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480,614 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -700 |
A section from the blade of a sword of Bronze Age date. The fragment is small and comes from near the tip. Only a small area of the original surface survives.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-07-31T23:00:00Z | 2011-08-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 10.21 | null | null | null | 27.45 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | Kent | Thanet | St. Nicholas At Wade | TR2766 | From finder | 51.347719 | 1.258345 | SUR-C68C63 | null | 11-1364.jpg | Bronze Age: Sword fragment | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
481,162 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed spearhead, dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age (1500-800 BC, probably more c. 1400-1000 BC). The fragment consists of only the very tip of the spear, and although the tip is sharp the edges are very worn and the whole object appears heavily rolled (P. Reavill. pers. comm... |
Thanks are extended to Peter Reavill & Dr. Esther Cameron for their help in identifying the spearhead and inclusion.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 27.8 | null | null | 9.98 | 55.84 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | West Berkshire | West Berkshire | Hampstead Norreys | SU5175 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.471674 | -1.267128 | BERK-ED93F6 | null | 2011513.jpg | Bronze Age spear: Socketed spearhead | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
481,459 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,150 | A fragment of a Bronze Age copper alloy palstave, dating to 1500-1150BC. Butt end only surviving. Start of flange on both sides visible. It measures 25mm. |
Not seen by FLO
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2008-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 25 | 1 | Mike Cuddeford | Samantha Matthews | Eastern | Essex | Chelmsford | Mashbury | TL6512 | From finder | 51.782337 | 0.390583 | ESS-0450D6 | null | 029-A0003.jpg | Bronze Age copper alloy palstave | All rights reversed | Attribution License | ||
481,942 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -800 | Bronze age copper alloy spearhead tip? 31mm long, 11mm wide and 7mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 3.98grams. The object consists of the tip of an object. It is sub rectangular in form and section. It has blade like edges which taper in width to a squared off terminal and has prominent ridges runnin... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-10-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 3.98 | null | null | 7 | 31 | 1 | Wendy Scott | Wendy Scott | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Hinckley and Bosworth | Osbaston | SK4203 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.623146 | -1.381003 | LEIC-53D8B8 | null | 53D8B8.JPG | Bronze age copper alloy spear tip | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
482,126 | Adze | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | Middle Bronze age copper alloy Palstave Adze, 121mm long, 22mm wide and 14mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 88grams. The object is rectangular in form and triangular in cross section, with a slightly curved blade. Its butt end is triangular shaped in cross section and houses two rectangular recessess... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 88 | null | null | 14 | 121 | 1 | Wendy Scott | Wendy Scott | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Charnwood | Swithland | SK5413 | From finder | 52.711976 | -1.202119 | LEIC-58C955 | null | 58C955.JPG | Bronze age Palstave adze | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
482,772 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A cast copper alloy object. This is probably a blade of Bronze Age date, suggested by the patina of the copper alloy. The object is triangular in section, being 6mm thick at its widest and tapering to a sharp narrow convex edge. The widest edge is slightly convex. It is eliptical in plan.
it is 41mm long, 13mm wide ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 8.66 | null | null | 6 | 41 | 1 | Julie Cassidy | Julie Cassidy | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | Northampton | NORTHAMPTON | SP7659 | From finder | 52.223972 | -0.888817 | NARC-865BC7 | null | BA a.jpg | blade | Northamptonshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
483,303 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A copper alloy Palstave axe dating to the Middle Bronze Age. The cutting edge curves slightly and the stop is slightly rounded and the side flanges are high. There is a casting seam along the centre of the sides of the blade and flange. The metal is mottled green and brown and is highly corroded. This is a Group I: Pri... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-03-31T23:00:00Z | 2011-06-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | 200 | null | null | 29.42 | 118.27 | 1 | Frances McIntosh | Emma Morris | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Harrogate | Thornton Bridge | SE4170 | GPS (from the finder) | 54.124232 | -1.374159 | DUR-D33F77 | null | Darren P Axe.jpg | Bronze Age Palstave Axe | Durham County Council | Attribution License | ||
483,493 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -700 | The tip (cutting edge) of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead dating from about 1000 - 700 BC. The cutting edge is worn and rounded. It is wider than the rest of the axe; the sides curve inwards. The casting seams are visible on the edges, but they have been smoothed. The break is also patinated suggesting the axe has b... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-11-23T00:00:00Z | 2011-11-25T00:00:00Z | null | Bishop Burton 23rd to 25th Sep 2011 | 33.03 | null | null | 12.54 | 22.89 | 1 | Amy Downes | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Bishop Burton | SE9539 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.838575 | -0.557774 | SWYOR-D822A5 | null | Wakefield_2203_Axe.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
483,526 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,300 | An incomplete and extremely worn and corroded cast copper-alloy flat axe or chisel, probably dating to between the late Early Bronze Age and early Middle Bronze Age, c. 1600-1300 BC. Its remains consist of a sub-rectangular body in plan, with the remains of the side flanges visible on both faces, though completely flat... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-11-02T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 107 | null | null | 12.63 | 109.27 | 1 | Stephanie Smith | Toby Bowman | South East | West Sussex | Horsham | Cowfold | TQ2223 | null | 50.993476 | -0.262969 | SUSS-D93644 | null | RICHARD LYON 2.jpg | Bronze Age chisel | Sussex Archaeological Society | Attribution License | ||
484,451 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -700 | A fragment of a cast copper-alloy socketed axe of late Bronze Age date, c. 1100-700 BC.
