Record ID: LVPL-FA0B6D
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire East
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 brown flint, there is no cortex remaining, but a light grey / white patination is present on both faces. 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, one barb is still intact. Both the long sides of the arrowhead have been precisely reto…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
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Record ID: SF-9148D5
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper-alloy sword dating 1000-800 BC. It consists of a fragment of the blade. It is sub-rectangular in plan and lenticular in section. One end contains a fairly recent break, tapering inwards into a fairly old break. The edges are bevelled. The faces of the blade are plain. The fragmentary remains preclude typological designation so it is broadly dated to the Late Bronze Age.
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bulmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-7E3DCD
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy spearhead fragment. Tip of a cast spearhead of lozenge section, melted at its proximal end where the tip of the central hollow casting appears. Suggested date: Middle to late Bronze Age, 1500-800BC Length: 26.3mm, Width: 16.9mm, Thickness: 6.6mm, Weight: 6.92gms
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-3A7AE2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from the butt of a Bronze Age (c. -1500 to c. -950) axehead possibly a palstave of flanged axeead. The copper alloy fragment is a sub rectangle with one terminal being broken, but not recently. The opposite edge tapers slightly in width and also tapers to a blunt point in thickness. The long edges on both faces have a slight lip on both faces representing the beginings of flanges. The upper and lower surface of the fragment has an incomplete matte mid green patina. The fragment measures 23.62mm in length, 24.94mm in width and 7.88mm thickness and weighs 18.94g. …
Created on: Saturday 21st October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-269CCA
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy (bronze) spearhead, likely from the Middle Bronze Age (1450-1150 BC). There is a central rib running along the blade with a high profile and a lozenge shaped cross section that tapers towards the tip of the spear, which would mean that the fragment is likely from a Middle Bronze Age looped and socketed spearhead, similar to HESH-8E7894. The original blade would likely have been leaf-shaped. The blade has lost some of its cutting edge due to abrasion in the soil, and parts of the blade have been chipped off, most notably a triangular sect…
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-258D88
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small flint scraper, probably a thumbnail type of Bronze Age date (c. 2400 BC - 1500 BC) struck from a tertiary flake, 32mm in length. The distal end has short abrupt retouch defining a working edge. The surface has a heavy white patination from prolonged deposition in calcareous sediments.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-256526
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint hollow scraper of later Bronze Age date made from a secondary flake of red brown flint, 38.8mm in length. The distal edge is concave with short, abrupt retouch.
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-2549F5
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint thumbnail scraper of Bronze Age date (c. 2400 BC - 1500 BC) struck from a secondary flake of grey flint, 34.9mm in length. The distal end has short abrupt retouch defining a working edge. 
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-2415BE
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A barbed and tanged flint arrowhead of Sutton B type (Green, 1980), 39mm in length, dating to the early Bronze Age / Beaker period (c. 2500 BC-c. 1500 BC) and made from a pale grey-brown flint. The arrowhead is triangular with lenticular cross-section and has scaled and low angle retouch on both sides. Both barbs and the tang are present. The barbs have obliquely angled tips (Type C) and the tang is rounded (Type G).
Created on: Friday 20th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 20th October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-17EAA0
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from a cast copper alloy spearhead, or possibly arrowhead, of Bronze Age date (c.1500-800 cal BC). The fragment is made of part of the blade that has been truncated by a transverse break just before its spear tip and another ragged break further down its body. The blade edge is pitted and corroded with breaks so that it is not possible to determine its original dimensions. The fragment has a circular mid rib that is hollow down its centre. It has a medium green patina. The fragment is 38.5mm long, 21.9mm wide, 9.84mm thick and weighs 16.6 grams This fragment is too incomp…
Created on: Thursday 19th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East of Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-FB76A5
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy side looped spearhead fragment. A small cast and slightly tapered socket with opposed loops of length 11mm near its upper narrower end, both now worn or broken to paired stubs. The socket mouth [chipped] is of estimated diameter 15.4mm and the diameter at the broken upper end is 10.7mm. Davis 2012 dates these forms to c. 1500-1000 cal BC. Length: 36.9mm, Thickness (wall, clear of loops): 1.5mm, Weight: 10.40gms
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
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Record ID: ESS-E99504
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy scabbard chape of Bronze Age date (c.1050-800BC) Description:  The object is broadly rectangular in plan and lozengiform in cross-section. It is hollow with a diagonal break at one end,leaving only parts of two of the four sides, and complete at the other with a knop at the terminal. It has a light to medium green patina.   Measurements: Length 41.3m, Width: 11.6mm, Thickness: 8.8 mm, Weight: 9.06 g Discussion: Compare with WILT-37F8E1. 
