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893,226 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -900 | -750 | Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed looped axehead fragment. Only the bottom part with the cutting edge remains. The fragment has no discernible decoration. Ewart Park phase attribution, probably a South Eastern type. Dates to between c900 to c750 BC.
The length is 35mm, width 35mm, thickness 13mm, and the weight ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-03-09T00:00:00Z | 2018-03-09T00:00:00Z | null | null | 44.56 | null | null | 13 | 35 | 1 | Alex Whitlock | Alex Whitlock | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | South Kesteven | Londonthorpe and Harrowby Without | SK9536 | From finder | 52.913037 | -0.588707 | LANCUM-317235 | null | LANCUM317235.jpg | Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
893,324 | Bracelet | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,200 | A complete copper-alloy annular bracelet/arm-ring probably of Bronze Age date 1400 - 1300 BC. The Liss-type bracelet is solid and oval in section and in good condition with brown patina. The body is decorated with incised or engraved panels which are relatively deep and have been applied with some degree of care. The c... | Similar plain and incised (Liss-type) bracelets in copper alloy are not common finds. They are known from the Taunton phase (1,400 -1,200 BC) of the Bronze Age onwards, mainly from Southern Britain. These bracelets concentrate in the southern counties of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset and West Sussex and examples are als... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 346.5 | 83.7 | null | 12.9 | null | 1 | Dr. Lindsey Smith | Dr. Lindsey Smith | South East | Oxfordshire | Cherwell | Merton | SP5719 | From finder | 51.866675 | -1.173588 | BERK-7B524E | null | BAbracelet.jpg | BA Bracelet | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
893,369 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | A fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave, probably dating to c. 1500-1100 BC. The surviving fragment comprises of the upper portion of the blade, truncated below the stop ridge at the butt end and with the cutting edge also lost. Both breaks are worn and patinated. The fragment is sub-trapezoidal in plan... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 105.4 | null | null | 15.5 | 47.3 | 1 | Leah Moradi | Leah Moradi | South West | Devon | Exeter | Duryard | SX9195 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.744342 | -3.546262 | DEV-7C73DE | null | DEV7C73DE.JPG | Bronze Age palstave fragment | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
893,594 | Bracelet | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -2,500 | 410 | An incomplete cast copper alloy artefact, probably a bracelet or small arm ring, date uncertain.
Sub-circular in plan, the frame is a shallow D shape and tapers towards old breaks at both ends. One end has been bent inwards from an incomplete break at 23mm from the end. Both surfaces appear to be undecorated but the... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-11-05T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 61.8 | null | 69.77 | 5.3 | null | 1 | Ann Lipscombe | Ann Lipscombe | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Hambleton | High Worsall | NZ0703 | From finder | 54.422389 | -1.893626 | DUR-916168 | null | DUR916168.jpg | DUR-916168 | Durham County Council | Attribution License | ||
894,256 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | An incomplete Bronze Age socketed axehead, probably dating to c. 1100-800 BC. The surviving fragment comprises only of the blade-end, only surviving between the cutting edge and the end of the internal socket. The fragment is rectangular in plan and sub-triangular when viewed in profile. The sides of the axe are broadl... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 82.45 | null | null | 13.6 | 45.3 | 1 | Wil Partridge | Wil Partridge | South West | Devon | South Hams | Charleton | SX7542 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.264712 | -3.755172 | DEV-FAC9D2 | null | DEVFAC9D2.JPG | Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe head | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
895,145 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -1,500 | A cast copper-alloy flat axehead of the Early Bronze Age, dating to the period of 2200-1500 BC. It measures 78.36mm in length and 48.24mm in width. It is 10.21mm thick and weighs 159.11g. The axehead is broadly trapezoidal in shape. Its thickest point is in the middle, from where it tapers to the sides. The blade gradu... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 159.11 | null | null | 10.21 | 78.36 | 1 | Nina Dierks | Nina Dierks | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Stinsford | SY7193 | From finder | 50.735883 | -2.412309 | WILT-5213F9 | null | WILT5213F9.jpg | null | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
895,169 | Miniature Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -2,150 | 410 | Miniature axe or axe-chisel of Bronze age to Roman date (2150 BC- 410 AD). The object is similar to solid flat axes with a tapering blade, resembling a miniature version of the earliest and simplest solid cast copper alloy axe-heads. The sides are slightly curved and the blades tappers to a rounded edge. The object is ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-09-30T23:00:00Z | 2016-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 19.9 | null | null | 6.41 | 33.6 | 1 | Liz Walker | Liz Walker | South East | West Sussex | Arun | Patching | TQ0907 | From finder | 50.852257 | -0.45291 | SUSS-63EAE7 | null | AxeSUSS63EAE7.jpg | Miniature axe or axe-chisel of Bronze age to Roman date (2150 BC- 410 AD) | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
895,338 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,250 | 400 | Bronze Age to Post Medieval (c. 1250 BC to 4th century) awl: The awl has a tang which is rectangular in section and tapers to a blunt edge. The tang is over half of the awl. The other half is square in section, tapering to a blunt, rounded point. The surface has traces of a mottled light grey-green patina.
It measur... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-07-31T23:00:00Z | 2017-08-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 6.2 | null | null | 5.52 | 51.61 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | West Hendred | SU4485 | From finder | 51.562169 | -1.366657 | WAW-93F78D | null | WAW93F78D.jpg | Bronze Age to Post Medieval awl (plan and profile). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
895,552 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Haft-end fragment of late Bronze Age socketed Axehead. Full width mouth fragment comprising nearly half of the circumference. Single mouth moulding. Insufficient survives for further classification. Circa 1000-800 BC. Dimensions; 32mm at widest point, 27mm long overall. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-03-25T00:00:00Z | 2018-03-25T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 27 | 1 | Garry Crace | Garry Crace | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Bradenham | TF9107 | null | 52.627145 | 0.820591 | NMS-AA275B | null | LBAaxefragment.jpg | Fragment of late Bronze Age socketed Axe | Garry Crace | Attribution License | ||
895,607 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Probably Bronze Age (-1000 to -800) blade fragment: The cast copper alloy blade fragment is an elongated lozenge in cross-section with a convex surfaces. The breaks across the blade are old and rounded. The edges of the blade are slightly faceted.
The surface of the blade has an incomplete mottled dark green and bro... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-08-05T23:00:00Z | 2017-08-05T23:00:00Z | null | null | 14.74 | null | null | 7.74 | 22.89 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | West Hendred | SU4485 | From finder | 51.562169 | -1.366657 | WAW-B7224A | null | WAWB7224A.jpg | Bronze Age sword or rapier blade fragment (plan and profile). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
896,436 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A copper alloy lower blade fragment from a palstave dating to the Middle Bronze Age, circa 1500-1300 BC.
The shape of the fragment is sub-triangular in plan and triangular in profile; the cross section at the break is sub-rectangular in form. The blade is broken below the stop ridge, due to this it is uncertain whe... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 146.7 | null | null | 14.9 | 64.1 | 1 | Victoria Allnatt | Victoria Allnatt | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Harborough | North Kilworth | SP6183 | Centred on village (which isn't a parish) | 52.441573 | -1.104029 | WMID-6279E4 | null | WMID6279E4.jpg | Bronze Age Palstave fragment (front, profile, back, plan view, blade view) | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
896,628 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A Late Bronze Age copper-alloy awl with a smooth and shiny patina.One half of the tool is square in cross section, measuring 45.26mm in length and tapers to a flattened end; the other half is circular in section, measures 46.60mm in length and tapers to a point. |
This find was recorded at a rally and therefore the identification and photograph may not be of our usual standard.
| 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2015-09-17T23:00:00Z | 2015-09-19T23:00:00Z | null | Danebury Midweek Searchers Rally 18-20 Sept 2015 | 13.81 | null | null | 5.22 | 91.86 | 1 | Arwen Wood | Margaret Broomfield | South East | Hampshire | Test Valley | Longstock | SU3337 | Recorded at a rally | 51.131331 | -1.52977 | HAMP-A38F8B | null | HAMPA38F8B.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
896,747 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a late Bronze Age socketed axe dating to perhaps c. BC 1000 - 800. It consists of the side loop, a small section of the axe itself and a short section of the collar of the socket. A casting ridge is visible over the collar and along the length of the loop.