Only the edge of the axe remains, in a very worn and abraded form, forming a rough crescent shape that is V-shaped in section, as the hollow cavity of the interior is visible. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-10-04T23:00:00Z | 2011-11-08T00:00:00Z | null | null | 6.6 | null | null | 8.65 | 29.23 | 1 | Robert Collins | Robert Collins | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Middleton | SE9348 | Centred on field | 53.919802 | -0.585431 | NCL-160545 | null | IMG_8925.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe edge | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
484,787 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 |
Fragment of a Bronze Age axe, probably a socketed or flanged axe. The fragment is from one corner of the blade. The cutting edge is curved and still relatively sharp. The bottom and rear sides are breaks but the top is inward curving and part of the original perimeter. The fragment is mid-green in colour with patches ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | 27 | 1 | Adam Daubney | Adam Daubney | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | South Kesteven | Irnham | TF0227 | From finder | 52.830879 | -0.487465 | LIN-2AC6C2 | null | LIN2012-197.jpg | Bronze Age axe fragment | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
485,216 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,300 | -2,050 | A cast copper alloy, flat axehead of the early Bronze Age, dating from about 2300-2050 BC. The axehead is sub triangular in plan with a wide curved blade which tapers to a curved butt and is rectangular in section. The axehead is undecorated and there are no signs of ridges or flanges indicating that this is an early f... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-09-22T23:00:00Z | 2011-09-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | 258 | null | null | 10 | 118.9 | 1 | Mary Blevins | Mary Blevins | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Harrogate | Bilton-in-Ainsty with Bickerton | SE4751 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.952969 | -1.285295 | SWYOR-6B6135 | null | PAS_1658_Axehead.jpg | A Bronze Age Flat Axehead | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
485,421 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,700 | -1,400 | A cast copper alloy Palstave dating from the middle part of the Bronze Age (about 1700 BC - 1400 BC), the Arreton or Acton Park phase
The palstave has an even green patina with pitting on the surface. The total (incomplete) length of the axehead is 132.6mm, with the blade (from the edge to the stop) comprising 78.56... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-06-30T23:00:00Z | 2011-07-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 218 | null | null | 20.3 | 132.6 | 1 | Amy Downes | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | Calderdale | Calderdale | Brighouse | SE1523 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.70322 | -1.77426 | SWYOR-7CAD22 | null | PAS_1657_Axehead.jpg | Palstave | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
485,749 | Axehead | Bronze Age | null | null | null | null |
Developed flat axe.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 1999-04-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | Fiona Gale | Abi McCullough | Wales | Denbighshire | Denbighshire | Tremeirchion | SJ0975 | From finder | 53.264162 | -3.365773 | CPAT-910156 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
486,358 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,450 | -800 | A copper alloy tanged chisel dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age (1450-800 BC). The chisel is incomplete, as the rectangular shaft is broken. The shaft widens towards a circular collar which expands into a sub triangular blade. The bottom of this blade is also broken, areas of it have been chipped away. The whole... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2011-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 20 | null | null | 6.54 | 76.23 | 1 | Emma Morris | Emma Morris | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Scarborough | Brompton | SE3896 | Centred on parish | 54.358119 | -1.416774 | DUR-BB5320 | null | IMG-Fred Simpson.jpg | Bronze Age Chisel | Durham County Council | Attribution License | ||
487,173 | Arrowhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A Middle or Late Bronze Age cast copper alloy arrowhead, dating to c. 1500-800 BC. The arrowhead has a slight median ridge on one face only and is reminiscent of tanged and barbed arrowheads in flint. These are rare objects with few know of in the UK. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-09-10T23:00:00Z | null | null | West Hanney 2010 | 3.9 | null | null | 2.3 | 31.74 | 1 | Anni Byard | Michael Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Grove | SU4191 | From a paper map | 51.61634 | -1.409233 | BERK-138F31 | null | 143. Bronze Age Arrowhead Y143.jpg | Bronze Age Arrowhead | The British Museum | Attribution License | ||
487,996 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -1,250 | An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed spearhead fragment probably dating from the Middle Bronze Age, about 1550 - 1250 BC. The spearhead has a prominent central midrib which is lozenge shaped in section with a sub circular opening. The shape of the blade is, perhaps, diagnostic of side looped spearheads, probably Da... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z | 2011-11-14T00:00:00Z | null | null | 61.47 | null | null | 16.8 | 81.6 | 1 | Mary Blevins | Mary Blevins | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Selby | Womersley | SE5221 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.682879 | -1.214171 | SWYOR-52CB08 | null | PAS_1685_BA.jpg | Bronze Age Socketed Spearhead | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
488,005 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A copper-alloy tanged chisel of probable Late Bronze Age date. The chisel is complete and in good condition, only suffering minimal damage to the blades edges and tip. The chisel has a tapering square-sectioned to conical tang; there is a collar seperating the tang from the blade. The blade is sub-triangular in plan, h... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2012-01-13T00:00:00Z | null | null | 25.3 | null | null | 5.83 | 90.92 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Dorchester | SU5894 | Centred on field | 51.641819 | -1.16323 | BERK-52E8C3 | null | 2011638.jpg | Bronze Age Chisel: Tanged chisel | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
488,138 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A complete copper alloy awl of probable Bronze Age date. The shaft is sub-rectangular in section and tapers in thickness towards both end, but in plan flares at one end and tapers at the other. One end is pointed, whilst the other is chisel shaped but rounded. The patina is brown and green and pitted. Compare SOM-7C6ED... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z | 2011-11-14T00:00:00Z | null | null | 6.75 | null | null | 4.66 | 61.32 | 1 | Amy Downes | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Harrogate | Wighill | SE4746 | From finder | 53.908033 | -1.286062 | SWYOR-55A4B7 | null | PAS_1683_awl.jpg | Probable Bronze Age Awl | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
488,662 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -800 | Bronze Age copper alloy chisel fragment? 25mm long, 20mm wide and 8mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 13.29grams. The object is worn and sub- rectangular in form. In section it has a slight lip at each end on both surfaces, giving it a bulging profile. The object could be part of a chisel or gouge? | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | 2011-09-11T23:00:00Z | null | null | 13.29 | null | null | 8 | 25 | 1 | Wendy Scott | Emily Woolnough | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Melton | Kirby Bellars | SK7117 | Centred on parish | 52.745969 | -0.949659 | LEIC-A60AD1 | null | LEIC-A60AD1.jpg | bronze age copper alloy chisel fragment | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
489,146 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A copper alloy awl probably dating to the Late Bronze Age (1150-800 BC). The awl is slighly bent, square in section at the centre and narrows to a point at one end while there is a tang at the other end. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-09-10T23:00:00Z | null | null | West Hanney 2010 | 3.1 | null | null | null | 61.12 | 1 | Katie Hinds | Michael Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Grove | SU4191 | From a paper map | 51.61634 | -1.409233 | BERK-CEF487 | null | 277. Bronze Age Awl Y277.jpg | Bronze Age Awl | The British Museum | Attribution License | ||
489,346 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -800 | Bronze age spear fragment, 80mm long, 20mm wide and 10mm thick. The object is in poor condition and weighs21.69grams. The object represents the broken tip of a spear and has a corroded surface and badly damaged edges. It has a circular section and is slightly conical in form, with the remains of blades visible on ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 21.69 | null | 17 | 10 | 80 | 1 | Wendy Scott | Emily Woolnough | East Midlands | Derbyshire | Derbyshire Dales | Hulland Ward | SK2547 | Centred on parish | 53.019718 | -1.628769 | LEIC-E66167 | null | LEIC-E66167.jpg | bronze age tip of spear head | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
489,953 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,200 | A side-looped spear of Middle to late Bronze Age date. The blade is damaged, the point is missing and the width is incomplete. The spear is now 125.20mm long and measures 15.15 across the incomplete blade. The socket is 49.87mm long. The diameter of the external socket is 42.68mm maximum. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 42.68 | null | 16.91 | null | 125.2 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | Surrey | Epsom and Ewell | Ewell | TQ2362 | From finder | 51.343785 | -0.235399 | SUR-3D1C88 | null | 11-1551.jpg | Bronze Age: Spear head | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
490,606 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | The hoard is composed of five socketed axes, five fragments of Ewart Park swords, two fragments of Carp's Tongue swords from a minimum of three swords and three ingot fragments. The axes, which are all fragmentary, are of the South-Eastern type. Nos. 1-2 show signs of having been deliberately broken for inclusion as sc... | Faceted axes are frequently found in association with Ewart Park swords within hoards, as in the case. Ingots of raw material are a well-known feature of this particular period in south-eastern England.
The presence of axes and swords which may be interpreted as scrap, mixed with ingots of raw material, suggests tha... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2003-01-12T00:00:00Z | 2003-01-15T00:00:00Z | 2003T10A | null | null | null | null | null | null | 15 | Sally Worrell | Karen Dunford | South East | Kent | Maidstone | Hollingbourne | TQ8553 | null | 51.246167 | 0.649262 | KENT-7541B6 | null | 00017617_001.JPG | Late Bronze Age hoard, Hollingbourne, Kent, Treasure, 2003T10a, R1386 | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
490,610 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | 1. Socketed axe fragment
Incomplete, socketed axe; South Eastern class A. Double mouth moulding. Blade tip hollows, expanded blade. The blade tip is missing on one side. Heavy diffuse bevelling on the lower blade where the blade begins to expand. There is a fine transverse crack on both sides at this point. Many ver... | Dating
A total of twenty objects are represented in this hoard; six complete or near complete socketed axes all of the South-Eastern type, one Ewart-type sword fragment, two socketed spearheads and ten fragments of standard ingots. Ingots are a well-known feature of this particular period in south-eastern England. T... | 4 | Copper alloy | Copper alloy | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector during controlled archaeological investigation | 2003-02-01T00:00:00Z | 2003-02-02T00:00:00Z | 2003T10B | null | null | null | null | null | null | 20 | Sally Worrell | Karen Dunford | South East | Kent | Maidstone | Hollingbourne | TQ8553 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.246167 | 0.649262 | KENT-757FC0 | null | Copy of 2003 T10.jpg | A Bronze Age hoard | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
490,673 | Penannular Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | Penannular ring having narrow stripes of alternately yellow and whiter gold. The surface is rather worn except for the interior of the hoop where the striping is protected. The hoop tapers to flat terminals. When tested the ring was found to be of the type consisting of a gold covering over a non-precious metal core (s... | null | 3 | Gold | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2003-03-03T00:00:00Z | null | 2003T87 | null | 9.23 | null | 16 | null | null | 1 | Gillian Varndell | Karen Dunford | South East | Kent | Ashford | Godmersham | null | null | null | null | KENT-79D666 | null | 2003T87front cropped.jpg | A cast gold Bronze Age ring | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
490,678 | Penannular Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 |
A gold, or gold-plated copper alloy pennanular ring of near-circular cross section decorated with clearly visible bands of two different colours or alloys of gold.
