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645,998 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -750 | Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe of South Wales (Stogursey) Type, of Ewart Park Metalworking Industry, dating to Needham's Period 7 (c. 950 - 750BC).
The axe is fragmentary and distorted, represented by a mouth fragment, comprising part of one face and the looped side (with a surviving length of 44.1mm and a weig... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 62.7 | null | null | null | 44.1 | 1 | Edward Besly | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Llanhennock | ST3894 | From finder | 51.641368 | -2.897362 | NMGW-38B29D | null | 2013.73.1jpg.jpg | Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe of South Wales (Stogursey) Type | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
646,388 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,250 | An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) early un looped 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 VII... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-09-08T23:00:00Z | 2014-09-08T23:00:00Z | null | null | 494.1 | null | null | 24.25 | 149 | 1 | Helen Glenn | Helen Glenn | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Staffordshire Moorlands | Horton | SJ9257 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.110126 | -2.120961 | WMID-755304 | null | WMID-755304.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Palstave Shield Shaped Type | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
646,532 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,000 | -1,700 | An almost complete decorated Flat Axe / axehead of Early Bronze Age Period, date (2000-1700 BC). The general form of the axe is complete, however it has suffered significant loss from corrosion at both the cutting edge and the butt. In plan the axe is broadly rectangular with narrow rounded butt and expanded / splayed ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 290.3 | null | null | 9.3 | 150.2 | 1 | Helen Glenn | Helen Glenn | Wales | Powys | Powys | Glascwm | SO1054 | From finder | 52.176888 | -3.317588 | WMID-798FF7 | null | WMID-798FF7.jpg | Early Bronze Age: Flat Axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
646,743 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,400 | -1,100 | A hoard of two incomplete Middle Bronze Age rapiers dating to the period c. 1400 - 1100 BC.
Both blades best described as rapiers and best placed in Burgess & Gerloff's 'Group III' (Burgess, C.B., and Gerloff, S. 1981. The Dirks and Rapiers of Great Britain and Ireland.
Prähistorische Bronzefunde IV, 7 Beck: Muni... | These two rapiers were found at the same farm at least 10 years ago, the finder is deceased.
On the balance of probability these finds constitute a hoard but were found prior to 1st Janurary 2003 and consequently would not be defined as treasure under the 1997 act or Treasure trove. | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | Julie Dawn Shoemark | Julie Dawn Shoemark | South West | Dorset | North Dorset | Shillingstone | ST8409 | From finder | 50.880268 | -2.228798 | WILT-8CBFA4 | null | WILT-8CBFA4.jpg | Bronze Age rapier | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
646,848 | Penannular Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 |
A gold penannular ring of near-circular cross section. Bands of yellow and paler, silver-rich gold are clearly visible on the inside of the band, less so on the outer circumference where this decorative effect is very worn. Examination suggests that the ring is solid.
An addition to a well known series of decorative... | This item is more than 300 years old and composed of more than 10% precious metal. It therefore should be considered Treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act 1996.
Acquired by Dorking Museum. | 3 | Gold | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2014-10-22T23:00:00Z | null | 2014T790 | null | 15.72 | null | 17.17 | 6.55 | null | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | Surrey | Mole Valley | Betchworth | TQ2050 | From finder | 51.236573 | -0.28248 | SUR-8F221C | null | DSCF4923.JPG | Bronze Age: Gold pennanular ring | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
647,636 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A possible socketed spearhead dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1500 to 1150 BC.
Most of the blade and some of the socket are missing. The breaks are patinated suggesting they are not recent. The spearhead is broadly sub-triangular in plan and profile with an incomplete and abraded leaf-shaped blade. Two single ca... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 11.3 | null | null | null | 48.86 | 1 | William Pickering | William Pickering | North West | Cumbria | Eden | Kaber | NY8011 | null | 54.493933 | -2.310282 | DUR-CCF592 | null | DURCCF592.jpg | Socketed Spearhead | Durham County Council | Attribution License | ||
647,904 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Fragment of the blade of a Bronze Age rapier, both ends broken. Extant length, width and thickness 23, 17.5 and 4.3mm. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Within 20m of grid reference. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-09-15T23:00:00Z | 2014-10-19T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 4.3 | 23 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Fincham | TF7004 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.607179 | 0.509118 | NMS-0A34CB | null | 18849_0A34CB_LBA_Rapier_ILL.jpg | Bronze Age rapier. Illustration: Jason Gibbons | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
648,134 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Incomplete cutting edge of a Bronze Age copper alloy axe. No part of the socket is present but the steepness of the rise from the cutting edges suggests Late Bronze Age socketed axe. The break is ancient. Extant length, width and thickness 23.2, 45.6 and 13mm. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-09-15T23:00:00Z | 2014-10-19T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 13 | 23.2 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Wymondham | TG1003 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.584229 | 1.098352 | NMS-0F1612 | null | 60195_0F1612_LBA_SocketedAxehead_ILL.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axehead. Illustration: Jason Gibbons | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
648,135 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | A fragment of a Middle Bronze Age cast copper-alloy socketed spearhead, c. 1600 BC -1001 BC. The fragment is broadly lanceolate (or leaf-shaped) in plan and has a lozenge-section midrib which tapers towards the tip, now missing. The outer edgesof the flanking wing bladeshave suffered damage. The upper portion of the ci... |
This object has been assessed with the assistant of FLO Peter Reavill, who specialises in Bronze Age objects.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-03-16T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 16.06 | null | 9.38 | 11.09 | 48.06 | 1 | Stephanie Smith | Stephanie Smith | South East | East Sussex | Lewes | St. Ann (Without) | TQ3708 | From finder | 50.855296 | -0.054986 | SUSS-0F21A9 | null | SUSS0F21A9.jpg | Middle Bronze Age Socketed Spearhead | Sussex Archaeological Society | Attribution License | ||
648,323 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Incomplete Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged two-edged knife, both ends broken and all edges missing. Most of the damage is recent. There is a broad mid-rib on both faces of the blade. Extant length 55.2mm. Width 15.3mm. Thickness 2.8mm. Weight 8.76g. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-09-15T23:00:00Z | 2014-10-19T23:00:00Z | null | null | 8.76 | null | null | 2.8 | 55.2 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Morley | TG0600 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.558826 | 1.037536 | NMS-22834C | null | 29927_22834C_LBA_Knife_ILL.jpg | Bronze Age knife. Illustration: Jason Gibbons | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
648,331 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,200 | -750 | A fragment from the upper socket or mouth of a cast copper alloy socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date (c. 1200-750 BC). The fragment represents a small area of the upper socket of an area below the moulded mouth. It is irregular in plan and profile being broadly L shaped in cross section. There are no other features pr... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-06-30T23:00:00Z | 2014-08-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | 30.2 | 9.46 | null | 3.8 | 40.3 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Lockinge | SU4290 | From a paper map | 51.607276 | -1.39491 | BERK-22A7BA | null | 2014465.jpg | Bronze Age axe: Socketed axe fragment | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
648,524 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,000 | An incomplete cast socketed Spearhead dating to the Middle Bronze Age, circa 1600 BC - 1000 BC.