It is 33.22mm in length (from the top of the c... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 20.97 | null | null | null | 33.22 | 1 | Jane Hanbidge | Jane Hanbidge | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Downton | SU1421 | null | 50.988234 | -1.801913 | WILT-B796A2 | null | WILTB796A2.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
897,365 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,400 | A fragment of a small cast copper alloy socketed spearhead, probably of the side looped type and dating to the early Middle Bronze Age, c.1600-1400BC. Side-looped spearheads are Class IV and date from the early Middle Bronze Age. They are likely to belong to the Acton Park 2, Taunton (Cemmaes) or Penard metalwork assem... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-03-04T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 9.5 | null | null | 8.9 | 34.5 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | West Oxfordshire | Northmoor | SP4101 | From finder | 51.706247 | -1.408063 | BERK-06AB93 | null | 2018191.jpg | Bronze Age spear: MBA spear fragment | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
897,459 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a Late Bronze age copper alloy socketed axehead, dating from 1000 - 800 BC. The fragment consists of the tip of the axehead, and is trapezoid in shape. In cross section across the side of the axehead it is triangular in shape, narrowing towards the tip of the blade. Across the body of the axehead it is re... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-10-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | Weekend Wanderers Bucks Oct 2017 American Tour 2 | 45.22 | null | null | 11.6 | 32.4 | 1 | Arwen Wood | Arwen Wood | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Thornton | SP7435 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.00851 | -0.9233 | BUC-0BE9D4 | null | BUC0BE9D4.jpg | Bronze Age Socketed Axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
897,503 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,000 | -800 | An incomplete and slightly worn cast copper-alloy socketed axehead of Late Bronze Age date (c. 1000 - c.800 BC).
Description: The object has a narrow sub-rectangular body, slightly narrower in the middle flaring towards the blade end and slightly towards the haft end. In plan the blade is wide and flaring creating a... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 130.91 | null | null | 25.66 | 66.96 | 1 | Jo Ahmet | Jo Ahmet | South East | Kent | Ashford | Smeeth | TR0739 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.112895 | 0.95599 | KENT-0DD8D3 | null | KENT0DD8D3.jpg | socketted axehead | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
897,719 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | A Middle Bronze Age ornament hoard, consisting of two Liss arm rings (one in three pieces), an unlooped palstave axe, a quoit-headed pin (in three pieces), a knife/ razor fragment and a fragment of spear tip. The two smaller fragments of arm ring were found c. 3 foot from the rest of the hoard, which was in situ; the t... |
With special thanks to Brenan O'Connor for recognising the palstave as a Norman type.
| 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2018-04-03T23:00:00Z | 2018-04-03T23:00:00Z | 2018T222 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | South East | Hampshire | Fareham | Portchester West | SU6005 | From finder | 50.841424 | -1.149218 | HAMP-4B38A6 | null | HAMP4B38A6.jpg | Middle Bronze Age ornament hoard | Hampshire Cultural Trust | Attribution License | ||
897,795 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,700 | -1,500 | Bronze Age copper alloy flat axe, Length: 94 mm, width: 43 mm, thickness: 11 mm, weight: 164 g.
The axe is complete but is pitted with corrosion and has a rectangular form and cross section. It has a very square butt end with tapering sides and it has largely parrallel, slightly flanged edges which only taper outwar... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 164 | null | null | 11 | 94 | 1 | Wendy Scott | Elisabeth Janovsky | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Melton | Somerby | SK8013 | Centred on field | 52.708763 | -0.817336 | LEIC-5BE6A3 | null | LEIC5BE6A3.jpg | Bronze age copper alloy flat axe, 1700 - 1500 BC | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
897,852 | Pin | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,400 | -500 | Late Bronze Age copper alloy disc- headed pin, Length: 27 mm, diameter: 11 mm, weight: 2.13 grams.
The pin is incomplete, missing its lower shaft. This is circular in cross section and widens as it reaches the head from 2mm to 3.5 mm in diameter. The head is 3 mm deep and 11 mm in diameter. It is circular in form an... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 2.13 | null | 11 | null | 27 | 1 | Wendy Scott | Elisabeth Janovsky | East Midlands | Rutland | Rutland | Leighfield | SK8203 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.618587 | -0.790225 | LEIC-5D796B | null | LEIC5D796B.jpg | Late Bronze Age disc headed pin, 900 to 600 BC | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
898,648 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,500 | -700 | A fragment of a Bronze Age copper alloy axehead, dating from 2500-700 BC. The fragment consists of the tip of the axehead. It is oval in cross section across the body. It is triangular in cross section down the side of the axe head, narrowing to the cutting edge. It has a dark green patina, with patches of light green ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-10-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | Weekend Wanderers Bucks Oct 2017 American Tour 2 | 3.8 | null | null | 5.8 | 29.7 | 1 | Arwen Wood | Arwen Wood | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Thornton | SP7435 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.00851 | -0.9233 | BUC-DD0B7C | null | BUCDD0B7C.jpg | Bronze Age Axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
898,676 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a copper-alloy Bronze Age socketed axe, c.1000-800BC
Description: The fragment represents part of the socket and loop of the axe but that is all. The breaks are jagged and partially worn suggesting they were broken in antiquity. Due to its' incompleteness it is not possible to narrow the ID for this o... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3.41 | 24.37 | 1 | Henry Weeds | Henry Weeds | South East | Kent | Sevenoaks | Brasted | TQ4850 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.230004 | 0.118332 | KENT-DDA2B2 | null | SocketedAxeLoop.jpg | null | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
899,113 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A complete copper-alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date, c.1000 - 800 BC. South Wales (Stogursey) Type and of Ewart Park Metalworking Industry of Needham's (1997) Period 7.
