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543,966 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,050 | A fragment of probable Middle Bronze Age (1500-1050 BC) spearhead, consisting of part of the blade. The fragment measures 19.80x14.70x5.79mm and weighs 4.30g. It is curving in profile, as though bent.
The blade has a pronounced mid-rib (5.79mm diameter) with narrowing triangular-profile blade (c.0.7mm thick min.) to ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-07-31T23:00:00Z | 2012-08-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 4.3 | null | null | 5.79 | 19.8 | 1 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Corhampton and Meonstoke | SU6120 | Centred on parish | 50.97619 | -1.132514 | HAMP-3DBE53 | null | HAMP-3DBE53.jpg | Middle Bronze Age spear | Winchester Museums Service | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
544,283 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | Fragment of probable Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged knife, handle broken at both ends (across the remains of rivet-hole at one end), sides with slight bordering grooves on both faces. Surviving length 19mm. Width 16mm. c. 1100 to c. 800 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Chance find during metal detecting | 2013-01-09T00:00:00Z | 2013-01-09T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 19 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Wymondham | TG1300 | null | 52.556134 | 1.140636 | NMS-8D66F7 | null | 57220_8D66F7_LBA_Knife_ILL.jpg | Late Bronze Age Knife (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
544,428 | Metal Working Debris | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,000 | -700 |
A copper alloy casting well with two runners. This is probably of Bronze Age date.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Letcombe Bassett 2012 | 37.81 | null | null | 31.47 | 28.63 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Letcombe Bassett | SU3686 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.571726 | -1.481956 | SUR-92C393 | null | 12-1316.JPG | Bronze age: Metal working debris | Surrey County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
544,511 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -2,050 | An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) flat axe of Early Bronze Age dating (c. 2350 BC to c. 2050 BC).
The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in plan with a splayed crescent shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges. In cross section the axe is D shaped with one edge displaying a ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-11-11T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 56.5 | null | null | 10.11 | 65.79 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Lichfield | Mavesyn Ridware | SK0917 | From a paper map | 52.750544 | -1.868103 | WMID-A48FC7 | null | WMID-A48FC7.jpg | Early Bronze Age: Flat axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
544,699 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | POST MEDIEVAL | -2,150 | 1,500 | A complete cast copper alloy probable Awl, possibly of Bronze Age dating but could easily be later in dating (2150 BC to c. AD 1500).
The awl consists of a sub square sectioned artefact that gradually tapers from a wide centre, to a sharp point at both ends. No obvious tang is present. Faint grooves are present down ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-11-03T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 2.4 | null | null | 3.24 | 51.35 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | East Northamptonshire | Islip | SP9980 | From finder | 52.409057 | -0.54604 | WMID-BA89E6 | null | WMID-BA89E6.jpg | Bronze Age to Post Medieval: Possible awl | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
544,871 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -700 | A copper-alloy socketed spear dating from the middle to later Bronze Age (c. 1500-700BC). Only the tip of the the spearhead survives; it has a rounded mid rib with narrow wings. The tip is slightly bent, probably through use, and the wings are chipped, perhaps due to thinning of the metal from corrosion which may have ... | Davey, P.J. 1973: Bronze Age Metalwork from Lincolnshire. Oxford: Society of Antiquaries of London. | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 10.34 | null | null | 7 | 45 | 1 | Becky Sanderson | Becky Sanderson | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Welton | SK9979 | From a paper map | 53.298714 | -0.516003 | LIN-CE5674 | null | LIN2013-562.jpg | Bronze Age copper-alloy speartip | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
545,351 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -900 | -700 | A Bronze Age possibly cut-down spear tip with a socket which is 27.07mm long. The spear has rounded edges and one side has seven nicks which create seven 'barbs'.
Richard Davis comments that he has not seen a fragment like this before. He notes:
1. It is not clear what type of spearhead this is - whether it had... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 16.97 | null | null | 8.75 | 49.6 | 1 | Richard Davis | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Chilcomb | SU5028 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.04918 | -1.288079 | SUR-0FB443 | null | 12-1344a.JPG | Bronze age: Spear | Surrey County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
545,951 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A worn fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed spear-head, dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age (1500-800 BC). The spear-head has a lozenge-shaped section, midrib and worn blade wings. It is too fragmentary to identify the type further. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-09-21T23:00:00Z | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Letcombe Bassett 2012 | 18.71 | null | null | 11.2 | 32.67 | 1 | Janina Parol | Michael Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Childrey | SU3686 | From a paper map | 51.571726 | -1.481956 | BERK-4AE470 | null | 108 Berk 4AE470.jpg | 108 BERK 4AE470: Bronze Age Spear Fragment | The British Museum | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
545,955 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,100 | -600 | A possible cast copper alloy chisel of uncertain, but possibly Bronze Age, date. The chisel is in poor condition and little or none of its original surface survives. The chisel measures 99.96mm in length. One end expands and is flat and spatulate with a rounded terminal. The remainder has a rectangular section. The wid... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 34.04 | null | null | 8.34 | 99.96 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | null | West Berkshire | West Berkshire | Beech Hill | SU6965 | From finder | 51.379867 | -1.009957 | SUR-4B0D50 | null | B13-03.JPG | Bronze Age: Chisel | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
546,190 | Miniature Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null |
A cast copper alloy miniature object in the form of a palstave axe, probably dating to the Bronze Age. Research ongoing.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-09-21T23:00:00Z | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Letcombe Bassett 2012 | 4.12 | null | null | 5.85 | 34.45 | 1 | Richard Henry | Michael Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Letcombe Bassett | SU3686 | From a paper map | 51.571726 | -1.481956 | BERK-602025 | null | 128 Berk 602025.jpg | 128 BERK-602025: Awls | The British Museum | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
546,908 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -700 | The tip of a cast copper alloy socketed spear head dating to the late Bronze age. There is a hemispherical rib on both sides of the spear head running and widening from the tip towards the base. On one side of the spear head there is evidence of a breakage, exposing the socket which would have once held the shaft. The ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 7.93 | null | null | 5 | 39 | 1 | Alice Booth | Alice Booth | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | North Kesteven | Navenby | SK9956 | From a paper map | 53.092039 | -0.523123 | LIN-B6B1C3 | null | LIN2013-502.jpg | Bronze age copper alloy spear head. | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
547,315 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 |
Fragment of a Bronze age socketed axehead. The sideloop is still intact. The fragment is curved and flares outwards slightly to form a rounded edge.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 | 40 | 1 | Alice Booth | Alice Booth | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | North Kesteven | Welbourn | SK9754 | From a paper map | 53.074433 | -0.553581 | LIN-CE0C01 | null | LIN2013-520.jpg | Bronze age, socketed axehead fragment. | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
547,408 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,100 | -800 | Incomplete cast copper-alloy shouldered awl of probable Bronze Age date. At the probable mid-point there are opposed rectangular projections on both sides forming a collar or stop ridge. One end is broken just beyond the collar and comprises a rectangular-sectioned stump. The other end of the awl is of faceted recatgu... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-02-02T00:00:00Z | 2013-02-02T00:00:00Z | null | null | 11.58 | null | null | 6.5 | 54 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Gayton | TF7318 | null | 52.731963 | 0.560718 | NMS-DEBFA3 | null | 29715_DEBFA3_BA_Awl_ILL.jpg | Bronze Age Awl (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
547,455 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | null | null |
An incomplete copper alloy possible punch or awl, possibly Bronze Age in date although it could equally be Roman. It has a square sectioned shaft which is broken and the opposing end narrows into a point. The punch is quite chunky, more so than the Bronze Age awls recorded on the database.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-09-21T23:00:00Z | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Letcombe Bassett 2012 | 4.1 | null | 6.07 | null | 29.1 | 1 | Anni Byard | Michael Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Letcombe Bassett | SU3786 | From a paper map | 51.571662 | -1.467528 | BERK-E133A6 | null | 221 Berk E133A6.jpg | 221 BERK-E133A6 | The British Museum | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
547,728 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -701 | Probable Bronze Age copper alloy casting jet. Oval, flat upper face (32 x 34.5mm, 20mm thick), convex lower face with ceramic material between the stumps of two runners. Weighs 49.11g. c.2,350-701 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-02-13T00:00:00Z | 2013-02-13T00:00:00Z | null | null | 49.11 | null | null | 20 | 34.5 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Hoe | TF9815 | null | 52.696463 | 0.928672 | NMS-F56815 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
547,861 | Gouge | Bronze Age | null | null | null | null | A complete copper-alloy socketed wood gouge dating to the Ewart Park phase of the Bronze Age, C. BC 1000 to 800.
