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83,905
Spear
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,000
null
The extreme tip of a spear (or just possibly a sword).
null
4
null
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
1.7
null
null
null
15
1
David W Williams
David W Williams
South East
Surrey
Guildford
Ockham
TQ0857
From a paper map
51.301888
-0.452187
SUR-ABFEE6
null
04.435.jpg
Spear tip
The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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84,546
Spear
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,500
-1,000
Bronze Age spearhead, tip missing and blade edges damaged, possibly missing end of socket, little of original surface remaining. There is a small loop on either side of the socket, c.halfway between blade and the end of the socket - one of the loops is slightly damaged. The pointed midrib produces a lozenge shaped section to the blade and socket. Length 71.72mm, width (across blade)22.68mm, width (across loops) 15.76mm, width (across socket end ) c.11.5mm, thickness (across broken end) 8.68mm, thickness (across socket end) 13.62mm, internal diameter of mouth of socket c.8.8mm, internal length of unbroken loop 2.9mm, internal width of unbroken loop 2.06mm, weight 24.39g.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
24.39
null
null
13.62
71.72
1
Rachel Atherton
Rachel Atherton
East Midlands
Nottinghamshire
Newark and Sherwood
Kirklington
null
null
null
null
DENO-2A0E22
null
E4344 spear all.jpg
Middle Bronze Age spear head.
Derby Museums Trust
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https://finds.org.uk/ima…bnails/47549.jpg
84,558
Spear
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,150
-800
The object appears to be the tip of a Bronze Age spear head. It has been made from cast copper alloy. In plan it is an elongated triangular shape, with a blunt tip. In profile it has a lozenge shaped section with two of the opposite corners being rounded. The break is not recent. Where the spear head is broken there is a slight concave area, which is where the socket of the spear presumably terminated. The object has a well developed mid green patina. It weighs 7.19g, and measures 29.6mm long, 14.6mm wide and 7mm thick.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-11-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
7.19
null
null
null
29.6
1
Angie Bolton
Angie Bolton
West Midlands
Worcestershire
Malvern Hills
Longdon
SO8240
From a paper map
52.058085
-2.263943
WAW-2B0260
null
WAW-2B0260.jpg
WAW-2B0260 Two views of a Bronze Age spear tip.
Birmingham Museums Trust
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84,593
Palstave
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,400
-1,300
Unlooped Bronze Age palstave. Prominent stop ridge, blade gradually increases in width before flaring to a curved cutting edge.
Recorded from photograph only. Not seen by NH.
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-12-12T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
120
null
null
null
105
1
Nick Herepath
Nick Herepath
North West
Cumbria
South Lakeland
Milnthorpe
SD4981
Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
54.222169
-2.783692
LVPL-3B57D2
null
3B57D2.jpg
Bronze Age palstave
National Museum Liverpool
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84,751
Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,500
-1,150
Fragment of Bronze Age palstave axehead. Only a small part of the butt end of the axehead survives and is quite corroded. The side flanges are intact on the edges of the butt but none of the blade survives. The piece weighs 42.97g and measures 51mm in length, 22mm in width (across the side flange) and 16mm in thickness.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-11-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
42.97
null
null
16
51
1
Anna Marshall
Anna Marshall
Yorkshire and the Humber
Wakefield
Wakefield
Thorpe Audlin
SE4716
Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
53.638415
-1.290621
SWYOR-51FE73
null
butler axe2.jpg
Fragment of Palstave Axehead
The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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84,874
Ingot
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,500
-800
Small piece of copper alloy, possibly part of a bun-shaped ingot. If so, it is Bronze Age in date. It was found in a field containing another fragment of possible ingot, a fragment of Bronze Age knife blade, as well as a large number of medieval and post medieval pot legs and slag.
See also DEV-677584 and DEV-66E583
4
Copper alloy
null
null
Metal detector
2004-03-31T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
108
null
null
null
null
1
Parsons Julien
Nicola Powell
South West
Devon
South Hams
Marldon
SX8564
From finder
50.464518
-3.621657
DEV-663AF1
null
DSCN0417.JPG
Slag from copper alloy metalworking
Exeter City Council
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https://finds.org.uk/ima…bnails/47859.jpg
84,881
Blade
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
null
null
Possible Bronze age copper alloy blade, 42mm long, 13.5mm wide, 3mm thick and with a weight of 7.14 grams. The blade has a green/brown patina with shiny patches. The blade has damaged edges and is 3mm thick in the centre tapering gently to 1mm. The width tapers very slightly from 13.5mm to 11.5mm and may represent part of a rapier blade.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-11-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
7.14
null
null
3
42
1
Wendy Scott
Wendy Scott
East Midlands
Rutland
Rutland
Brooke
SK8405
Centred on field
52.636257
-0.760183
LEIC-665EA1
null
665EA1.JPG
665EA1 Bronze age blade
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84,892
Knife
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,500
-1,000
Fragment of knife blade. It is 24mm in length, has a lozenge-shaped section and has an almost identical width at each broken end of 14.5mm. It is probably Middle to Late Bronze Age in date.
There are several such Bronze Age finds in Devon, notably the Talaton Hoard (c.1050BC to 850BC), which is on display at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter with part of the hoard also at the British Museum.
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-03-31T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
7.62
null
null
3
24
1
Stuart Needham
Nicola Powell
South West
Devon
South Hams
Marldon
SX8564
From finder
50.464518
-3.621657
DEV-66E583
null
DSCN0424.JPG
Fragment of blade, probably Bronze Age
Exeter City Council
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https://finds.org.uk/ima…bnails/47867.jpg
84,897
Ingot
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,500
-801
A fragment of a copper-alloy object, possibly representing part of a Bronze Age plano-convex ingot. The piece would appear to be from the edge of the ingot, as part of the curved side remains. The piece is roughly cast, with several air pockets visible.
See also possible fragment of bun-shaped ingot DEV-663AF1 and knife fragment DEV-66E583.
4
Copper alloy
null
null
Metal detector
2004-03-31T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
902
null
null
null
null
1
Nicola Powell
Nicola Powell
South West
Devon
South Hams
Marldon
SX8564
From finder
50.464518
-3.621657
DEV-677584
null
DSCN0428.JPG
Bronze Age ingot fragment (possibly)
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84,977
Chisel
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
2,000
800
Copper-alloy chisel blade. The blade is 50.9 mm long. It is flanged at the impact end to a width of 21 mm. The other end is pointed and measures 2.4 mm wide, expanding to a width of 15 mm before the dramatic flange. The chisel is likely to date from the Bronze Age, and ranges in date from between circa 2000 BC to 800 BC.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
10.3
null
null
3
50.9
1
Tom Brindle
Tom Brindle
East Midlands
Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire
Gayton
SP7053
From a paper map
52.170832
-0.977876
NARC-6C2052
null
BA chisel.jpg
Bronze Chisel head
Northamptonshire County Council
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85,059
Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,500
-800
Blade-end fragment from a Bronze Age axehead of uncertain type and date. The axe is represented by the end of the blade only and no evidence survives on the broken section for the bottom of a socket. The blade edge and the blade tips have also been lost. The sides of the axe are diverging, possibly resulting in a recurved blade edge. The faces are slightly convex, resulting in an oval section. The axe would have been comparatively slender, probably suggesting the fragment was from a palstave or socketed axe.
null
3
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
28.8
null
null
10.1
19.4
1
Mark Lodwick
Katrina Deering
Wales
Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire
Nevern
null
null
null
null
NMGW-7E53B5
null
DSCN2367.JPG
Axehead
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85,353
Blade
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
ROMAN
-950
-750
Two co-joining blade fragments from a sword of Bronze Age date. None of the diagnostic features are present on the blade fragments, but the sword is likely to be a Ewart Park type sword of the Ewart Park metalworking tradition, c. 950 - 750BC. The sword blade is leaf-shaped and is widest at the centre of the fragment. The combined fragments (c. 300mm) probably represent a little over three quarters of the original blade length and approximately half the original length of the sword. The blade has a low lozenge shaped section, with a rounded mid-section and slightly concave outer section. The blade edges have been lost, but the start of the bevel is discernible in areas. The blade appears to have been bent prior to breaking, as evidenced by visible metal stress on the inside of the bend either side of the fracture. The sword bent by an angle of approximately 25 degrees before breaking. The bending has also resulted in both fragments being curved along their length. The sword was probably bent and broken prior to its deposition. One of the ends (probably the tip end) has deep parallel striations running along the blade on the mid section, which are also likely to have occurred in antiquity. The blade has a dark green patina, with small areas of surface loss. The fragments' length is 170mm hilt end and 132.5mm tip end. Its surviving width closest to the hilt is 26mm and its surviving width closest to tip is 23mm. The fragments' maximum width is 33.5mm. The thickness at the hilt end is 8.5mm and the thickness at the tip end (i.e. the minimum thickness) is 6.8mm. The overall maximum thickness is 8.8mm and the thickness at the break is 8.1mm. The blade fragments weigh 205 grams and 148.2 grams, hilt end and tip end respectively.
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3
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
353.2
null
null
8.8
302.5
1
Mark Lodwick
Ruth Battye
Wales
the Vale of Glamorgan
the Vale of Glamorgan
Penllyn
SS9979
null
51.500882
-3.456477
NMGW-E2D6C3
null
DSCN2339.JPG
Probable Ewart Park type Bronze Age sword blade fragments in horizontal front view
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85,370
Spear
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,000
-800
Large complete pegged spearhead of Late Bronze age date of Blackmoor or Ewart Park metalwork tradition, corresponding with the end of Needham's (1996) Period 6 to Period 7 and dated to c. 1000 - 750BC. The socket is gently convex below the blade, giving it the impression of bowing-out. The base of the socket is circular to the position of the circular peg holes (6mm diameter), positioned 40mm from the end. Above the peg holes, side and face ridges develop, giving the socket a sub-square profile. The side ridges run into the beginning of the blade and the face ridges develop into a pointed midrib, which continues to the tip. The blade is flame-shaped and comparatively slender. The blade is solid and the faces are very gently concave. The blade edge is stepped and survives along most of the length. The spearhead is in very good condition with crisp features. The casting seams have been removed and are not visible. The spearhead measures 287mm in length. The maximum external diameter of the socket base is 29.1-30.0mm. The maximum blade width is 52.0mm. The spearhead weighs 337.2 grams.
This spearhead can be classed as Davis' (2015) Type 11A Generic, Flame-shaped. Group 11 spearheads have a broad chronology, beginning in the Penard metalworking phase of the later Middle Bronze Age (1275-1120 BC), but continuing to the end of the Late Bronze Age. Their main currency was in the Blackmoor-Ewart Park phases though (c.1000-800 BC) (Needham et al. 1997).
3
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
337.2
null
30
null
287
1
Mark Lodwick
Ruth Battye
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NMGW-E37433
null
Dscn2347.jpg
Late Bronze age pegged spearhead of Blackmoor or Ewart park type in vertical side view
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85,512
Chisel
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
2,000
800
This fragment of an artefact appears to be the tip of a chisel, gouge or similar tool. It is copper-alloy and measures 21 mm wide at what remains of the blade tip, and 9 mm in length. It is difficult to gauge the original length of the blade tip as it is broken at one side, and it is also broken along its length. The fragment is 4 mm thick at its thickest, tapering to 0.5 mm at the tip. It is possible that this object represents the remains of a Bronze Age tool, but not enough of it remains to date it with any certainty based on a stylistic argument.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-09-30T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
2.3
null
null
4
9
1
Tom Brindle
Tom Brindle
East Midlands
Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire
Harpole
SP6859
From a paper map
52.225016
-1.005913
NARC-F93553
null
NARC-F93553chiseltipobv.jpg
Possible Bronze Age tool tip
Northamptonshire County Council
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86,258
Adze
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,500
-800
Cast copper alloy adze, of middle to late Bronze Age date.