The axehead is wedge-shaped with a square socket mouth and a moulded everted collar. The remains of four runners / casting jets in the ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Other chance find | null | null | null | null | 403 | null | null | null | 112.9 | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Monmouth | SO5014 | From a paper map | 51.822373 | -2.726846 | YORYM-057F37 | null | SWW0001.jpg | Bronze Age : Socketed Axehead | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
899,509 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,700 | -1,500 | An incomplete copper alloy spear tip from the Bronze Age circa 1700-1500BC. The spear tip is triangular in plan it is also curved and possibly missing a lower piece. The convex surface displays wear to the middle and the edges of the spear are nicked in places. Two of the nicks reveal a green patina underneath the redi... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-03-21T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 15.15 | null | null | 10.05 | 40.57 | 1 | Helen Wickenden | Helen Wickenden | South East | Oxfordshire | West Oxfordshire | Northmoor | SP4201 | From finder | 51.706174 | -1.393592 | BUC-2EC123 | null | SpearTipBUC2EC123.jpg | Spear Tip | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
899,611 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -2,000 | A cast copper-alloy miniature flat axe head of the Early Bronze Age, c.2200-2000 BC. Sub-triangular in plan, lenticular in section and in profile. At 101 mm in length the axe is slightly over half the size of a standard Early Bronze Age axe from South-west England. It is 43.5 mm wide at the blade end, tapering to 20 mm... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 164.45 | null | null | 9.5 | 101 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Advent | SX1082 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.606703 | -4.686562 | CORN-3237B8 | null | DSCN0203.JPG | flat axe (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
899,615 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -800 | -700 | Cast copper alloy fragment of a Bronze Age socketed axe, sub-rectangular in plan and in section and triangular in profile. The fragment consists of the blade end of a socketed axe, 44.5 mm long, 29.5 mm wide at the blade end, 15 mm in height and 4 mm thick at the broken end, and 41.35 g in weight. The entire surface is... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-04-07T23:00:00Z | 2018-04-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | 41.35 | 15 | null | 4 | 44.5 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Lewannick | SX2781 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.60301 | -4.446086 | CORN-323F38 | null | DSCN6641.JPG | socketed axe blade (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
899,617 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,200 | -800 | Fragment of a cast copper alloy blade, possibly the point from a Bronze Age sword, kite-shaped in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile. The broken end appears to have been deliberately cut to create a pointed apex which may have been to improve hafting if the fragment was re-used as some sort of perforating tool. This br... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-04-01T23:00:00Z | 2018-04-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | 9.47 | null | null | 5 | 42 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | St. Just | SW3830 | From finder | 50.112141 | -5.666004 | CORN-32473E | null | DSCN0207.JPG | sword tip (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
899,678 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A fragment of a bent Bronze Age cast copper-alloy decorated socketed spearhead. The fragment broadly triangular in plan and lozengeiform in cross section. The spear fragment tapers towards the point which has been bent, the tip of the spear curves towards the fragment. At the break the socket is visible. The sides are ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 6.26 | null | null | 7.1 | 36.1 | 1 | Richard Henry | Richard Henry | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Idmiston | SU1935 | From finder | 51.11398 | -1.729948 | WILT-344A4E | null | WILT344A4E.jpg | null | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
899,841 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | An incomplete Bronze Age copper alloy Palstave, probably dating to c. 1,500-1,300 BC. The Palstave comprises of the blade only, the butt-end, including the entirety of the septum and flanges being lost to an old break at the stop ridge. The vestigial remains of loop are present, with a broken and abraded projection fro... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 209.45 | null | null | 26.4 | 75.4 | 1 | Wil Partridge | Wil Partridge | South West | Devon | Teignbridge | Christow | SX8385 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.652895 | -3.656429 | DEV-71E97B | null | DEV71E97B.JPG | Bronze Age incomplete palstave | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
900,230 | Mould | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,200 | Middle Bronze Age bronze mould for casting palstaves of Group III, Low Flanged Type of Taunton Metalworking Industry and probably dated to c. 1400 - 1200BC
The mould is represented by one valve of the pair, with a fragment missing from its base (blade end) (with a length of 197mm and a weight of 510.8g). The mouth (wi... | Metallurgical Analysis of the mould
By Phil Parkes
The bronze palstave mould was analysed using SEM-EDX and XRF analysis to determine metal composition. XRF analysis on the interior and exterior of the mould showed the two surfaces to contain the same elements with slightly different proportions, most likely due to... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-01-21T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 510.8 | null | 43 | 14 | 197 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Mark Lodwick | Wales | Swansea | Swansea | Penderry | SS6497 | From finder | 51.655288 | -3.967412 | NMGW-9883F6 | null | mouldcopy.jpg | Middle Bronze Age bronze mould for casting palstaves of Group III, Low Flanged Type | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
900,297 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -750 |
A copper alloy casting jet or sprue. The item is roughly oval in plan and plano-convex in section, and has an incomplete, irregular tab of copper alloy extending from the base. Probably Late Bronze Age.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 17.02 | null | null | 21 | 20 | 1 | Adam Daubney | Adam Daubney | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | North Kesteven | Roxholm | TF0649 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.027797 | -0.420939 | LIN-9B5103 | null | LIN9B5103.jpg | Bronze Age copper alloy casting waste | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
900,449 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | null | null | Copper alloy mount or fitting of uncertain function and date, probably of Late Bronze Age or Iron Age date and possibly a scabbard chape.
The possible cast mount is complete (with a length of 23.5mm, a height of 22.9mm and a weight of 18.0g). The mount is of bulbous bi-lobed form (21.5mm wide and 13.1mm thick) with ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-02-11T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 18 | 22.9 | null | 13.1 | 23.5 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Mark Lodwick | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Llantilio Crossenny | SO3915 | From a paper map | 51.830268 | -2.886601 | NMGW-AF1FCC | null | 201725copy.jpg | Copper alloy mount or fitting of uncertain function and date, probably of Late Bronze Age or Iron Age date and possibly a scabbard chape | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
900,485 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Bronze Age knife or razor probably of Late Bronze Age date
The knife or razor is of crescent form and appears to be near-complete but is perhaps missing a tang (with a length of 51.3mm, a height of 40.1mm and a weight of 43.9g). The blade edge is concave with a deep-arched back. The blade tips at both ends may have be... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-03-26T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 43.9 | 40.1 | null | 4.4 | 51.3 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Mark Lodwick | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Caerwent | ST4789 | null | 51.597338 | -2.766558 | NMGW-B18276 | null | 2017231copy.jpg | Bronze Age knife or razor probably of Late Bronze Age date | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
900,624 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -600 | Late Bronze Age date (c. 1150-600 BC) pegged spearhead. The copper alloy spearhead is almost complete with the edges of the blade being abraded and the rim of the socket is damaged recently. The blade is a slender leaf-shape and the edges of the blade are slightly bevelled. The midrib tapers towards the tip, which is m... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-11-30T00:00:00Z | 2018-02-22T00:00:00Z | null | null | 74.45 | null | 22.03 | null | 129.77 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Warwickshire | North Warwickshire | Maxstoke | SP2386 | From finder | 52.471455 | -1.662839 | WAW-C65A09 | null | WAWC65A09.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead (plan and profile). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
900,777 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,700 | -1,500 | A complete Bronze Age copper alloy flat axe dating to the period circa BC 1700-1500. The object is a flanged axehead type. The object consists of a concave butt with tapering sides. It has parallel slightly flanged edges tapering outwards before becoming part of the curved edge of the blade. The blade then tapers gentl... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 133.44 | null | null | 12.1 | 94.2 | 1 | Phil Hughes | Phil Hughes | East Midlands | Nottinghamshire | Newark and Sherwood | Halloughton | SK6851 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.051943 | -0.986992 | DENO-177CFA | null | DENO177CFA.jpg | Bronze Age flanged axehead | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
900,787 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,000 | Fragmentary copper-alloy palstave axe dating from the Middle Bronze Age c. 1500 - 1000 BC.
The axe retains part of the blade and stop-ridge. The blade is lentoid in section and sub-rectangular in shape, flaring outwards nearer the blade edge. The blade edge is now missing.
The stop-ridge is rectangular in shape, ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 177.73 | null | null | 18 | 99 | 1 | Sophie Flynn | Sophie Flynn | Eastern | Essex | Tendring | Elmstead | TM0525 | From finder | 51.885852 | 0.977392 | ESS-17C46C | null | ESS17C46C.jpg | Bronze age palstave axe | Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service | Attribution License | ||
900,918 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A fragment of a Bronze Age spear head dating to 1500BC to 800BC. Only the tip of the spear head remains and is sub-triangular in plan and profile. The edges have sustained damage and the break appears not to be recent.
The item is triangular in shape. The mid portion of the spear is cylindrical in section, and there... |
A date of middle to late Bronze Age was decided by the cross sectional shape to similar items.
| 4 | Copper | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 7.1 | null | null | 9.4 | 28.7 | 1 | Sophie Flynn | Colin Rose | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | ESS-1A7A76 | null | ESS1A7A76.jpg | Bronze Age Spear head | Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service | Attribution License | ||
901,264 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | An incomplete copper alloy awl, dated to the Late Bronze Age. The object has a sub-circular shaft tapering to a straight point at one end. The other end has been hammered and flattened forming a sub-rectangular upper end.
Its use remains unclear despite its technical attribute.