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
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Record ID: ESS-E97221
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of vessel of probable Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age date (c.1000 - c. 600 BC).  Description:  The sherd is a body sherd, sub-rectangular in plan and slightly curved in profile. It is of a handmade grey, soft fabric. It is well fired, and is tempered with angular, poorly sorted, flint inclusions.  Measurements: Length: 27.1mm, Width: 21.5mm, Thickness: 10.3 mm, Weight: 6.17 g
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-E802E1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 one coil and is undecorated. The metal has a mid-green patina and is in fair condition. The ring is 25.4mm long, 24.4mm wide, 3.7mm thick and weighs 4.8g. 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…
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: WILT-D2AF18
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age to Medieval copper alloy awl, dating to c.1250 BC-AD 1500. It is incomplete because there is a small early break at one end. It is a long slim oval in form, but slightly wider towards one end than the other, sub oval in cross section with flatter sides. One end is pointed, the other probably also originally pointed but now jagged at the break. Both flatter sides have a wide longitudinal groove which echoes  the overall shape, more pronounced on one side than the other. Close to the break there is a chunk missing from the edge …
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-D0846D
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast Bronze Age dirk dating to c.BC 1500-1150. (Burgess and Gerloff’s Group IV). The dirk has a central blade that tapers to a point. It is triangle shaped in plan and lozenge shaped in section. The blade has a central thickening and is broken towards the end of the butt. It is not clear the break is intentional or post depositional damage. The edges of the blade have been dulled and damaged, creating an edge that has become serrated. The dirk has a green patina with areas that have blackened throughout the blade. Dimensions: Length 132.0mm, Width 24.5mm, Thicknes…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: LON-93CAA1
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrow head dating to the period c. 2700 - 1000 BC. The arrowhead is sub triangular in shape, one of the barbs has broken away but both notches are visible. The tang may have been foreshortened by damage. There appears to be low level scaled retouch on both faces. The flint is a light grey colour. Dimensions: length: 19.74mm; width: 16.81mm; thickness: 3.07mm; weight: 0.93g
Created on: Friday 13th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2023
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Record ID: WAW-921B79
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy (bronze) socketed axehead of Middle Bronze Age to early Iron Age date (c. 1300-800 BC). The object only survives as the blade edge and part of the body of a socketed axehead that is sub-trapezoidal in plan and sub-triangular in side-section. The blade edge is curved but very worn, and the surviving section of the body has uneven breaks, with more of the right-hand side of the body surviving than the left-hand side. The axehead has a largely dark, greenish brown patina with some lighter green sections. The thick orange patina that exists on part of…
Created on: Friday 13th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: ESS-807BE0
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper-alloy awl of probable of Bronze Age date (c.1600-800 cal BC). Description: The object is hexagonal in cross section, slightly thicker at approximatley two thirds along its length. From here, the awl bends at an approximate 20 degree angle. Both ends are pointed.  It has a light green and brown patchy patina. Measurements: length: 58.2mm; width and thickness: 4.5mm; weight: 4.94g Discussion: Awls were a range of rod-like tools that were usually round sectioned and pointed at one end, and rectangular sectioned with a …
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
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Record ID: GAT-7DEAC4
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age flat axehead. The find is truncated into two fragments with an irregular break towards the butt. The axe is pitted with a light brown and mid green patina. The surfaces are flat and do not show any signs of side flanges. From the butt, which is sub-oval in profile, the sides of the axe expand in width to the blade. Both tips of the blade are truncated, although one more so than the other. Both would have likely extended slightly further.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tref Alaw', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-69D01E
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description of objects (AG) 1. Faceted and socketed axe, Type Gillespie, bronze – half of mouth missing Dimensions: length 81.8mm; surviving blade width 43.9mm; body width below loop 30.9mm; external mouth dimensions (side to side) approx. 30.6mm; depth socket approx. 59.0mm; width loop 6.1-7.6mm; surviving weight (before conservation) 137.0g. This is a near complete bronze faceted axe, missing one half of its mouth on one face and side. The axe has distinct angular facets down each face side-margin, giving the entire axe eight facets in total. The axe has a deep onset colla…
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
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Record ID: NCL-68E2CB
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible fragment of a Bronze Age copper alloy flat axe head, c. BC 2350-801. The artefact consists of a solid, sub-rectangular copper alloy fragment with rectangular profile. One of the edges is linear and bevelled with a rounded corner and some small nicks and dents, possibly resulting from use as a cutting edge. The opposite edge is more irregular and not bevelled. One short end looks intact, with a rounded corner. The opposite short end is broken diagonally. One face has a smooth, brown patina. The other face has a brown patina which has been pitted and dented revealing green corr…
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-671DDD
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small barbed and tanged arrowhead of Green, H, S, (1980) type Sutton b, with the barbs just shorter than the tang, made from a struck flake, unusually with the bulb of percussion originally orientated at the tang (they tend to be orientated to the point), the concentric ripples to the ventral face are somewhat exaggerated. The flint is now patinated orange/brown from contact with iron oxides in the soil, The main shaping was quickly pressure flaked to a fairly steep angle, as opposed to the invasive pressure flaking on larger examples; this is probably due to the small size of the arro…
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-55FF9D
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy awl of probable Late Bronze Age date c. 1500-800BC Just over half of the awl is rectangular in cross section, tapering to a blunt, chisel-like point. The other half is circular in cross section, and tapers to a sharp round point on opposing end. The surface has a very dark green/black patina, with considerable pitting. No decoration is evident. Dimensions: length: 59.39mm,  width (at middle) 5.62mm,  weight: 7.43g Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely and found from the Late Bronze Age through to the Medieval period, see:…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-5544D8
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy bun ingot dating to the later middle to late Bronze Age (c. 1150 - 600 BC). The fragment comprises a quarter of an ingot which is plano-convex in section and a quarter circle in plan, with old breaks on two perpendicular sides and the third being curved. The shape suggests an origin in a bowl furnace rather than a mould. The surface is pitted, which is likely the result of air bubbles formed during the casting process. Length: 81.1 mm Height: 30.4 mm Width: 64.4 mm Weight: 588 g Similar…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-5529C0
