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961,418 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a copper-alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date, c. 1000 - 800 BC. The fragment is the blade end of the axehead which is trapezoidal in shape with a worn cutting edge and rounded corners. The cross-section is rectangular and the breaks are old and worn. The interior is hollow.
The metal has a d... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 57.3 | null | null | 15.4 | 47.5 | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Ryedale | Kirkbymoorside | SE7185 | From finder | 54.255758 | -0.911671 | YORYM-DFEEAB | null | GOC0003.jpg | Bronze Age : Socketed Axehead | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
961,492 | Scabbard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A cast copper-alloy Late Bronze Age 'bag-shaped' dagger scabbard chape associated with the Carp's Tongue complex. On close examination, the chape is formed from a single sheet of copper alloy, beaten and folded over to form the bulbus crescent shape. A section of the back has been lost in antiquity, the front, which re... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 6.6 | null | null | 0.54 | 30.84 | 1 | Helena Costas | Rod Trevaskus | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Rotherfield Peppard | SU7180 | From finder | 51.514472 | -0.978219 | BERK-EF7823 | null | BERKEF7823.jpg | Chape | Berkshire Archaeology | Attribution License | ||
961,742 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -2,050 | An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) flat axe of Early Bronze Age dating (c. 2350 BC to c. 2050 BC).
The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in shape with a splayed crescent shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges. The butt is relatively thin having a narrow rounded profile; th... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-03-24T00:00:00Z | 2019-03-24T00:00:00Z | null | null | 77.7 | null | null | 8.6 | 80.7 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Stafford | Eccleshall | SJ8032 | From finder | 52.885082 | -2.298664 | WMID-349A3E | null | WMID349A3E.jpg | Early Bronze Age: Incomplete Migdale type flat axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
961,746 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Descriptions
Socketed axe fragment
Dimensions: surviving length 24.5mm; surviving width 50.8mm; width at break 42.0mm; thickness at break 12mm; weight 54.8g.
This is the lower blade and cutting edge of a socketed axe, broken across the internal socket aperture in antiquity. The cutting edge is worn and damag... | This hoard of objects can certainly be dated to the Middle to Late Bronze Age (1300-800 BC) and probably to the Late Bronze Age (1100-800BC), however in its fragmentary state, the artefacts lack closely diagnostic elements to allow conclusive dating to a particular period within this broader frame. Many fragmentary hoa... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z | 2015-12-31T00:00:00Z | 2016TW14 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 5 | Adam Gwilt | Mark Lodwick | Wales | Swansea | Swansea | Mawr | SN6309 | From finder | 51.762874 | -3.986579 | NMGW-34C32C | null | 73799red.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
961,873 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | 1. Gold penannular bar bracelet fragment - Type 4B
Dimensions: surviving length 25.7mm; bar width 5.7mm; bar thickness 4mm; head width 9.8mm; head thickness 8.3mm; weight 7.36g.
This is a terminal fragment of a gold bar bracelet with a D-shape section. The bar expands abruptly to a solid, outwardly expanding fla... | Bibliography
Audouze, F. & Courtois, J.-C. (1970) Les Epingles du Sud-Est de la France, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Abt. XIII.1, München: C.H.Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung.
Barnwell, E.L. (1864) Bronze Implements, Archaeologia Cambrensis 10(3rd series), 212-31.
Britton, D. (1968) Inventaria Archaeologica 9th S... | 3 | Copper alloy | Gold | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2016-08-26T23:00:00Z | null | 2016TW18 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | Adam Gwilt | Mark Lodwick | Wales | Powys | Powys | Llanfrynach | SO0625 | From finder | 51.915567 | -3.368082 | NMGW-47D2BB | null | 73814.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
962,074 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy non-looped palstave in very poor condition, with surfaces badly pockmaked and blistered by bronze disease. The breaks are ancient. Almost all of the blade is missing with just a short length beyond the stop ridge present. The side flanges are largely intact but the butt end ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-04-15T23:00:00Z | 2019-06-16T23:00:00Z | null | null | 135.13 | null | null | 20.5 | 68 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | null | Norfolk | North Norfolk | Barton Turf | TG3522 | Centred on field | 52.744499 | 1.480208 | NMS-5C8318 | null | 60415_5C8318_MBA_PalstaveFragment_ILL.jpg | Fragment of a Middle Bronze Age non-looped palstave | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
962,140 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | complete cast copper-alloy, plain socketed axe of the late Bronze Age (Wilburton/Ewart Park phase) dating c.1100-800BC.
