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798,063 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A tip fragment of a late Bronze Age axe, it has a curved blade with probable small wings. The fragment has what looks to be the bottom of the socket within the centre of the broken region. Hence, this is most likely to be c. 1000 - 800 BC similar to the Llyn Fawr phase.
The surface is mottled mid-green with brown st... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-09-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Segsbury Camp, Wantage, Oxon 2013 | 1.7 | null | null | 2.4 | 28 | 1 | Rod Trevaskus | Rod Trevaskus | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Letcombe Regis | SU3983 | From a paper map | 51.544554 | -1.439003 | BERK-1A9329 | null | BERK1A9329.JPG | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
798,214 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A complete copper alloy Middle Bronze Age palstave axehead (c.1500-c.1300 BC). The axehead is a Group I (shield-pattern) type from the Acton Park phase of Bronze Age metalwork, distinguished by its shield-shaped decoration below the stop ridge. Overall, the palstave axehead measures c.158mm long, 71.2mm wide and 34.5mm... | This object was recorded at the University of Nottingham's 3rd Annual Nottinghamshire Local History and Archaeology Day. It was brought in on behalf of the finder and was not lent to the FLO for full recording. As a result, this record may not meet the normal standards of the PAS. | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Agricultural or drainage work | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 34.5 | 158 | 1 | Alastair Willis | Alastair Willis | East Midlands | Nottinghamshire | Mansfield | Warsop | SK5869 | Centred on field | 53.214902 | -1.132907 | DENO-205757 | null | DENO205757.jpg | Middle Bronze Age palstave axehead | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
798,423 | Finger Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,150 | A copper alloy finger ring of Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1400-1150 BC). The ring consists of a single copper alloy bar, oval in cross-section which has been coiled to create the finger ring. It now has one complete loop and two incomplete loops. It appears to be complete, although both terminals exhibt traces of damage... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 23.74 | 14.94 | 28.48 | 4.27 | null | 1 | Julie Dawn Shoemark | Julie Dawn Shoemark | South West | Somerset | Sedgemoor | Axbridge | ST4354 | From finder | 51.282274 | -2.818653 | SOM-36B525 | null | SOM36B525.jpg | Middle Bronze Age finger ring | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
798,508 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,150 | A hoard of 10 copper alloy palstave axeheads, found in one spot, described as 'one hole' and therefore possibly a pit deposit. The artefacts have been numbered 1-10 for the following catalogue.
Description:
1) Palstave axehead. A complete copper alloy axehead in good condition, with corrosion of the surface visib... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | 2016T618 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 | Jennifer Jackson | Jennifer Jackson | South East | Kent | Thanet | Manston | TR3467 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.353859 | 1.35934 | KENT-495597 | null | 2016T618_10_view1.JPG | Palstave Axe 10 view 1 | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
798,710 | Dagger | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | An incomplete cast copper alloy Mid to Late Bronze-Age dagger blade. It consists of a small fragment of the hilt, with the remnants of two rivet holes, with apparently most of the blade. It is sub lense shaped in cross section, with a slightly emphasised central rib on both sides of the blade and tear drop shape in for... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 13.55 | null | null | 2.56 | 67.88 | 1 | Jane Hanbidge | Jane Hanbidge | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Kingston Deverill | ST8835 | null | 51.114163 | -2.172809 | WILT-893AE8 | null | WILT893AE8.jpg | Bronze Age dagger | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
798,874 | Metal Working Debris | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,150 | Fragment of copper alloy found in a burnt mound dating at least to the Early to mid Bronze Age 2150 to 1150BC. The copper is not sheet metal and appears to have been cast as one piece as part of a larger object. It is not yet known what this object was. It should be possible to refine the dating once the charcoal sampl... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Undergoing further examination at a museum | Metal detector | 2016-07-06T23:00:00Z | 2016-07-06T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 48 | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | null | Lancashire | Lancaster | Scotforth | SD4757 | From finder | 54.006287 | -2.810145 | LANCUM-9DF379 | null | LANCUM9DF379.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
798,924 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,300 | -1,500 | A fragment from a cast copper alloy, flat axehead of the early Bronze Age, dating from about 2300-1500 BC. Only the butt of the axe survives. It is narrow, measuring 23.9mm wide and 5mm thick. The axe has fairly straight sides and flares to 34.8mm wide and 10.7mm thick where it is broken. The break is patinated, though... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2016-05-09T23:00:00Z | null | null | 103 | null | null | 10.7 | 63.4 | 1 | Amy Downes | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | York | York | Copmanthorpe | SE5547 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.916235 | -1.164122 | SWYOR-A4FBE9 | null | PAS_2901_axe.jpg | Bronze Age flat axe | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
798,935 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -1,900 | A copper alloy Early Bronze Age flat axe head, dating to 2200-1900BC. The axe head is trapezoidal in shape with a curved broad butt and blade. There is no significant flare to the blade end. The axe had a lenticular cross-section and has signs of wear to both the blade and butt ends. The butt end is 17.7 x 2.6 mm, that... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-09-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Segsbury Camp, Wantage, Oxon 2013 | 71.7 | null | null | 6.3 | 78 | 1 | Rod Trevaskus | Rod Trevaskus | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Letcombe Regis | SU3984 | From a paper map | 51.553545 | -1.438893 | BERK-AD8EB5 | null | BERKAD8EB5.JPG | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
799,061 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -1,500 | A cast copper alloy flat axe dating to the Early-Mid Bronze Age (2350 - 1500 BC). The axe is narrow with straight but tapering sides and there are no signs of a stop ridge. The sides of the axe are very slightly thickened, but it does not have flanges.
The metal is dark green in colour with a heavily pitted and corr... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 151.8 | null | null | 9.08 | 99.47 | 1 | Miss Ellie Cox | Miss Ellie Cox | North East | Northumberland | Northumberland | Ponteland | NZ1276 | Generated from computer mapping software | 55.07831 | -1.813583 | DUR-B0F79E | null | DURB0F79E.jpg | DUR-B0F79E : Flataxe : Bronze Age | Durham County Council | Attribution License | ||
799,094 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | An incomplete copper alloy, tip from a spear head, of probably the Middle Bronze Age period, dating from c. BC 1500 to c. BC 1150.