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast copper alloy spearhead, probably dating to the middle or late Bronze Age (c.1550 – 800 BC). Only the tip of the spear remains, and is broken into two conjoining fragments. The fragments together result in an object which is narrow and triangular in plan, tapering to the point. It has a pronounced, lozenge-shaped midrib which is solid and runs to the point of the spear, with narrow wings of the blade to either side. The breaks appear to be ancient and highly abraded. The fragments have a dark…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-550444
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe head, dating from about 1300-700 BC. The fragment consists of the axe's blade above which is a worn and abraded break that reveals a shallow portion of the socket, c. 2 mm deep. The axe fragment is sub-trapezoidal in plan. The broken edge of the axe runs transversely across its body giving an irregular, but mostly flat, edge. In cross section the body of the axe is sub-rectangular, as revealed by the break, while the blade is vesica (a pointed oval) shaped. At the broken termination of the axehead is the…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-3F6B3D
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy basal-looped spearhead dating to the Middle Bronze Age about 1400 to 1125 BC. The spearhead has a sub-triangular blade with a raised rounded mid-rib ridge extending to the tip of the blade on both faces. The cutting edges are bevelled. There is an oval loop incorporated into the base of the blade on each side of the socket. The socket is circular in cross-section and contains surviving wood. The object is 153.9mm long and 35.1mm wide.  The base has a diameter of 20.6mm.  It weighs 115.16g. This is an example of a Group 8 Middle Br…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-3CF15D
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy awl dating to the late Bronze Age (c.1150-800 BC). The object is square in cross section along half of its length, and at the mid-point transitions to a circular cross-section, terminating at a sharp point. At the other end, the square cross section ends in a broken, chisel-shaped terminal. The surface is undecorated but is pitted throughout and has a light green patina with small patches of darker colouring. Dimensions: Length 55.50mm;width (mid-point) 3.60mm; weight 3.00g OXON-C4D536 on the PAS database states: Awls were a rang…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-02655D
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the haft part of a middle to late Bronze Age copper-alloy side-looped palstave axehead. The butt is extant and fairly well preserved. At the other end, the fragment terminates in a worn transverse break. Just before the break, a remnant of the side loop (a small integral lump) projects from one side. The fragment tapers in width only very slightly from the break to the butt. The flanges on one side are better preserved than the other. Viewed side-on they form a triangle, tapering from the break to a point at the butt. This would be replicated on the other side bu…
Created on: Friday 6th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-E88BC4
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete barbed and tanged arrowhead, of slightly brown patinated mottled grey flint, both faces are extensively pressure flaked with the flake terminations passing over each other at the centre, no sign of the original surface of the flake blank that was used to make this. The tang has survived, though both barbes are missing, one side has been snapped along the axis of the length, taking the barb with it, both the breaks appear to be transverse bending fractures and not impact damage, they are probably post depositional from having heavy agricultural machinery driven over the top. …
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-D5565B
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Piece of gold rod, probably a small fragment of a flange-twisted or bar-twisted torc with three flanges, now bent into a spiral of two full turns. One end is original, with a rounded tip and neat triangular cross-section. From the rounded tip, the terminal flares slightly for c. 10mm and runs straight, before starting to coil. As it starts to curve, each face becomes concave so that the cross-section is Y-shaped, and the rod is then neatly twisted as well as bent into a coil. After two full turns the rod is apparently cut or broken. It is…
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-D48AA8
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A curved cast copper alloy fragment, possibly from the blade from a middle to later Bronze Age axehead of uncertain type. The fragment is 23.7mm long and has a curved cutting edge with a triangular side profile. One edge of the break has a slightly outward curving lip, perhaps suggesting distortion when the blade bent before breaking on impact.
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-C326DB
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Middle Bronze Age short flanged axe, in corroded condition; parts of the original surface survive, but they are surrounded by surface loss and crusty surface expansion, the former especially to the edges. The original surfaces are patinated dark glossy green, the corrosion is shades of medium to light green. The shape is reminiscent of a standard early Palstave axe, though the stop ridge is far less pronounced;it is little more than a low, straight semi-circular bar (c. 3 mm high) defining the end of the septum and the beginning of the blade, set just within the confines of…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-C1C946
Object type: FABRICATOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey flint possible fabricator. A knapped flint implement with two broad flakes struck from its dorsal side and a flat rippled ventral surface with a tiny striking platform at one end. Short abrupt retouch executed from the ventral aspect follows one long edge of a triangular-section object; other marks along the arises between faces are from fortuitous edge-on impacts. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600BC Length: 62mm, Width: 25.6mm, Thickness: 15.2mm, Weight: 24.18gms
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
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Record ID: IOW-BD5D75
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete middle Neolithic to early Bronze Age knapped lithic implement, c. 2700-1600 BC. The implement is an arrowhead, possibly linked to transverse or chisel types. It is formed from a tertiary flake which is sub-triangular with a very slight S-curve to one edge. It is bifacially worked with invasive stepped semi-abrupt and low angle retouch present across the dorsal and ventral surfaces. The flint is a mid-grey colour.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-ACE86F
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast copper alloy ring likely dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2350-800 BC). The ring is discoidal with a central circular aperture measuring c. 18.3 mm in diameter. A central arris, or ridge, can be seen in both the external and internal faces, creating a lozenge-shaped section. The metal looks ancient, with a smooth dark brown patina which is lightly pitted in places. Height: 7.4 mm Thickness: 4.4 mm Weight: 10.3 g Diameter: 26.5 mm Similar finds recorded on the PAS database include NMS-EAF…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2023
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Record ID: SF-AC554A
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone whetstone possibly of Bronze Age date. The whetstone is made from a fine-grained grey stone. It is rectangular-sectioned with with worn broadly rounded terminals. The piece is heavily worn.   It is extremely difficult to date whetstones accurately without any supporting contextual evidence. This object was found in an area of known Bronze Age activity, a similar date therefore cannot be ruled out.
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dedham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-AC2A1B
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone whetstone possibly of Bronze Age date. The whetstone is made from a fine-grained grey stone. It is rectangular-sectioned with with worn broadly rounded terminals. The piece is heavily worn.   It is extremely difficult to date whetstones accurately without any supporting contextual evidence. This object was found in an area of known Bronze Age activity, a similar date therefore cannot be ruled out.
