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857,956 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Late Bronze Age hoard of two spearheads and five socketed axes.
1. Plain Pegged spearhead, with lanceolate blade
Dimensions: surviving length 146.3mm; maximum surviving blade width 44.7mm; surviving blade length 115.7mm; maximum surviving external diameter of socket 26.5mm (side to side) by 26.2mm (top to bottom); m... | The two bronze spearheads (Nos. 1 & 2, above) may be identified as of the Plain Pegged spearhead form with lanceolate blades. Plain Pegged spearheads, as an artefact class, generally span in date from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age and dating to between 1300-800BC (e.g. Greenwell and Brewis 1909, 463; Ehrenberg 1977... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z | 2015-03-15T00:00:00Z | 2015TRW4 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | Adam Gwilt | Adam Gwilt | Wales | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Llanharan | ST0082 | From finder | 51.528026 | -3.442927 | NMGW-70E941 | null | DH009679.jpg | Bronze Age hoard | National Museum Wales | Attribution License | ||
858,124 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -750 | An incomplete Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe head, probably dating to c. 950-750 BC. The surviving section comprises of the cutting edge, now highly abraded, and blade, with the mouth, loop and collar all lost to an abraded, but patinated break. The axehead is broadly trapezoidal in plan, 82.3mm long and expandin... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2017-07-13T23:00:00Z | null | null | 217.39 | null | null | 26.3 | 82.3 | 1 | Wil Partridge | Wil Partridge | South West | Devon | Torridge | Broadwoodwidger | SX4089 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.678608 | -4.265994 | DEV-7A77C7 | null | DEV7A77C7.JPG | Bronze age socketed axe fragment | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
858,133 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Late Bronze Age hoard comprising 12 complete and fragmentary socketed axes.
1. South Wales type socketed axe
Dimensions: length 109.5mm; surviving blade width 51.3mm; width below loop 43.0mm; external mouth dimensions 58.8 by 46.5mm; internal mouth dimensions 34.5 by 26.0mm; dimensions of runner stubs (1) 10.6 by 7.... | One of the socketed axes reported may be identified as a South Wales Type socketed axe (Nos. 1, above). The combination of out-splayed mouth, high placed and ephemeral loop, blocky rectangular form, ribs descending from the underside of the collar and poorly finished state following casting are all diagnostic elements,... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2015-01-23T00:00:00Z | null | 2015TRW5 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 12 | Adam Gwilt | Adam Gwilt | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Llantilio Crossenny | SO3913 | From finder | 51.812288 | -2.886248 | NMGW-860652 | null | DH009682.jpg | Bronze Age hoard | National Museum Wales | Attribution License | ||
858,484 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | ~~Item 1
Late Bronze Age socketed axe dating to 1100to 800 BC. The interior of the socket has a sub-square shape with rounded corners and measures 29x34 at the aperture. There is a small projection in the centre of each of the sides on the top edge of the socket, these are the filed down remains of the runner's and ri... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | 2017-05-14T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 4 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Monmouth | SO5015 | From finder | 51.831363 | -2.72699 | GLO-9F6EB4 | null | GLO9F6EB44.JPG | GLO-9F6EB4 Late Bronze Age socketed knife | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
858,525 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Late Bronze Age hoard of two socketed axes and one spearhead.
1. South Wales type socketed axe
Dimensions: length (including runner stub) 101.8mm; length (excluding runner stub (99.6mm); blade width 45.3mm; width below loop 39.4mm; external mouth dimensions 49.6 by 47.5mm; internal mouth dimensions 31.0 by 30.3mm... | One of the two socketed axes reported may be identified as a South Wales type socketed axe (No. 1, above). The combination of out-splayed mouth, high placed and narrow loop, blocky rectangular form, four-runner casting technology, ribs descending from the underside of the collar and poorly finished state following cast... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2015-01-18T00:00:00Z | null | 2015TRW06 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | Adam Gwilt | Adam Gwilt | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Llantilio Crossenny | SO3913 | From finder | 51.812288 | -2.886248 | NMGW-AFDAE8 | null | DH009683.jpg | Bronze Age hoard | National Museum Wales | Attribution License | ||
858,576 | Ribbon | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -800 | Description: Incomplete gold strip of uncertain date (see discussion). Broadly rectangular with one complete end which exhibits a circular perforation. The strip is bent at a sharp angle and has a number of dents, terminating in a jagged break. There are extensive scratch marks, probably from post-depositional damage. ... | null | 3 | Gold | null | Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure | Metal detector | 2017-06-25T23:00:00Z | 2017-06-25T23:00:00Z | 2017T672 | null | 3.9 | null | null | 1 | 37 | 1 | Julie Shoemark | Julie Shoemark | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Runhall | TG0609 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.63962 | 1.043134 | NMS-B2D198 | null | 62198_B2D198_BA_Ribbon.jpg | Bronze Age ribbon | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
858,691 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of cast copper alloy socketed axe, dating to the Late Bronze Age - c. 1000 - 800 BC.
Description: The fragment represents part of the socketed end of the axe and is unevenly shaped. Part of the rimmed collar for the socket remains. Just after the rim there is a side loop to help secure the axe to its hand... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-04-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 21.2 | null | null | 5.16 | 39.97 | 1 | Wendy Thompson | Wendy Thompson | null | Kent | Swale | Hartlip | TQ8364 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.345617 | 0.626274 | PUBLIC-CC14FC | null | socketaxe.jpg | AXE - CC14FC | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
859,258 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Late Bronze Age hoard comprising five socketed axes and one axe fragment.
1. South Wales type socketed axe
Dimensions: surviving length 101.5mm; surviving blade width 51.1mm; width below loop 42.9mm; external mouth dimensions 51.0 by 41.9mm; internal mouth dimensions 33.0 by 27.1mm; dimensions of runner stubs 8.6 by... | Three of the socketed axes reported may be identified as South Wales Type socketed axes or Variant forms (Nos. 1-3, above). The combination of out-splayed mouth, high placed and ephemeral loop, blocky rectangular form, ribs descending from the underside of the collar and poorly finished state following casting are all ... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2015-04-25T23:00:00Z | null | 2015TRW10 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Adam Gwilt | Adam Gwilt | Wales | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Llanharan | ST0182 | From finder | 51.528202 | -3.428517 | NMGW-1C435C | null | DH010048.jpg | Bronze Age hoard | National Museum Wales | Attribution License | ||
859,261 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -900 | A complete cast copper alloy socketed spearhead dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age c.1400-900 BC. The spearhead has a slender, tapering leaf-shaped (ogival) blade with slightly bevelled edges and two undrilled lozenge-shaped side 'loops' located near to the mouth of the socket, which is circular in plan and tape... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-03-13T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 40.9 | null | 13.65 | null | 113.7 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Fyfield and Tubney | SU4196 | From finder | 51.661294 | -1.408649 | BERK-1C4AA6 | null | 2017159.jpg | Bronze Age Spearhead: Leaf-shaped spearhead | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
859,294 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -2,050 | Early Bronze Age hoard comprising one flat axe and one axe-chisel.
1. Flat axe - Type Barton Stacey (Class 3D)
Dimensions: maximum length 156.0mm; width of butt 34.2mm; blade width 98.1mm; maximum thickness 9.2mm; weight 475.2g.