The socketed end of the gouge has a circular section and a diameter of 20.8. There is a collar at the socketed end and the gouge then flattens to a C-shaped section by the end and the length of the furrow ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 33.7 | null | 20.8 | null | 61.92 | 1 | Lauren Proctor | Lauren Proctor | North West | Cumbria | Eden | Hunsonby | NY5636 | Centred on field | 54.717066 | -2.684546 | DUR-06F0E8 | null | DUR-06F0E8-socketed-gouge.jpg | Bronze Age socketed wood gouge | Durham County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
548,390 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -700 | Fragment of a middle or late Bronze Age socketed axe. Only the blade-end survives. The blade is curved and flares at both ends. The extent of the flared ends is not great, suggesting that it has been resharpened a number of times in antiquity. The body widens to the break, where it is rectangular in cross-section with ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 51.78 | null | null | 14 | 45 | 1 | Adam Daubney | Adam Daubney | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Linwood | TF1286 | From a paper map | 53.359022 | -0.318558 | LIN-5DB976 | null | LIN2013-571.jpg | Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed axe | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
548,604 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A cast copper-alloy knife/razor of the Middle-Late Bronze Age, c. 1500 BC-800 BC.
The knife/razor is incomplete, but what remains indicates the object was leaf-shaped in plan and pointed-oval in section. The tip of the blade is missing, as it the base. The remains of a hole for mounting/fixing can be seen, but the ed... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-05-31T23:00:00Z | 2012-08-23T23:00:00Z | null | null | 14.3 | null | null | 2.26 | 66.46 | 1 | Robert Collins | Robert Collins | North East | Northumberland | Northumberland | Ulgham | NZ2392 | Generated from computer mapping software | 55.221697 | -1.640005 | NCL-71EF23 | null | NCL-71EF23.JPG | NCL-71EF23: Bronze Age knife or razor | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
548,991 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,500 | An incomplete Early Bronze Age copper alloy cast flat axehead, dating from c.2150 to 1500 BC. The blade is curved and it has a very uneven edge, probably due to surface wear and corrosion. The axehead tapers to a break before the butt. There are some traces of Bronze disease on the surface of the item. |
Images provided by finder.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-01-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 | 1 | Danielle Wootton | Danielle Wootton | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Lyme Regis | SY3493 | From finder | 50.732849 | -2.936564 | DEV-892904 | null | Bronze age flat axe.jpg | Early Bronze Age flat axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
549,959 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe head (1000 - 800BC). The socket is sub-circular, a square with very rounded corners. The edge of the socket is decorated with a pronounced rim and a parallel raised transverse band just below. This second transverse band is vestigial and very faint. The axe head has a s... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | Wood | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 192.8 | null | 23.88 | 33.34 | 102.4 | 1 | Kate Sumnall | Kate Sumnall | London | Greater London Authority | Wandsworth | Thamesfield | TQ2376 | From finder | 51.469607 | -0.230549 | LON-055444 | null | Wells-Axe-Oct12.jpg | late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe head | Museum of London | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
550,017 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Fragment of Bronze Age socketed axe, surviving end comprises cutting edge to just beyond start of internal socket. Surviving length 27mm. Surviving width 49mm. c.1000 - c.701 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-02-18T00:00:00Z | 2013-02-18T00:00:00Z | null | null | 418 | null | null | null | null | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Colkirk | TF9025 | null | 52.789114 | 0.816228 | NMS-06E105 | null | 41350_06E105_BA_SocketedAxehead_ILL.jpg | Bronze Age Socketed Axehead (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
550,383 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,300 | A cast copper alloy (bronze) early palstave / primary Group I - shield patterned palstave of Middle Bronze Age date (1500-1300 BC) - most probably associated with the Acton Park II and Taunton metalworking assemblages (Needham Period 5) - both assemblages fit within Burgess Metal Working Stage VIII and IX.
The palst... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 569 | null | null | 37.8 | 176.8 | 1 | Peter Reavill | Peter Reavill | North West | Cheshire West and Chester | Cheshire West and Chester | Bickley | SJ5347 | From finder | 53.018223 | -2.702068 | HESH-204CC1 | null | HESH204CC1.jpg | Bronze Age: Palstave | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
550,553 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl in quite fresh conditon, with sub-square to round-sectioned blade and square to rectangular-section tang. Length 85mm. Maximum width 6.5mm. Weight 12.6g. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z | 2013-02-20T00:00:00Z | null | null | 12.6 | null | null | null | 85 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Roudham and Larling | TL9889 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.463032 | 0.913145 | NMS-477697 | null | 31402_477697_BA_Awl.jpg | Late Bronze Age Awl | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
550,944 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,150 | -600 | A Late Bronze Age cast copper alloy awl. The awl, which expands in width to 4.33 in its centre, has one circular section terminal, the other end being flattened and rectangular in section, presumably for hafting. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-09-14T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 3.65 | null | null | null | 45.38 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | All Cannings | SU0763 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.366022 | -1.900839 | SUR-8A4D82 | null | 12-1426.JPG | Bronze Age: Awl | Surrey County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
551,176 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl with sub-square to round-sectioned blade and square to rectangular-section tang. Length 35.8mm. Maximum width 4.5mm. Weight 3.19g. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-03-08T00:00:00Z | 2013-03-08T00:00:00Z | null | null | 3.19 | null | null | null | 35.8 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Gayton | TF7417 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.722662 | 0.574982 | NMS-9F6FE5 | null | 58401_9F6FE5_BA_Awl_ILL.jpg | Late Bronze Age Awl (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
551,409 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 |
A fragement of cast copper alloy blade. The dark brown patina, pitting and elongated lozenge shaped cross-section suggest that this is likely to be the blade section of a Brnoze Age spear or dagger.
| Finders Ref: AR 172 | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 6.54 | null | null | 2 | 37 | 1 | Julie Cassidy | Julie Cassidy | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | South Northamptonshire | Hackleton | SP8254 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.178171 | -0.802209 | NARC-B20E51 | null | NARC-B20E51a.jpg | NARC-B20E51 bronze age blade | Northamptonshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
551,519 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Incomplete Late Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead, the open end of the socket missing. The cutting edges are scuffed and the point is missing. Length more than 89mm. Width 25mm Thickness more than 12.5mm. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-06-14T23:00:00Z | 2013-01-07T00:00:00Z | null | null | 29.5 | null | null | 12.5 | 89 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Rocklands | TL9896 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.52588 | 0.917304 | NMS-B35CF5 | null | 40488_B35CF5_LBA_Spearhead_ILL.jpg | Late Bronze Age Spear (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
551,729 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,400 | -800 | A Bronze Age copper alloy spear tip with the tip of the socket surviving. The spear has a high raised central ridge that extends to the tip of the blade. The edges are well preserved edges, the break is fresh and the fragment has a, dark green patina; patches of the surface are missing. The section is diamond-shaped ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 29.9 | null | null | 9.93 | 66.44 | 1 | Peter Reavill | Margaret Broomfield | South West | Gloucestershire | Tewkesbury | Stanton | SP0634 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.004406 | -1.914005 | SUR-DB8632 | null | 12-1451.JPG | Bronze age: Spear | Surrey County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
552,042 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Neolithic | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -1,900 | A complete copper alloy flat axehead dating to the period c. 2200 to 1900 BC.