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dedham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-A9A2EA
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary and very worn narrow Palstave of the Middle Bronze Age, dating from around 1600-1150 cal BC. The palstave is broadly rectangular in plan and is lentoid in profile. There are raised ridges on the outer edge of each side and a stop ridge across the centre, forming a H shape in cross-section. The butt is thinner than the blade. The axehead is a dark green in colour with an uneven patina. Abrasion caused by movement whilst within the plough soil has resulted in the loss of most of the original surface detail. The object is 57.9mm long, 17.9mm wide at the stop ridge, 10.7…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2023
Last updated: Saturday 28th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-69940B
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the blade from a middle to later Bronze Age axehead of uncertain type. The fragment is triangular, 22mm long and has a curved cutting edge with a triangular side profile and a lenticular cross section.
Created on: Friday 29th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-3F9A52
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
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 crescentic in shape and is worn and abraded. The incomplete side of the object has a worn but straight cut revealing a grooved interior suggestive of a socketed axehead. The surface is worn and abraded with some patches of original surface. The fragmentary condition of the axe makes typological iden…
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-3F7BF2
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint barbed and tanged arrowhead. This item is triangular in plan and would have had extended barbs to each side of the base, but both are now missing.  In-between the barbs would be a rectangular tang, but again this is also truncated. Multiple flaking scars cover both the ventral and dorsal sides. The flint is covered in a creamy patina with light grey speckling and infrequent orange patches.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-2AB663
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Barbed and tanged arrowhead, of Green, H.S. (1980: The Flint Arrowheads of the British Isles, BAR (British Series) vol.75) Sutton B type. Made from a primary flake of dark brown, good quality flint, with the sandy coloured, worn chalky cortex (the "rind" flint has to its outer surface) remaining to the dorsal face, the edges have been carefully and invasively (as far as the cortex would allow) pressure flaked to shape. The ventral face has had similar flaking; the edges are pressure flaked but the removals didn’t cross over the centre line, leaving the original sur…
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-ED7B49
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Middle to Late Bronze Age copper-alloy early unlooped palstave of primary phase group II dating c. 1500-1250 BC. There is no loop on the palstave. The blade of the palstave is sub-trapezoidal in plan with straight sides and flared blade tips. The blade edge is abraded, slightly blunt and has small notch at one end of the blade. Both faces of the blade are decorated with a single rib which falls short of the stop ridge and at the opposing end terminates in a triangular wedge aligned and extending into the upper edge of the blade facet. The sides of t…
Created on: Saturday 23rd September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-D6B3AA
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Bronze Age axe, dating to c. 1500 - 800 BC. Axe head type not further defined, possibly a fragment of socketed axehead. The fragment is the blade end of the axehead with a ragged transverse break cutting across its body.  There is no trace of a socket at this broken end. Beyond the break the axe widens in smooth concave curves to the blade edge which is crescent shaped.  Length: 39.4 mm Width: 26.6 mm Thickness: 10.4 mm Weight: 38.6 g
Created on: Friday 22nd September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-C6436A
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a middle or late Bronze Age copper-alloy spear head, dating to 1500 BC - 801 BC. The fragment is of the spear tip, which has a solid midrib oval in cross-section, creating a central longitudinal rib on both faces; merging at the tip with the blade edges.The edges of the blades are worn and notched. The object is mainly patinated to a dark brown colour and elsewhere a pale greenish or lighter brown colour.   Length 56.36mm; width at broadest part 14.78mm; thickness 8.02; weight 13.9g
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bildeston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B21176
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but degraded flanged copper alloy flat axe head. It is approximately rectangular, widening along its length towards the blade. The blade flares out to the side. In profile the axe is lenticular, wide in the centre. There is a faint suggestion of parallel lines decorating the object in the top half towards the blade. Also faint are traces of low flanges having been present at one time.The face are worn and degraded, and some of the metal is now missing as a result, especially on one side of the blade, which may also be the reason that the flanges are barely discernible. It is…
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cantsfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-AF1BF4
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Bronze Age socketed axehead dating to the period c. 1000-800 BC. The fragment is the blade end of a socketed axehead, which is trapezoidal in it's surviving shape with a worn cutting edge and rounded corners. The cross-section is triangular, tapering away from the cutting edge, and the breaks are old and worn. The only remaining trace of the socket is a wide indent at the broken end. The metal has a pale green covering patina which is very worn. The fragment is 40.42mm long, 22.85mm wide, 12.11mm thick and weighs 36.22g. Due to the incomplete and worn nature of th…
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarborough area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-AEEDD4
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy awl of Bronze Age to medieval date, c.1250 BC - AD 1500. The awl is sub-rectangular in section and a pointed oval in plan. It has a slight swelling to the mid-point from which one end tapers to a worn point with a sub-circular faceted section. The other end continues with a sub-rectangular section, curves outwards slightly and terminates with a worn sub-rectangular point. The metal has a mid-green/brown patina and is worn. The object is 69.95mm long, 4.64mm wide, 4.47mm thick and weighs 6.46g. A similar object is recorded on the Porta…
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarborough area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9B6171
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze age spearhead in two pieces. The spear is triangular, but slopes downward where it meets the socket. The socket, which is very degraded, is conical in section. The tip of the spear is broken off but still fits the body well, and is certainly from the same spear. The spear head has a central rib which extends down the length to the socket, and either side of this the body is proud of the blade sides and forms a narrow raised triangle, again terminating the the socket. From approximately two centimetres from the tip - and at the point of the break- there are curved lin…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Euxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-9B5A09
