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572,196 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,900 | -1,700 | Copper alloy axehead dating from the end of the early Bronze Age period, c. 1900-1700 BC. The axe is a Schmidt and Burgess (1981, pg. 65-8; pl. 30-1) Type Bandon, Variant Swinton, e.g. nos. 347-80. The surface of the axe is corroded and worn and appears to be displaying active copper corrosion, rendering identification... | This object was reported to Dr Paul Sealey, of Colchester and Ipswich Museums, and images of the axehead were obtained by scanning the object which were supplied to the FLO for recording. As a result the record may fall below the usual standards for objects reported to the FLO. Dr Sealey states that Early Bronze Age me... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to a museum | Metal detector | 2013-05-22T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 78.94 | null | null | 11 | 84 | 1 | Paul Sealey | Katie Marsden | Eastern | Essex | Tendring | Little Clacton | TM1519 | From finder | 51.828223 | 1.118743 | ESS-36F125 | null | ESS-36F125.jpg | Bronze Age axe | Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service | Attribution License | ||
572,333 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | The hoard comprises two associated Bronze Age artefacts:
Plain pegged spearhead fragment
Maximum surviving length 61.3mm; maximum surviving blade width 18.3mm; maximum surviving socket height 13.0mm; maximum blade thickness near break 8.0mm. Weight 22.8g.
This is the lower blade side and upper socket side of ... | The plain pegged spearhead fragment can be confidently identified as of Middle to Late Bronze Age date and dating to between 1300-800BC (e.g. Greenwell and Brewis 1909, 463; Ehrenberg 1977, 3, 13-14 & Fig. 1; O'Connor 1980, 100-101, 138-41; Northover unpublished, 271, 283). The shape of the surviving blade edge is cons... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | null | null | 2011W16 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | Mark Lodwick | Adam Gwilt | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NMGW-4D5AC0 | null | DH005825_02.jpg | Late Bronze Age associated spearhead fragment and casting jet | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
572,343 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -950 | -750 | Two bronze socketed axes of Late Bronze Age date 1.0 South Wales Variant Type socketed axe Length 101.0mm; blade width 50.0mm; weight (prior to conservation) 354.9g. This is a complete bronze socketed axe of slender and rectangular form. The mouth moulding is deeper (approx. 10mm), thicker and less outsplayed than is t... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2011-09-30T23:00:00Z | null | 2011W17 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | Mark Lodwick | Adam Gwilt | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Trellech United | SO5109 | null | 51.77751 | -2.71163 | NMGW-4D8933 | null | Axespresentation.JPG | Late Bronze Age associated socketed axes | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
572,421 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A bronze socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date and a worked and hook-shaped metal fragment
1. Faceted and socketed axe
(Dimensions: length 91.2mm; surviving blade width 43.6mm; external mouth dimensions 36.8 by 34.4mm, internal mouth dimensions 26.9 by 24.2mm; width below loop 32.8mm; height of collar 18.2mm; dept... | Discussion (Adam Gwilt)
The faceted and socketed axe may be identified as of Type Gillespie (Schmidt & Burgess 1981, 191-4), equating with Class 9A socketed axes in Ireland (Eogan 2000, 62-81). These may be confidently dated by secure hoard associations to the late Wilburton and Ewart Park phases (late Bishopsland a... | 3 | Copper alloy | Tin or tin alloy | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2011-08-20T23:00:00Z | null | 2011W27 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | Teresa Gilmore | Adam Gwilt | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NMGW-4F9643 | null | DH005804_02.jpg | Late Bronze Age hoard and wooden haft fragment | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
572,427 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,050 | -1,850 | Early Bronze Age associated flat axes
1. Flat axe - Type Migdale, probable Variant Biggar (Class 3F)
Dimensions: surviving length 142.9mm; surviving blade width 58.6mm; surviving butt width21.1mm; maximum thickness 8.2mm; surviving weight (prior to conservation) 253.9g.
This is a largely complete but severely... | Discussion (Adam Gwilt, Mark Lodwick and Marion Page)
One of the flat axes (No. 1 above) may be identified as a Type Migdale flat axe. Its narrow butt and slender proportion, suggest that it is most closely paralleled by the narrower variant, known in northern Britain as Variant Biggar (Schmidt & Burgess 1981, 46-8)... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | null | null | 2011W28 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | Mark Lodwick | Adam Gwilt | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Pembrokeshire | Nevern | SN0936 | From finder | 51.989523 | -4.783149 | NMGW-4FCA62 | null | 11_28.JPG | Bronze Age Axes | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
572,499 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,500 | -500 |
A cast copper alloy slender chisel or awl of uncertain but perhaps Bronze Age date. One end of the implement has a slender flat chisel terminal and the other ends in a round point.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 4.1 | null | null | null | 69.74 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | Eastern | Bedford | Bedford | Stagsden | SP9849 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.130626 | -0.569731 | -SUR 741553.00 | null | 13-638.JPG | Bronze Age: Awl | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
572,545 | Gouge | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,150 | -650 | Incomplete fragment of a cast bronze (copper alloy) socketed gouge of probable Late Bronze Age date (c. 1100 - 650 BC). It is likely that this tool is from the Wilberton, Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking, phases which correspond to Needham's (1996) Period's 6 - 8. | Socketed gouges have been found associated with metalwork assemblages of Wilberton (eg. Guilsfield, Savory, 1980, No. 268. 64-65) through Ewart Park (eg Penwyllt, Savory 1980, No 284. 7-8) and Llyn Fawr (Savory 1980, No 291 9-11). Savory (ibid., p 55) suggests that the earliest examples have multiple mouth mouldings, w... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 57.63 | null | null | null | 70 | 1 | Peter Reavill | David W Williams | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Tilshead | TQ0148 | From a paper map | 51.222271 | -0.555101 | SUR-7898C5 | null | DSCN1827.JPG | Bronze age: Gouge | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
573,012 | Razor | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Fragment of Late Bronze Age razor, probably of Piggott 1946 Class I. Very flat eliptical section with slightly bevelled edges, rounded end and transverse break. None of the original cutting edge survives, the edges of the blade very thin and damaged. Surviving length 31mm. Width at break 28mm. Maximum surviving thickne... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-06-23T23:00:00Z | 2013-06-23T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | 31 | 1 | Erica Darch | Erica Darch | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Marham | TF7010 | Centred on field | 52.661065 | 0.512204 | NMS-B7FBC7 | null | 58498_B7FBC7_LBA_Razor.jpg | Late Bronze Age razor | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
573,420 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -11,501 | A fragment of Middle Bronze Age copper alloy spear, dating 1,500 - 1,150BC. Only the tip survives of this spear. It has a clearly defined mid rib, solid tip and towards the end of this fragment the hollow socket becomes visible. The end of the tip is also broken and missing. The broken edges are very abraded. The ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 9.49 | null | null | 6.37 | 44.17 | 1 | Kate Sumnall | Kate Sumnall | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | LON-1E3516 | null | Joynson-Spear-Feb13.jpg | A fragment of Middle Bronze Age copper alloy spear | Museum of London | Attribution License | ||
573,660 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axehead, of Late Bronze Age dating (1150 BC to 800 BC).