The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan and in section. Both edges are still sharp although quite uneven and the surface of the object is badly abraded and the object is quite poorly preserved more generally. The axehead is rounded at one en... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 11.3 | 94.87 | 1 | Lauren Proctor | Lauren Proctor | North East | County Durham | County Durham | Bowes | NY9913 | Centred on village (which isn't a parish) | 54.512304 | -2.016957 | DUR-065531 | null | DUR-065531-flat-axehad-back.jpg | Bronze Age Flat Axe Back | Durham County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
552,111 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Copper alloy mid to late Bronze Age tanged chisel dagger fragment and two slag residues found within 1.5m of each other and appear to be associated. They date from 1000 to 800BC. Associated with LANCUM-06AA41, LANCUM-0633E7, LANCUM-060825.jpg, LANCUM-064172 and LANCUM-069462
Description
1. Chisel: The chisel is ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | 2013-04-07T23:00:00Z | null | 2013T224 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 4 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | North West | Lancashire | Lancaster | Carnforth | SD4867 | Generated from computer mapping software | 54.096256 | -2.796607 | LANCUM-0788A0 | null | LANCUM0788A0.jpg | Copper alloy mid to late Bronze Age tanged chisel dagger fragment and two slag residues found within 1.5m of each other and appear to be associated. They date from 1000 to 800BC | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
552,249 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -700 |
A fragment from the tip of a middle to late Bronze Age spear. The frament is lentoid in cross-section. The surface and the perimeter are pitted, and the break is irregular and well patinated.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | 28 | 1 | Adam Daubney | Adam Daubney | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | North Kesteven | Leasingham | TF0649 | From a paper map | 53.027797 | -0.420939 | LIN-177172 | null | LIN2013-685.jpg | Bronze Age copper-alloy spear | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
552,349 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,150 | Copper alloy palstave axe fragment. Cast butt and ridges or flanges - more on one side than on the other, giving a partial I-section - from the end of a palstave axe, of comparable form to others from the locality (e.g. NLM-EE9650 and NLM-EE77E7) which are described as Type Silsden side-looped palstaves. The end of the... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-03-10T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | 22.2 | null | 8.8 | 17.7 | 1 | Martin Foreman | Martin Foreman | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | Roxby cum Risby | SE9117 | From finder | 53.64161 | -0.625009 | NLM-1A38C2 | null | NLM22054a.jpg | Bronze Age palstave axe fragment | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
552,353 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | Copper alloy socketed axe fragment. Cast lunate cutting edge from a socketed axe; the hollow socketed form is confirmed by a rectangular cavity measuring 28.5mm by 9mm revealed by its breakage behind the edge of the blade. The fracture surface is rough and pale green compared to the patinated external surface features ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-11-18T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 39.49 | null | null | 14.4 | 22.7 | 1 | Martin Foreman | Martin Foreman | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | Roxby cum Risby | SE9117 | From finder | 53.64161 | -0.625009 | NLM-1A50A1 | null | NLM22055a.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe fragment | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
552,456 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe, with the cutting edge and part of the socket, badly crushed. The main break across the object is not recent but much of the scuffing is. Length more than 34mm. Width of cutting edge 42mm. Weight 45g. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-02-14T00:00:00Z | 2013-03-13T00:00:00Z | null | null | 45 | null | null | null | 34 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | Broadland | Hevingham | TG2022 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.750807 | 1.25838 | NMS-1E4DA1 | null | 37677_1E4DA1_LBA_Axehead.jpg | Late Bronze Age Socketed Axehead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
552,605 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -800 | A copper alloy object; probably an awl and probably of Bronze Age date (2150 BC - 800 BC). One end of the object terminates in a sharp point and has a circular cross section. The object widens at its centre and becomes increasingly sub-rectangular in section. The object has been flattened towards the tang end and becom... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-11-22T00:00:00Z | 2012-11-21T00:00:00Z | null | null | 4.6 | null | null | 5.1 | 56.1 | 1 | Lucy Creighton | Lucy Creighton | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Selby | Towton | SE4839 | From finder | 53.845032 | -1.271935 | SWYOR-320717 | null | PAS_2057_awl1.jpg | Bronze Age Awl | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
552,761 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | POST MEDIEVAL | -1,000 | 1,700 | A cast copper alloy fragment, perhaps the tang and part of the shaft of a chisel, 56mm long. If so the cutting edge is missing. The tang has a circular section. The patina suggests a date much later than the Bronze Age. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 9.46 | null | null | 3.81 | 56 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | West Berkshire | West Berkshire | Bradfield | SU6173 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.452706 | -1.123516 | SUR-45BB83 | null | B13-132.JPG | Bronze Age: Chisel | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
552,955 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Small fragment of the mouth of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe. Ancient breaks. Length 21.5mm. Weight 9.83. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
FLO12 | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z | 2013-03-15T00:00:00Z | null | null | 9.83 | null | null | null | 21.5 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Flordon | TM1797 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.527628 | 1.197584 | NMS-71AEB4 | null | 58410_71AEB4_LBA_SocketedAxehead_ILL.jpg | Late Bronze Age Socketed Axehead (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
553,928 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Ingot, fragment. Approximately sub circular in plan; plano-convex section. Length: 78mm, Width: 60mm, Thickness: 28mm, Weight: c.550g.
Ingot, fragment. Approximately triangular in plan; plano-convex section. Length: 94mm, Width: 77mm, Thickness: 34mm, Weight: c.750g.