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze age axe or chisel of copper alloy. It is a truncated triangle in shape, widening towards the blade but maintaining a narrow profile. The sides are therefore largely parallel with a small cutting area. There is no stop bezel present. The profile is lenticular. Similar shaped axe/chisels are seen in Needham (2017, 60) and are dated to the early Bronze Age Dimensions: 93mm long and 30mm wide, 4.5mm thick. It weighs 73g`
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Euxton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-97E18B
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint arrowhead of the barbed and tang type, dating from the later Neolithic to early Bronze Age. (BC2700-1000). Probably a Beaker Type, 'Sutton b' (See: Green 1980, Fig 45h). The arrrowhead is sub triangular in shape with slightly convex sidesone barb is incomplete.Both faces have been worked with covering, scaled and low-angle retouch.One surface is more convex due to the working of the flint.The core of the flint is of a dark grey colouring with some almost white patches. This was a surface find Dimensions: Length: 8.2 mm; Width: 9.27 mm…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ferryhill area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-8631A9
Object type: BORER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete worked flint possible borer of probable Bronze Age date (c.2350-800 BC). Description: The object is broadly triangular in shape with a slightly curved ventral face. It is formed of a tertiary flake with a translucent grey colour with some darker grey areas. The proximal end has been formed into a blunt point with short, sub-parallel, abrupt retouch to both sides and there are conchoidal ripple marks on the ventral face. This end is much thinner in thickness than the distal end as about a third of the way down the length there is a ridge ac…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-85A955
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy spearhead and associated sheet metal fragments of Middle to Late Bronze Age date (c.1600-800 BC). Description: The object remains as the mid-section of the spearhead, missing its tip and broken at the top of the socket where there are the remains of two loops. It and sub-lozenge in cross-section having a very pronounced rounded midrib which runs towards the tip. Either side of the midrib are wings which are now broken and worn. The socket is circular. The object has a light green patina with medium brown patching.  Measurm…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-819328
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged cast copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. It is broadly rectangular in plan, flaring in width towards the crescentic and enclosed cutting edge. At the other end to the cutting edge the socket has been bent inwards. This gives the axehead a flat rectangular profile. The mouth of the socket has one large moulded transverse rib. The sides of the outer edge of the axe have vertical casting seams on them. A small integrally cast D-shaped loop is fixed on to the side and extends from just below the moulded rib on one side of the axe. The socketed end of the axehe…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-7F4F55
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy palstave like chisel or axe of Middle Bronze Age date. It has a long blade of rectangular section, which tapers to a curved, narrow cutting edge, triangular in section. This expands beyond the blade either side to finish with a short section. The butt end would have been flat but is slightly damaged and therefore curves inwards slightly. The palstave is deep with prominent flanges either side which form a deep, lenticellular shape. The stop ridges are therefore deep too. No casting seem is apparent. The surfaces of the chisel are ve…
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scotforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2DEEFA
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  A Middle Bronze Age hoard consisting of two cast copper alloy palstave axeheads dating to circa 1500-1150 cal BC. A Complete looped palstave axehead. Its butt is flat with a median hemispherical notch. The flanges expand from the just after the butt terminating in a transverse stop ridge which is slightly higher than the flanges protruding as a raised ridge. The septum is 54.5mm long. Beneath the ridge is a moulded shield shape pattern, a design replicated on both faces. Running from the lower edge of the shield down the blade and into the cutting edge is a p…
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Westleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-19A1DB
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper alloy (bronze) socketed axehead dating to the Ewart Park phase of the late Bronze Age date (c. 950-800 BC). The mouth is sub-rectangular (48.16mm high, 39.41mm wide) with a sub-rectangular socket (33.68mm high, 28.69mm wide). There is a slight lip around the edge. There are three longitudinal ribs, spaced evenly on both faces and tapering towards the breaks on both sides. There is a D-shaped loop just below the socket on one side. A casting seam is visible on both sides. There is a break in the object, with it being more of an oblique line on one face and mo…
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-18B771
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy sword fragment, dating to Late Bronze Age, 1000-800 BC. Cast fragment of a long narrow leaf-shaped blade. A flattened rhomboid section at the narrower end of the fragment and the wider end is rendered lentoid. The mid rib is still visible, with old breaks at either end of the section and the cutting edge is uneven. Measurements: The length is 37.88mm, the width is 24.94mm and the weight is 25.53g. Similar objects recorded: NLM-A7B315 and NLM-6C8397.
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-017183
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy blade, probably a razor of the Bronze Age period. It is an elongated leaf shape, possibly too narrow for a razor, but there is no suggestion of any attachment that would signal a spearhead. It is rounded at one end and the other is a sharp point. Both edges have also been sharp at some point. Both sides have a narrow mid rib running along them. It is bent up at each end, and is badly delaminated but otherwise complete, the remaining original surface has an even brown patina. NLM-C12997 has the two mid ribs, and YORYM-B9DF57 is a similar shape. Both of these are…
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: OXON-F1BD44
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A spearhead with basal loops in two pieces dating to the Middle Bronze Age c.1500-1250 cal BC. This records the tip of the spear. This fragment includes the majority of the length of the blade which is now sub-triangular in plan with a transverse ragged break separating it from the hafting socket and basal loops. From this break the spearhead is c25.7mm wide to the ragged blade edges and c16.3mm thick at the midrib. It narrows from this to a rounded point. Its blade edges are very ragged and broken. The fragment has a tall lozenge shaped midrib which is hollow for at le…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gosford and Water Eaton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-F16CE3