This is a complete flat axe in good condition, with original surfaces surviving ov... | The flat axe (No. 1, above) may be identified as a Class 3 flat axe, of the 3D sub-class named Type Barton Stacey. This identification is based upon a combination of stylistic and technological features and metrical measurements and ratios, as defined and developed by Needham in relation to the Early Bronze Age axes of... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2015-05-07T23:00:00Z | null | 2015TRW12 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | Adam Gwilt | Adam Gwilt | Wales | Bridgend | Bridgend | Coity Higher | SS9281 | From finder | 51.517563 | -3.557899 | NMGW-1D36B5 | null | DH010043.jpg | Early Bronze Age hoard | National Museum Wales | Attribution License | ||
859,308 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,400 | A complete copper alloy palstave axe dating to the early Middle Bronze Age. The palstave is complete and in good condition. The crescentic blade is wide and has a bevelled edge, clearer on one side than the other. The stop ridge between the raised low-flanged edges is likewise more prominent on one side than the other.... |
The palstave has an odd blue staining on one side - this may be a chemical reaction with contaminants from agricultural activities.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 439.8 | null | null | 24.9 | 115.3 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor | SU3895 | From finder | 51.652513 | -1.452127 | BERK-1D9AF0 | null | 2017162.jpg | Bronze Age Palstave: Palstave Axe | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
859,355 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -800 | Blade tip of a Bronze Age axe.
The item is fragmentary and only the curved blade edge of the axe remains. This makes it difficult to identify and date precisely, though it is likely, due to the metal composition and form, that the fragment is Bronze Age in date, c. 2350 - 800BC.
The blade tip is lentoid in cross ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 28.44 | null | null | 7.1 | 59.1 | 1 | Sophie Flynn | Sophie Flynn | Eastern | Essex | Epping Forest | Sheering | TL5014 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.804525 | 0.174171 | ESS-1E6591 | null | ESS1E6591.jpg | Bronze Age axe blade | Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service | Attribution License | ||
859,394 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Summary of report for HM Coroner:
Bronze Age copper-alloy fragmentary metal work hoard which had been stored in a ceramic vessel that had later been hit by a plough/farm machinery and partially scattered a small distance around the location of the vessel. Some fragments of metal were still within the cracked vessel ... | Declared 'Treasure' at inquest 22/06/2022. | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | 2017-04-30T23:00:00Z | 2017-05-30T23:00:00Z | 2017T697 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 402 | Helen Fowler | Helen Fowler | Eastern | Cambridgeshire | South Cambridgeshire | Heydon | TL4341 | From a paper map | 52.048949 | 0.083926 | CAM-22D427 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
859,397 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,400 | An incomplete small copper alloy socketed and side-looped spearhead. Part of the socket has been broken off and the tip pf the spearhead is missing. The blades are short and leaf-shaped. The hollow of the socket extends 46 mm into the the spear. It is circular and tapers towards the tip, becoming lozengiform in cross s... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 27.48 | null | null | 13.22 | 68.8 | 1 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Frampton | SY6093 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.735227 | -2.568178 | DOR-2D27D7 | null | 2D27D7.jpg | Middle Bronze Age socketed and side-looped spear head | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
859,657 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A tip fragment of a copper-alloy spearhead of probable Middle Bronze Age date c. 1500 - 1150 BC. The remaining tip has a very well defined central rib that has a rounded diamond form, there is no indication of a socket remaining with this piece. The sides have a slight concave line to them, there are multiple longitudi... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 10.2 | null | null | 7.9 | 46.32 | 1 | Rod Trevaskus | Rod Trevaskus | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Lewknor | SU7097 | From finder | 51.667426 | -0.989242 | BERK-41B0C2 | null | BERK41B0C2.jpg | BA Spear Tip | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
859,659 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,250 | A cast copper alloy slender un-looped Middle Bronze Age palstave, probably from the Taunton metalwork phase and dating from c. 1500- 1300 BC. The cutting edge has a pronounced crescentic form with the tips re-curving back onto the expanding form of the blade body. The body has a well-defined stop ridge just short of mi... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 477.4 | null | null | 29.4 | 70.1 | 1 | Rod Trevaskus | Rod Trevaskus | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Lewknor | SU7097 | From finder | 51.667426 | -0.989242 | BERK-41E4C6 | null | BERK41E4C6.jpg | Palstave | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
859,675 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | A fragment of a copper-alloy Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, dating to the period 1100 BC- 800 BC. All that remains of this axehead is the cutting edge, blade tip and part of the blade. It is possibly a Penard/Wilburton type, though exact categorisation is difficult as only a small portion of the axehead remains. The... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 43.54 | null | null | null | 30.15 | 1 | Fiona Johnstone | Fiona Johnstone | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Wootton Bassett | SU0679 | null | 51.509898 | -1.914937 | WILT-43B254 | null | WILT43B254.jpg | Late Bronze Age Socketed Axehead | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
860,042 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A complete middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave, probably dating to c. 1500-1300 BC. The palstave is 148.8mm long, with the stop ridge being 62.1mm from the butt. Both the butt end and septum are rectangular, the latter being 10.8mm deep at the stop ridge, which is angled, sloping inwards. The flanges, 3.1mm thick, ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2017-07-28T23:00:00Z | null | null | 333 | null | null | 34.1 | 148.8 | 1 | Wil Partridge | Wil Partridge | South West | Devon | North Devon | Filleigh | SS6728 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.035924 | -3.898265 | DEV-8907FD | null | DEV8907FD.JPG | Bronze Age looped trident decorated palstave | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
860,046 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A copper alloy Late Bronze Age awl dating to the period 1150 - 800 BC. The awl is elongated and has four broadly rectangular facets tapering slightly to both ends. It is almost square in cross section and its widest point is approximately at the centre of it. One of the end has a pointed tip, circular in cross-section ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.41 | null | null | 3.42 | 49.24 | 1 | Nadia Messina | Nadia Messina | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Winterbourne Stoke | SU0843 | null | 51.186173 | -1.886916 | WILT-97977D | null | IMG_0524eco.jpg | awl | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
860,344 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,000 | An incomplete Middle Bronze Age cast copper-alloy fragment of a palstave-type axe dating to the period c. 1500-1000 BC. The fragment is the butt end of a palstave axe. The beginnings of the side wings survive.
The fragment measures 12.41mm in length, 16.64mm width, 5.30mm in thickness, and weighs 3.59 g
Similar ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.59 | null | null | 5.3 | 12.41 | 1 | Nadia Messina | Nadia Messina | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Winterbourne Stoke | SU0843 | null | 51.186173 | -1.886916 | WILT-AD0354 | null | WILTAD0354.jpg | fragment of a palstave-type axe | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
860,485 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,725 | -1,500 | A complete copper alloy Early Bronze Age flanged axehead.
This axehead has a rounded arched butt and slightly diverging sides that abruptly expand to a broad crescentic blade and cutting edge, with the blade tips at right angles to the sides, but not recurving. Cast flanges extend along the sides, rising very gradua... | The height of the flanges (i.e. above 1.5mm) and overall form of the axe means it can be confidently classed as a low-flanged axe, datable to the Arreton assemblage (c.1725-1500 cal. BC)/Period 4 of the Early Bronze Age (Needham 1996; Needham et al. 1997). The axe can be classed as Type Arreton (following Schmidt and B... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 250.3 | null | null | null | 122 | 1 | Matthew Knight | Matthew Knight | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Cowbridge with Llanblethian | SS9874 | From a paper map | 51.45576 | -3.469433 | NMGW-C21D78 | null | cowbridgeaxe.jpg | Bronze Age flanged axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
860,517 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,500 | -300 | A complete cast copper alloy moustache-like object probably dating from the Middle Bronze Age to Middle Iron Age (1500-300 BC).
The object consists of two pointed drop-shaped elements, D-shaped in cross-section and joined at their wider, rounded ends by a short, recessed oval neck. There are multiple longitudinal groo... | These moustache-like objects are thought to date from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Iron Age, after the discovery of one in the Salisbury Hoard (Stead, 1998, no.117). An example was found recently in a Middle Bronze Age context at Clay Farm, Cambridgeshire (Current Archaeology March 2012, Issue 264, 35). Some are '... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-06-03T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 11 | null | null | 8.7 | 21.1 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor | SU3995 | From a paper map | 51.652445 | -1.437673 | BERK-C3E5A3 | null | 2017188.jpg | Unidentified object: Bronze Age mount | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
860,640 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Late Bronze Age copper alloy hoard.