Less than 50% 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 | null | null | null | null | 89 | null | null | 29.2 | 74.37 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Stafford | Eccleshall | SJ8429 | From finder | 52.858249 | -2.239072 | WMID-32C4E1 | null | WMID-32C4E1.jpg | Late Bronze Age: Incomplete Socketed Axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
573,861 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe in fairly fresh condition with prominent casting seams, blunt cutting edge, one possibly recent dent and recent scratching. Length 101mm. Width 42mm. Weight 267g. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z | 2010-04-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | 267 | null | null | null | 101 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Erica Darch | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Marham | TF7109 | Centred on field | 52.65177 | 0.526456 | NMS-475C25 | null | 14432_BA_Axe_1.jpg | Late Bronze Age socketed axehead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
573,866 | Barbed And Tanged Arrowhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -700 | Copper alloy barbed-and-tanged arrowhead, tip, very narrow fragment of adjacent cutting edge and end of tang. missing. The ends of the barbs are slightly scuffed. There is a slight median rib on one face while the other is entirely flat. Length 34mm. Width 22.5mm. Thickness 2mm. The surfaces are dull brown through iron... |
Stuart Needham, having examined a photograph, comments:
"It is interesting to learn of yet another of these arrowheads from British soil. Many years ago I would have ]...[ suspected a collector's loss. However, there are now sufficient (as well as the one secure context in the Penard hoard, Glamorgan) to suggest som... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z | 2010-04-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | 34 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Erica Darch | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Barton Bendish | TF7302 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.588271 | 0.55233 | NMS-477E93 | null | 21456_BA_ArrowHead_1.jpg | Bronze Age barbed-and-tanged arrowhead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
574,191 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Iron Age | BRONZE AGE | -700 | -600 | Copper alloy socketed axe. Cast axe with a crescentic cutting edge, a plain and gently tapering body lacking any external ridging, a semi-circular loop whose inner end coincides with a low moulding for a round collared mouth of external diameter 32mm; within the socket the mouth achieves a sub-rectangular shape. A ridg... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-08-19T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 295 | null | 40.1 | 6.3 | 106.9 | 1 | Martin Foreman | Martin Foreman | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Keelby | TA1709 | Centred on field | 53.564578 | -0.234915 | NLM-5DE752 | null | NLM23143a.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axehead | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
574,612 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,250 | A large fragment of a Middle Bronze Age rapier blade in very fine condition. The blade was recovered from a riverine deposit. Peter Reavill comments: the classic tell-tale features are the thickened forte (the section by the hilt) that tapers into a very thick sturdy mid-rib - which extends to the point which is almost... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 59.81 | null | null | 5.46 | 172.5 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Winslow | SP7626 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.927338 | -0.896157 | SUR-A10290 | null | 13-987.JPG | Bronze age: Rapier | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
575,959 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Fragment of the lower part of the socket of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe, both ends broken and only one side extant. Thickness 16 - 13mm. Weight 35.38g. 100 - 700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-03-29T00:00:00Z | 2013-06-27T23:00:00Z | null | null | 35.38 | null | null | 16 | null | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Pentney | TF7213 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.687378 | 0.54331 | NMS-03F210 | null | 33433_03F210_BA_SocketedAxehead_ILL.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
576,026 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,100 | Copper alloy palstave axehead fragment. Cast blade and cutting edge from a palstave axe with faint discernible traces of a central mid rib. The blade diminishes in its thickness and increases in its width towards the cutting edge. Fiercely abraded with large nicks in the cutting edge, and encrusted with soil. Suggested... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-08-23T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 98.32 | null | null | 11.3 | 55.3 | 1 | Martin Foreman | Martin Foreman | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | East Lindsey | Beesby with Saleby | TF4378 | Recorded at a rally | 53.279696 | 0.143322 | NLM-061746 | null | NLM23201a.jpg | Bronze Age palstave axe fragment | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
576,312 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,700 | -1,100 | Cast Copper alloy palstave axehead. This has a rectangular rear half that begins to expand from the mid-point to the blade, which has a crescent shaped cutting edge. The side flanges run from the butt to just beyond the mid-point, these are high and culminated in a point at the centre of both the lower and upper sides... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-04-30T23:00:00Z | 2013-02-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | 335.5 | null | null | 32 | 143 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | South West | North Somerset | North Somerset | Backwell | ST4970 | From finder | 51.426699 | -2.734932 | GLO-1E0845 | null | DSC_0464 copy.jpg | GLO-1E0845 Bronze Age Palstave Axe | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
576,641 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | An incomplete copper alloy (bronze) socketed axehead fragment, of Late Bronze Age dating (c. 950 BC to c. 750 BC)
Less than 50% of the axehead is present, consisting only of part of the body, blade and the remnants of the socket. It is missing the top part of the axehead and the loop.
It is sub rectangular in plan,... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 15.2 | null | null | 7.02 | 34.34 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Lichfield | Alrewas | null | null | null | null | WMID-6FEAE1 | null | WMID-6FEAE1.jpg | Late Bronze Age: Incomplete Socketed Axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
576,761 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,000 | -1,501 | Incomplete Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axe, the butt end and the central part missing. On both faces there are three transverse lines of chevrons, two lines facing in one direction and one line in the other, each chevron being made with two punched dashes. The surfaces are patinated brown though there are some s... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-02-15T00:00:00Z | 2013-07-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | 170 | null | null | 9 | 65 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Barton Bendish | TF7106 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.624827 | 0.524904 | NMS-73F0F1 | null | 13316_73F01_EBA_FlatAxehead.jpg | Bronze Age Flat Axe | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
576,817 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Incomplete Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl, part of the square-section tang missing. The blade is sub-square in section at its start and becomes circular sectioned before the point. Extant length 36.5mm. Maximum width 5.5mm. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-02-15T00:00:00Z | 2013-07-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 36.5 | 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-828883 | null | 13316_828883_LBA_Awl_ILL.jpg | Incomplete Late Bronze Age awl | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
576,827 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -701 | Very small fragment of the cutting edge of a Bronze Age copper alloy axe in sharp and fresh condition. Extant length, width and thickness 19.5, 7 and 4mm. Weight 1.96g. c.2350 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-02-15T00:00:00Z | 2013-07-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | 1.96 | null | null | 4 | 19.5 | 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-82E6D4 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
576,957 | Razor | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Incomplete and bent Late Bronze Age copper alloy razor of Piggott 1946 Class I. The tang and the distal end are missing. The sides are so badly pitted that no part of either cutting edge survives. There is a low midrib on both faces. Extant length and width 50mm and 18mm. Thickness (at the midrib) 0.9mm. c.1000 - c.701... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-02-23T00:00:00Z | 2013-07-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 0.9 | 50 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Barton Bendish | TF7206 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.624512 | 0.539662 | NMS-963A82 | null | 17600_963A82_BA_Razor.jpg | Bronze Age Razor fragment | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
577,849 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Fragment of a Late Bronze copper alloy spearhead, a sherd from the mouth of the socket. External diameter 30mm. Weight 3g. c.1000 - c.700 BC | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-02-23T00:00:00Z | 2013-07-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | 3 | null | 30 | null | null | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Gayton | TF7318 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.731963 | 0.560718 | NMS-2E9BF1 | null | 29715_2E9BF1_LBA_SpearheadFragment_ILL.jpg | Fragment of a Late Bronze spearhead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
578,179 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -750 | A fragment of copper alloy which appears to be an incomplete section of a blade. It is possible that this fragment is a small part of a blade of Bronze Age date (c.2350-801BC). Weight is 14.3g, incomplete length is 29.65mm, width is 25.31mm and thickness is 4.76mm. The cross section was probably originally a flattish o... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2006-12-26T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 14.3 | null | null | 4.76 | 29.65 | 1 | Helen Fowler | Helen Fowler | Eastern | Cambridgeshire | Fenland | Whittlesey | TL3298 | From finder | 52.563826 | -0.054051 | CAM-583B44 | null | CAM-583B44.jpg | Unknown date : Incomplete Copper Alloy Blade | Cambridgeshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
578,359 | 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 shape with a splayed crescent shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges. The butt is relatively thin having a narrow rounded profile; the... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 70.2 | null | null | 9.73 | 84.19 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | East Midlands | Derbyshire | Derbyshire Dales | Tissington and Lea Hall | SK1851 | From finder | 53.055954 | -1.732897 | WMID-94FA83 | null | WMID-94FA83_1.jpg | Early Bronze Age: Slightly flanged flat axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
578,366 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,140 | -1,020 | A Late Bronze Age sword of the Wilburton type (Burgess and Colquhoun, 1988, 40), dating between 1140-1020 BC (Needham et al. 1997). This sword is a flange-hilted sword, the blade and hilt being cast as one with flanges running along the edges of the hilt. The terminus is fan shaped and about half the width of the shoul... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Other chance find | null | null | null | null | 496 | null | null | 7.2 | 538 | 1 | Jon Cotton | Ben Paites | London | Greater London Authority | Hounslow | Brentford | TQ1877 | From finder | 51.479659 | -0.302166 | LON-9540B5 | null | SwordIllus.jpg | A Late Bronze Age sword of the Wilburton type (Burgess and Colquhoun, 1988, 40), dating between 1140-1020 BC | Museum of London | Attribution License | ||
578,372 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | TREASURE CASE : 2013 T583.