Not seen by FLO, identified from image only.
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2003-01-20T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
null
null
null
20
65
1
Andrew Richardson
Andrew Richardson
South East
Kent
Sevenoaks
Knockholt
null
null
null
null
KENT-A74F63
null
Knockholt Adze1.JPG
KENT-A74F63. Copper alloy adze.
Finder
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86,366
Dagger
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,150
-1,500
Copper alloy flat dagger blade. The blade, which has an even green patina, is slightly damaged around most of its edge, and of two original rivet holes for the attachment of the handle, only one is partially present. There are a series of incised overlapping circles on either side mid-way between the rivet holes. This dagger dates to the Early Bronze Age.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-11-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
20.12
null
null
2
76.03
1
Andrew Richardson
Andrew Richardson
South East
Kent
Sevenoaks
Swanley
TQ5269
From a paper map
51.399673
0.18367
KENT-E34693
null
KENT-E34693recon.jpg
KENT-E34693. Reconstruction of Early Bronze Age dagger. Drawn by D. Andrews.
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86,585
Chisel
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,100
-700
Bronze Age tanged and collared chisel fragment, likely to be of Late Bronze Age date. The chisel is represented by the blade, collar, and the beginning of the tang and has a surviving length of 44.7mm. The tang has broken just above the collar, which survives as a low transverse ridge on each face and is more projecting on the sides. The collar has a surviving width of 8.7mm, but is very worn. The thickness at this point is 6.2mm. The blade is crinoline in plan with a gently curved cutting edge of 16.6mm width. Much of the original surface has been lost and the chisel is eroded.
Tanged and collared chisels typically date from the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age (Llyn Fawr period). An example dating to the Wilburton/Wallington phase is known from Doncaster, Yorkshire (Burgess 1968, 19, fig 7,2; Burgess, Coombs and Davies, 1972, 217), though the main currency is during the Ewart Park phase (c.900-700 BC) into the subsequent Llyn Fawr period (c.700-600 BC). The crinoline shape of the blade is quite unusual and reminiscent of some Middle Bronze Age palstave forms, though is less well-known from later contexts. Additionally, later collars are typically more prominent. This may suggest this is an earlier form of tanged and collared chisel. Tanged and collared chisels have a broad distribution across northern France, Britain and Ireland (see Coffyn et al. 1981, 202-203, Carte 7), though there are relatively few examples from western England and Wales. A very similar example with a thick collar and triangular blade can be seen in the large Ewart Park phase Nottingham Hill hoard, Gloucestershire (Gingell 1974, 308, fig 4,22), as well as a single find from Leigh Woods, Bristol (MacGregor 1987, 109, 11.65). Another example was found at Brogyntyn, Shropshire (Savory 1980, No 288.3) associated with a socketed gouge and a fragmentary Hallstatt 'C' sword.
3
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
null
null
null
null
10.5
null
null
null
44.7
1
Mark Lodwick
Katrina Deering
Wales
Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire
null
null
null
null
null
NMGW-23BFF1
null
DSCN2534.JPG
View of chisel
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86,677
Spearhead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,500
-1,100
An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed spearhead tip with evidence of a long slender leaf shaped blade (length: 46.8mm; width: 15.2mm; thickness: 7.6mm; weight: 10.53g), dating to the Bronze Age between 2200-c.900 BC. There is a highly pronounced rib running up the centre of the fragment on either side illustration the continuation of the socket, forming a central square-sectioned profile with the wings to either side as well. The overall condition of the artefact is worn, corroded, and in a poor condition. Very little of the original patina remains, which is dark green in colour. The end of the tip is very narrow and pointed. The irregular break at is an old one. Two similar examples displaying the slender blade are illustrated in Watson's 'Catalogue of british and European Prehistoric Metalwork in Birmingham City Museums', 1993, BAR British Series 233, page 21, ref nos 245-6, found in Spain (no exact provenance) and page 25, ref no 324, found in Neuchatel, Switzerland.
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4
Copper alloy
null
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Metal detector
2004-11-03T00:00:00Z
2004-11-03T00:00:00Z
null
null
10.53
null
null
7.6
46.8
1
Caroline Johnson
Caroline Johnson
West Midlands
Shropshire
Telford and Wrekin
null
null
null
null
null
WMID-37F438
null
WMID-37F438.jpg
An incomplete cast copper alloy spearhead tip, dating to the Bronze Age.
Birmingham Museums Trust
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86,860
Casting Waste
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
MEDIEVAL
-2,000
1,499
Copper alloy casting waste. The objects shape is very irregular and the surface has a melted appearence.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
8
20
1
Adam Daubney
Adam Daubney
East Midlands
Lincolnshire
North Kesteven
Newton and Haceby
TF0637
From a paper map
52.919968
-0.424865
LIN-78C4F1
null
LIN2217.JPG
Bronze dross
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86,970
Flat Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,950
-1,750
Bronze developed flat axe (or flanged axe), probably of Type Glenalla (following Schmidt and Burgess 1981) or Class 4 (following Needham 1983; forthcoming) and dating to the Early Bronze Age, Period 3 (1950-1750 BC) (Needham 1996). The axehead is a small example with a length of 77.8mm, and is also comparatively slender with a width at the bevel of 19.9mm. The butt is rounded and the sides are near-parallel (with a width at the butt of 18.2mm) as far as the bevel. After the bevel, the sides curve very gently outwards as far as the blade, where the sides turn out sharply to the blade tips, producing an expanded cutting edge with a surviving width of 39.0mm. The edges of the faces are raised slightly (1mm), but have been eroded and the sides are convex across their thickness. The faces are flat either side of the bevel, which is positioned 34mm from the butt. The blade begins 17mm from the edge. The surface of the axe has been largely lost, in addition to the cutting edge and one of the blade tips.
Class 4 axes straddle the boundary between Periods 2 and 3, but this axe can be confidently assigned to Period 3, probably falling within the late Aylesford to Willerby metalworking phases (c.1950-1750 BC) (Needham et al. 1997). At the time of writing (Aug 17) 27 Class 4 axes dating to this period are currently known from across Wales, the vast majority being single finds. A Class 4E axe was found at Breach Farm, Vale of Glamorgan and is now in AC-NMW collections (Savory 1980, No 388.1); it has recently been radiocarbon dated, producing an early date of 1900 -1800 BC.
3
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
88.5
null
null
11.3
77.8
1
Mark Lodwick
Katrina Deering
South East
Hampshire
Basingstoke and Deane
Hannington
null
null
null
null
NMGW-8D6411
null
DSCN2489.JPG
Blade end
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87,088
Spear
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,500
-900
The tip of a spear, or possibly a rapier. The edges are very eroded and the object may originally have been about one third wider.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-11-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
5.73
null
null
null
33
1
David W Williams
David W Williams
South East
Surrey
Reigate and Banstead
null
TQ2449
From a paper map
51.226731
-0.225557
SUR-A27191
null
04.505.jpg
04/505 Spear tip
Surrey County Council
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87,200
Unidentified Object
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
POST MEDIEVAL
-2,000
1,699
Fragment of an unidentified object. The object is triangular in plan, solid cast, and roughly rectangular in cross-section. The object tapers to a worn but intact point. The objects surface is extremely abraded and has a very rough break. The object has an almost 'spear-tip' appearence, however the size, density and terminal of the object would seem to suggest another function.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
11
56
1
Adam Daubney
Adam Daubney
East Midlands
Lincolnshire
East Lindsey
Beesby with Saleby
TF4578
Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
53.279154
0.173296
LIN-B6F853
null
LIN2267B.JPG
Unidentified object
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87,231
Spearhead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,500
-1,100
An incomplete fragment of a cast copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed spearhead (length: 60.3mm; width: 25mm; thickness: 9mm; weight: 21.71g). The artefact seems to have broken off have way down the blade, and a side section illustrates the blade wings to be slightly unlevel either side and the hollow socket visible. The mid rib continues down to the tip of the blade. The spearhead is worn and in a poor condition with greater corrosion along the cutting edge, with some bronze disase in areas. A similar example is illustrated in Watson's 'Catalogue of British and European Prehistoric Metalwork in Birmingham City Museums', 1993, page 25, ref no 324, which is described as a 'pegged socketed spearhead with long slender leaf shaped blade; central rib down both faces formed by continuation of socket. Blow holes in rib and near top of socket'. The find was found at Lake Neuchatel.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-01-10T00:00:00Z
2005-01-10T00:00:00Z
null
null
21.71
null
null
9
60.3
1
Caroline Johnson
Caroline Johnson
West Midlands
Staffordshire
Staffordshire Moorlands
Ilam
SK1351
From finder
53.056098
-1.807495
WMID-B851A8
null
WMID-B851A8.jpg
An incomplete fragment of a cast copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed spearhead tip.
Birmingham Museums Trust
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87,508
Spear
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,500
-1,150
The object is an incomplete cast copper alloy side looped and socketed spearhead of probable Middle Bronze Age date (1500 - 1150 BC). The spearhead is an elongated sub-triangular shape in plan and the blade in section is a sub lozenge shape. The socket in section is a sub-circle. The upper most tip of the blade has broken off, and is missing. The break is not a recent break. In profile this portion of the blade is bent slightly due to damage. The edges of the blade are convex tapering towards the tip. The socket of the spear head tapers slightly towards the blade. The lower edge of the socket is torn and is not the original edge. On either side of the socket, integral to the surface there are incomplete side loops. The internal diameter of the socket is 13.5mm, but this is not the lower edge. The spearhead is a patchy mid-brown green coloured patina. In length it is 150.4mm long, 20.2mm wide across the loops and 16.5mm thick across the socket. It weighs 59.98g.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-09-12T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
58.98
null
null
16.5
150.4
1
Angie Bolton
Angie Bolton
West Midlands
Warwickshire
Stratford-on-Avon
Brailes
SP2940
GPS (from the finder)
52.057628
-1.578452
WAW-20C5F1
null
WAW-20C5F1.jpg
Single view of a Bronze Age spear head.