1. Ribbed socketed axe fragment
Dimensions: surviving length70.3mm; surviving blade width 44.2mm; width at upper break approx.33.5mm; surviving depth of socket approx. 49.0mm; surviving weight 110.9g.
Blade and body fragment of a ribbed socketed axe of bronze, with the mout... | The socketed axe fragment (No. 1) may be identified as of a ribbed form, however insufficient of the axe survives to be able to identify it to precise type. The rounded face edges, carefully filed or hammered casting seam and generally slender, rather than blocky proportions of this axe would tend to suggest that this ... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2014-11-15T00:00:00Z | 2014-11-16T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | Adam Gwilt | Adam Gwilt | Wales | Torfaen | Torfaen | Trevethin | SO2703 | From finder | 51.720952 | -3.058181 | NMGW-D8F445 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
860,724 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,000 | -1,000 | A worn fragment of cast probable Middle Bronze Age transitional or late looped palstave axe head.
The fragment of axe survives in the shape of a rough treapezium, with the wider, blade end being more rounded. In cross section it is rectangular to the narrower end and becomes more pointed oval in cross-section toward... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-08-12T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 47.21 | null | null | 11 | 36 | 1 | Mr David Clarke | Mr David Clarke | South East | Kent | Swale | Sheldwich | TR0156 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.267699 | 0.879893 | PUBLIC-0A5278 | null | misc447.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
860,905 | Gouge | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A complete copper alloy socketed gouge. The upper part and socket are circualr in cross section. The socket is 15.2 mm in internal diameter and approiimately 50 mm in depth. Around the socket is a thick, rounded collar. The gouge tapers slightly and becomes C-shaped in cross section towards the cutting edge. There is c... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 57.22 | null | null | 3.81 | 73.71 | 1 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Stinsford | SY7193 | From finder | 50.735883 | -2.412309 | DOR-2A0940 | null | 2A0940.jpg | Late Bronze Age gouge | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
860,908 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | A incomplete cast copper-alloy rapier. At the butt is a small, narrowed tang with a rounded end. It does not appear to be broken. The blade is expanded from the hilt with angled shoulders and tapers towards the bent and broken opposite end. It has a lenticular profile and a low mid-rib on both faces. It has possibly be... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 60.89 | null | null | 4.05 | 141.65 | 1 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Owermoigne | SY7684 | Centred on field | 50.655179 | -2.340871 | DOR-2A928E | null | 2A928E.jpg | Bronze Age rapier | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
861,045 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -900 | An incomplete, cast, copper alloy, Bronze Age socketed axehead,1100-900BC.
The axehead has been damaged and is missing the loop that would have been attached to the top side. The blade has been worn down and is quite corroded, giving it a straigter profile rather than the more usual crescent. The sides of the axehea... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 95 | 1 | Edwin Wood | Edwin Wood | South East | East Sussex | Rother | Mountfield | TQ7421 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.96215 | 0.476404 | SUSS-30F343 | null | Axehead.jpg | An incomplete, cast, copper alloy, Bronze Age axehead, 2000-1000BC. | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
861,289 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Probable Bronze Age gold strip fragment.
This is a semi-worked thickened strip fragment of gold of broadly rectangular shape. The strip has been worked and there are hammer facets visible on the flat surfaces and side margins. One edge has been hammered up and has a projecting margin on one face edge. The strip was ... | Metallurgical analysis (Mary Davis)
Method
Semi-quantitative surface analysis of the gold strip was undertaken for the gold, silver and copper content of the gold fragment. This was achieved using a Bruker TRACeR III-SD hand-held X-ray fluorescent spectrometer (HH-XRF) with a rhodium tube, and a titanium/aluminiu... | 3 | Gold | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2016-02-24T00:00:00Z | null | 2016TRW04 | null | 2.37 | null | null | 2.8 | 12.7 | 1 | Adam Gwilt | Adam Gwilt | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Grosmont | SO3822 | From finder | 51.893086 | -2.902369 | NMGW-573091 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
861,731 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,900 | A highly abraded Bronze Age copper alloy miniature flat axehead, probably dating to c. 2150-1900 BC. The axehead is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. The axe expands from a now rounded butt, 19.6mm wide, to the mid-point, 22.8mm wide. Below the mid-point, which is thickened in profile, 9... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2017-08-15T23:00:00Z | null | null | 59.91 | null | null | 9.2 | 63.3 | 1 | Wil Partridge | Wil Partridge | South West | Devon | South Hams | Sparkwell | SX5858 | Centred on field | 50.404671 | -3.999578 | DEV-B0516A | null | DEVB0516A.JPG | Bronze Age flat axehead | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
862,526 | Dagger | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -850 | A cast tanged dagger or knife blade dating to the Late Bronze Age. The blade is broadly rectangular in plan, slender and with a plain cross-section. The blade has the remains of shoulders just beneath the narrowed rectangular tang - the blade is complete with a rounded tip. The tang has a single rivet hole with a slopi... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 8 | null | null | 1.5 | 190 | 1 | Dr. Lindsey Smith | Dr. Lindsey Smith | South East | Oxfordshire | West Oxfordshire | Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney | SP3701 | null | 51.706524 | -1.465947 | BERK-544F7B | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
862,530 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A complete copper alloy Middle Bronze Age unlooped palstave axehead (c.1500-c.1300 BC). The palstave shares typological features with Group I and Group II palstaves. These were the primary forms introduced to Britain in the Middle Bronze Age Schmidt and Burgess 1981). This particular axehead is probably a Group I (shie... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-08-27T23:00:00Z | 2017-08-27T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 40 | 160 | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | North West | Lancashire | Ribble Valley | Pendleton | SD7539 | From finder | 53.846632 | -2.381468 | LANCUM-548AA4 | null | LANCUM548AA4.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
862,569 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | An incomplete copper alloy, probable tip from a spear head, of probable Middle Bronze Age dating (1500 BC to 1150 BC).
Around 5% of the spearhead is present, consisting only of the probable tip. It is triangular in shape. Triangular blades extend from either side, with a central rib on both sides.