The spear has a lozenge shaped cross- section with a high mid-rib which tapers towards from the tip toward the break. The socket is conical and incomplete with part of the reverse section being broken (presumably in antiq... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2014-09-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | 24.9 | null | null | 9.1 | 97.7 | 1 | Helen Glenn | Helen Glenn | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Lichfield | Wigginton and Hopwas | SK1705 | Centred on parish | 52.642478 | -1.750198 | WMID-34BFC7 | null | WMID-34BFC7.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Probable Side looped Spearhead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
648,642 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A possible fragment of the blade of a Bronze Age palstave or axehead. The fragment is triangular in shape and in cross section, narrowing towards the cutting edge (from 4.65mm thick at the break to 1.15mm thick at the cutting edge. The fragment is 20.75mm in length, 9.85mm wide and 4.65mm thick. It weighs 2.57 grams. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-11-12T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 2.57 | null | null | 4.65 | 20.75 | 1 | Richard Henry | Claire Goodey | South East | Hampshire | New Forest | Rockbourne | SU0919 | From finder | 50.970348 | -1.873198 | WILT-371311 | null | WILT-371311.jpg | Bronze Age palstave or axe fragment | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
648,679 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -1,700 | A fragment of a Bronze Age axe head, possibly the tip from a flat axe of later Early Bronze Age date (c. 2200 - 1700 BC) . The fragment consists only of the curved blade tip; although little survives the curviture and thickness of the axe head does suggest that this was part of a flat axe, possibly a developed flat axe... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-08-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 41.2 | null | null | 7.2 | 57 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | West Berkshire | West Berkshire | Winterbourne | SU4674 | From a paper map | 51.463111 | -1.339239 | BERK-380696 | null | 2014475.jpg | Bronze Age Axe: Flat axehead fragment | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
648,812 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,800 | -1,600 | A copper alloy early Bronze Age (c.1800-c.1600 BC) flanged axehead. The axehead measures c.130mm long and c.75mm wide. The blade is roughly semi-circular in shape and the shaft and butt form a broadly rectangular shape. The axhead has raised flanges along its long edges. There is a trace of a slight transverse ridge ac... |
This record was created using a photograph sent by finder.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-10-04T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 353 | null | null | null | 130 | 1 | Alastair Willis | Alastair Willis | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | Kirton in Lindsey | SK9398 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.470532 | -0.600413 | WILT-4A155B | null | WILT-4A155B.jpg | Bronze Age Flanged Axehead | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
648,821 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Copper alloy spearhead. Small cast socketed spearhead with a rounded end to its trapezoidal blade, of length 35.2mm and of thin lentoid section, which has blunt cutting edges of length 32mm. The base of the blade has an abrupt inswing, forming a slightly oblique angle with the cutting edges, though its angles are round... | This object has the appearance of a Bronze Age spearhead. It has a number of unusual attributes:- 1. The blade had a very low, wide base. I have identified a group of British pegged spearheads as "Wide blade base", but none exactly match this one. There are a number of side looped, ogival bladed spearheads from the MBA... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-10-02T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 19.61 | null | 9 | 4.8 | 69.2 | 1 | Martin Foreman | Martin Foreman | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | Alkborough | SE8921 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.677896 | -0.654108 | NLM-4A4F79 | null | NLM26823a.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
648,824 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,200 | -800 | Copper alloy possible spearhead fragment. Fragment of a cast slightly tapering cylindrical object, of estimated original diameter c.40mm, interpreted by this reporter as from the socket of a spearhead. The thickness diminishes at the mouth of a putative socket; other edges are broken, and smoothed by subsequent wear. T... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-10-04T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 12.27 | null | 40 | 2 | 29.4 | 1 | Martin Foreman | Martin Foreman | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | Roxby cum Risby | SE9317 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.641259 | -0.594767 | NLM-4A5B67 | null | NLM26824a.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead fragment | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
649,139 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -800 | A Bronze Age (2350 BC-801 BC) copper awl with an oval centre divider, flat to one side with a square-section projection c.44mm in length, bent towards one end. The measurements are 5.84x6.40mm to 2.52x0.80mm. The other end is a conical-shaped spike c.16mm long, 8.5mm diameter and narrowing to a point. The patina is mos... |
This find was recorded at a rally and therefore the identification and photograph may not be of our usual standard.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2013-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | Andover Anton Rotary Club Charity Metal Detecting Rally, Penton Mewsey (1/09/13) | 9.49 | null | null | null | 63.9 | 1 | Arwen Wood | Arwen Wood | South East | Hampshire | Test Valley | Penton Mewsey | SU3448 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.230181 | -1.514442 | HAMP-5F847D | null | HAMP-5F847D.jpg | Bronze Age Awl | Winchester Museums Service | Attribution License | ||
649,141 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -1,900 | Early Bronze Age bronze Flat Axe of Type Migdale (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, p 35-44)[1], or Class 3C Type Harlyn Bay (following Needham 1983; forthcoming) of Metalworking Assemblage III, corresponding to Needham's (1996)[2] Period 2 -3 and probably dating to c. 2,200 - 1,900BC.
The axe is complete, with some surface ... | Class 3C axes are known from across southern Britain, though are relatively rare in Wales, with only two others known: one from Llanddarog, Carmarthenshire (Savory 1962) and one from "West Wales" (Northover unpublished). | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 397.4 | null | null | null | 139.7 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Llanarth | SO4009 | From finder | 51.776437 | -2.871051 | NMGW-5F8955 | null | 2013.146jpg.jpg | Early Bronze Age bronze Flat Axe of Type Migdale | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
649,207 | Sickle | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -500 | Late Bronze Age socketed sickle of Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking, corresponding to Needham's (1996)[1] Periods 7 - 8, dated to 950 - 500BC.
The sickle is fragmentary, represented by the incomplete socket and beginning of the blade (with a surviving length of 30.2mm and a weight of 18.1g). The socket is oval a... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 18.1 | null | null | null | 30.2 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | Swansea | Swansea | Sketty | SS6390 | From finder | 51.592143 | -3.979119 | NMGW-61B893 | null | 2013.178.1jpg.jpg | Late Bronze Age socketed sickle of Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
649,256 | Gouge | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -750 | Late Bronze Age socketed gouge, possibly of Ewart Park metalworking, corresponding to Needham's (1996)[1] Period 7, and dated to c. 950 - 750BC
The socketed gouge is incomplete, missing the mouth (with a surviving length of 41.4mm and a weight of 18.6g). The socket is oval at the break (with maximum surviving extern... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 18.6 | null | null | null | 41.4 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | Carmarthenshire | Carmarthenshire | St. Ishmael | SN3608 | From finder | 51.74663 | -4.377012 | NMGW-62C84F | null | 2013.181.1jpg.jpg | Late Bronze Age socketed gouge, possibly of Ewart Park metalworking | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
649,957 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -800 |
Cast copper alloy spear head fragment. Only the middle of the spearhead remains just above the socket, both the tip and the socket have been truncated and only one the blade remain. However, surviving sections suggest this was probably originally leaf shaped with a large central spine flanked by thinner blades.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-06-30T23:00:00Z | 2014-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | 15.63 | null | null | 8 | 34 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | South West | North Somerset | North Somerset | Tickenham | ST4672 | From finder | 51.444402 | -2.778383 | GLO-C6F5C4 | null | GLOC6F5C4.jpg | GLO-C6F5C4 Bronze Age spear head | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
650,054 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | An incomplete copper alloy socketed spearhead, of Middle Bronze Age dating (1500 BC to 1150 BC).
Around 50% of the spearhead is present, consisting of the head and most of the blades. The spearhead is sub triangular in shape. The socket is incomplete, presumed damaged in antiquity. The remains of the socket is circu... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-06-30T23:00:00Z | 2014-07-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 15.1 | null | null | 10.9 | 68.6 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Lichfield | Harlaston | SK2110 | Centred on field | 52.687287 | -1.690768 | WMID-C937AF | null | WMID-C937AF.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Incomplete socketed spearhead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
650,288 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -900 | -600 |
A Late Bronze Age/Earliest Iron Age complete cast copper alloy socketed axehead of South-Eastern (LBA) or Sompting (EIA) type, of the Ewart Park/Llyn Fawr metalworking tradition. The axehead is wedge-shaped with a square socket at the haft end. Internally the socket tapers and narrows from the mouth to the cutting edg... |
Finder/recorder name obfuscated and shown as Kent FLO for site security
| 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-10-17T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 275.4 | null | null | 43 | 116 | 1 | Jo Ahmet | Jo Ahmet | South East | Kent | Ashford | Wye with Hinxhill | TR0443 | null | 51.149891 | 0.915452 | PUBLIC-CEED5D | null | PUBLICCEED5D.jpg | Socketted Axe head | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
651,181 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -750 | Bronze Age sword blade fragment of uncertain type, probably of Late Bronze Age date, possibly of Wilburton or Ewart Park metalworking Industry of Needham's (1996)[1] Periods 4-5, dated to c. 1150 - 750BC.