Ingot, fragment. Approximately subcircular in ... | As these seven Late Bronze Age ingots were found in the same field within c. 20m of each other, they are most likely to originate from a single deposit, which has been dispersed. This material is eligible as Treasure under the Treasure Order (2002), as it is a base-metal prehistoric find containing two or more metal ob... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2013-03-04T00:00:00Z | null | 2013T196 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 | Danielle Wootton | Danielle Wootton | South West | Devon | East Devon | Otterton | SY0884 | Centred on field | 50.648394 | -3.302645 | DEV-ED41D1 | null | 2013T196.jpg | Bronze Age Hoard | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
554,032 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,250 | Probably Middle Bronze Age copper alloy unidentified object: a concave sided tube engraved very finely on the exterior with five sets of four circumferential lines separated by bands of closely spaced oblique lines, set in alternating directions by band. There is some modern scuffing on the ends and surfaces, but the o... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z | 2013-02-22T00:00:00Z | null | null | 6.04 | null | 13 | null | 27 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Marham | TF7108 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.642789 | 0.525939 | NMS-042377 | null | 34529_042377_RB_UnidentifiedObject.jpg | Roman Unidentified Object | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
554,709 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed axehead, dating to between 1000 - 800 BC. The edge of the fragment comprising the socket-end has a pronounced rim from which a small portion of the original mould line is visible. The fragment has a side loop that abuts the lower edge of the moulded rim. The fra... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-02-11T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 11.78 | null | null | 11.5 | 29.8 | 1 | Liz Walker | Liz Walker | South East | West Sussex | Mid Sussex | CLAYTON | TQ3113 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.901624 | -0.13839 | SUSS-5637C2 | null | SUSS-5637C2 Bronze Age Socketed Axehead.jpg | Bronze Age Socketed Axehead | Sussex Archaeological Society | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
554,893 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,050 | -1,700 | Early Bronze Age bronze Developed flat axe of uncertain sub-type and of Needham's (1996) Period 3 dated to c. 2050 - 1700BC.
The axe is complete and is of diminutive size (with an overall length of 79.9mm and a weight of 56.8g). The butt (with a width of 13mm) is straight but angled. Both sides are convex, reaching ... | The axe has a number of unusual features and does not easily fit into the Developed axe sequence as defined by Schmidt & Burgess (1981) . The axe is considerably smaller than most developed axes and although similar sized examples are recorded as Type Bandon, Variant Swinton, these are rarely decorated and tend to have... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-02-11T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 56.8 | null | null | 10.9 | 79.9 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Mark Lodwick | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Penllyn | SS9878 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.491714 | -3.470589 | NMGW-6A0686 | null | 2012.60.1.jpeg | NMGW-6A0686: Early Bronze Age developed axe | All rights reserved | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
555,311 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,150 | -600 | A Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl measuring 50mm. The awl is square in section in the centre; one end has a rounded section and the other a flat rectangle. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 4.8 | null | null | 15.57 | 49.71 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | East Northamptonshire | Aldwincle | TL0081 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.417863 | -0.531046 | SUR-A94D74 | null | 13-176.JPG | Bronze age: Awl | Surrey County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
555,459 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,100 | -800 | Fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed late Bronze Age axehead, circa 800-1100BC. The axehead dates to the Wilburton or Ewart Park phases. The lower blade and cutting edge survive with a shallow hollow indicating the terminal of the socket. The breaks are antiquarian. The fragment is trapezoidal in plan view with... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to the Scheme for educational use | Metal detector | 2012-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2012-09-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | 65.21 | null | null | 13.52 | 26.14 | 1 | Eloise Markwick | Eloise Markwick | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Lichfield | Drayton Bassett | SK1600 | Centred on field | 52.59756 | -1.765217 | WMID-C1E995 | null | WMID-C1E995.jpg | Fragment of a Bronze Age socketed axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
555,618 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,400 | -1,250 | An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) dagger fragment of Middle Bronze Age dating (1400 BC to 1250 BC).
Less than 25% of the dagger is present. The rest is presumed, lost in antiquity. The dagger fragment is sub rectangular in plan. The dagger has a sub lentoid cross section. The remains of one rivet hole is prese... | Comment from Peter Reavill (FLO Herefordshire & Shropshire): I think this is the hilt and upper blade of a trapizodal hilted rapier of middle BA date. The remains of one rivet hole can be seen on the upper edge of the hilt - and the upper part is a clear trapezoid tapering in width and expanding in section at the junc... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 28.9 | null | null | 2.95 | 64.32 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Lichfield | Burntwood | null | null | null | null | WMID-D54E37 | null | WMID-D54E37.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Dagger / Blade fragment | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
555,911 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -800 | An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axehead, of Late Bronze Age dating (1150 BC to 800 BC).
Less than 25% of the socketed axehead is present, consisting of the base of the socket and the blade edge. The fragment is sub rectangular in plan, and triangular in section. The socket is rectangular in shape. Casting ri... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2006-11-01T00:00:00Z | 2006-11-30T00:00:00Z | null | null | 67.3 | null | null | 19.62 | 33.83 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Stafford | Hyde Lea | SJ9120 | From finder | 52.777508 | -2.134859 | WMID-EB5248 | null | WMID-EB5248.jpg | Middle to Late Bronze Age: Socketed Axehead fragment | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
555,978 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -1,000 | Fragment of cutting edge of Early or Middle Bronze axe, i.e. flat, flanged, or a palstave. The breaks are ancient and the blade is sharp. Thickness 5.2mm. Extant length and width 35 and 17mm. c.2350 -c.1000 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z | 2013-02-22T00:00:00Z | null | null | 12.29 | null | null | 5.2 | 35 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Barton Bendish | TF7106 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.624827 | 0.524904 | NMS-ECA390 | null | 13316_ECA390_BA_Axehead.jpg | Bronze Age Axehead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
556,183 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | null | 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 ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 6.34 | null | null | null | 22.93 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Ewelme | SU6491 | From finder | 51.614199 | -1.077081 | SUR-FFD972 | null | B13-202.JPG | Bronze Age: Moustache-shaped fitting | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
556,817 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Fragment of the grip of a Late Bronze Age sword, probably of Ewart Park type, both ends broken across a rivet hole. The sides have begun to curve inwards below the upper break. Extant length 25mm. Width 22.5mm. Thickness 3.5 - 2.5mm. c.1000 - c.800 BC.
Finder's no. 23, see annotated map in file. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z | 2013-03-22T00:00:00Z | null | null | 11.75 | null | null | 3.5 | 25 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Beachamwell | TF7405 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.614894 | 0.568651 | NMS-5682B5 | null | 12153_5682B5_BA_Sword.jpg | Late Bronze Age Sword | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
557,432 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | An incomplete cast copper alloy looped palstave with central rib and raised flange facets dating from the Middle Bronze Age (1500 BC - 1150 BC).
The blade of the palstave is sub-triangular in plan with convex expanding sides and an incomplete convex cutting edge. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2012-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 262.3 | null | null | 25.72 | 149.45 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Staffordshire Moorlands | Heaton | SJ9563 | From finder | 53.164097 | -2.076241 | WMID-91BDA3 | null | WMID-91BDA3_2.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Looped and socketed palstave | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
557,502 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -700 | Fragment of Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe, part of mouth with part of one face and one side. The edges have been broken in antiquity. Surviving length 25mm. Surviving width 28mm. Weighs 16.91g. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-04-02T23:00:00Z | 2013-04-02T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 25 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | North Norfolk | Kelling | TG0742 | null | 52.935467 | 1.078748 | NMS-9427A3 | null | 58094_9427A3_BA_SocketedAxehead_ILL.jpg | Bronze Age Socketed Axehead (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
557,515 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,100 | -700 | A fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead with rib decoration. The fragment is broadly square in plan with a central casting ridge. Late Bronze Age socketed axeheads are c.1100 BC to c.700 BC in date.