Description: The axehead has a narrow sub-rectangular body, slightly narrower in the middle, with two concave faces flaring towards the blade end and slightly towards the haft end. In plan the blad... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-11-18T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 131.34 | null | null | 34.16 | 73.8 | 1 | Jo Ahmet | Jo Ahmet | Eastern | Essex | Uttlesford | Lindsell | TL6327 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.917671 | 0.368682 | KENT-5E6C9F | null | KENT5E6C9F.jpg | Socketted axe | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
962,265 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,250 | -1,900 | An Early Bronze Age (c. 2250 - c. 1900 BC) copper alloy developed flat axe of Type Aylesford with a slight stop ridge on both faces. It has a lenticular longitudinal cross-section and rectangular horizontal cross-section. The tang end is flat and measures 13.5x1.7mm. It expands to 18.7mm wide (and 8.5mm thick) at the s... | Dr Dot Boughton comments, 'Developed flat axes .... are very early - Migdale and Aylesford metalworking tradition, that is Early Bronze Age period, probably dating from c. BC 2250 - c. BC 1900. This fits with Early Bronze Age (EBA phase II / III), of metalworking stage IV-VI, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Perio... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 84.55 | null | null | 8.5 | 96.4 | 1 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Chitterne | ST9842 | From finder | 51.177231 | -2.029991 | HAMP-710DC5 | null | HAMP710DC5.jpg | null | Hampshire Cultural Trust | Attribution License | ||
962,528 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | An incomplete copper-alloy socketed spearhead probably dating from the late Bronze Age, about 1100 – 800 BC. Only the tip of the spear remains which is triangular in plan and lozenge in section. The base of the socket can be seen at the broken end of the spear.
The metal has a dark green/brown patina and is worn. Th... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 24 | null | null | 9.7 | 57.9 | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Craven | Buckden | SD9378 | GPS (from the finder) | 54.197707 | -2.108793 | YORYM-8638A7 | null | NHY0003.jpg | Bronze Age : Spearhead | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
962,778 | Torc | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Solid gold armring with punched decoration. The armring is circular in section and curves in an oval shape, with overlapping terminals. Shallow punched dots cover the outer three quarters of the object. These measure approximately 1.44mm in diameter and are tightly clustered, with some overlap. There is noticeable wear... | In terms of the date and precious metal content of this object, it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. | 3 | Gold | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | null | null | 2019T645 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | Miss. Lydia Prosser | Miss. Lydia Prosser | North West | Cumbria | Copeland | St. Bees | NX9514 | Generated from computer mapping software | 54.510394 | -3.623278 | LANCUM-C6B5FC | null | LANCUMC6B5FC.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
963,082 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,050 | -1,700 | A complete copper alloy miniature flat axe or possibly a chisel, 67.2 mm in length and dating to the early to late early Bronze Age (2050 BC- 1700BC).
The axe has straight sides, expanding into a cutting edge, which is curved and 36.6 mm across, with a cutting edge around 3 mm thick. The butt end narrows to 26.9 mm ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 130.45 | null | null | 13.2 | 67.2 | 1 | Paul Whiteside | Paul Whiteside | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | North Kesteven | Eagle and Swinethorpe | SK8966 | From finder | 53.183663 | -0.66963 | PUBLIC-E10708 | null | PublicE10708.jpg | PUBLIC-E10708: Bronze age axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
963,177 | Dagger | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -700 | A fragment of a Bronze Age dagger blade, (1150-700 BC.) The object is a sub-rectangular fragment of copper alloy, with a straight, horizontal break or cut at both the top and bottom ends. The blade has a convex-surfaced on either face which gradually tappers towards the cutting edges. It has a mid green patina.
The ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-09-30T23:00:00Z | 2018-10-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 12.3 | null | null | 5.6 | 18.2 | 1 | Liz Walker | Liz Walker | South East | West Sussex | Arun | Patching | TQ0807 | From finder | 50.852444 | -0.46711 | SUSS-F1E8E5 | null | F1E8E5.jpg | null | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
963,729 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -900 | An incomplete copper alloy tanged chisel of Middle to Late Bronze Age dating (1600 BC to 900 BC).