The sword is fragmentary, represented by a blade fragment, broken at both ends in antiquity (with a surviving le... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 22.7 | null | null | 5.7 | 42.2 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Llanarth | SO4009 | From finder | 51.776437 | -2.871051 | NMGW-35639F | null | 2013.97jpg.jpg | Bronze Age sword blade fragment of uncertain type | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
651,318 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Late Bronze Age bronze socketed tool fragment, probably an axe mouth fragment
The tool is fragmentary, represented by a mouth fragment (with a surviving length of 22.6mm, a surviving width of 20.6mm and a weight of 6.0g). The mouth is near-straight for most of its length but appears to be turning at the break on one... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 6 | null | null | null | 22.6 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | Swansea | Swansea | null | SS6390 | From finder | 51.592143 | -3.979119 | NMGW-4675A9 | null | 2013.201.2jpg.jpg | Late Bronze Age bronze socketed tool fragment, probably an axe mouth fragment | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
651,327 | Hammer | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -700 | Socketed bronze hammer probably of Late Bronze Age date (c. 1150 - 700BC)
The hammer is fragmentary, broken across its width and is represented by just under half of the original (with a surviving width of 23mm and a weight of 40.9g). The whole length of the hammer is represented on the side (with a length of 52.2mm... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 40.9 | null | null | null | 52.2 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | Swansea | Swansea | Sketty | SS6390 | From finder | 51.592143 | -3.979119 | NMGW-46A3A3 | null | 2013.201.1jpg.jpg | Socketed bronze hammer probably of Late Bronze Age date | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
651,363 | Hammer | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,200 | -700 | Late Bronze Age socketed tool, probably a hammer of c. 1200 - 700BC
The tool is near-complete with some peripheral damage and is very-heavily corroded and pitted (with a length of 61.6mm and a weight of 99.4g). The mouth is rectangular (29.2mm long and 19.4mm wide) and of variable thickness, with one side edge (6.7m... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 99.4 | null | null | null | 61.6 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | Powys | Powys | Brecon | SO0528 | From finder | 51.942361 | -3.383446 | NMGW-475C27 | null | 2013.206.1jpg.jpg | Late Bronze Age socketed tool, probably a hammer | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
651,959 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -800 | A bent and incomplete middle to late Bronze-age blade (c.1500-801 BC) possibly a dirk or rapier . It is broadly triangular in shape and is pointed oval in cross section. The blade widens near the top just underneath where the blade has been deliberately bent and broken. It tapers from a width of 22.5mm at the bent end ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 24.32 | null | null | 5.05 | 76.65 | 1 | Zoe Cavendish | Zoe Cavendish | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Broad Chalke | SU0324 | null | 51.015371 | -1.958608 | WILT-608543 | null | WILT-608543.jpg | Bronze Age rapier fragment | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
652,082 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,600 | -1,100 |
Copper alloy socketed spearhead that dates to the middle Bronze Age. The blade of the spearhead is leaf/lozenge-shaped with blades that gently angle inwards from an expanded midsection. Running down the centre of the blades is a triangular cross-section spine on both sides. Towards the edge of one blade, in the middle... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z | 2014-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | 18.5 | null | null | 9 | 77 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | West Midlands | County of Herefordshire | County of Herefordshire | Weston under Penyard | SO6423 | From finder | 51.904368 | -2.524674 | GLO-721365 | null | GLO721365.jpg | GLO-721365 Bronze Age Speadhead | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
652,145 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -600 |
A symmetrical blade tip from a copper alloy knife blade of Bronze Age date. The blade is probably of Late Bronze Age date but there is too little to define it closer.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 1.39 | null | null | 1.84 | 23.26 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | null | Surrey | Mole Valley | Brockham | TQ1950 | From finder | 51.236782 | -0.296797 | SUR-744AC6 | null | 14-1243.JPG | Bronze age: Knife | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
652,294 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,100 | A Middle to Late Bronze Age socketed axe. It has a rounded sub-rectangular opening with a prounced lip. The body is decorated with three horizontal ribs. The blade flared, but the cutting edge is rather narrow, suggesting that it has been reground several times. A side loop is located close to the socket on one side. A... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Other chance find | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 85 | 1 | Adam Daubney | Adam Daubney | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Barlings | null | null | null | null | LIN-87F4F5 | null | LIN-87F4F5_front.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
652,729 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -750 | Late Bronze Age socketed axe, probably of South Wales (Stogursey Type) and of Ewart Park metalworking industry, of Needham's (1996)[1] period 7, dated to c. 950 - 750BC
The axe is fragmentary, broken across both its width and length (with a maximum surviving length of 45.0mm, a maximum surviving thickness of 13.5mm ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 53.1 | null | null | 13.5 | 45 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Wenvoe | ST1072 | From finder | 51.439819 | -3.296264 | NMGW-C9AC4E | null | 2013.165jpg.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe , probably of South Wales and of Ewart Park metalworking industry | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
652,748 | Razor | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,500 | A copper alloy blade fragment, probably a double-edged razor dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age, about 2,150 BC - 1,500 BC. The fragment is roughly leaf-shaped with a pointed oval (or flat diamond-shaped) cross-section. The outside edges are very wavy and ragged and there does not appear to be a socket, instead ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-05-31T23:00:00Z | 2014-09-10T23:00:00Z | null | null | 12.77 | null | null | 4.4 | 53.52 | 1 | Peter Reavill | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | Doncaster | Doncaster | Wadworth | SK5696 | From finder | 53.457784 | -1.158089 | SWYOR-CA128E | null | PAS_2364_spear.jpg | Bronze Age blade | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
652,992 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,200 | Bronze Age socketed spearhead, possibly of Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1600 - 1200BC
The spearhead is fragmentary, represented by a median fragment (with a surviving length of 47.7mm and a weight of 9.4g). The mouth of the socket is missing (with a surviving depth of 31.4mm) and is open on one face but appears to hav... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 9.4 | null | null | null | 47.7 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Llancarfan | ST0770 | From finder | 51.421355 | -3.338888 | NMGW-DD80BC | null | 2013.195.1jpg.jpg | Bronze Age socketed spearhead, possibly of Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1600 – 1200BC | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
653,044 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | null | null | Possible blade fragment of Bronze Age date
The blade is fragmentary (with a surviving length of 24.7mm and a weight of 5.1 g) and appears to represent a fragment from the apex of the blade and beginning of the hilt. The suggested hilt part is wider and marginally thinner (with a maximum surviving width of 22.8mm and... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 5.1 | null | null | 2 | 24.7 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Llancarfan | ST0770 | From finder | 51.421355 | -3.338888 | NMGW-DE801C | null | 2013.195.2jpg.jpg | Possible blade fragment of Bronze Age date | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
653,444 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,400 | -1,300 | A cast copper alloy flanged axe probably dating from the Middle Bronze Age, about 1400-1300BC. Probably Metalwork Stage IX, Needham Period 5; Taunton metalwork assemblage. The axe is complete. It has high triangular flanges which form a diamond when viewed from the side. It has just a slight thickening in place of a st... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Agricultural or drainage work | 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z | 1976-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 467 | null | null | 43 | 153 | 1 | Amy Downes | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | Doncaster | Doncaster | Norton | SE5415 | Centred on parish | 53.628753 | -1.184934 | SWYOR-036213 | null | Don_1004_axe.jpg | Bronze Age flanged axehead | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
653,445 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,100 | Middle Bronze Age bronze spearhead of side-looped type, falling within Davis' (2012) Group 6 (Developed side-looped).