The object is broadly triangular in plan and broadly lozenge shaped in cross section. The object has a rounded point at the top, which seems to have sustained some damage. From the point... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-04-02T23:00:00Z | 2016-04-02T23:00:00Z | null | null | 9.7 | null | null | 6.5 | 56.3 | 1 | Helen Glenn | Helen Glenn | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | Albrighton | SJ7803 | From finder | 52.624311 | -2.326429 | WMID-B2794D | null | WMIDB2794D.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Spear head Tip | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
799,285 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -700 | Fragment of a Late Bronze Age spear. Only the tip survives. It is lozenge in section and has a pronounced rib running down the centre on both sides. The perimeter is damaged apart from a short section along one edge. Much of the perimeter and blade edge is pitted with bright green patches of corrosion, however, the ori... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 12.62 | null | null | 5 | 52 | 1 | Peter Wheatley | Peter Wheatley | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | South Kelsey | TF0497 | From finder | 53.459492 | -0.435091 | PUBLIC-C786E4 | null | PUBLICC786E4.jpg | Late Bronze Age spear | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
799,472 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -900 | -700 | The lower part of a plain Late Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed axe which has been broken diagonally. The axe is very worn and retains c.50% of its surfaces and has a prominent casting seam. The axe measure 22mm from the base of the socket to the present break. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 45.12 | null | null | 14.9 | 45.45 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Sherborne St. John | SU6155 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.290875 | -1.126599 | SUR-F1CCB3 | null | 161046.jpg | Bronze age: Socketed axe fragment | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
799,510 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -600 |
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper-alloy plano-convex bun ingot.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 16.87 | 42.64 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Surrey | Mole Valley | Charlwood | TQ2541 | From a paper map | 51.154612 | -0.214026 | SUR-013F03 | null | 161075.jpg | Bronze Age: Ingot fragment | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
799,530 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -900 |
A fragment comprising the butt of a Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy palstave along with the upper extent of the side wings.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 12.07 | null | null | 7.47 | 17.94 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Oxfordshire | West Oxfordshire | Clanfield | SP2800 | From a paper map | 51.698053 | -1.596268 | SUR-08E3A4 | null | 161093.jpg | Bronze Age: Palstave axe fragment | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
799,927 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -800 | -700 | An incomplete copper-alloy Late Bronze Age (c.800-c.700 BC) socketed knife, missing the tip of its blade and most of the socket. The object is bifacial and narrowly convex, with no central midrib. The object is roughly trapezoidal when laid flat and roughly triangular in profile. The socket is waisted and a pointed ova... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-06-08T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 17.41 | null | null | 9.81 | 46.54 | 1 | Sophie Mander | Sophie Mander | East Midlands | Nottinghamshire | Newark and Sherwood | Norwell | SK7562 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.149869 | -0.880019 | DENO-43A8FA | null | DENO43A8FA.jpg | Late Bronze Age Socketed Knife | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
800,315 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -950 | A near-complete Bronze Age copper-alloy palstave dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age transition.The axe is if Schmidt and Burgess's Nettleham Type, which places it within the Wilburton Industry, Needham Period 6, 1150-950 CAL BC.
The axe is heavily eroded and has breaks across the butt and the side loop. The bla... |
I am grateful to Dr Peter Chowne for the identification of this axe.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 24 | 125 | 1 | Peter Chowne | Adam Daubney | null | Nottinghamshire | Newark and Sherwood | Spalford | SK8469 | From a paper map | 53.211435 | -0.743643 | LIN-709F56 | null | LIN709F56.jpg | Bronze Age copper alloy palstave | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
800,723 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,500 | A complete copper alloy flat axehead of early Bronze Age date, c.2150 - 1500 BC. 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 h... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 460 | null | null | 13.2 | 131.2 | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Laughton | SK8497 | From finder | 53.463056 | -0.736227 | YORYM-C26951 | null | DR0116.jpg | Bronze Age : Flat Axe | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
800,817 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -600 | A Bronze Age copper-alloy ingot weighing 46.40g. The ingot is slightly wedge-shaped. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 46.4 | null | null | 12.97 | 24.67 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Surrey | Mole Valley | Charlwood | TQ2542 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.1636 | -0.213679 | SUR-C8CCE9 | null | 161182.jpg | Bronze Age: Ingot | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
801,248 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,100 | -700 | 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 rhomboidal in section, as it comes from one edge of the original ingot. Plano-convex ingots like this one were used during the Late Br... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-07-20T23:00:00Z | 2016-07-20T23:00:00Z | null | null | 369.25 | 31 | null | 31 | 73 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Perranzabuloe | SW7855 | From a paper map | 50.352954 | -5.122109 | CORN-0931DE | null | Aug16finds099.JPG | ingot (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
801,371 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A copper alloy tip fragment, possibly from a mid to late Bronze Age axe, c. 1500 - 800 BC. The fragment has a dark green patina but is too small for further ID. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-09-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Segsbury Camp, Wantage, Oxon 2013 | 4.9 | null | null | 5.97 | 17.72 | 1 | Rod Trevaskus | Rod Trevaskus | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Letcombe Regis | SU3984 | From a paper map | 51.553545 | -1.438893 | BERK-5433ED | null | BERK5433ED.JPG | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
801,380 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | A cast copper alloy butt-end fragment of a middle Bronze Age Palstave c. 1500 - 1100 BC. The break appears to have been caused in antiquity. The surface has some pitting with a smooth, dark green patina. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-09-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Segsbury Camp, Wantage, Oxon 2013 | 37.3 | null | null | 11.4 | 35 | 1 | Rod Trevaskus | Rod Trevaskus | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Letcombe Regis | SU3984 | From a paper map | 51.553545 | -1.438893 | BERK-54BC4C | null | BERK54BC4C.JPG | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
801,396 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | A fragment of copper aloy socketed axe. The cutting edge of the axe only remains. The cutting edge is crescentic. At the back is the remnant of the socket. Along each of the sides is a casting seam.
Date: Late Bronze Age - c. 1100 - 800 BC
Dimensions: 23.7 mm x 43.0 mm x 12.7 mm
Weight: 34.93 g | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 34.93 | null | null | 12.7 | 23.7 | 1 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | South West | Dorset | North Dorset | Tarrant Launceston | ST9209 | From finder | 50.880436 | -2.115084 | DOR-5546C3 | null | 5J46C3.jpg | Late Bronze Age socketed axe fragment | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
801,426 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,100 | -1,900 | A copper alloy early Bronze Age flat axe head dating to the period c. 2100-1900BC. The axe was probably part of the Migdale metalworking tradition. It is complete, but very worn. The axe head has a rounded butt which exhibits some old damage. It widens along its length at the butt end to the blade end. There is some da... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-08-03T23:00:00Z | 2016-08-03T23:00:00Z | null | null | 47.43 | null | null | 8 | 78 | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | Yorkshire and the Humber | Wakefield | Wakefield | East Hardwick | SE4618 | Centred on parish | 53.656478 | -1.30545 | LANCUM-566167 | null | LANCUM566167.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
801,574 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,250 | A Middle Bronze Age (c.1400-1250BC) copper-alloy rapier, now bent and distorted, almost certainly deliberately. This rapier has the characteristic thin narrow blade of a rapier that expands to form a plate with rounded end and with two rivet holes for attachment to the hilt. A short length of the rounded end is missing... | The rapier is similar to SWYOR-7A4C37 and LON-47F5C3 | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 160 | null | null | 4.27 | 404 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Oxfordshire | West Oxfordshire | Bampton | SP3100 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.697896 | -1.552862 | SUR-5AE176 | null | DSCF4458.JPG | Bronze Age: Rapier | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
802,105 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -900 | -700 | A large part (about c 50%) of the rim of a plain Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed axe. The axe has no collar swelling but has a prominent casting seam and a raised stub of runner. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 40.71 | null | null | null | 42.93 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Hampshire | East Hampshire | East Meon | SU6520 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.975753 | -1.075548 | -SUR 86000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.00 | null | DSCF4803.jpg | Bronze Age: Socketed axe fragment | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