Around 50% of the tanged chisel is present, consisting of the top part of the chisel blade and most of the tang. The tang is rectangular in shape, with a rectangular cross section. The top displays an old patinated brea... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 65.9 | null | null | 8.7 | 85.5 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | Montford | SJ4218 | From finder | 52.756481 | -2.860843 | WMID-6E0421 | null | WMID6E0421.jpg | Middle to Late Bronze Age: Incomplete tanged chisel | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
963,966 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -800 | A fragment of Bronze Age axehead dating to c. 2350-800 BC. The find is the tip of the corner of a blade. It is sub-triangular in plan and triangular in cross section. The extant edge comes around in a right angle, which ends in an old break.
Length: 15.70mm; width: 12.20mm; thickness: 5.0mm; weight: 3.16g. |
Found by eye during geophysical survey of possible Roman site
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Controlled archaeological investigation (unstratified) | 2018-08-14T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 3.16 | null | null | 5 | 15.7 | 1 | Sophie Hawke | Sophie Hawke | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | South Wraxall | ST8163 | From finder | 51.365742 | -2.274303 | WILT-83450D | null | WILT83450D.jpg | Bronze age axehead | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
964,016 | Finger Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,500 | 180 | An incomplete copper alloy spiral finger-ring. It is circular and formed by two coils of an oval cross-sectioned metal wire; both ends taper and flatten slightly. The patina is corroded in patches of dark and pale green. The outside surface is very abraded and heavily pitted, while the inside of the ring is smoother.
... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.4 | null | 29.3 | 2.5 | null | 1 | Dr. Lindsey Smith | Dr. Lindsey Smith | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Lyford | SU3994 | Centred on field | 51.643454 | -1.437784 | OXON-84A7BD | null | OXON84A7BDSpiralRing.jpg | Bronze Age: Ring: Finger Ring spiral | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
964,415 | Bead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | POST MEDIEVAL | -1,000 | 1,900 | A Cast copper alloy bead, dating from the Bronze Age to Post medieval period. The bead is circular and D shaped in cross section, with a raised ridge running around the centre of the outer bead hoop. It has a mid green patina and measures 11.2mm in external diameter, 7.4mm internally, 7.5mm wide, 1.0mm thick and weigh... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-03-16T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 1.08 | null | 11.2 | 1 | null | 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-AD3C04 | null | BUCAD3C04.jpg | Copper alloy bead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
964,529 | Gouge | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of cast and decorated possible socket gouge, dating Middle - Late Bronze Age, possibly Wilburton-Ewart Park phase c.1000-800BC.
Description: The fragment is irregularly shaped heavily worn and patinated. It represents part of the body and socket of the object and is crescentic in cross-section. The rim is... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 23.57 | null | null | 12.13 | 33.95 | 1 | Jo Ahmet | Jo Ahmet | South East | Kent | Swale | Sheldwich | TR0055 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.25907 | 0.865019 | KENT-EAC37E | null | KENTEAC37E.jpg | Ba fragment | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
964,811 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A fragment of Late Bronze Age (1150-800 BC) socketed axehead, consisting of the cutting edge only and broken possibly at the very end of the socket. The cutting edge has a pronounced curve and both faces retain much of the dark, smooth original patina. One face shows numerous light tooling marks. The break is worn and ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 21.01 | null | null | 7.9 | 18.8 | 1 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Wylye | SU0040 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.159251 | -2.00138 | HAMP-025CBF | null | HAMP025CBF.jpg | Late Bronze Age socketed axehead | Hampshire Cultural Trust | Attribution License | ||
964,861 | Penannular Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -750 | A Late Bronze Age (1150-750 BC) copper alloy penannular ring, or core of a penannular ring. The object is circular in cross-section (c.5.4mm diameter) with abutting terminals, a 0.9mm wide gap between. The cross section narrows at the terminals to c.4.4mm in diameter. The surface of the metal is very pitted and no orig... | 'The penannular ring belongs to a class of artefact which has been termed 'hair-rings' and 'ring-money' (Taylor 1980; Green 1988; Eogan 1994; 1997; Varndell 2001; Hobbs 2003; Meeks et al 2008; O'Connor et al 2008). Their function remains uncertain, although it is likely that they were personal adornments, possibly worn... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-02-23T00:00:00Z | 2019-02-23T00:00:00Z | null | null | 5.01 | null | null | 5.4 | 16.6 | 1 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | South East | Hampshire | Test Valley | Houghton | SU3433 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.095306 | -1.515855 | HAMP-03E054 | null | HAMP03E054.jpg | Bronze Age penannular ring | Hampshire Cultural Trust | Attribution License | ||
964,862 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A complete Late Bronze Age (c.1150-800 BC) copper alloy probable awl, with a square cross-section tapering into a flat rectangular sectioned tang at one end, and an oval cross section tapering to a rounded point at the other. The point has been bent out of shape.