The spearhead is near-complete, with some peripheral damage, missing some of the mouth and one of the side loops (with a length of 110.7mm) and the socket retains the deposit (giving a weight of 53.... | The spearhead can be paralleled with a number of examples recovered from Wales and elsewhere. A similar side-looped spearhead from the Thames at Mortlake (DoB 31) has recently been dated by Needham et al (1997) producing an early radiocarbon date of 3225+/- 65BP (OxA-5948) 1680-1400BC with a 95% confidence rating. Howe... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 53.5 | null | 19.8 | null | 110.7 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Pont-y-Clun | ST0680 | From finder | 51.51108 | -3.355928 | NMGW-036216 | null | 2013.123.1jpg.jpg | Middle Bronze Age bronze spearhead of side-looped type and of Acton Park metalworking | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
653,647 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Probable fragmentary Middle to Late Bronze Age spearhead
The spearhead is represented the incomplete pointed socket only (with a surviving length of 67.8mm and a weight of 36.6g). The socket (with a surviving depth of 34.5mm and a maximum surviving internal diameter of 14mm and 20mm external) is open on one face and a... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 36.6 | null | 20 | null | 67.8 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Penllyn | SS9776 | From finder | 51.473556 | -3.484404 | NMGW-092622 | null | 2013.130.1jpg.jpg | Probable fragmentary Middle to Late Bronze Age spearhead | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
654,503 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axehead, of possible Late Bronze Age dating (1000 BC to 800 BC).
Probably less than 40% of the socketed axehead is present, consisting of part of the main body, the base of the socket and the blade edge. The fragment is sub rectangular in plan, and triangular in section. The ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-09-06T23:00:00Z | 2014-09-06T23:00:00Z | null | null | 61.4 | null | null | 16.3 | 39.8 | 1 | Helen Glenn | Helen Glenn | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Lichfield | Mavesyn Ridware | SK0618 | From finder | 52.759574 | -1.91253 | WMID-6D041B | null | WMID-6D041B.jpg | Late Bronze Age: Socketed Axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
654,527 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -1,950 | A cast copper alloy flat axe of Early Bronze Age date, about 2200 BC - 1950 BC. The axe is probably a broad butt flat axe of Migdale type (decorated Variant) and is decorated with rain pattern.
The blade flares from about two thirds of the way from the butt, with angular shoulders; this may have been secondary hamme... | Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy on the SEM
by Stuart Fox of the University of Bradford, Faculty of Life Sciences, Archaeological Sciences.
Spectrum processing: No peaks omitted
Processing option: Oxygen by stoichiometry (Normalised)
Number of iterations = 3
Standard CACO3 1-Jun-1999 12:00 AM
Cu Cu 1-Jun-... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2006-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 336 | null | null | 12 | 140.5 | 1 | Frank Jolley | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | Calderdale | Calderdale | Luddendenfoot | SE0428 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.748357 | -1.940824 | SWYOR-6D80EC | null | FD_Axe_1.jpg | Bronze Age flat axe | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
654,630 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,250 | -800 | Copper alloy chisel or awl, possibly of Late Bronze Age date
The tool is complete (with a length of 88.1mm and a weight of 9.5g). The tang has a short edge at its apex (1.3mm wide and 0.4mm thick) and is square-sectioned for nearly one-third of its length (for 27mm), gradually widening (to a maximum square-section of ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 9.5 | null | null | null | 88.1 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | Merthyr Tydfil | Merthyr Tydfil | Vaynor | SO0211 | From finder | 51.789042 | -3.422246 | NMGW-6F5981 | null | 2013.135jpg.jpg | Late Bronze Age awl | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
654,721 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -750 | Late Bronze Age bronze tanged and collared chisel, probably of Ewart Park metalworking industry, corresponding with Needham's (1996) Period 7, dated to 950 - 750BC.
The chisel is incomplete, missing the tang and with a little peripheral damage (with a surviving length of 34.1mm and a weight of 7.4g). The tang was tr... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 7.4 | null | null | null | 34.1 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Sully | ST1868 | From finder | 51.405076 | -3.180264 | NMGW-7149A7 | null | 2013.137.1jpg.jpg | Bronze Age bronze tanged chisel | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
654,770 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,200 | -800 | Copper alloy Bronze Age blade fragment from a knife. This has a low oval cross-section with tapered blades on either side. At one end the edges are tapered inwards the tip, which is now truncated. The rear of the blade is also truncated make it impossible to determine if it had a socket or tang. When viewed in side p... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z | 2014-04-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 48.2 | null | null | 4 | 110 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | South West | Bath and North East Somerset | Bath and North East Somerset | Compton Dando | ST6267 | From finder | 51.400749 | -2.547639 | GLO-71F6AF | null | GLO71F6AF.jpg | GLO-71F6AF Bronze Age Knife | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
655,021 | Metal Working Debris | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Possibly a casting jet or well dating from the Late Bronze Age period, that is 1000-800BC. The broken lower end of the well suggests the object being cast was a knife, possibly a knife with a handle plate rather than socket like the Late Bronze Age Thorndon type knives. Recorded examples of knives without cast socket h... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 30.45 | null | null | 16.78 | 20.19 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | null | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Nuffield | SU6587 | From finder | 51.578125 | -1.063381 | SUR-84BBEA | null | B14-712.JPG | Bronze Age: Metal working debris | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution License | ||
655,163 | Palstave | Bronze Age | null | null | -1,500 | -1,150 |
A possible Middle Bronze Age palstave axe butt-end fragment. The item is roughtly rectangular in plan, tapering to a rounded point at one end. The profile is broadly triangular in shape and the section is H-shaped. Both faces are plain and undecorated and are slightly concave, with raised sides. Overall the object is ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 23.77 | null | null | 14 | 48 | 1 | Danielle Wootton | Danielle Wootton | South West | Devon | East Devon | Exmouth | SY0284 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.647415 | -3.387485 | DEV-86EA3A | null | palstave fragment.jpg | Bronze Age Palstave axe fragment | Danielle Wootton | Attribution License | ||
655,493 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -800 | A copper-alloy awl of possible Bronze Age date. The point of the awl is circular in cross section and is tapered from 7.25mm to 0.7mm at the tip. The other end is rectangular in cross section and also tapers and narrows to the end where it forms a flat 'spade' (3.05mm wide and 0.7mm thick). The surface has a green pati... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 8.68 | null | null | null | 68.14 | 1 | Becky Hall | Becky Hall | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Heytesbury | ST9241 | From finder | 51.168186 | -2.1158 | WILT-9B2724 | null | WILT-9B2724.jpg | Bronze Age awl | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
655,871 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -2,000 | Fragment of Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe, worn cutting edge and cracked and broken across the socket. Ancient breaks. Extant length 38.5mm. Width 32mm. Thickness 9mm. Weighs 25.65g. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-10-15T23:00:00Z | 2014-11-19T00:00:00Z | null | null | 25.65 | null | null | 9 | 38.5 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | null | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Scole | TM1679 | From finder | 52.366454 | 1.171232 | NMS-B0E33A | null | 58341_B0E33A_LBA_SocketedAxe_ILL.jpg | Fragment of Late Bronze Age socketed axe | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
656,325 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,100 | -800 | Copper alloy socketed axe blade fragment consisting of only the forward edge of the axe. The sides of the axe expand in to a large curved blade. The tip of the socket is visible in the break. Date late Bronze Age 1100BC-800BC | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-07-31T23:00:00Z | 2014-09-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 15 | 38 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | South West | Bath and North East Somerset | Bath and North East Somerset | Saltford | ST6766 | From finder | 51.392072 | -2.475673 | GLO-F02B7D | null | GLOF02B7D.jpg | GLO-F02B7D Bronze Age Socketed axe | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
656,329 | Razor | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Incomplete 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 broad, flat midrib on both faces. Extant length 42mm. Extant width 31.5mm. Thickness (at the midrib) 2mm. Weighs 10.57g. ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-11-11T00:00:00Z | 2014-12-09T00:00:00Z | null | null | 10.57 | null | null | 2 | 42 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | null | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Grimston | TF7121 | From finder | 52.759541 | 0.532691 | NMS-F044DA | null | 11789_F044DA_LBA__checkDBobjecttype_ILL.jpg | Incomplete Late Bronze Age razor | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
656,357 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,800 | -1,500 | A fragment of a Bronze Age Developed Flat Axe dating from about 1800 BC - 1500 BC. Only a fragment of the blade-end survives. The fragment is rectangular in plan with a flared blade with concave shoulders. The tips of the blade are missing as is much of the original surface. The sides of the axe are thickened; starting... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2014-09-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 100.32 | null | null | 14.1 | 54.6 | 1 | Amy Downes | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | Wakefield | Wakefield | South Kirkby and Moorthorpe | SE4409 | From finder | 53.575761 | -1.336977 | SWYOR-F0C4A9 | null | PAS_2372_axe.jpg | Bronze Age palstave | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
