe-chisel, The greater part of both faces retain their shiny surface or patina and there is no stop-bevel and the profile is lenticular. The straight sides, the butt and the cutting edge are badly scuffed, with damage to the latter, some quite recent, being especially severe. It is possible that all traces of low flanges have been removed through wear but on balance it is more likely that the object was flat. Despite its imperfact condtion it is safe to assign it to Needham's Class 3 (Needham 2017, 36-7 and 60). Weight 63.17g. Leng…
Created on: Monday 1st May 2023
Last updated: Sunday 3rd September 2023
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Record ID: LIN-A3089A
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy awl probably dating to Late Bronze Age (1150 - 800 BC). The awl is elongated and has four broadly rectangular facets tapering gently at both ends. The middle width is almost square in cross-section, with the widest point is approximately at the centre of it. One of the end has a pointed tip, circular in cross-section and probably used to pierce leather and similar materials. The other end is flat and sub-rectangular in cross section. The awl is smooth, undecorated and covered with a well developed brownish-green patina It measures 82.91 mm …
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thorpe on the Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-90481B
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rod of possibly Bronze Age date. The body is circular in cross section and tapers at one end into a four grooved point which appears worn and smoothed at the tip. The opposite end has an old break.  The surface has some damage with striation marks longitudinally and latitudinally as well as pitting. Dimensions:  The length is 110 mm with the rod having a diameter of 8 mm and the point narrowing to 4 mm. The weight is 103.13 g. This object has been published in Knight et al. 2015, pp. 40 & 103, no. 121b. 
Created on: Wednesday 26th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2023
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Record ID: DEV-8FAB47
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Bronze Age axehead c. 2150 - 1650 BC. The fragment comprises of the front portion of the axehead. The head is rectangular and widens into the blade. The blade edge has been hammered to raise the flanges. The cutting tip appears damaged. The surface is uneven and pitted. A similar one can be found illustrated in Leahy and Lewis (2018, 206-207), recorded on this database - see NMS-7AA90G and LVPL-613611. Measurements: The length is 36 mm. The width of the rectangular body is 27 mm and widens to the blade with a width of 53 mm. The weig…
Created on: Wednesday 26th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2023
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Record ID: IOW-7CED36
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Bronze Age cast copper alloy rapier blade dating to c. 1400-1100 cal BC. The blade is double edged, tapering, with a central ridge on both faces that produced a lozenge form profile. This is a fragment of the tip of the blade, although the very end of the blade is also missing. The top would probably have terminated in a tang. The fragment is 37mm long, 14mm wide, 4.5mm thick and weighs 4.41 grams. While incomplete the long narrow blade of the object is similar to that seen on rapiers illustrated by Burgess and Gerloff (1981). These are broadly dated t…
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-7C3345
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy bead of uncertain date, possibly Bronze Age to Roman, c.1800 BC - AD 1000. The object is spherical with a central perforation running through it. The surface is fairly smooth with a glossy green patina. Numerous similar beads have been recorded with a variety of date ranges suggested. Copper-alloy spherical beads are difficult to date without a secure stratified context, and thus a wide date range has been suggeste  Without doing a comparative analysis of the alloy used in their manufacture, dating of this sort of bead is problem…
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-7C2D20
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy bead of uncertain date, possibly Bronze Age to Roman, c.1800 BC - AD 1000. The object is spherical with a central perforation running through it. The surface is fairly smooth with a glossy green patina. Numerous similar beads have been recorded with a variety of date ranges suggested. Copper-alloy spherical beads are difficult to date without a secure stratified context, and thus a wide date range has been suggeste  Without doing a comparative analysis of the alloy used in their manufacture, dating of this sort of bead is problem…
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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Record ID: BERK-6E0A6D
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle to Late Bronze Age gold penannular ring dating to c. 1300 - 750BC. A complete gold bi-partite penannular ring comprising of two bands of gold stacked one on top of the other, and apparently soldered together. Each band is sub-circular (oval) in cross-section and the ring is sub-circular (oval) when viewed in plan. The terminals are flat and nearly meet at the centre. There is no decoration on the ring. Thickness: 6.1 mm, Weight: 7.4 g, Diameter: 14.8 mm. Penannular rings are a relatively common class of artefact reported through …
Created on: Monday 24th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chieveley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-672C35
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment from the central part of the blade of a small rapier or dirk of Middle Bronze Age date c. 1500 – 1100BC. The fragment is 16.3mm in length and 18.7mm in width, with lenticular cross section and a rounded rib, 3.8mm thick, at the centre to give strength to the blade. The edges of the blade have been lost to post depositional abrasion; the remaining surface has an even green patina.