A Late Bronze Age hoard of c. 23 objects and additional fragments discovered during metal detecting on cultivated land on the 24th September 2013, and subsequently excavated by Yorkshire Archaeological Trust. Each find was assigned a small finds reference number (SF) during excavation, whi... | Due to their age and grouping of more than two items, this find qualifies as a prehistoric base-metal assemblage and so as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure (Designation) Order 2002. The ceramic and flint material, along with item number 34 (a possible Medieval handle), are not thought to be associated wi... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | null | null | 2013T583 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 23 | Lucy Ellis | Lucy Ellis | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Cherry Burton | TA0042 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.864592 | -0.480842 | YORYM-958D05 | null | BA Hoard 5 small.jpg | Bronze Age Hoard : Axeheads, spears, swords | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
578,374 | Spear | Bronze Age | null | null | -1,500 | -1,200 | A copper alloy kite-bladed spearhead dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1500 to 1200 BC.
The object has a kite-shaped blade with side loops and a lozenge-shaped midrib centre. The base of the object has some damage an uneven edge however the wear suggests that this took place in antiquity. The width of the blade is ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 35.5 | null | null | null | 92.9 | 1 | Lauren Proctor | Lauren Proctor | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Hambleton | Yearsley | SE5874 | Generated from computer mapping software | 54.158545 | -1.113306 | DUR-95A965 | null | DUR-95A965.jpg | Bronze Age socketed spearhead | Durham County Council | Attribution License | ||
578,781 | Pin | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,400 | -1,250 |
An incomplete copper alloy pin of Bronze Age date. All that remains of the pin is the head and a short length of the shaft. The head is comprised of a flat circular head with broken and worn edges and is decorated with a raised central pellet surrounded by three concentric raised rings. The underside is smooth and und... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 1.23 | null | 3.49 | 2.28 | 10.29 | 1 | Miss Ellie Cox | Miss Ellie Cox | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Cottam | SE9766 | null | 54.080793 | -0.518817 | YORYM-BDD143 | null | DH0050.jpg | Pin : Early-medieval | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
578,783 | Pin | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,200 |
An incomplete copper alloy disc-headed pin of Middle B ronze Age date. The head is comprised of a flat circular head with worn edges and is decorated with a raised central pellet surrounded by four concentric raised rings. The underside is smooth and undecorated with an integral projecting shaft set at a right angle t... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 1.45 | null | null | 1.83 | 32.79 | 1 | Miss Ellie Cox | Miss Ellie Cox | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Cottam | SE9766 | null | 54.080793 | -0.518817 | YORYM-BDE2E4 | null | DH0051.jpg | Pin : Early-medieval | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
578,800 | Metal Working Debris | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | MEDIEVAL | -1,100 | 1,500 | A copper alloy casting sprue/jet of Bronze Age or later date. The jet is oval in plan, broadly triangular in cross section and tapers towards the break forming a broadly oval cone. The shape reflects the funnel shaped casting gate and the projecting feeder into the casting mould. The base of the cone would have in f... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 49.58 | 20 | null | null | 39.35 | 1 | Richard Henry | Richard Henry | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Heytesbury | ST9141 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.168171 | -2.130103 | WILT-BE84C2 | null | WILT-BE84C2.jpg | Metal working debris of uncertain date | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
578,814 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,600 | -1,000 | A copper-alloy side-looped socketed spearhead dating to the Middle Bronze Age (1600-1000 BC) of Greenwell and Brewis Type IV. There is damage to one half of the socket opening and to one of the side-loops. One of the wings is slightly bent and the tip of the spear is missing. The breaks do not appear to be old. The... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 30.83 | null | null | 15.6 | 81.35 | 1 | Alastair Willis | Alastair Willis | South West | Gloucestershire | Cotswold | Cirencester | SP0201 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.707734 | -1.972456 | WILT-BF1C15 | null | WILT-BF1C15.jpg | Bronze age spear | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
578,880 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,500 | A complete copper alloy flat axehead of early Bronze Age date. The axehead is sub-trapezoidal with a curved blade tapering to a rounded cutting edge. The axehead is extremely worn and undecorated. No signs of ridges or flanges are present indicating that this is an early flat axe.
The metal has a mid brownish-green pa... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 111 | null | null | 8.1 | 102.1 | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Ryedale | Flaxton | SE6762 | Centred on parish | 54.049619 | -0.97816 | YORYM-C14FC5 | null | MF0001.jpg | Bronze Age : Flat Axehead | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
579,005 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -700 | The tip of a copper-alloy socketed spear dating from the middle to later Bronze Age (c. 1500-700BC). The spearhead tip has a rounded mid rib with narrow wings. The wings are chipped, perhaps due to thinning of the metal from corrosion which may have led to some losses from the outer edge of each wing. The surface has a... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 11.45 | null | null | null | 46.64 | 1 | Alyson Tanner | Alyson Tanner | South East | Hampshire | Test Valley | Tangley | SU3553 | From finder | 51.275078 | -1.499633 | WILT-D576F5 | null | WILT-D576F5.jpg | Bronze Age spear | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
579,374 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -700 | A fragment of a cast, copper-alloy socketed axe of late Bronze Age date, c. 1000-700 BC.
Only the blade end of the axehead remains, with a worn curved edge; the entire fragment is wedge-shaped with a rectangular hollow visible internally. The fragment is widest at the shoulders of the blade. The metal has a relative... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-05-06T23:00:00Z | 2013-06-03T23:00:00Z | null | null | 24.4 | null | null | 11.95 | 36.88 | 1 | Robert Collins | Robert Collins | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Hambleton | Burneston | SE3184 | Generated from computer mapping software | 54.250748 | -1.525724 | NCL-28A975 | null | NCL-28A975.JPG | NCL-28A975: Bronze Age socketed axe fragment | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
579,785 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Copper alloy probable socketed axe fragment. Cast fragment with mould line and three grooves on its outer face, from the corrugated moulding close to the mouth of a socketed axe, probably its upper or lower side given the presence of the mould line. Fiercely abraded on all surfaces including fracture surfaces, indicati... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-09-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 12.55 | null | null | 4.7 | 34.5 | 1 | Martin Foreman | Martin Foreman | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | Roxby cum Risby | SE9114 | Centred on field | 53.614653 | -0.625885 | NLM-4098B1 | null | NLM23389a.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe fragment | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
580,910 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -700 |
A copper alloy casting sprue with two channels or gates. At the top is a broken oval shank, which divides into two arms of oval section. Both arms terminate with a smooth oval plate. Probably mid to late Bronze Age.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-09-14T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 40.48 | null | null | 16 | 24 | 1 | Adam Daubney | Adam Daubney | Eastern | Norfolk | Broadland | Brampton | TG2324 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.767528 | 1.304111 | LIN-C0F980 | null | LIN2013-1370a.jpg | Bronze Age casting sprue | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
580,939 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -701 | Incomplete probably Middle to Late Bronze Age copper alloy chisel in worn and pitted condition, and slightly bent longitudinally. The gently flaring and blunt blade lies at the end of a round-sectioned shank. This swells to a convex break on which there are slight indications of an abrupt narrowing to a tang of uncerta... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-07-17T23:00:00Z | 2013-09-17T23:00:00Z | null | null | 18.27 | null | null | null | 64.5 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Topcroft | TM2793 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.487659 | 1.342011 | NMS-D00174 | null | 58927_D00174_MBALBA_Chisel_ILL..jpg | Middle to Late Bronze Age Chisel (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
581,271 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -700 | Fragment of mouth of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe. Extant length 25mm. Weight 7.30g. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-07-21T23:00:00Z | 2013-09-15T23:00:00Z | null | null | 7.3 | null | null | null | 25 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Shouldham | TF6808 | null | 52.643726 | 0.481644 | NMS-E6A394 | null | 35713_E6A394_BA_Axe_ILL.jpg | Late Bronze Age Socketed Axehead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
581,284 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -700 | An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) socketed axe of Late Bronze Age dating (950 to 700 BC).