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The tip of a Middle Bronze Age Rapier or Dirk fragment possibly a Group IV Type dating to the Middle Bronze Age c.1275-1100 cal BC. Only part of the point survives. The fragment begins at a worn transverse break where it is 12mm wide and 3.8mm thick. From this point it narrows in smooth convex curves to a dull rounded point. The blade edge is chipped frequently along its length. The blade has a sub-oval cross section with slightly crinoline surfaces. The fragment is a medium green colour, The fragment is 44.4mm long, 13.4mm wide, 3.6mm thick and weighs 6.34 grams. The fragment …
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hampton Gay and Poyle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-F166E7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Bronze Age socketed axe of the Wilburton type c. 1140-800 cal BC. The axe-head has an overall length of 105.9mm. It comprises a collared socket below which the body widens gradually from 28.8mm to c.30.3mm down most of its length before flaring more in sharp concave curves to form a winged crescent blade that has a maximum width of 49.2mm. It has one integral attachment loop.  The mouth of the axe is sub-rectangular, with internal dimensions of 25.9mm (depth) by 25.4mm (width). No casting stubs are evident on the mouth but there are broken areas above each face, …
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gosford and Water Eaton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-F15D3C
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A spearhead with basal loops in two pieces dating to the Middle Bronze Age c.1500-1250 cal BC. This records the butt of the spear This fragment includes the oval socket of the spearhead, the basal loops and a small length of the blade area of the item. The socket is cylindrical being 24mm wide and 22.3mm thick at its base. It then narrows up its length evenly. After c.68mm two basal loops project from opposite sides of the socket. These are made of oval projecting rods which have been hammered into a flat lozenge leaving oval holes(8.7mm long and 2.9mm wide) between. Th…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gosford and Water Eaton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-F156F3
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
 A rapier broken into four parts with two surviving rivets dating to the Middle Bronze Age c.1275-1100 cal BC. The object is damaged around the outside edge of its rivet holes but is otherwise intact. The hilt of the blade is trapezoidal in plan, its short side edges widening in  diagonal lines from its butt which is narrower than the interface to the blade. It is almost flat in cross section becoming thicker and a pointed oval closer to the blade. The hilt is pierced by two circular holes for rivets placed near its obtuse corners. Each is missing about one quarter of i…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gosford and Water Eaton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EEE073
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy socketed axehead dating to the late Bronze Age (c.BC 1000-800). The object is sub-rectangular in plan and wedge-shaped in cross section. Th e cutting edge is curved and is flared at its outermost edges. The base of the axe head is rectangular and has a hollowed interior. The base has an expanded moulded collar made up of three ridges. The base is 40.9mm long, 35.5mm wide and 5.9mm thick. The top and bottom edges of the axehead are slightly concave, and the outside edges taper to a point where the cutting edge is. the top edge of the object has an integral…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-B2E0EE
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cooper alloy terret ring. The rings pass through the large circular piece which is formed of circular section wire. This has two moulded in features on the centre sides, and at the bottom of the ring the two halves flare out slightly and abut each other with a moulded in depression between them. From this, a stem emits downwards, splitting into two halfway down. The two 'legs' are curved outwards, and finish with a blunt, slightly upward pointing foot. This rests on a rectangular platform which extends behind the ring too and would have been used for fixin…
Created on: Friday 8th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Casterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B1D9E8
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy palstave like chisel of Middle Bronze Age date. It has a long blade of rectangular section, which tapers to a curved, narrow cutting edge, triangular in section. This expands beyond the blade either side to finish with a short section that is perpendicular to the body of the blade. The butt end would have been flat but is slightly damaged and therefore curves inwards slightly. The palstave is deep with prominent flanges either side which form a deep, lenticellular shape. The stop ridges are therefore deep too. Beneath the stop ridge…
Created on: Friday 8th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Casterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-AFDFDA
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded but complete cast copper-alloy flanged axehead of Early Bronze Age date. This is probably of Needham's Class 5d, dating to the Arreton phase of the early Bronze Age c.1700 to 1400 cal BC.  The sides of the axehead widen gradually in broadly straight lines down the majority of its length before suddenly curving out at the blade end to create a widely expanded blade forms a crescent shaped cutting edge. This edge is slightly asymmetrical perhaps because of use as opposed to miscasting. The undersides of the blade at the tips are &nb…
Created on: Friday 8th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Casterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-9AA3D8
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date, probably Ewart Park type (c. 1000 BC - 700 BC). The socketed axehead has a square mouth, rectangular body, flaring into a crescentic cutting edge, although damage to this cutting edge has meant the loss of the corners, with triangular shaped sides. Three evenly spaced ribs are present on the front and back faces. The ribs have a length of 32.6 mm. A side loop is present, measuring 26.0 mm in length, 10.9 mm wide and 5.6 mm thick. The mould/casting lines have not been trimmed o…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-990DE1
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of cast copper-alloy socketed axe dating to the Bronze Age (c. 1400-800 BC). Description: The fragment is just part of the hollowed body, which tapers slightly along its length. The piece is roughly L-shaped with rounded edges and consists of a rounded corner, part of one side and part of one face and part of the opposite corner, along which the piece is broken. A casting seam is visible on the exterior and interior of the side. The surviving flat portion of body face is not decorated. There is none of the socket surviving but the body sha…
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-87B2D2
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Middle to Late Bronze Age copper alloy spear head probably dating to c. 1550-800 BC. The fragment consists of the point of the blade. It is sub-triangular in plan, with a circular sectioned mid-rib, from which project the wings of the blade. These taper in section into the point. The rest of the spearhead is lost to an old break. Length: 34.4mm; Width: 11.2mm; Thickness: 6.8mm; Weight: 5.37g Precise typological classification is difficult considering the fragmentary nature of the object, however its form would suggest a Middle or Late Bronze Age date.