656,800 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A fragment of a cast copper-alloy axe of Bronze Age date. Only part of the blade edge survives intact, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The blade edge is flat, having narrowed from further up the axe head, and in convex in form. In cross section the fragment is solid and an elongated lozenge-shape in plan. ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-06-30T23:00:00Z | 2014-10-18T23:00:00Z | null | null | 10.7 | null | null | 5.52 | 13.2 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Blewbury | SU5186 | Centred on field | 51.570572 | -1.265539 | BERK-181F72 | null | 2014560.jpg | Bronze Age axe: Axe head fragment | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
656,831 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a cast copper-alloy socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date. Only the blade edge and part of the head survives intact, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The blade edge narrows to a flat tip, still relatively sharp, and is curved in form with expanded sides that narrow into the main head of the axe... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-06-30T23:00:00Z | 2014-10-18T23:00:00Z | null | null | 28.8 | null | null | 9 | 23 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Blewbury | SU5186 | Centred on field | 51.570572 | -1.265539 | BERK-18CBA6 | null | 2014561.jpg | Bronze Age axe: Socketed axe fragment | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
656,942 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A fragment of a cast copper-alloy axe of Bronze Age date. Only part of the blade edge survives intact, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The blade edge is flat, having narrowed from further up the axe head, and is convex in form. In cross section the fragment is solid and would have had an elongated lozenge-... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-07-31T23:00:00Z | 2014-10-18T23:00:00Z | null | null | 7.3 | null | null | 7 | 14.8 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | West Berkshire | West Berkshire | Great Shefford | SU3978 | From a paper map | 51.499599 | -1.439555 | BERK-1B26CA | null | 2014575.jpg | Bronze Age axe: Axe tip fragment | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
657,202 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -700 | Bronze Age (c.1150 to 700 BC) socketed axe: The blade portion of the copper alloy axe remains with the broken edge traversing the axe and revealing the tip of the socket. The blade cutting edge is slightly convex with rounded tips/corners which are slightly flared. The side faces have traces of a casting seam, but it h... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-12-20T00:00:00Z | 2014-08-03T23:00:00Z | null | null | 31.15 | null | null | 11.3 | 22.69 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Wixford | SP0854 | null | 52.184192 | -1.884408 | WAW-2FC2AE | null | WAW-2FC2AE.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe (profile, plan and profile). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
657,620 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | An incomplete copper alloy socketed axe fragment from an unidentified object of possible Bronze Age date (c. 1100 - 800 BC). The fragment has a pronounced lip which is slightly bevelled and is slightly convex on the outer surface with a corrspondingly concave inner surface.
The fragment measures 24.02mm in length, 1... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 8.47 | null | null | 10.71 | 24.02 | 1 | Julie Dawn Shoemark | Julie Dawn Shoemark | South West | Somerset | South Somerset | Kingsdon | ST5026 | From finder | 51.031177 | -2.714396 | WILT-997445 | null | WILT997445.jpg | Bronze Age socketed object | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
657,740 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -900 | -700 |
The blade of a cast copper alloy socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date. The base of the socket survives and the broken walls show that the casting was off centre. There are faint scratch marks on one side of the blade which is otherwise in good condition..
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 34.2 | null | null | 12.7 | 27.45 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Hampshire | East Hampshire | East Meon | SU6521 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.984744 | -1.075369 | SUR-FDFCA2 | null | 14-1362.JPG | Bronze age: Axe | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
657,953 | Metal Working Debris | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,200 | -700 | A fragment of a Bronze Age plano-convex bun ingot weighing 25.18g. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 25.18 | null | null | 12.67 | 23.72 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Moulsford | SU5883 | From finder | 51.542925 | -1.165044 | SUR-3F3166 | null | B14-765.JPG | Bronze Age: Metal working debris | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution License | ||
659,013 | Scabbard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A cast copper-alloy bag shaped chape dating to the late Bronze Age. The chape has an oval opening, concave sides, a rounded bottom, and a perforation in each face. There are also two irregular perforations in the bottom, most likely resulting from ancient damage. The surface is smooth, with no decoration.
Chape is 1... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 10.8 | 18.3 | null | 9.5 | null | 1 | Becky Hall | Becky Hall | South East | Hampshire | New Forest | Rockbourne | SU1118 | Centred on parish | 50.961321 | -1.844745 | WILT-D4F151 | null | WILTD4F151.jpg | Bronze Age chape | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
659,038 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,000 | -700 | A cast copper alloy awl of probable late Bronze Age date. The awl is 61mm in length. One end is pointed and the other end has a flat and rounded terminal. The wide central part has a square section. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 4.29 | null | null | 5.03 | 61.04 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South East | West Berkshire | West Berkshire | Chieveley | SU4673 | From finder | 51.45412 | -1.339369 | SUR-D5A5A5 | null | DSCF5608.JPG | Bronze Age: Awl | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution License | ||
659,154 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -950 | Possible butt of a Bronze Age (c. -1500 to c. -950) palstave: The copper alloy fragment is a sub rectangle with one lone edge being broken, and this edge has a dark green matte patina, the other edges are heavily abraded and have a mottled turquoise and green matte surface. In profile the fragment is triangular with th... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-06-03T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 8.15 | null | null | 6.72 | 25.01 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Brailes | SP2940 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.057628 | -1.578452 | WAW-E8E391 | null | WAWE8E391.jpg | Bronze Age Palstave butt, possibly (profile, plan, section, and plan). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
659,519 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -1,000 |
A fragment of the butt of a possible Bronze Age cast copper alloy palstave axe. The fragment is broken across its thickest point. One face remains with part of one side. There is evidence for possible rounded side wings. The axe is very worn and pitted.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 43.72 | null | null | 10.72 | 39.16 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Wisley | TQ0659 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.32024 | -0.480271 | SUR-0E4F59 | null | 14-1443.JPG | Bronze Age: Possible axe fragment | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
660,545 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,900 | -1,700 | A possible Bronze Age copper alloy developed flat axe, possibly from the Bandon type (Schmidt and Burgess, 1981, 65-7) and dating 1900 - 1700BC. The axe has a broad head, tapering to a narrown butt. The axe is very worn so some features may no longer be visible. There are possibly traces of a flange along the wings of ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 136.08 | null | null | 10.18 | 91.82 | 1 | B. Paites | B. Paites | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ESS-7D18D8 | null | ESS-7D18D8 Axe.jpg | A possible Bronze Age copper alloy developed flat axe, possibly from the Bandon type (Schmidt and Burgess, 1981, 65-7) and dating 1900 - 1700BC. | Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service | Attribution License | ||
660,620 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,200 | -900 | A Middle to Late Bronze Age looped palstave axe, c1200-900BC. The axe is very corroded and pitted and only the lower half below the stop ridge survives together with the stubs of the side loop. There is a shallow hollow beneath the stop ridge. The axe has broken across a large void, the apparent result of a casting fla... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 20.36 | 69.78 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | South West | Somerset | South Somerset | Whitestaunton | ST2610 | From finder | 50.884731 | -3.053335 | SUR-7E53A6 | null | B14-830.JPG | Bronze Age: Looped palstave axe | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution License | ||
660,850 | Pin | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,250 | Fragment of a round-sectioned copper alloy object broken at both ends and in a rather worn state. The surface and the breaks are a deep brown. Probably Bronze Age and possibly the central part of a Middle Bronze Age Picardy pin. There is no surviving decoration. Diameter at the breaks 5.3 and 10.6mm. Maximum diameter 1... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-08-29T23:00:00Z | 2014-09-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | 16.01 | null | 11 | null | 35.4 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Tivetshall St. Mary | TM1786 | Centred on field | 52.428892 | 1.190428 | NMS-92A892 | null | 58331_92A892_BA_CastingJet_ILL.jpg | Possible fragment of a Bronze Age pin | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
661,269 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -1,500 | -700 | A fragment of a blade of Bronze Age date. How much of this object survives is unclear as there survive no certain original edges. The object is 3.27mm thick and has a flattened lozengiform section. The object does not appear to have been an arrowhead, despite its apparent shape. It may be part of a knife. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 9.08 | null | null | 3.27 | 49.05 | 1 | David W Williams | David W Williams | null | West Berkshire | West Berkshire | Chieveley | SU4674 | From finder | 51.463111 | -1.339239 | SUR-E39E45 | null | B14-844.JPG | Bronze Age: Blade | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution License | ||
661,302 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A copper alloy socketed side-looped spearhead dating from the middle to late Bronze Age, (1500-800BC).