Candy Stevens
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87,517
Sword
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
null
null
A short length of a Bronze Age sword blade. Both sides have a prominent groove along the edges of the rounded central rib. Both blade edges are very eroded.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-11-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
23.53
null
null
null
34
1
David W Williams
David W Williams
South East
Surrey
Mole Valley
Betchworth
TQ2050
From a paper map
51.236573
-0.28248
SUR-218DD5
null
04.521.jpg
Sword fragment
Surrey County Council
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87,520
Metal Working Debris
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,000
-700
A shapeless lump of casting debris. The object has a dull copper colour with rough green surfaces.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-11-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
45.16
null
null
13
37
1
David W Williams
David W Williams
South East
Surrey
Mole Valley
Betchworth
TQ2050
From a paper map
51.236573
-0.28248
SUR-21D003
null
04.523.jpg
Casting debris
Surrey County Council
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87,525
Metal Working Debris
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,000
-700
A large fragment of a cast 'plano-convex' circular 'cake' or ingot of copper alloy.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
null
null
null
null
287
null
null
null
55
1
David W Williams
David W Williams
South East
Surrey
Reigate and Banstead
Reigate Central
TQ2449
From a paper map
51.226731
-0.225557
SUR-220FB1
null
04.526.jpg
Bronze 'ingot'
Surrey County Council
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87,597
Metal Working Debris
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,000
-700
A fragment of a plano-convex ingot or 'cake'.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-12-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
282
null
null
18
63
1
David W Williams
David W Williams
South East
Surrey
Reigate and Banstead
Reigate Central
TQ2448
From a paper map
51.217743
-0.225903
SUR-33D526
null
04.530.jpg
Bronze 'ingot'
Surrey County Council
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87,616
Metal Working Debris
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,000
-700
A casting 'jet'; this is debris from the casting of a metal object. The single feeder jet itself is circular in section and merges into a conical head which represents the well or reservoir at the upper part of the mould. There are carbon deposits on all surfaces.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-11-30T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
23.4
null
null
null
30
1
David W Williams
David W Williams
South East
East Sussex
Lewes
Lewes
TQ3909
GPS (from the finder)
50.863807
-0.02621
SUR-352C66
null
04.535.jpg
Casting debris
Surrey County Council
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88,358
Flanged Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,725
-1,500
Incomplete copper alloy low-flanged axe of Early Bronze Age date. The axe belongs to Type Arreton (following Schmidt and Burgess 1981) or Class 5 (following Needham 1983; forthcoming). It can be dated to the Arreton metalworking phase (1725-1500 cal. BC), falling within the later half of Period 4 (Needham 1996; Needham et al. 1997). The axe is incomplete, missing the butt and one of the blade tips. The axe has a surviving length of 73.5mm and would have had an approximate length of 110mm when complete. The sides are straight and near parallel, with a width at the septum of 28.2mm. The flanges and sides are gently rounded and convex, with a maximum height of 15.6mm. The sides have hammered decoration of diagonal markings. The sides curve out sharply just above the blade to produce a widely expanded crescentic cutting edge. The blade face is slightly convex, while the face is slightly dished. There is a straight median bevel and the axe has a thickness at the bevel of 12.2mm. Both faces have a number of small hammer marks of c. 2mm diameter. Sharpening striations running along the cutting edge are evident on both faces. The axe has a deep brown green patina which has flaked off in areas. The axe fragment weighs 165.9g.
Class 5/Arreton axes are widely spread across southern England and have a broad distribution in Wales, with 25 currently known from hoards, burials and as single finds. The Penllyn axe falls within Needham's Class 5E group, defined by a broad body and flanges over 1.5mm high. Another Class 5E axe is known from Llanarmon Dyfrryn Ceiriog, Wrexham, and currently held in the AC-NMW collections (Savory 1980, No.118), though this example lacks any decoration on the flanges. A Class 5A axe with similarly decorated flanges was found in the Menai Bridge hoard, Anglesey (Savory 1980, No.259).
3
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
165.9
null
null
15.6
73.5
1
Mark Lodwick
Ruth Battye
Wales
the Vale of Glamorgan
the Vale of Glamorgan
Penllyn
SS9877
null
51.482725
-3.4703
NMGW-EF3604
null
DSCN2904.JPG
Early Bronze Age incomplete Developed flat axe, probably Brandon type, metalwork stage V, Needham's Period 3, c. 2000-1700BC, topside view.
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88,721
Socketed Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,000
-800
Part of a Late Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed axe, with the remains of a ceramic core inside.
See DEV-D908B5
4
Copper alloy
Ceramic
Returned to finder
Metal detector
null
null
null
null
110
null
null
16.5
38
1
Nicola Powell
Nicola Powell
South West
Devon
North Devon
Barnstaple
SS5732
From a paper map
51.069467
-4.042376
DEV-495644
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
88,745
Casting Waste
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,500
-800
The object is probably a portion of casting waste from a Bronze Age object. It appears to be a casting jet made from cast copper alloy. Watson illustrates similar casting jets (No. 19 for example) which are dated to the Bronze Age. The object is an irregular inverted conical shape, with a sub-oval shaped platform. Protruding from the tip of the conical is a single runner which is sub-rectangular in profile and an elongated sub-oval shape in plan. The casting jet has a pitted brown coloured patina, which has bronze disease in patches. It weighs 14.75g and measures 18.6mm long, 22.7mm wide and 19.3mm thick.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-10-02T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
14.75
null
null
19.3
18.6
1
Angie Bolton
Angie Bolton
West Midlands
Warwickshire
Stratford-on-Avon
Brailes
SP2940
GPS (from the finder)
52.057628
-1.578452
WAW-58EA04
null
WAW-58EA04.jpg
Three views of probable Bronze age casting waste / casting jet.
Birmingham Museums Trust
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88,747
Armlet
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,150
-800
Cast copper alloy penannular ring, probably an armlet or torc. For most of its length it has a rounded cross-section with a maximum diameter of about 9mm. It narrows towards each terminal, before expanding slightly into terminals with a squarish cross-section about 6-7mm across. It is bent slightly out of shape. This object is possibly of Bronze Age date, but its lack of diagnostic features makes this uncertain.
Recovered from 'scrap box' five years after discovery.
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
80.5
null
null
9
111.76
1
Andrew Richardson
Andrew Richardson
South East
Kent
Thanet
null
null
null
null
null
KENT-58F468
null
KENT-58F468.jpg
KENT-58F468. Copper alloy penannular armlet. Drawn by D. Andrews.
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88,779
Spear
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,150
-800
Fragment of cast copper alloy Bronze Age socketed spear. This fragment represents the very tip of the spearhead. It is triangular in plan and lenticular in section. The spear tip has a median rib, which would have continued down the body of the spearhead. The fragment is solid, except for a short, circular hollow shaft in the broad end of the tip, which represents the very end of the hollow socket. This has an internal diameter of 7.34mm. The object has received damage along one edge, which runs onto the rib and it is also split up the rib either side. Edges are worn suggesting this damage occurred in antiquity. Aside from this damage the original surface of this object survives well with a mid brown patina. Damaged portions show light green corrosion product. The fragment is 45.46mm long, 17mm at the widest point, 10.14mm thick at the rib and weighs 10.14g. Unfortunately with so much of the spear missing, it is impossible to tell which phase of the Bronze Age it belongs to.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
null
null
null
null
10.14
null
null
10.14
45.46
1
Caroline McDonald
Caroline McDonald
Eastern
Suffolk
St. Edmundsbury
Little Thurlow
null
null
null
null
ESS-5ACF47
null
DSCN2311.JPG
Tip from a Bronze Age spearhead
Colchester Museums
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89,270
Palstave
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,250
-1,100
Fragment of Middle Bronze Age Transitional Palstave axehead, broken across the main body of the axe (ancient break) and also across one corner of the cutting edge (more recent break). It is probably of Type Roundhay, mid-ribbed variant : the cutting edge has been moderately expanded and at the ancient break the body is narrow (20mm wide). The mid-rib is 5mm wide at the break and continues over 40mm at the same width on both faces. The fragment is 61mm in length and the surviving cutting edge is 38mm wide. Its estimated original cutting edge width is 43mm. At the ancient break, the cross section is rectangular and measures 20x15mm. It is a clean, and therefore probably purposeful, break. One face is extremely pitted and ever so slightly concaved in section, so it appears bent. The pitting may therefore have been caused by repeated hammer blows. On the opposite face is a deep roughly horizontal cut. No original patina survives and the edge is worn. The fragment weighs 108.19g. Transitional palstaves date to the Penard phase, at the end of the Middle Bronze Age, c.-1250 to -1100 BC. Transitional palstaves had a single side loop.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-02-24T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
108.19
null
null
15
61
1
Katie Hinds
Katie Hinds
South West
Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Trowbridge
ST8557
Centred on parish
51.311912
-2.216593
WILT-B13034
null
Palstave.jpg
Fragment of Middle Bronze Age palstave axehead
Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
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89,381
Rapier
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,400
1,200
A tip fragment of a cast copper-alloy Middle Bronze Age rapier. The blade is lozenge-shaped in cross-section and has a slight rib running down the centre of both sides. The rapier belongs to C. Burgess' Group II, lozenge blade section (1968, 3). The blade is slightly curved and bends upwards at the broken end. The blade has had some plough damage and the edges of the blade are worn and feathered in parts. The tip of the blade has a patch of brown patina on both sides, but most of the blade is a bright green colour. The surviving length 113.3mm, the widest part is 22.6mm, the thickness is 4.3mm and the weight is 28.34g. Group II rapiers come from the first phrase of the Middle Bronze Age, known as the Pickering Phrase c.1400-1200 (Burgess, 1968, 3).
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Fieldwalking
2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
28.34
null
null
4.3
113.3
1
Lisa Staves
Lisa Staves
East Midlands
Lincolnshire
West Lindsey
Bigby
TA0508
From a paper map
53.558128
-0.416356
NLM-C4F817
null
NLM08793.jpg
Bronze Age Rapier fragment
North Lincolnshire Museum
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89,517
Spear
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,400
-1,150
Incomplete Middle Bronze Age copper alloy side-looped spearhead, dating to the Taunton (Cenmaes) - Penard metalworking phases (c.1400-1100BC) (Needham et al. 1997), corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 5 (c. 1500 - 1150BC). The spearhead is corroded and incomplete, missing most of the blade and some of the socket on one face. The spearhead has a surviving height of 82.6mm and a maximum external diameter at the mouth of 18mm. The sides of the socket converge comparatively sharply towards the beginning of the blade. The socket continues along the blade to form a prominent rounded midrib. The sides of the socket are slightly pronounced and have the suggestion of side or socket loop stubs approximately 11mm apart. Much of the socket on one face is missing; some of this may be the result of miscasting (where the core has been incorrectly aligned), rather than later damage. The socket has a surviving depth of 63mm. The remnants of the blade are evident on both sides, but little of the blade survives. The spearhead weighs 25.6g (after cleaning).
This spearhead has been published by Davis (2012, No.646) and classed within his Group 6 Developed side-looped, though due to this objects incompleteness it could not be assigned a sub-type. Davis (2012) notes almost 500 Group 6 spearheads from across Britain dating to the Middle Bronze Age, which have a broad distribution. Davis' spearhead sub-types 6A, 6B and 6C are particularly prevalent across Wales, all of which have 'flame-shaped' blades, which might strengthen the idea that this spearhead originally had a flame-shaped blade, rather than a leaf-shaped blade. The spearhead is likely to have been quite short and can be paralleled with a number of similar examples in National Museum & Galleries of Wales' collections (Savory 1980, Nos. 227-230). A side-looped spearhead from the Thames at Mortlake (DoB 31) has recently been dated by Needham et al (1997) producing an early radiocarbon date of 3225+/- 65BP (OxA-5948) 1680-1400BC with a 95% confidence rating. However, overall Davis (2012, 108-110) places this group within the Taunton-Penard metalworking phases.
3
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
25.6
null
18
null
82.6
1
Mark Lodwick
Ruth Battye
Wales
Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire
Llanwrda
SN7134
From finder
51.989427
-3.880075
NMGW-D9BCD0
null
DSCN3029.JPG
Incomplete Middle Bronze Age socketed Spearhead, probably c. 1,500-1,150BC, edge view.
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89,943
Spear
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,400
-1,100
Middle Bronze Age copper alloy side-looped spearhead, dating to the Taunton (Cenmaes) - Penard metalworking phases (c.1400-1100BC) (Needham et al. 1997), corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 5 (c. 1500 - 1150BC). The spearhead is complete and is a relatively long and slender example of the type, with a length of 163mm and maximum width across the blade of 26.3mm. The spearhead weighs 74.0g. The circular socket end has an external diameter at the mouth of 17.8mm. The end of the socket is decorated with three horizontal grooves around the circumference. The sides of the socket converge towards the blade. Midway between the blade and the end of the socket are attachment loops with oval tops (external dimensions 15 x 5mm). The socket becomes increasingly lozenge sectioned as it approaches the blade. The flame shaped blade is slender and is comparatively slight with a consistent thickness of 1mm and without a bevelled blade edge. The blade has a number of possibly decorative grooves running alongside the midrib. The blade edge is straight and comparatively long (90mm) and has a number of nicks and distortions; this damage is likely to have occurred in antiquity (M. Davis pers comm.). The lozenge sectioned socket develops into pointed and prominent midribs along the blade. A number of small casting flaws are evident on the blade. The surface of the spearhead has survived well and has a mid brown patina. Northover (unpublished) sees socket looped spearheads as a largely Irish type. The type has been known to occur through late Acton Park to Pennard but concentrated in the Cemmaes industry. The mouth decoration, thin and slender blade and pointed midrib on this example are a little unusual. The mouth decoration can be paralleled on a side-looped spearhead from Hod Hill (Pearce 1983, No. 443) and the slender form can be paralleled in examples recorded by Ehrenberg (1977, nos. 25, 26, 28, 140, 143).