It measures 22.... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-04-14T23:00:00Z | 2017-04-14T23:00:00Z | null | null | 2.8 | null | null | 6.3 | 22.4 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | South Northamptonshire | Deanshanger | SP7639 | From finder | 52.044196 | -0.89328 | WMID-560F7F | null | wmid560f7f.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Probable spear head | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
862,636 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A copper alloy Late Bronze Age awl or chisel dating to the period 1150 - 800 BC. The awl is elongated and has four broadly rectangular facets tapering slightly to both ends. It is almost square in cross section and its widest point is approximately at the centre of it. One of the end has a pointed tip,and probably used... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 6.52 | null | null | 2.81 | 49.7 | 1 | Nadia Messina | Nadia Messina | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Ogbourne St. George | SU2076 | null | 51.482604 | -1.713378 | WILT-5856E2 | null | cosoinbronzo.jpg | awl | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
862,679 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -800 | Tip of cast copper-alloy spearhead dating from the Middle or Late Bronze Age, about 1550 – 800 BC]. The spear tip fragment is 33.98mm in length with a width of 14.89mm and a maximum thickness of 7.35mm. The weight of the spear tip is 8.54g. The fragment is lancet shaped and tapers to a point. It has a profile of a circ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 8.54 | null | null | 7.35 | 33.98 | 1 | Miss. Lydia Prosser | Miss. Lydia Prosser | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Langtoft | SE9966 | GPS (from the finder) | 54.080413 | -0.488258 | YORYM-685950 | null | SSi0246.jpg | Bronze age : spear head | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
863,232 | Dagger | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,500 | -2,300 | An incomplete copper tanged dagger from the Copper Age/Beaker Period (c. 2500 - c. 2300 BC), missing its point and the end of its tang. The blade is broadly triangular and has a flat, pointed-oval cross-section. There is a ridge along the edge of the blade, where it was hammered to sharpen the edge. At the tang end the... | null | 4 | Copper | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z | 2016-03-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 105.65 | null | null | 6.7 | 114.6 | 1 | Alastair Willis | Alastair Willis | East Midlands | Derbyshire | Derbyshire Dales | Wirksworth | SK2753 | From finder | 53.073555 | -1.598455 | DENO-D366D7 | null | DENOD366D7.jpg | Copper Age tanged dagger | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
863,252 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A fragment of the tip of a copper alloy socketed spearhead, dating to Middle to Late Bronze Age (1500 BC to 800 BC). The spear head is triangular in shape and lozenge in cross section. The spear head has triangular blades extending from either side, and a central ridge running vertically down both surfaces, tapering to... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-05-14T23:00:00Z | 2017-05-14T23:00:00Z | null | null | 5.4 | null | null | 8 | 24.6 | 1 | Helena Costas | Helena Costas | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Mentmore | SP8819 | From finder | 51.862653 | -0.723471 | BUC-D45507 | null | BUCD45507.jpg | Bronze Age Spearhead tip | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
863,283 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -750 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed axe probably dating to the period c.950 - 750BC. The axe is probably a Faceted Axe, type Gillespie sometimes known as 'baggy axe'. These axes have been discovered in associated with the late Wilburton metalworking traditions (phase XI) and the Ewart Park tradit... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-09-03T23:00:00Z | 2017-09-03T23:00:00Z | null | null | 84.15 | null | null | null | 43 | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | North West | Cumbria | Barrow-in-Furness | Walney North | SD1868 | From finder | 54.101331 | -3.255498 | LANCUM-D5F3D4 | null | LANCUMD5F3D4.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
863,291 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,400 | A complete small copper alloy socketed and side-looped spearhead dating from the Early Middle Bronze Age, c. 1600-1400BC. The head is leaf-shaped and the socket has a pronounced midrib. The tip of the spearhead is thicker than the rest of the blade and there are very fine, very clear re-sharpening marks all around the ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-09-03T23:00:00Z | 2017-09-03T23:00:00Z | null | null | 74.56 | null | null | 17 | 150 | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | North West | Lancashire | Ribble Valley | Pendleton | SD7539 | From finder | 53.846632 | -2.381468 | LANCUM-D63A53 | null | LANCUMD63A53.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
863,492 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | MEDIEVAL | -2,500 | 1,485 |
A possibly Bronze Age, Roman or Medieval piece of copper-alloy casting debris. the fragment comprises a trilobe well and stub of an angled runner.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 21.93 | null | null | 11.5 | 36.44 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Hampshire | Test Valley | Houghton | SU3333 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.095364 | -1.530134 | SUR-FA2B42 | null | 171034.jpg | Bronze Age: Casting debris | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
863,621 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 1,500 | 1,300 | A copper alloy Middle Bronze Age unlooped palstave axehead (c.1500-c.1300 BC).
The axe is sub-triangular in plan and sub-rectangular in section, tapering to the blade terminal. The blade is narrow tapering and the axe is narrow and unlooped. The blade is flared and the surface is smooth, bevelled and sharpened. The ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-06-28T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 166.2 | null | null | 19.66 | 100.22 | 1 | Ann Lipscombe | Ann Lipscombe | North West | Cumbria | South Lakeland | Burneside | SD5195 | From finder | 54.348175 | -2.75532 | DUR-FE8A86 | null | DURFE8A86.jpg | DUR-FE8A86 | Durham County Council | Attribution License | ||
863,885 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -750 | A complete cast copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed axe dating from c. 10th-9th century BC. Probably a ribbed South Eastern variant. The axehead is complete and has suffered little damage, however some of the surface bronze has been lost from the blade edge. The blade edge is crescentic with both outer tips complete ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 167.5 | null | null | 22.5 | 84.9 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor | null | null | null | null | BERK-136875 | null | 2017259.jpg | Iron Age axe: Socketed axehead | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
864,001 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -900 | 43 |
An incomplete Bronze Age to Iron Age copper-alloy awl which is square-sectioned in the centre and circular in section on the surviving terminal.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 4.62 | null | null | 5.17 | 46.59 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Amesbury | SU1642 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.177015 | -1.772496 | SUR-2594DE | null | SUR2594DE.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
864,035 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,500 | 1,900 | A complete gold sheet strip, dating from the Bronze Age to modern period. The strip would have originally been rectangular in shape, but has been bent and folded over in four different places. Near one of the folds is a slight tear along the edge. At either end of the strip is a circular pierced hole. The corners at ea... | As the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Coroner inquest: 05/05/2019
Acquired by BCM: 04.12.2019 | 4 | Gold | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2017-08-02T23:00:00Z | null | 2017T784 | null | 5.06 | null | null | 0.5 | 49.3 | 1 | Arwen Wood | Arwen Wood | South East | Milton Keynes | Milton Keynes | Haversham-cum-Little Linford | SP8243 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.079297 | -0.804857 | BUC-26AB57 | null | BUC26AB57.jpg | Unidentified object | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
864,162 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A complete cast copper alloy socketed axe head of the south-eastern type (plain A1) of Late Bronze Age date (1000-800 BC). The axe head has the standard double socket moulding although this is quite slight and / or worn in many places. Otherwise the axehead is plain externally. There is a single loop on one side of the... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 118.2 | null | null | 24.7 | 78.8 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Stanton St. John | SP5808 | From finder | 51.767682 | -1.160905 | BERK-2B2982 | null | 2017266.jpg | Bronze Age Axe: Socketed axehead | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
864,195 | Arrowhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,500 | -50 | A cast copper alloy, socketed arrowhead possibly Late Bronze Age date, or later c. 1500 – 50 BC. The conoid socketed blade is bilobate with a pronounced lozenge form medial rib, and barbes. Now in poor condition with damage to the socket and an eroded surface. Length = 27.53mm, width = 8.76mm, weight = 2.2gm. It is con... | Bucks PAS Record Sheet No 67 | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-04-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Wicken,Northants | 2.2 | null | null | 0.97 | 27.53 | 1 | Ros Tyrrell | Michael Byard | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | South Northamptonshire | Wicken | SP7538 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.035343 | -0.908077 | BERK-308C9A | null | BERK308C9A.jpg | Arrowhead - cast copper alloy, socketed arrowhead possibly Late Bronze Age date | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution License | ||
864,654 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,450 | -1,300 | A complete copper alloy Middle Bronze Age unlooped palstave axehead (c.1500-c.1300 BC).
When viewed from the side the axe has a slender body of rectangular form, which then flares into the blade. In plan the axe is a slender pointed-oval. The butt is H-shaped in section and terminates towards the centre of the axe w... |
This axe was found at a rally. The find has been recorded using photos supplied by the finder.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-01-03T00:00:00Z | 2016-01-03T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 150 | 1 | Adam Daubney | Adam Daubney | Eastern | Norfolk | North Norfolk | Baconsthorpe | TG1136 | Recorded at a rally | 52.880057 | 1.134279 | LIN-7DAAC9 | null | LIN7DAAC9.jpg | Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
865,326 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A cast copper alloy slender looped Middle Bronze Age palstave, probably dating from c. 1500- 1300 BC. The cutting edge has a pronounced crescentic form with the tips re-curving back onto the expanding form of the blade body. The body has a well-defined stop ridge just short of midway down its length and the flanges ext... | The palstave is similar to Figure 22, No. 166 in Savoury (1980). The palstave is an early/primary Group III example which dates to the Middle Bronze Age period, and can be narrowed down to c. 1500-1300 BC.