The axe is sub-rectangular in shape with a flared convex cutting edge and the socket is sub square in cross section. The socket of the axe is sub square, with an irregular mouth. The socket is 44.8 mm deep. The top edge ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-08-10T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 70.5 | null | null | 24.4 | 65.7 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | East Midlands | Derbyshire | South Derbyshire | Netherseal | SK2913 | From a paper map | 52.713888 | -1.572158 | WMID-E6E666 | null | WMID-E6E666.jpg | Late Bronze Age: Incomplete Socketed Axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
582,399 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A complete cast copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. The axehead is wedge shaped with a sub-circular socket at the haft end with a circumferential raised mouth moulding. Internally the socket tapers and narrows from the mouth to the cutting edge. Externally the axehead expands gently along the body be... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 166 | null | null | null | 107 | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Fangfoss | SE7552 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.95866 | -0.858458 | YORYM-7E2440 | null | TMY0021.jpg | Bronze Age : Socketed Axehead | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
582,682 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,700 | -1,001 | Fragment of an Early to Middle Bronze Age copper alloy axe, a crescentic cutting edge with an ancient break. The surfaces are pockmarked, but where patination remains it is lustrous. The edge is quite sharp where not subjected to modern scuffing. Insufficient is extant to determine whether the object was a flanged axe ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-01-08T00:00:00Z | 2013-06-26T23:00:00Z | null | null | 28.99 | null | null | 9.5 | 24 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Griston | TL9398 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.54563 | 0.84486 | NMS-A329A3 | null | 37697_A329A3_MBA_Axehead_ILL.jpg | Middle Bronze Age Axehead (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
582,722 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -801 | A corroded fragment of a copper-alloy object. The sub-triangular fragment has a lenticular cross section; it appears to be the end of a sword blade and is missing its apex.
The suggested date range for this piece is Middle to Late Bronze Age (c. 1300-801 BC). | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-06-13T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 4 | null | null | 3.4 | 24.2 | 1 | Dot Boughton | Sarah Hoile | South East | West Sussex | Chichester | Funtington | SU8307 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.856568 | -0.82217 | SUSS-A5FC96 | null | SUSS-A5FC96.jpg | Bronze Age sword (fragment) | Sussex Archaeological Society | Attribution License | ||
583,168 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,500 | -500 | A complete awl of possible Bronze Age or Iron Age date measuring 69.5mm. The awl has a circular central section with a pointed terminal the opposite end is flat with a rectangular section. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 5.99 | null | null | null | 69.44 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | West Berkshire | West Berkshire | Bradfield | SU5974 | From finder | 51.461908 | -1.152128 | SUR-FE4CA5 | null | B13-545.JPG | Bronze Age: Awl | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution License | ||
583,214 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A cast copper-alloy spearhead of Middle-Late Bronze Age date, c. 1500-800 BC.
The spearhead is largely, though not entirely complete. The entire head has been cast integral, with a conical socket retaining sideloops near the base of the socket. The lower edge of the socket has suffered from damage, which is now abra... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-08-06T23:00:00Z | 2013-09-03T23:00:00Z | null | null | 32.9 | null | 13.94 | 1.51 | 95.44 | 1 | Robert Collins | Robert Collins | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | East Lindsey | Hameringham | TF3167 | From finder | 53.183975 | -0.041056 | NCL-049955 | null | NCL-049955.JPG | NCL-049955: Bronze Age spear | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
583,216 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A cast copper-alloy spearhead of Middle-Late Bronze Age date, c. 1500-800 BC.
The spearhead is largely, though not entirely complete. The entire head has been cast integral, with a conical socket retaining lozenge-shaped sideloops near the base of the socket. A short length of the lower edge of the socket has suffer... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-08-06T23:00:00Z | 2013-09-03T23:00:00Z | null | null | 53.2 | null | 17.19 | 1.94 | 128.57 | 1 | Robert Collins | Robert Collins | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | East Lindsey | Hameringham | TF3167 | From finder | 53.183975 | -0.041056 | NCL-04C9A1 | null | NCL-04C9A1.JPG | NCL-04C9A1: Bronze Age spearhead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
583,703 | Razor | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -800 | Incomplete cast copper alloy razor or knife, semi-circular in plan, with part of the circular perforation remaining that was probably for a wooden shaft or handle. The perforation has since broken so that the full extent of the curved upper edge is not known, but the opposite straight side of the razor tapers to a shar... | Report from X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy analysis by Kathryn Moore at Camborne School of Mines:
Tin 24.73% / Copper 21.97% / Lead 0.258% / Antimony 0.2% / Titanium 0.091% / Iron 0.089% / Arsenic 0.057% / Nickel 0.033%
Balance (gasses etc) 52.42%
The mix of elements found in the razor, listed above, su... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to a museum | Metal detector | 2013-06-11T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 96.52 | null | null | 8 | 47 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | St. Agnes | SW7351 | From finder | 50.31513 | -5.189873 | CORN-28E916 | null | oct13finds71.JPG | hogs back razor | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
583,849 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,200 | -750 | A Late Bronze Age pegged spearhead of Ehrenburg 1977 Class V, which has a simple leaf-shaped or ogival blade. The spear is dated from the Penard Phase - Ewart Park so c1200-750BC (Needham period 6-7). Ehremburg notes that there is a sub-classification that she calls 'short stumpy' types (p15) which have a length of les... | The spear was found about 2000. | 4 | Copper alloy | Wood | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 76 | null | 23.16 | null | 106.88 | 1 | Peter Reavill | David W Williams | South East | West Berkshire | West Berkshire | Theale | SU6470 | From a paper map | 51.425404 | -1.080889 | SUR-3B2641 | null | DSCN3542.JPG | Bronze Age: Spearhead | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution License | ||
583,972 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Incomplete Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged chisel, with an uncertain length of the rectangular-sectioned tang missing (ancient break). At the junction of the tang and blade a pair of lateral projections act as a stop ridge. The blade flares out to a crescentic cutting edge. Cf. an example from Cambridgeshire (BH-E7... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-09-09T23:00:00Z | 2013-10-13T23:00:00Z | null | null | 27.63 | null | null | null | 58 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Sedgeford | TF7137 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.90323 | 0.541067 | NMS-769173 | null | 51078_769173_BA_Chisel_ILL.jpg | Late Bronze Age Chisel (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
584,039 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Small Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe, more than one third of the mouth missing (recent break). The side is blocked with iron, probably a natural deposit. The cuttng edge is scuffed. Length 64mm. Width 36.8mm. Thickness 29mm. Weight 96.04. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-09-09T23:00:00Z | 2013-10-13T23:00:00Z | null | null | 96.04 | null | null | 29 | 64 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Grimston | TF7121 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.759541 | 0.532691 | NMS-798AE5 | null | 11789_798AE5_BA_SocketedAxehead_ILL.jpg | Bronze Age Socketed Axehead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
584,061 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -2,000 | Cast copper alloy miniature flat axehead, sub-triangular in plan, and slightly lozenge-shaped in profile, with an undeveloped, straight-sided blade (not flanged), tapering to a narrow rounded butt end, which is 13 mm wide. The sides of the blade do not expand but meet the curved blade edge with an abraded width of 35 m... | Report from X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy analysis by Kathryn Moore at Camborne School of Mines:
Tin 29.95% / Copper 9.12% / Arsenic 1.04% / Iron 0.694% / Titanium 0.103% / Antimony 0.033% / Bismuth 0.026% / Zinc 0.021
Balance (gasses etc) 58.94%
The mix of elements found in the flat axehead, listed ab... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to a museum | Metal detector | 2013-01-17T00:00:00Z | 2013-01-17T00:00:00Z | null | null | 63 | null | null | 5.7 | 90 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Fowey | SX1153 | From a paper map | 50.346512 | -4.657786 | CORN-7ACDD7 | null | Nov2013objects 002.jpg | miniature flat axe | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
