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46,431 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A sub-rectangular object which has a circular inner cross-section, and is open at one of the short ends, the other end is almost square in plan. The open end is damaged and incomplete. | Part of a hoard of eleven implements. | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Other chance find | 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z | 2002-03-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | 150 | null | null | 26.8 | 59.83 | 1 | null | null | South East | Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight | Sandown | SZ6285 | null | 50.661382 | -1.124177 | NARC2816 | null | IOW2002-26 Kirkton Hoard.JPG | Hoard of late Bronze Age implements | Finder | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
46,432 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A small but very fine looped and socketed axehead, part of a small hoard. There is a single very shallow mouth-moulding, with unfinished 'lip'. The loop is a half oval in shape and starts from approximately 9.8mm down the casting seam on one side of the body. In cross-section the body is sub-rectangular, the aperture... | Part of a hoard of eleven implements. | 3 | null | Textile | Returned to finder | Other chance find | 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z | 2002-03-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | 200 | null | null | 36.05 | 99.44 | 1 | null | null | South East | Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight | Sandown | SZ6285 | null | 50.661382 | -1.124177 | NARC2812 | null | IOW2002-26 Kirkton Hoard.JPG | Hoard of late Bronze Age implements | Finder | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
46,509 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -700 | An incomplete and badly corroded palstave. In plan the cutting edge is crescentic, either end of the crescent coming to an almost upturned point, the sides of the head are almost parallel from the cutting edge upwards, narrowing only slightly to the flanges. There is a U shaped depression as the flanges begin to expan... | the length is given between cutting edge and junction lip of handle, the width at cutting edge and the thickness at the widest part of the flanges. | 3 | Copper alloy | null | null | Metal detector | 2001-11-01T00:00:00Z | 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | 290 | null | null | 33.26 | 71.12 | 1 | null | null | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | Wellingborough | Easton Maudit | SP8956 | null | 52.195063 | -0.699341 | NARC2805 | null | narc2805a(s).jpg | Bronze age palstave | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
46,561 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,500 | -700 | A possible fragment of copper-alloy spear head, the object is a half cylinder in shape, open at both ends, although it is not clear if the ends have been deliberately cut or were broken in antiquity and the edges have smoothed through time. On the outside of the cylinder is an integrally cast shallow sub-triangular sec... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | null | Metal detector | 2001-06-30T23:00:00Z | 2001-09-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 19.86 | null | 22.62 | null | 25.37 | 1 | null | null | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | Daventry | Pitsford | SP7567 | null | 52.296018 | -0.901679 | NARC2657 | null | narc2657d.JPG | copper-alloy spear head fragment | Northamptonshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
46,652 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,500 | -700 | miniature?biconcave shaped sides and section,shallowly convexly curved ends, dark brown patina, solid, slight ovoid cast depression on each of 2 faces, centre | taken in at Finds day, Beverley Art Gallery 04/11/00 | 3 | Copper alloy | null | null | Metal detector | 2000-11-04T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 4.3 | 61.3 | 1 | Ceinwen Paynton | Ceinwen Paynton | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Boynton | TA1468 | Centred on parish | 54.095282 | -0.258336 | YORYMB927 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
46,722 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,500 | -2,000 | An early form of miniature chisel/axe, similar in form to early Bronze Age flat axes, with facets one the sides and cutting edge, and no central stop, some reworking is evident along one side on the obverse face, which has very slight/shallow flanges. The cutting edge has been damaged but it is not clear if the damage ... | The form is very similar to one recorded as discovered in Aldershot. The width above is given at the cutting end, the width at the narrowest part is 12.94mm | 3 | Copper alloy | null | null | Metal detector | 2001-06-30T23:00:00Z | 2001-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | 11.23 | null | null | 3.1 | 43.47 | 1 | null | null | Eastern | Bedford | Bedford | Kempston | TL0245 | null | 52.093953 | -0.512512 | NARC2616 | null | narc2616a(s).jpg | CHISEL | Northamptonshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
47,971 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | An incomplete late Bronze Age faceted socketed axehead, now in two fragments, around 50% of the butt end remains. A soil matrix is intact inside the socket. The larger fragment is truncated irregularly below the loop. The cutting edge is blunt. Some pitting evident which is probably corrosion. Very worn, rounded edges.... | Refer to scanned image 2172a.bmp in the York archive. | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2000-02-24T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2.9 | 70.1 | 1 | null | null | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | York | null | SE6152 | Recorded at a rally | 53.960497 | -1.071789 | YORYMB548 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
48,095 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,500 | -700 | long, with hemispherical shaped head end, narrow tapered butt, large flanges either side, cutting edge still rel sharp, pocked surafce, dark tan colour, treated-gunmetal, some vivid bronze disease and active copper oxide corrosion | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | null | Metal detector | 2000-04-02T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10.1 | 147.1 | 1 | null | null | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Hambleton | Thirsk | SE4483 | null | 54.240812 | -1.326364 | YORYMB558 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
48,209 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 |
Fragment of a late Bronze Age looped socketed axe. Patchy blue-green active corrosion/tan brown surface. Bronze showing through on thinner areas, appears abraded. Casting spurs pronounced on external and internal seams. Wear difficult to ascertain.
| null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 1999-07-22T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 5.16 | 32.7 | 73.23 | 1 | Ceinwen Paynton | Ceinwen Paynton | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Ryedale | null | SE6369 | null | 54.113026 | -1.037791 | YORYMB68 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
48,335 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -900 | -700 |
Late Bronze Age socketed knife of Thorndon type in good condition. The blade is leaf-shaped, resembling in miniature swords of the period. The blade edge is bevelled on both sides with a slightly concave profile. The socket is oval in section and on the exterior expands at both ends, while the interior is parallel sid... | Thorndon-type socketed knives were first classified by Hodges (1956) and can be broadly dated to the Ewart Park metalworking phase (c.900-800 BC) (Needham et al. 1997). They are often found in Late Bronze Age hoards associated with a variety of material and have a wide distribution across Britain. | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-03-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 40.7 | null | null | 4.2 | 119.6 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Bremhill | ST9872 | null | 51.446984 | -2.030169 | NMGW-6F3FF3 | null | Dscn1047.jpg | Sockete knife | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
48,406 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,150 | -800 | Cast copper alloy awl or tracer awl. The awl section is 28mm in length and broadly circular in section with a diameter of 4mm. The other section is 21mm in length with a flattened end which may be a tracer. This tracer end is rectangular in section and the shaft becomes square in section close to the junction with t... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-02-01T00:00:00Z | 2003-03-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | 3.25 | null | 4 | null | 49 | 1 | Jodi Puls | null | South East | Hampshire | Test Valley | Nether Wallop | SU2735 | null | 51.113661 | -1.615664 | HAMP-8423D3 | null | Hamp8423D3.jpg | Awl | Winchester Museum Service | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
48,822 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 |
Blade end fragment of a Bronze Age axe; the fragment is worn with none of the original surface surviving. The broken end does not show any evidence of a socket. The surviving blade edge is gently curved. The blade width is slender, with the sides gently expanding to the blade. The slender dimensions of the fragment su... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 24.7 | null | null | 8.3 | 19.1 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Penllyn | SS9977 | From finder | 51.482905 | -3.455904 | NMGW-6D1B04 | null | DSCN0474.JPG | Axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
48,833 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,020 | -800 | Incomplete ribbed socketed axe of Ewart Park metalworking tradition, dated to 1020-800BC. The axe has lost the mouth, one of the sides and an area of one face. The remainder of the damaged face has been crushed inwards, although it is now difficult to determine if this damage occurred in antiquity. The more complete fa... | Socketed axes of a variety of types are prolific in south east Wales as both single and hoarded objects. South Wales axes are the most common, with over 120 examples now known, and have often suffered indicators of deliberate damage such as that seen on the present example. Single, damaged socketed axes are known nearb... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 87 | null | null | 19.9 | 68.7 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | Caerphilly | Caerphilly | Rudry | ST2286 | null | 51.567457 | -3.126753 | NMGW-6D9AD7 | null | DSCN0434.JPG | Axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
48,858 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,400 | -1,200 | Cast copper alloy Shield pattern palstave, probably early Middle Bronze Age. Complete head with no remnants of haft visible. Particularly low level stop ridge to each side of head. Condition good, with only partial damage to sides of flanges and cutting edge. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-04-17T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 26 | 158 | 1 | Jane Stewart | null | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | Albrighton | SJ8104 | null | 52.633415 | -2.28217 | WMID-6FA0F8 | null | palstave.jpg | Middle Bronze Age shield pattern Palstave | Finder | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
48,886 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,000 | Palstave dating to the Later Middle Bronze Age, probably dating between 1500 - 1000BC (Needham et al 1997). This palstave type is familiarly known as the 'Transitional Palstave', (Smith 1959; Schmidt & Burgess 1981) and is best paralleled in welsh material with the Cammaes hoard and corresponding metalworking tradition... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 306.8 | null | null | 28.2 | 114.7 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | Newport | Newport | Michaelstone-y-Fedw | ST2384 | null | 51.549615 | -3.11189 | NMGW-71CCA7 | null | DSCN0519.JPG | Axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
49,275 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,450 |
Copper alloy socketed side-looped spearhead.