802,106 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -700 |
A fragment of a blade of a Bronze Age copper-alloy axe of uncertain form.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.65 | null | null | null | 28.9 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Hampshire | East Hampshire | East Meon | SU6520 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.975753 | -1.075548 | SUR-86E9DD | null | 161264.jpg | Bronze Age: Axe blade fragment | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
802,133 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -800 | A copper alloy fragment of a probable Bronze Age axe or palstave. The tip of the blade has an unusual 'hook' like form. A similar tip can be seen in - The Bronze Age in Ireland (Coffey 1913) has a palstave at Chapter III plate I. where a very similar 'hooked tip' to a palstave. At Fig 20, there is a similar tip to a Wi... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-09-06T23:00:00Z | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Segsbury Camp, Wantage, Oxon 2013 | 0.7 | null | null | 3.1 | 9.8 | 1 | Rod Trevaskus | Rod Trevaskus | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Wantage | SU3987 | From a paper map | 51.580518 | -1.438561 | BERK-913FEA | null | BERK913FEA.JPG | Fragment of a probable Bronze Age axe or palstave | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
802,275 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -700 | Cast copper alloy globule or casting waste, ovate in plan and plano-convex in profile and section, formed from a pool of molten metal collecting in a small recess. The surface of the ingot is pitted where air bubbles formed during the casting process and the uneven edge suggests accidental manufacture. There is a brown... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2015-10-31T00:00:00Z | 2015-10-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 150.34 | null | null | 12 | 67 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Penzance | SW4529 | From a paper map | 50.106213 | -5.567629 | CORN-A863F7 | null | Sep16finds038.JPG | globule (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
802,293 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,150 | Incomplete cast copper alloy socketed chisel, wedge-shaped in profile and sub-rectangular in plan, with parallel sides. One side of the chisel has broken away to reveal the socket within, which is 36 mm long and 12 mm wide, but the upper mouth of the socket is missing. The chisel is corroded and pitted but there appear... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-03-26T00:00:00Z | 2016-03-26T00:00:00Z | null | null | 25.6 | 12 | null | 3 | 56 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Madron | SW4430 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.114759 | -5.582256 | CORN-B51CDB | null | Sep16finds034.JPG | chisel | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
802,317 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -850 | A complete cast copper-alloy tanged chisel of Late Bronze Age date. The chisel is in good copndition and appears undamaged, with evidence for use wear on the blade tip and edge. The chisel has a tapering square-sectioned tang, 6.66mm thick, which abutts the round-sectioned, collared handle stop of the chisel blade. The... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 36.9 | null | null | 11.7 | 93.8 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Cherwell | Noke | SP5413 | From a paper map | 51.813032 | -1.218088 | BERK-D3E079 | null | 2016170.jpg | Bronze Age chisel: Tanged chisel | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
802,377 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,500 | -2,050 | An incomplete copper alloy (bronze) flat axe of the Early Bronze Age, dating from c. BC 2500 - BC 2050
The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in plan with a splayed crescent shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges. In cross section the axe is lentoid in shape. The butt is relative... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-05-01T23:00:00Z | 2016-05-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | 252.1 | null | null | 9.5 | 86.2 | 1 | Helen Glenn | Helen Glenn | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | Shifnal | SJ7407 | From finder | 52.660092 | -2.385834 | WMID-D5511E | null | WMIDD5511E.jpg | Early Bronze Age: Flat Axehead (Type Castletown Roche/Pitlochry) | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
802,501 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Copper alloy incomplete tanged dagger or knife blade which is incomplete dating 1000 - 800BC. The blade is double edged, tapering, with a central ridge producing a lozenge form profile, the blade is in two pieces which were discovered on different occasions. other. The blade is narrowed from the top with angled sides a... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-08-01T23:00:00Z | 2017-04-11T23:00:00Z | null | null | 30.32 | null | null | null | 92 | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | null | North Yorkshire | Craven | Linton | SD9962 | From finder | 54.053956 | -2.016767 | LANCUM-D86241 | null | LANCUMD86241.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
802,516 | Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | 100 | Copper alloy complete horse harness ring dating 1000BC - 100AD. The ring is bevelled on the inside and decorated with hatched lines and the outside is decorated with chevrons and pellets. The use of this object is difficult to interpret. It may have had a decorative function in harness or personal dress or more probabl... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-08-01T23:00:00Z | 2016-08-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | 14.5 | null | 33 | null | null | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | null | North Yorkshire | Craven | Linton | SD9962 | From finder | 54.053956 | -2.016767 | LANCUM-D8A073 | null | LANCUMD8A073.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
802,623 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy axehead of the Late Bronze Age. The axehead is broken just above the deep end of the socket. The fragment is trapezoidal in plan with a convex cutting edge, which appears complete. The object is covered with a green patina, mostly light green but with dark, shiny patches. The patina al... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2016-01-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 53.8 | null | null | 8 | 24 | 1 | Simon Nicholson | Simon Nicholson | East Midlands | Nottinghamshire | Rushcliffe | Granby | SK7436 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.916335 | -0.900925 | DENO-E9D14D | null | DENOE9D14D.jpg | Late Bronze Age socketed axehead | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
802,795 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -700 | 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 rhomboidal in section, as it comes from one edge of the original ingot. Plano-convex ingots like this one were used during the Late Br... | Results of XRF analysis by Dr. Jens Andersen at Camborne School of Mines:
65% copper (but probably quite pure as 30% of the reading were recorded as anomalies which include gasses and not inclusions)
7.36% iron
0.16% antimony
0.04% zinc
0.03% tin
This is typical of readings taken from other individual... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2008-11-01T00:00:00Z | 2008-11-30T00:00:00Z | null | null | 415.85 | 36 | null | 36 | 72 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Penzance | SW4631 | From a paper map | 50.124594 | -5.555003 | CORN-F4B411 | null | Sep16finds041.JPG | ingot (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
802,796 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -700 | 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 and rhomboidal in profile and in section, as it comes from the centre of the original ingot. Plano-convex ingots like this one were used during the Late Bronze Ag... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2015-04-17T23:00:00Z | 2015-04-17T23:00:00Z | null | null | 179.88 | 28 | null | 28 | 42 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Madron | SW4430 | From a paper map | 50.114759 | -5.582256 | CORN-F588DE | null | Sep16finds044.JPG | ingot (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
802,799 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -800 | A fragment of a copper alloy Bronze Age axehead dating to the period c. 1600 - 800 BC. The fragment is most likely to derive from a socketed axe. It is difficult to make a more precise classification due to the shape of the remaining fragment, however, it has been suggested that it is more likely to be a Late Bronze Ag... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 30.6 | null | null | 9.78 | 32.31 | 1 | Julie Dawn Shoemark | Julie Dawn Shoemark | South West | Devon | South Hams | Stoke Gabriel | SX8557 | Centred on parish | 50.401591 | -3.619508 | DEV-FC253B | null | DEVFC253B.jpg | Bronze Age axehead fragment | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
803,218 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | Two pieces of an incomplete copper-alloy late Bronze Age sword, dating to the period c.1100-800 BC. The two pieces fit together to form a blade that expands outwards from its pointed terminal before narrowing again. Worn breaks are present where the point has broken off, at the line of impact where the two pieces have ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 249 | null | null | 8.46 | 226.23 | 2 | Denise Wilding | Denise Wilding | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Richmondshire | Brough with St. Giles | SE2197 | From finder | 54.368086 | -1.678288 | YORYM-17D783 | null | YORYM17D783.jpg | Bronze Age sword | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
803,236 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,700 | -1,500 | Incomplete cast copper alloy long-flanged axehead with a crescentic blade that has worn to rounded terminals, dating from the Early Bronze Age. The blade is trapezoidal in plan, triangular in profile, tapering towards the cutting edge, and rectangular in section at the broken edge. The blade is incomplete and would hav... | Report by Matt Knight:
This is the lower blade of a small axe with the remains of low flanges extending onto the blade and an expanding crescentic cutting edge. There are four transverse grooves separated by five ridges on one face, spread between the flanges close to the break. There are the faint remains of the sa... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-07-24T23:00:00Z | 2016-07-24T23:00:00Z | null | null | 103.4 | null | null | 11 | 58 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Madron | SW4733 | From finder | 50.142974 | -5.542367 | CORN-183F23 | null | Sep16finds060.JPG | flanged axe (decorated face) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
803,455 | Gouge | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -900 | -600 | The worn central part of a Late Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed gouge. What is left of the socket is 30.5mm deep. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 14.09 | null | 12.3 | null | null | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Worplesdon | SU9552 | From a paper map | 51.259257 | -0.639932 | SUR-2C92AC | null | 161337.jpg | Bronze Age: Gouge | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
803,473 | Pin | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,400 | -400 | A near complete copper alloy hair or dress pin, possibly a derivative of a Picardy-type pin of Middle Bronze Age date. The pin has a globular head with flat, indented top. Below the head is a slightly swollen collar decorated with two circumferential lines of simple incised linear scores of shirt length, arrange vertic... | Picardy type pins are dated from the early Taunton phase of the Bronze Age and according to the most recent interpretations probably go out of use by the Renard phase, giving a date range of between c.1400 and 1250 BC (Roberts, 2007: 141). These pins are still very rare along the Atlantic seabord although there are two... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2015-08-22T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 29 | null | 10.5 | null | 65.1 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor | SU3996 | From a paper map | 51.661436 | -1.437562 | BERK-2CF06A | null | oxpas2016377.jpg | Unknown pin: Ealry Iron Age? | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
803,892 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A lump of casting waste, probably dating to the Late Bronze Age (1500-800BC). The object is formed of a flat circular section with a irregularly shaped lump projecting from one side. As the pattina suggests much of the lump is unbroken, there is no obvious form of object that would be shaped in such a way. The most lik... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 117.13 | null | null | 24.73 | 43.28 | 1 | B. Paites | B. Paites | Eastern | Essex | Brentwood | Warley | TQ5988 | From finder | 51.568458 | 0.292761 | ESS-800C5F | null | ESS800C5Fcastingwaste.jpg | A lump of casting waste, probably dating to the Late Bronze Age (1500-800BC). | Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service | Attribution License | ||
803,896 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -800 | A fragment of a Bronze Age axehead, probably from a palstave or a socketed axe (c.1600-c.800 BC). Only the cutting edge is present. It is convex with a V shaped side profile. It is corroded, and the break, 5-6 mm in from the edge, is pattinated and appears ancient. The fragment is 36 mm long, 6 mm wide and 4 mm thick. ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2016-01-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 4.5 | null | null | 4 | 36 | 1 | Simon Nicholson | Simon Nicholson | East Midlands | Nottinghamshire | Rushcliffe | Granby | SK7436 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.916335 | -0.900925 | DENO-805062 | null | DENO805062.jpg | Bronze Age axehead | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
804,292 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Butt end of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave. The break is old and irregular and there is worn damage and pitting and corrosion on both faces. Extant length 30mm. Width 26mm. Thickness 13mm. Weight 31.61g. c.1600 - c.1000 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-06-29T23:00:00Z | 2016-07-26T23:00:00Z | null | null | 31.61 | null | null | 13 | 30 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | null | Norfolk | Breckland | Great Dunham | TF8814 | null | 52.691045 | 0.78031 | NMS-AAC3E7 | null | 4188_AAC3E7_MBA_PalstaveFragment_ILL.jpg | Butt end of a Middle Bronze Age palstave | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
804,316 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,001 | Incomplete Middle Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead with side-loops and a strong mid-rib on the blade. The tip, much of one blade edge, a small part of the other and fragments of the socket mouth are missing, a result of recent breaks. There is no peg hole in the socket which ends before the mid-point of the narrow lea... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-06-18T23:00:00Z | 2015-07-17T23:00:00Z | null | null | 29.85 | null | null | null | 112 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Wymondham | TM1096 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.521392 | 1.093925 | NMS-ABA4C6 | null | 37333_ABA4C6_MBA_Spearhead_final.jpg | Middle Bronze Age Spearhead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
804,331 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,150 | An incomplete copper alloy socketed side loop spear head dating to Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600-1150 BC). Part of the object is missing. The blade is leaf-shaped and lozengeform in cross-section, showing a prominent central ridge that extends into the old broken shaft. On one side is still visible the attachment point of... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to a museum | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 10.18 | null | 8.48 | 1.57 | 47.03 | 1 | Cristina Sanna | Cristina Sanna | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Alton | SU1162 | null | 51.356968 | -1.843413 | WILT-AC4FB1 | null | WILTAC4FB1.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
804,927 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -700 | Fragment of a Middle to Late Bronze Age spear. Only the tip survives. It is lozenge in section and has a shallow rib running down the centre on both sides. The entire perimeter is damaged. Much of the blade is pitted with bright green patches of corrosion, however, the original surface is smooth and has a mid-brown pat... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 5.74 | null | null | 3.73 | 38 | 1 | Adam Daubney | Adam Daubney | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | South Kelsey | TF0497 | From a paper map | 53.459492 | -0.435091 | LIN-12DB24 | null | LIN12DB24.jpg | Late Bronze Age spear | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
804,929 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -700 | Fragment of a Middle to Late Bronze Age spear. Only part of the blade located near to the terminal (tip-end) survives. It is lozenge in section and has a pronounced rib running down the centre on both sides. The entire perimeter is damaged. Much of the blade is pitted with bright green patches of corrosion, however, th... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 12.58 | null | null | 4 | 38 | 1 | Adam Daubney | Adam Daubney | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | South Kelsey | TF0497 | From a paper map | 53.459492 | -0.435091 | LIN-12E7A1 | null | LIN12E7A1.jpg | Late Bronze Age spear | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
805,054 | Gouge | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -650 | A nearly complete cast copper-alloy socketed gouge dating to c. 1000 to 650 BC. The gouge is oval in cross ssection and narrows from the base to the tip. On both sides are visible small ribs, residue of the casting process. The tip of the object is thinner than the body and is U-shape in cross section with a central gr... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 22.77 | null | null | 2.23 | 46.04 | 1 | Cristina Sanna | Cristina Sanna | South East | Hampshire | New Forest | Breamore | SU1520 | null | 50.979216 | -1.787707 | WILT-15C64C | null | 2251.jpg | Bronze Age gouge | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
805,221 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,000 | -1,700 | A developed flat axe with hammer raised flanges of later Early Bronze Age date (c. 2000 - 1700 BC) specifically of the axe type Arreton which is dated to Early Bronze Age III, of metalworking stage V, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 3 circa 2000 - 1700 CAL BC.
This axehead is broadly sub-rectangular wit... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 131.04 | null | null | 11.4 | 96.19 | 1 | Peter Reavill | Sarah Kelman | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Rampisham | ST5502 | From finder | 50.815788 | -2.640129 | DOR-28154A | null | 28154A.jpg | Bronze Age axe head | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
805,235 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | Bronze age copper alloy axehead fragment, 37mm long, 20mm wide and 12mm thick with a weight of 24.28grams. The object is rectangular in form and triangular in cross section and is worn. It has a rounded outer edge, forming the axes blade and is hollow. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | 2016-06-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 24.28 | null | null | 12 | 37 | 1 | Wendy Scott | Wendy Scott | null | Leicestershire | Harborough | Hallaton | SP7797 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.56539 | -0.865457 | LEIC-287929 | null | LEIC287929.jpg | Bronze age copper alloy axehead blade | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
805,402 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 1,100 | 1,500 | A fragment of a copper alloy palstave dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age c. 1500 - 1150 BC. The fragment is sub-rectangular in shape the butt and a fragment of the flanged sides survive. The axe has an angular butt . The sides are unfinished, as you can still see the ridges from the casting process.