584,168 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,400 | -1,300 | Incomplete cast copper alloy side-looped palstave, missing its blade, with just the flanged butt end remaining, which was used to haft the axe to its wooden handle. There is less of the left flange remaining than the right flange which retains the raised casting seam that has not been filed away, running longitudinally... | Report from X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy analysis by Kathryn Moore at Camborne School of Mines:
Copper 28.63% / Tin 20.84% / Iron 1.75% / Potassium 0.622% / Arsenic 0.134% / Nickel 0.093% / Antimony 0.067% / Zinc 0.035% / Lead 0.015%
Balance (gasses etc) 47.81%
The mix of elements found in the palstav... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to a museum | Metal detector | 2012-07-31T23:00:00Z | 2012-08-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 175.66 | 31 | null | 24 | 81 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Luxulyan | SX0556 | From finder | 50.371504 | -4.74357 | CORN-7CC998 | null | Nov2013objects 007.jpg | side-looped palstave | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
584,231 | Miniature Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,150 | 410 | A Late Bronze Age to Roman (1150BC - AD410) copper alloy miniature socketed axehead: The axe is rectangular in plan with slightly concave parallel sides. The blade edge and blade tips are rounded, but not flared. The socket mouth has a rectangular internal edge, the exterior forms a asymmetrical rectangle with convex e... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-07-02T23:00:00Z | 2013-10-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | 14.2 | null | null | 12.02 | 30.74 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Claverdon | SP2064 | null | 52.273792 | -1.708307 | WAW-80FB93 | null | WAW-80FB93.jpg | Bronze Age to Roman miniature socketed axe (plan, profile, plan and terminal). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
584,261 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,350 | -1,700 | A Bronze Age cast copper-alloy flat axe. In plan, the end of the butt is damaged as the corners are clipped; it has a width of c. 20.3mm. Modern damage central to the end of the butt can be identified by the lack of patina. The long side-edges of the axe are slightly flanged (being c.0.5mm thicker at the very edge than... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-05-22T23:00:00Z | 2013-07-22T23:00:00Z | null | null | 152 | null | null | 8.9 | 109.1 | 1 | Jennifer Hughes | Jennifer Hughes | South East | Hampshire | East Hampshire | Ropley | SU6434 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.101739 | -1.08732 | HAMP-8CCCA4 | null | HAMP-8CCCA4.jpg | Early Bronze Age flat axehead | Winchester Museums Service | Attribution License | ||
584,264 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,000 |
A small very eroded fragment from a small spear head of mid to late Bronze Age date. Nothing of the blade edges survives, nor of the socket.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.23 | null | null | 4.88 | 32.74 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Stratfield Saye | SU6862 | From finder | 51.353016 | -1.024896 | SUR-8CE3D1 | null | B13-566.JPG | Bronze Age: Spearhead | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution License | ||
584,384 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 |
A thin strip of undecorated sheet gold. The long edges are folded over onto the reverse; it is broken at either end.
This object cannot be securely dated to any period but it appears to be ancient, possibly Bronze Age.
| The object therefore fulfils the Treasure Act (1996) in that it is more than 300 years old and has a precious metal content exceeding 10%. | 4 | Gold | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | 2013-10-05T23:00:00Z | null | 2013T715 | null | 0.82 | null | null | 1 | 28 | 1 | Adam Daubney | Adam Daubney | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Nuneaton and Bedworth | Bulkington | SP3785 | From a paper map | 52.461699 | -1.45686 | LIN-908747 | null | 2013_T714.jpg | Undated gold strip | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
584,460 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -801 | Bronze Age copper alloy spear fragment, 23mm long, 8mm wide, 4mm thick and weighing 2.99g. The object is in fair condition but with surface pitting and damage, with only part of the central spine and small sections of the blade remaining. The small size suggests a fragment from near the point of the spear. The patinate... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-11-02T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 2.99 | null | null | 4 | 23 | 1 | Phil Harding | Phil Harding | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Melton | Frisby on the Wreake | SK6916 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.737239 | -0.979491 | LEIC-946FB1 | null | CAD2527c.jpg | Bronze Age Spear Fragment | Phil Harding | Attribution License | ||
584,875 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,100 | -800 | Fragment of a cast copper alloy ingot which would have originally been circular in plan and plano-convex in profile, but this fragment is trapezoidal in plan, triangular in profile, and plano-convex in section, as it comes from one edge of the original ingot. Plano-convex ingots like this one were used during the Late ... | Report from X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy analysis by Kathryn Moore at Camborne School of Mines:
Copper 93.82% / Iron 0.062% / Selenium 0.06% / Nickel 0.038% / Bismuth 0.021%
Balance (gasses etc) 5.96% | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-08-23T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 243.15 | 21 | null | 21 | 70 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Devon | East Devon | Ottery St. Mary | SY0898 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.774259 | -3.306139 | CORN-BBA3C1 | null | nov13finds12.JPG | ingot (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
584,925 | Torc | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,150 | A three-sided gold fragment, 25mm long, now worn and flattened. This is a fragment probably from a three-stranded twisted bar torc dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c 1300-1150BC.
Gillian Varndell, Curator, Department of Britain, Europe and Prehistory | Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of this three-sided gold fragment indicated a surface composition of approximately 83-86% gold, 13-16 % silver and approximately 1% copper. The fragment weighs 5.3 grams.
Department of Conservation and Scientific Research, The British Museum | 4 | Gold | null | Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure | Metal detector | 2013-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2013-09-29T23:00:00Z | 2013T728 | null | 5.3 | null | null | null | 25 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Crowmarsh | SU6185 | From a paper map | 51.56059 | -1.121444 | SUR-CC3000 | null | B13-646.JPG | Bronze Age: Fragment of a torc | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution License | ||
584,985 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | 800 | A complete cast copper alloy awl, probably dating to the later Bronze Age (c. 1150-800 BC). Frm the centre of the object, the awl has one sub-rectangular cross section that terminates in a flattened wedge-shape while the opposing end tapers to a point. There is some pitting on the surface of the awl which suggests some... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-07-12T23:00:00Z | 2013-10-10T23:00:00Z | null | null | 4.1 | null | null | null | 40.39 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | West Hagbourne | SU5087 | Centred on field | 51.579652 | -1.279824 | BERK-CE3138 | null | 2013319.jpg | Bronze Age Awl: Awl | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
585,019 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Two fragments of Late Bronze Age objects found 10 meters apart and probably forming part of a dispersed hoard.
1. Fragment of socketed axe head. A tiny section of the moulded mouth with a narrow moulding below, D-sectioned loop and broken, irregular part of one side and face. Internal casting seam on one face and ex... | Although object No. 2 cannot be certainly ascribed to a known Bronze Age artefact type because of its condition, its proximity to object No. 1 (of known Bronze Age date) and the fact that its form and condition is not inconsistent with objects of Bronze Age date, it can, on the balance of probability, be described a di... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | 2013-09-25T23:00:00Z | 2013-09-25T23:00:00Z | 2013T740 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | Erica Darch | Erica Darch | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Great Ellingham | TM0498 | GPS (From FLO) | 52.541624 | 1.006848 | NMS-CF0A11 | null | 58933_CF0A11_BA_Hoard_1.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe head | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
585,570 | Ferrule | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,200 | -1,000 | A copper alloy ferrule of probable Bronze Age date. The object is bi-conical with a wide central perforation running through it. Both faces appear to be decorated. And the edges are worn. Possibly from a staff or similar.