The metal is a dark green in colour... |
The form of the awl does not change much through time and similar objects are also noted in the Roman period and possibly later.
| 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.6 | null | null | 4.58 | 65.74 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | Daventry | Norton | SP5964 | From finder | 52.270998 | -1.136782 | NARC-43CEF7 | null | NARC43CEF7.jpg | NARC-43CEF7 : Stylus : Roman to Medieval | Eleanore Cox | Attribution License | ||
901,444 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,000 | -1,700 | A copper alloy Bronze Age flanged axehead, dating to the period c.2000-1700 BC. The axehead is broadly rectangular, with an incomplete expanded crescent shaped blade. The butt is narrow and incomplete and measures 12.72mm in width and is 3.28mm thick. In profile the axe is a sub pointed oval with both terminals taperin... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 55.3 | null | null | 15.82 | 72.23 | 1 | Denise Wilding | Denise Wilding | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Bainton | SE9753 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.963993 | -0.522961 | YORYM-57D704 | null | CW0362.jpg | Bronze Age : Axehead | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
901,450 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A fragment of a copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, dating to the period c. 1150-800 BC. Only the tip of the axehead survives. The blade edge is mostly intact and has a convex curve. The fragment has a broadly rectangular cross-section at the break and the socket is revealed inside the break. One edge is ben... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 29.05 | null | null | null | 24.25 | 1 | Denise Wilding | Denise Wilding | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Bainton | SE9853 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.963805 | -0.507724 | YORYM-583B27 | null | CW0360.jpg | Bronze Age : Axehead | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
901,457 | Dagger | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,300 | -800 | A fragment of a bronze age weapon, possibly a dagger, dating to the period c.2300 - 800 BC. The fragment is triangular in plan and lenticular in cross section. A worn break is present at the lower edge. The edges are worn, and a brown-green patina is on the surface.
The fragment measures 26.68mm in length, 11.26mm i... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 2.89 | null | null | null | 26.68 | 1 | Denise Wilding | Denise Wilding | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Bainton | SE9853 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.963805 | -0.507724 | YORYM-586759 | null | CW0361.jpg | Bronze Age : Dagger | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
901,828 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -800 | An incomplete cast copper-alloy axehead of Middle to Late Bronze Age date (c. 1400- c.800 BC).
A fragment of crescentric cutting edge axe blade from an uncertain type of axe. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2015-08-15T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 2.8 | null | null | 3.6 | 26 | 1 | Dr. Lindsey Smith | Dr. Lindsey Smith | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor | SU3995 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.652445 | -1.437673 | BERK-AAC96F | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
901,832 | Pin | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -2,100 | 100 |
Tapering rod of copper-alloy of uncertain date. Possibly a tool or huge brooch pin rectangular in section rounding to a flat point. Bronze Age or Iron Age date?
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-11-06T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 10.9 | null | 5 | null | 97.8 | 1 | Dr. Lindsey Smith | Dr. Lindsey Smith | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor | SU3995 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.652445 | -1.437673 | BERK-AAEB6C | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
901,840 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -800 | The tip of a cast copper-alloy blade, probably a rapier of Middle to Late Bronze Age date (1600-800BC). The surviving fragment is lozenge in cross-section. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2015-08-15T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 2.8 | null | null | 3.2 | 19 | 1 | Dr. Lindsey Smith | Dr. Lindsey Smith | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor | SU3996 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.661436 | -1.437562 | BERK-AB3F9A | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
902,008 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,000 | -1,000 | A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Bronze Age spearhead, dating to the period c. 2000 -1000 BC. The piece represents the tip of the spearhead and is triangular in plan, retaining the mid-rib, which is hollow and formed part of the socket. The spearhead has a light green patination. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 9.41 | null | null | 9.54 | 29.29 | 1 | Edwin Wood | Edwin Wood | South East | East Sussex | Wealden | Willingdon and Jevington | TQ5600 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.778602 | 0.21135 | SUSS-C0E7BB | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
902,076 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged chisel, probably dating to c. 1150-800 BC. The chisel survives complete, although the tang has been damaged, and is now bent at 45 degrees to the plane.
The tang is rectangular in cross section, tapering to a point in profile and with a sub-rectangular end in plan, with the rema... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 27.68 | null | null | 9.6 | 85.9 | 1 | Wil Partridge | Wil Partridge | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Loders | SY4994 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.743355 | -2.724178 | DEV-C3AD9B | null | DEVC3AD9B.JPG | Late Bronze age copper alloy chisel | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
902,221 | Gouge | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -650 | An incomplete copper alloy socketed gouge, of Late Bronze Age dating circa AD 1100 BC to 650 BC.
The object consists of the tip only with the rest of the object missing. The tip has a 'U' shaped blade. The gouge has a circular cross section. The object has tapering sides. The upper edge is damaged an uneven. The tip... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-03-31T23:00:00Z | 2018-04-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | 12.6 | null | null | 1.8 | 46.9 | 1 | Victoria Allnatt | Victoria Allnatt | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Stafford | Church Eaton | SJ8313 | From finder | 52.714388 | -2.253087 | WMID-D84EFB | null | WMIDD84EFB.jpg | Late Bronze Age socketed gouge (front, profile, reverse, profile, plan and underside view) | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
902,277 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,200 | A fragment of a copper alloy probable rapier blade, 1500-800 BC. A section of straight-sided double-edged blade with a low oval cross section. The surface is pitted and corroded and has an even green patina. It has a wide mid rib.
Date: Bronze Age - c. 1500 - 1200 BC
Length: 40.16 mm
Width: 16.86 mm
Thickness: 3.95... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 12.38 | null | null | 3.95 | 40.16 | 1 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Rachel Mowbray | South West | Dorset | Purbeck | Bere Regis | SY8296 | From finder | 50.763308 | -2.256584 | DOR-E9D105 | null | DORE9D105a.jpg | Bronze Age rapier. | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
902,283 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A fragment of a copper alloy palstave axe, probably dating to 1500 BC to 1150 BC. The flared, crescentic cutting edge only remains. It has a rectangular cross section. The surface is lightly corroded and pitted.
Date: Middle Bronze Age
Length: 26.70 mm
Width: 34.37 mm
Thickness: 9.93 mm
Weight: 32.53 g | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 32.53 | null | null | 9.93 | 26.7 | 1 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Rachel Mowbray | South West | Dorset | Purbeck | Bere Regis | SY8297 | Centred on field | 50.7723 | -2.256633 | DOR-EA2008 | null | DOREA2008a.jpg | Iron Age axe head. | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
902,424 | Miniature Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,200 | A complete miniature Palstave of the Middle Bronze Age, dating from c. 1, 300 B.C - 1,200 B.C.
The palstave is broadly rectangular in plan and is lentoid in profile. There are raised ridges on the outer edge of each side forming a H shape in profile at the butt end. The butt is slightly concave and tapers to a round... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-09-13T23:00:00Z | 2017-09-13T23:00:00Z | null | null | 17.4 | null | null | 8.6 | 53.2 | 1 | Helen Glenn | Helen Glenn | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | Pontesbury | SJ3905 | From finder | 52.639299 | -2.902874 | WMID-EFD2EE | null | WMIDEFD2EE.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Minature Palstave (Wantage type - Early Palstave Group III)s | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
902,633 | Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | A gold band with a narrow tang/fastening hook at one end and blunt rounded terminal at one end (with a roughly pierced hole to receive the fastening hook). Both sides of the ornament are folded over to create an overall [ shape (similar to other objects of this date and style, cf. the Binstead 'rings', discussed below)... | As a find of a precious metal object of Bronze Age date, this object qualifies as Treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act (1996).