Incomplete short socketed spearhead with a plain kite-shaped blade and central rib defined by the tapering socket. Only one of the side loops survive, and is comparatively shallow. Approximately half of the socket is missing, probably because of erosion. The base of the ... | The spearhead can be paralleled with a number of examples recovered from Wales and elsewhere, and is similar to Savory (1980) Nos 227-230. This spearhead has been classified by Davis (2012, 56, No.142) within his 4A (Plain Kite Blade, Long) sub-class. Davis (2012, 55-56) lists 21 examples of this sub-class (incl. the p... | 3 | Copper alloy | Wood | null | Metal detector | 2002-11-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 38.3 | null | 17 | null | 101.6 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | Neath Port Talbot | Neath Port Talbot | Sandfields West | SS7390 | null | 51.594488 | -3.834842 | NMGW-2C36F4 | null | Dscn1130.jpg | Spearhead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
49,759 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Blade fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe probably of Ewart Park metalwork (c. 1000 - 800BC), but of indiscernible type. The fragment was broken in antiquity at the bottom of the socket. There are no ribs present on either face, although little of the face is represented on the fragment. The blade edge is slight... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 46.3 | null | null | 12.5 | 24.8 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | Newport | Newport | Wentlooge | ST2584 | From a paper map | 51.549885 | -3.083051 | NMGW-3BADE2 | null | DSCN0257.JPG | Socketed Axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
49,989 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -800 | Part of a bronze socketed axe head, probably Late Bronze Age. Only end part of blade remaining, with evidence of socket to inner surfaces. | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-03-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 73.49 | null | null | 14 | 65 | 1 | Jane Stewart | null | West Midlands | Staffordshire | South Staffordshire | Pattingham and Patshull | null | null | null | null | WMID-BB1155 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
50,102 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | null | null | This is a blade end fragment of an indeterminate Middle or Late Bronze Age axe. The broken section has eroded, making it difficult to determine if the axe has fractured at the bottom of the socket of a socketed axe of Late Bronze Age type, or through a solid palstave of the Middle to Late Bronze age. The axe fragment h... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 43.9 | null | null | 9.8 | 32 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Pembrokeshire | Rudbaxton | null | null | null | null | NMGW-D513A1 | null | DSCN0119.JPG | Blade End | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
50,138 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Small three ribbed axe of squat form and virtually complete. Thin and prominent outsplayed mouth moulding, with loop extending from underside of moulding. Three slightly divergent longitudinal ribs extend down faces of axe. External and internal mouth shape ovoid. Evidence for four runners on mouth top: three proj... | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 134.5 | null | null | 54 | 71.3 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Welsh St. Donats | ST0176 | From a paper map | 51.47427 | -3.426831 | NMGW-E50C83 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
50,142 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -800 | Complete and slender three-ribbed late Bronze Age socketed axe with outsplayed mouth moulding. The loop extends from beneath the moulding. Three near parallel but slightly bending longitudinal ribs extend from the underside of the mouth moulding down the blade faces. Both external and internal socket mouth shapes are... | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 295.8 | null | null | 59 | 99.4 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Welsh St. Donats | ST0176 | From a paper map | 51.47427 | -3.426831 | NMGW-E54727 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
50,145 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Large, complete and flaring Late Bronze Age axe with three ribs. The axe has a poorly shaped and heavy double mouth moulding and a loop extends from its underside. Three slightly divergent longitudinal ribs extend from mouth moulding on each face, although they are only porrly defined on one face. External mouth sha... | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 430.4 | null | null | 78 | 121.8 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Welsh St. Donats | ST0176 | From a paper map | 51.47427 | -3.426831 | NMGW-E56DA1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
50,149 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -800 | Slender, complete and flaring socketed axe with three ribs and a loop extending from the underside of a thin outsplayed mouth moulding. Three pronounced longitudinal ribs extend from the mouth moulding on each face. On one face they bulge slightly along the mid-length, whilst on the other they bend slightly in paralle... | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 366.6 | null | null | 74 | 117.9 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Welsh St. Donats | ST0176 | From a paper map | 51.47427 | -3.426831 | NMGW-E59C27 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
50,151 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -800 | Complete three ribbed socketed axe with a high placed loop extending from the underside of a thin outsplayed mouth moulding. Three convergent longitudinal ribs extend from mouth moulding on each face. Exterior mouth shape is oval, whilst the interior is rectangular. Four runner bases project 1.5-2.5mm above the mout... | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 369.3 | null | null | 68 | 105.8 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Welsh St. Donats | ST0176 | From a paper map | 51.47427 | -3.426831 | NMGW-E61A93 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
50,153 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | Complete faceted axe of squat baggy shape with eight facets. Mouth is flared and trumpet shaped, with sub-rectangular internal and external shape. There are no haft ribs inside the socket and the base of the socket is evenly shaped. Axe has a wide onset collar 13.5mm in width. A low set loop extends from the lower edge... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 194.6 | null | null | 60 | 77.2 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Welsh St. Donats | ST0176 | From a paper map | 51.47427 | -3.426831 | NMGW-E64084 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
50,165 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,150 | -800 | Complete plain and slender axe with wide trumpet shaped and flaring collar. Insubstantial loop extends from the middle of the onset collar. The mouth has an oval internal and external shape and the axe is oval in cross section. Excess metal protrudes around the internal circumference of the mouth top. The socket na... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 209.5 | null | null | 62 | 107 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Welsh St. Donats | ST0176 | From a paper map | 51.47427 | -3.426831 | NMGW-E704A6 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
50,171 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 |