This spearhead has been published by Davis (2012, No.290) and classed within his Type 6B Developed side-looped (Flame, flat blade, lozenge plates). Davis (2012, 76f.) lists 83 of this type of spearhead from Britain, with a concentration around the Thames Valley and a spread across Central England and Wales. Other Type 6B spearheads are recorded from Llwchwr, Swansea (NMGW-060FE0), Trefeglwys, Powys (Davis 2012, No.330) and Newton Beach, Bridgend (Davis 2012, No.336). A Group 6 side-looped spearhead from the Thames at Mortlake (DoB 31) has been dated by Needham et al (1997) producing an early radiocarbon date of 3225+/- 65BP (OxA-5948) 1680-1400BC with a 95% confidence rating. However, overall Davis (2012, 108-110) places this group within the Taunton-Penard metalworking phases.
3
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
null
null
null
null
74
null
null
null
163
1
Mark Lodwick
Katrina Deering
Wales
Isle of Anglesey
Isle of Anglesey
Beaumaris
null
null
null
null
NMGW-060FE0
null
DSCN3021.JPG
Side view of Bronze Age Spearhead
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90,063
Unidentified Object
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
IRON AGE
-2,200
43
An incomplete cast copper alloy unidentified artefact, possibly of prehistoric date (length: 39.2mm; width: 14.8mm; thickness: 8.6mm; weight: 8.74g). At one end, this artefact splays outwards into a rounded but flat terminal, with a narrow neck and protruding collar below. Beneath the collar, the other end is sub-circular in section, but becomes narrow to an incomplete point. This artefact is very worn and in poor condition with a dark green patina.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-11-03T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
8.74
null
null
8.6
39.2
1
Caroline Johnson
Caroline Johnson
West Midlands
Staffordshire
Staffordshire Moorlands
Ilam
SK1351
From finder
53.056098
-1.807495
WMID-18C2F1
null
WMID-18C2F1.jpg
An incomplete cast copper alloy unidentified artefact, possibly of prehistoric date.
Birmingham Museums Trust
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90,071
Palstave
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
1,500
1,200
A cast looped palstave of Late Middle Bronze Age with a relatively flat blade. Length 128.1mm, maximum width (at blade end) 42.4mm, maximum thickness (at stop ridge) 31.0mm, weight 323g. The palstave has a square butt with deep pocket. The edges of the flanges are abraded. Decoration on both sides of the blade beneath the curving stop ridge appears to be in the form of a shield combined with a central rib to form a “trident” pattern. Small areas of a patina survive overall. However, the implement is suffering from the effects of bronze disease and is in poor condition.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
323
null
null
31
128.1
1
Rob Webley
Rob Webley
East Midlands
Northamptonshire
Wellingborough
Easton Maudit
SP8957
From finder
52.204052
-0.699078
NARC-19ABA0
null
NARC-19ABA0palstaveprofile.JPG
Bronze age palstave, profile
Northamptonshire County Council
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90,433
Socketed Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-950
-750
Blade end fragment from a Late Bronze Age Socketed axe, c. 1150-800BC of likely Wilburton-Ewart Park metalworking traditions, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 6 - 7. While socketed axeheads can date from anytime within the Late Bronze Age, most diagnostic finds tend to date to the Ewart Park phase (950-750BC). The axe head is represented by the blade only and has a maximum surviving length of 35.8mm. The bottom of the socket is present and has been deliberately closed by battering; this damage is also likely to have contributed to the break. Both faces are concave as a result of the damage, the bronze has torn on one face and deep battering scars are evident on the other face. The surviving portion of the side is straight with angles converging to the neatly finished casting seam (giving the axe a hexagonal body profile). The blade is expanded at the tips, producing a surviving blade width of 51.8mm. The Blade edge is curved and has also been damaged and blunted. Most of the surface has been lost, although a small area near the blade has the suggestion of sharpening striations running along the blade. The original surface has a dark green patina, while underlying exposed surface is pale green. The axe fragment weighs 67.6g
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3
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
67.6
null
null
null
35.8
1
Mark Lodwick
Katrina Deering
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
NMGW-85E871
null
DSCN3124.JPG
Blade end fragment from a Late Bronze Age Socketed axe
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90,532
Awl
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
IRON AGE
-2,500
43
A prehistoric cast copper-alloy awl. The main shaft of the awl is circular in section and tapers to a point. At its widest point the object is 6.4mm in diameter. At the end opposite the above point is a tang, sub-rectangular in section, which itself tapers. The object has suffered quite a degree of corrosion.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
5.9
null
6.4
null
51.2
1
Rob Webley
Rob Webley
East Midlands
Northamptonshire
Daventry
Brockhall
SP6362
From finder
52.252577
-1.078543
NARC-9953C8
null
NARC-9953C8awl.JPG
Prehistoric awl
Northamptonshire County Council
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90,558
Spear
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
2,200
900
An incomplete cast copper-alloy socketed spearhead tip with evidence of a long slender leaf-shaped blade (length: 41.8mm; width: 15.6mm; thickness: 7.7mm; weight: 8.9g), dating to the Bronze Age between c.2200 and c.900 BC. It is triangular in plan. There is a highly pronounced median rib, which would have continued down the body of the spearhead, forming a central lozenge-sectioned profile with the wings to either side. The end of the tip is very narrow but has been blunted. The overall condition of the artefact is worn, corroded, and in a poor condition. Very little of the original patina remains. The irregular break at is an old one. Unfortunately with so much of the spear missing, it is impossible to tell the phase of the Bronze Age to which it belongs.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
8.9
null
null
7.7
41.8
1
Rob Webley
Rob Webley
East Midlands
Northamptonshire
Daventry
Welton
SP5967
From finder
52.297966
-1.136258
NARC-99FB34
null
NARC-99FB34speartip.JPG
Bronze Age spear tip
Northamptonshire County Council
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90,576
Knife
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
ROMAN
-1,200
43
A cast copper-alloy knife-shaped object. This small artefact tapers to a point which is now missing following an old break. At the attachment end there are traces of rivet holes which have become abraded. The holes on the edges echo those of a Bronze Age sword hilt fragment as illustrated in Needham (1990, 50; fig. 65). The form of the object, however, seems to echo that of a Bronze Age knife as illustrated, for example, in Mills (2000, 19; fig. BR9). There is bevelling on both faces of the object creating a shallow, almost indiscernible, mid-ridge. The small artefact is possibly late Bronze Age given the date of the parallel cited from Mills (2000), and was arguably a votive object.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
3.8
null
null
2.2
38.4
1
Rob Webley
Rob Webley
East Midlands
Northamptonshire
Daventry
Brockhall
SP6262
From finder
52.252691
-1.09319
NARC-9B13C1
null
NARC-9B13C1kniferev.JPG
Possible votive Bronze Age knife/sword, reverse
Northamptonshire County Council
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90,848
Sword
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,200
-700
A fragment from the blade of a sword. In side view there is a slight curve.
The object is very abraded with no original surface surviving.
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-12-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
22.1
null
null
null
48
1
David W Williams
David W Williams
South East
Surrey
Tandridge
null
TQ3457
From finder
51.296367
-0.079434
SUR-EE25E3
null
04.602.jpg
Bronze Age sword fragment
Surrey County Council
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90,996
Metal Working Debris
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,000
-700
A lump of copper 'cake'. Sub-triangular in section. Dull purply-grey with patchy green surfaces.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
176
null
null
25
55
1
David W Williams
David W Williams
South East
Surrey
Reigate and Banstead
null
TQ2854
From a paper map
51.270785
-0.166517
SUR-041D11
null
04.620.jpg
04/620 Bronze Age ingot
Surrey County Council
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91,189
Gouge
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,100
-750
Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed gouge. The socketed gouge dates to the Late Bronze Age, c. 1100-750BC and dates to the Wilburton-Ewart Park metalworking phases (Needham et al. 1997), corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period's 6-7. The gouge is comparatively short, with an overall length of 55.6mm. The socket is oval with an external width (across the blade) of 21.3mm and an external height of 19.7mm (internal: 17.7 x 16.6mm). The mouth of the gouge is plain, and 2.4mm beneath the mouth is a square collar moulding, with a width of 2mm. The sides of the gouge are slightly concave and expand at the blade tips, giving a width at the blade of 18.6mm. The casting flashes are visible on both sides and have minimal finishing. On one side, the flashes have been hammered for most of the length but are high and sharp near the collar. On the other side the flashes may have not been finished and are deep and wide. The blade edge largely survives and is convex. Sharpening striations are evident on the blade and run both along the blade and perpendicular to it. The surface of the gouge survives well with a dark brown patina. The under-face has an unusual linear effect, possibly the result of a mineralised organic. The gouge weighs 40.1g. The finder responsibly did not clean out the socket of the gouge. Excavation of the socket revealed remnants of the wooden handle preserved. The wood has been retained at NMGW.
Socketed gouges have been found associated with metalwork assemblages of Wilburton (eg. Guilsfield, Savory, 1980, No. 268) through Ewart Park (eg Penwyllt, Savory 1980, No 284) and Llyn Fawr (Savory 1980, No 291). Savory (ibid., p 55) suggests that the earliest examples have multiple mouth mouldings, while later examples have a plain or broad, flat collar. It is difficult to suggest a date for this example with a prominent single, slender moulding. Potential radiocarbon dating of the wood recovered from the socket could be useful in resolving this problem. The gouge can be paralleled with a larger and unprovenanced example in the Macalpine collection (Antiquities from Europe and the Near East, No. 11.61). David Coombs (1971, 251ff.; 2001, 288) presented a four category typology based on the shape and style of socketed gouges in south east England. This gouge might be most accurately placed within his Class III, which is characterised by its small, squat form and limited mouth mouldings, though typically this Class has a wider cutting edge.
3
Copper alloy
Wood
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
40.1
null
null
null
55.6
1
Mark Lodwick
Katrina Deering
Wales
Isle of Anglesey
Isle of Anglesey
Llaneugrad
SH4783
null
53.321749
-4.298508
NMGW-283DE4
null
DSCN3377.JPG
Bronze Age socketed gouge
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91,843
Rapier
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,500
-800
The object is possibly a cast copper alloy rapier or dirk, dating to the Bronze Age. Only a fragment of the blade and hilt remain. In plan it is an inverted sub triangle. The sides are straight, tapering to a broken edge. The upper corners of the sides form a ‘)’ and ‘(‘ shape as it is broken across two rivet holes. The patina remains on the curvature of the rivet holes. Above the rivet holes the object is again broken. It is difficult to determine when the breaks occurred as almost all of the patina is missing on the fragment, except for a small patch on the hilt and rivet holes. The patina is a heavy mid brown colour. The condition of the object is poor, it is only a fragment, and the surface is corroded. It measures 48.3mm long and 26.6mm wide. It weighs 15.28g.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-02-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
15.28
null
null
null
48.3
1
Angie Bolton
Angie Bolton
West Midlands
Worcestershire
Wyre Forest
Chaddesley Corbett
SO8774
From a paper map
52.363897
-2.192335
WAW-BD9747
null
WAW-BD9747.jpg
Two views of a Bronze Age rapier or dirk.