The spearhead is almost complete. The head is leaf-shaped and the socket has a pronounced midrib. The mid rib is lozenge shape and extends to the base of the socket where it is slightly facetted rather than raised.... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2015-01-20T00:00:00Z | 2015-01-20T00:00:00Z | null | null | 75.2 | null | null | null | 113 | 1 | Lauren Proctor | Lauren Proctor | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | East Lindsey | Revesby | TF3264 | From finder | 53.156777 | -0.027337 | DUR-E488E5 | null | DUR-E488E5.jpg | Socketed spear head | Durham County Council | Attribution License | ||
661,381 | 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 heavily worn cutting edge with rounded corners. The break on one face is considerably shallower than the... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 45.7 | null | null | 8.4 | 48.9 | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Easington | TA4115 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.612577 | 0.129913 | YORYM-E67DFD | null | JLB0008.jpg | Bronze Age : Socketed Axehead | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
661,397 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,400 | Middle Bronze Age bronze palstave; a Group I palstave of Primary Shield Pattern type and of Acton Park Metalworking 1 metalworking Industry corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 4 and probably dated to c. 1600 - 1450BC
The palstave is near-complete (with a length of 161mm and a weight of 575.5g). The butt (29.2mm... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-09-03T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 575.5 | null | null | null | 161 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | Kinnerley | SJ3021 | From finder | 52.782021 | -3.039263 | NMGW-E73F68 | null | 2014.2jpg.jpg | Middle Bronze Age palstave | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
661,408 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | Middle Bronze Age bronze spearhead of Davis' (2012) Group 6 (Developed side-looped) type.
The spearhead is incomplete and heavily corroded, missing the mouth, tip, blade and side loops (with a surviving length of 62.6mm and a weight of 15.0g with an emptied socket). The mouth has been lost and the base is sub-circul... | Although the spearhead is fragmentary, there are enough diagnostic features present to be confident in identify it as of side-looped type. It falls within Davis' (2012) Group 6. A similar side-looped spearhead from the Thames at Mortlake (DoB 31) has recently been dated by Needham et al (1997) producing an early radioc... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 15 | null | null | null | 62.6 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Penllyn | ST0179 | From finder | 51.501237 | -3.427673 | NMGW-E7AAA1 | null | 2014.3jpg.jpg | Middle Bronze Age spearhead of side-looped type and of Acton Park metalworking | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
661,462 | Gouge | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -950 | -850 | Incomplete cast copper alloy socketed gouge, semi-circular in plan, at the cutting edge, lozenge-shaped in profile and circular in section. The circular socketed end is broken and partly missing and the cutting edge is worn and nicked in two places and on one side. The gouge tapers in profile from the open end to a poi... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-11-16T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 17.35 | null | 10 | 3 | 43 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Illogan | SW6743 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.240959 | -5.269079 | CORN-EE9D5D | null | Jan15finds037.JPG | socketed gouge (concave face) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
661,652 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,700 | -1,250 | A fragment of a very small cast copper alloy, socketed, side looped probable spearhead probably dating from Early to Middle Bronze Age, about 1700 - 1250 BC; Davis Groups 2-6. Alternatively, the object could possibly be part of a large arrowhead. The remaining portion consists of a short section of the socket together ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-08-22T23:00:00Z | 2014-10-05T23:00:00Z | null | null | 5.99 | null | null | 7.5 | 30.7 | 1 | Amy Downes | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | Wakefield | Wakefield | Thorpe Audlin | SE4916 | From finder | 53.638232 | -1.260375 | SWYOR-FC5915 | null | PAS_2382_spearjpg.jpg | possible Bronze Age spear | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
661,675 | Assemblage | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | null | -2,400 | -2,200 | Description: Beaker/Early Bronze Age gold beads
Found during controlled archaeological excavations by Wessex Archaeology, on 12th October 2011 while excavating the remains of a prehistoric 'Beaker' burial.
Five sheet gold beads and other artefacts (Beaker vessel, amber and lignite beads, and seven worked flints) ... | The Beaker burial is without close parallel, although the character of the burial indicates that it belongs to a small group of similarly rich burials that have been discovered across Britain. These early burials belong to the Copper Age (Chalcolithic) horizon that marks the end of the Neolithic and the start of the Br... | 4 | Gold | Ceramic | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Controlled archaeological investigation | 2011-10-11T23:00:00Z | null | 2011T763 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 33 | Alistair Barclay | Alistair Barclay | South East | Windsor and Maidenhead | Windsor and Maidenhead | Horton | TQ0175 | null | 51.464969 | -0.547449 | PAS-FCAE32 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
661,677 | Gouge | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -650 | Part of a cast copper alloy, socketed gouge, probably dating from late Bronze Age date, about 1000 - 650 BC. The remaining portion consists of a short length of the socket and the U shaped blade. The interior of the socket is circular and 9.9mm deep; the exterior is sub-rectangular. The blade tapers from the socket to ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2014-09-14T23:00:00Z | null | null | 22.8 | null | null | 13.9 | 39.9 | 1 | Amy Downes | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Harrogate | Bridge Hewick | SE3370 | From finder | 54.124806 | -1.49656 | SWYOR-FCB525 | null | PAS_2382_gouge.jpg | Bronze Age gouge | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
661,716 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,950 | -1,750 | Early Bronze Age bronze Developed Flat Axe of Aylesford type (following Schmidt and Burgess 1981) or Class 4 (following Needham 1983; forthcoming), dating to Needham's (1996) Period 3 (c.1950-1750 BC).
The axe is near-complete but is heavily corroded (with a length of 112.8mm and a weight of 173.1g). The butt is nar... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 173.1 | null | null | null | 112.8 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | North West | Cheshire West and Chester | Cheshire West and Chester | Agden | SJ5144 | From finder | 52.991078 | -2.731422 | NMGW-FDAA11 | null | 2014.8.1jpg.jpg | Early Bronze Age: Developed Flat Axe of Aylesford type | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
661,717 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,275 | -950 | Middle to Late Bronze Age bronze palstave of Transitional Type and uncertain sub-type, possibly Type Shelf or Roundhay dated to the Penard-Wilburton Metalworking phases (c.1275-950 BC) (following Needham et al. 1997).