Late Bronze socketed axe fragment of Ewart Park metalworking tradition and possibly of South Wales Type. The axe fragment is heavily corroded, with none of the original external surface surviving. The axe has broken in antiquity, and only the bottom blade part is represented. One face has broken at the base of the soc... | Socketed axes of a variety of types are prolific in south Wales as both single and hoarded objects. South Wales axes are the most common, with over 120 examples now known. Examples of both complete and damaged socketed axes in hoards within the National Collection of Wales include St.Mellons, Cardiff (Stanton 1984), Ll... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-05-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 55.2 | null | null | 12.8 | 52 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Pont-y-Clun | ST0380 | From a paper map | 51.510572 | -3.399144 | NMGW-E75E26 | null | Dscn1184.jpg | Socketed axe (inside socket) | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
50,190 | Dirk | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,200 | Incomplete dirk missing both the butt and point, and of Middle Bronze Age date . The dirk has a plain ogival shaped blade with a rounded central rib producing a flattened lozenge cross-section. The butt no longer survives, however the blade size and shape suggest it to be a Group II dirk (Burgess & Gerloff 1981). The b... | Most dirks of group II can be confidently ascribed to Acton Park metalworking tradition although occasional examples have been found associated with Taunton phase metalwork (Burgess & Gerloff 1981, p44-45). This example is likely to date from Period 5 (Needham 1996), and was probably produced sometime between 1500 and ... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 33.2 | null | null | 4.7 | 140.7 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | Carmarthenshire | Carmarthenshire | Carmarthen | SN3819 | From finder | 51.84603 | -4.353209 | NMGW-E97802 | null | Dscn1189.jpg | Dirk | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
50,325 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | null | null | Fragment of an axe blade only one half of the blade remains. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 7.47 | null | null | 6.2 | 30.7 | 1 | Kurt Adams | null | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Lissington | TF0983 | null | 53.332694 | -0.364647 | NLM-0F6E94 | null | nlm07253.jpg | nlm07253.jpg | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
51,504 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Blade end fragment from a Late Bronze Age socketed axe, probably from the Ewart Park metalworking tradition, dated to c.1000-800BC. The axe fragment comprises of an eroded blade edge and bottom of the socket, much of the original surface has been lost. The axe would have been of comparatively slender form and possibly ... | The axe fragment was found associated with a casting jet for a South Wales axe (NMGW-126833), and the find thus constitutes metalworking hoard. The four runner nature of the jet might indicate the axe fragment was a South Wales axe. | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-06-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 53.5 | null | null | 15.7 | 33.5 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Llangybi | ST3795 | null | 51.650247 | -2.911991 | NMGW-B88605 | null | DSCN1395.JPG | Axe socket | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
51,537 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | null |
A copper alloy blade tip, probably from a sword of late Bronze Age date. The cross section is lenticular with a curved midrib. The surface is well preserved with traces of grinding.
| null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-03-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 61 | 1 | David W Williams | null | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Crawley | SU4435 | From a paper map | 51.112611 | -1.372819 | SUR-CCCA87 | null | SUR_CCCA87dwg.tif | Tip of the blade of a sword. | Suffolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | https://finds.org.uk/images/dpett/SUR_CCCA87dwg.tif | |
51,606 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 |
Blade end fragment from a Late Bronze Age socketed axe. The axe-head is represented by the blade and base of the socket only, none of the original surface survives. The axe blade would have been comparatively slender and has a gently curving blade edge. The sides are rounded and no remnants of casting flashes survive.... | A large variety of complete and fragmentary socketed axes were deposited as single finds and in hoards during the Ewart Park metalworking phase of the Late Bronze Age (c.1000-800 BC). The fragmentation of blade ends broken across the internal socket aperture is a common occurrence and may have been deliberate. For inst... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-05-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 32.2 | null | null | 10.7 | 22.6 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | Torfaen | Torfaen | New Inn | SO3001 | From finder | 51.703356 | -3.014357 | NMGW-DFEDB7 | null | DSCN1403.JPG | Axe blade (face) | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
51,627 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -800 | Blade fragment from a late Bronze Age socketed axe. The base of the socket survives but there is little of the original surface. | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-02-16T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 39 | null | 1 | David W Williams | null | South East | Surrey | Tandridge | Limpsfield | TQ3953 | From finder | 51.259224 | -0.00932 | SUR-E2FA37 | null | SUR-E2FA37dwg.tif | Blade fragment from a late Bronze Age socketed axe. | Surrey County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | https://finds.org.uk/images/dpett/SUR-E2FA37dwg.tif | |
51,789 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,950 | -1,700 | Decorated developed flat axe, probably of Class 4E (following Needham forthcoming), corresponding with Schmidt and Burgess' (1981) type Scrabo Hill and with Type Ballyvalley (Harbison 1969) in Ireland. Axes of these types date towards the end of the Early Bronze Age: Needham's (1996) Period 3 c.1950 - 1700 BC/Needham e... | Axes of this type have a predominantly Irish distribution with a concentration in the northern half of the country (Harbison 1969); Harbison notes 846 Irish examples of Type Ballyvalley in his catalogue (ibid). The axe can be paralleled with an example found near Ballina, Co. Mayo (No 825, ibid.), which has similar dec... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-04-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 447.8 | null | null | 14.1 | 150.5 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | Isle of Anglesey | Isle of Anglesey | Llanbadrig | SH3692 | From a paper map | 53.399277 | -4.468163 | NMGW-6152E8 | null | DSCN1424.JPG | Bronze Age Developed flat axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
51,790 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,450 | -1,350 | Early midribbed (Group II) palstave, probably of Type Liswerry and probably dating to the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age and belonging to Acton Park metalworking tradition c. 1450-1350 BC. The palstave has a narrow form and is parallel sided at the rear, extending as far as the beginning of the blade. The blade sid... | Dating early palstaves remains problematic, Norhtover (forthcoming) has stated that Group II palstaves belong to the earlier stages of Acton Park (or Acton Park 1), and Needham (1996) argues that no true metalwork assemblage can be defined as Acton Park 1 and groups Acton Park 2 with Taunton in his Period 5 (1500-1150 ... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-05-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 371.9 | null | null | 33.6 | 151 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | Isle of Anglesey | Isle of Anglesey | Llanbadrig | SH3692 | From a paper map | 53.399277 | -4.468163 | NMGW-61A406 | null | DSCN1421.JPG | Palstave | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
52,075 | Dagger | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,500 | -2,150 | An Early Bronze Age copper tanged dagger associated with the Beaker period (2500-2150 BC). The blade, which is triangular in plan, is very thin and flat. The cutting edge is concave and the tip of the knife is rounded and slightly damaged. The tang is flat in section, plain and has hammered flanges.