| null | 3 | Gold | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2011-11-13T00:00:00Z | null | 2012T139 | null | 8.2 | null | null | 5.05 | null | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Old Alresford | SU6238 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.137923 | -1.115194 | SUR-7A1338 | null | DSCN6320.JPG | Bronze Age: Pennanular gold ring | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
491,238 | Pin | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,400 | -1,250 | A copper alloy dress or Picardy pin of the Middle Bronze Age.The pin is incomplete, being broken part way along the body. It is circular in cross section and has a swelling towards the break. The remaining terminal expands into a dished plate which as a few stamped crescents on the upper face. The pin is otherwise unde... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-09-30T23:00:00Z | 2011-10-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 15.35 | null | null | 7.78 | 58.93 | 1 | Anni Byard | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | DOR-CF4B74 | null | thing.jpg | Middle Bronze Age Picardy pin | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
491,684 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | null | null | -2,500 | -1,700 | A fragment of probable early Bronze Age flat axe, c. 2500- 1700 BC in date. The fragmetn consists of the blade and the lower part of the shaft which remains. The blade edge is uneven with bits missing and worn away. The axe has a rectangular cross-section, narrowing towards the blade which splays out from the shaft... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 52.58 | null | null | null | 40.8 | 1 | Jennifer Jackson | Jennifer Jackson | Eastern | Essex | null | null | null | null | null | null | KENT-FA69F4 | null | KENT-FA69F4.jpg | KENT-FA69F4: Axe | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
492,197 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,200 | Cast copper alloy palstave or flanged axe blade, trapezoidal in plan, rhomboidal in profile and rectangular in section, at the broken end. The opposite blade end tapers to a rounded and damaged edge in profile. The blade is broad and incurved or inturned, instead of flanged, at the cutting edge and has the remains of w... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-06-09T23:00:00Z | 2011-06-16T23:00:00Z | null | null | 189.95 | null | null | 15 | 60.5 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Tywardreath and Par | SX0855 | From a paper map | 50.363508 | -4.700922 | CORN-4FF3A0 | null | palstavebladeplan.jpg | palstave blade (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
492,451 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,000 | -600 | An incomplete cast copper alloy blade probably dating from the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age, that is c. 1000-600BC. The incomplete blade is broadly sub-triangular which expands towards the cutting edge. There are two horizontal fine incisions on one blade face, the other is undecorated. The artefact narrows toward... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-10-09T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 2 | null | null | 1.95 | 16.4 | 1 | Richard Henry | Richard Henry | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Brailes | SP2940 | From finder | 52.057628 | -1.578452 | WAW-63AEB3 | null | WAW-63AEB3.JPG | Bronze age razor | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
492,455 | Dagger | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,100 | -1,500 | A very worn blade tip, possibly coming from a copper alloy dagger dating from the Early Bronze Age, around 2100-1500BC. The fragmetnt is extremely worn and the surface pitted on both side. It is uncertain if it had a midrib, though it is not likely. The cross-section was probably oblong/oval rather than diamong-shaped.... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-02-17T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 11.49 | null | null | 3 | 57 | 1 | Dot Boughton | Dot Boughton | North West | Cumbria | Eden | Tebay | NY6104 | Centred on parish | 54.429919 | -2.602675 | LANCUM-63D272 | null | LANCUM63D272.jpg | Possible the tip of a Bronze Age bladed weapon | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
492,775 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -700 |
The tip of a cast copper alloy spear of Middle to Late Bronze Age date.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 8.75 | null | null | null | 31.38 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | Surrey | Epsom and Ewell | Ewell | TQ2362 | From finder | 51.343785 | -0.235399 | SUR-77F6E3 | null | 11-1580.JPG | Bronze Age: Spear head tip | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
492,992 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,700 | -1,500 | Bronze Age Arreton Down type flanged axe, from the Aylesford and Arreton periods, c. 1700-1500 BC.
The handle is rectangular and only expand to meet the blade three quarters down its length. The side flanges are low and are at their highest in the central point of the handle. The blade is semi-circular and at its wid... |
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| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2002-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | South West | North Somerset | North Somerset | Wrington | ST4762 | From finder | 51.354589 | -2.762498 | GLO-8B8AC6 | null | P1050750.JPG | flanged axe | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
493,037 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A very worn fragment of Middle to Late Bronze Age (1500 BC - 800 BC) copper alloy socketed spearhead, consisting of the very tip only. It measures 43.64mm in length and max.14.44x8.96mm at the (old) break. It weighs 13.2g.
The midrib is circular in cross-section, the blades either side triangular in cross-section. Th... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2007-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 13.2 | null | null | 8.96 | 43.64 | 1 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | East Northamptonshire | Raunds | SP9972 | Centred on parish | 52.337159 | -0.548399 | WILT-8CE367 | null | WILT-8CE367.jpg | Middle to Late Bronze Age Spearhead | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
493,197 | Dagger | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,900 | -1,600 | A cast copper-alloy dagger dating from the Early Bronze Age, about 1900 BC - 1600 BC. It is a flat riveted knife-dagger type. The blade is slightly bent but seems to be almost complete. It has a mid rib on each face and the blade edges are bevelled. The sides of the blade are slightly convex, but are almost straight. A... |
This object has been recorded from images kindly provided by the finder, and has not been examined by the FLO.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2010-12-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 150 | 1 | Amy Downes | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | Wakefield | Wakefield | Ackworth | SE4518 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.656565 | -1.320579 | SWYOR-A11924 | null | PAS_1660_dagger.jpg | Bronze Age dagger | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
493,265 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,150 | The front part and cutting edge of a cast copper alloy axehead of Bronze Age date. The broken rear face is sub rectangular in section. The blade flares widely and still has a keen cutting edge despite corrosion. The axehead is in poor condition with pitting over all surfaces including the broken rear face, suggesting b... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-03-09T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 183.6 | null | null | 12 | 53 | 1 | Phil Harding | Phil Harding | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Melton | Frisby on the Wreake | SK7016 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.737111 | -0.964683 | LEIC-BC2155 | null | CAD2396c.jpg | Bronze Age axehead | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
493,460 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A cast copper alloy awl or tracer, probably dating to the Late Bronze Age (c. 1150-800 BC). The awl has an almost flat sub-rectangular cross section at the tang end, which widens to become more rounded in the centre of the awl. The awl then tapers to a point. There is some debate as to the date of such awls, which ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-09-10T23:00:00Z | null | null | West Hanney 2010 | 6.4 | null | null | 4.56 | 54.43 | 1 | Katie Hinds | Michael Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | West Hanney | SU3892 | From a paper map | 51.625541 | -1.452451 | BERK-E1FD85 | null | 607. A Bronze Age Awl Y607.jpg | BronzeAgeAwl | The British Museum | Attribution License | ||
494,261 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,250 |
A Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy palstave axehead.