The fac... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | Grace Clark | Grace Clark | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Broad Chalke | SU0324 | From finder | 51.015371 | -1.958608 | WILT-2B2AF1 | null | WILT2B2AF1.jpg | Bronze Age palstave | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
805,507 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,300 | -2,050 | A complete cast copper-alloy narrow butted Early Bronze Age (c.2,300 BC-c.2,050 BC) flat axehead, of the Metal Assemblages Type III. The object can be classified somewhere between the Migdale and Aylesford types, as the blade is fan-shaped, with narrow blade tips, and tapers into a narrow trapezoidal head with straight... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-09-02T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 138.48 | null | null | 12.74 | 80.99 | 1 | Sophie Mander | Sophie Mander | East Midlands | Derbyshire | North East Derbyshire | Holymoorside and Walton | SK3268 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.208109 | -1.522336 | DENO-3B99A3 | null | DENO3B99A3.jpg | Early Bronze Age Flat Axehead | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
805,523 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | Late Bronze Age hoard of five objects.
1. Palstave butt end fragment
Dimensions: Surviving length 24.7mm; butt width 23.5mm; max. thickness at break 11.2mm; surviving weight 25.9g.
Small butt end fragment of palstave. In side view, the flanges reach the septum approximately 14mm below the butt end and there is... | Metallurgical Analysis (by Mary Davis)
Qualitative surface analysis of the objects within the hoard was undertaken using a Bruker TRACeR III-SD hand-held X-ray fluorescent spectrometer (HHXRF) with a rhodium tube, and a titanium/aluminium filter. The readings were taken at 40 kV and 9.6µA for 100 live seconds. Surfa... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2013-12-20T00:00:00Z | 2014-01-15T00:00:00Z | 2014TW09 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 | Mark Lodwick | Adam Gwilt | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Penllyn | ST0179 | From finder | 51.501237 | -3.427673 | NMGW-3BF02D | null | DH007216_02.jpg | Late Bronze Age Hoard | National Museum Wales | Attribution License | ||
805,527 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Late Bronze Age hoard of six objects.
1. Ribbed socketed axe - South Wales Type socketed axe
Dimensions: surviving length 87.1mm; surviving blade width 44.6mm; surviving weight 156.8g.
This is a socketed axe with a damaged and largely absent mouth and damage to the blade end and lower side caused by erosion, l... | References
Briggs, C.S. & Williams, G.H. 1995. The Late Bronze Age Hoard from Allt Gelli Felen, Myddfai, Carmarthenshire, and other recent finds of South Wales axes, Archaeologia Cambrensis 144, 37-51.
Burgess, C. 2012. South Welsh socketed axes and other carp's tongue conundrums, In (eds.) W.J.Britnell & R.J. Si... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2014-04-07T23:00:00Z | null | 2014TW10 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Mark Lodwick | Mark Lodwick | Wales | Cardiff | Cardiff | Pentyrch | ST0982 | From finder | 51.52955 | -3.313228 | NMGW-3C195F | null | DH007218_01.jpg | Late Bronze Age Hoard | National Museum Wales | Attribution License | ||
805,577 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -800 | A fragment of a copper alloy spearhead dating from the Middle or Late Bronze Age, about 1550 – 800 BC. The fragment comprises a section of the upper part of the spearhead. It is trapezoidal in plan, the blade narrowing sharply towards the tip. A high rounded rib runs longitudinally down the centre of both sides. Each t... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2014-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 15.5 | null | null | 10.57 | 29 | 1 | Denise Wilding | Denise Wilding | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Hotham | SE9035 | From finder | 53.803522 | -0.634903 | YORYM-3DA0E4 | null | YORYM3DA0E4.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
805,624 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Late Bronze Age hoard of five objects.
1. South Wales Type socketed axe fragment
Dimensions: surviving length 77.4mm; mouth dimensions 50.1 x 37.7mm (external; surviving weight 203.2g.
This is a large mouth and body fragment of a ribbed socketed axe, whose blade end is entirely missing. The axe has a narrow an... | References
Barnwell, E.L. 1864. Bronze Implements, Archaeologia Cambrensis 10(3rd series), 212-31.
Bayley, J. 1998. The production of brass in antiquity with particular reference to Roman Britain, In (ed.) P.T. Craddock, P.T., 2000 years of zinc and brass, revised edition, London: British Museum Occasional Paper ... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2014-11-19T00:00:00Z | null | 2014TW21 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Mark Lodwick | Adam Gwilt | Wales | Torfaen | Torfaen | Trevethin | SO2703 | GPS (From FLO) | 51.720952 | -3.058181 | NMGW-3EA2A8 | null | 1424TrevethinCommunityTorfaen.jpg | Late Bronze Age Hoard | National Museum Wales | Attribution License | ||
805,657 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,750 | -1,500 | Early Bronze Age hoard of three axes.
1. Long-flanged axe (Class 5)
Dimensions: surviving length 118.3mm; surviving blade width 63.7mm; surviving weight 266.7g.
This is a largely complete bronze flanged axe with cast flanges. The sides of the axe are straight and very slightly divergent towards the blade end a... | References
Burgess, C. 1980. The Age of Stonehenge, London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
Burgess, C. & Cowen, J.D. 1972. The Ebnal Hoard and Early Bronze Age Metal-working Traditions, In F. Lynch & C. Burgess (eds.), Prehistoric Man in Wales and the West, Bath: Adams & Dart, 167-81.
Chitty, L.F. 1940 Bronze Implemen... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2014-08-12T23:00:00Z | null | 2014TW25 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | Dr. Mark Lewis | Adam Gwilt | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Llanover | SO3406 | null | 51.748791 | -2.957432 | NMGW-3F3BBC | null | 1425LlanoverCommunityMonmouthshire.jpg | Early Bronze Age hoard | National Museum Wales | Attribution License | ||
805,698 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,800 | -600 | A copper alloy fragment/casting error, or casting waste, possibly Bronze Age in origin circa 1800 - 600 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-09-06T23:00:00Z | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Segsbury Camp, Wantage, Oxon 2013 | 12 | null | null | null | 31 | 1 | Anni Byard | Rod Trevaskus | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Wantage | SU4083 | From a paper map | 51.544485 | -1.424584 | BERK-4D1172 | null | BERK4D1172.JPG | Metal fragment | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
806,069 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 1,500 | 1,200 | An incomplete copper alloy sub rectangular fragement of a blade dating to the Bronze Age, periods 1500-1200 BC. The fragment has a lozenge-shaped cross section, which is typical for the Bronze Age. The upper edge of the blade narrows slightly and has rounded corners. The sides are not quite parrallel as they narrow tow... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 5.91 | null | null | null | 36.02 | 1 | Grace Clark | Grace Clark | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Broad Chalke | SU0324 | null | 51.015371 | -1.958608 | WILT-90C8FE | null | WILT90C8FE.jpg | Roman coin: Nummus of Arcadius | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
806,432 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,550 | -1,600 | Copper alloy axe head probably Early Bronze Age 2550 to 1600BC. The axe head has a lenticular profile with a convex section/ thickness at the sides. The parallel sides are particularly straight, although they expand outwards with a protruding blade tip to either side. Although most of the original cutting edge survives... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-09-25T23:00:00Z | 2016-09-25T23:00:00Z | null | null | 24.68 | null | 47 | null | null | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | North West | Lancashire | Ribble Valley | Pendleton | SD7539 | From finder | 53.846632 | -2.381468 | LANCUM-A6E169 | null | LANCUMA6E169.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
806,523 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,250 | Dr Peter Chowne writes: a complete cast copper-alloy developed side-looped spearhead that can be assigned to Davis Group 6A (Davis, 2012). The terminology used below follows that of Davis. Although complete there is some damage to the blade both ancient and modern, probably the result of agricultural activity. Surface ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 67.1 | null | 72 | null | 125 | 1 | Peter Chowne | Adam Daubney | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | South Kesteven | Woolsthorpe By Belvoir | null | null | null | null | LIN-A90E8A | null | LINA90E8A.jpg | Middle Bronze Age spearhead | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
806,575 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | An incomplete copper alloy socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date, c. 1100 - 800 BC. The oblong socket is cast off centre with a shallow curve to the cutting edge, the blade has no flare. The sides appear to be parallel and have casting seams in situ. This is possibly a deliberately broken fragment or possibly a casting ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-09-06T23:00:00Z | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Segsbury Camp, Wantage, Oxon 2013 | 39.42 | null | null | 11 | 32 | 1 | Rod Trevaskus | Rod Trevaskus | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Wantage | SU3984 | From a paper map | 51.553545 | -1.438893 | BERK-B6B90D | null | BERKB6B90D.JPG | BA Axe fragment | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
806,927 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | Cast copper alloy blade fragment possibly dating from the Late Bronze Age, that is c. 1500-800BC. The incomplete blade is broadly sub-triangular which expands towards the cutting edge. The cutting edge is slightly convex and the edges slope to the edge. The upper edge tapers towards a a rectangular sectioned tang which... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2015-12-02T00:00:00Z | 2016-03-02T00:00:00Z | null | null | 5.5 | null | null | null | 40.75 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Carina Hughes | South West | Gloucestershire | Stroud | Uley | ST7798 | From finder | 51.680288 | -2.334055 | WAW-CEC22C | null | WAWCEC22C.jpg | Bronze Age razor (plan, profile and plan). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
807,003 | Gouge | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -650 | An incomplete Late Bronze Age (c.1100-650 BC) copper alloy socketed gouge, with wide flaring collar and prominent (but smoothed down) casting flashes.