Reported via Mark Lodwick at National Museum Wales. | 3 | Gold | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | null | null | 2018T304 | null | 4.84 | null | null | null | 30 | 1 | Neil Wilkin | Ian Richardson | West Midlands | County of Herefordshire | County of Herefordshire | Garway | SO4521 | From finder | 51.884833 | -2.800499 | PAS-2D3218 | null | 2018T304a.JPG | Bronze Age gold ring | The British Museum | Attribution License | ||
902,638 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -750 | An incomplete Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead, of South Wales type and dating to the Ewart Park metal working phase, c. 950-750BC. The axehead is largely complete, but with extensive damage to the mouth of the socket. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan and tapers in profile towarss the cutting edge. A... | Similar axeheads can be seen published by Knight, Ormrod & Pearce (2014: nos. 54 & 432). A number of similar axeheads have been found in Late Bronze Age hoards now recorded on this database, cf. NMGW-1C435C, amongst others. | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 74.56 | null | null | 23.3 | 78.3 | 1 | Wil Partridge | Wil Partridge | South West | Devon | South Hams | Staverton | SX7963 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.45432 | -3.705832 | DEV-2D45E6 | null | DEV2D45E6.JPG | Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
903,096 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,100 | Cast copper alloy unlooped palstave axe probably dating to the Middle Bronze Age palstave 1300 to 1150BC. The axe shares similarities with the Taunton metalwork assemblage and Hotham related to the palstaves of the Acton Park metalwork assemblage to which it bears some resemblance similar to Needham et al fig 140 (1985... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-04-04T23:00:00Z | 2018-04-04T23:00:00Z | null | null | 293.51 | null | null | 37 | 150 | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | North West | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackburn with Darwen | Pleasington | SD6426 | Centred on parish | 53.729146 | -2.547132 | LANCUM-561B06 | null | LANCUM561B06.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
903,154 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | A Middle Bronze Age copper alloy small palstave axehead or chisel, probably dating to c. 1500-1100 BC. The palstave is 71.6mm long, with the butt end being rectangular in plan and of largely consistant width, 11.0mm at the stop ridge, the blade exands in width from the stop ridge reaching 18.0mm at the rounded cutting ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 28.65 | null | null | 12 | 71.6 | 1 | Wil Partridge | Wil Partridge | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Codford | ST9841 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.168239 | -2.029985 | DEV-577913 | null | DEV577913.JPG | Bronze age copper alloy palstave | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
903,335 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Copper alloy sword fragment. Cast fragment of a long narrow leaf-shaped blade, from towards its tip. A flattened rhomboid section at the narrower end of the fragment is rendered lentoid at the wider end by the rubbing down in antiquity of the aris between the sides of the blade on both its sides. The cutting edges rema... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-05-13T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 6.61 | null | null | 3.7 | 30.6 | 1 | Martin Foreman | Martin Foreman | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | Roxby cum Risby | SE9417 | From finder | 53.64108 | -0.579646 | NLM-6C8397 | null | NLM39324.jpg | Bronze Age Sword Blade fragment | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
903,386 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,100 | An incomplete Middle Bronze Age Transitional palstave axehead of Schmidt and Burgess Type Roundhay, Midribbed Variant (The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, 1981; plate 64 and 65, nos.883-99), and of Penard/Wallington metalworking phase, corresponding with Needham's (1996) Periods 5 -6 and probably dating to 1300 ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 268 | null | null | 31.4 | 115.6 | 1 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Moulsford | SU5884 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.551916 | -1.16488 | HAMP-6F007F | null | HAMP6F007F.jpg | Middle Bronze Age palstave | Hampshire Cultural Trust | Attribution License | ||
903,392 | Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,000 | 410 | A copper alloy possible horse harness ring of Late Bronze Age to Roman date (c. 1000 BC - AD 410). The ring weighs 15.51g, measures 25.7mm in diameter (21.1mm internal diameter) and is 7.9mm thick. It is circular in shape with a 2.2mm wide rib running around the circumference. The interior surface features a circumfere... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 15.51 | null | 25.7 | 7.9 | null | 1 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | South East | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Hurstbourne Priors | SU4147 | From finder | 51.220731 | -1.414308 | HAMP-6F9658 | null | HAMP6F9658.jpg | Late Bronze Age - Roman ring | Hampshire Cultural Trust | Attribution License | ||
903,513 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,100 | -1,700 | An early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axe head dating to the period circa 2100-1700 BC. The axe has a narrow butt that gradually expands in width towards the cutting edge. The axe widens more sharply where the sides meet the cutting edge. The cutting edge is convex. The butt is rectangular in cross-section and the blad... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to a museum | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 154.35 | null | null | 10.8 | 85 | 1 | Phil Hughes | Phil Hughes | East Midlands | Leicestershire | North West Leicestershire | Ravenstone with Snibstone | SK3912 | From finder | 52.704272 | -1.424256 | DENO-830FF8 | null | DENO830FF8.jpg | Bronze Age flat axe head | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
903,818 | Bead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,600 | -401 | A copper-alloy biconical bead of sub-circular to oval shape dating to the Bronze Age, probably middle Bronze Age to early Iron Age. This bead weighs 6.78g. It measures 15.9mm x 14.7mm transversely across the perforation and has a 'height', on the same axis as the perforation, of 9.9mm. The external surfaces of the bead... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-05-12T23:00:00Z | 2018-05-12T23:00:00Z | null | null | 6.78 | 9.9 | 15.9 | null | null | 1 | Helen Fowler | Helen Fowler | Eastern | Cambridgeshire | Huntingdonshire | Great Gransden | TL2857 | From a paper map | 52.196384 | -0.128669 | CAM-DD9C51 | null | CAMDD9C51.jpg | A copper-alloy biconical bead of sub-circular to oval shape. | Cambridgeshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
903,865 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -800 | Mid to late Bronze Age blade fragment, 87mm long, 27mm wide and 6mm thick with a weight of 55.95g. The object is rectangular in form and pointed oval in cross section. It is incomplete on all sides but has a visible bevel c.2mm away from the present edge along one long edge (far right as shown) The cross section has a ... |
Donated to Leicestershire Museums by the finders widow, Mrs C. Naylor.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to a museum | Metal detector | null | 1990-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 55.95 | null | null | 6 | 87 | 1 | Wendy Scott | Wendy Scott | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Charnwood | Rothley | SK5812 | Centred on parish | 52.702574 | -1.143093 | LEIC-E7112F | null | LEICE7112F.jpg | Bronze age copper alloy blade fragment | Leicestershire County Council | Attribution License | ||
904,085 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A (probably later) Bronze Age (c.1150-800 BC) copper alloy tanged awl, with both tang and pointed end slightly bent. The center of the awl is circular in cross-section, tapering to a rectangular-sectioned tang and circular-sectioned tip.
The total length of the awl is 75.3mm, with the circular cross-section 4.3mm in d... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 6.02 | null | 4.3 | null | 75.3 | 1 | Nicholas Mead | Nicholas Mead | South East | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Cliddesden | SU6448 | From finder | 51.227611 | -1.084833 | HAMP-EC41E6 | null | HAMPEC41E6.jpg | Bronze Age awl | Hampshire Cultural Trust | Attribution License | ||
904,134 | Ribbon | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,150 | TREASURE CASE 2018 T373. Description: An incomplete strip of decorated gold, of probable Bronze Age dating (c. 2150 BC to c. 1150 BC). The strip is an oval/ellipse shaped band that tapers towards the possible terminals. The terminals have a corrugated appearance consisting of three or four peaks and troughs, each creat... | null | 3 | Gold | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2018-04-08T00:00:00Z | null | 2018T373 | null | 3.5 | null | null | 0.5 | 53.3 | 1 | null | Anni Byard | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Whitchurch Canonicorum | SY3797 | null | 50.769149 | -2.894746 | OXON-FC8972 | null | 2018395.jpg | Bronze Age ribbon: Ribbon | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
904,492 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,500 | 410 | A very worn, cast copper-alloy possible awl dating from the middle Bronze-Age to Roman periods, c. 1500 BC - 410 AD.
Description: The object is broadly a thin pointed oval shape in plan, wider in the centre and narrowing towards each end. One end is broken and the other end comes to a worn and rounded point. It is ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-02-04T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 4.86 | null | 4.98 | null | 52.93 | 1 | Tom Redmayne | Tom Redmayne | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | East Lindsey | Fulstow | TF3496 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.44374 | 0.01605 | PUBLIC-523EE7 | null | 2018_0209_130945AA.jpg | Bronze Age copper-alloy awl | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
904,623 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -900 | Incomplete Middle Bronze Age socketed spearhead dating to the period c. 1500 - 900 BC. The mouth of the socket is broken around its circumference; all breaks heavily abraded. The majority of the blade is missing, also due to old breaks, as is the tip of the spearhead. The conical socket exhibits a single drilled peg or... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2011-07-04T23:00:00Z | 2018-03-07T00:00:00Z | null | null | 14.3 | null | 20.5 | null | 43 | 1 | Julie Shoemark | Julie Shoemark | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Northwold | TL7497 | From finder | 52.543048 | 0.564453 | NMS-5624A2 | null | 62791_5624A2_MBA_Spearhead.jpg | Bronze Age Spearhead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
904,626 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,200 | 700 | A copper-alloy casting jet with the remains of a runner below probably dating to the Bronze-Age.