This dagger is sim... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-07-20T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 84.5 | null | null | null | 179 | 1 | Philippa Walton | null | North East | County Durham | County Durham | Witton Gilbert | NZ2245 | From finder | 54.799402 | -1.65932 | NCL-093B77 | null | Picture 003.jpg | Witton Gilbert: Early Bronze Age Beaker period copper tanged dagger | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
52,318 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Bladed end of a bronze late Bronze Age axehead, probably of socketed type. The axehead, including the blade, is heavily worn. | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-08-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 17 | 64 | 1 | Andrew Richardson | null | South East | Medway | Medway | Cuxton | TQ7167 | From a paper map | 51.376302 | 0.455585 | KENT-B12FF5 | null | KENTB12FF5c.jpg | Bronze Age axehead | Kent County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
52,458 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,150 | Copper Alloy blade-end fragment of palstave, probably Middle Bronze Age. Central rib evident to each surface, both surfaces also pitted. Relatively narrow blade. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-07-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 11 | 65 | 1 | Jane Stewart | null | null | Walsall | Walsall | null | null | null | null | null | WMID-16A4E5 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
52,544 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,500 | -1,500 | Bronze Age flat axe | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-07-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 119 | 1 | Nick Herepath | null | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Craven | Wigglesworth | SD8056 | Centred on village (which isn't a parish) | 53.99964 | -2.306591 | LVPL-1B0202 | null | 1B0202.jpg | Flat Axehead | National Museum Liverpool | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
52,603 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,400 | -1,200 | Copper alloy socketed side looped spearhead. Two elongated socket loops at the side of the shaft, circa 20mm below the wings. The shaft is broken at the base. Only the lower part of the wings remain, and they appear to be leaf-shaped. Side looped spearheads are thought to date to the early to middle Middle Bronze A... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 90 | 1 | Adam Daubney | null | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Bardney | TF1366 | From a paper map | 53.179113 | -0.310638 | LIN-30C9F7 | null | LIN667.jpg | Bronze Age copper alloy side looped spearhead | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
52,729 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,300 | -1,100 | In plan the arrowhead has a sub-rhomboid shape. However it is incomplete as the lower portion of the socket is broken and missing. In section the central socted forms a rounded hump which then immediately tapers to teh blade edge.
The tip of the arrowhead is blunt and rounded. The blade edges are tapered an... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 11.3 | 52.2 | 1 | Philip Watson | null | West Midlands | Worcestershire | Wychavon | White Ladies Aston | SO9251 | null | 52.157217 | -2.118355 | WAW-9782C7 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
52,830 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,150 | The palstave appears to have lost about 20mm from the butt in antiquity, but in other respects is in very fine condition, though beginning to lose small patches of its fine patinated surface, especially around the sharp recurved blade. The surviving length is 130mm, probably originally 148mm; the width of the blade is... | It is a particularly interesting piece for two reasons; it belongs to a relatively rare group of early unlooped palstaves which are characteristic of mid-Wales and arguably ancestral to the established palstaves of the influential Acton Park Complex in north Wales; and its exceptionally finely polished black surface ra... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-08-20T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 130 | 1 | F Lynch | null | Wales | Powys | Powys | Llandrinio | SJ2516 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.73641 | -3.112233 | CPAT-D57467 | null | 1484-12.jpg | Bronze age palstave | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
53,111 | Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | POST MEDIEVAL | null | null | A copper alloy ring. The ring is an irregular circular shape, with an external diameter of 26mm and an internal diameter of 18mm. One surface of the ring is flat, whilst the other is raised. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 4 | null | 26 | null | null | 1 | Tom Brindle | null | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | East Northamptonshire | Islip | SP9979 | From a paper map | 52.40007 | -0.546336 | NARC-AA5483 | null | NARC-AA6FA4 - copper alloy ring.jpg | Copper alloy ring | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
53,152 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | null | null | "Recorded at Hidden Treasure event at Liverpool Museum" Tip of chisel or tool. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 | 32 | 1 | Nick Herepath | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | LVPL-BD52C2 | null | DSCN0308.JPG | Chisel | National Museum Liverpool | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
53,244 | Bucket | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | null | null | Cast, shouldered and tanged object fragment. Decorated in parallel grooves on one face, plain and flat on the other. Tang and shoulder at about 40 degree angle from horizontal. Tang and decorated 'body' ends broken - old breaks. Patinated medium brown-dark green. | Found in same area as Bronze Age hoard (sword and c.12 socketed axes). Possibly related to Treasure Act 1996.
Recorded at the BBC Hidden Treasures day at cambridge 11/10/2003. | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1.6 | 50 | 1 | Colin Pendleton | null | Eastern | Hertfordshire | North Hertfordshire | Barley | null | null | null | null | BH-D1E633 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
53,299 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -800 | Fragment of a late Bronze Age socketed axehead. Both the upper and lower surface of the axehead are very pitted and worn. There is a small worn knob on one of the rectangular edges which is all that remains of the loop.
A similar example from Haydon Bridge, is on display in the Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle-upon... | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 34.2 | null | null | null | 40.04 | 1 | Philippa Walton | null | North East | Northumberland | Northumberland | Wooler | NU0126 | From finder | 55.527737 | -1.985716 | NCL-E7B5F0 | null | BAthingB.jpg | Late Bronze Age axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
53,621 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,150 | Incomplete palstave, butt end damaged and corroded. Incipient stop ridge, flanges extent to cutting edge. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 80 | 1 | Nick Herepath | null | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | Whitchurch Rural | SJ5835 | From a paper map | 52.910776 | -2.625978 | LVPL-65A960 | null | DSCN0286.JPG | Palstave | National Museum Liverpool | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
53,657 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,000 | -700 | One half of the item consists of a flattened tang (ie, it has two wide, flat opposing surfaces and two narrower opposing surfaces) for insertion into a handle. It has a roughly squared distal end and, at its proximal end, where it meets the stem, a hint of a shoulder, to prevent it passing too far into the handle.
... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Other chance find | 2002-09-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 9.1 | null | null | 4.5 | 60 | 1 | Julian Watters | null | Eastern | Hertfordshire | North Hertfordshire | Lilley | TL1128 | null | 51.939442 | -0.386698 | BH-6809F5 | null | awl031000b.jpg | Bronze Age Awl | Verulamium museum | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
53,692 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -800 | This Late Bronze Age socketed axe weighs 94.74g, has a length of 71.42mm and a width of 26.86mm. It is subrectangular in plan, having short, straight sides typical of the Shoebury variant of the southeast axe type. The cutting edge of the axe is missing. Instead the axe ends in a semicircular shape that is blunted and ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 94.74 | null | null | null | 71.42 | 1 | Paul Sealey | null | Eastern | Essex | null | null | null | null | null | null | ESS-699871 | null | DSCN0062.JPG | Late Bronze Age Axe mouth | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
53,970 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | null | null | Six fragments from at least two Late Bronze Age copper alloy swords. They appear to form part of a metalworkers' hoard. The swords have been deliberately broken into fragments so that they can be easily melted down. One fragment appears to have already been subjected to intense heat and is partially melted.
... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | Iron | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-07-31T23:00:00Z | 2002-07-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Philippa Walton | null | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Hambleton | Ainderby Steeple | null | null | null | null | NCL-E8BE18 | null | bronzeagesword 006.jpg | Fragments of Bronze Age swords | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
54,030 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,950 | -1,700 | Small developed flat axe or cast-flanged axe, probably of Class 4E (following Needham forthcoming), corresponding with Schmidt and Burgess' (1981) type Bandon and with Type Derryniggin (Harbison 1969) in Ireland. Axes of these types date towards the end of the Early Bronze Age: Needham's (1996) Period 3 c.1950 - 1700 B... | The axe can be paralleled with a number of similar, but slightly larger axes, found near the findspot (NMGW unpublished records). Within the National Museum of Wales' collections similar examples have been found at Margam, Port Talbot (Savory 1980, No. 122) and Breach Farm, Vale of Glamorgan (Savory 1980, No. 338) asso... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 82.3 | null | null | 10.6 | 73.6 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Llandow | SS9675 | null | 51.464384 | -3.498502 | NMGW-FDBB88 | null | DSCN1744.JPG | Axe (side) | National Museums and Galleries of Wales | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
54,091 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Bronze casting jet from the production of a South Wales (Stogursey) Type socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date, c. 950-750BC. The casting jet is corroded, but displays the remnants of the characteristic four runners used to produce the South Wales Type axe during the Ewart Park phase of the Late Bronze Age. The upper fa... | The casting jet was found associated with a ribbed socketed axe blade fragment (NMGWPA 2003.144.1; NMGW-B88605) and is similar in condition and colour to the axe fragment. The four-runner casting technology of the jet may lend further weight to the suggestion that the axe fragment is from a South Wales Type axe. The as... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-07-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 25.6 | null | null | 9.9 | 40.5 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Llangybi | ST3795 | From finder | 51.650247 | -2.911991 | NMGW-126833 | null | DSCN1598.JPG | Jet (top side) | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
54,106 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,700 | -1,400 | Early Bronze Age flat axehead. The axe has an expanded blade with a crescentic cutting edge. The tapering shaft sides are rounded, and the object is broken before the butt. The blade width is 93mm, and the broken butt end measures 30mm in width.
Similar examples have been found at Scunthorpe, South Kyme and f... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-09-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 9 | 93 | 1 | Adam Daubney | null | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Nettleham | SK9975 | From a paper map | 53.262771 | -0.517248 | LIN-12E603 | null | LIN737B.jpg | Side of flat axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
54,140 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -900 | Tip fragment of a copper alloy socketed spearhead. The spearhead is hollow in the centre. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | 47 | 1 | Adam Daubney | null | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | North Kesteven | Ewerby and Evedon | TF1049 | From a paper map | 53.026991 | -0.361323 | LIN-24C716 | null | LIN825C.JPG | Bronze age speartip | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
54,956 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | null | null | A possible fragment of a copper alloy Bronze Age rapier. The object starts at a width of 21 mm and narrows to a width of 19 mm wide and so would presumably have come from a part of the blade which was fairly close to the stabbing end. The fragment has one flat surface which tapers to an edge on either side, making the ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 12.4 | null | null | 6 | 25 | 1 | Tom Brindle | null | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | null | SX0150 | From finder | 50.316269 | -4.796581 | NARC-3B75B6 | null | NARC-3B75B6 - blade.jpg | Blade fragment | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
54,959 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,150 | -800 | A possible fragment of a copper alloy Bronze Age rapier. The object starts at a width of 17 mm and narrows to a width of 16 mm wide and so would presumably have come from a part of the blade which was fairly close to the stabbing end. The fragment has one flat surface which tapers to an edge on either side, making the ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 7.8 | null | null | 5.4 | 18 | 1 | Tom Brindle | null | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | null | SX0042 | From finder | 50.24407 | -4.806377 | NARC-3BAE08 | null | NARC-3BAE08 - blade fragment.jpg | Blade fragment | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
55,099 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,150 | Incomplete spearhead of Greenwell and Brewis’s Rapier type, Class IVa, broken at the top of the loops and about a third of the way along the blade. The socket is highly accentuated in profile and is quite angular in section, reaching a point. The wings are very flat in comparison. Surface is heavily pitted and the b... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 52 | 1 | Katie Hinds | null | South West | Swindon | Swindon | Wanborough | SU2085 | From a paper map | 51.563526 | -1.71287 | WILT-9145D6 | null | ebbage spearhead.jpg | MBA spearhead fragment, rapier type | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
55,241 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,700 | -1,500 | An Arreton type bronze flanged axe head; the surfaces of the axe are very corroded but the object is whole. The body of the axe is narrow, measuring a maximum of 30.27mm in width. The body of the axe is marginally flanged on both its upper and lower surface. The blade, measuring 50.56mm in width, expands from the body ... | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 196.5 | null | null | 13.5 | 108.96 | 1 | Philippa Walton | null | North East | Northumberland | Northumberland | Haydon | NY8565 | From a paper map | 54.979376 | -2.235895 | NCL-B54DB4 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
55,285 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -800 | A late Bronze Age socketed axe fragment. Only the lower blade is intact. It is 30mm long, 28mm wide at the broken edge, and 40mm wide at the cutting edge. The blade is expanded and there are horizontal scratches and striations indicating that the blade has been re-sharpened. The blade edge is mostly intact, although t... | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 30 | 2 | Wendy Scott | null | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Harborough | Kibworth Beauchamp | SP6893 | Centred on village (which isn't a parish) | 52.530634 | -0.999028 | LEIC-B80AF1 | null | B80AF1.jpg | B80AF1.jpg | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
55,709 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -950 |
Complete, but damaged Late Bronze Age plain socketed axe-head. The axe is comparatively long and slender in form. The mouth is somewhat circular, but the socket profile is sub-square and the axe has a sub-rectangular body section. The collar is simple and flared with no mouldings. The mouth-edge surface no longer surv... | The axe is likely to be an early socketed axe, probably of Wilburton type and metalworking tradition, and dating to c. 1100 - 950BC. Mineralised wood deposits were removed from the socket and retained at NMGW. | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 199.5 | null | null | 30.3 | 109.6 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Tintern | SO5200 | From finder | 51.696683 | -2.695892 | NMGW-388961 | null | DSCN1850.JPG | Axe (mouth) | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
55,929 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,020 | -800 | Late Bronze Age socketed axe of Ewart Park metalworking tradition (c. 1000-800 BC). The axe is of South Wales (Stogursey) Type and is typical of Ewart Park axe heads found in south east Wales. The axe is comparatively short and squat. The socket is sub-rectangular, within an irregular mouth, clearly showing remnants of... | South Wales axes and variants are prolific in south east Wales with over 120 examples now known as single finds and in hoards. Examples of both complete and damaged socketed axes in hoards within the National Collection of Wales include St.Mellons, Cardiff (Stanton 1984), Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan (Savory 1980,... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-09-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 168.8 | null | null | 41.1 | 85.7 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | Powys | Powys | Glyn Tarell | SN9925 | From a paper map | 51.91434 | -3.469821 | NMGW-718725 | null | DSCN1882.JPG | Axe (looped side) | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
56,538 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | null | null | Bronze age side looped socketed spearhead, 72mm long and 33mm wide. The object has broken in two where the loops are positioned so these have gone, but the pieces still join together. Some of the original surface is present and the tip looks blunted rather than missing. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | 72 | 1 | Wendy Scott | null | East Midlands | Leicestershire | null | null | null | null | null | null | LEIC-48F556 | null | DSCN0629.JPG | 48F556 | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