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-85F591
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of a sword blade, or possibly a dirk or rapier, dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age period, c. 1200 - 800 BC. The two fragments can be refitted, and the tapering width suggests they belong to the distal end of a blade. The larger fragment is wider and the edges taper gently towards the second fragment. The second smaller fragment is narrower and tapers further still towards the tip of the blade, which is missing. The blade has a lenticular shaped cross-section and a low, broad central ridge. The edges ar…
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-70330D
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy penannular ring of uncertain date, probably of the Bronze Age (c. 1300-800 BC). The hoop is sub-pentagonal in cross-section with a flat inner surface, flat side panels and bevelled outer panels that meet at a circumferential ridge on the outer surface. The two terminals are parallel to each other and have relatively flat and worn faces that are rounded by wear. There is no trace of the gold coating that is usually found on Middle to Late Bronze Age penannular rings that are similar in style. Instead, the metal has a pale green-grey patina and is generally worn with …
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-702FD7
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three bronze age items (two spearheads and one casting sprue) that fomrs part of a larger hoard reported at SOM-5AEDA8 (2023 T823) Spear 1 A large complete but corroded pegged spearhead of Late Bronze age date of Blackmoor or Ewart Park metalworking tradition, corresponding with the end of Needham's (1996) Period 6 to Period 7 and dated to c. 1000 - 750BC. The socket is complete having a circular base (external diameter 21mm, internal diameter: 18mm thickness of sidewall at the base 1.5mm). The socket is a tapering cone shape which extends into the cast mid-rib of the spear…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-6F95A6
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy awl of possible Bronze Age date. It is 48mm in length. The awl is rectangular in section for two thirds of its length, tapering from 5x4mm to a flat terminal. The opposite end is circular in section and tapers to a point. The awl has a dark brown-red patina often seen on Bronze Age and Iron Age metalwork in the region. A Roman date cannot be excluded, however.
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-5E0FD6
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age cast copper alloy palstave, c.1200-1000 BC. This palstave is badly corroded, with little of the original surface remaining. It is comprised of a narrow blade, with the stubs of an attachment loop on one side, and a raised point at the stop ridge, just before the blade. It has narrow flanges that end in a D-shaped or shield decoration. This combination of features makes it difficult to date, as there are few examples that share all these characteristics. Edward Caswell has kindly helped to date this item, and noted that the attachment loop rules out early…
Created on: Monday 4th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-5AA1B8
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint hollow scraper of later Bronze Age date made from a thick hard-hammer struck tertiary flake of dark brown flint, 38.8mm in length. There are concave areas of short, abrupt retouch on the distal end and one lateral side.
Created on: Monday 4th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-5A5318
Object type: CORE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An oblong flint core of later Neolithic to Bronze Age date, 55mm in length, with a single large striking platform and flaked removals around one end and one long side The other sides have concave fracture surfaces from heavy striking. One short end has battering damage suggesting the core had a secondary use as a hammerstone.
Created on: Monday 4th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2023
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Record ID: WILT-1F42DB
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped lithic implement of Neolithic to early Bronze Age date, circa 4000 - 2300 BC. The implement is a thumbnail scraper, designed to be held between the thumb and forefinger, formed from a secondary flake which is D-shaped in plan and triangular in section. The ventral surface is smooth with subtle ripples of percussion, although the striking platform has been damaged. The dorsal surface displays minimal retouch. The flint is a grey colour. The implement is 19.3mm long, 14.6mm wide, 4.4mm thick and weighs 1.30g. Scrapers are fairly ubiquitous throughout prehi…
Created on: Friday 1st September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2023
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Record ID: WMID-1E3D55
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast bronze (copper alloy) faceted socketed axe of late Bronze Age date (950 – 750 BC). The axe is relatively short and stubby and is known as ‘baggy axe’. The axe is sub-rectangular in plan with concave sides and a flared convex cutting edge, which measures 48.1mm across. The mouth of the socket is broadly oval (28.9mm x 24.7mm). The mouth of the socket has a faint moulded collar, although some of the original surface is missing. At the base of the collar, on one edge is a complete loop.  The two long sides of the axe are concave at the centre…
Created on: Friday 1st September 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-F52494
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a flange- or bar-twisted gold torc, 39.7mm in length, dating to the Middle Bronze Age (probably Penard phase) c. 1300 - 1100 BC. The torc has a x-shaped cross-section with four flanges twisted into a spiral with a circular cross-section of 6.6mm diameter. Both ends of the fragment are abraded and one appears to have been crushed. It is unclear whether the fragment has broken off from or been cut from the original torc.
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-F1B110
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axe dating to the late Bronze Age  (1100 BC - 800 BC), comprising a corner of the socket. The profile of the socket appears subrectangular and is surrounded by a thick rim with a worn moulded collar 4.3mm thick. A side loop, 17.8mm in length, is present on the remaining portion of the side of the axehead.
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-DDC942
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment of a solid gold penannular ribbon bracelet dating from the Middle Bronze age to the Late Bronze Age, about BC 1150 - BC 750. The fragment is the buffer terminal of a penannular bracelet, which has a plain and sub-circular cross-section at the terminal, tapering to a flat rectangular cross-section. The object is partially cut and partially broken about 10mm from the end of the terminal. Dimensions: The object is 11.98mm in length, 6.33mm in width, 4.55mm in thickness and it weighs 2.44g. The diameter of the terminal end is 6.17mm. The flat end is …
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Codford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-8A035F
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold penannular ring of late Bronze Age date. The ring is 17.5mm in diameter and has a circular cross section of 6mm diameter, with a gap of 2mm between the flat ends. The ring appears to be solid gold rather than plated as there are no evident cracks or fracturing in the surface which would be expected from corrosion of a copper alloy core. No decorative banding is evident.