The palstave is incomplete missing peripheral areas and has a distorted butt (with a distorted le... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-09-21T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 323.2 | null | null | null | 138.3 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Stafford | Gnosall | SJ8118 | From finder | 52.759268 | -2.282984 | NMGW-FDCDF0 | null | 2014.8.2jpg.jpg | Middle to Late Bronze Age palstave of Transitional Type | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
661,725 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -701 | Incomplete Middle Bronze to Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged chisel, with the proximal end of the rectangular-sectioned tang and the cutting edge missing. There is no stop between tang and blade. Cf. Inventaria Archaeologica (1954) G.B.6, no.5. The breaks are not ancient. Extant length and width 47.9 and 15mm. Thick... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-08-29T23:00:00Z | 2014-09-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | 47.9 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Bressingham | TM0784 | Centred on field | 52.414811 | 1.042331 | NMS-FE6367 | null | 41868_5F82AB_BA_Axe_ILL.jpg | Bronze Age chisel illustration | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
661,841 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Possible fragment of a Bronze Age spearhead of indeterminate type and date
A small fragment of copper alloy 20.7mm long, 6.4mm thick and 10.3mm wide). The fragment has slightly concave facets narrowing to the blade and at the apex the suggestion of a mid-ridge. There is no evidence for a socket at the centre. The ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-08-17T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6.4 | 20.7 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | null | SJ7115 | From finder | 52.731854 | -2.430895 | NMGW-0F53D8 | null | 2014.8.20jpg.jpg | Possible fragment of a Bronze Age spearhead | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
662,040 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead. The fragment comprises part of the mouth, the moulded lip around the socket opening. There is a casting seem visible on the other edge of the axehead. Late Bronze Age date, c. 1000-800 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-05-31T23:00:00Z | 2014-06-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | 16.6 | null | null | 5.9 | 22.6 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | West Berkshire | West Berkshire | Lambourn | SU3379 | Centred on field | 51.508971 | -1.525895 | BERK-1327E8 | null | 2014686.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe: Socketed axe fragment | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
662,053 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | Middle or Late Bronze Age date (1500 - 800 BC) socketed spear (spearhead): The copper alloy spearhead consists of the upper portion of the spear, being before the socket starts. In plan the spearhead is an elongated sub-trapezoid as the tip is missing. Both these breaks are not recent. There are traces of the blade fac... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2014-10-19T23:00:00Z | null | null | 2.09 | null | null | 4.9 | 21.94 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | Wellingborough | Great Harrowden | SP8770 | From finder | 52.321215 | -0.72499 | WAW-20A592 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
662,335 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,000 | -1,500 | Incomplete Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age copper alloy flanged axe or chisel with an ancient break. The butt is missing. Much of the shiny dark brown patination has been lost recently. Extant length and width 51 and 41.3mm. Thickness 9.7mm. Weight 70.81g. c.2000 - c.1500 BC.
Field JO5 | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-08-29T23:00:00Z | 2014-09-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | 70.81 | null | null | 9.7 | 51 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Bressingham | TM0684 | Centred on field | 52.415189 | 1.027649 | NMS-3D9CC3 | null | 60292_3D9CC3_BA_FlangedAxehead_ILL.jpg | Incomplete Early to Middle Bronze Age flanged axe or chisel | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
662,482 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A hoard of Late Bronze Age metalwork, comprising of 40 fragments of copper alloy ingot and two fragments of copper alloy sword. Treasure case no. 2015 T64. See also: IOW-77CAC3.
Ingot fragments
1. Bun ingot fragment; copper alloy
Length: 120.8mm; Width: 71.8; Thickness: 33.3; Weight: c. 969.0g;
2. Bun ing... | Due to their age and number, this find qualifies as a prehistoric base-metal assemblage and Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996, (Designation) Order 2002. | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2014-12-14T00:00:00Z | null | 2015T64 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 42 | Frank Basford | Frank Basford | South East | Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight | Godshill | SZ5482 | From finder | 50.635201 | -1.237787 | IOW-622CD9 | null | 2015T64group.JPG | Bronze Age Ingots and Sword Blades. Treasure case no. 2015 T64 | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
662,554 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -750 | Late Bronze Age socketed axe of Type Yorkshire and of Ewart Park metalworking, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7, dated to c. 950 - 750BC.
The axe is near-complete with some peripheral loss and has a prominent split down one side (with a length of 75.3mm and a weight of 163.2g).The mouth is sub-rectangula... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 163.2 | null | null | null | 75.3 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | Pontesbury | SJ4110 | From finder | 52.684464 | -2.874219 | NMGW-639A45 | null | 2014.12.1jpg.jpg | Late Bronze Age socketed axe of Type Yorkshire and of Ewart Park metalworking | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
662,752 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A small, highly abraded Bronze Age palstave, probably dating to the Middle Bronze Age c. 1500-1150 BC. The butt is damaged with an old break but survives to its original width, 21.3mm. The palstave has a sub-rectangular septum, with a vertical stop ridge on both faces (one notably more worn than the other). The septum ... |
We are indebted to the finder for providing the original photographs.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-09-22T23:00:00Z | 2014-09-22T23:00:00Z | null | null | 133.89 | null | null | 19.3 | 92.6 | 1 | Wil Partridge | Wil Partridge | South West | Devon | East Devon | Colyton | SY2292 | From finder | 50.722368 | -3.106357 | DEV-669688 | null | DEV669688.jpg | Bronze Age Axe | Danielle Wootton | Attribution License | ||
662,835 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -2,000 | Fragment of a cast copper alloy flat axehead, sub-rectangular in plan and section and triangular in profile, with a rounded end and broken edge where it is missing its blade and more than half of the axe so that just the butt end remains. The fragment tapers towards the butt end which is rounded off and widens towards ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to Landowner | Metal detector | 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2015-01-19T00:00:00Z | null | null | 61.12 | null | null | 9 | 50 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | St. Agnes | SW7351 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.31513 | -5.189873 | CORN-6C605C | null | May15finds103.JPG | flat axe butt (end) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
701,649 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | A fragment of a large cast copper alloy (bronze) socketed axe. The fragment consists of the cutting edge and lower blade of a late Bronze Age axe (1100 - 800 BC). The axe fragment is sub-rectangular in plan with a curved (convex) cutting edge. The sides, adjacent to the cutting edge, taper inwards towards the break. In... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-10-21T23:00:00Z | 2014-10-21T23:00:00Z | null | null | 65.8 | null | null | 16.2 | 26.4 | 1 | Victoria Allnatt | Victoria Allnatt | North West | Cheshire East | Cheshire East | Dodcott cum Wilkesley | SJ6143 | From finder | 52.982913 | -2.582337 | HESH-B9F20D | null | HESHB9F20D.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe (front, back, profile and plan) | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
702,234 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,200 | -700 | A large fragment of Bronze Age copper alloy plano-convex ingot edge fragment of Middle to Late Bronze Age date c.1200-700 BC. This fragment of ingot is almost semi-circular, with one distinctly curved edge and is sub-triangular in cross-section. When complete the ingot would have been 'bun-shaped', having a domed upper... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 980 | null | null | 35.6 | 124.4 | 1 | Caroline Chestnutt | Caroline Chestnutt | South East | Kent | Thanet | Monkton | TR2765 | From finder | 51.338742 | 1.257708 | KENT-0B4165 | null | KENT0B4165.jpg | KENT- 0B4165: A fragment of Bronze Age copper alloy bun ingot. | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
702,266 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,100 | Middle Bronze Age bronze Transitional palstave of Type Roundhay, Midribbed Variant (as defined by Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, p 149) and of Penard/Wallington metalworking, corresponding with Needham's (1996) Periods 5 -6 and probably dating to 1300 - 1100BC.