Date: Late Bronze Age - AD 1150 - 800 BC
Dimensions: ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.24 | null | null | 3.71 | 54.33 | 1 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | South West | Dorset | North Dorset | Hinton St. Mary | ST7916 | From finder | 50.943053 | -2.300273 | DOR-03E430 | null | DOR03E430.jpg | Late Bronze Age awl (probably) | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
964,996 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -800 | Complete copper-alloy Late Bronze Age (c. 950-800 BC) socketed axehead. The axe is sub rectangular in plan and has a flared crescent shaped cutting blade edge. The sides are triangular in shape. The socket is sub-square in section.
The axe is 101.2mm in length. The blade is 44.4mm wide. The internal wall of the axe ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-07-28T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 307 | null | null | null | 101.2 | 1 | Sophie Flynn | Sophie Flynn | Eastern | Essex | Braintree | null | TL7625 | From finder | 51.895754 | 0.556491 | ESS-17E797 | null | ESS17E797.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe | Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service | Attribution License | ||
965,080 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -700 | Incomplete cast copper alloy ingot which would have originally been circular in plan and plano-convex in profile, but this ingot is sub-rectangular in plan, triangular in profile, and square in section, as it comes from one edge of the original ingot. Plano-convex ingots like this one were used during the Late Bronze A... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-06-01T23:00:00Z | 2019-06-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | 296.25 | 29 | null | 29 | 60 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Breage | SW6231 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.131228 | -5.331565 | CORN-1C444C | null | DSCN7762.JPG | ingot (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
965,252 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,450 | 80 | An incomplete fragment most probably part of a copper alloy "Moustache-shaped" object probably of Middle Bronze Age to Middle Iron Age date (1500-300 BC). The artefact is heavily rolled resulting in abrasion to all surfaces. What remains is globular in form (teardrop shaped) with an oval cross section. It is probably o... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 4.6 | null | null | 8.36 | 17.36 | 1 | Jake Benjamin Dolphin | Jake Benjamin Dolphin | West Midlands | County of Herefordshire | County of Herefordshire | Eardisland | SO4258 | null | 52.217144 | -2.850374 | HESH-40BA7C | null | HESH40BA7C.jpg | Roman: Brooch | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
965,279 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -750 | A cast copper alloy fragment from the mouth and corner of a late Bronze Age (1150-750 BC) socketed axehead. There is little or no decoration present although one edge is thickened as it rises to form the mouth of the axe. The fragment is a mid grey green colour with a well formed surface patina. A direct parallel or su... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 30.9 | null | null | 7.93 | 40.36 | 1 | Peter Reavill | Jake Benjamin Dolphin | West Midlands | County of Herefordshire | County of Herefordshire | Eardisland | SO4358 | null | 52.217249 | -2.835738 | HESH-41C86D | null | HESH41C86D.jpg | Bronze Age: Socketed Axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
965,281 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -750 | A small fragment from the body of a late bronze age socketed axehead. The fragment is a mid-grey green colour with a well formed surface patina. A direct parallel or sub-type has not been found due to the small nature of the surviving fragment
The object measures:
36.97mm in length, the width is 31.72, the thick... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 27.6 | null | null | 8.55 | 36.97 | 1 | Jake Benjamin Dolphin | Jake Benjamin Dolphin | West Midlands | County of Herefordshire | County of Herefordshire | Eardisland | SO4358 | null | 52.217249 | -2.835738 | HESH-41D60B | null | HESH41D60B.jpg | Bronze Age: Socketed Axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
965,441 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Ribbed socketed axe fragment, probable South Wales type
Dimensions: Maximum surviving length 48.6mm; maximum surviving width at mouth 40.9mm; thickness of mouth 5.3-7.2mm; width of upper loop 4.0mm; dimensions runner-stubs (1) near loop 8.3 by 2.9mm; height 0.1mm; (2) face 6.6 by 2.9mm; height 0.1mm; surviving weigh... | References
Briggs, C.S. & Williams, G.H. 1995. The Late Bronze Age Hoard from Allt Gelli Felen, Myddfai,
Carmarthenshire, and other recent finds of South Wales axes, Archaeologia Cambrensis 144,
37-51.