Savory, H.N. 1980 Guide Catalogue of the Bronze Age Collections National Museum of Wales: Cardiff | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 536 | 50.66 | null | null | 160.2 | 1 | Dr. Lindsey Smith | Dr. Lindsey Smith | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Lewknor | null | null | null | null | BERK-BAA8D7 | null | BERKBAA8D7Palstavelooped.jpg | Bronze Age: Palstave: looped | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
865,327 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,250 | -1,000 | A cast copper alloy slender looped Middle Bronze Age palstave, probably dating from c. 1500- 1300 BC. The cutting edge has a pronounced crescentic form with the tips re-curving back onto the expanding form of the blade body. The body has a well-defined stop ridge just short of midway down its length and the flanges ext... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 543 | null | null | 30.9 | 178.6 | 1 | Dr. Lindsey Smith | Dr. Lindsey Smith | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Lewknor | null | null | null | null | BERK-BAB433 | null | BERKBAB433Looped.jpg | Bronze Age: Palstave: looped | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
865,328 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A cast copper alloy slender looped Middle Bronze Age palstave, probably dating from c. 1500- 1300 BC. The cutting edge has a pronounced crescentic form with the tips re-curving back onto the expanding form of the blade body. The body has a well-defined stop ridge just short of midway down its length and the flanges ext... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 583 | null | null | null | 170 | 1 | Dr. Lindsey Smith | Dr. Lindsey Smith | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Lewknor | null | null | null | null | BERK-BABD27 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
865,329 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A cast copper alloy slender looped Middle Bronze Age palstave, probably dating from c. 1500- 1300 BC. The cutting edge has a pronounced crescentic form with the tips re-curving back onto the expanding form of the blade body with slight damage to the cutting edge. The body has a well-defined stop ridge just short of mid... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 570 | null | null | null | 179.9 | 1 | Dr. Lindsey Smith | Dr. Lindsey Smith | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Lewknor | null | null | null | null | BERK-BAC6BD | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
865,331 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A cast copper alloy slender Middle Bronze Age palstave, probably dating from c. 1500- 1300 BC. The cutting edge has a pronounced crescentic form with the tips re-curving back onto the expanding form of the blade body with slight damage to the cutting edge. The body has a well-defined stop ridge just short of midway dow... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 453 | null | null | null | 125.6 | 1 | Dr. Lindsey Smith | Dr. Lindsey Smith | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Lewknor | null | null | null | null | BERK-BACCB4 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
865,335 | Wire | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A small piece of copper alloy Bronze Age attachment wire to a Palstave axe. Found with a hoard of 6 (2 unlooped, 4 looped) axes. Looped around.
BERK- | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3 | null | null | null | null | 1 | Dr. Lindsey Smith | Dr. Lindsey Smith | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Lewknor | null | null | null | null | BERK-BAE278 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
865,569 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,000 | A copper alloy, Bronze Age, palstave axe head, 1500-1000BC. The palstave comprises a broad, curved blade, fan shaped. It tapers back from the blade in an arc before levelling out to form the main body of the axe. There is a well defined mid rib running from the central transverse ridge to approx 30mm fro the blade, the... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 516 | null | null | 18.78 | 176 | 1 | Edwin Wood | Edwin Wood | South East | East Sussex | Wealden | Alfriston | TQ5003 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.807142 | 0.127533 | SUSS-F9E46D | null | PalstaveSUSSF9E46D.jpg | A copper alloy, Bronze Age, palstave axe head, 1500-1000BC. | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
865,574 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -750 | A fragment of a copper-alloy Bronze Age axehead (c. 1500 - 750 BC). The fragment is sub-triangular in plan and profile. It is dark brown in colour with a smooth but scratched surface.
It measures 19.67mm in length, 11.33mm wide, 6.15mm thick and weighs 3.56grams. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-10-04T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 3.56 | null | null | 6.15 | 19.67 | 1 | Emily Freeman | Emily Freeman | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Brailes | SP3040 | From finder | 52.057575 | -1.563867 | WAW-FA41C9 | null | WAWFA41C9.jpg | Bronze Age: axehead fragment | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
865,619 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,500 | 410 | An incomplete copper-alloy awl of Bronze Age to Roman date (c. 1500 BC - AD 410). The awl has a square section which tapers to a rounded point; the opposing end is broken. It has a light green surface patina which has been heavily abraded. The awl has been bent slightly in the soil.
Other examples can be found on th... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2015-10-15T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 4.04 | null | null | 4.82 | 47.11 | 1 | Emily Freeman | Emily Freeman | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Brailes | SP3041 | From finder | 52.066565 | -1.56378 | WAW-FC5F21 | null | WAWFC5F21.jpg | Bronze Age - Roman: awl fragment | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
865,698 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A copper alloy looped palstave axehead. The cutting edge is crescentic with a slight flare at one edge. The butt us also slightly curved. The septum is rectangular with a deep stop ridge. The flanges are lozenge shaped, The blade tapers back to the stop ridge where there are two cast decorative ridges on each face for... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 26.3 | 124.36 | 1 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Symondsbury | SY4294 | From finder | 50.742696 | -2.823377 | DOR-0BCB5D | null | 0BCB5Da.jpg | null | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
865,749 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | Fragment of Late Bronze Age socketed spearhead, pointed end, point missing, lower part of blade and socket missing, prominent convex median rib. Extant length 24mm. Extant width 20mm. Weighs 10.48g. 1150-800 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-06-29T00:00:00Z | 2017-07-26T00:00:00Z | null | null | 10.48 | null | null | null | 24 | 1 | null | Steven Ashley | null | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Runhall | TG0708 | null | 52.630263 | 1.057265 | NMS-10A0FB | null | 28373_10A0FB_BA_Spearhead.jpg | Fragment of Late Bronze Age socketed spearhead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
866,261 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | Middle or Late Bronze Age date (1500 - 800BC) socketed spear (spearhead): The copper alloy spearhead consists of the upper portion of the spearhead. In section the spearhead is has a sub-circular, tapering cylinder with a broken upper and lower edges. The breaks are not recent. On the exterior there are the remains of ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-04-30T23:00:00Z | 2017-07-04T23:00:00Z | null | null | 15.72 | null | null | null | 55.11 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Staffordshire | East Staffordshire | Yoxall | SK1519 | From finder | 52.768391 | -1.779122 | WAW-4BA0C6 | null | WAW4BA0C6.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead (plan). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
866,409 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null |
An incomplete Bronze Age copper alloy Awl, the surface is pitted but in fair condition
| Bucks PAS Record Sheet No 117 | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-04-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Wicken,Northants | 4.2 | null | null | null | 48.89 | 1 | Ros Tyrrell | Michael Byard | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | South Northamptonshire | Wicken | SP7539 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.044332 | -0.907858 | BERK-53E901 | null | DSCN3783.JPG | null | The British Museum | Attribution License | ||
866,654 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null |
An incomplete Bronze Age copper alloy Awl
| Bucks PAS Record Sheet No 122 | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-04-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Wicken,Northants | 3.6 | null | null | 5.7 | 34.56 | 1 | Ros Tyrrell | Michael Byard | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | South Northamptonshire | Wicken | SP7538 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.035343 | -0.908077 | BERK-913687 | null | DSCN3792.JPG | null | The British Museum | Attribution License | ||
867,095 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 1,600 | 1,400 | A small cast socketed spearhead, dating probably from the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1600-1400 BC.