The fragment is 18.95mm in length, 18.65mm wide, 6.75mm thick and weighs 6.71 grams. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 6.71 | null | null | 6.75 | 18.95 | 1 | Richard Henry | Richard Henry | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Chilmark | ST9632 | From finder | 51.0873 | -2.058488 | WILT-950DB6 | null | WILT-950DB6.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe fragment | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
557,519 | Metal Working Debris | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | MEDIEVAL | -1,100 | 1,500 | Corroded cast copper alloy casting sprue/jet of Bronze Age or later date. A truncated cone shaped body with two curved prongs projecting from the narrow end. The shape reflects the funnel shaped casting gate and two projecting feeders into the casting mould. The base of the cone would have in fact been the upper si... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 39.99 | 23.8 | null | null | null | 1 | Richard Henry | Richard Henry | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Stockton | ST9936 | From finder | 51.123282 | -2.015667 | WILT-9543A0 | null | WILT-9543A0.jpg | Bronze age casting sprue | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
558,207 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -800 | An incomplete and rather small Late Bronze Age (1000-800 BC) palstave axehead, with damage to the butt end (all original edge missing) and the stop ridge and flanges on one side. It measures 48.52mm in length, 27.29mm in max.width (from loop to opposite edge) and 15.15mm in max. thickness (stop ridge to stop ridge). It... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2013-03-13T00:00:00Z | null | null | 42.68 | null | null | 15.15 | 48.52 | 1 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | null | null | null | JERSEY | null | From finder | null | null | HAMP-0FD867 | null | HAMP-0FD867.jpg | Middle Bronze Age palstave | Winchester Museums Service | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
558,368 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Incomplete Late Bronze Age awl, most of the rectangular-sectioned tang missing. There is a strong offset or stop ridge at the junction of tang and blade, the cross-section of the latter turning circular before the point. Extant length 35.5mm (length of blade 31.5mm). Width / thickness 6 x 4.5mm. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-03-12T00:00:00Z | 2013-04-08T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 4.5 | 35.5 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Flitcham with Appleton | TF7127 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.813425 | 0.535824 | NMS-228715 | null | 52539_228715_LBA_Awl_ILL.jpg | Late Bronze Age Awl (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
558,553 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | An incomplete cast copper alloy blade, of Middle Bronze Age dating (1500 CAL BC to 1150 CAL BC - Needham's Period 5).
The blade fragment is sub trapezoidal in plan, and lentoid in cross section. The blade tapers towards either edge. The edges to the top and bottom are old, pre depostional breaks. No evidence of rivet... | Comment from Peter Reavill (Herefordshire & Shropshire FLO): As for the blade fragment - from the size I think you are looking at either a large dagger or probably more likely a rapier fragment. The hilt would have been trapezoidal - and it has lost its rivets and upper part - it has also lost the shoulders but you ca... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-02-03T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 11.6 | null | null | 2.82 | 62.34 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | East Staffordshire | Uttoxeter | SK0734 | From finder | 52.903393 | -1.897374 | WMID-277BF6 | null | WMID-277BF6.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Dagger / Blade fragment | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
558,981 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | The find consists of a fragment of a socketed instrument, a socketed tool, five fragments of a hollow ring with semi-circular cross section and a length of copper alloy wire.
The find can be considered as an addendum to 2010 T442 based on the location of the find and the typological similarities between artefacts fr... | On the balance of probabilities, based on typological comparanda and spatial proximity, the objects that comprise this find are part of a dispersed Late Bronze Age hoard that also included finds from an earlier case (2010 T442), and are therefore treated as an addendum to that case.
The find qualifies as Treasure un... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | 2013-04-13T23:00:00Z | 2013-04-14T23:00:00Z | 2013T281 | null | 70 | null | null | null | null | 8 | Robert Collins | Robert Collins | North East | Northumberland | Northumberland | Stannington | NZ1975 | From finder | 55.069107 | -1.704012 | NCL-8E8B52 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
559,418 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -701 | Probable Bronze Age copper alloy casting jet. Oval, flat upper face (19mm x 17mm, height 13mm), convex lower face with the stumps of two runners. Weighs 10.82g. c.2,350-701 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-04-16T23:00:00Z | 2013-04-16T23:00:00Z | null | null | 10.82 | 13 | null | 17 | null | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Attleborough | TM0393 | null | 52.497109 | 0.989073 | NMS-B9B467 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
559,447 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | A probable Middle Bronze Age copper alloy 'moustache-shaped' unidentified object. Longitudinal rib on upper edge with possible traces of transverse nicks, transverse median rib flanked by two smaller ribs also with possible traces of transverse nicks, upper edge and midpoint obscured by iron corrosion, remainder of obj... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-04-16T23:00:00Z | 2013-04-16T23:00:00Z | null | null | 7.38 | 21 | null | 7 | null | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Attleborough | TM0393 | null | 52.497109 | 0.989073 | NMS-BAA821 | null | 42806_BAA821_BA_UnidentifiedObject_ILL.jpg | Middle Bronze Age Unidentified Object (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
559,457 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -1,001 | Fragment of Early or Middle Bronze axe, i.e. flat, flanged or palstave, cutting edge, ancient irregular transverse break. Thickness 11mm. Extant length 25mm. Width 49mm. Weighs 48.68g. c.2350 -c.1001 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-04-16T23:00:00Z | 2013-04-16T23:00:00Z | null | null | 48.68 | null | null | 11 | 25 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Attleborough | TM0393 | null | 52.497109 | 0.989073 | NMS-BADDA1 | null | 42806_BADDA1_BA_FlatAxehead_ILL.jpg | Bronze Age Flat Axehead (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
559,829 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,150 | 410 |
A complete cast copper alloy awl, possibly dating to the later Bronze Age but more possibly as late as the early Roman period. The awl has a sub-rectangular cross section at one end that may have originally terminated in a flattened wedge-shape, as other examples recorded on this database do. This terminal widens to b... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 5.3 | null | 0.51 | null | 38.25 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | West Berkshire | West Berkshire | Boxford | null | null | null | null | BERK-109A95 | null | 2012505.jpg | Bronze Age Awl: Awl | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
559,831 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | Four copper alloy ingots and fragments of probable Late Bronze Age date c.1100-800 cal BC. This assemblage includes one fragment of a plano-convex ingot, two irregularly shaped fragments and one piece of plate scrap with a central ridge.
Similar pieces of copper alloy are a well-known feature of Late Bronze Age ('sc... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | null | null | 2013T769 | null | 191.96 | null | null | null | null | 4 | Jon Cotton | Kate Sumnall | London | Greater London Authority | Barnet | Edgware | TQ1794 | From finder | 51.632653 | -0.310909 | LON-10AC83 | null | Ingots-LON-10AC83-Aug12 copy.jpg | Four Bronze Age copper alloy ingots and fragments of scrap dating 2,500-700BC. | Museum of London | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
560,155 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -1,501 | Incomplete Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead with broken butt-end, sides expanding and flaring slightly to damaged cutting edge, one angle missing (surviving width 45mm). Body rectangular in section and thickened at mid-point (10mm), thinning to butt-end and cutting edge. Surface corroded. Length 71mm. Weig... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-04-21T23:00:00Z | 2013-04-21T23:00:00Z | null | null | 146.69 | null | null | 10 | 71 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | North Norfolk | Antingham | TG2632 | null | 52.838075 | 1.354023 | NMS-355281 | null | 58439_355281_EBA_FlatAxehead_ILL.jpg | Early Bronze Age Flat Axehead (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
560,220 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -700 | A copper-alloy Bronze Age chisel, with a cutting edge at one end and a hilt at the other. The chisel is broadly triangular in plan and rectangular in cross section. The hilt is sub-square in cross-section and tapers to a point. The blade narrows from 4.00mm thick to 0.65mm thick at the cutting edge.