Both sides of the 'socket' comprise a flat area flanked by a pair of flanges, with a stop ridge at the bottom. The blade has a longitudinal ridge at the centre of both of its wide faces, and its sides flare towards a rounded cutting edge. A right-angled loop is loc... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-03-11T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 15 | 139.5 | 1 | Danielle Wootton | Danielle Wootton | South West | Devon | Mid Devon | Cadeleigh | SS9009 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.870002 | -3.564629 | DEV-339832 | null | DEV-339832 bronze age axe.jpg | Bronze Age palstave | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
494,469 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -800 | Incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axehead with defined slightly raised collar and the remains of a sideloop below it, faceted edges to the sides of the axe and a flanged blade. The collar is incomplete but the side that survives is about 20 mm long and shows that it flanges outwards slightly and would have had a ro... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z | 2010-11-30T00:00:00Z | null | null | 175.69 | null | null | 20.7 | 101 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | St. Enoder | SW9056 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.36634 | -4.954223 | CORN-60E6C4 | null | Feb12finz 001.jpg | socketed axe (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
494,967 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,100 | -700 | A large part of the lower part of a plain socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date including the blade. The surviving depth of the socket is 38mm and the wall section at the breaks varies from 2.99mm to 1.80mm. The blade is very worn and the surface is now powdery. The sides of the axe are almost parallel. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-07-31T23:00:00Z | 2011-08-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 26.3 | 67.82 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | East Sussex | Rother | Battle | TQ7316 | From finder | 50.917531 | 0.459806 | SUR-9CC540 | null | 11-1682.jpg | Bronze Age: Socketed axe fragment | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
495,008 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | Bronze age copper alloy flanged axe, 134mm long, 29mm wide and 13mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 269grams. The object is rectangular in section and form with a slightly flared, off centre rounded blade, 42mm wide. It has sub triangular flanges (which in total are 23mm wide) protruding from each ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 269 | null | null | 13 | 134 | 1 | Wendy Scott | Wendy Scott | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Linwood | TF1286 | Centred on parish | 53.359022 | -0.318558 | LEIC-9E8793 | null | 9E8793.jpg | Bronze Age copper alloy flanged axe | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
495,530 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -700 | Fragment of a middle to late Bronze Age sword (circa 1500 BC to 700 BC). The fragment is lozenge in cross-section with narrow flanges measuring circa 6mm in width on one side and 4mm in width on the other. The edges are abraded but show areas of patina of the same colour as the body. The breaks at either end are irregu... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | 38 | 1 | Adam Daubney | Adam Daubney | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Holton Le Moor | TF0797 | From a paper map | 53.458892 | -0.389927 | LIN-02D635 | null | LIN2012-360.jpg | Middle-Late Bronze Age sword | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
495,633 | Axehead | Bronze Age | null | null | null | null |
A copper alloy blade tip of an early bronze age socketed axe.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to a museum | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | Jeff Spencer | Sophie Watson | Wales | Wrexham | Wrexham | Abenbury | SJ3649 | From finder | 53.034433 | -2.955847 | CPAT-07A648 | null | 2918-0007.jpg | Axehead | The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust | Attribution License | ||
495,798 | Axehead | Bronze Age | null | null | 2,300 | 1,900 | Early Bronze Age, near complete copper flat axe. The butt is straight and narrow but is moderately thick (with a width of 19mm and a thickness of 5.5mm). The sides are markedly straight for their entire lengths, gradually diverging from the butt, towards the gently curved blade. There is some damage to the blade being ... | null | 4 | Copper | Silver | Donated to a museum | Metal detector | 2010-11-30T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 228.2 | null | null | 22 | 110 | 1 | Jeff Spencer | Sophie Watson | Wales | Powys | Powys | Mochdre | SO0691 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.508759 | -3.386433 | CPAT-1C53E1 | null | 3284-0006.JPG | Bronze Age flat axehead | The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust | Attribution License | ||
495,882 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | The tip of a cast copper alloy probable spearhead, dating to the Middle Bronze Age (1500-1150 BC). It has a broad lentoid shaped mid-rib, with worn edges. The base of the socket appears to survive. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-09-10T23:00:00Z | null | null | West Hanney 2010 | 0.8 | null | null | 1.3 | 16 | 1 | Julie Cassidy | Michael Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | West Hanney | SU4191 | From a paper map | 51.61634 | -1.409233 | BERK-1EB568 | null | 166. Tip of rapier or sword Y 166.jpg | RapierOrSwordTipFragment | The British Museum | Attribution License | ||
496,099 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,250 | -1,125 | Cast copper alloy chisel, rectangular in plan and section, and triangular in profile. The socketed collar is missing and the blade end has been hammered flat so that is has flanged outwards slightly on both sides. The casting seam on both sides has been filed down, and there are now lumps of corrosion product following... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-01-23T00:00:00Z | 2012-01-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 68.39 | null | null | 13.6 | 85.6 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | St. Clement | SW8445 | From a paper map | 50.26538 | -5.03217 | CORN-42EF37 | null | Feb12finds 006.jpg | chisel (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
496,188 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,150 | -800 | A fragment of Late Bronze Age (1150-800 BC) Socketed Axehead, consisting of the cutting edge only and broken just above the start of the socket. It measures 46.42x29.36x(max)14.45mm and weighs 51.2g.
The cutting edge is expanded but has edge loss through corrosion. The casting flash is visible, smoothed down, on one ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-10-26T23:00:00Z | 2012-01-26T00:00:00Z | null | null | 51.2 | null | null | 14.45 | 46.42 | 1 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Dilton Marsh | ST8451 | Centred on parish | 51.257935 | -2.230669 | WILT-475A23 | null | WILT-475A23.jpg | Late Bronze Age socketed axehead | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
496,617 | Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -2,150 | 100 | Copper alloy ring, probably dating to the Bronze Age or Iron Age. This example is similar to rings found in Suffolk (SF-7BD5C1), Norfolk (NMS-688046), North Lincolnshire (NLM-2CB634) and Shropshire (HESH-4B9AC5).
The object is 5mm thick, 18mm in exterior diameter, 8.5mm in interior diameter and weighs 5.32g.
The us... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | 2012-03-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 5.32 | null | 18 | 5 | null | 1 | Rebecca Czechowicz | Rebecca Czechowicz | Eastern | Bedford | Bedford | Castle | TL0449 | Centred on parish | 52.129531 | -0.482109 | LEIC-AC92E5 | null | LEIC-AC92E5.JPG | Copper alloy ring, probably dating to the Bronze Age or Iron Age | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
496,666 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -800 | Bronze Age copper alloy awl. The object has a light brown patina broken only by light green corrosion in two spots along its length and at the sharp end, where a dull point remains. The awl is circular in section near the point, but becomes square in section around the middle.
The object is 59mm long, 5mm wide, 5mm t... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | 2012-03-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 5.32 | null | null | 5 | 59 | 1 | Rebecca Czechowicz | Rebecca Czechowicz | Eastern | Bedford | Bedford | Castle | TL0449 | Centred on parish | 52.129531 | -0.482109 | LEIC-AD4834 | null | LEIC-AD4834.JPG | Bronze Age copper alloy awl | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
496,677 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -800 | Bronze Age copper alloy awl. The object has a dark brown patina broken by scratches showing as light brown around the sharp end, and by green corrosion at the very tip of the sharp end, and in a small spot on the side.