The collar moulding expands from 18.1mm in diameter to 20.3mm in diameter (internal diameter 15.1mm) over 13.9mm. Below it measures 17.5mm in diameter, narrowing to th... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z | 2016-06-06T23:00:00Z | null | null | 65.96 | null | 20.3 | 20.3 | 87.7 | 1 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Stockton | ST9636 | From finder | 51.123269 | -2.058533 | HAMP-D11447 | null | HAMPD11447.jpg | Late Bronze Age socketed gouge | Hampshire Cultural Trust | Attribution License | ||
807,106 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Incomplete Late Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead, leaf-shaped blade with ribs flanking the tapering central socket with much of one side and just over half of mouth missing. Damaged cutting edges. Length 54mm. Extant width 20mm. Diameter of socket 25mm. Weight 20.29g. c.1000 - c.701 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-07-13T23:00:00Z | 2016-09-13T23:00:00Z | null | null | 20.29 | null | 25 | null | 54 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | null | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Hethersett | TG1405 | null | 52.600623 | 1.15859 | NMS-E22A41 | null | 13213_E22A41_LBA_Spearhead_ILL.jpg | Incomplete Late Bronze Age spearhead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
807,772 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -900 | -700 | The rim and part of the wall of a Late Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed axe. The axe has a slight rounded collar. The rim is 5.85mm thick. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 21.76 | null | null | null | 32.23 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Wanborough | SU9248 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.22379 | -0.683939 | SUR-4FBF2D | null | 161457.jpg | Bronze Age: Socketed axe fragment | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
807,776 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 |
A fragment from just above the tip of a Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy rapier-like blade. The fragment has multiple scratches and there is some post depositional pitting. The blade has a rounded platform which merges into slightly concave blade edges. Such fragments are difficult to date stylistically - although the d... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 7.6 | null | null | 2.69 | 50.44 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Wanborough | SU9248 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.22379 | -0.683939 | SUR-4FCA1C | null | 161458.jpg | Bronze Age: Rapier blade | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
807,945 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -600 |
A Middle to Late Bronze Age copper-alloy spearhead tip with a pronounced midrib. Running centrally along the midrib is a line of punched dots.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 2.35 | null | null | 5.31 | 15.65 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Shrewton | SU0742 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.177194 | -1.901243 | SUR-5FBAA9 | null | 161489.jpg | Bronze Age: Spearhead tip | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
809,750 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axe head dating to the Late Bronze Age (c. 1000-800 BC) probably of the Ewart Park phase. The fragment is now roughly L-shaped in section. Only the complete blade end and part of the socket survive, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The socket end is oval in form wi... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-09-07T23:00:00Z | 2016-09-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | 45.3 | null | null | null | 54 | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | North West | Cumbria | South Lakeland | Kirkby Ireleth | SD2382 | From finder | 54.227901 | -3.182636 | LANCUM-60E45B | null | LANCUM60E45B.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
810,244 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | MEDIEVAL | -2,500 | 1,500 | A high tin copper-alloy awl of probable Bronze age date (2500 -700 BC).
The awl is sub-square in section at one portion and circular in section at the other. In plan it is an elongated sub-rectangle in plan. The circular section gradually tapers to a blunt point, while the other is flatened to a chisel shape. It has... | Similar on P.A.S. database eg. WAW- 8A1C15, BH-8196E7, WAW-697DC5 | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.3 | null | 0.78 | 0.9 | 19.75 | 1 | Mags Erwin | Mags Erwin | South East | Kent | Swale | Faversham | TQ9960 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.304323 | 0.853489 | KENT-894EAA | null | 894eea.jpg | Awl | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
810,255 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | A fragment of a copper-alloy blade, possible Bronze Age in date, dating to the period c.1500BC - c.1100BC.
The blade appears to be in an elongated oval and is rectangular in cross section. The blade narrows from 1.75mm thick in the centre of the blade to 0.4mm thick at the edges. One oval tip is incomplete.