Birmingham Museums Trust
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91,891
Rapier
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,500
-1,150
Fragment of the blade of a Middle Bronze Age rapier. The fragment is a pointed oval in cross section and the edges are worn. The patina is black with a pitted surface.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-02-15T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
18.3
null
null
4.58
42.8
1
Jodi Puls
Jodi Puls
South East
Hampshire
Hart
Crondall
SU7848
From a paper map
51.225872
-0.884375
HAMP-BE6097
null
Hamp BE6097.tif
BE6097
Winchester Museum Service
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91,924
Socketed Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,150
-800
Fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe head. Part of the corner of the body survives and one remaining side has a cast rib.
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4
null
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-02-15T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
7.52
null
null
1.67
22.6
1
Jodi Puls
Jodi Puls
South East
Hampshire
Hart
Crondall
SU7848
From a paper map
51.225872
-0.884375
HAMP-BF3071
null
Hamp BF3071.tif
BF3071
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92,066
Awl
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,150
-800
A complete copper-alloy Bronze Age awl. The awl is lozengiform in section. One end of the awl tapers to a rounded flat terminal with a width of 3.4mm. The other end tapers to a pointed terminal. The length of the awl is 46.1mm, the width in the centre is 4.41mm and the weight is 3.41g.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-02-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
3.41
null
null
null
46.1
1
Lisa Staves
Lisa Staves
East Midlands
Lincolnshire
South Kesteven
null
SK9136
Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
52.913728
-0.648172
NLM-D0C3E7
null
NLM08910.jpg
Bronze Age Awl
North Lincolnshire Museum
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92,093
Spear
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
null
null
Bronze age Copper Alloy spearhead, 55mm long, 25mm wide and 11mm thick. The objet represents the upper part of a spear head and has a hollow circular core 11mm in diameter. The circular shape continues to the tip which is 5mm in diameter. The object has protruding edges which narrow to a point, giving them a triangular section, which form the blades. The metal is quite corroded and is missing a lot of its surface, the object has snapped off near the tip and the circular void contains traces of a black material.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-03-21T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
18.78
null
null
11
55
1
Wendy Scott
Wendy Scott
East Midlands
Leicestershire
Blaby
Kirby Muxloe
SK5004
From a paper map
52.631459
-1.262685
LEIC-D24CC3
null
D24CC3.JPG
D24CC3
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92,533
Casting Waste
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
POST MEDIEVAL
-2,000
1,699
Irregular piece of copper alloy casting waste. The surface is bulbous all over.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
24
71
1
Adam Daubney
Adam Daubney
East Midlands
Lincolnshire
South Kesteven
Folkingham
TF0732
From a paper map
52.87484
-0.411641
LIN-3CF2E3
null
LIN2499B.JPG
Casting Waste
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92,545
Casting Waste
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
POST MEDIEVAL
-2,000
1,699
Two lumps of probable copper alloy casting waste. Both items have irregular and very worn surfaces. The larger piece measures 33mm in length, 26mm in width and 9mm in thickness. The piece has an irregular flat base and a slightly concave inner with a raised crescentric lip. The lip is in the form of a channel, and may have been formed by either pouring into or spilling out of the casting chamber. The flattish base would support this too. The smaller piece measures 24mm in length, 14mm in width, and 8mm in thickness.
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4
Copper alloy
null
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Metal detector
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
1
null
1
Adam Daubney
Adam Daubney
East Midlands
Lincolnshire
South Kesteven
Folkingham
TF0732
From a paper map
52.87484
-0.411641
LIN-3D7764
null
LIN2505B.JPG
Casting waste
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93,081
Flat Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,000
-1,700
Cast copper alloy incomplete flat axe with the beginnings of a stop ridge and flanged sides dating to the Early Bronze Age c.2000-1700 BC. The blade end of the axe is corroded but the angle suggests that it may have had a crescentic blade. Both faces of the axe are decorated with straight lines punched into the axe after casting, about 5mm in length, and about 1mm apart, in what is referred to as a 'rain pattern'. The axe is 113mm long, 52mm wide at the blade end, 23mm wide at the butt end, 10mm in thickness and weighs 186.03g. Comparable examples of decorated flat axes from the Southwest can be found in Pearce (1983) from Southleigh in Devon (p.455 & 600, Plate 39 No.297) and from Mount Pleasant in Dorset (p.468 & 609, Plate 48, No.371). But the decoration on this axe covers the whole axe and is more regular and evenly spaced like the example from Preston Down, Weymouth (p.487 & 621, Plate 60, No.480). There is also a similar example in the Royal Institution of Cornwall’s collections from Ladock where there are marks between the flanges, but these are sparse and irregular. Flat axes decorated with this ‘rain pattern’ and with crescentic blades can be found during the Mile Cross-Aylesford phase (c.2000-1900 BC) of the Early Bronze Age, such as the Class 3 axe illustrated in 'The Circulation of Metal in the British Bronze Age: The Application of Lead Isotope Analysis' (Rohl& Needham 1998, 124, Fig. 25, No.47). Examples with the continuous rain-pattern are found in the following Willerby-Bush Barrow phase (c.1900-1700 BC), such as the Class 4 axes illustrated in Rohl & Needham (1998, 125, Fig. 26, No.57 & B).
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3
Copper alloy
null
null
Metal detector
2000-08-31T23:00:00Z
2000-11-30T00:00:00Z
null
null
186.03
null
null
10
113
1
Anna Tyacke
Anna Tyacke
South West
Cornwall
Cornwall
Lesnewth
SX1191
From a paper map
50.687875
-4.67704
CORN-C53643
null
Osbornefinds 006.jpg
detail of blade showing rain pattern
Royal Institution of Cornwall
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93,090
Palstave
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,500
-1,150
Bronze age copper alloy palstave, 145mm long, 57mm wide and weighing 365 grams. The object has a corroded green/brown surface and is missing part of its blade. The palstave is unlooped and is very simply formed with one straight stop ridge, two thirds of the way along its length and a flared cutting edge.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
1990-04-30T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
365
null
null
27
145
1
Wendy Scott
Wendy Scott
East Midlands
Leicestershire
Blaby
Leicester Forest East
SK5202
From a paper map
52.613294
-1.233452
LEIC-CF3E12
null
CF3E12.JPG
CF3E12 bronze age palstave
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93,207
Spear
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,150
-800
Bronze Age spearhead fragment, tip only, with circular midrib (hollow). None of original blade edges remain, and the very tip of the spearhead is damaged. Fine silvery grey patina with fine cracks. Length 52.18mm, width 18.05mm, thickness 8.60mm, weight 15.47g.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
15.47
null
null
8.6
52.18
1
Rachel Atherton
Rachel Atherton
East Midlands
Derbyshire
Bolsover
Whitwell
SK5475
From a paper map
53.26925
-1.191785
DENO-E6F7B8
null
E4543 spear tip end 1.jpg
Bronze Age spear spear tip, section across break.
Derby Museums Trust
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93,227
Flat Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-2,500
-2,000
Early Bronze Age flat axe, made from a copper-alloy with a very high copper content still. The form and shape of the axe is still very close to the Neolithic silex forerunners. It does not have flanges or a stop-ridge. Overall, it is tear-shaped, with a small butt and a broad blade which is not sharp anymore. The surface is much corroded.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
86
null
null
7
90
1
Dot Boughton
Dot Boughton
North West
Lancashire
Fylde
Kirkham
SD4232
Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
53.781081
-2.88168
LANCUM-E816A6
null
PrestonMDKirkhamFlataxe1abmerge.jpg
Flat Axe
LCC
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94,921
Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,150
-1,500
A cast, copper alloy, flat axehead of the Migdale-Marnoch tradition, dating from the early Bronze Age, 2150-1500BC. The axehead has a thin narrow rounded butt; the body then thickens in the middle and thins again to a splayed blade and cutting edge. There are slightly raised flanges along the sides. The surface of the axehead is quite corroded and pitted; only small patches of the original surface survive. The axehead measures 104.8mm long, 50.8mm wide across the blade and 11.8mm thick. It weighs 203gm.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-04-03T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
203
null
null
11.8
104.8
1
Anna Marshall
Anna Marshall
Yorkshire and the Humber
Wakefield
Wakefield
null
null
null
null
null
SWYOR-B8AC38
null
Img2005-04-05_0024objects.JPG
Early Bronze Age axehead
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94,983
Knife
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
null
null
A copper alloy knife blade dating to the Bronze Age. The blade is leaf shaped, lentoidal in section and is longitudinally faceted. The double cutting edge of the blade is damaged. The blade tapers to a rectangular tang with a circular perforation. The blade has a dark green to black patina with areas of raised copper alloy corrosion. In places, however, the original bronze surface is visible. The blade is 145mm in length. The width of the blade is 34mm and thickness 4mm. The tang has a width of 20mm.
null
3
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-04-16T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
145
1
Philippa Walton
Philippa Walton
Yorkshire and the Humber
East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
Driffield
TA0258
Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
54.007954
-0.445106
NCL-F3D0E3
null
dabadaggerm.jpg
Bronze Age leaf shaped knife blade
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95,115
Axe
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
null
null
Early Bronze Age/Middle Bronze Age fragment of flanged axe or palstave, rectangular-sectioned with straight butt-end and beginning of flange on both sides at break, at least 25 x 40mm.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-08-31T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
40
1
Steven Ashley
Ellen Bales
Eastern
Norfolk
Great Yarmouth
null
TG5200
null
52.539494
1.714732
NMS-0795F3
null
ENMD Sept 04 20.jpg
Bronze Age axe fragment
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95,158
Pin
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
IRON AGE
null
null
Copper alloy roll headed pin, dating to the later Bronze age/ early iron age period. The pin has a flattened rolled head, which leds to a shaft which is circular in section and tapers from 4mm - 1.3mm at the tip. The tip of the pin is bent, and areas of the pin are suffering from bronze diseasse.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-05-08T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
18.4
null
4
null
171
1
Faye Simpson
Faye Simpson
London
Greater London Authority
null
null
null
null
null
null
LON-0AFBE8
null
DSCN4971.JPG
Roll headed pin
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95,886
Socketed Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-950
-800
Copper-alloy socketed looped axehead of Irish Late Bronze Age Type. Due to the short, stocky body of axes of this type, they is referred to as 'bag-shaped' or 'purse-shaped'. The axe's exact measurements are: 57mm in length, the blade width is 43mm, the width of the socket is 31-37mm (inner-outer), the breadth of the socket is 22-27mm (inner-outer, back-front) and the axe weighs 78.97g. These measurements show that the mouth of the axe is aligned with the blade and not back-to-front shaped. The blade was re-worked after the casting process and it is still slightly splayed. However, the axe was in use and it was re-sharpened as well; there are indications of parallel re-sharpening marks close to the cutting edge. The axe was thinly cast and possibly the alloy used was probably more tinny than the normal alloy - the mouth has shows a crack which probably happened while it was in use. However, the damage was obviously no reason to discard the axe. This socketed axe type is called 'Irish' because most of them were found in Ireland - however, a great number were also found in Scotland, Wales and N/W and S/W England. Due to deposition practices of the Late Bronze Age, these axes were found both singly (in rivers or wetlands) and in hoards.
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3
Copper alloy
null
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Metal detector
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
78.97
null
null
null
57
1
Dot Boughton
Dot Boughton
North West
Lancashire
Lancaster
Cockerham
SD4652
From a paper map
53.96125
-2.824513
LANCUM-8C75B6
null
BaFMTIrishSocketedAxe1c.JPG
Cockerham: Late Bronze Age Socketed Axe
LCC
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96,272
Bracelet
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
IRON AGE
-1,500
-100
Solid copper alloy slightly squashed or oval ?bracelet. It measures 71.5x63mm and weighs 50.18g. It is roughly circular in section varying from 6-7mm in thickness, and where the bracelet appears less than circular there are patches of filing. The internal measurements are 59x49mm. If a bracelet it is rather small. However it could be a harness link, pulled horizontally out of shape - or perhaps designed this way. It could be Bronze Age or Iron Age in date.