The point of the awl is very blunt and is circular in section. The section becomes sub-square two-t... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | 2012-03-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 4.67 | null | null | 4 | 55 | 1 | Rebecca Czechowicz | Rebecca Czechowicz | Eastern | Essex | Uttlesford | Thaxted | TL6130 | Centred on parish | 51.945203 | 0.34103 | LEIC-AD5F56 | null | LEIC-AD5F56.JPG | Bronze Age copper alloy awl | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
497,122 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | A Middle to Late Bronze Age side-looped spearhead, now in two pieces. The point is missing as are the edges of the blade which have corroded away. The end of the socket is also missing as is one of the loops. The socket now measures 51.32mm and has been cast slightly off centre. The spear is covered in hard brown soil ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z | 2012-03-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 34.24 | null | null | null | 107 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | West Berkshire | West Berkshire | Beech Hill | SU7064 | null | 51.370754 | -0.995787 | SUR-DB99E1 | null | B12-127.JPG | Bronze Age: Side-looped spear head | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution License | ||
497,164 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -900 | -800 | Cast copper alloy fragment of a flanged blade from a socketed axe, semi-circular in plan, triangular in profile and lozenge-shaped in section. The blade edge is worn and incomplete so that it is only flanged on one side. The broken edge reveals an oblong aperture which is the end of the socket for the haft or handle of... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-10-16T23:00:00Z | 2011-10-22T23:00:00Z | null | null | 18.77 | 18 | null | 8 | null | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Ludgvan | SW5033 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.144246 | -5.500463 | CORN-F29E04 | null | Feb12finz 014.jpg | blade fragment (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
497,205 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -900 | -800 | Cast copper alloy fragment of a collar from a socketed axe, semi-circular in plan, B-shaped in profile and in section. The collar is quite substantial at about 12 mm deep and 9 mm thick, and there is quite a deep indented area below it before the body of the axe begins with a raised ridge. Along this ridge at one side ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-02-02T00:00:00Z | 2011-02-02T00:00:00Z | null | null | 39.86 | null | null | 6 | 36 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Sennen | SW3626 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.075356 | -5.691154 | CORN-214B63 | null | Feb12finz 006.jpg | axe collar (exterior) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
497,231 | Gouge | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -900 | -800 | Incomplete cast copper alloy socketed gouge, semi-circular in plan, at the cutting edge, lozenge-shaped in profile and circular in section. The circular socketed end is broken and partly missing and the cutting edge is worn and nicked in two places and on one side. The gouge tapers in profile from the open end to a poi... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-03-31T23:00:00Z | 2010-05-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 31.49 | null | 18 | 4 | 61 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Devon | South Hams | Bigbury | SX6646 | From a paper map | 50.298691 | -3.882796 | CORN-319C01 | null | Feb12finz 009.jpg | socketed gouge (interior) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
497,316 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,400 | -1,000 | A cast copper alloy palstave axe, probably of the Taunton phase, dating from 1400-1000BC. It has an oval flange on each side, extending above and below the blade. The blade itself tapers to a very slightly flared cutting edge. The axe has a patchy, dark green patina. It is 98mm long, 27.7mm wide and 25.3mm thick. It we... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2011-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 150.07 | null | null | 25.3 | 98 | 1 | Jack Coulthard | Jack Coulthard | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Selby | Beal | SE5323 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.700754 | -1.198691 | SWYOR-40ED42 | null | PAS_1776_IA_axe.jpg | Bronze Age Palstave Axe | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
498,403 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,300 | An Middle Bronze Age unlooped palstave axe. The axe is complete and in good condition and has a crudely incised shield pattern on either side below the stop ridge. Both side show extensive evidence of hammering as well as sharpening striations on the blade.
The length of the axe is 141.11mm and the width of the blade... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 335 | null | null | 25.49 | 141.11 | 1 | Peter Reavill | David W Williams | South East | Kent | Dartford | Southfleet | TQ6172 | null | 51.424145 | 0.314299 | SUR-C1E343 | null | DSCN6815.JPG | Bronze Age: Palstave axe | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
498,405 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,300 | An unlooped palstave axe. The axe is complete, except for the tip of the butt, and in good condition although the surfaces are now very rough. The length of the axe is 143.16mm and the width of the blade is 61.56mm. The thickness is 28.97mm and the axe weighs 359g. The axe has a central raised rib and raised sides. The... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 359 | null | null | 28.97 | 143.16 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | Surrey | Tandridge | Nutfield | TQ2951 | From finder | 51.243598 | -0.153271 | SUR-C20352 | null | DSCN6819.JPG | Bronze Age: Palstave axe | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
498,825 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -700 | A worn 20mm tapering length of the blade of a sword of Middle or Late Bronze Age date. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-09-30T23:00:00Z | 2011-10-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 0.95 | null | null | 4.55 | 20.08 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | Surrey | Mole Valley | Betchworth | TQ2050 | From finder | 51.236573 | -0.28248 | SUR-EB4C43 | null | 11-1753.jpg | Bronze Age: Sword blade fragment | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
499,128 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,100 | -800 | A late Bronze Age tanged knife, almost complete save for the rounded tip of the blade. The knife is 146.20mm long and measures 24.04mm across the blade. The thickness of the blade is 2.24mm and the tang is c3mm thick across its widest point.
The blade, which is both unpatinated and still sharp, tapers outwards toward... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z | 2012-03-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 32.45 | null | null | 3 | 146.2 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | null | Reading | Reading | READING | SU7171 | From a paper map | 51.433562 | -0.980025 | SUR-FFEAA0 | null | B12-128.JPG | Bronze Age: Tanged knife | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution License | ||
499,322 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A cast copper alloy blade tip, dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age c.1500-800 BC. Chipping along both edges makes accurate defination difficult, and the fragment could be the tip of a sword, dagger, rapier or knife. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 2.95 | null | null | null | 38 | 1 | Julie Cassidy | Julie Cassidy | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | South Northamptonshire | Potterspury | SP7446 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.107389 | -0.92092 | NARC-13F828 | null | blade a.jpg | blade | Northamptonshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
499,602 | Palstave | Bronze Age | null | null | null | null | A complete, but concreted, Middle Bronze Age cast copper-alloy palstave of Acton Park (phase 2) or Taunton phases (c. 1500 - c. 1150 BC). It is unlooped with high, curved flanges (max. H. 28.2mmmm), fused to the stop ridge. The width at the butt is 23.4mm. The flanges start to rise gradually from the butt, reachi... |
The palstave was discovered by the finder in a collection of possessions belonging to his father, Sidney Nicholls, who was a local Archaeologist. The exact find spot for the palstave is not know.