Burgess C. 2012. South Welsh socketed axes and other carp's tongue conundrums, In W.J. Britnell &
R.J.... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2016-08-22T23:00:00Z | null | 2016TW27 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | Adam Gwilt | Mark Lodwick | null | Carmarthenshire | Carmarthenshire | null | SN3907 | null | 51.738517 | -4.333132 | NMGW-8173CF | null | 73853.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
965,601 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | An incomplete copper alloy, tip from a spearhead, probably of Middle Bronze Age period, dating from c. BC 1500 to c. BC 1150.
The object is broadly triangular in plan and broadly lozenge shaped in cross section. The object has a rounded point at the top, which seems to have sustained some damage. From the point the ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-05-18T23:00:00Z | 2019-05-18T23:00:00Z | null | null | 7.7 | null | null | 6.6 | 37.2 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | East Midlands | Leicestershire | North West Leicestershire | Appleby Magna | SK3009 | From finder | 52.677876 | -1.557719 | WMID-95EB72 | null | WMID95EB72.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Incomplete spear head | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
965,657 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | MEDIEVAL | -2,350 | 1,500 | A copper alloy casting sprue, probably dating to 2000 BC - AD 1500. The waste is sub-hemispherical in form, oval in plan and with three sprues projecting from the rounded apex of the hemisphere.
The waste measures 15.2mm in height - the three "fingers" project about 7 mm above this height, the length is 45.7 mm and ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 87.67 | 15.2 | null | null | 45.7 | 1 | Claire Goodey | Claire Goodey | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Broad Chalke | SU0324 | From finder | 51.015371 | -1.958608 | WILT-9968A6 | null | WILT9968A6.JPG | null | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
965,669 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Descriptions
Type Meldreth, Variant Aylsham faceted axe (Class D) - socket mouth and loop fragment
Dimensions: Maximum surviving length 44.6mm; maximum surviving width at mouth 34.5mm; depth of collar to upper moulding margin 17.6mm; width of loop 5.3-5.5mm; surviving weight (prior to conservation) 20.9g.
T... | References
British Museum 2008. Treasure Annual Report 2005/6, London: The British Museum.
DCMS 2002. The Treasure Act 1996; Code of Practice (Revised); England & Wales, London:
Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Eogan, G. 2000. The Socketed Bronze Axes of Ireland, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Abt. IX... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2017-05-31T23:00:00Z | 2017-06-29T23:00:00Z | 2018TW01 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | Adam Gwilt | Mark Lodwick | null | Powys | Powys | null | SO1424 | From finder | 51.907873 | -3.251551 | NMGW-9A3A33 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
965,677 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,800 | -1,500 | A copper alloy long flanged axehead /developed flat axe.
This axehead has a rounded arched butt and slightly diverging sides that abruptly expand to a broad crescentic blade and cutting edge, with the blade tips at right angles to the sides, but not recurving. Cast flanges extend along the sides, rising very gradual... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | 103.77 | 11.37 | 84.19 | 1 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Portesham | SY6485 | From finder | 50.663551 | -2.510717 | DOR-A727D7 | null | DORA727D7.jpg | Bronze Age axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
965,707 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A section of copper alloy rapier or dirk blade. The object appears broken at both ends. The breaks are abraded and probably old. The blade tapers to a broken tip and has a tapered cutting edge on both sides. There is a high central rib on both faces for much of the length of the rermaining blade, giving a shallow lozen... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 12.35 | null | null | 3.29 | 84.52 | 1 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Portesham | SY6386 | From finder | 50.67248 | -2.524965 | DOR-AA4A9E | null | DORAA4A9E.jpg | Bronze Age rapier or dirk blade | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
965,866 | Razor | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A cast copper-alloy leaf shaped razor of the Middle or Late Bronze Age, dating to c. 1500 BC - 800 BC. The razor is near complete, retaining the leaf-shape blade and a narrow, rectangular tang; at the edge of which it is broken. The edges of the blade are chipped and corroded away, leaving an irregular, jagged edge to ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 8.5 | null | null | 1.5 | 81.5 | 1 | Mr Adam Parker | Mr Adam Parker | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Ryedale | Kirkbymoorside | SE7185 | From finder | 54.255758 | -0.911671 | YORYM-AED81E | null | YORYMAED81E.jpg | Bronze age razor | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
965,867 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,100 | A cast copper alloy palstave of South Western type dating to the Taunton/Penard phase (c. 1400 - 1100 BC).
