Record ID: NMGW-81C2E4
Object type: WEDGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead axe-shaped wedge, possibly a miniature votive axe of uncertain date, possibly Bronze Age to Roman The axe-shaped object has been hammer-shaped and is complete (with a length of 28.7mm and weight of 8.1g). The butt is thickened and of rectangular section (8.4mm wide and 5.2mm thick). The sides are straight and divergent before flaring to the expanded blade edge (with a blade width of 16.6mm and a thickness of 0.8mm). The faces are somewhat irregular but generally flat and gradually convergent from the butt to the blade. There is no applied decoration to the object. The w…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-1BA516
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed axe of South Wales (Stogursey) Type and of Ewart Park Metalworking Industry of Needham's (1997) Period 7, dated to c. 950 - 750BC The socketed axe is complete (with a length of 100.6mm and a weight of 277.1g). The top of the mouth is flat (with external dimensions of 54.5mm x 41.7mm and internal dimensions of 33.6mm x 27.8mm) and the remnants of the four casting stubs are evident, positioned near the inner edge of the mouth. The socket is sub-rectangular and appears to retain some sediment (at a depth of 66mm). Beneath the mouth the collar is short (7mm - 8mm…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-4CD9B0
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of mouth of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe. Extant length 17.5mm. Weight 3.72g. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Created on: Thursday 15th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-A24823
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead looped Palstave (Narrow-Bodied, Side-flanged Type Class 2 Group 1) with a narrow blade and trident decoration. It has a narrow body, straight sides and flat side flanges which extend from the butt to the blade edge. A matte white skin of corrosion covers the lead surface except on one side where five scratches reveal it as grey and shiny. Generally the palstave appears unused with most angles and edges intact. However one blade tip and one corner of the butt are damaged. There is also an indentation in the centre of the septum on one side. Max length: 173; width cutting edge…
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 12th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brassington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT368
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
lead single looped palstave, loop broken, plough damage to side of blade, crude style
Created on: Tuesday 18th August 1998
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENT CANTERBURY', grid reference and parish protected.