Description: The jet is derived from casting in bronze. It is sub-oval in plan, unevenly concave on its upper surface and convex on its underside representing the depression in the clay or other mould material which was... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-02-04T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 6.38 | null | null | 9.56 | 16.34 | 1 | Tom Redmayne | Tom Redmayne | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | East Lindsey | Fulstow | TF3496 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.44374 | 0.01605 | PUBLIC-57BD52 | null | 2018_0604_152623AA.jpg | Bronze-Age casting jet | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
904,784 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,200 | -750 | A fragment of cast copper-alloy spearhead, likely dating to the Middle Bronze Age (III) or Late Bronze Age - likely from the Wilburton, Blackmoor / Ewart Park phases. c.1200-750 BC.
Description: The fragment represents most of the spear's upper section and is missing only part of the point. It is long, tapering and ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 33.23 | null | null | 9.86 | 95.96 | 1 | Jo Ahmet | Jo Ahmet | Eastern | Essex | Braintree | Great Yeldham | TL7439 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.02213 | 0.53454 | KENT-68BED7 | null | KENT68BED7.jpg | Fragment of huge Bronze Age spear | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
904,817 | Adze | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | Bronze age copper alloy palstave adze 1500 - 1150BC. The length is 125mm, the width of blade is 28mm thickness 20mm and the weight 138.02g. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and is intact, with slight damage to its butt end and some of its surface.
The butt end is rectangular in form and triangular... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-04-04T23:00:00Z | 2018-04-04T23:00:00Z | null | null | 138.02 | null | null | null | 125 | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | North West | Lancashire | Ribble Valley | Horton | SD8550 | Centred on parish | 53.945885 | -2.230019 | LANCUM-697908 | null | LANCUM697908.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
905,076 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -800 | Bronze Age (c. 1600 to 800 BC) axe or chisel blade fragment: An incomplete blade portion of the copper alloy axe or chisel remains. The blade is triangular in section, has a straight side to the corner of the blade. The break behind the blade is not recent. with the broken edge traversing the axe revealing a short po... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z | 2018-02-18T00:00:00Z | null | null | 10.21 | null | null | 6.8 | 18.56 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Worcestershire | Wychavon | Pershore | SO9346 | From a paper map | 52.112279 | -2.103633 | WAW-7E655C | null | WAW7E655C.jpg | Bronze Age chisel or axe fragment (profile and plan). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
905,404 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,800 | -900 |
An incomplete Bronze Age copper alloy socketed spear, dating from the mid/late Bronze Age period. The spear is very worn, and would probably have been broader. The tip of the spear is blunt, as well as the blades. The blade wings are abraded and irregular, with the socket being broken, with small pieces of wood still ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10 | 18 | 1 | Thomas Brown-Warr | Thomas Brown-Warr | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | North Kesteven | Threekingham | TF0736 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.910784 | -0.410326 | PUBLIC-A8019C | null | PUBLICA8019C.jpg | Late Bronze Age copper alloy spear | Lincolnshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
905,630 | Votive Model | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,000 | -500 | ~~A complete Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age copper alloy votive model of a miniature wheel dated to c. 1000-500 BC. The wheel is circular in plan with a trapezoidal shaped 'axel' from which four spokes radiate before joining the outer rim. The rim of the wheel and the spokes are rectangular in cross section. There i... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-05-31T23:00:00Z | 2018-01-07T00:00:00Z | null | null | 1.49 | null | null | 1.2 | 18 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | South East | Oxfordshire | West Oxfordshire | Milton-under-Wychwood | SP2516 | From finder | 51.842048 | -1.638527 | GLO-E82DE1 | null | GLOE82DE1.jpg | null | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
905,797 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | MEDIEVAL | -1,550 | 410 | An incomplete copper-alloy arrowhead or spearhead of unknown date, probably middle Bronze Age date, c. 1500 - 1000 BC or possibly later into the Roman period. Only the tip of the spear remains which is triangular in plan and lozenge in section with mid-ribs. No socket is present. An insufficient portion of the spear re... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-02-11T00:00:00Z | null | null | Wendlebury #1 | 2.9 | null | null | null | 33.1 | 1 | Dr. Lindsey Smith | Dr. Lindsey Smith | South East | Oxfordshire | Cherwell | Merton | SP5719 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.866675 | -1.173588 | BERK-FABE5E | null | 436BERKFABE5EArrowtip.jpg | Roman: Arrow Tip | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
906,167 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -700 | Fragment of a Bronze Age copper alloy axe, cutting edge with ancient breaks, loss of surface and corrosion. Extant length 25mm. Extant width 35mm. Extant thickness 7mm. Weight 20.84g. c. 2350 - c.700 BC.
(Finder's number AD 496) | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-03-20T00:00:00Z | 2018-04-15T23:00:00Z | null | null | 20.84 | null | null | 7 | 25 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | null | Norfolk | Broadland | Swannington | TG1418 | null | 52.717311 | 1.16702 | NMS-22A434 | null | 62702_22A434_BA_AxeFragment_ILL.jpg | Fragment of a Bronze Age axe | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
906,377 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A fragment of a copper alloy Socketed Axehead of Late Bronze Age date (1150-800 BC). The object is a portion of the haft-end of a socketed axe. The retained fragment is one of the sides of the mouth of the socket. The outer edge of the object has a raised lip with a longitudinal raised mid rib.
The metal is a mid... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 7.5 | null | null | 5.79 | 20.4 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | South Northamptonshire | Little Houghton | SP8159 | From finder | 52.22326 | -0.815636 | NARC-397413 | null | NARC397413.jpg | NARC-397413 : Socketed Axehead : Bronze Age | Eleanore Cox | Attribution License | ||
906,379 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A fragment of a copper alloy axehead of Bronze Age. The retained portion of the object is the cutting edge of the axehead. The blade edge is mostly intact and has a convex curve. The fragment has a broadly rectangular cross-section at the break. The object tapers outward from the cutting edge.
The metal is a mid-g... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3 | null | null | 4.18 | 28.31 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | South Northamptonshire | Little Houghton | SP8159 | From finder | 52.22326 | -0.815636 | NARC-398382 | null | NARC398382.jpg | NARC-398382 : Axehead : Bronze Age | Eleanore Cox | Attribution License | ||
906,384 | Dagger | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -800 | A fragment of a copper alloy Blade, Dagger or Rapier, of Mid to Late Bronze Age date (1600-800 BC). The object is rectangular in plan and a pointed oval in cross section. It is incomplete on all sides but has a visible bevel along the left and right hand edges away from the mid-rib. The cutting edges have been extensiv... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 13.4 | null | null | 4.97 | 42 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | South Northamptonshire | Little Houghton | SP8159 | From finder | 52.22326 | -0.815636 | NARC-39935B | null | NARC39935B.jpg | NARC-39935B : Blade : Bronze Age | Eleanore Cox | Attribution License | ||
906,386 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A fragment of a copper-alloy Socketed Axehead of Bronze Age date (1150-800 BC). The object is rectangular in shape and it has an L-shaped cross section. The longer of the two retained sides retains the casting seam and a circumferential raised lip. The external shape and the internal mould suggest that the fragment com... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 4.2 | null | null | 6.29 | 28.43 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | South Northamptonshire | Little Houghton | SP8159 | From finder | 52.22326 | -0.815636 | NARC-399F47 | null | NARC399F47.jpg | NARC-399F47 : Socketed Axehead : Bronze Age | Eleanore Cox | Attribution License | ||
906,389 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,500 | -300 | An incomplete copper alloy "Moustache-shaped" object probably of Middle Bronze Age to Middle Iron Age date (1500-300 BC). The object consists of two pointed drop-shaped elements (both points partially lost), D-shaped in cross-section and joined at their widest point, by a longitudinally recessed oval neck. There are mu... | These moustache-like objects are thought to date from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Iron Age, after the discovery of one in the Salisbury Hoard (Stead, 1998, no.117). An example was found recently in a Middle Bronze Age context at Clay Farm, Cambridgeshire (Current Archaeology March 2012, Issue 264, 35). Some are '... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 9.3 | null | null | 5.17 | 17.08 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | South Northamptonshire | Little Houghton | SP8159 | From finder | 52.22326 | -0.815636 | NARC-39B60B | null | NARC39B60B.jpg | NARC-39B60B : Moustace object : Bronze Age to Iron Age | Eleanore Cox | Attribution License | ||
906,468 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,300 | An incomplete copper-alloy flanged Ulrome type axehead of middle Bronze Age date, c.AD 1600 - 1300 BC. Acton Park II / Taunton phase.