The palstave is near-complete with some peripheral damage (wi... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 459.5 | null | null | 3.7 | 167 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | Bridgend | Bridgend | Porthcawl | SS8078 | From finder | 51.488177 | -3.729742 | NMGW-0BA169 | null | 201442jpg.jpg | Middle Bronze Age palstave | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
702,291 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,700 | -1,500 | Bronze Age bronze spearhead of Davis' (2012) Group I form and of Arreton Down metalworking dating to the latest part of the Early Bronze Age, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 4 dated c. 1700 - 1500BC.
The spearhead is near-complete with a distorted tang (with a length of 229mm and a weight of 193.4g). The en... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 193.4 | null | null | null | 229 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Penllyn | SS9775 | From finder | 51.464567 | -3.484112 | NMGW-0BF252 | null | 201443.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead of Group I form and of Arreton Down metalworking | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
702,585 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead, a solid tip with rounded midribs. On the blunt cutting edges there is both ancient and recent scuffing. Ferrous staining covers the surfaces and the break. Extant length 36.5mm. Width 20mm. Thickness 6.2mm. Weight 11.33g. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Field JO9 | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-08-29T23:00:00Z | 2014-09-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 6.2 | 36.5 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Bressingham | TM0784 | Centred on field | 52.414811 | 1.042331 | NMS-1F1E27 | null | 41867_1F1E27_BA_Spear_ILL.jpg | Bronze Age spear illustration | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
702,678 | Spear | Bronze Age | null | null | null | null | Bronze Age bronze socketed spearhead fragment of uncertain type, of Middle to late Bronze Age date
The spear is fragmentary, represented by the upper part only (with a surviving length of 43.4mm and a weight of 10.9g). The top of the circular socket is evident at the base of the fragment (with a diameter of 6.8mm ... | null | 3 | null | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 10.9 | null | 6.8 | null | 43.3 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | null | SO4896 | From finder | 52.559338 | -2.768471 | NMGW-215EBE | null | 20145913jpg.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead fragment | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
703,464 | Penannular Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -750 | A small gold Penannular Ring (or so-called 'hair ring') of Late Bronze Age date. The ring has a sub-circular cross section and the ends of the terminals are flat. The ring has alternating decorative banding of yellow and a paler, silver rich gold. There is no visible evidence that the ring had a copper alloy core and t... | The ring meets the criteria for Treasure under the Designation Order (2002): it is an item of prehistoric date with a precious metal element. | 3 | Gold | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2014-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2014-09-29T23:00:00Z | 2015T94 | null | 9.46 | null | null | 6.86 | 18.4 | 1 | Neil Wilkin | David W Williams | South East | Surrey | Waverley | Cranleigh | TQ0836 | Centred on village (which isn't a parish) | 51.113126 | -0.458501 | SUR-8A4184 | null | DSCF4056.JPG | Bronze Age: Penannular gold ring | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
703,549 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | Late Bronze Age socketed spearhead of Davis' (2015) Type 11A, which covers Generic pegged spearheads with flame-shaped blades, dating to the Wilburton or Ewart Park metalworking industry (c.1120-800 BC) (following Needham et al. 1997).
The spearhead is complete and retains the sediment in the socket (with a length o... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 144.7 | null | 28.6 | null | 159 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Penllyn | ST0179 | From finder | 51.501237 | -3.427673 | NMGW-8CD44C | null | 201471jpg.jpg | Late Bronze Age socketed spearhead of Pegged Type | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
703,648 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | Middle Bronze Age bronze palstave of Group III, Low-Flanged (Broad blade) Type and of uncertain subtype, possibly a variant of Type Wantage (Schmidt & Burgess 1981, p 133-5) and probably of Acton Park II / Taunton metalworking industries, of Needham's (1996) Period 5; dated to c. 1500 - 1150 BC.
The palstave is unlo... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 438.4 | null | null | null | 159 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Llanharan | ST0083 | From finder | 51.537015 | -3.443211 | NMGW-8F1E90 | null | 2014751jpg.jpg | Middle Bronze Age palstave of Group III | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
703,790 | Metal Working Debris | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A cast copper alloy unidentified object, possibly a fragment of metalworking debris dating to the Late Bronze Age (c. 1000-800 BC). The object is rectangular in shape; one face is flat with three vertical grooves which run the entire length of the face, which create four raised ridges. The other side of the object is u... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-09-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 44.1 | null | null | 9.2 | 32.2 | 1 | Caroline Chestnutt | Caroline Chestnutt | South East | Kent | Maidstone | Lenham | TQ8852 | From finder | 51.236205 | 0.691671 | KENT-A1C3D4 | null | KENTA1C3D4.jpg | KENT-A1C3D4: A cast copper alloy unidentified object, possibly a fragment of metalworking debris dating to the Late Bronze Age | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
703,841 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe, dating 1000-800 BC. Only part of the rim and the loop remain. The casting seam is still visible running along the line of the loop. The object has a mid brownpatinawith light green corrosion exposed in places. Due to the state of preservation it is impossible t... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 17.15 | null | null | 11.92 | 40.8 | 1 | B. Paites | B. Paites | Eastern | Essex | Braintree | Shalford | TL7227 | From finder | 51.914967 | 0.499415 | ESS-A35964 | null | ESSA35964Axe.jpg | A fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe, dating 1000-800 BC. | Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service | Attribution License | ||
703,846 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Bronze Age bronze butt fragment from an axe of uncertain type but of Developed Axe or Palstave form
The axe is represented by a butt fragment only, broken at one end (with a surviving length of 32.4mm and a weight of 28.4g). The butt end is rounded but may be truncated and thins to an edge (with a width of 19.5mm an... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 28.4 | null | null | 7.7 | 32.4 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | West Midlands | County of Herefordshire | County of Herefordshire | St. Weonards | SO5022 | From finder | 51.894295 | -2.728006 | NMGW-A3890E | null | 201490jpg.jpg | Bronze Age butt fragment from an axe of uncertain type | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
703,891 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -1,900 | Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe, possibly a reworked axe or an axe blank probably dating to c. 2,200 - 1,900BC
The axe is comparatively short with a wide thick butt (with a length of 82.2mm and a weight of 202.8g). The butt is straight and flat (with a width of 39mm and a thickness of 8.5mm) possibly suggesting the... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 202.8 | null | null | 8.5 | 82.2 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Pembrokeshire | Camrose | SM8919 | From finder | 51.82966 | -5.063587 | NMGW-B2F337 | null | 201499jpg.jpg | Early Bronze Age flat axe | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
703,897 | Hammer | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -750 | Late Bronze Age socketed tool, probably a hammer, probably of Late Bronze Age date c. 1000-700BC.
The tool is incomplete missing the mouth (with a length of 65.5mm and a weight of 101.1g) and has broken in antiquity. At the break, the socket mouth is of oval form (with an internal dimensions of 12.4mm x 11.1mm and w... | Bronze Age socketed hammers are not frequently reported, with 26 examples reported to PAS at the time of writing. The stepped sides of this example are difficult to parallel. Fregni (2014, 81ff.) has recently presented a typology of socketed hammers and this example falls within her Type 4 categorised by a slanted face... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 101.1 | null | null | null | 65.5 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Wenke Domscheit | null | Pembrokeshire | null | null | null | null | null | null | NMGW-B31642 | null | 2014100jpg.jpg | Late Bronze Age socketed tool, probably a hammer | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
703,948 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null |
Copper alloy axe head with a narrow butt end and flared cutting edge. It has a sub-triangular notch missing from one corner of the cutting edge where it has broken off, suggesting use and wear and tear. There is a small depression along one of the flared edges, it is uncertain whether this due to use or an accident in... |
No spatial data available as none received.
| 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 | 82 | 1 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | DYFED-B3F603 | null | DSC01430.JPG | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License |
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