The palstave is in good condition, with the copper alloy surface faded to a dark brown-ish orange with small patches of green patinisation and even smaller patches where the original shiny golden colour of the ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 36.4 | 107.5 | 1 | Lucy Shipley | Lucy Shipley | null | City of Plymouth | City of Plymouth | Plymstock Dunstone | SX5354 | From finder | 50.367491 | -4.068325 | DEV-AEDD76 | null | DEVAEDD76.jpg | Middle Bronze Age palstave | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
965,911 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,500 | -700 | A possible fragment of a cast copper alloy blade of Bronze Age date (2500-700 BC), only a small part of the object remains. The fragment has lost all its diagnostic features and so the classification cannot be further refined. The fragment consists of the body of the blade with a rounded circular midrib ridge which nar... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-05-28T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 12.11 | null | null | 5.5 | 20.7 | 1 | Arwen Wood | Arwen Wood | South East | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Hurstbourne Priors | SU4347 | Centred on field | 51.220584 | -1.385672 | BUC-BF8EBF | null | BUCBF8EBF.jpg | Bronze Age blade | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
965,953 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,100 | -600 | An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age to early Iron Age date. (c 1100 - 600 BC)
The blade, cutting edge and part of the body survive. The blade is a shallow crescent slightly flared from the body, the socket is rectangular, and the body walls are thin cast (1.8 mm). The side view shows ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 73.3 | null | null | 16 | 69 | 1 | Simon Nicholson | Simon Nicholson | East Midlands | Derbyshire | North East Derbyshire | Ashover | SK3561 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.145001 | -1.478184 | DENO-C01596 | null | DENOC01596v2JPG.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axehead (possibly) | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
966,420 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | An incomplete cast copper-alloy spearhead dating to the late Bronze Age (1500-800 BC). The spearhead is sub-rectangular in shape and lozenge in cross-section with a thickened longitudinal axial ridge from which the surfaces slope and narrow to form the edges. The tip is broken and missing. The opposite unevenly rounded... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-12-29T00:00:00Z | 2018-12-29T00:00:00Z | null | null | 12.89 | null | null | 6 | 47.5 | 1 | Maria Musto | Maria Musto | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | East Northamptonshire | Brigstock | SP9185 | From finder | 52.455382 | -0.662251 | PUBLIC-15CB97 | null | PUBLIC15CB97.jpg | Late Bronze Age spearhead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
966,482 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | A fragment of copper alloy Bronze Age palstave dating to 1500-1100BC. The fragment consists of the butt end only. The fragment is sub-rectangualr in plan and triangular in profile, with the flanges tapering into the butt. There is a casting flaw below the butt on one face. truncated by an old break.
Maximum dimensio... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 46.9 | null | null | 9 | 33 | 1 | Alix Smith | Alix Smith | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Steeple Langford | SU0239 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.150256 | -1.972786 | WILT-181E42 | null | WILT181E42.JPG | null | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
966,699 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,250 | A Middle Bronze Age probable hoard of three items, an armlet/ bracelet, an incomplete socketed hammer (these found 10cm apart) and a piece of metalworking debris found 4-5m away, all within an unploughed field. The first two finds were c.30cm below the surface and the soil around them dark in colour. Archaeological adv... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure | Metal detector | 2019-08-03T23:00:00Z | 2019-08-03T23:00:00Z | 2019T717 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | South East | West Sussex | Chichester | Elsted and Treyford | SU8320 | From finder | 50.973444 | -0.819217 | HAMP-3CFD2D | null | HAMP3CFD2Da.jpg | Middle Bronze Age hoard | Hampshire Cultural Trust | Attribution License | ||
966,858 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | Incomplete copper-alloy unlooped palstave or flanged axehead of Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1500 - 1150 BC). The blade end of the object has been removed in a straight cut. The cut face is patinated and abraded. The body of the object is rectangular in section. There is a median stop ridge from which the butt end tapers... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 262 | null | null | 29.02 | 105.24 | 1 | Miss. Lydia Prosser | Miss. Lydia Prosser | North West | Lancashire | Ribble Valley | Middop | SD8345 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.900884 | -2.26021 | LANCUM-4291F9 | null | LANCUM4291F9.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