The chisel measu... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 4.92 | null | null | 4 | 42.2 | 1 | Rachel Stammers | Rachel Stammers | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Durnford | SU1034 | null | 51.105214 | -1.858547 | WILT-366F33 | null | WILT-366F33.jpg | Bronze Age chisel | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
560,601 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy Bronze Age palstave. The portion which remains is the butt. The butt is a sub-trapezoid in plan, with one broken edge, the longer edge, which is not a recent break. The section is a sub-rectangle with concave lateral sides. The fragment is in fair condition with patches a heavily devel... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2013-03-05T00:00:00Z | null | null | 9.4 | null | null | 8.08 | 15.92 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Tanworth-in-Arden | SP1169 | From finder | 52.318995 | -1.840046 | WAW-5E4475 | null | WAW-5E4475.jpg | Bronze Age palstave butt (section, plan and profile). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
560,603 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,000 | -1,600 | The axehead is made from cast copper alloy. The axe is complete, but one corner has been recently broken, but is not missing. In plan the axe is a sub elongated triangle. The butt is rounded, and in profile slightly tapers to a rounded edge. The sides are straight with no flaring outwards of the blade tip. The blade cu... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2013-03-05T00:00:00Z | null | null | 182 | null | null | 8.08 | 117.99 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | South West | Somerset | null | null | ST4871 | From finder | 51.435599 | -2.749461 | WAW-5E5FB8 | null | WAW-5E5FB8.jpg | Bronze Age flat axe (plan, profile and reverse). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
560,976 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,150 | A Middle Bronze Age hoard discovered on the 17th of May 2013 in the course of building work. The find consists of ten copper alloy objects, six palstave axes, two spiral finger rings and two 'Sussex Loop' armlets.
Descriptive catalogue
(N.B. On numbering of the palstaves: numbers in square brackets relate to num... | Discussion
At the broadest level, the objects in the Ockham hoard can be dated typo-chronologically to the Middle Bronze Age (c.1500-1100 BC). More particularly, the early palstaves (Nos. 5-10), probably date to the Taunton metalwork phase (c.1400-1250 BC) (cf. Rowlands 1976, 31-2), and possibly to the Acton Park m... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Building work | null | null | 2013T316 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 | Neil Wilkin | David W Williams | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Ockham | TQ0756 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.293088 | -0.466825 | SUR-B41DB6 | null | IMG_5264.JPG | Bronze Age: Hoard. The scale is one foot long. | Surrey County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
561,581 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,150 | -700 | Fragment of a cast copper alloy ingot, probably originally circular in plan and plano-convex in profile, but this fragment is rectangular in plan, square in profile and triangular in section, as it likely comes from the centre of the original ingot. Plano-convex ingots like this one were used during the Late Bronze Age... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-03-25T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 96.65 | 30 | null | null | 37 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Sennen | SW3726 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.075799 | -5.677208 | CORN-CDBF61 | null | May2013finds52.JPG | ingot fragment (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
562,875 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,000 | 410 | 11 pieces of copper metal working waste of uncertain date, probably from Bronze Age to Roman. The presence of this material suggests that bronze objects have been manufactured here and possibly broken copper alloy items were being recycled. Sadly no precise findspot was recorded. One piece displays a bright blue deposi... | null | 4 | Copper | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 11 | Lindsey Bedford | Lindsey Bedford | South East | West Berkshire | West Berkshire | Beedon | SU4878 | Centred on field | 51.498909 | -1.309909 | PUBLIC-A44592 | null | copper working slag.jpg | copper casting waste | All rights reserved | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
562,892 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,700 | -1,500 | A complete Early Bronze Age cast copper-alloy late flanged axe (c. 1700-1500 BC). The blade of the axe is slightly flared to the blade tips, and the blade cutting edge is a deep symmetrical convex shape. The cutting edge is rounded due to abrasion. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being be... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2013-04-08T23:00:00Z | null | null | 471.4 | null | null | 24.06 | 147.36 | 1 | Ben Roberts | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Worcestershire | Malvern Hills | Rushwick | SO8155 | From finder | 52.192907 | -2.27937 | WAW-BA7221 | null | WAW-BA7221.jpg | Bronze Age flat axe transitional palstave (plan, profile, plan and profile). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
562,997 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,150 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy (bronze) axe most probably from a palstave of Middle Bronze Age date, circa 1500-1150 BC. The blade is broken below the stop ridge and there is no evidence to suggest whether this fragment is from a looped - or unlooped palstave variant. The break is worn and patinated suggesting tha... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-03-10T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 112.4 | null | null | 16.29 | 50.36 | 1 | Eloise Markwick | Eloise Markwick | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | East Northamptonshire | Irthlingborough | SP9369 | From finder | 52.311245 | -0.637262 | WMID-CAEA06 | null | WMID-CAEA06.jpg | Bronze Age palstave | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
563,109 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -700 | Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl, round-sectioned (5mm) pointed end and narrowed and tapering rectangular-sectioned tang. Length 70.5mm. Tang 3.5mm x 3mm in section. Weighs 5.34g. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-04-07T23:00:00Z | 2013-05-12T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | 5 | 3 | 70.5 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Narborough | TF7310 | null | 52.660117 | 0.556515 | NMS-DDC067 | null | 51091_DDC067_BA_Awl_ILL.jpg | Late Bronze Age Awl | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
563,825 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Beads, ingots and molten fragments which may, on the balance of probabilities, be considered as an addendum to an earlier find (2008 T454), which included copper alloy objects from the same area as a scattered Late Bronze Age hoard found before 7 July 2008 (PAS-9474B1, 2008 T454).