The object has a broken blade with an indented quadrilateral cross-section. There is a prominent longitudinal mid-rib on both sides and abraded cutting edges. The roughly circular socket of 7.31 m diameter is not preserved.... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-05-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 17.39 | null | null | 11.49 | 46.9 | 1 | Roumpini-Ioanna Charami | Roumpini-Ioanna Charami | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | North Kesteven | Eagle and Swinethorpe | SK8767 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.19298 | -0.699278 | DENO-BA7BC1 | null | DENOBA7BC1.jpg | Bronze Age socketed spearhead | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
867,424 | Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,100 | 200 | An incomplete cast copper alloy annular ring of unknown function, of probable Late Bronze Age to early Roman date (c. 1100 BC - AD 200). It is sub-circular in cross - section, with both faces of the ring being slightly flattened. Both internal and external edges are convex. It is unclear whether or not the object origi... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 7 | null | null | 6 | null | 1 | Bob Garlant | Bob Garlant | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Bullington | TF0978 | Centred on parish | 53.287769 | -0.366364 | PUBLIC-E5879D | null | PUBLICE5879D.jpg | A Bronze Age annular ring | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
867,691 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Blunt point of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead in abraded condition, broken before socket. Extant length 20.5mm. Extant width 19.5mm. Weighs 7.95g. 1000-701 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-07-10T23:00:00Z | 2017-09-10T23:00:00Z | null | null | 7.95 | null | null | null | 20.5 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | null | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Runcton Holme | TF6209 | null | 52.654531 | 0.393539 | NMS-350F83 | null | 29718_350F83_LBA_SpearheadFragment_ILL.jpg | Blunt point of a Late Bronze Age spearhead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
867,707 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,450 | -1,300 | Middle Bronze age copper alloy unlooped Palstave, 116mm long, 26mm wide and 28mm thick (at the stop ridge) with a weight of 285grams. The palstave is in fair condition with some surface damage and corrosion and is complete. It is rectangular in cross section and form, flattening and flaring outwards to form a wide roun... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | 2017-09-12T23:00:00Z | null | null | 285 | null | null | 23 | 116 | 1 | Wendy Scott | Wendy Scott | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Harborough | Tilton | SK7406 | From a paper map | 52.646699 | -0.907696 | LEIC-35A67A | null | LEIC35A67A.jpg | Bronze age copper alloy Palstave | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
867,718 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,300 | -2,050 | Early Bronze age copper alloy flat axe blade, 57mm long, 61mm wide (at blade) and 9 mm thick with a weight of 123grams. The object is rectangular in cross section and sub rectangular in form. It is in fair condition, having lost some surface and it is incomplete having snapped about half way down its orginal length? He... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | 2017-09-12T23:00:00Z | null | null | 123 | null | null | 9 | 57 | 1 | Wendy Scott | Joyce Lee | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | East Lindsey | Alford | TF4476 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.261461 | 0.157404 | LEIC-361862 | null | LEIC361862.jpg | Bronze age copper alloy flat axe | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
867,723 | Bead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,100 | -800 | Bronze age copper alloy bead, 12mm in diameter, 5mm thick and with a weight of 1.73grams.
The bead is circular in form and bi-conical in cross section. It has a central circular hole 3mm in diameter. The bead has a slightly irregular form, having an indented edge and narrowing in width to 3mm at one side. This may s... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | 2017-09-12T23:00:00Z | null | null | 1.73 | null | 12 | 5 | null | 1 | Wendy Scott | Joyce Lee | Eastern | Cambridgeshire | South Cambridgeshire | Knapwell | TL3260 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.222398 | -0.069013 | LEIC-3641F5 | null | LEIC3641F5.jpg | Bronze age copper alloy bead | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
867,821 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,700 | -1,500 | An incomplete copper alloy flat axehead, of the Arreton developed flat axehead type, of Early to Middle Bronze Age dating (c. 1700 to c. 1500 BC).
The axehead is sub rectangular with a crescentic blade. The blade edge has been lost, along with part of the butt. The body of the axe gradually tapers down to a probable... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 182.1 | null | null | 12.4 | 86.7 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Worcestershire | Bromsgrove | Clent | SO9179 | From finder | 52.408928 | -2.13373 | WMID-3941D2 | null | WMID3941D2.jpg | Early to Middle Bronze Age: Slightly developed Arreton type flat axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
867,868 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -700 | A fragment of a Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe head, dating to the period c. 1400 - 800BC. The blade of the axe is crescentic and the socket extends nearly to the tip. | Bucks PAS Record Sheet no 156 | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-04-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | Weekend Wanderers - Wicken,Northants | 77.6 | 13.83 | null | 4.73 | 34.43 | 1 | Ros Tyrrell | Michael Byard | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | South Northamptonshire | Wicken | SP7637 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.026218 | -0.893724 | BERK-3AA217 | null | DSCN3864.JPG | null | The British Museum | Attribution License | ||
867,881 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -750 | An incomplete Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, probably dating to c. 1150-750 BC. The fragment is extremely abraded, leaving no surface detail and at one point wearing completely through the wall, leaving an irregular perforation. The socket mouth and cutting edge have both been lost to wear, leaving the axe with a na... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2017-09-18T23:00:00Z | null | null | 75.61 | null | null | 24 | 72 | 1 | Wil Partridge | Wil Partridge | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Whitchurch Canonicorum | SY3697 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.769039 | -2.908925 | DEV-3B1474 | null | DEV3B1474.JPG | Bronze Age coper alloy socketed axehead | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
867,968 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -700 | A cast, copper alloy knife blade, possibly of the Bronze Age c.1500-700 BC
A single-edged knife, in abraded condition, made from copper alloy. In plan, the cutting edge and back of the knife are broadly horizontal but rise and join at the tip. At the opposite end, the blade narrows and has been attached by a rivet t... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-05-13T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 71 | null | null | 3.31 | 109.33 | 1 | Ann Lipscombe | Ann Lipscombe | North East | Hartlepool | Hartlepool | Rural West | NZ4833 | From finder | 54.689764 | -1.2569 | DUR-4C0E6E | null | DUR4C0E6E.jpg | DUR-4C0E6E | Durham County Council | Attribution License | ||
868,073 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | Fragment of a copper-alloy Bronze Age socketed axe head (c. 1100 - 800 BC). Only the cutting edge remains; the fragment is hollow and has a triangular section. The top corner of the cutting edge appears to be flared. Corrosion of the copper-alloy has resulted in a patchy pale green patina and the edges of the axe head ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 23.71 | null | null | 12.23 | 40.7 | 1 | Miss. Lydia Prosser | Miss. Lydia Prosser | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Ryedale | Cawton | SE6477 | Generated from computer mapping software | 54.184792 | -1.020802 | YORYM-4EE242 | null | BL1372.jpg | Bronze Age : axe head | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
868,409 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | An almost complete copper alloy (bronze) unlooped Palstave axehead (Group II) dating to Middle Bronze Age dating (1500-1150 BC).
The palstave has an oval shaped profile with the widest section being before the stop ridge closer to the butt end. At this widest section the palstave measures 27.06 mm in width.
The p... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 292.3 | null | null | 27.06 | 150.8 | 1 | Victoria Allnatt | Victoria Allnatt | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Rugby | Brinklow | SP4178 | From finder | 52.398487 | -1.398848 | WMID-763837 | null | WMID763837.jpg | Bronze Age Palstave axehead (front, profile, reverse, profile, butt end and blade) | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
868,477 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Cast-copper alloy item of unknown function. On first inspection the artefact appears to be a blade tip, as it is sub-rectangular in shape and tapers in thickness to a point.