Created on: Monday 24th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-55D8E2
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged chisel with much ancient pockmarking and profuse less old and recent scuffing and fresh localised loss of patinated surfaces. What remains of the cutting edge is quite blunt.  The tang is of rectangular cross-section and tapers from the stop or collar to what was probably a rounded terminal. Weight 10.04g. Length 53.3mm. Width at cutting edge 16.9mm. Thickness at collar 7.3mm. c.1000 - c.700 BC
Created on: Sunday 23rd April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-15355C
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable fragment of the tip of a Bronze Age axehead. It has two extant edges: part or all of the convex cutting edge (if all, then it was a very small axe) and a straight, or nearly straight worn break. The break is transverse when viewed from the front or rear face and oblique when viewed from either of the lateral ends. The fragment expands in thickness uniformly from the cutting edge to the break. This occurs mainly on one face and is much less pronounced on the other. c. 2350 to 800 B.C. Length (measured transversely to the axe, along the cutting edge/break): 29.3mm.  Width …
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-119D95
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint barbed and tanged arrowhead made from light brown flint, 24mm in length and 14mm wide. The arrowhead is narrow and triangular with a squared tang and small trapezoidal barbs with squared ends. The tang and barbs are inomplete. Both faces have covering scaled low angle retouch. 
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-FF1974
Object type: PLANO CONVEX KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Plano-convex knife, reshaped from an earlier (most likely Neolithic) hard hammer struck tertiary blade-like flake; the original surfaces of the earlier struck flint are patinated (to the dorsal face) slightly misty blue grey with the occasional spotty iron stain, the ventral face is much paler where the patination has leeched in more successfully, much of the lateral edges and the point have been carefully pressure flaked during the Early Bronze Age to convert the flake to the plano-convex knife, These flake scars are neatly flaked in sequence (pattern pressure flaked), especially to o…
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-FCE034
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy middle Bronze Age spearhead dating from 1550-1250 BC. Only part of a socketed shaft survives. It is circular in cross-section at the wider end, and tapers to a rounded lozenge shape cross-section at the narrow end. Both ends are broken. There are the remains of side loops. The object is 41.1mm long and weighs 10.06g.  The diameter at the base is 12.9mm and at the top is 7.2mm. The metal is dark green and pitted. See Davis (2017) Later Prehistoric Finds Group Object datasheet number 5.
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-FBE97C
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy awl 60.7mm in length. One half has a sub rounded cross section and tapers to a point, the other has a sub rectangular section which tapers to an incomplete chisel tip. The surface has a deep-green patina with considerable loss, but there is no evident decoration.
Created on: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 2023
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Record ID: NARC-EB50E6
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Flat Axe of Early Bronze Age dating (2350-2050 BC). The object is sub rectangular in shape with a slightly splayed crescent shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges. The butt is narrowed and squared in profile. The external edges are worn and have a slight hammer raised flange. There is no clear stop ridge evident.  Length: 88.57mm, Width (blade): 33.92mm, Width (butt): 17.39mm, Thickness (blade): 3.11mm, Thickness (butt): 2.69mm, Thickness (stop ridge): 12.48mm, Weight: 114.4g The metal is dark green/brown …
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 18th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-E927CC
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very small mouth sherd of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead with all surfaces including breaks covered in ferrous staining. Extant length and width 11.2 and 23mm. Weight 6.53g. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 18th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2023
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Record ID: DOR-D2EF2C
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete small copper alloy chisel or possibly a miniature flat axe. The object has a butt which tapers to a point and a flaring blade with a convex cutting edge which is chipped. It thickens from the butt to the centre and then thins to the cutting edge giving it a sub oval longitudinal profile. It is rectangular in its transverse cross section. Date: Bronze Age - c. 1100 - 800 BC Dimensions: 61.34 mm x 20.05 mm x 4.35 mm Weight: 11.29 g Similar objects can be found on the PAS database at: SF-81B0CD and DOR-D8751E
Created on: Monday 17th April 2023
Last updated: Saturday 2nd December 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-960BB6
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomlete cast copper-alloy leaf-shaped rat tail razor of Early to Mid Bronze Age date, c. 2150-1500 BC. The razor is leaf-shaped in plan with a projecting triangular cross-sectioned tang at one end. The tang terminates in a distinct curve which constitutes the remnants of the 'rat tail' which would have held the original wood, bone or antler handle in place. The cutting edges run the length of each side of the leaf shaped blade and are slightly damaged along the sides with the top areas of the blades missing. There is a pronounced rounded mid rib visible on one of the…
Created on: Friday 14th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
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