56,632 | Slag | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A collection of 11 assorted broken copper-alloy items and slag. Six of the items appear to be slag from a copper-alloy smelting process. The further five items seem to relate to a copper-alloy vessel of some type, although they do not all appear to have come from a single vessel. | These finds were found close to a polishing stone, fragments of Bronze Age axes, and a worked flint, suggesting that this was an area of fairly intensive Bronze Age activity, probably a manufacturing site. | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-09-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 193 | null | null | null | null | 11 | Tom Brindle | null | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | Daventry | Flore | SP6459 | From finder | 52.225495 | -1.064463 | NARC-5DF420 | null | NARC-5DF420 -slag.jpg | Fragments of bronze working remains and possible vessels. | Northamptonshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
56,643 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,150 | -900 | The extreme tip from a spear with a thick (c6mm) central rib tapering either side into the blade. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 2.8 | null | null | null | 19 | 1 | David W Williams | null | Eastern | Cambridgeshire | South Cambridgeshire | Little Abington | TL5349 | From a paper map | 52.118151 | 0.233224 | SUR-5EE676 | null | 03.332.jpg | Spear tip | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
56,644 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | null | null | A blade section. The blade tapers smoothly outwards from a rounded central ridge. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 13.94 | null | null | null | 26 | 1 | David W Williams | null | Eastern | Cambridgeshire | South Cambridgeshire | Little Abington | TL5349 | From a paper map | 52.118151 | 0.233224 | SUR-5EFCB0 | null | 03.333.jpg | Sword | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
56,661 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | This item is possibly a fragment of the butt from a copper-alloy Bronze Age palstave axe. The object is convexed at one end, whilst the other end has been broken. The item tapers in thickness from 7.5mm at the broken end to 3mm at the convexed end. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-09-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 11.1 | null | null | 7.5 | 27 | 1 | Tom Brindle | null | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | Daventry | Flore | SP6459 | From finder | 52.225495 | -1.064463 | NARC-5FCE05 | null | NARC-5FCE05 -axefragment.jpg | Fragment of Palstave Axe | Northamptonshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
56,663 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | This copper-alloy item is likely to be a fragment from a Bronze Age socketed axe. The curviture in the item suggests that it may be a fragment from where the axe widens, before actually becoming socketed. There is a ridge at one end of the fragment, perhaps reflecting where the axehead expanded to become a socket for t... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-09-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 14.6 | null | null | 5.9 | 32 | 1 | Tom Brindle | null | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | Daventry | Flore | SP6459 | From finder | 52.225495 | -1.064463 | NARC-6009C3 | null | NARC-6009C3 socketedaxe.jpg | Socketed Axe fragment | Northamptonshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
56,664 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a probable late Bronze Age socketed axe. The curvature suggests that it may be a fragment from where the axe widens, before actually becoming socketed. There is a ridge at one end of the fragment, perhaps reflecting where the axehead expanded to become a socket for the handle. The fragment is very smooth ... | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-09-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 5.2 | null | null | 3.4 | 16.5 | 1 | Tom Brindle | null | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | Daventry | Flore | SP6459 | From finder | 52.225495 | -1.064463 | NARC-604236 | null | NARC-604236 -socketedaxe.jpg | Socketed Axe fragment | Northamptonshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
56,705 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,150 | Very worn, denuded and pitted with corrosion. Stop ridge present. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-11-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 18 | 128 | 1 | Nick Herepath | null | North West | Cheshire West and Chester | Cheshire West and Chester | Weaverham | SJ6174 | From finder | 53.261557 | -2.586117 | LVPL-72C756 | null | DSCN0536.JPG | Middle Bronze Age palstave | National Museum Liverpool | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
56,724 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,500 | -800 | A copper-alloy, Bronze Age tanged chisel. The chisel blade is wedge shaped, widening from 9 mm nearest the tang to 12 mm at the tip of the blade. The blade also decreases in thickness, from 4.6 mm nearest the tang to 1.2 mm at the blade's end. The item is thickest where the blade meets the tang, at 6.5 mm, and at this ... | This item was found in an area which has produced evidence of bronze working, along with some fragments of probable Bronze Age axes, a worked flint, and a linen smoother or polishing stone. It is therefore possible that the activity at this site represents a Bronze Age manufacturing process. | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-09-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 5.7 | null | null | 6.5 | 45 | 1 | Tom Brindle | null | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | Daventry | Flore | SP6459 | From finder | 52.225495 | -1.064463 | NARC-742185 | null | NARC-742185 -BAchisel.jpg | Bronze Age Chisel | Northamptonshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
57,075 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | Cast copper alloy tip fragment from a Bronze Age socketed spear head. The tip is lozenge shaped in section with a fairly high mid rib. The blade edges are very worn, however the fragment tapers from circa 17mm at its widest end, to circa 10mm at the other end. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-12-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 9 | 34 | 1 | Adam Daubney | Adam Daubney | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | LIN-F2D255 | null | LIN1043B.JPG | LIN1043B | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
57,293 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | null | null | A bent fragment of sword blade. There is a slight taper to the edges. The central ridge tapers smoothly into the blade edges. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 17.96 | null | null | null | 27 | 1 | David W Williams | null | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Normandy | SU9352 | From a paper map | 51.259586 | -0.668586 | -SUR 838000000000000000000000000000000000000.00 | null | SUR-838e36dwg.tif | A bent fragment of sword blade | Suffolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | https://finds.org.uk/images/dpett/SUR-838e36dwg.tif | |
57,354 | Bracelet | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,300 | A complete copper-alloy Liss-type annular bracelet/arm-ring of Rowland's Class D2. Liss-type bracelets are characterised by the form of the incised decoration. This example has at least three, but probably more zones of geometric decoration consisting of zig-zags made up of three or four lines with dotted borders divid... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | 85 | null | null | 1 | Sally Worrell | null | South East | Hampshire | East Hampshire | Langrish | SU7124 | From a paper map | 51.011009 | -0.98932 | FASW-DA4387 | null | FASW-DA4387b.jpg | Bronze Age bangle | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
57,892 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,500 | An Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe. The axehead is in good condition. It measures 103.8mm in length, 31.03mm in width and has a maximum thickness of 12.75mm. | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-11-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 200 | null | null | 12.75 | 103.8 | 1 | Philippa Walton | null | North East | Stockton-on-Tees | Stockton-on-Tees | Stillington and Whitton | NZ3522 | From finder | 54.591983 | -1.459867 | NCL-292391 | null | jantynesidefinds 002.jpg | Bronze Age axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
58,009 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | null | null | A Bronze Age axehead. The surface of the axe is smooth and not pitted. The blade is sharp, with an irregular cutting edge and is almost semi-circular in shape. The body of the axehead has a small vertical rib and rectangular depression. There is a rectangular socket to hold the handle. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 25.91 | 117.28 | 1 | Philippa Walton | null | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | East Lindsey | East Keal | TF3763 | Centred on village (which isn't a parish) | 53.146533 | 0.046961 | NCL-4026D4 | null | bzzaaxe.jpg | Bronze Age axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
58,495 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | MEDIEVAL | null | null | Fragment of unidentified copper alloy object, measuring max 22mm by max 17mm, with no original edges and a thickness of max 2mm. It is decorated with two parallel ribs and the surface is quite pitted. The reverse is smooth but not quite flat. Roman? Bronze Age? Medieval? | No image has been taken of this record which was made in 2004 | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-09-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | 22 | 1 | Katie Hinds | null | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Great Bedwyn | SU2962 | From a paper map | 51.356337 | -1.584916 | WILT-0FE055 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
58,498 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | null | null | Fragment of unidentified and undatable copper alloy object, roughly triangular in shape less one point, creating two parallel sides, the longer of which is slightly curved. The fragment is pierced (2.5mm diam) just beneath the shorter parallel side. Measures max 28mm by max 17mm, with ?no original edges and less than 1... | No image has been taken of this record which was made in 2004 | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-09-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 28 | 1 | Katie Hinds | null | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Great Bedwyn | SU2962 | From a paper map | 51.356337 | -1.584916 | WILT-1016A6 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