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4
Copper alloy
null
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Gardening
2005-04-29T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
50.18
null
null
7
71.5
1
Katie Hinds
Katie Hinds
South West
Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Donhead St. Mary
ST9024
null
51.015289
-2.143929
WILT-CA5F25
null
FFDbracelet.jpg
Copper alloy bracelet
Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
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96,381
Bracelet
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-950
-750
Cast bronze penanular bracelet possibly from the Ewart Park phase of the Late Bronze Age, c. 950-750BC. The bracelet is of circular section with a diameter of between 4.9 and 6.1mm. The terminals are expanded and are of circular section with diameters of between 9.0 and 9.8mm. The expanded terminals are central with respect to the hoop. The bracelet is oval with a maximum internal diameter of 60.5mm. The original surface of the bracelet has been lost and the current surface is pitted. The bracelet weighs 39.7g. The bracelet is difficult to date since there are few diagnostic features on the object. Metallurgical analysis using a Scanning Electron Microscope suggested that the bronze composition was consistent with a Late Bronze Age date.
A number of bronze penannular bracelets have been found in Late Bronze Age contexts or found in association with other Bronze Age artefacts. A hoard of similar bracelets were found at Llanrhaiadar-ym-Mochnant, Powys (Savory 1980, No. 257). This bracelet falls within Eogan's (1994, 85) Variety 7, which is defined by a solid body with a round cross-section and outwardly expanding solid terminals. Although defining gold bracelets, Eogan (1994, 85) states that this Variety is more frequenly produced in bronze. Similar penannular bracelets have been found in Scottish hoards: Auctertyre, (Morayshire) Glentanner (Aberdeenshire), Monmore, Killin (Perthshire), Wester Ord, Rosskeen (Ross & Cromarty). All the hoards are associated with Late Bronze Age Socketed axes and all but the Glentanner hoard associated with a faceted socketed axe. It is also possible that the bracelet may be of Iron Age or Early Medieval date.
3
Copper alloy
null
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Metal detector
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
39.7
null
60.5
6.1
null
1
Mark Lodwick
Ruth Battye
Wales
Swansea
Swansea
Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton
SS4193
null
51.613313
-4.297814
NMGW-1975E5
null
Dscn2720.jpg
Late Bronze Age (Ewart Park) pennanular bracelet, c. 950-750BC, rear view.
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96,857
Socketed Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-950
-750
Copper alloy socketed axe dating to the Ewart Park phase of the Late Bronze Age, c. 950-750BC. The axe is complete and is comparatively small with a length of 72.7mm and a weight of 181.2g, possibly suggesting a lead rich bronze. The mouth has external dimensions of 44.0 x 37.6mm and has the four casting runner stubs visible. The socket has an oval profile at the mouth with internal dimensions of 30 x 26.5mm and is 58.4mm deep. The axe has a single mouth moulding, which tapers to the face. The loop springs from the base of the moulding. The casting flashes are prominent on both sides and appear to have been finished by hammering. The axe body has a more rounded form than is usual for the type with a sub-rectangular section of 37mm width below the loop. Both faces are decorated with three, widely spaced converging weak ribs. The blade is recurved, producing a rounded blade edge with a length of 45.5mm. The axe has a green to brown patina and has recently been coated in a varnish.
This axe possesses a combination of features typically of two well-established axe types. Stylistically this axe shares many properties with Yorkshire-type axes, which are defined by widely-spaced ribs descending from a fairly prominent, slightly everted collar, and often have a small, stumpy appearance with an expanded blade edge (Schmidt and Burgess 1981, 223). However, ribs on Yorkshire type axes typically run parallel or slightly diverge; no examples could be found in Schmidt and Burgess's corpus of Yorkshire axes possessing converging ribs. Similarly, the rounded socket is unusual. Furthermore, the four runner casting technology is a feature found solely in the production of South Wales axes. South Wales axes often have prominent casting seams, as seen on the Penllyn axe, and converging ribs, though these are typically not as widely-spaced. This axe is thus best seen as a hybrid of two axe-making traditions. In form it most closely parallels Yorkshire axes, but it was produced using South Wales production methods and incorporates features of this latter axe type. These axes were in contemporary production in different regions and thus it is not inconceivably that the technologies might permeate into other areas. Yorkshire-type socketed axes have been found alongside South Wales axes in the hoards from Llantilio Crossenny 2, Monmouthshire (NMGW-AFDAE8), Tal y garn 2, Vale of Glamorgan (Gwilt and Lodwick 2003), and Llangwm, Monmouthsire (Lodwick and Gwilt 2001). The hoards from Tal y garn and Llangwm also contain South Wales variants, which combine features seen on other axes, while a Croxton-type axe from the Llantilio Crossenny 1 hoard possesses affinities with the Yorkshire type.
3
Copper alloy
null
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Metal detector
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
181.2
null
null
null
72.7
1
Mark Lodwick
Ruth Battye
Wales
the Vale of Glamorgan
the Vale of Glamorgan
Penllyn
SS9978
null
51.491894
-3.45619
NMGW-58AE16
null
DSCN2701.JPG
South Wales or Stogursey type socketed axe from the Ewart Park phase of the Late Bronze Age, c. 950-750BC, view of socket.
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96,903
Unidentified Object
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
POST MEDIEVAL
-2,200
1,600
Fragment of unidentified copper alloy object. This object is subrectangular in plan and flat in section. One end is 12.1mm wide and the object expands to 19.2mm wide at the opposite end. Both the broad and narrow ends are curved and though abraded, seem complete. As it expands the plan of the object swells and then wastes slightly before flaring into the broader end. The object has a flange to either edge. When viewed in profile the object is clearly curved. The surface of the object is abraded. The original surface is mid green and exposed areas are light green. The object does not have an immediately recognisable form and could be Bronze Age to post medieval in date. It is 44.96mm long, 3.84mm thick, the flanges are 5.52mm high and the object weighs 19.09g.
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4
Copper alloy
null
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Metal detector
null
null
null
null
19.09
null
null
3.84
44.96
1
Caroline McDonald
Caroline McDonald
Eastern
Essex
Braintree
Sible Hedingham
null
null
null
null
ESS-5A5110
null
DSCN2980.JPG
Unidentified copper alloy object, profile view
Colchester Museums
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96,905
Socketed Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,000
-800
Fragment of copper alloy late Bronze Age socketed axehead. The fragment represents a small part of the lower blade and cutting edge. It is sub-square and wedge-shaped in profile. When viewed in plan, the sides of the body are fairly straight with little outward flare. The original cutting edge no longer exists and the blade tips are worn. There is no casting seam. There is a rectangular aperture in the thicker end of the fragment, which represents the very end of the socket. The axe surface is heavily worn. The original surface of the axe survives in patches and has a mid green patina and the subsequently exposed surface is light green. Break edges are irregular and though not fresh are not especially worn, suggesting that damage occurred in the more recent past. The fragment is 24.02mm long, 27.64mm wide from tip to tip, 25mm wide at the break, 8.82mm thick at the broad end and weighs 15.34g
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
null
null
null
null
15.34
null
null
8.82
24.02
1
Caroline McDonald
Caroline McDonald
Eastern
Essex
Braintree
Sible Hedingham
null
null
null
null
ESS-5A6810
null
DSCN2977.JPG
Fragment of Late Bronze Age socketed axe, reverse view
Colchester Museums
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96,910
Socketed Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,000
-800
Fragment of a late Bronze Age socketed axe of South Eastern type. This fragment represents one of the side faces of the axe. It is sub-rectangular and is flat but curved in section. One side of the single mouth moulding is intact. Beneath this moulding there is a groove. The fragment also holds the complete side loop, set at 90 degrees to the main body. A casting seam is visible along the fragment but is less clear over the loop. The object is abraded. Patches of original surface survive on the outer face with an orangey brown patina. Exposed surfaces are lighter and bright green. The inner original surface survives in better condition with an even mid green patina. The break edges are worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The fragment is 37.1mm long, 27.38mm wide, 3.18mm thick and weighs 21.69g. The side loop is 19.76mm long and 10.66mm wide.
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3
Copper alloy
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Metal detector
null
null
null
null
21.69
null
null
3.18
37.1
1
Caroline McDonald
Caroline McDonald
Eastern
Essex
Braintree
Sible Hedingham
null
null
null
null
ESS-5A8551
null
DSCN2982.JPG
Fragment of Late Bronze Age socketed axe, profile view
Colchester Museums
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96,931
Chisel
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-900
-600
Copper alloy tanged and collared chisel, probably dating to the Ewart Park phase of the Late Bronze Age (c.950-750 BC). The chisel is complete and is 98.3mm long. The tang is of square section and tapers to a curved edge. The base of the tang is defined by a rounded collar moulding, 6.2mm thick and 8.0mm wide. The blade sides diverge in a near straight (slightly concave) to a gently curved cutting edge of 24.3mm width. Some of the original surface survives on the chisel with a mid-green patina. The chisel weighs 18.1g.
Tanged and collared chisels typically date from the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age (Llyn Fawr period). An example dating to the Wilburton/Wallington phase is known from Doncaster, Yorkshire (Burgess 1968, 19, fig 7,2; Burgess, Coombs and Davies, 1972, 217), though the main currency is during the Ewart Park phase (c.900-700 BC) into the subsequent Llyn Fawr period (c.700-600 BC). Tanged and collared chisels have a broad distribution across northern France, Britain and Ireland (see Coffyn et al. 1981, 202-203, Carte 7), though there are relatively few examples from western England and Wales. A very similar example with a thick collar and triangular blade can be seen in the large Ewart Park phase Nottingham Hill hoard, Gloucestershire (Gingell 1974, 308, fig 4,22), as well as a single find from Leigh Woods, Bristol (MacGregor 1987, 109, 11.65). Another example was found at Brogyntyn, Shropshire (Savory 1980, No 288.3) associated with a socketed gouge and a fragmentary Hallstatt 'C' sword.
3
Copper alloy
null
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Metal detector
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
18.1
null
null
6.2
98.3
1
Mark Lodwick
Ruth Battye
South West
Gloucestershire
Tewkesbury
Alderton
SO9933
From a paper map
51.995445
-2.015975
NMGW-5AE896
null
Dscn2816.jpg
Bronze Age tanged chisel, probably Late Bronze Age, edge view.
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96,981
Socketed Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,000
-800
A fragment of a cast copper alloy late Bronze Age socketed axehead dating from 1000-800 BC. Only the lower blade is represented. It is 34.9mm in length, 49.2mm wide and 14.8mm thick at the blade and weighs 64.94g. There are casting flashes on both sides extanding to the blade edge. The cutting edge is slightly expanded. The axe is slightly worn but in a fair condition although parts of the cutting edge are corrosion chipped. The surface is slightly pitted and has a dark brown patina. In the 'Guide Catalogue of the Bronze Age Collections' of the National Museum & Art Gallery, 1980, H. N. Savory states that the socketed axe-head represents a change both in the method of hafting and the method of the production of Bronze Age axes. The earliest examples of these artefacts in England and Wales appear in the Middle Bronze Age, although most appear in the Late Bronze Age.