http://finds.org.uk/bronzeage/objects/axe: The term palstave is very misleading as it comes from the Icelandic 'Paalstab... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 450 | null | null | 28.2 | 150.7 | 1 | Jennifer Jackson | Jennifer Jackson | South East | Kent | null | null | null | null | null | null | KENT-56C295 | null | KENT-56C295c.jpg | KENT-56C295: Bronze age Axe | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
500,081 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,900 | -1,100 | A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Bronze Age axehead. Only the tip of the blade and a small portion of the body of the axehead survive. No traces of a socket remain in the break of the axe, indicating that it is probably not a socketed axe from the later Bronze Age. The blade is flared and slightly crescent shaped, per... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-10-22T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 96.1 | null | null | 10.95 | 48 | 1 | Tom Brindle | Tom Brindle | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | Baschurch | SJ4423 | From finder | 52.801635 | -2.832069 | WMID-824953 | null | WMID-824953.jpg | Copper-alloy Bronze Age axehead fragment | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
500,272 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,500 | A copper alloy flat axe fragment dating from the Early Bronze Age (2150 BC - 1500 BC). Only the cutting end survives. The butt is missing due to an ancient and well worn break across the middle of the axe. The break has taken half the surface of one face too. The axe head is rectangular in section. The cutting edge is ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-01-22T00:00:00Z | 2012-01-22T00:00:00Z | null | null | 58.31 | null | null | 8.12 | 47.15 | 1 | Carole Bloom | Carole Bloom | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Harrogate | Green Hammerton | SE4656 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.997993 | -1.299779 | SWYOR-958D88 | null | PAS_1762_Axe_head.jpg | Bronze Age flat axe | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
500,784 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,140 | -800 | Fragment of a cast copper alloy sword blade, rectangular in plan and profile and lozenge-shaped in section. Both cutting edges are worn and incomplete and the perpendicular edges to these are broken so that the original length of the blade is unknown as well as the position of this fragment along it, though it is at th... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z | 2011-11-30T00:00:00Z | null | null | 21.77 | null | null | 6.3 | 30 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | St. Sampson | SX1054 | From a paper map | 50.355174 | -4.672329 | CORN-F13F72 | null | DSCN8158.JPG | sword fragment | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
500,927 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A cast copper-alloy palstave axe of the Middle Bronze Age, 1500 BC-1150 BC.
The axe is very worn and corroded, though it is nearly complete. The crescent-shaped blade tapers at its shoulders to the butt of the axehead. A very narrow stop is visible on the septum, but there is no trace of anything other than minor fla... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-04-05T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 184.4 | 40.21 | null | 12.64 | 123.5 | 1 | Robert Collins | Robert Collins | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Harrogate | Menwith with Darley | SE1858 | From finder | 54.0177 | -1.72678 | NCL-FE95C6 | null | NCLFE95C6.jpg | Bronze Age palstave axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
501,092 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,150 | Fragment from the butt of a Middle Bronze Age palstave. The object has an I -section with flanges rising on three of its four sides as viewed where it has broken, a result of the uneven break. Two of the flanges, symmetrically or diagonally opposite each other, are grooved on their outer edges. The extent of patination... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-03-04T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 13.59 | null | null | 10.1 | 18.7 | 1 | Martin Foreman | Martin Foreman | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | Roxby cum Risby | SE9315 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.623288 | -0.595364 | NLM-10F757 | null | NLM19960a.jpg | Bronze Age palstave axe fragment | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
501,147 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | Copper alloy spearhead fragment. Cast lozenge-shaped mid rib and the slightly tapered stubs of the blade of a spear head, probably from fairly close to the tip. The break at the wider end appears fairly recent, that towards the tip is more probably ancient damage. Heavily abraded. The angular section and prominent rib ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-02-24T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 13.22 | null | null | 7.4 | 48.9 | 1 | Martin Foreman | Martin Foreman | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | Winterton | SE9417 | Centred on field | 53.64108 | -0.579646 | NLM-12BFE8 | null | NLM19981a.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead fragment | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
501,926 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,900 | -1,700 | A copper alloy developed flat axe dating from the Early Bronze Age period. It is probably a Willerby style axe. It has a crescent shaped blade which is wider than the body of the axe. The original cutting egde does not survive. The body of the axe is rectangular in section and is unusually thick for a flat axe, suggest... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2011-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 88.7 | null | null | 10.75 | 78.44 | 1 | Carole Bloom | Carole Bloom | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Harrogate | Goldsborough | SE3955 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.989581 | -1.406682 | SWYOR-8EDA61 | null | PAS_1770_axe.jpg | Axe | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
502,121 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,150 | -800 |
A possible Bronze Age "bun" ingot of copper alloy. It is a rounded lump of copper alloy which is roughly D shaped in section. The surface is pitted and there are small bubbles in the metal. Modern damage revaeals the metal to be a bright copper colour but the surface is patinated to a smooth bright turquoise in areas,... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-11-27T00:00:00Z | 2012-02-13T00:00:00Z | null | null | 233 | null | null | 32.59 | 63.11 | 1 | Carole Bloom | Carole Bloom | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Ryedale | Leavening | SE7862 | Generated from computer mapping software | 54.048074 | -0.810188 | SWYOR-9226F6 | null | PAS_1773_ingot.jpg | Possible Bronze Age bun ingot | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
502,137 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A cast copper-alloy socketed chisel of late Bronze Age date. Length 43.24 mm, width 22.72 mm, thickness 6.06 mm, weight 13.6 grams. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-12-28T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 13.6 | null | null | 6.06 | 43.24 | 1 | Tom Brindle | Tom Brindle | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Lichfield | Armitage with Handsacre | SK0812 | From finder | 52.705611 | -1.883038 | WMID-925F85 | null | WMID-925F85.jpg | Bronze Age chisel | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
502,185 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -900 | -700 | A complete cast copper-alloy transitional Late Bronze Age-Early Iron Age socketed axehead (c. 900-700 BC). The axehead has a facetted body, with one wider face which widens towards the blade and a flanking narrow facet to either side. The socket mouth is round with a square internal socket and there seem to be four cas... |
This axehead was discovered within a short distance of Wolstonbury Hill, a well-known Bronze Age site. Within the axehead, cartridges were found which suggests perhaps that this object has been discovered previously and re-interred in nearby soil. It is therefore possible that this axehead comes directly from the Wols... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Other chance find | 2012-05-03T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 209 | null | null | null | 108.4 | 1 | Stephanie Smith | Claire Goodey | South East | West Sussex | Mid Sussex | CLAYTON | TQ2813 | null | 50.902296 | -0.18103 | SUSS-93B5D3 | null | SUSS-93B5D3LBASocketedAxehead.jpg | Late Bronze Age Socketed Axehead | Sussex Archaeological Society | Attribution License | ||
502,202 | Penannular Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | Report to H. M. Coroner on find of potential Treasure from Wixford, Warwickshire
2012 T333 Description Small penannular ring, round-sectioned, with narrow stripes of yellow and paler gold. The decoration is very worn but clearly visible internally, close to one terminal. The ring comprises a gold covering over a bas... | null | 4 | Copper | Gold | Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure | Metal detector | null | null | 2012T333 | null | 2.68 | null | null | 4 | 12.8 | 1 | Gillian Varndell | Gillian Varndell | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Wixford | SP0854 | null | 52.184192 | -1.884408 | WAW-97DE52 | null | WAW-97DE52.jpg | Bronze Age penannular loop. | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
502,271 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A cast copper-alloy palstave axe of the Middle Bronze Age, 1500 BC-1150 BC.