The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a rounded butt end which extends to a curved cutting edge with splayed crescentic blade.
Two integral lateral lozenge shaped flanges are... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 188 | null | null | 13.3 | 106.5 | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Ryedale | Rillington | SE8475 | From finder | 54.163941 | -0.714967 | YORYM-3DE6DE | null | DR0158.jpg | Bronze Age : Axehead | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
906,617 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,250 | -800 | A complete, Bronze age copper-alloy tanged awl (c. 1250-800 BC). The tanged section has been flattened and tapers down to a squared, bent end with a rectangular cross-section. The awl which has six facets of uneven width, tapering down to a point. Length 96.1mm. Width 8.5mm, Thickness 7.5mm. Weight 18.15g. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-05-05T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 18.15 | null | null | 7.5 | 96.1 | 1 | Catherine Falkner | Catherine Falkner | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Quainton | SP7421 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.882661 | -0.926309 | DENO-799B6C | null | DENO799B6C.jpg | Bronze Age awl | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
906,779 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a cast copper-alloy socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date. Only the blade edge survives intact, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The blade edge narrows to a flat tip, still relatively sharp, and is curved in form with expanded sides that narrow in towards the main section of the axe. In cross s... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 42.9 | null | null | 10.6 | 23.4 | 1 | Anni Byard | Anni Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Uffington | SU3085 | From a paper map | 51.563085 | -1.568611 | OXON-8DE7C8 | null | 2018445.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe: Axe fragment | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
906,884 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,450 | -1,200 | Cast copper alloy unlooped palstave axe probably dating to the Middle Bronze Age palstave 1450 to 1200BC. The axe shares similarities with the Taunton metalwork assemblage and Hotham related to the palstaves of the Acton Park metalwork assemblage to which it bears some resemblance similar to Needham et al fig 140 (1985... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-06-06T23:00:00Z | 2018-06-06T23:00:00Z | null | null | 14.41 | null | null | null | 39 | 1 | Stuart Noon | Stuart Noon | North West | Lancashire | Pendle | Salterforth | SD8845 | From finder | 53.901025 | -2.184115 | LANCUM-91247A | null | LANCUM91247A.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
906,999 | Slag | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | POST MEDIEVAL | -1,150 | 1,750 | An amorphic piece of copper alloy Slag of Unknown date (1150 BC-AD 1750). The surface is characterised by lumps and hollows. The slag has a deep green and brown colour with a pitted patina. The back of the object is flatted while the front is convex. Scientific analysis of the elemental composition of the copper alloy ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 13.9 | null | null | 5.69 | 39.86 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | East Northamptonshire | Brigstock | SP9383 | From finder | 52.437071 | -0.633384 | NARC-A547BB | null | NARCA547BB.jpg | NARC-A547BB : Slag : Bronze Age-Post-Medieval | Eleanore Cox | Attribution License | ||
907,130 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of the lower part of a copper alloy socketed looped axe dating from the Late Bronze Age, i.e. c. 1000-800BC. Possibly of plain South Eastern Type.
Description:
The fragment survives only as the blade end. The sides curve inwards from the curved crescent blade-edge, flaring in section to a rectangle. Th... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 80.65 | null | null | 15.54 | 32.87 | 1 | Jo Ahmet | Jo Ahmet | South East | Kent | Dover | Eythorne | TR2749 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.195105 | 1.247558 | KENT-B5A3A6 | null | KENTB5A3A6.jpg | Socketed Axehead | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
907,132 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | A fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe head, probably dating to 1100-800 BC.
Description: The fragment survives only as the cutting edge and part of the long rectangular socketed body. The cutting edge survives intact, albeit heavily worn and runs in a very shallow convex curve, the blade tips fla... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 13.31 | null | null | 15.54 | 30.5 | 1 | Jo Ahmet | Jo Ahmet | South East | Kent | Swale | Selling | TR0356 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.266991 | 0.908523 | KENT-B614D9 | null | KENTB614D9.jpg | Socketted axehead | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
907,145 | Armlet | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A copper alloy armlet or bracelet probably dating from the Later Bronze Age, about 1000 BC - 800 BC. It is a penannular loop with flared, expanding terminals. These are close together, leaving a gap of only about 4-6mm between them. Each terminal is circular and the ends are concave or hollow. The inner face of one ter... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Other chance find | 2018-05-21T23:00:00Z | 2018-05-21T23:00:00Z | null | null | 362 | null | null | 24 | 113.4 | 1 | Amy Downes | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Harrogate | North Stainley with Sleningford | SE3076 | From finder | 54.178912 | -1.541867 | SWYOR-B6E981 | null | 3171_Armlet_1.jpg | Late Bronze Age armlet | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
907,267 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -801 | Copper-alloy cast chisel of probable Bronze Age date (c. 2350 - 801BC).
The item is composed of a waisted portion with a curved end comprising the chisel edge, and a tapering square sectioned length emerging from the opposite side.
The joint between the emergent square sectioned length and the chisel 'body' is th... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 9.5 | null | null | 9.8 | 41.9 | 1 | Sophie Flynn | Sophie Flynn | Eastern | Essex | Braintree | White Notley | TL7918 | From finder | 51.831928 | 0.59642 | ESS-BB59D5 | null | ESSBB59D5.jpg | Bronze Age miniature chisel | Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service | Attribution License | ||
907,324 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,250 | -1,900 | A very worn and incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) flat axe of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2200 - 2000 BC).