966,940 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -2,000 | Incomplete cast copper alloy miniature flat axehead, ovate in plan, and slightly lozenge-shaped in profile, with an undeveloped, straight-sided blade that has worn to a curve and has a broken edge on one side. From the blade the axe tapers to a narrow rounded butt end, that is 14 mm wide. The sides of the blade do not ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-07-14T23:00:00Z | 2019-07-14T23:00:00Z | null | null | 48.2 | null | null | null | 83 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Hayle | SW5736 | GPS (from the finder) | 50.174089 | -5.404588 | CORN-5491C3 | null | DSCN7806.JPG | flat axehead (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
967,435 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A copper alloy Late Bronze Age (1000-800BC) socketed spearhead with bevelled edges and some filing on the socket. Although the size of this object suggests a votive use, this is not the case. Other examples of small spearheads are known including GLO-F69302, LANCUM-B72611, LANCUM-0433B7 and especially SWYOR-3D024E on t... | Oxfordshire PAS record Sheet No 813 | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-12-23T00:00:00Z | null | null | Metal Detectives Christmas Rally 2018 Merton, Oxon | 4.4 | null | 7.6 | null | 38.2 | 1 | Anni Byard | Michael Byard | South East | Oxfordshire | Cherwell | Merton | SP5818 | From a paper map | 51.857582 | -1.159234 | OXON-AC3FB9 | null | 813.jpg | null | The British Museum | Attribution License | ||
967,568 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | Extremely worn copper-alloy socketed spearhead, dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age (c. 1500 - 800 BC). The socket of the spearhead retains some wood, including a piece that runs through two circular piercings positioned towards the socket mouth. The socket mouth is worn and fragmentary. Two ridges linear ridges at... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | Wood | Donated to a museum | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 54.08 | null | 21.7 | null | 113.5 | 1 | Miss. Lydia Prosser | Miss. Lydia Prosser | North West | Lancashire | Ribble Valley | Gisburn | SD8348 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.927847 | -2.260378 | LANCUM-BEAA39 | null | LANCUMBEAA39.jpg | Copper-alloy spearhead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
968,348 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | An incomplete but relatively well preserved fragment of a Middle Bronze Age (1500-1000 cal BC) blade and its hilt from a rapier or dirk.
Part of the blade and hilt survive of the original weapon.The blade projects from the hilt with a width of 32.3mm after which its sides narrow to c18.7mm from in an even curve. Aft... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-05-06T23:00:00Z | 2019-08-06T23:00:00Z | null | null | 21.24 | null | null | 4.3 | 51.7 | 1 | Edward Caswell | Edward Caswell | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Great Bedwyn | SU2663 | Centred on parish | 51.365474 | -1.627925 | SOM-516912 | null | SOM516912.jpg | Middle Bronze Age rapier | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
968,371 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,200 | -800 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed spearhead, of Middle to Late Bronze Age date (1200-800 BC).
The blade is narrow and triangular with a pronounced mid rib on both sides extending to the tip of the spear which tapers in to a point. In cross section the object is lozenge shaped. The edges narrow and flare out... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 6.6 | null | null | 6.86 | 47.87 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | South East | Milton Keynes | Milton Keynes | Olney | SP8754 | From finder | 52.177406 | -0.729105 | NARC-53133F | null | NARC53133F.jpg | NARC-53133F : Spear : Bronze Age | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
968,628 | Dirk | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,100 | A fragment of the tip of a blade from a Middle Bronze Age (1400-1100 BC) dirk or rapier. The edges of the blade gradually taper to a point which has been rounded, possibly from use. The cross section is lozengiform with broad and rounded midrib suggesting that it may correspond to Burgess and Gerloff's (1981) Group IV.... | These types of blades date to the Middle Bronze Age (1400-1100 BC); fragments also sometimes turn up in Late Bronze Age hoards, suggesting their continued use. | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 25.49 | null | null | 4.1 | 82 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | East Hampshire | Rowlands Castle | SU7212 | From finder | 50.902995 | -0.977438 | SUR-7A3A52 | null | SUR7A3A52.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
968,655 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,100 | -1,500 | Extremely worn copper-alloy Bronze Age flanged axehead (c. 2100 - 1500 BC). The object thickens towards the middle, where it is transected by a ridge on both sides. It widens at one end into a blade. The object is much more worn along one side than the other, giving it a crescent-shaped aspect and heavily obscuring its... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 206.16 | null | null | 12.63 | 134.29 | 1 | Miss. Lydia Prosser | Miss. Lydia Prosser | North West | Cumbria | Eden | Crosby Ravensworth | NY6211 | GPS (from the finder) | 54.4929 | -2.588163 | LANCUM-7BB25D | null | LANCUM7BB25D.jpg | Extremely worn copper-alloy flanged axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