The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The object is 44.5mm in diameter, 18.3mm... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 66.8 | null | 44.5 | 18.3 | null | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Bempton | TA1871 | From a paper map | 54.12133 | -0.196036 | YORYM-21A177 | null | MP0028.jpg | Bronze Age : Ferrule | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
585,598 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,140 | A fragment of a copper alloy blade of probable Middle Bronze Age date (1400 - 1140 BC). The object is the tip of a weapon such as a rapier, sword or dirk. The blade tip has a central mid-rib and a worn lozengiform cross section with broadly parallel edges, suggesting a long slender-tipped object like a rapier sword. Al... |
Although several items of middle to late Bronze Age date were recovered from the surrounding area, these finds are representitive of general dispersed activity in the Bronze Age landscape.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Segsbury Camp, Wantage, Oxon 2013 | 5 | null | null | 2.79 | 51.96 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Wantage | SU4084 | Recorded at a rally | 51.553476 | -1.42447 | BERK-227481 | null | WWsept13_Y676.jpg | Bronze Age raiper: Rapier tip | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
586,497 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,150 | -800 | A complete cast copper alloy awl of probable Bronze Age date, circa 2150 BC - 800 BC. At one end the point tapers in a sub-circular section. The tang end is flattened and becomes sub-rectangular in section. The shaft is rectangular in section. The surface of the awl is worn with an uneven dark green and mid brown surfa... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-09-21T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 5.8 | null | null | 3.83 | 58.38 | 1 | Eloise Markwick | Eloise Markwick | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Weston-on-Avon | SP1551 | From finder | 52.157076 | -1.782157 | WAW-600E31 | null | WAW-600E31.jpg | Probable Bronze Age awl | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
586,758 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,850 | -1,750 | An incomplete cast copper alloy developed flat axe, of Early to Middle Bronze Age (1850 BC to 1750 BC) dating.
The axe is a narrow butted flat axe with a median bevel / proto stop ridge 61.2 mm from the butt end. It has tapering sides, which extend slightly above the front and back faces of the axe, a flat butt and ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 242.2 | null | null | 14.9 | 118.3 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Staffordshire Moorlands | Horton | SJ9358 | From finder | 53.119129 | -2.106044 | WMID-9EBED8 | null | WMID-9EBED8.jpg | Middle to Early Bronze Age: Developed flat axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
587,017 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,150 | Incomplete copper alloy Early to Mid Bronze age flat axe. The butt end is missing. The other end is slightly expanded with a curved blade. It is highly corroded with a pitted green patina.
Length: 43.0mm, width: 29.0mm, thickness: 2.2mm, weight: 31.43g | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-11-11T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 31.43 | null | null | 2.2 | 43 | 1 | Anna Booth | Anna Booth | East Midlands | Derbyshire | South Derbyshire | Rosliston | SK2316 | From finder | 52.741143 | -1.660763 | LEIC-B31937 | null | LEIC-B31937.jpg | Early Bronze age copper alloy flat axe | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
587,470 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | Copper alloy Bronze Age palstave axe, The axe is complete and has a rounded, damaged, blade with a steeply angled blade edge. The centre of its body has a shallow semi-circular depression below a straight stop. It has short triangular shaped flanges. Along the casting ridge on one edge (left in picture) there is a slig... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-11-11T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 451 | null | null | 22 | 157 | 1 | Anna Booth | Anna Booth | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | North Carlton | SK9478 | From a paper map | 53.290637 | -0.591296 | LEIC-CD1825 | null | LEIC-CD1825.jpg | Bronze age copper alloy palstave axe | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
588,187 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,000 | -1,500 | Complete miniature copper alloy flanged axhead or chisel, slight flanges, surface pitted and corroded. Slightly trapezoidal body with flaring flange, asymmetrical lenticular long-section. Length 53mm. Width 27mm. 10.5mm thick. Weighs 49.27g. Early to Middle Bronze Age, c. 2000-c.1500 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-10-01T23:00:00Z | 2013-11-06T00:00:00Z | null | null | 49.27 | null | null | 10.5 | 53 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | Broadland | Blofield | TG3211 | null | 52.647086 | 1.428099 | NMS-370DE4 | null | 58975_370DE4_BA_FlangedAxehead_ILL.jpg | Early to Middle Bronze Age Flanged Axehead (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
588,209 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,000 | -600 |
A plano-convex piece of casting waste, possibly a fragment from a copper alloy casting well. Date uncertain - possibly Bronze Age..
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 58.22 | null | null | 18.26 | 47.16 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Soulbury | SP9026 | From a paper map | 51.925254 | -0.69261 | SUR-379DA3 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
588,239 | Metal Working Debris | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,000 | -600 |
A fragment of cast copper alloy casting waste. The fragment may be a casting well, perhaps of Bronze Age date..
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 4.13 | null | null | null | 17.61 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Denmead | SU6613 | From a paper map | 50.912702 | -1.062572 | -SUR 383900000000.00 | null | 13-1126.JPG | Roman: Metal working debris | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
588,838 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A complete and corroded Middle Bronze Age cast copper-alloy Group I or III palstave (1500-1300 BC). A copper alloy palstave with shield shaped pattern below the stop ridge, and raised flange facets. The blade of the palstave is sub-triangular in plan with rounded blade tips, one tip in particular is heavily abraded. Th... |
Many thanks to the Birmingham Museums Trust Conservation Department who x-rayed the palstave.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 494.1 | null | null | 31.68 | 166.79 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | Wales | Powys | Powys | Ystradfellte | SN9110 | From finder | 51.778018 | -3.581351 | WAW-719BD3 | null | WAW-719BD3 x ray.jpg | Middle Bronze Age palstave x-ray (plan). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
589,885 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -900 | -600 | A complete copper-alloy Bronze Age Awl dating to circa 900 - 600 BC. At one end the point tapers to a rounded point and has a circular section. The tang end is flattened and is sub-rectangular in section. The shaft is sub-rectangular in section. The surface of the awl is pitted and worn, with a light to dark green pati... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-09-13T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 12.88 | null | null | null | 60.95 | 1 | Hannah Page | Hannah Page | South East | Kent | Shepway | Lyminge | TR1641 | From finder | 51.127534 | 1.085572 | KENT-DD2A13 | null | KENT-DD2A13.jpg | Awl: A complete copper-alloy Bronze Age Awl. | Kent County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
590,240 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,300 | -700 | An incomplete copper-alloy late Bronze Age/early Iron Age socketed axehead missing all but a small fragment of the lip and side of the socket. There is a ridge running perpendicular to the lip, which is likely to be the mould line found on socketed axeheads. The lip itself is thicker than the rest of the fragement (3.5... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 4.23 | null | null | 5.5 | 17 | 1 | Alastair Willis | Alastair Willis | South East | Hampshire | New Forest | Rockbourne | SU0919 | null | 50.970348 | -1.873198 | WILT-F3A328 | null | WILT-F3A328.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe fragment | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
590,538 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -750 | A gold alloy 'finger shaped' ingot. The ingot is broadly rectangular in plan with a facetted oval / plano-convex shaped cross section. The ingot tapers in width from a bulbous terminal to a slender section which is broken; the break is recent, fresh and unabraded. The bulbous end has a slightly faceted section. There i... | I believe that both the precious metal content (gold and silver) of the ingot and the date of manufacture in the later Bronze Age fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act.
References:
Green, H S, 1982, 'A late Bronze Age hoard from Llanarmon-yn-ial', Archaeology in Clwyd 5, 15.