Lengt... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 5.34 | null | null | 1.79 | 57.59 | 1 | Grace Clark | Grace Clark | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Kingston Deverill | ST8734 | null | 51.105149 | -2.187058 | WILT-899687 | null | IMG_3204.jpg | Bronze Age: Blade fragment | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
811,198 | Gouge | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed gouge (1150 BC-800 BC). Most of the socket is missing due to a break. The cutting edge is C-shaped in cross-section exapanding in to the socketed oval cross section at the break. The gouge hollow is C-shaped in section and both narrows and reduces in depth as i... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Chance find during metal detecting | null | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Middle Aston, Oxon August 2016 | 16.3 | null | null | 12.2 | 29.9 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Cherwell | Middle Aston | SP4826 | Centred on field | 51.930451 | -1.303312 | BERK-07A804 | null | oxpas2016434.jpg | Bronze Age gouge: Socketed gouge | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
811,362 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Middle Bronze age copper alloy side looped spearhead, 70mm long, 12mm wide and 11mm thick with a weight of 16.06grams. The object is sub rectangular in form and circular in cross section. It is in a worn condition and is incomplete, missing part of its base, tip and one side loop. It has a narrow oval shaped blade w... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | 2016-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | 16.06 | null | null | 11 | 70 | 1 | Wendy Scott | Wendy Scott | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Charnwood | Wymeswold | SK6021 | From finder | 52.783253 | -1.111856 | LEIC-0ABAE7 | null | LEIC0ABAE7.jpg | null | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
812,149 | Pin | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | null | null | A fragment of a copper-alloy cup-headed pin. The date of the object is uncertain and could range from the Bronze Age through to the Roman period. The stud comprises a hollow, hemispherical head which is filled with remnants of blue enamel. From the base of this head there extends a rectangular-section, slightly taperin... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2015-12-09T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 6.69 | null | 15 | null | 18 | 1 | Philippa Walton | Philippa Walton | Eastern | Hertfordshire | North Hertfordshire | Wallington | TL2934 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.98948 | -0.122743 | BH-763A4D | null | bh763a4d.jpg | Roman to Medieval stud | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
812,187 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -700 | A copper-alloy awl of possible Bronze Age date (cBC1600 - 700). The point of the awl is circular in cross section and is 4.31mm in diameter at its widest, tapering to a sharp point at the end. It is 73.45mm in length, with the other end becoming rectangular in section and terminating in a flattened wedge. It weighs 5.5... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 5.53 | null | 4.31 | null | 73.45 | 1 | Jane Hanbidge | Jane Hanbidge | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Pewsey | SU1756 | null | 51.302871 | -1.757531 | WILT-776792 | null | WILT776792.jpg | null | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
812,323 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Cast copper alloy casting jet with two conical sprues or flashes that is ovate in plan, with two conical projections that are triangular in profile. The casting jet was formed during the casting of a socketed axe in a two-part mould, where the molten bronze was poured into the entrance of the mould around the gate piec... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-10-05T23:00:00Z | 2016-10-05T23:00:00Z | null | null | 24.8 | null | null | 17 | 28 | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | North Kesteven | Heckington | TF1443 | From finder | 52.972243 | -0.303824 | LANCUM-8A5846 | null | LANCUM8A5846.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
812,689 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | Bronze age copper alloy spear head fragment, probably from the middle bronze age (1500BC to 1150BC), 37mm long, 10mm wide and 7mm thick with a weight of 5.63grams. The object is triangular in form and rectangular in cross section. It represents the tip of a spear head, with a rounded terminal intact. It has a prominent... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | 2016-09-13T23:00:00Z | null | null | 5.63 | null | null | 7 | 37 | 1 | Wendy Scott | Wendy Scott | Eastern | Cambridgeshire | South Cambridgeshire | Childerley | TL3562 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.239641 | -0.024325 | LEIC-A02211 | null | LEICA02211.jpg | Bronze age copper alloy spear head fragment | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
812,788 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,000 | Fragment, with both ends broken in antiquity, of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy rapier blade with bevelled edges and broad midrib. Extant length 43mm. Width 20- 18.5mm. Thickness 5mm. Weight 17.41g. c.1600 - c.1000 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-09-14T23:00:00Z | 2016-10-11T23:00:00Z | null | null | 17.41 | null | null | 5 | 43 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | null | Norfolk | Broadland | Hevingham | TG2022 | null | 52.750807 | 1.25838 | NMS-B0453A | null | 41316_B0453A_MBA_Rapier_Fragment.jpg | Middle Bronze Age rapier fragment | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
813,174 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Lower part of a copper alloy socketed looped axe dating from the Late Bronze Age, i.e. c. 1000-800BC. Possibly of plain South Eastern Type.
Description:
The fragment survives only as the blade end. The sides curve inwards from the curved crescent blade-edge, flaring in section to a rectangle. The break across the... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 31.2 | null | null | 12.81 | 27.3 | 1 | Jo Ahmet | Jo Ahmet | South East | Kent | Shepway | Ivychurch | TQ9924 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.981009 | 0.833611 | KENT-C91A27 | null | KENTC91A27.jpg | Blade Fragment of copper-alloy Bronze Age axe | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
813,530 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | MEDIEVAL | null | null | A copper-alloy awl of uncertain date. The awl is rectangular in section and tapers to a point at each end. It measures 50mm in length, 5mm in width, 5mm in thickness and weighs 2.94g.
A similar awl is illustrated in Read B. (2001), p. 94, no. 694. Similar awls are also recorded on PAS database as SWYOR-220A7C, LEIC-... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2015-10-19T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 2.94 | null | null | 5 | 50 | 1 | Philippa Walton | Philippa Walton | Eastern | Hertfordshire | North Hertfordshire | Wallington | TL2734 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.989941 | -0.151853 | BH-0AB1DD | null | bh0ab1dd.jpg | Uncertain awl | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
813,624 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | An incomplete copper alloy Socketed Axehead of probably the Late Bronze Age period, dating from c. BC 1000 - BC 800.
Around 50% of the axehead is present, consisting of the body and part of the blade. Some of the blade and the top, and handle of the object are missing presumed lost in antiquity.
The object is bro... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-09-30T23:00:00Z | 2016-10-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 66.3 | null | null | 9.9 | 51.7 | 1 | Helen Glenn | Helen Glenn | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | Tong | SJ7907 | From finder | 52.660309 | -2.311913 | WMID-1B203F | null | WMID1B203F.jpg | Late Bronze Age: Copper alloy Socketed Axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
813,848 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | An incomplete copper alloy Middle Bronze Age (c.1600-c.1000 BC) spearhead missing part of its socket. The spearhead has a leaf-shaped blade and is bent (possibly deliberately) so that it curves slightly towards the tip. The blade appears to have had slightly curved cutting edges. A prominent raised circular sectioned m... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-10-05T23:00:00Z | 2016-10-05T23:00:00Z | null | null | 54.98 | null | null | 15 | 115 | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | North West | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackburn with Darwen | Livesey with Pleasington | SD6526 | From finder | 53.729214 | -2.531975 | LANCUM-31A16D | null | LANCUM31A16D.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
813,906 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A copper alloy palstave axe that has a wide curved blade. The sides of the blade are concave and taper to the middle of the axe. The stop ridge is positioned three-quarters of the way down from the blade, this is shallow with short and low flanged sides to the front creating a small dished forward edge with and deeper ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-08-27T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 339.99 | null | null | 27 | 148 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Little Compton | SP2332 | From finder | 51.985984 | -1.666494 | GLO-33F97A | null | GLO33F97A.jpg | GLO-33F97A Bronze Age axe | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
814,102 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a copper alloy Bronze Age to Iron Age socketed axe dating to the period c.1000-800 BC. The fragment comprises a section of the edge and is broadly rectangular shape in plan. It is smooth, undecorated and covered with a green patina. It measures 28.87mm in length, 16.19mm in width, 3.23mm in thick and weig... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 7.87 | null | null | 3.23 | 28.87 | 1 | Cristina Sanna | Cristina Sanna | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Winterbourne Bassett | SU1274 | null | 51.464846 | -1.82865 | WILT-4A4966 | null | WILT4A4966.jpg | null | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
814,109 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a copper alloy Bronze Age to Iron Age socketed axe dating to the period c.1000-800 BC. The fragment is elongated shape and comprises a section of the edge. It is smooth, undecorated and covered with a green patina. It measures 30.12mm in length, 19.63mm in width, 7.11mm in thick and weighs 14.10g. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 14.1 | null | null | 7.11 | 30.12 | 1 | Cristina Sanna | Cristina Sanna | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Winterbourne Bassett | SU1274 | null | 51.464846 | -1.82865 | WILT-4A8BA7 | null | WILT4A8BA7.jpg | null | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
814,224 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Tip of Late Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead in abraded condition, broken above socket, of which there is no trace. Slight widthways bend. Extant length 30mm. Extant width 14mm. Weighs 7.19g. 1000-701 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-09-21T23:00:00Z | 2016-10-18T23:00:00Z | null | null | 7.19 | null | null | null | 30 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | null | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Great Moulton | TM1691 | null | 52.474168 | 1.178976 | NMS-5F01EF | null | 61691_5F01EF_LBA_Spearhead_ILL.jpg | Tip of Late Bronze Age spearhead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
814,235 | Button | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -700 |
A Bronze Age circular copper-alloy button. The button has two raised concentric circles in a recess, and with a central pit. There is a raised area on the back of the button and the stub of an integral loop with areas of iron (which may be accretions). The button has a dark green patina with corrosion pitting.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 7.04 | null | 27.35 | null | null | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Wokingham | Wokingham | Arborfield and Newland | SU7668 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.405944 | -0.908754 | SUR-5FB52C | null | B16976.jpg | Iron Age: Button | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
814,283 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Incomplete and abraded probable Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl, both ends missing. The central part is of sub-square cross-section and the object tapers towards both breaks. It is uncertain which part is the tang and which the point. Extant length 53.5mm. Maximum width 5.5mm. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-09-21T23:00:00Z | 2016-10-18T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 53.5 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Wacton | TM1891 | Centred on field | 52.473374 | 1.208375 | NMS-70E265 | null | 24953_70E265_LBA_Awl_ILL.jpg | Incomplete Bronze Age awl | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
814,440 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -750 | An incomplete fragment from a socketed axehead, of Late Bronze Age dating (c. 950 BC to c. 750 BC).