58,640 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,150 | -1,500 | An Early Bronze Age flat axe. The axe is poor condition although a recently-made groove reveals a rich shiny copper beneath the corrosion. Only about 20% of the original surface survives and there is no remaining trace of decoration or of sharpening striations. Also missing is some of the edge profile and the blade. T... | Also handed in for recording were an awl of grey flint and a translucent grey/brown flake, both from the same findspot. | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 100 | 1 | David W Williams | null | South East | West Sussex | Chichester | Northchapel | SU9529 | From a paper map | 51.052499 | -0.645997 | SUR-63BDC0 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
58,802 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -900 | -700 | Bronze socketed axe. The axe has three ribs descending from the lower of two horizontal mouth mouldings. Attachment loop at side. The shaft is slightly concave, and the tip is crescent shaped. Ewart Park Phase. | This axe was found in the early 1900's and recorded in Jan. 2004. The identification was done from the drawings. | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Other chance find | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | Adam Daubney | null | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Bardney | TF1169 | Centred on village (which isn't a parish) | 53.206489 | -0.339509 | LIN-9294F6 | null | LIN1166.JPG | Drawing of bronze age socketed axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
59,076 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,150 | -800 | The tip of a copper-alloy spear of Bronze Age date. A ridge runs down the centre of the spear. The surfaces are pitted due to post-depositional erosion. It is difficult to classify, but its width and general form are similar to an example in Salisbury Museum (see reference below). It measures 26.4mm in length, 17.7mm i... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-10-19T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 10.83 | null | null | 6.6 | 26.4 | 1 | Julian Watters | null | Eastern | Hertfordshire | East Hertfordshire | Braughing | TL4123 | From finder | 51.887731 | 0.047396 | BH-FB3C44 | null | Spear.jpg | Bronze Age spear tip | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
59,228 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,150 | Bronze palstave axe dating to the early Middle Bronze Age, and probably of Taunton or Cemmaes metalworking tradition, Needham et al. (1996) Period 5; c. 1500-1150 BC. The palstave is of an early type and is unlooped, and is also without either a shield pattern or a mid-rib on the blade. The palstave would appear to bel... | The palstave is of particular interest because of the unusual absence of cast decoration on the face, and together with the lack of a loop, possibly suggests an earlier date within the type. The relatively sophisticated form and profile however may hint at a slightly later date. Whilst Low-Flanged palstaves are not unc... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-12-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 309.2 | null | null | 26.6 | 122.7 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Pembrokeshire | Angle | SM8503 | From a paper map | 51.684491 | -5.111647 | NMGW-22B071 | null | DSCN2037.JPG | Palstave | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
59,707 | Strap Fitting | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -950 | -500 | Small cast ring with loop, probably an inner piece from a composite strap fitting of Late Bronze Age date, and probably of Ewart Park (c. 950 - 750 BC) or Llyn Fawr (c. 750 - 500BC) metalworking tradition. The ring is D-shaped with an integral rectangular delicate loop on the straight side. The faces are flat and the e... | This is likely to represent the inner piece from a composite harness or strap fitting and can be paralleled with examples represented in Late Bronze Age hoards from Parc-Y-Meirch, Denbighshire (Savory, 1980), Welby, Leicestershire (Smith ed., 1957) and a hollow example from Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire (Davey & Forste... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 4 | null | 7.8 | 3.8 | 18.1 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Grittleton | ST8481 | From finder | 51.527681 | -2.232031 | NMGW-A0EC15 | null | DSCN2053.JPG | Ring and loop (side) | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
59,783 | Vessel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,150 | -300 |
Curved cast bronze fragment, possibly a strap handle from a later prehistoric cauldron or metal vessel. The strap fragment has a little of the attachment plate surviving before two wide and rounded ribs. The strap is curved and would have secured the circular ring handle.
Similar fittings can be found on the Llyn F... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 14 | null | null | 4.7 | 21.8 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Grittleton | ST8681 | From finder | 51.527735 | -2.203202 | NMGW-A60BD5 | null | DSCN2075.JPG | Strap fragment | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
60,075 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -800 | The object is possibly the tip of a spear head. It is made from cast copper alloy, and is a sub-triangular shape in plan. The tip is blunt, the lower edge is broken, but not recently. In section the object is a pointed oval shape.
The dimensions are 29.8mm long, 10.1mm wide and 3.1mm thick.
The surfa... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-09-23T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 3.03 | null | null | 3.1 | 29.8 | 1 | Angie Bolton | null | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Brailes | SP3141 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.066511 | -1.549192 | WAW-20FB35 | null | WAW-20FB35.jpg | Possible tip of a Bronze Age spear head. | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
60,305 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,200 | -800 | Fragment of cast copper or copper alloy cake. The ingot is irregularly shaped, measuring 52.12mm by 40.39mm by 30.34mm. It is probably a product of late Bronze Age metalworking. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 30.34 | 52.12 | 1 | Andrew Richardson | null | South East | Kent | Dartford | Darenth | TQ5670 | From a paper map | 51.407573 | 0.241564 | KENT-5D74F5 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
60,697 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,100 | Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead fragment of side-looped type, dating to the Taunton-Penard metalworking phases (c.1400-1100 BC) of the Middle Bronze Age. The spearhead is broken at both ends and would have been short with a flame- or leaf-shaped blade. The circular socket becomes lozenge-shaped as it defines the cent... | This spearhead as been published by Davis (2012, 106, No.650) and falls within his Group 6 Unclassified (Developed side-looped). Davis notes almost 500 Group 6 spearheads from across Britain dating to the Middle Bronze Age, which have a broad distribution. Davis' spearhead sub-types 6A, 6B and 6C are particularly preva... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 13.4 | null | 8 | null | 40.4 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | West Midlands | County of Herefordshire | County of Herefordshire | Weston under Penyard | SO6223 | From finder | 51.904235 | -2.553743 | NMGW-B67A91 | null | DSCN2124.JPG | Spearhead (side) | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
60,720 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 |
Blade end fragment from a Late Bronze Age socketed axe of indeterminate type. The fragment has little of the original external surface surviving and the blade edge has been lost. The axe would have been comparatively slender with the sides gently diverging at the blade ends. The blade edge was likely to have been curv... |
Breakage of socketed axes above the socket aperture can be observed on numerous other examples from Wales and England, found in both hoards and as single finds. Many fragments such as this display signs of having been deliberately fragmented and it is possible this piece represents the same practice.
| 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 34.5 | null | null | 11.4 | 26 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | South West | Gloucestershire | Forest of Dean | Woolaston | null | null | null | null | NMGW-B6E9A2 | null | DSCN2121.JPG | Socketed axe (socket, from above) | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
60,762 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,500 | Copper alloy early Bronze Age flat Axehead, 2200-1500 BC. The axehead has a thin narrow rounded butt. The body is thickened at the middle and thins again to a splayed blade and cutting edge. The axehead weights 76.65g and measures 73.13mm in length from butt to cutting edge. At the thickest point across the body of the... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2004-01-16T00:00:00Z | 2004-01-16T00:00:00Z | null | null | 76.65 | null | null | 10.24 | 73.13 | 1 | Anna Marshall | null | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Harrogate | Goldsborough | SE3856 | Centred on parish | 53.998642 | -1.421808 | SWYOR-B87A23 | null | flat axe 2.jpg | Flat axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
60,804 | Dirk | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -800 | Fragment (butt end) of a Dirk or Rapier probably dating to the middle Bronze Age. The blade of the Dirk has a pointed oval cross section and a raised central rib. The blade edges appear to have suffered some corrosion as does the butt. The butt is quite rounded due to corrosion but would probably have been trapezoidal ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2004-01-16T00:00:00Z | 2004-01-16T00:00:00Z | null | null | 29.81 | null | null | 3.9 | 76.22 | 1 | Anna Marshall | null | Yorkshire and the Humber | Leeds | Leeds | Thorner | SE3740 | Centred on village (which isn't a parish) | 53.854917 | -1.438993 | SWYOR-C9CAB7 | null | dirk2.jpg | Dirk | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
61,090 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | null | null | Copper alloy ?incomplete awl, possibly Bronze Age.