1. Awl, incomplete, with most of th... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2013-04-08T23:00:00Z | 2013-05-06T23:00:00Z | 2013T374 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 36 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | West Acre | TF7816 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.712382 | 0.633602 | NMS-1FB7C5 | null | 31075_1FB7C5_LBA_Hoard_1.jpg | Late Bronze Age Hoard. | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
564,356 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | null | null | -1,600 | -1,500 | An Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axe head. In section, the axe head is lenticular in shape. In plan, the axe head is roughly triangular in shape; the butt end is narrow and has a rounded end, and the sides flare out towards the cutting edge. The cutting edge is cresentic in shape. There are signs of wear on the cu... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to a museum | Metal detector | 2011-06-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | Danielle Wootton | Danielle Wootton | South West | Torbay | Torbay | Churston-with-Galmpton | SX8957 | Centred on field | 50.402361 | -3.563247 | DEV-76F361 | null | Alan Miller flat axe.jpg | Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
565,100 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Bronze age copper alloy small spearhead, 52mm long, 12mm wide and 9mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 14.13grams. The spearhead has a conical open shaft, (9mm in diameter) which very gently tapers into an integral wide central mid rib running down a leaf shaped blade. This then drops sharply near the... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | 2013-05-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | 14.13 | null | null | 9 | 52 | 1 | Kevin Leahy | Wendy Scott | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Hinckley and Bosworth | Sutton Cheney | SK3900 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.596401 | -1.42567 | LEIC-F0A3B8 | null | LEIC-F0A3B8.jpg | LEIC-F0A3B8 Bronze age copper alloy spearhead | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
565,214 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,000 |
Fragment of a middle to late Bronze Age copper-alloy palstave. Only the butt remains. The fragment is triangular in profile and has a curved butt. The edges extend to form a narrow ledge at the top and bottom. The break exposes two circular indentations that appear to have been caused by air bubbles formed during the ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 12.31 | null | null | 7 | 24 | 1 | Adam Daubney | Adam Daubney | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Welton | SK9979 | From a paper map | 53.298714 | -0.516003 | LIN-02B808 | null | LIN2013-1048.jpg | Bronze Age axe | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
565,878 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | An incomplete copper alloy side looped socketed spearhead. The tip and upper part of the spear only. There is a broken side loop on either side of the flared, oval sectioned socket. It is not possible to say what shape the loops were originally. The socket continues to taper to the solid, pionted tip, maintaining the o... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 25.98 | null | null | 14.59 | 67.87 | 1 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Cheselbourne | null | null | null | null | DOR-30E216 | null | lowres30E216.jpg | Bronze Age socketed side looped spearhead | Somerset County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
565,914 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -800 | Copper alloy casting waste; sprue or jet. The sprue is an inverted conical which is sub-oval in section and has a concave upper edge with a few burst air bubbles on the surface. The tip is elongated and tapers to a blunt broken edge. The sprue has a heavy light green coloured patina. It measures 31.39mm long, 21.03mm w... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-04-26T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 31.7 | null | null | 17.02 | 31.39 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | South West | Gloucestershire | Forest of Dean | Westbury-on-Severn | SO6913 | From finder | 51.814764 | -2.4511 | WAW-320995 | null | WAW-320995.jpg | Bronze Age casting waste: sprue/jet (plan, profile and reverse). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
565,959 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -1,501 | Fragment of the miscast butt end of an Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axe. Very small parts of the three edges are present, and at the break there are two very large blow holes. Weight 21.04g. Extant length 29mm. Width 24mm. Thickness 9.5mm. c.2350 - c.1500 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2013-05-12T23:00:00Z | null | null | 21.04 | null | null | 9.5 | 29 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | North Norfolk | Wighton | TF9438 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.904407 | 0.883194 | NMS-418C66 | null | 3980_418C66_BA_FlatAxehead_ILL.jpg | Early Bronze Age Flat Axehead (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
566,320 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,500 | A worn and corroded early Bronze Age flat axe. The surface is extensively corroded and pitted. The axe flares to the blade. The axe is rectangular in cross-section at the centre.
Length: 63.38 mm; Width: 38.88 mm; Thickness: 11.45 mm; Weight: 110.29g | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to a museum | Metal detector | 2012-09-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 110.29 | null | null | 11.45 | 63.38 | 1 | Adam Daubney | Adam Daubney | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | East Lindsey | Stixwould and Woodhall | TF1665 | From a paper map | 53.169484 | -0.266134 | LIN-84A3C5 | null | LIN2013-1062.jpg | Bronze Age flat axe | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
566,536 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date - circa 1100 - 800 BC. Only the tip of the axe survives consisting of a curved cutting edge with prominently flared sides. The base of the socket is visible where the body of the axe is broken and taper sin width towards the cutting edge. The rema... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 14.6 | null | null | 8.3 | 28 | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | North East | County Durham | County Durham | Wycliffe with Thorpe | NZ1113 | GPS (from the finder) | 54.512189 | -1.831612 | YORYM-980C73 | null | SR0108.jpg | Bronze Age : Socketed Axehead | York Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
566,541 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | null | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,500 | A copper alloy Early Bronze Age flat axehead, possibly of the Migdale tradition. The axehead is flat on both faces, and both faces show signs of re-sharpening at the blade end. One face has a scar running roughly diagonally across the axehead; this may be a casting mark, or possibly occurs due to later damage. The blad... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-05-24T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | Danielle Wootton | Danielle Wootton | South West | Devon | Teignbridge | Bridford | SX8086 | From finder | 50.661273 | -3.699172 | DEV-987893 | null | Keith Wells flat axe.jpg | Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
566,830 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Butt end of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave. Ancient break. Extant length 14mm. Width 22.5mm. Thickness 6.7mm. Weight 10.9g. c.1600 - c.1000 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-05-13T23:00:00Z | 2013-06-09T23:00:00Z | null | null | 10.9 | null | null | 6.7 | 14 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Ringstead | TF7038 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.912528 | 0.526737 | NMS-AF11B1 | null | 52642_AF11B1_BA_Palstave_ILL.jpg | Bronze Age Palstave (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
566,940 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,200 | Incomplete Middle Bronze Age copper alloy looped palstave with a broad, almost fan-shaped blade. Part of the loop, and part of the haft including the butt end are missing. A casting seam runs the full length of both sides. On both faces below the stop ridge there is a shield-shaped depression from below the top of whic... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-05-13T23:00:00Z | 2013-06-09T23:00:00Z | null | null | 390 | null | null | 32 | 139 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | North Norfolk | Sculthorpe | TF8930 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.834358 | 0.804307 | NMS-B238F7 | null | 58492_B238F7_BA_Axehead_ILL.jpg | Middle Bronze Age Palstave (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
567,328 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -700 |
A fragment of the tip of a blade of a cast copper alloy Bronze Age axe of uncertain type. The fragment has a bright green patina.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.31 | null | null | null | 20.56 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Wisley | TQ0556 | From a paper map | 51.29346 | -0.495498 | SUR-FE1092 | null | 13-222.JPG | Bronze age: Axe | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
568,353 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,400 | -1,250 | A copper alloy palstave of Middle Bronze Age date.
The socket is formed by a set of right angled flanges which flank the flat central area and increase in height towards the centre of the blade where they are joined by a horizontal stop ridge. The flanges are slightly damaged along the topmost edge on both sides, wit... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 30.28 | 142.3 | 1 | Julie Dawn Shoemark | Julie Dawn Shoemark | South West | Somerset | Mendip | Selwood | ST8148 | null | 51.230867 | -2.2735 | WILT-BEF273 | null | WILT-BEF273.jpg | Middle Bronze Age palstave | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
568,659 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -800 | A copper-alloy awl, probably dating from the Late Bronze Age.
The widest part of the awl is roughly at the centre, from where it tapers in both directions. One side is of subcircular section, tapering to point at the distal end; the other side, which may be a tang, is of rectangular section, bent, and terminates in a... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-05-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 7.95 | null | null | null | 68.4 | 1 | Julian Watters | Julian Watters | Eastern | Hertfordshire | Three Rivers | Sarratt | TQ0499 | Centred on parish | 51.680145 | -0.497181 | BH-D64995 | null | BA_awl_13_78.jpg | Bronze Age awl | St. Albans District Council | Attribution License | ||
568,664 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,100 | -1,900 | A cast copper-alloy flat axehead of the early Bronze Age, dating c. 2000 BC.