Less than 25% of the socketed axehead is present, and consists of part of the mouth and body. The rest is missing, presumed lost in antiquity,
The mouth may have originally been square in shape, as the fragment exh... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-10-21T23:00:00Z | 2016-10-21T23:00:00Z | null | null | 11.6 | null | null | 6.5 | 21.3 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Warwickshire | North Warwickshire | Hartshill | SP3194 | From finder | 52.542978 | -1.54433 | WMID-9C4EAC | null | WMID9C4EAC.jpg | Late Bronze Age: Incomplete socketed axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
814,632 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 1,500 | 900 | Middle or Late Bronze Age date (1500 - 900 BC) socketed spear (spearhead): The copper alloy spearhead consists of the central portion of the spearhead. In section the spearhead is, at the upper terminal, is a lozenge and the lower edge is a tubular, but is incomplete. The broken edges are not too recent.
The spearh... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-09-23T23:00:00Z | 2016-09-23T23:00:00Z | null | null | 26.05 | null | null | 14.85 | 71.06 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Worcestershire | Bromsgrove | Bentley Pauncefoot | SO9967 | From finder | 52.301121 | -2.016086 | WAW-B06603 | null | WAWB06603.jpg | Bronze Age spear (profile and profile). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
814,643 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -800 | The tip of the blade of a cast copper alloy rapier of Middle to Late Bronze Age date, c. 1400-800 BC. The fragment consists of the end of the blade and is 71.3mm in length. The very tip of the blade is broken and missing and there is some bending to either end of the object, probably post-depostional. The rapier blade ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-11-06T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 7.6 | null | null | 2.88 | 71.3 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor | SU3995 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.652445 | -1.437673 | BERK-B0BBE1 | null | 2016489.jpg | Bronze Age Rapier: Rapier tip | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
814,686 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A near-complete cast copper alloy palstave of Middle Bronze Age date. The palstave is in good condition with minimal pitting and only slight wear to the blade edge. There appears to be an old break to the butt end but otherwise the palstave is in very good condition. There is a pronounced casting seam down the centre o... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-08-09T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 326.3 | null | null | 27.4 | 123.4 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | West Berkshire | West Berkshire | Stanford Dingley | SU5771 | Centred on field | 51.43514 | -1.181396 | BERK-B1F4BB | null | 2016490.jpg | Bronze Age Palstave: Palstave | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
814,923 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | Bronze age spearhead fragment, 52 mm length, 26 mm width, 11 mm thickness, weight 23.69 g. The object represents the tip of a larger spearhead and is triangular in form and 'lozenge' shaped in cross section. It has a distinct rounded ridge running down the centre of each face and it narrows from 11mm thick to 4mm thick... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-10-10T23:00:00Z | 2016-10-10T23:00:00Z | null | null | 23.69 | null | null | 11 | 52 | 1 | Wendy Scott | null | null | Leicestershire | Harborough | Bruntingthorpe | SP6089 | Centred on field | 52.495616 | -1.117661 | LEIC-C6309A | null | LEICC6309A.jpg | Bronze age spearhead fragment | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
814,980 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,700 | -1,500 | A complete cast copper alloy (bronze) short flanged axe of Middle Bronze Age dating, probably of the Acton Park I metalwork assemblage and dating from c.1700 to c. 1500BC.
The axe has a shield shaped pattern below a very slight stop ridge, and raised flange facets. The blade of the object expands outwards to a cresc... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-08-17T23:00:00Z | 2016-08-20T23:00:00Z | null | Wymondham Rally 2016 (Near Spooner Row) | 86.1 | null | null | 15 | 96 | 1 | Vanessa Oakden | Vanessa Oakden | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Wymondham | TM0996 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.521776 | 1.079208 | LVPL-C78348 | null | LVPLC78348.jpg | Bronze Age flanged axe | National Museums Liverpool | Attribution License | ||
815,329 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Tip of Late Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead in abraded condition, broken across and along socket which contains fired clay from the casting process. Corroded stumps of blade, much of the surface corroded and missing. Extant length 40mm. Extant width 9mm. Weighs 6.84g. 1000-701 BC.
(Finder's no. AC 366) | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-10-15T23:00:00Z | 2016-10-15T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 6.84 | null | null | 40 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | null | Norfolk | Breckland | Holme Hale | TF9006 | null | 52.618517 | 0.80526 | NMS-ECDBCB | null | 61420_ECDBCB_LBA_Spearhead_ILL.jpg | Tip of Late Bronze Age spearhead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
816,472 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -801 | Late Bronze Age Hoard, 1 palstave fragment, 1 blade from a socketed axe, 1 lump of Anvil? , 1 circular terminal/mount, spearhead fragment (2 pieces) and 1 incomplete sword in 5 pieces, probably a Wilburton type.
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... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure | Metal detector | 2015-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2015-09-29T23:00:00Z | 2016T954 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 11 | Wendy Scott | Wendy Scott | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Selby | Gateforth | SE5728 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.745268 | -1.137192 | LEIC-6CD73C | null | LEIC6CD73C1.jpg | Bronze age Palstave fragment | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
816,882 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,200 | -800 | A fragment of a copper alloy spearhead, dating to the middle or late Bronze Age (1200-800BC). Only the tip of the spearhead remains, which is triangular in shape, and lozenge in cross section with a worn midrib. The break is worn and irregular, on one side it has been broken higher up the tip revealing the circular hol... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-09-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 2.83 | null | null | 5.6 | 24.9 | 1 | Arwen Wood | Arwen Wood | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Leckhampstead | SP7337 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.02662 | -0.93744 | BUC-C2138F | null | BUCC2138F.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
816,960 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | An incomplete copper alloy palstave with raised flange facets dating from the Middle Bronze Age (1500 BC - 1150 BC).
The blade of the palstave is sub-triangular in plan with convex expanding sides and an incomplete convex cutting edge. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being before the s... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-10-22T23:00:00Z | 2016-10-22T23:00:00Z | null | null | 168.3 | null | null | 22.7 | 134.8 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Stafford | Hixon | SK0225 | From finder | 52.822529 | -1.971763 | WMID-C4624B | null | WMIDC4624B_e.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Incomplete palstave | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
817,257 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -900 | Copper alloy Middle Bronze Age side looped and socketed spearhead, recently broken into two pieces. The blade is leaf-shaped with a lozengiform sectioned midrib. It exhibits a hollow socket and cast side loops. The spearhead measures 126mm total length, 20.8mm maximum width, 1.6mm minimum width. The mouth has a diamete... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2016-09-20T23:00:00Z | null | null | 42.3 | null | 17.1 | null | 126 | 1 | Julie Shoemark | Julie Shoemark | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Saham Toney | TF9106 | From finder | 52.618167 | 0.820013 | NMS-D8E961 | null | 28963_D8E961_MBA_Spearhead_ILL.jpg | Middle Bronze Age side looped and socketed spearhead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License |
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