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3
Copper alloy
null
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Metal detector
2005-02-20T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
64.94
null
null
14.8
34.9
1
Caroline Johnson
Caroline Johnson
West Midlands
Staffordshire
Stafford
Gayton
SJ9928
From a paper map
52.8495
-2.016292
WMID-5C9D92
null
WMID-5C9D92.jpg
An incomplete cast fragment of a Bronze Age socketed axehead, probably dating from 1000-800 BC.
Birmingham Museums Trust
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97,000
Scabbard
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,000
-800
A cast copper-alloy Late Bronze Age 'bag-shaped' dagger scabbard chape. The object has a rounded end. Because it is abraded at the attachment end it is hard to discern whether or not the 'body' of the chape would have continued up with straight sides. There are six aligned circular perforations near the point of the old break, three on either side. A couple of these chapes are listed in O'Connor (1980, 190-191; ref. 161). They are associated with the 'carp's tongue complex' of south-east England and date to the Ewart Park metalworking phase.
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4
Copper alloy
null
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Metal detector
2004-09-26T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
9.1
null
null
9.2
29.1
1
Rob Webley
Rob Webley
East Midlands
Northamptonshire
Daventry
Norton
SP6063
GPS (from the finder)
52.261901
-1.122306
NARC-5DEF37
null
NARC-5DEF37chaperev.JPG
Bronze Age 'bag-shaped' scabbard chape (reverse)
Northamptonshire County Council
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97,731
Spear
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,200
-800
The tip from a broken Bronze Age spear. The spear tip is made from cast copper-alloy. It measures 55 mm long and tapers from 22.5 mm to 3.5 mm at the point. The spear is socketed with a circular hole running through it. The spear has a rounded ridge running down the length of the spear, on both the top and bottom, making it circular in profile, with a triangular wing (formed by the edge of the spear) to either side. The spear dates to the late Bronze Age, from around 1200 to 800 BC. Similar artefacts are illustrated in Langmaid (1976, page 53; figure 19).
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4
Copper alloy
null
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Metal detector
2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
19
null
null
11.4
55
1
Tom Brindle
Tom Brindle
East Midlands
Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire
Blakesley
SP6450
From a paper map
52.144592
-1.066159
NARC-42C445
null
NARC-42C445spearrev.jpg
Late Bronze Age socketed spear fragment
Northamptonshire County Council
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98,278
Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-2,100
-1,500
Butt fragment from an axehead of Bronze Age date. The butt fragment is likely to be from a developed flat axe or flanged axe of later Early Bronze Age date, metalworking stage IV, corresponding to Needham's 1996 Period 3, c. 2100 - 1700 BC. It is possible however, that the fragment may be from a small palstave of Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1500 - 1150BC. The fragment has a surviving length of 27.1mm and a maximum surviving width at the break of 15.9mm. The butt is neatly rounded and has a thickness of 1.3mm. The sides are straight and diverge gently before the break. The sides are rounded and the flanges are marked by facets. The faces are flat except for the low flanges, which have a maximum surviving height of 0.5mm. At the break the fragment has a thickness of 8.2mm across the flanges and 7.3mm across the septum. The fragment weighs 15.8g. The fragment appears to have come from a well cast axe and has been neatly finished. One face has a silvery appearance, possibly because of surface enrichment of tin. The surface is in good condition with dark green to brown patina.
This fragment probably once belonged to a Class 4 or Class 5 axe (following Needham 1983), and dated to the MA V Willerby to MA VI Arreton phases of the Early Bronze Age (c.1750-1500 BC) (Needham et al. 1997). Similar flanged axes from which this piece may have originated can be seen in Savory (1980, Fig.18, Nos. 121, 259), though no further classification can be achieved from this fragment.
3
Copper alloy
null
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Metal detector
2005-02-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
15.8
null
null
8.2
27.1
1
Mark Lodwick
Ruth Battye
South West
Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Malmesbury
null
null
null
null
NMGW-81D3E1
null
2005.25.1b.jpg
Butt fragment from a Bronze Age axehead, probably Early or Middle Bronze Age c. 2100-1150BC, rear view.
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98,280
Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
null
null
Blade fragment from an axehead of Bronze Age date The axehead is represented by the bottom of the blade and short length of one blade side and has a maximum surviving length of 21.1mm. The fragment has a surviving blade width of 37.2mm and the break is likely to have been near the blade tip. The surviving blade tip is slightly out-turned. The blade edge is curved and no sharpening striations are evident on the blade. The blade appears to have a casting flaw near the break where the blade has a rounded step across its thickness. The break has no evidence of the bottom of a socket. The surviving side is straight before the out-turn at the tip, and is rounded across its thickness with no evidence of the casting flashes surviving. One face has a more pronounced blade facet than the other, 8mm from the blade edge. The face without the blade facet is slightly convex across its width, the other face being flat. The fragment has a maximum surviving thickness at the break of 6.8mm and weighs 19.6g. The surface of axe has a dark green to brown patina. The form of the blade fragment is more likely to suggest a flanged axe or palstave, although a socketed axe is possible.
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3
Copper alloy
null
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Metal detector
2005-02-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
19.6
null
null
6.8
21.1
1
Mark Lodwick
Ruth Battye
South West
Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Malmesbury
null
null
null
null
NMGW-81F8D8
null
2005.25.2c.jpg
Blade fragment from a Bronze Age axehead, possibly from a flanged axe/palstave or even a socketed axe, profile of blade.
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98,283
Blade
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,500
-1,000
Blade fragment from a Bronze Age edged implement, probably of Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1500-1000BC. The implement is represented by the top of the blade and the beginning of the handle, but has broken at both ends and has a surviving length of 30.5mm. No rivet holes are evident at the top and much of the peripheries have been lost. The fragment has a maximum width at the end of the blade of 17.5mm. It is possible that the implement has broken across the rivet holes. The handle end thins towards the break. The blade is defined by blade edges either side of a poorly defined and rounded midrib, which diverges at the butt. No sharpening striations are evident on the blade. The fragment has a maximum thickness at the midrib of 2.3mm and weighs 4.8g. The fragment has a dark green to brown patina and has lost small patches of the surface. The slight nature of the fragment may suggest a dirk, small rapier, knife or dagger.
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3
Copper alloy
null
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Metal detector
2005-02-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
4.8
null
null
2.3
30.5
1
Mark Lodwick
Ruth Battye
South West
Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Malmesbury
null
null
null
null
NMGW-820896
null
2005.25.3c.jpg
Blade fragment from a Bronze Age edged implement, probably Middle Bronze Age c. 1500-1100BC, edge view.
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98,285
Ring
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
IRON AGE
null
null
Bronze ring, probably of later Prehistoric date. The ring is irregular and rounded, resembling a bead, with an external diameter of between 16.2 and 16.7mm. The ring has a width of between 7.4 and 8.5mm and the faces are rounded. The perforation has a diameter of 5.2 to 5.8mm and implies the perforation was cast rather than drilled. The ring weighs 9.9g and has a deep and dark green patina. Bronze beads are not common finds; the form can be paralleled in amber beads from the Late Bronze Age and in Iron Age glass beads. Examples of bronze beads have been found on a number of sites, including The Breiddin Hillfort (Musson, 1991, p 138, no. 165) where a bead with raised cast ornament was dated to the 1st century BC. Larger plain examples have been found at Glastonbury (Bulleid & Gray, 1911, 228, pl. xliv, E195).
null
3
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-02-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
9.9
null
16.7
null
null
1
Mark Lodwick
Ruth Battye
South West
Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Malmesbury
null
null
null
null
NMGW-821F74
null
2005.25.4a.jpg
Bronze ring, probably of later Prehistoric date, side view.
The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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98,332
Metal Working Debris
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,150
-800
Droplet of bronze, very probably Bronze Age in date. It weighs 8.39g and roughly measures 35x18x(max)4mm. It is flat on one side and domed on the other.
null
4
null
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
8.39
null
null
4
35
1
Katie Hinds
Katie Hinds
South West
Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Latton
SU1195
Centred on parish
51.653684
-1.842395
WILT-84C652
null
MGAmpneyDebris.jpg
metal working debris
Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
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98,409
Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,700
-1,100
Blade fragment from a Bronze Age axe, probably of Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1500-1100 BC. The axe is represented by a blade fragment only, and has a surviving length of 32.1mm. The original surface of the axe has been lost, and little surface detail survives. The axe was probably comparatively slender and has a minimum width across the break of 21mm. The break is eroded and round and shows no evidence of a socket base. The sides expand to the blade tips, which are now rounded, giving a blade width of 35.5mm. No evidence for casting flashes survive on the sides. The blade edge is curved. One face is relatively flat, while the other has the suggestion of a blade facet surviving, beginning c. 10mm from the blade edge. The fragment weighs 28.4g. The bronze is heavily pitted and has a dark green to brown patina. The fragment is likely to originate from a palstave of Middle Bronze Age date, but may be from an earlier developed or flanged axe of later Early Bronze Age, from c. 1700BC.
null
3
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-02-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
28.4
null
null
null
32.1
1
Mark Lodwick
Ruth Battye
Wales
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Tonypandy
SS9991
null
51.608744
-3.459927
NMGW-96C616
null
2005.28a.jpg
Blade fragment from a Bronze Age axe, probably Middle Bronze Age c. 1500-1100BC, edge view.
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98,416
Sword
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,200
-800
Section of cast copper alloy double-edged blade, probably from a sword, but possibly from a spearhead. Worn transverse breaks at either end, lozenge cross-section, edges tapering towards point. Width varies between 34.2 and 42.1mm. Bronze Age, probably of Late Bronze Age date.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-04-30T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
30.74
null
null
7.91
33.52
1
Andrew Richardson
Andrew Richardson
South East
Kent
Gravesham
Cobham
TQ6867
From a paper map
51.377197
0.412522
KENT-971951
null
PAK142-003.JPG
KENT-971951. Bronze Age sword fragment, profile.
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98,418
Tools And Equipment
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
MEDIEVAL
null
null
Cu-alloy tool, possibly a chisel. It is very thin and if not a tool of some kind it may have been part of a metal vessel (part of the handle?). There is a chance that it is a Bronze Age tool, but the overall shape does not suggest this (too thin for a wood working tool).
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
null
null
null
2
58
1
Dot Boughton
Dot Boughton
North West
Cumbria
Eden
Brougham
NY5229
From a paper map
54.653799
-2.745479
LANCUM-96C075
null
DMPenrithBronzeTool1abMerge.jpg
Penrith, Cumbria: Bronze Tool
LCC
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98,466
Casting Waste
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
POST MEDIEVAL
-2,500
1,699
Four fragments of copper alloy casting waste. The waste fragments all have highly irregular surfaces on all sides.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
null
null
null
null
119.42
null
null
null
null
4
Adam Daubney
Adam Daubney
East Midlands
Lincolnshire
North Kesteven
Walcot Near Folkingham
TF0535
From a paper map
52.902192
-0.440378
LIN-993383
null
LIN2893.JPG
Copper alloy casting waste
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98,579
Palstave
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,400
-1,300
Bronze Age palstave fragment, central part only, both ends broken off. The side loop is also broken off and the surface of the metal is very lumpy, so the appears to be unfinished, perhaps a casting mistake. This is probably a fragment of a Taunton period Norman type palstave, dated to 1400-1300BC. Length 93.33mm, width 23.3mm, thickness 22.9mm, weight 135.74g.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
135.74
null
null
22.9
93.33
1
Rachel Atherton
Rachel Atherton
East Midlands
Nottinghamshire
Newark and Sherwood
Walesby
SK6771
From a paper map
53.231821
-0.997734
DENO-D672E2
null
E4479 palstave.jpg
Bronze Age Taunton type palstave fragment, possibly a casting mistake.