It is 51.5mm in length and square in section (5x5mm) up to the point. The broken end is pitted and seems to taper slightly, ?wear. A few tiny traces of dark shiny green patina survive.
This may be a complete awl, or it may have tapered to a flat hafting end. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2004-11-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 51.5 | 1 | Katie Hinds | null | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Great Bedwyn | SU2462 | From a paper map | 51.35657 | -1.65672 | WILT-490F76 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
61,437 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a late Bronze Age cast bronze socketed axe consisting of the cutting edge and lower blade. It is sub-rectangular in plan with a slightly curved blade. The sides, adjacent to the cutting edge, taper inwards towards the break. In section the fragment is sub-triangular. The fragment measures 51mm width, 26mm... | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2004-02-09T00:00:00Z | 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | 46.24 | null | null | 11 | 26 | 1 | Peter Reavill | null | West Midlands | County of Herefordshire | County of Herefordshire | Wellington | SO4947 | From finder | 52.118952 | -2.746267 | HESH-729B87 | null | axe frag.jpg | Cutting edge and blade fragment from a mid - late Bronze Age socketed axe | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
61,793 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | Unlooped Early Palstave of Group II, probably an example of the Early Midribbed palstaves of Type Coed Llan and belonging to the later Acton Park metalworking stage of the Middle Bronze Age. Needham (1996) grouped Acton 2 metalwork with Taunton and Penard as his Period 5 (c. 1500-1150BC), It could be suggested that thi... | This example can be best paralleled with numbers 795-6 (pp 127, plate 58) in Scmidt & Burgess' catalogue (1981). | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 464.2 | null | null | 31.8 | 153 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Abergavenny | null | null | null | null | NMGW-C905E7 | null | DSCN2157.JPG | Palstave (side) | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
61,855 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,150 | The spear is made of cast copper alloy. The length, from the tip to the base is 48.5mm, and the width across the widest portion of the blades is 13mm.
In plan the spear is sub-triangular. It terminates with a damaged blunt point. The tip has a square section. The damage is not too recent.
... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-10-17T23:00:00Z | 2003-11-18T00:00:00Z | null | null | 11.17 | null | null | null | 48.5 | 1 | Angie Bolton | null | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Brailes | null | null | null | null | WAW-D9A4F6 | null | WAW-D9A4F6.jpg | A view in plan of a possible spear. | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
62,021 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,450 | -600 | Bronze Age socketed spearhead tip fragment, of uncertain type and of Middle to Late Bronze Age date (c. 1450 – 600BC). The spearhead has broken at the bottom of the socket, with the last 1.5mm evident near the side of the fragment. The spearhead is likely to have been comparatively slender and has pronounced ribs conti... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 20.1 | null | null | 9.8 | 54.1 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | null | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Grittleton | null | From finder | null | null | NMGW-DF8A10 | null | DSCN2175.JPG | Spearhead (showing break & bottom of socket) | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
62,093 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -800 | Fragment of a socketed axe of late Bronze Age date. It consists of the blade and part of the main body of the implement. Measures 50.4mm long by 53.6mm wide and up to 16.4mm thick. Weight not recorded. Has a dark green patina and the surfaces are pitted. | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-11-10T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 16.4 | 50.4 | 1 | Julian Watters | null | Eastern | Hertfordshire | Three Rivers | Watford Rural | TL0797 | From finder | 52.560324 | -0.423025 | BH-F125E8 | null | DSCN0104.JPG | Fragment of Bronze Age socketed axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
62,221 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,150 | Fragment of cast copper-alloy socketed spear head of probable middle Bronze Age date. Fragment comprises the latter 48mm of the spear including the tip. There is a wide central rib and the piece is hollow inside. It has a mid green patina and shows some signs of corrosion. The piece was broken in two during lifting. It... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-12-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7.7 | 48 | 1 | Julian Watters | null | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Soulbury | SP9028 | From finder | 51.943231 | -0.692088 | BH-073414 | null | No.22.JPG | Tip of Bronze Age spear | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
62,335 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -800 | Copper alloy fragment of a sword blade with mainly the central rib remaining and half the blade on either side of the rib worn away. One end is tapered which suggests that this is a fragment from the tip end of the sword blade. The blade is lozenge-shaped in section with a substantial rib which suggests it is likely to... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2003-11-18T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 38.77 | null | null | 8.6 | 62.7 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | null | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Tregoney | SW9244 | From a paper map | 50.259271 | -4.919525 | CORN-312AA6 | null | Ewartswordfragtip.jpg | tip of sword fragment | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
62,387 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,300 | -800 | Axe blade from a Late Bronze Age socketed axe, with a slightly flanged blade tip (49.6 mm wide and 5 mm thick) and tapering sides of the blade as they move towards the broken edge (33.7 mm wide and 11.9 mm thick). Within the broken edge at the top of the blade, there is the remains of a sub-rectangular socket, which is... | null | 4 | null | null | null | Metal detector | 2004-02-26T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 84 | null | null | 11.9 | 42.1 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | null | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | St. Columb Major | SW9063 | From a paper map | 50.429208 | -4.958136 | CORN-6CB647 | null | Pascuzzifinds 009.jpg | profile of axe blade with cutting edge facing right | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
62,431 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -800 | Fragment of a late Bronze Age socketed axe. Only the lower blade is intact and is 30mm long and 28mm wide at the break which expands to 40mm at the slightly expanded blade. The blade edge is missing. The surfaces show signs of wear and much of the surface patination is missing.
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure... | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 30 | 1 | Wendy Scott | null | East Midlands | Leicestershire | null | null | null | null | null | null | LEIC-75A015 | null | 75AO15.jpg | 75AO15.jpg | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
62,531 | Halberd | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,400 | -2,000 |
This is a symmetrical slender halberd blade of cast copper or bronze. Down the centre of the blade is a straight midrib. This is wide and angular in cross-section, at the top end tapering with a straight line into the haft-plate. The blade edges have been entirely removed, thus also removing any traces of bevelling or... | Halberds have recently been reassessed by Needham (2015) and a new typology presented for the British series. This halberd was published within Needham's paper (Cat.No.20) and falls within Type Pistill Dewy, which is characterised by four rivets in a trapezoidal formation following the hilt (Needham 2015, Appendix S1, ... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case | Unknown | 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 361.5 | null | null | 7.5 | 284 | 1 | Adam Gwilt | null | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Pembrokeshire | Hundleton | SM9501 | From finder | 51.670273 | -4.966024 | NMGW-87E225 | null | Halberd.jpg | Bronze Age halberd | National Museum Wales | Attribution-ShareAlike License |
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