However, when looking at the item in section, there appear to be sub-spherical cavities inside the item which suggest it was mounted or attache... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-03-11T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 10.2 | null | null | 4.6 | 24.9 | 1 | Sophie Flynn | Sophie Flynn | Eastern | Essex | Uttlesford | Elmdon | TL4637 | From finder | 52.01223 | 0.125937 | ESS-79D304 | null | ESS79D304.jpg | Unidentified copper-alloy object | Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service | Attribution License | ||
868,515 | Torc | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,150 | Incomplete copper alloy spiral-twisted torc dating to the Taunton and Penard 'Ornament Horizon' metalwork phases of the Middle Bronze Age, circa 1400-1150 BC. The present 73mm diameter annular shape is formed from circular-section bronze rod which has been twisted into a spiral. The ends slightly overlap and both have ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-07-26T23:00:00Z | 2017-07-26T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | 73 | 8 | null | 1 | Garry Crace | Garry Crace | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Old Buckenham | TM0791 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.477653 | 1.046667 | NMS-91FB76 | null | IMG_0945.JPG | Bronze Age torc | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
868,952 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | A fragment from a Bronze Age socketed axe. The fragment consists of the side loop and one edge of the socket rim only. The loop is infilled with dark reddish material, probably iron corrosion. There is no visible moulding. The fragment has a smooth dark brown patina.
Dimensions: 28mm in length, 15mm in length (of lo... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2015-07-31T23:00:00Z | 2015-08-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | 10.4 | null | null | 4 | 28 | 1 | Vanessa Oakden | Vanessa Oakden | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | East Northamptonshire | Barnwell | TL0483 | From a paper map | 52.435091 | -0.471631 | LVPL-CAC649 | null | LVPLCAC649.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe | National Museums Liverpool | Attribution License | ||
869,359 | Dirk | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,100 | A fragment of the tip of a blade from a Middle Bronze Age (1400-1100 BC) dirk or rapier. The edges of the blade gradually taper to a point which has been rounded, possibly from use. The cross section is lozengiform with broad and rounded midrib suggesting that it may correspond to Burgess and Gerloff's (1981) Group IV. | These types of blades date to the Middle Bronze Age (1400-1100 BC); fragments also sometimes turn up in Late Bronze Age hoards, suggesting their continued use. | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 2.5 | null | null | 2.11 | 28.2 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Hurstbourne Priors | SU4645 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.202368 | -1.342975 | SUR-F5909E | null | SURF5909E.jpg | Knife tip | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
869,825 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -600 |
A possible blade from a very worn Bronze Age socketed axe which is wedge-shaped in section and has a rounded 'blade'. There is no trace of the socket and the patina and condition are correct for a Bronze Age date.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 50.48 | null | null | 11.48 | 34.95 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Surrey | Mole Valley | Betchworth | TQ2249 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.227161 | -0.254185 | SUR-38A16B | null | DSCF0129.jpg | Bronze Age: Axe | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
869,970 | Metal Working Debris | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | POST MEDIEVAL | -1,000 | 1,500 | A copper-alloy casting well and jet dating to a period between 1000 BC to +AD 1500. The jet has a narrow oval section. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 18.15 | null | null | 20.86 | 21.88 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Hardwick | SP8018 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.854867 | -0.839851 | SUR-4912F2 | null | DSCF0371.jpg | Bronze Age: Metal working debris | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
870,012 | Bracelet | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | MEDIEVAL | null | 1,485 | A Middle Bronze Age to Medieval copper-alloy U-shaped, circular-section bar both ends of which are broken. The object is possibly a Bronze Age bracelet fragment, c65mm in length. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 27.66 | null | 9.67 | null | null | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Hampshire | Hart | Mattingley | SU7258 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.316563 | -0.968272 | SUR-49EFC4 | null | SUR49EFC4.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
870,383 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Early Bronze Age bronze Developed flat axe, of Class 4 (following Needham 1983) or probably of Type Scrabo Hill (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, p 63-5) and of Metalwork Assemblage IV to V, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 3; dated to 2,050BC - 1,700BC.
The axe is near-complete but is heavily corroded with some per... | Metallurgical analysis was attempted, where the axe was examined whole within the specimen chamber. Where possible, areas of metal exposed from under the surface corrosion were analysed and apart from very superficial surface swabbing of the artefacts there was no sample preparation. The results are semi-quantitative a... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 295.4 | null | null | 12 | 132.4 | 1 | Matthew Knight | Matthew Knight | Wales | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Hirwaun | SN9610 | From finder | 51.77897 | -3.508904 | NMGW-61E56A | null | Hirwaunaxe2010264.jpg | Bronze Age flat axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
870,386 | Dagger | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,400 | Early Bronze Age bronze ogival dagger of Camerton-Snowshill Type (following Gerloff 1975), or Series 5D (following Needham 2015) and of Needham's (1996) Period 4-5, probably dating from c.1600 to 1400BC.
The dagger is incomplete, missing the tip and with peripheral damage (with a surviving length of 67.8mm and a we... | Metallurgical analysis was conducted using X-ray fluorescence, demonstrating that the metal is an arsenical tin-bronze and is consistent with Early and Middle Bronze Age alloys.
The incomplete and corroded nature of the dagger makes precise typological identification difficult. The straight heel edge may be comparat... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 32.2 | null | null | 6.5 | 67.8 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Matthew Knight | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Llanfair | ST0172 | From finder | 51.438316 | -3.42571 | NMGW-6216A4 | null | 2011.jpg | Bronze Age dagger | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
870,391 | Dagger | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,400 | Early Bronze Age bronze Wessex dagger of Camerton-Snowshill Series (following Gerloff 1975) or Series 5D (following Needham 2015), and of Needham's (1996) Period 4-5, probably dating from c. 1600 to 1400BC
The dagger is incomplete, missing the hilt and is slightly distorted (with a surviving length of 112.1mm and a... | The fragmentary condition of the dagger butt makes precise typological identification difficult. The central rivet hole or notch arrangement, characteristic of the Camerton Type, as defined by Gerloff (1975, pp 104) . Camerton-Snowshill daggers are generally deposited within burials with a largely Wiltshire and Dorset ... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 31.5 | null | null | 6.2 | 112.1 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Matthew Knight | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Penllyn | SS9877 | From finder | 51.482725 | -3.4703 | NMGW-623A54 | null | daggercopycopy.jpg | Bronze Age dagger | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
870,398 | Bracelet | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | An incomplete copper alloy bracelet/arm ring possibly dating to the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1500 - 1150 BC). Only half of the bracelet survives with both ends terminating in an old break. It is plain and circular in cross-section. The bracelet narrows to a slightly thinner end. One end is 10.9mm in diameter and the other... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 78 | null | null | 11.1 | 77.4 | 1 | Helena Costas | Helena Costas | South East | East Sussex | Lewes | Ringmer | TQ3443 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.170551 | -0.084666 | BUC-62754C | null | BUC62754C.jpg | Mid Bronze Age Bracelet | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
871,020 | Sickle | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 |
A Late Bronze Age copper-alloy blade fragment. The narrow end of the blade shows a number of transverse grooves next to the break, possibly evidence for scrapping.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 11.53 | null | null | 2.64 | 49.84 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Hurstbourne Priors | SU4147 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.220731 | -1.414308 | SUR-C84C5C | null | SURC84C5C.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
871,038 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -600 |
A corroded fragment of a copper-alloy blade, possibly from a razor or knife of middle to late Bronze Age date. The blade has parallel sides and a lenticular cross section with rounded midrib. There is a break through a single circular rivet hole in the centre of one end.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 11 | null | null | 3.9 | 38.73 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Woodcote | SU6382 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.5334 | -1.093133 | SUR-C91FA7 | null | SURC91FA7a.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
871,068 | Bracelet | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -600 |
A possibly Bronze Age penannular object with one probable original terminal.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 61 | null | 62.3 | null | null | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Bishops Sutton | SU6031 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.075198 | -1.144939 | SUR-CA7A05 | null | SURCA7A05.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
871,079 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -900 | -700 | A copper alloy tanged chisel, dating to the Late Bronze Age (c.900-700 BC). The blade is flared with a worn cutting edge. There is a collar comprising two projections and a rounded groove on one side of the tang. | Tanged and collared chisels typically date from the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age but most typically from the Ewart Park metalwork phase (c.900-700 BC). They have a broad distribution across northern France, Britain and Ireland. | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2015-08-28T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 16.42 | null | null | 4.37 | 55.93 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Shackleford | SU9543 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.178352 | -0.642314 | SUR-CDAF69 | null | SURCDAF69.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
871,496 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | -600 |
The extreme tip of the socket of a possibly Late Bronze Age copper-alloy spearhead with a sharply widening blade, flattened arms and sharp internal corners.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 14.77 | null | null | 6.3 | 38.1 | 1 | Margaret Broomfield | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Kent | Tonbridge and Malling | East Peckham and Golden Green | TQ6348 | From a paper map | 51.207951 | 0.332077 | SUR-F4D595 | null | DSCF0073.jpg | Bronze Age: Spear | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
871,501 | Penannular Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Bronze Age gold penannular ring formed from four D-sectioned strips of gold probably soldered together with straight, blunt terminals. Each of the D-sectioned strips has slightly raised edges internally.