Powell, N and Varndell, G.... | 3 | Gold | Silver | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | 2013-09-13T23:00:00Z | null | 2013T850 | null | 22.8 | null | null | 7.9 | 35.6 | 1 | Peter Reavill | Peter Reavill | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | East Claydon | SP7426 | null | 51.927607 | -0.925237 | HESH-092511 | null | HESH-092511.jpg | Bronze Age ingot or torc fragment | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
590,754 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 1,000 | 700 | Fragment of mouth of a probable Late Bronze Age socketed axe. Oval-sectioned, broken at both ends, offset casting seam on outer and inner face. Extant length 23.5mm. Weight 6.82g. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-10-13T23:00:00Z | 2013-11-11T00:00:00Z | null | null | 6.82 | null | null | 5 | 23.5 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Grimston | TF7121 | null | 52.759541 | 0.532691 | NMS-1CC1F2 | null | 11789_1CC1F2_BA_SocketedAxe_ILL.jpg | Late Bronze Age Probable Socketed Axe (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
590,761 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -800 | A fragment of an ingot or, perhaps more likely, an incomplete piece of goldwork from the production process. Half of the fragment has been hammered into a bar with a relatively regular square cross-section. The end appears to have been cut. The remainder of the fragment has not been as highly worked and is a relatively... | null | 4 | Gold | null | Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure | Metal detector | 2013-09-01T23:00:00Z | null | 2013T873 | null | 11.64 | null | null | null | 10.5 | 1 | Katie Marsden | Katie Marsden | Eastern | Essex | Tendring | Wix | TM1629 | null | 51.917612 | 1.139482 | ESS-1D0C48 | null | 2013T873a.JPG | Bronze Age (possibly) gold ingot | The British Museum | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
590,895 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead, the crescentic cutting edge with the end of the socket just visible in theancient break. The surfaces and the break are stained brown. The cutting edge is sharp despite a little scuffing, both old and recent. Width 43.8mm. Thickness 10mm. Extant length 20mm. ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-10-16T23:00:00Z | 2013-11-13T00:00:00Z | null | null | 26.48 | null | null | 10 | 20 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | South Lopham | TM0381 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.389375 | 0.981784 | NMS-324D21 | null | 58941_324D21_BA_SocketedAxhead.jpg | Bronze Age Socketed Axehead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
591,340 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl. At the junction of the tang and blade the cross-section is sub-square. The blade's cross-section remains as it tapers to the point while the tang is wedge-shaped, i.e. two sides narrow to a sharp terminal while the other two converge very slightly. Length 76.5mm. Width / thickness at t... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-10-21T23:00:00Z | 2013-11-18T00:00:00Z | null | null | 11.12 | null | null | 5.5 | 76.6 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Beeston with Bittering | TF8915 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.699677 | 0.795662 | NMS-745577 | null | 4085_745577_BA_Awl.jpg | Late Bronze Age Awl | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
591,537 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy rapier blade, both ends broken in antiquity. Surviving length 39mm. Width 22mm. 5mm thick. Weighs 15.20g. c.1600-c.1000 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-10-19T23:00:00Z | 2013-11-18T00:00:00Z | null | null | 15.2 | null | null | 5 | 39 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Stoke Holy Cross | TG2400 | null | 52.551722 | 1.302617 | NMS-87E897 | null | 53151_87E897_BA_Sword_ILL.jpg | Bronze Age rapier. Illustration by Jason Gibbons | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
591,567 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Incomplete butt end of a Middle Bronze Age rapier and the upper end of the blade, in rather abraded condition. Dark brown patination remains in some places. Scuffing has removed both cutting edges and it is only at the shoulder that any of the original edge survives. Extant length and width 38 and 32.5mm. Thickness 4.8... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-10-21T23:00:00Z | 2013-11-18T00:00:00Z | null | null | 19.97 | null | null | 4.8 | 38 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Scarning | TF9611 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.661278 | 0.896738 | NMS-887C74 | null | 58997_887C74_BA_Sword_ILL.jpg | Middle Bronze Age Rapier (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
591,616 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. The fragment is the blade end including the base of the socketed area. It is a tapering rectangle in section and trapezoidal in plan with a worn cutting edge and rounded corners. The breaks at the socketed end are old and worn and casting flash... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 100 | null | null | 19 | 52 | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Skidby | TA0233 | From a paper map | 53.783341 | -0.453422 | YORYM-89A592 | null | RKH0001.jpg | Bronze Age : Socketed Axehead | York Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
591,728 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Fragment of Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe, surviving end comprises part of the cutting edge and one side to just beyond the start of the internal socket. Surviving length 22mm. Surviving width 31mm. Weighs 21.90g. c.1000 - c.701 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-10-19T23:00:00Z | 2013-11-18T00:00:00Z | null | null | 21.9 | null | null | null | 22 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Shouldham | TF6707 | null | 52.635053 | 0.466374 | NMS-9B06E2 | null | 40287_9B06E2_BA_Axe_ILL.jpg | Bronze Age Axe illustration | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
591,781 | Hammer | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -900 | -700 | Late Bronze Age socketed hammer, face rectangular, 23.5 x 21.0mm but with convex sides. Section waisted expanding into a 14.8mm flared collar separated from the body by a slight step its section developing from 18.4 x 19.1mm square to almost circular at the mouth. The mouth has a diameter of around 17.2mm, the socket i... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 94.85 | null | null | 21 | 54.7 | 1 | Kevin Leahy | Kevin Leahy | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Harrogate | Spofforth with Stockeld | SE3652 | From a paper map | 53.962836 | -1.452788 | FAKL-9C9543 | null | Weatherby socketed hammer..jpg | Bronze Age socketed hammer | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
591,949 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -701 | Fragment of the cutting edge of a Bronze Age axehead of uncertain type. Length 9.5mm. Width 37.5mm. Thickness 4.6mm. Weight 5.45g. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-10-16T23:00:00Z | 2013-11-20T00:00:00Z | null | null | 5.45 | null | null | 4.6 | 9.5 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Suffolk | Mid Suffolk | Mendham | TM2879 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.361597 | 1.347173 | NMS-C88016 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
592,051 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Tip of Late Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead in abraded condition, broken across socket which extends almost to the point. Surviving length 27mm. Width 15mm. Weighs 5.18g. 1000-701 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-10-15T23:00:00Z | 2013-11-20T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 27 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Snetterton | TL9889 | null | 52.463032 | 0.913145 | NMS-EF5183 | null | 59675_EF5183_LBA_SpearFragment_ILL.jpg | Late Bronze Age Spear (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
592,354 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | An incomplete 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 hol... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 12 | null | null | 3.7 | 54.6 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Worcestershire | Wyre Forest | Chaddesley Corbett | SO8771 | From finder | 52.336926 | -2.192218 | WMID-05B234 | null | WMID-05B234.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Incomplete blade | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
592,401 | Razor | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Fragment of a copper alloy blade, probably a double-edged tanged razor dating from the Late Bronze Age, about 1,000 - 800BC. The fragment is roughly leaf-shaped with a flat diamond-shaped cross-section. The outside edges are largely missing. Part of the rectangular sectioned tang remains though most has broken off. The... |
Peter Reavill comments that Double edged razors have a distribution which was "Widespread across Britain and Ireland, particularly in the Midlands, Yorkshire, Wessex and the Thames area." He goes on to cite The PAS Bronze Age Guide by Ben Roberts, that: "The term double-edged razor covers three broad types of the same... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Undergoing further examination at a museum | Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified) | 2013-04-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 4.32 | null | null | 3.5 | 38 | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | North West | Lancashire | Lancaster | Bolton-le-Sands | SD4867 | From finder | 54.096256 | -2.796607 | LANCUM-069462 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