The axe is worn, but it is complete. The crescent-shaped blade tapers at its shoulders to the butt of the axehead. A very low relieve stop is visible on each face of the septum, with triangular flanges over and under the septum. The butt h... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-12-06T00:00:00Z | 2012-02-02T00:00:00Z | null | null | 321 | 44.26 | null | 14.38 | 143.77 | 1 | Robert Collins | Robert Collins | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Hambleton | Thormanby | SE4875 | From finder | 54.168561 | -1.266268 | NCL-A619B7 | null | NCLA619B7.jpg | Bronze Age palstave axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
502,521 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -700 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy axe. The blade portion of the axe remains with the broken edge traversing the axe and revealing the tip of the socket. The blade cutting edge is asymmetrical, rounded and blunt, and is convex in plan. The blade has slightly flared sides, and on these side faces the casting seams are st... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 15.92 | 57.91 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | Worfield | SO7797 | From a paper map | 52.570332 | -2.340782 | WAW-BAFA74 | null | WAW-BAFA74.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe. | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
502,546 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,500 | -700 | Cast copper-alloy (bronze) tanged chisel of possible Middle - Late Bronze Age date (1500 - 750 BC). The identification of this object as a chisel as well as the dating criteria are rather tentative. The artefact is incomplete and poorly preserved. The metal surface is also irregular being heavily cracked and laminated... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 69.85 | null | null | 11.9 | 72.6 | 1 | Peter Reavill | Peter Reavill | null | null | null | EATON | SJ5865 | From finder | 53.180432 | -2.629899 | HESH-BCF365 | null | HESHBCF365.jpg | Bronze Age: Chisel | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
502,551 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,150 | -700 | Fragment of a cast copper alloy plano-convex ingot, sub-triangular in plan and profile, and plano-convex in section. The fragment rises up from its semi-circular outer edge, which is about 10 mm in thickness, to the centre of the ingot, where it is broken, and 27 mm in thickness or height. The two sides which look deli... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-03-31T23:00:00Z | 2012-04-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | 468.8 | 27 | null | 10 | 63 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Gwinear-Gwithian | SW6036 | From a paper map | 50.175312 | -5.36265 | CORN-BD3DD5 | null | DSCN8246.JPG | ingot (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
502,818 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | POST MEDIEVAL | -900 | 1,600 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy object of uncertain (but most probably post medieval) date. The object forms a terminal; it tapers, has a square section and has a blunt end. The length is 30-09mm. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2006-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2006-05-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 11.45 | null | null | null | 30.09 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | West Rasen | TF0689 | From finder | 53.387213 | -0.40767 | -SUR 107785.00 | null | 12-61.JPG | Bronze Age to post medieval: Unidentified object | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
502,930 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,700 | -1,500 | A complete cast copper-alloy flanged axehead of early Bronze Age date.
It has a thin, rounded butt, with almost straight sides before expanding to a flared blade. The axe thins smoothly from the centre to the blade at one end and butt at the other, with raised flanges on either side on both faces which are now dam... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Other chance find | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 13 | 110 | 1 | Mary Chester-Kadwell | Mary Chester-Kadwell | Eastern | Norfolk | null | null | null | null | null | null | NMS-21A457 | null | 57333_EBA_FlangedAxehead_1.jpg | Bronze Age Flanged Axehead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
503,048 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe, dating from c.1000-800 BC. The axe fragment consists of only the cutting edge, which is slightly rounded and has flared outer edges; these then taper inward and would have continued into the length of the axe head, but is now broken. A small section of the socket survives b... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z | 2012-02-29T00:00:00Z | null | null | 56.2 | null | null | 15.66 | 30.03 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Little Bedwyn | SU2766 | Centred on field | 51.392401 | -1.613334 | BERK-255765 | null | 2011824.jpg | Bronze Age Axe: Late Bronze Age Socketed Axe | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
503,302 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -800 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy spearhead dating from the Middle or Late Bronze Age, about 1550 – 800 BC. The fragment consists of only the very tip of the spearhead, but it is in excellent condition. It has a narrow and slender tip with a pronounced midrib on both faces which is triangular in section. The tapering w... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2012-01-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 4.14 | null | null | 6.64 | 36.58 | 1 | Carole Bloom | Carole Bloom | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Scotter | SE9000 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.489024 | -0.645021 | SWYOR-398C35 | null | PAS_1790_spear.jpg | Bronze Age spear | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
503,323 | Arrowhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,150 | -800 | A copper alloy Bronze Age arrowhead which is flat and barbed and tanged. One barb is missing and the edges are damaged. It has a rib along the centre on both faces, giving it a slightly lozenge shaped section. The end of the barb is rounded, as is the end of the surviving tang, though it is not clear if it is complete.... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2012-01-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 3.95 | null | null | 3.06 | 46.4 | 1 | Carole Bloom | Carole Bloom | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Scotter | SE9000 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.489024 | -0.645021 | SWYOR-3A2CF7 | null | PAS_1790_arrowhead.jpg | Bronze Age flat barbed and tanged arrowhead | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
505,064 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,150 | A fragment from the blade of a Bronze Age rapier, or possibly a dirk or dagger. The surviving fragment is rectangular in form, pointed oval in section and terminates at both ends in old breaks. The surfaces are extremely worn and pitted with no visible signs of use-wear or tool marks and only traces of the original ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-02-15T00:00:00Z | 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | 18.14 | null | null | 4.85 | 70 | 1 | Amy Downes | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Selby | Kelfield | SE5839 | Centred on field | 53.844014 | -1.119964 | SWYOR-4A2876 | null | PAS_1824_BA_Blade.jpg | Bronze Age Rapier | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
506,476 | Armlet | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -1,900 | Description A crumpled and torn fragment of sheet gold with engraved geometric decoration comprising three bands of double zigzags separated by two plain zones; the zones are each bounded by three longitudinal engraved lines and the edges by four. The decoration is well executed. Two straight edges are present and thes... | As the object is prehistoric and contains precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Designation Order 2002. | 3 | Gold | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | null | null | 2012T441 | null | 1.35 | null | null | 0.1 | 25.5 | 1 | Julian Watters | Julian Watters | Eastern | Central Bedfordshire | Central Bedfordshire | Battlesden | SP9627 | From finder | 51.933241 | -0.605106 | BH-1EC018 | null | 2012T441.jpg | Bronze Age Lunula fragment | St. Albans District Council | Attribution License | ||
507,805 | Wedge | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -700 | A complete cast copper alloy splitting wedge of uncertain, but probably Bronze Age, date. The wedge has a rectangular section and the sides show filed seams. The top shows heavy wear from impacts and is curled over. A corner of the blade is missing. The wedge is 53.62mm long and the weight is 60.50g.