Created on: Friday 25th August 2023
Last updated: Sunday 19th November 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-7453CB
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and well preserved copper alloy side-looped spearhead. It has an elongated leaf shaped blade, with a pronounced mid rib. This ends in a conical socket, widening towards the end. In this are the remains of wood. The side loops are lozenge shaped and are flat to the socket. Similar examples (LANCUM-4A2E2C and SWYOR6000EC) are considered to be Davis Type 6B, Acton to Taunton Metalwork Assemblage (ref: Davis 2012, nos. 280-317), and date to the Middle Bronze Age date, about 1550 BC - 1250 BC  Dimensions: 160mm long and 50mm wide approxima…
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Whittington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-612E1D
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy tanged dagger or knife dating to the middle to late Bronze Age (c.1300-900 BC). The object is comprised of a sub-rectangular tang with a broken rounded end that presents a circular rivet hole in the centre. The base of the tang widens producing worn, sloped shoulders that have a width of 17.4mm which then narrow slightly to form the blade. The blade terminates in a worn break that is slightly rounded. The blade cross section is lentoid in shape with a slightly raised mid-rib to form a shallow blade edge on each side. The object has a smooth bright …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
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Record ID: BERK-5BAA18
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy palstave like chisel of Middle Bronze Age date. It has a long blade of rectangular section, which tapers to a curved, narrow cutting edge, triangular in section. The palstave is deep with prominent flanges either side. A casting seam is apparent down both sides of the chisel. Notches on either side are asymetrical and might suggest a misaligned mould. There is also decoration in the form of two shield shape depressions side by side, which is a form of 'trident' decoration. The surfaces of the chisel are pitted in places but …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
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Record ID: BH-4EB584
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy moustache-shaped object, dating to the Middle Bronze Age to Middle Iron Age (c. 1600-400 BC).  Description: The object is cast in a single piece and is shaped like one half of a moustache.  It is sub-oval in cross-section and in plan, with one end broken and the apruptly other tapering to a point.  The broken end has an oval recess on the underneath, which is circumvented by the remains of an undecorated band (highly comparable to BERK-719DA8) on the top and two sides; the base remains open.&nb…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: NLM-47C832
Object type: POT BOILER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sandstone burnt stone. One half of a river-rounded Sandstone cobble, possibly flattened by use as a rubber or hone on one side, reddened by heat which has promoted splitting on the putative flat or polished side. The use of stones to heat water – for what purpose is the topic of speculation, ranging from cooking to bathing of the better sort – is especially characteristic of the later Bronze Age. Of course, stones could be heated or incorporated into hearths and campfires  and water boiled at any later date as well. Suggested date: possibly Late Bronze Age to Iron Age,…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-46C71D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery. Probably handmade reduced fabric with a paler brown external margin of leathery appearance with occasional pale inclusions to length 3mm, possibly dark-stained on its internal surface. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age to Middle Iron Age, 1000-100BC. Width: 31.8mm, Thickness: 6.8mm, Weight: 7.93gms
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Epworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-F84517
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy miniature axehead in the form of an early Bronze Age flat axehead or chisel, dating from the early Bronze Age to Roman period (c. 2200 BC-AD 410). The object is sub-triangular in shape with one end presenting a slightly crescentic cutting edge and the butt end rounded. It has a lentoid section with a widened middle that thins towards each end. The object has a dark brown patina with a pitted surface. Dimensions: Length 45.6mm; width (cutting edge)14.1mm; width (butt)11.8mm; thickness (centre) 5.9mm; weight 14.42g The form of the object is consistent with earl…
Created on: Friday 18th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
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Record ID: CAM-F4D2E2
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly damaged cast copper-alloy flanged axehead of Early Bronze Age date. This is a Needham's Class 5, probably Type C, dating to the Arreton phase of the early Bronze Age c.1700 to 1400 cal BC. The blade and haft appear to be slightly truncated by damage. The butt of the axe is slightly ragged with flanges that are stepped above the septum at the break. The sides of the axehead widen gradually in broadly straight lines down the majority of its length before suddenly curving out at the blade end to create a widely expanded blade with what would originally …
Created on: Friday 18th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2023
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Record ID: SUR-E419DA
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the tip of a blade from a Bronze Age dirk or rapier. The blade fragment is narrow and triangular, 29.2mm in lengh and tapers to a point. The cross section is lozengiform with a broad, low and smoothly rounded midrib suggesting that it may correspond to Burgess and Gerloff's (1981) Group IV. 
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2023
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Record ID: GLO-E2B412
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
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. Each terminates in a straight and even break. 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. In those records, it is noted that gold tripartite penannular rings often lack secure archaeological contexts (Meeks, Craddock and Needham 2008: 13) while the …
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
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Record ID: BH-CBB117
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable fragment of a copper-alloy socketed spearhead, dating to the late Bronze Age to Iron Age period (c. 1500 BC - 800 BC). The fragment is formed of a single piece of cast copper-alloy. This is sub-rectanglar in plan and narrow triangle in cross-section.  The thicker edge, likely part of the central mid-rib, is concave, creating a longitudinal groove. The tapering thinner part of the object comprises part of the blade faces and worn rounded edge. One of the faces is smooth and plainly finished. The opposite face is more worn and abraded. The surfaces of the …
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
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Record ID: SF-B4EF75
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a possible Bronze Age copper-alloy razor dating to circa 1400-800 BC. The extant piece is rectangular in plan with a slightly curved profile.  It terminates in old, worn breaks along each edge. At one end is a circular perforation 2.1mm in diameter. Adjacent to the perforation, one face shows evidence for a small, not penetrated, drilled circular hole 1.7mm in diameter. It has a dark green patina. The patina of the object is consistent with Bronze Age metalwork although the weight is light and might indicate a more Medieval date. The perforation is consistent with s…
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wissett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B4B274
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey flint scraper. A thumbnail scraper with a single convex flake struck from the dorsal side to afford a thumb rest, and with a bulbar ventral surface. Short abrupt retouch executed from the dorsal aspect follows the curving edge. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 28.3mm, Width: 24.7mm, Thickness: 7.9mm, Weight: 7.00gms
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-B25DAC
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper-alloy socketed axe, probably of the South Eastern type, dating to the Late Bronze Age c.1000-800 BC.  The sub-triangular fragment is from the side upper body containing part of the expanded socket rim and the securing loop below and displays casting seams indicating a two piece mould. General thickness varies between 1.9mm and 2.1mm with the socket rim measuring 4.3mm. The surface displays a fairly even green patina. Height 43.1mm, width 22.7mm > 11.3mm and weight 20.7g.
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Deal', grid reference and parish protected.