The flat axe is broadly sub triangular in plan with a splayed crescent shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slightly tapering edges. In cross section the axe is rectangular. One long edge is c... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | Victoria Allnatt | Victoria Allnatt | West Midlands | County of Herefordshire | County of Herefordshire | Leintwardine | SO3875 | From finder | 52.369523 | -2.912049 | WMID-CC7526 | null | WMIDCC7526.jpg | A Bronze Age Axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
907,665 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,000 | A cast copper alloy, Bronze Age (c. 1500-1000 BC) looped (missing), palstave axe head. The axe head comprises a curved, fan shaped cutting edge, which has suffered damage and corrosion. This tapers back in a curve to the stop ridge, before levelling out to form the rest of the axe. There is a prominent vertical rib run... |
This object has been treated by the finder, by coating in olive oil. The object has been passed to the University of Lincoln for conservation.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to a museum | Metal detector | 2018-05-19T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 215.7 | null | null | 27 | 122.26 | 1 | Catherine Falkner | Catherine Falkner | East Midlands | Derbyshire | South Derbyshire | Hilton | SK2630 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.866857 | -1.61522 | DENO-22E8C5 | null | DENO22E8C5.jpg | Bronze Age palstave axe | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
907,678 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | MEDIEVAL | -1,150 | 1,100 | An incomplete copper alloy possible awl of uncertain date, possibly dating to the Late Bronze Age - Medieval period, 1150 BC - AD.1100. The object is a single cast chisel with a flat bladed terminal that widens towards the middle of the piece before tapering down to a point which is now worn. There is no decoration on ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-03-27T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 7.14 | null | null | 6.6 | 50.3 | 1 | Arwen Wood | Arwen Wood | South East | Milton Keynes | Milton Keynes | Haversham-cum-Little Linford | SP8343 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.079148 | -0.790268 | BUC-23F078 | null | BUC23F078.jpg | Bronze age to Medieval awl | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
907,944 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A cast copper alloy Unidentified object, possibly a fragment of metalworking debris dating to the Late Bronze Age (1000-800 BC). The object is sub-rectangular in shape with one vertical groove which runs the length of the upper face. The groove creates two rounded ovate ridges. The other side of the object is undecorat... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 5.1 | null | null | 5.16 | 17.18 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Leckhampstead | SP7338 | From finder | 52.035609 | -0.937227 | NARC-4B1D2C | null | NARC4B1D2C.jpg | NARC-4B1D2C : Unidentified Object : Bronze Age | Eleanore Cox | Attribution License | ||
907,997 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -700 | Incomplete Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe in fairly fresh condition with prominent casting seams, slightly asymmetrical cutting edge, V-shaped break in upper edge of socket. Greyish metal indicating a probable high tin content in the alloy. Length 81mm. Width of cutting edge 46mm. Weight 164.79g. c.1000 - c.... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-04-15T23:00:00Z | 2018-04-16T23:00:00Z | null | null | 164.79 | null | null | null | 81 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | null | Norfolk | Broadland | Foulsham | TG0325 | null | 52.784386 | 1.008736 | NMS-4CCC22 | null | 22972_4CCC22_LBA_Axehead.jpg | Incomplete Late Bronze Age socketed axe | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
908,046 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Addendum to a previously known hoard find from the same site (ESS-F8865B / 2015 T113), known as the 'Blackwater Hoard'. This assemblage is comprised of 13 separate artefacts, all made of copper-alloy and very likely from the same deposit as the initial hoard and adds to the subsequent addenda found on the site since th... | As the items are very likely part of a previously reported and declared hoard of Treasure items, these artefacts, too, should be considered Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. They also qualify as Treasure in their own right, as a hoard or assemblage composed of two or more items of prehistoric da... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | null | null | 2018T456 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | Sophie Flynn | Sophie Flynn | Eastern | Essex | Maldon | Langford | TL8409 | From finder | 51.749474 | 0.664132 | ESS-4E0184 | null | 2018T456image.jpg | Bronze Age hoard addenda | Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service | Attribution License | ||
908,174 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -800 | Cast copper alloy awl. The the awl is sub-circular in cross-section and is faceted longitudinally. It tapers to a point at both ends. One end is slightly thicker than the other and is damaged and corroded.
Date: Bronze Age - c. 2150 - 800 BC
Dimensions: 47.62 mm x 6.62 mm
Weight: 5.77g
Plain copper alloy awls are ha... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 5.77 | null | 6.96 | null | 47.62 | 1 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Portesham | SY6486 | From finder | 50.672543 | -2.510814 | DOR-9C4AB8 | null | DOR9C4AB8.jpg | Copper alloy awl | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
908,730 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -800 | Copper alloy axe head fragment. A tiny chip from the end of the cutting edge of a cast axe head, possibly parted from its matrix at the site of a casting flaw. The cutting edge was crescentic with abrupt ends, though too little remains to firmly ascribe this scrap to a particular type. Suggested date: Middle to Late Br... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-05-19T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 2.59 | 18.2 | null | 5 | null | 1 | Martin Foreman | Martin Foreman | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | Winterton | SE9318 | Centred on field | 53.650244 | -0.594468 | NLM-CD7254 | null | NLM39742.jpg | Bronze Age Axehead fragment | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
908,979 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -1,250 | An incomplete copper alloy socketed, side-looped spearhead, dating from the early Middle Bronze Age (c.1550-1250 BC). The spear can probably be assigned to Davis's Group 7 'Special Side Looped'. The object has a broken blade of indented quadrilateral section. There is a prominent longitudinal mid-rib on both sides of t... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 45.71 | null | null | 18.55 | 86.42 | 1 | Susheela Burford | Susheela Burford | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | Worfield | SO7697 | From finder | 52.570289 | -2.355536 | WMID-E3E184 | null | WMIDE3E184.jpg | Middle Bronze Age socketed, side-looped spearhead (front, profile, reverse) | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
908,981 | Scabbard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A complete copper alloy scabbard chape dating to the late Bronze Age, 1150 - 800 BC. The chape is sub triangular or ogival in shape, and lozenge shaped in cross section. At the open end the chape curves upwards into two convex arms, creating a crescent shape. The outside edges curve down gradually to half way down the ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-04-17T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 48.02 | null | null | 14.4 | 85.2 | 1 | Arwen Wood | Arwen Wood | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Slapton | SP9221 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.879986 | -0.664867 | BUC-E3E35D | null | BUCE3E35D.jpg | Bronze Age scabbard chape | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
910,006 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,700 | -800 | An incomplete copper alloy spear tip probably dating from the Bronze Age circa 1700-800BC. Only the tip of the spearhead remains, which is triangular in shape, and lozenge in cross section with a worn midrib. This is the tip of the spearhead only and has a pronounced spine running down its centre, this is flanked by th... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-02-11T00:00:00Z | null | null | Wendlebury #1 | 5.7 | null | 7 | null | 28.5 | 1 | Dr. Lindsey Smith | Dr. Lindsey Smith | South East | Oxfordshire | Cherwell | Merton | SP5719 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.866675 | -1.173588 | BERK-726B33 | null | 424bBERK726B33Speartip.jpg | Bronze Age: Spear: tip | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
910,010 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,400 | An incomplete cast copper-alloy palstave axe dating to the Middle Bronze Age (c. BC 1600-1400). The palstave is near-complete with only part of the broken butt missing. The palstave is roughly sub-rectangular in shape and flattens and flares outwards to form a wide rounded blade, giving the object a slender elongated s... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-04-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 325.13 | null | null | 26 | 142 | 1 | Matthew Fittock | Matthew Fittock | South East | Oxfordshire | West Oxfordshire | Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney | SP3503 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.724634 | -1.494688 | BH-7281C8 | null | BH7281C8.jpg | Middle Bronze Age palstave axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
910,170 | Dagger | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -800 | A fragment of a copper alloy Blade, Dagger or Rapier, of Mid to Late Bronze Age date (1600-800 BC). The object is rectangular in plan and a pointed oval in cross section. It is incomplete on all sides but has a visible bevel along the left and right hand edges away from the mid-rib. The upper end has been broken transv... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 64.7 | null | null | 6.5 | 133.61 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Creslow | SP8022 | From finder | 51.890823 | -0.838926 | NARC-878504 | null | NARC878504.jpg | NARC-878504 : Dager or Rapier : Bronze Age | Eleanore Cox | Attribution License | ||
910,443 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A small copper alloy, perhaps miniature or 'model', Middle Bronze Age palstave axehead of Schmidt and Burgess 'unclassified low-flanged palstave' type with broad blade (group III) and without side loop, belonging to the Taunton phase of metalworking and corresponding to Needham's period 5, 1500-1150 BC. The flanges are... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 46.69 | null | null | 13.2 | 74.5 | 1 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | South East | Hampshire | East Hampshire | Rowlands Castle | SU7212 | From finder | 50.902995 | -0.977438 | HAMP-C8A4F8 | null | HAMPC8A4F8.jpg | Middle Bronze Age miniature palstave | Hampshire Cultural Trust | Attribution License | ||
910,838 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A complete Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl, or tracer/awl. The object has a sub-rectangular shaft tapering at either and with an expanded central shaft. One end tapers to a narrowed and flattened rectangular sectioned terminal. The other end retains a sub-rectangular section and tapers in towards a rounded terminal.
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The form of the awl does not change much through time and similar objects are also noted in the Roman period and possibly later.
| 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 5.8 | null | null | 5.88 | 52.42 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | East Northamptonshire | Titchmarsh | TL0180 | From finder | 52.408692 | -0.516649 | NARC-DFF75F | null | NARCDFF75F.jpg | NARC-DFF75F : Stylus : Roman-Medieval | Northamptonshire County Council | Attribution License |
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