It seems more li... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 60.5 | null | null | 11.84 | 53.62 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Dummer | SU5946 | null | 51.210167 | -1.156758 | SUR-9FC532 | null | B12-232.JPG | Bronze Age: Wedge | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution License | ||
508,506 | Axehead | Bronze Age | null | null | -1,400 | -1,250 | A cast copper alloy Middle Bronze Age palstave axe, dating from c. 1400 BC to 1250 BC. The axehead measures 141mm in length. The object tapers from the wider blade end towards the butt; in section it is roughly lozenge shaped. The cutting edge has a crescentic form in plan and is lenticular in section; it measures 58.5... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-04-11T23:00:00Z | 2012-03-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 141 | 1 | Danielle Wootton | Danielle Wootton | South West | Devon | North Devon | Heanton Punchardon | SS4936 | From a paper map | 51.103359 | -4.158147 | DEV-07F6B5 | null | DEV-07F6B5 Bronze Age palstave axe.jpg | DEV-07F6B5 Bronze Age palstave axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
509,976 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,000 | -1,700 | A corroded and abraded cast copper-alloy flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date. This small example is from the earliest bronze working traditions, dating from the centuries after c. 2000 BC. The blade terminates in a rounded cutting edge. Bevelling to create the edge is gradual. Beyond the edge the object narrows to a ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-02-19T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 34.42 | null | null | 7.9 | 52.8 | 1 | Rob Webley | Rob Webley | South East | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Old Basing and Lychpit | SU6852 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.263112 | -1.026799 | HAMP-B18A07 | null | HAMP-B18A07flataxehead.jpg | Early Bronze Age flat axehead | Winchester Museums Service | Attribution License | ||
511,251 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -800 | An incomplete or fragment of an unidentified cast copper alloy artefact. In plan the artefacts is sub-rectangular with an asymmetrical convex lower edge which tapers towards one terminal. All edges are broken and abraded edges, but this does not appear to be recent. In section the artefact is sub-rectangular with a sli... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2012-06-10T23:00:00Z | null | null | 15.6 | null | null | 3.79 | 53.61 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Worcestershire | Wychavon | Kington | SO9955 | From finder | 52.193237 | -2.016047 | WAW-742B74 | null | WAW-742B74.jpg | Bronze Age unidentified artefact. | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
511,594 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,500 | -100 | A fragment from an unidentified cast copper-alloy object of a known type usually referred to as 'moustache-like' or 'moustache shaped'. These objects are thought to date from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Iron Age, after the discovery of one in the Salisbury Hoard (Stead 1998; ref. 117) and various other finds repo... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Other chance find | null | 2012-07-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | 6.69 | 30 | null | null | 19.4 | 1 | Rob Webley | Rob Webley | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Bishops Waltham | SU5518 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.95881 | -1.218269 | HAMP-C04CC3 | null | HAMP-C04CC3unidentifiedobject.JPG | Middle Bronze Age unidentified 'moustache' shaped object | Winchester Museums Service | Attribution License | ||
511,638 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Roman | POST MEDIEVAL | null | null | null | finders ref: AR147 | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 58.79 | null | null | 2.5 | 87 | 1 | Julie Cassidy | Julie Cassidy | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | South Northamptonshire | Hackleton | SP8254 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.178171 | -0.802209 | NARC-C22208 | null | blade a zxxx.jpg | blade | Northamptonshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
512,422 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -700 |
A possible fragment of a cast copper-alloy Bronze Age axe. The fragment is very worn and is tapering in section. It is possibly a very worn blade.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 17.31 | null | null | 5.9 | 35.71 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Hampshire | East Hampshire | Ropley | SU6432 | From finder | 51.083757 | -1.087674 | -SUR 449726.00 | null | 12-300.JPG | Bronze Age: Axe fragment | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
514,952 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy Bronze Age palstave. The blade portion of the palstave remains with the broken edge traversing the palstave. The broken edge is not too recent. The blade cutting edge is slightly asymmetrical, rounded, blunt, slightly abraded and is convex in plan. The blade has slightly flared sides. ... | Peter Reavill writes: MBA Palstave with central rib - not enough survives to suggest a sub-type - but probably either Primary - Shield shaped pattern or a low flanged / mid ribbed type. All these fit within the Early Palstave groups (I 2 or 3 - most probably 1 or 2 as teh blade doesn't look hugely flared) broadly d... | 4 | Copper alloy | Other | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-03-31T23:00:00Z | 2012-06-05T23:00:00Z | null | null | 82.2 | null | null | 11.61 | 35.98 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Tanworth-in-Arden | SP1169 | From a paper map | 52.318995 | -1.840046 | WAW-ADBA41 | null | WAW-ADBA41.jpg | Bronze Age palstave (plan, section, plan and section views). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
515,143 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A cast copper-alloy palstave axe of the Middle Bronze Age, 1500 BC-1150 BC. The axe is worn and incomplete, there is a break at the end opposite to the blade and the surface is inconsistent in colour and pitting. The axe consists of a U-shaped septum and straight-sided open flanges for hafting. The flanges are lozenge-... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-04-14T23:00:00Z | 2012-06-09T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 136.55 | 1 | Emma Morris | Emma Morris | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Hambleton | Easingwold | SE5369 | Centred on parish | 54.114151 | -1.190742 | DUR-F7B424 | null | DUR-F7B424.jpg | Middle Bronze Age Palstave Axe | Durham County Council | Attribution License | ||
515,348 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,500 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy Bronze Age flat axe. It consists of the blade edge and a small portion of the body. The axe probably dates to the early Bronze Age, c2150-1500 BC. The axe fragment is curved and wider at the blade end. It then narrows and thickens along the body. The blade end shows use of ware with pi... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-07-08T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 173 | null | null | 9.8 | 64.9 | 1 | Stephanie Smith | Claire Goodey | South East | East Sussex | Wealden | Arlington | TQ5408 | null | 50.851024 | 0.186359 | SUSS-0FD346 | null | SUSS-0FD346FlatAxe.jpg | Bronze Age Flat Axe | Sussex Archaeological Society | Attribution License | ||
515,393 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -875 | -700 | A fragment of a late Bronze Age socketed axe. The fragments consists of only a small area of the open socket and part of a side loop. There is also a casting seam visible. It is likely that this is part of a side-looped socketed axe, dating from c. 875-700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2012-07-09T23:00:00Z | null | null | 10.46 | 26.66 | null | 5.76 | null | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Edgcott | SP6722 | Centred on parish | 51.892534 | -1.027796 | BERK-120492 | null | 2012091.jpg | Post-medieval vessel: Vessel fragment | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
515,441 | Dagger | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -600 |
A cast copper alloy Bronze Age blade, possibly from a dagger, now extremely worn and pitted. The tang is missing. The object is lozengiform in cross section with no clear midrib.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-04-14T23:00:00Z | null | null | Leisure Promotions at East Stratton, Hants 15th April 2012 | 6.08 | null | null | 3.27 | 45.11 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Micheldever | SU5440 | Recorded at a rally | 51.156714 | -1.229229 | SUR-148F61 | null | DSCN7029.JPG | Bronze age: Dagger or spear | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
515,568 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,350 | -2,050 | An Early Bronze Age flat axe. The axe is 114mm long and is missing the butt end. The break appears to be ancient. The blade is 84mm wide. The axe is plain with no side flanges but the sharp edges of the blade are missing due to corrosion.
The axe is of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2350 - 2050 BC). This example fits best... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-06-30T23:00:00Z | 2012-07-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 511 | null | null | 10.92 | 113.71 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | Wokingham | Wokingham | Swallowfield | SU7264 | From a paper map | 51.370505 | -0.967061 | SUR-25F712 | null | B12-276.JPG | Bronze Age: Flat axe | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution License | ||
515,883 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -800 | An almost intact cast copper alloy socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date (1000 - 800 BC). The axe is almost complete with just one corner of the cutting edge (blade tip) missing. The break is patinated and worn.
The axe is sub rectangular in plan, with the cutting edge expanding outwards to form an convex cutting ed... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z | 2012-05-13T23:00:00Z | null | null | 146.46 | null | null | 34.38 | 67.95 | 1 | Amy Downes | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Harrogate | Brearton | SE3361 | Generated from computer mapping software | 54.043921 | -1.497538 | SWYOR-3D34A6 | null | PAS_1866_socketed_axe.jpg | Bronze Age Socketed Axe | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
516,199 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,200 | -1,000 | An incomplete probable Middle-Late Bronze Age copper alloy small tanged chisel, with a rectangular section (maximum dimensions 16 x 4mm) and with pitted flat faces and sides. The tang tapers at one end with the terminal missing, and cutting-edge is incomplete. The length of the remaining portion is 45mm. The object ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z | 1990-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 8.96 | null | null | 4 | 45 | 1 | Amy Downes | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Selby | Sherburn in Elmet | SE4833 | From finder | 53.791109 | -1.272869 | SWYOR-8D2683 | null | PAS_1892_chisel.jpg | Bronze Age chisel | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
516,324 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A cast copper-alloy rapier (or possibly dagger) of Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1500-1150 BC.
The rapier blade fragments are in two pieces that fit together and a third piece from the mid-blade, all with very abraded edges. The blade is sub-rectangular in plan and a pointed oval shape in section. One end of the blade ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2009-09-09T23:00:00Z | null | null | 142.3 | null | null | 5.14 | 129.37 | 1 | Robert Collins | Robert Collins | North East | County Durham | County Durham | Healeyfield | NZ0647 | Generated from computer mapping software | 54.817817 | -1.908154 | NCL-A09BA4 | null | NCL-A09BA4.jpg | Bronze Age rapier fragment | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License |
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