Approx. measurementsw are: Width of band 11.36-13.16 mm. Height 6.54mm. Thickness 1.15mm. Weight 2.14g.
Compos... | null | 4 | Gold | null | Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure | Metal detector | 2017-10-21T23:00:00Z | null | 2017T997 | null | 2.14 | 6.54 | 13 | 1.15 | null | 1 | Darren White | Darren White | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Melton | Twyford and Thorpe | SK7111 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.69204 | -0.950953 | PUBLIC-F4E0E7 | null | 6.JPG | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
871,932 | Penannular Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A complete, copper cored, gold, Bronze Age, penannular ring, 1800-1000BC. The ring is is penannular with a small gap between the terminals, which are flat. The ring is circular in cross section. There is substantial copper alloy corrosion on the interior surface of the ring, suggesting that the ring has a copper alloy ... | null | 3 | Gold | Copper alloy | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | 2017T984 | null | 3.96 | null | 14.67 | 3.89 | null | 1 | Edwin Wood | Edwin Wood | South East | West Sussex | Chichester | Stoughton | SU7911 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.89309 | -0.878124 | SUSS-1CBAB0 | null | RingSUSS1CBAB0.jpg | A complete, copper cored, gold, Bronze Age, penannular ring, 1800-1000BC | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
871,980 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Socketed tools
1.Socketed axe fragment. Copper alloy, blade end fragment. Socket filled with soil, undecorated. Dark green patina, one corrosion welt on cutting edge. Faint horizontal and vertical striations on body. Indented near socket end (likely heated and broken up).
Length: 54mm. Breadth: 37mm. Socket le... | Conclusion: As a find of more than two pieces of copper alloy, this case qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act (1996) (Designation Order 2002). | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | null | null | 2017T990 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 27 | Neil Wilkin | Sophie Flynn | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ESS-1E4FB6 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
872,387 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | Middle or Late Bronze Age date (1500 - 800BC) socketed spearhead. The copper alloy spearhead consists of the central portion of the socketed spearhead. In section the spearhead is has a sub-circular, tapering cylinder with a broken upper and lower edges. The upper edge break has the patina covering the break. The break... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2017-03-08T00:00:00Z | null | null | 18.17 | null | null | null | 60.64 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Worcestershire | Malvern Hills | Upton-upon-Severn | SO8140 | From a paper map | 52.058051 | -2.278527 | WAW-74988D | null | WAW74988D.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead (plan and profile). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
873,066 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,500 | A complete though very worn 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.
... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 63 | null | null | 8.2 | 66.3 | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Catton | SE7053 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.968346 | -0.934416 | YORYM-C4F291 | null | KB0052.jpg | Bronze Age : Axehead | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
873,117 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,800 | -1,150 | A conical copper alloy casting sprue of possible late Bronze Age date. It is 26mm long, 18mm wide, 11mm thick and weighs 11.53g. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 11.53 | null | null | 11 | 26 | 1 | Christine Porter | Christine Porter | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Stainfield | TF1173 | From finder | 53.242429 | -0.338118 | PUBLIC-C7DA23 | null | PUBLICC7DA23.jpg | Probable Bronze Age copper alloy casting waste | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
873,275 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Cast bronze socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date (1000 - 800 BC). The axe is sub-rectangular in plan with a flared convex cutting edge and the socket is sub-rectangular in cross section. The axe measures 99.6mm length, 45.8mm in width at the blade, 35.8mm at the socket, it is 33.7mm thick and weighs 174.25 grams. The d... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to a museum | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 174.25 | null | null | 33.7 | 99.6 | 1 | Laura Burnett | Laura Burnett | South West | Somerset | Taunton Deane | Cheddon Fitzpaine | ST2327 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.037179 | -3.099577 | SOM-079C7A | null | SOM079C7A.JPG | Bronze Age socketed axehead | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
873,955 | Razor | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Incomplete Late Bronze Age razor, Piggott's (1946) Type I, although no close parallel . Flattened lozengiform section, a broken loop in the same plane as the blade springs from the broad rounded end, the body then tapers to a point and has a longitudinal median arris on both faces. There is a slightly obique transverse... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-10-06T23:00:00Z | 2017-10-08T23:00:00Z | null | null | 19.33 | null | null | 5 | 65 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | null | Norfolk | Breckland | Holme Hale | TF9007 | null | 52.627496 | 0.805835 | NMS-44D5CC | null | 62251_44D5CC_BA_Razor.jpg | Incomplete Late Bronze Age razor | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
874,164 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | An incomplete cast copper alloy axehead Bronze Age 2500-700BC. The object has a green patina with red iron corrosion. The cutting edge measures 22.74mm. There are grooves worn into the cutting edge. The axehead appears to have been socketed but the upper section, which would have met the handle, is missing. It weighs 4... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 40.13 | null | null | 14.64 | 36.49 | 1 | Helen Wickenden | Helen Wickenden | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Slapton | SP9319 | null | 51.861843 | -0.650882 | BUC-5A1F1D | null | AxeHead1.jpg | Bronze Age Axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
874,196 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,100 | A copper alloy rapier dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age (c. 1400 - 1100 BC). The rapier is of the notched-butt type having a butt that is trapezoid in form with shoulders that curve inwards to the narrow blade. Two rivet holes through the butt show how the blade was secured into a wooden or bone handle; one of ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-04-22T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 33.5 | null | null | 4 | 144.9 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor | SU3995 | From a paper map | 51.652445 | -1.437673 | BERK-5B33A7 | null | 2017299.jpg | Bronze Age rapier: Rapier | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
875,073 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,400 | Cast copper alloy socketed side-looped spearhead with a plain short kite-shaped blade with a lozenge cross section and slightly channelled blade faces (Matt Knight pers comm). The blade is 33 mm long and expands to a width of 20.5 mm, with a bevelled edge that is 3 mm wide at the widest point of the blade. Below the bl... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | In a private collection, recorded for academic use | Metal detector | 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2014-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 35.55 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 62 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | Eastern | Cambridgeshire | Huntingdonshire | Wistow | TL2781 | From finder | 52.412267 | -0.134247 | CORN-D72EF2 | null | DSCN5927.JPG | kite-shaped spearhead (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
875,076 | Razor | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -900 | -700 | Cast copper alloy tanged bifid razor with six vertical grooves on one face and five grooves on the other which are unevenly spaced and extend below a circular perforation to the tang. The circular perforation is 3 mm in diameter and 4 mm in from the V-shaped notch above which is 19 mm long and 9 mm wide at the opening.... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | In a private collection, recorded for academic use | Metal detector | 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z | 1992-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 28.9 | null | null | 3 | 89 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | Eastern | Cambridgeshire | East Cambridgeshire | Ely | TL5578 | From finder | 52.378109 | 0.275706 | CORN-D746F1 | null | DSCN5921.JPG | Feltwell bifid razor (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License |
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