592,407 | Harness Fitting | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Copper alloy ring probably Late Bronze Age dating 1000 to 800BC. It is circular in shape with a defined circumferential ridge running around the centre and flattened faces above and below. The interior surface exhibits scratch or wear marks which appear to have occurred during use. The ring has a pitted dark brown pati... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Undergoing further examination at a museum | Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified) | 2013-04-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 11.32 | null | 5.5 | null | 30 | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | North West | Lancashire | Lancaster | Bolton-le-Sands | SD4867 | From finder | 54.096256 | -2.796607 | LANCUM-06AA41 | null | LANCUM06AA41.jpg | Late Bronze Age Harness ring 1100 to 800BC | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
592,416 | Cremation | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -850 | A copper alloy tab with an iron attachment or stud which appears to be broken. 2. A lump of metal, possibly copper alloy which appears to have been molten. 3. A lump of metal possibly silver or lead which appears to have been molten. 1=29mm 2=20mm, 3= 16mm in length, 1=15mm, 2=9mm,3=9mm in width and 1=14mm, 2=8mm,3=6mm... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | White metal | Undergoing further examination at a museum | Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified) | 2013-04-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | North West | Lancashire | Lancaster | Bolton-le-Sands | SD4867 | From a paper map | 54.096256 | -2.796607 | LANCUM-06C260 | null | metal.jpg | 1. Copper alloy tab with an iron attachment or stud which appears to be broken. 2. A lump of metal, possibly copper alloy which appears to have been molten. 3. A lump of metal possibly silver or lead which appears to have been molten. | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
592,420 | Cremation | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -850 | 3 fragments of what appears to be copper alloy metal fragments each of which appears to have been molten, although 1 appears to have possibly been worked. 1=19mm 2=24mm, 3= 34mm in length, 1=15mm, 2=17mm,3=21mm in width and 1=6.5mm, 2=2mm,3=14mm in thickness | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Undergoing further examination at a museum | Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified) | 2013-04-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | North West | Lancashire | Lancaster | Bolton-le-Sands | SD4867 | From a paper map | 54.096256 | -2.796607 | LANCUM-06D222 | null | copperalloy.jpg | 3 fragments of what appears to be copper alloy metal fragments each of which appears to have been molten, although 1 appears to have possibly been worked | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
592,432 | Dirk | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy Dirk. The blade of the Dirk has a sub lozengiform cross section, raised central rib and bevelled edges, burnished with fine longitudinal striations. Weights 10.52g. Surviving length 60.5mm. Surviving width (at break) 21mm. Thickness at break 4mm. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-10-01T23:00:00Z | 2013-12-02T00:00:00Z | null | null | 10.52 | null | null | 4 | 60.5 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Hertfordshire | North Hertfordshire | Therfield | TL3139 | null | 52.033941 | -0.091723 | NMS-070192 | null | Hertfordshire_070192_BA_Dirk.jpg | Bronze Age dirk | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
592,452 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy rapier. The blade of the rapier has a pointed oval cross section, central ridge and bevelled edges, burnished with fine longitudinal striations. Weights 15.91g. Surviving length 67mm. Surviving width (at break) 17mm. Thickness at break 4.5mm. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-10-01T23:00:00Z | 2013-12-03T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 4.5 | 67 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Hertfordshire | North Hertfordshire | Therfield | TL3139 | null | 52.033941 | -0.091723 | NMS-0762D2 | null | Hertfordshire_0762D2_BA_Rapier.jpg | Bronze Age rapier | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
592,460 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | An incomplete copper alloy (bronze) blade, probably from a palstave of Middle Bronze Age dating (c. 1500 BC to c. 1150 BC).
The blade fragment is triangular in both shape and cross section. Only the lower portion of the blade is present, it has broken below the stop ridge. The sides are concave. The cutting edge is ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 144.8 | null | null | 16.7 | 61.8 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Solihull | Solihull | Elmdon | SP1882 | From finder | 52.435682 | -1.736659 | WMID-078450 | null | WMID-078450.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Incomplete palstave | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
592,561 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,125 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy spearhead dating from the later Middle Bronze Age, about 1400 – 1125 BC. The remaining portion of the spearhead is triangular in plan with a pointed ovate section. Pronounced midribs are present on both faces of the spear expanding from the pointed tip to a lozenge terminal end. The bl... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 28 | null | null | 11.82 | 60.35 | 1 | Miss Rania Zein-Elabdin | Miss Rania Zein-Elabdin | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Langtoft | TA0067 | GPS (from the finder) | 54.089204 | -0.472648 | YORYM-17F9E2 | null | WS0335.jpg | Bronze Age : Spear | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
592,813 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,000 | Fragment of the blade of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy rapier, both ends broken, and badly pockmarked on one face. A broad central band on both faces is flat. Burgess and Gerloff 1981 Group IV. Extant length 20.5mm. Width 19.5mm. Thickness 3.7mm. Weight 5.33g. c.1600 - c.1000 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-07-02T23:00:00Z | 2013-10-13T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 3.7 | 20.5 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Barton Bendish | TF7206 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.624512 | 0.539662 | NMS-2FD5C5 | null | 17600_2FD5C5_MBA_RapierFragment_ILL.jpg | Fragment of a Middle Bronze Age rapier | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
592,816 | Finger Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,000 | Incomplete Middle Bronze Age copper alloy finger ring formed from a coiled pointed-oval sectioned bar. The intact end is narrowed and rounded. One and a half coils remain. External diameter 18 - 19.5mm. Width and thickness of bar 4.5 and 1.6mm. Cf. Smith 1959, GB 47 no.5 and SUSS-C5D042. c.1600 - c.1000 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-07-02T23:00:00Z | 2013-10-13T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | 19.5 | null | null | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Barton Bendish | TF7206 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.624512 | 0.539662 | NMS-300286 | null | 17600_300286_BA_FingerRing.jpg | Middle Bronze Age Finger Ring | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
592,949 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -800 | -701 | Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged knife with expanded butt and leaf-shaped blade with a low mid-rib, in very sharp condition with brown surfaces. A few small patches have spalled to reveal verdigris. Length 118.5mm. Width 29mm. Thickness 4.3mm. Weight 34.16g. Very similar to an example in the Reach Fen hoard (Hawkes ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-12-16T00:00:00Z | 2013-12-16T00:00:00Z | null | null | 34.16 | null | null | 4.3 | 118.5 | 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-5BFE67 | null | 18550_5BFE67_LBA_Knife.jpg | Late Bronze Age Knife | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
592,993 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -701 | Fragment of the cutting edge of a Bronze Age cast copper alloy axehead of uncertain type, with ancient breaks and recent scuffing. Extant length, width and thickness 10.5, 29.5 and 5.7mm. Weight 5.41g. c.2350 - c.701 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-11-14T00:00:00Z | 2013-12-11T00:00:00Z | null | null | 5.41 | null | null | 5.7 | 10.5 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Attleborough | TM0396 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.524042 | 0.990902 | NMS-878ED1 | null | 56965_878ED1_BA_Axe_ILL.jpg | Bronze Age Axehead (illustration by Jason Gibbons) | Norfolk County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
593,384 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,150 | -800 | Fragment of a cast copper alloy probable Bronze Age spearhead. The fragment is pointed oval in cross-section, with both ends broken. Further identification is difficult due to damage of the object. The fragment is of a dark green colour with pitted surface and measures 16.9 mm long, 18 mm wide (maximum), 6.3 mm thick... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-06-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 6.7 | null | null | 6.3 | 16.9 | 1 | Stephanie Smith | Stephanie Smith | South East | East Sussex | Lewes | Firle | TQ4806 | Centred on field | 50.834616 | 0.100378 | SUSS-6C4BF6 | null | SUSS-6C4BF6.jpg | Fragment of a Bronze Age Spearhead | Sussex Archaeological Society | Attribution License | ||
593,527 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 |
A cast copper alloy fragment, probably a loop from a Late Bronze Age socketed axe.
| null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.23 | null | 17.18 | 6.9 | null | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Surrey | Mole Valley | Betchworth | TQ2149 | From a paper map | 51.227374 | -0.2685 | SUR-9AC717 | null | 13-1421.JPG | Late bronze age: Axe | Surrey County Council | Attribution License |
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