Derby Museums Trust
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98,619
Flanged Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,700
-1,500
Cast cu-alloy flanged axe of Caverton metalwork tradition (BA stage: Acton Park). It is complete and has a chocolate-brown patina. The casting seams have been taken off and the remains smoothed down. The blade was hammered into shape and is now splayed/crescent-shaped. The cutting edge is still sharp and there are not very many re-sharpening marks visible. Also, there is only a small number of nicks and dents which means that it has not been extensively used. Schmidt, P.K. and Burgess, C. 1981. The Axes of Scotland and Northern Britain, eg no. 474
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
null
18.2
1
Dot Boughton
Dot Boughton
North West
Lancashire
Ribble Valley
null
null
null
null
null
LANCUM-D84888
null
NeilBarryRibbleValleyPalstave1abMerge.jpg
Ribble Valley, Lancs.: Palstave
LCC
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98,774
Spearhead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
ROMAN
-1,000
100
Small fragment of a cu-alloy spear- or arrowhead (tip). The fragment is too small to give a specific date.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
6.46
null
null
null
27
1
Dot Boughton
Dot Boughton
North West
Lancashire
Ribble Valley
Clitheroe
SD7441
Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
53.864558
-2.396838
LANCUM-EAEA92
null
NeilBarryRibbleValleyBronzeSpearTip1abMerge.jpg
Ribble Valley, Lancs.: Tip of Spearhead
LCC
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98,855
Palstave
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,500
-1,159
Bronze age copper alloy palstave fragment, 24mm long and 16mm wide. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina. It represents the tip of the socket end of a palstave. It has a rounded, bevelled edge and a rectangular section. On one side the start of the socket lip can be seen as a bump running along the edge. The object has snapped just after this.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-06-12T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
6.21
null
null
null
24
1
Wendy Scott
Wendy Scott
East Midlands
Leicestershire
Melton
Hoby with Rotherby
SK6519
From a paper map
52.764699
-1.038131
LEIC-EDEAE7
null
EDEAE7.JPG
EDEAE7 mid bronze age Palstave fragment
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99,078
Mount
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
null
null
Undated copper alloy object, 18mm long and 17mm wide. The object is in fair condition with a brown surface patina showing green where its been removed. The object is roughly crescent shaped and is 11mm thick in the centre. The object tapers sharply towards the ends (which may have joined to form a circle). The object is decorated with four raised circles arranged in a rectangle, two are 4mm in diameter and two are 6mm in diameter. The object may be prehistoric and may be some sort of strapend or even a large earring.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-10-16T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
9.28
null
null
11
18
1
Wendy Scott
Wendy Scott
East Midlands
Leicestershire
Melton
Frisby on the Wreake
SK7016
GPS (from the finder)
52.737111
-0.964683
LEIC-018E01
null
018E01 .JPG
018E01 mount?
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99,166
Sword
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,200
-700
An eroded fragment of the point of a blade with a wide, flat central rib.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
27.6
null
null
null
72
1
David W Williams
David W Williams
South East
Oxfordshire
Cherwell
Hampton Gay and Poyle
SP5017
From a paper map
51.849364
-1.275529
SUR-1429F2
null
05.02b.jpg
Bronze Age sword fragment
Surrey County Council
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99,167
Spearhead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,500
-1,150
A small side-looped spearhead. Most of the socket is missing.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
13.28
null
null
null
56
1
David W Williams
David W Williams
South East
Oxfordshire
Cherwell
Hampton Gay and Poyle
SP5017
From a paper map
51.849364
-1.275529
-SUR 144534.00
null
05.03.jpg
Bronze Age spearhead
Surrey County Council
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99,174
Chisel
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,200
-700
A fragment of a tanged chisel of Bronze Age date. The tang survives, though now in two pieces, along with the collar and part of the shaft. Both the tang and shaft have a rounded rectangular section. The shaft measures 8 x 5.5mm across. The object is coloured dark brown and is in poor condition.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
10.04
null
null
null
52
1
David W Williams
David W Williams
South East
Surrey
Guildford
West Clandon
TQ0351
From finder
51.24888
-0.52561
SUR-14C207
null
05.52.jpg
Bronze Age chisel
Surrey County Council
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99,175
Awl
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,200
-700
An awl of Bronze Age date. The tang, in section, is a flattened rounded rectangle. The awl point is conical.
Sally, can you refine the dating?
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
7.55
null
null
null
58
1
David W Williams
David W Williams
South East
Surrey
Guildford
West Clandon
TQ0351
From finder
51.24888
-0.52561
SUR-14DC71
null
05.53.jpg
Bronze Age awl
Surrey County Council
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99,336
Sword
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,000
-800
Cast copper alloy sword fragment with rounded point end and broken upper blade with the rest of the blade and hilt missing. The sides of the blade come to a point and there is a central ridge running up and down the blade, resembling the Ewart Park type sword shape in plan, which widens towards the bottom half of the blade. The fragment is lozenge-shaped in section, without a pronounced central ridge, which is typical of this type of sword section. The sword fragment is 47 mm long, 38 mm wide, 1.8 mm thick at the rounded end and 7.5 mm thick at the broken blade end, and 52.84g in weight. Needham (1998) illustrates two Ewart type swords on page 135, Fig.37, Nos.386-7. Pearce (1985) illustrates similar examples on p.460 & 467, Plate 145 b&e, Nos.325 & 365, from Devon and Cranborne, Dorset, respectively, which are dated to the Ewart Park phase. Late Bronze Age c.1000-800 BC
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
1997-11-29T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
52.84
null
null
7.5
47
1
Anna Tyacke
Anna Tyacke
South West
Cornwall
Cornwall
Marazion
SW5231
From finder
50.127132
-5.471223
CORN-30BC82
null
Powellfinds 095.jpg
Late Bronze Age sword fragment (section)
Royal Institution of Cornwall
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99,337
Spear
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,300
-1,150
Cast copper alloy socketed ferrule of a triangular basal-looped spearhead with the remains of the base of the loops on either side of the broken ferrule. Beyond these protrusions there are on either side about 10 mm of the base of the blade in the form of a slight ridge. The blades would have been leaf-shaped and bevelled. The ferrule has a long hollow socket which is circular in section and tapers towards the broken blade end. The opposite end of the socket is also damaged but the surface of the ferrule is in good condition, having a rich green shiny patina. Similar examples can be found in Pearce (1983) from Lynton in Devon on page 448, Plate 34, No.270, and from Pimperne in Dorset on page 478, Plate 54, No.430b. The latter was found with a side-looped palstave. These types of spear-head are generally dated to the Penard phase (c.1300-1150 BC), as is an example from Maentwog, Gwynedd in Pearce (1984) page 38, Plate 10, which was found in a hoard with flat-ribbed rapiers. Needham (1998) also illustrates a similar but complete example in his group of Penard metalwork on page 132, Fig.34, No.188.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
1998-08-07T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
97.78
null
26.5
2
122
1
Anna Tyacke
Anna Tyacke
South West
Somerset
Mendip
St. Cuthbert Out
ST5847
From finder
51.220641
-2.602773
CORN-3367F7
null
Powellfinds 101.jpg
section of spearhead socket
Royal Institution of Cornwall
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99,792
Gouge
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,000
-800
Cast copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed gouge, with part of the wooden handle surviving. The gouge itself is worn, possibly from water action, and is incomplete, most of the mouth having broken off. There are a pair of faint incised transverse lines, presumably decoration, just below the mid- way point, around the back of the gouge. The gouge measures 72.36mm in length, 18.14mm-20.07mm in width and it weighs 54g. The wooden handle, which is shaped to fit the socket is 73.15mm long, 12.75mm-13.43mm wide and weighs 7g. When the handle is inserted into the socket the combined object is 93.5mm long and weighs 61g.
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3
Copper alloy
Wood
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-04-30T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
61
null
null
18.14
93.5
1
Andrew Richardson
Andrew Richardson
South East
Kent
Thanet
null
TR3471
From a paper map
51.389764
1.361971
KENT-ACD9F3
null
PAK144-006.JPG
KENT-ACD9F3. Wooden handle of gouge.
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100,259
Socketed Axehead
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
BRONZE AGE
-1,050
-600
An incomplete tip of a cast bronze socketed axehead, dating from c. 1050-600 BC (length: 24.9mm; width: 45.8mm; thickness: 12.4mm; weight: 54.10g). This rounded tip has a very blunted and possibly unfinished blade and only a small part of the bottom of the socket mouth is visible as a slight sub-rectangular indentation. This artefact is in a worn and poor condition with a patchy dark brown patina remaining, although the object seems to have been coated in a substance. In 'Guide Catalogue of the Bronze Age', savory states that the socketed axe-head represents a change both in the method of hafting and the method of production. This involves the adoption of a handle with a single knee-shaft prong, as well as the use of hollow casting and the 'cire perdue' process.
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4
null
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-05-30T23:00:00Z
null
null
null
54.1
null
null
12.4
24.9
1
Caroline Johnson
Caroline Johnson
West Midlands
Staffordshire
South Staffordshire
Saredon
SJ9407
From a paper map
52.660686
-2.090144
WMID-14AC46
null
WMID-14AC46.jpg
An incomplete tip of a Bronze Age socketed axehead, dating from c. 1050-600 BC.
Birmingham Museums Trust
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100,637
Ingot
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,000
-900
Fragment, probably from a copper alloy ingot. The object is plano-convex in section. L. 35.88mm. W. 25mm. Th. 13.9-7.6mm. Wt. 40.21g.
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4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-01-27T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
40.21
null
null
13.9
35.88
1
Jodi Puls
Jodi Puls
South East
Hampshire
East Hampshire
Hawkley
SU7329
From finder
51.055713
-0.95981
HAMP-4104C6
null
Hamp 4104C6.tif
HAMP-4104C6
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100,638
Ingot
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,000
-900
Possible copper alloy ingot. The object is rectangular in plan and section. One surface is flat, the other has hammer marks along 24mm of its length. Both ends have small flattened areas. L. 39.51mm. W. 9.84-11.45-10.43mm. Th. 11.7-4.36mm. Wt. 18.97g.
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4
null
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-01-27T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
18.97
null
null
11.7
39.51
1
Sally Worrell
Jodi Puls
South East
Hampshire
East Hampshire
Hawkley
SU7329
From finder
51.055713
-0.95981
HAMP-4118B2
null
Hamp 4118B2.tif
Bronze Age Ingot
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100,639
Ingot
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,000
-900
Possible copper alloy ingot. The object is a rod, D-shaped in section. One side is slightly chamfered close to the flat surface L. 34.12mm. W. 8.37-6.1mm. Th. 6.99-5.95mm. Wt. 11.47g.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-01-27T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
11.47
null
null
6.99
34.12
1
Sally Worrell
Jodi Puls
South East
Hampshire
East Hampshire
Hawkley
SU7329
From finder
51.055713
-0.95981
HAMP-411CE1
null
Hamp 411CE1.tif
HAMP 411CE1
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100,640
Ingot
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-2,000
-900
Fragment, probably from the edge of a copper alloy ingot. Plano-convex in section.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-01-27T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
28.09
null
null
16.8
21.2
1
Sally Worrell
Jodi Puls
South East
Hampshire
East Hampshire
Hawkley
SU7329
From finder
51.055713
-0.95981
HAMP-4120C5
null
Hamp 4120C5.tif
HAMP4120C5
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101,046
Palstave
Bronze Age
Bronze Age
null
-1,200
-1,000
The tip of the upper part of a palstave axe. The sides are slightly raised. The central thickness is 7.5mm.
null
4
Copper alloy
null
Returned to finder
Metal detector
2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
null
null
null
15.83
null
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David W Williams
David W Williams
South East
Surrey
Guildford
West Clandon
TQ0350
From finder
51.239891
-0.525897
SUR-A8E0D4
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05.69.jpg
Bronze Age palstave axe fragment
Surrey County Council
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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