The axe is incomplete, consisting of a slightly ribbed blade, with a break removing much of the edge, as well as the base or butt of the axe. The axe flares evenly to the blade, and it is nearly hexagonal in section. The surface has an even ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z | 2013-04-16T23:00:00Z | null | null | 82.6 | null | null | 15.36 | 50.13 | 1 | Robert Collins | Robert Collins | North East | Northumberland | Northumberland | Stamfordham | NZ0874 | Generated from computer mapping software | 55.060418 | -1.87629 | NCL-D66994 | null | NCL-D66994.JPG | NCL-D66994: Early Bronze Age flat axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
568,787 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -2,350 | -701 | Sub-rectangular fragment of a possibly Bronze Age unidentified object, rectangular-sectioned. One original surviving chamfered short edge with broad bordering groove on one face. Surviving length 27mm. Surviving width 17mm. 5mm thick. Weighs 10.30g. c.2350- c.701 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-05-19T23:00:00Z | 2013-06-16T23:00:00Z | null | null | 10.3 | null | null | 5 | 27 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Fincham | TF6806 | null | 52.625763 | 0.480628 | NMS-EB0E02 | null | 58367_EB0E02_BA_UnidentifiedObject_ILL.jpg | Possible Bronze Age Unidentified Object (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
568,874 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,250 | -800 | A copper alloy Bronze Age awl: The awl is sub-square in section and elongated rectangle in plan which is bent at c. 45° just below the approximate midpoint. One terminal gradually tapers to a blunt point. The other terminal expands slightly in width and flattens in depth forming a rectangular sectioned blade/chisel. Th... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-10-20T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 9.3 | null | null | 5.38 | 77.99 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Brailes | SP2940 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.057628 | -1.578452 | WAW-FC1522 | null | WAW-FC1522.jpg | Bronze Age Awl (profile and plan). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
569,316 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -701 | Incomplete Middle or Late Bronze Age blade, perhaps from rapier. Pointed oval section with barely defined central rib which flattens at the thicker end. Broken at both ends. Surviving length 59mm. Maximum width 20mm. Maximum thickness 3mm. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-05-21T23:00:00Z | 2013-06-25T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | 59 | 1 | Erica Darch | Erica Darch | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Scarning | TF9813 | Centred on field | 52.678508 | 0.92747 | NMS-407D98 | null | 36634_407D98_MBA_Rapier_ILL.jpg | Middle to Late Bronze Age Rapier (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
569,504 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,200 | -800 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead of Bronze Age date. The fragment is the blade end including the base of the socketed area. It is a tapering rectangle in section in plan and trapezoidal in plan with a worn cutting edge and rounded corners. The breaks at the socketed end are old and worn.
The metal ha... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 43.6 | null | null | 11.1 | 27.8 | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Ryedale | Appleton-le-Street with Easthorpe | SE7375 | GPS (from the finder) | 54.165621 | -0.883403 | YORYM-5574F6 | null | JCY0070.jpg | Bronze Age : Socketed Axehead | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
569,747 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,600 | -400 | A fragment of a copper alloy Bronze Age or early Iron Age unidentified 'moustache-like' object. In plan the object is a drop shape, and in section it is sub- semi circular which is domed on the outer face. The reverse is hollow. The lower half of the outer face is decorated with fine linear grooves and ridges. The uppe... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2001-11-05T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 2.8 | null | null | 7.34 | 20.2 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Brailes | SP2940 | From finder | 52.057628 | -1.578452 | WAW-83E1E3 | null | WAW-83E1E3.jpg | Bronze Age or Iron Age unidentified object (plan, profile, plan, reverse). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
570,008 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,700 | -1,500 | A complete cast copper alloy flanged axehead of middle Bronze Age date. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a narrow and thin squared butt end which extends to a curved cutting edge with crescent shaped blade. Two large integrally cast raised lozenge shaped flanges are present along the edges of both sides exte... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 23.9 | null | null | 31.7 | 127 | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Ryedale | Amotherby | SE7475 | GPS (from the finder) | 54.165478 | -0.86809 | YORYM-D3EFF5 | null | PD0071.jpg | Bronze Age : Flanged Axehead | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
570,317 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -700 |
A small fragment from the blade edge of an axe of Middle or Late Bronze Age date.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | Leisure Promotions - East Stratton 14.4.13 | 3.88 | null | null | null | 24.88 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Micheldever | SU5540 | From finder | 51.156619 | -1.214932 | SUR-FDEAB5 | null | B13-377.JPG | Bronze Age: Axe fragment | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution License | ||
570,342 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | An incomplete cast copper alloy palstave with raised flange facets dating from the Middle Bronze Age (1500 BC - 1150 BC).
The blade of the palstave is sub-triangular in plan with convex expanding sides and an incomplete convex cutting edge. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being before t... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 471.1 | null | null | 36.48 | 166 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | Wales | Gwynedd | Gwynedd | Llanystumdwy | SH4838 | From finder | 52.917852 | -4.262176 | WMID-FE8C24 | null | WMID-FE8C24.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Incomplete flanged palstave (before conservation) | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
570,863 | Hoard | Bronze Age | null | null | -1,300 | -1,000 | 1. Copper alloy narrow-bladed looped palstave, has a wide central moulding which tapers starting from the centre of the stop ridge and which stops approximately two thirds down the axe blade. The stop is squared and the body of the blade is narrow and only slightly flared. The patina is green overall and runs from smoo... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | null | null | 2011T167 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 13 | Ben Roberts | Kurt Adams | South West | North Somerset | North Somerset | Dundry | ST5568 | From finder | 51.409227 | -2.648384 | GLO-6535E4 | null | Bronzeagehoard.jpg | GLO-6535E4 Bronze Age Hoard | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
571,176 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -750 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead of later Bronze Age date (1150-750 BC). The fragment is composed of a minor amount of the lower blade and cutting edge and terminates in an old break situated at the tip of the socketed portion of the blade. The cutting edge is asymmetrical and rounded.
Similar exam... | The initial records and photographic images were taken at Bishop Burton 2011 Rally. We understand that the images fall below our usual standards, this however is due to the difficult conditions (predominantly the lack of ideal lighting conditions) under which they were taken. The recorder has done what is possible to r... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-09-23T23:00:00Z | null | null | Bishop Burton 23rd to 25th Sep 2011 | 44.7 | null | null | 9.68 | 35.22 | 1 | Miss Ellie Cox | Miss Ellie Cox | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Bishop Burton | SE9740 | null | 53.84719 | -0.527076 | YORYM-8ED426 | null | BB 833.jpg | Soceted Axehead Fragment : Bronze Age | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
571,465 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -600 |
A cast copper alloy Bronze Age blade. The object is very worn and is of uncertain type, possibly a sword tip.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-04-13T23:00:00Z | null | null | Leisure Promotions - East Stratton 14.4.13 | 6.98 | null | null | null | 35.27 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Micheldever | SU5439 | From a paper map | 51.147723 | -1.229379 | SUR-A9ACF3 | null | 13-475.JPG | Bronze Age: Blade | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
571,556 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Late Bronze Age metalwork hoard.
1. Plain socketed axe of Type Portree - near complete.
Length 100.5mm; surviving blade width 58.1mm; external mouth dimensions 47.2mm by 38.2mm; weight 276.3g.
Near complete bronze socketed axe with angular face edges and sub-rectangular cross-section. The loop is missing and... | Discussion (Adam Gwilt & Simone L Johnson)
The fifteen metal artefacts within this hoard grouping are of Late Bronze Age date with a combination of types represented indicating they were buried during the Ewart Park phase, dating to between 1000-800BC (Needham 1996; Needham et al 1997).
The near complete socketed... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | null | null | 2011W10 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 16 | Mark Lodwick | Adam Gwilt | Wales | Carmarthenshire | Carmarthenshire | St. Ishmael | SN3608 | null | 51.74663 | -4.377012 | NMGW-BA6184 | null | DH005809_02.jpg | Late Bronze Age Hoard | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
571,695 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,150 | -600 | A cast copper alloy square-sectioned tang, 54mm long, which terminates in a rounded wedge. This is probably part of a Late Bronze Age chisel. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 17.06 | null | null | null | 54.23 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Surrey | Elmbridge | WEYBRIDGE | TQ1157 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.301311 | -0.409171 | SUR-DFA787 | null | 13-492.JPG | Bronze age: Chisel | Surrey County Council | Attribution License |
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