968,774 | Penannular Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A Late Bronze Age (1150-800 BC) gold or gold-plated copper alloy penannular ring, oval in cross-section with cut or burred-over edges at the terminals (measuring c.6.3x5.5mm). The edge opposite the terminal has a cross-section measuring 6.6x5.6mm. A paler gold strip or wire (possibly silvery-gold with traces of tarnish... | 'The penannular ring belongs to a class of artefact which has been termed 'hair-rings' and 'ring-money' (Taylor 1980; Green 1988; Eogan 1994; 1997; Varndell 2001; Hobbs 2003; Meeks et al 2008; O'Connor et al 2008). Their function remains uncertain, although it is likely that they were personal adornments, possibly worn... | 4 | Gold | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | 2019-08-17T23:00:00Z | 2019-08-17T23:00:00Z | 2019T749 | null | 9.06 | null | null | 6.6 | 17 | 1 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Downton | SU1820 | From finder | 50.979131 | -1.744974 | HAMP-90A3E2 | null | HAMP90A3E2.jpg | Late Bronze Age penannular ring | Hampshire Cultural Trust | Attribution License | ||
968,920 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -2,050 | An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) flat axe of Early Bronze Age dating (c. 2350 BC to c. 2050 BC).
The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in shape with an incomplete rounded shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with tapering edges. The butt is relatively thin having a narrow rounded profile; the wi... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2016-04-14T23:00:00Z | 2016-04-15T23:00:00Z | null | null | 48.6 | null | null | 6 | 72.5 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | null | Nottinghamshire | Newark and Sherwood | Halam | SK6653 | From finder | 53.070169 | -1.016415 | WMID-CF81FB | null | WMIDCF81FB.jpg | Early Bronze Age: Migdale type flat axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
968,953 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,500 | An incomplete, flat copper alloy blade, possibly a rapier or dirk (c.1600 - 1500 BC). The tip is missing, with tapering of the edges suggesting that it would have ended in a point, suggesting approximately 5cms of the original missing. Each edge has damage and corrosion along their lengths. The butt end is corroded and... |
Found by Aaron B. Walley.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to a museum | Metal detector | 2019-05-11T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 108.9 | null | null | 4.5 | 173 | 1 | Catherine Falkner | Catherine Falkner | East Midlands | Derbyshire | Derbyshire Dales | Flagg | SK1269 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.217922 | -1.821747 | DENO-D07E32 | null | D07E32.jpg | Bronze Age blade | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
969,032 | Mount | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -900 | 43 | A probable Late Bronze Age or Iron Age copper alloy mount or applique, probably dating to 900 BC - AD 43. The mount consists of a cast plate of copper alloy, moulded into to concentric circular bands separated by a ridge and with a raised border around the circumference. There is a circular perforation at the centre, w... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 2.5 | null | 24.9 | 1.7 | null | 1 | Alix Smith | Alix Smith | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Broad Chalke | SU0324 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.015371 | -1.958608 | WILT-D33D42 | null | WILTD33D42.JPG | null | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
969,152 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | A complete copper alloy spearhead of late Bronze Age date, c.1100 - 800 BC. Davis Group 11, 'generic pegged'. The spearhead comprises a leaf shaped blade with a chamfered edge and two circular peg holes on both sides of the socket which are positioned in the upper portion in line with the blade. The socket is conical e... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 127.6 | null | 22.7 | null | 170 | 1 | Mr Adam Parker | Mr Adam Parker | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Craven | Rylstone | SD9660 | From finder | 54.035966 | -2.062565 | YORYM-E5C837 | null | PL0182.jpg | Bronze Age : Spearhead | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
969,468 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,200 | A fragment of a copper alloy bladed object, probably a rapier or dirk, but possibly a spearhead, of middle Bronze Age date, c 1500 - 1200 BC.
The blade fragment tapers in width from 26 mm to 20 mm, both ends terminating in old breaks, the blade has a lenticular cross section, with a longitudinal central ridge, slig... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-04-23T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 16.8 | null | null | 3.7 | 50 | 1 | Simon Nicholson | Simon Nicholson | East Midlands | Derbyshire | Derbyshire Dales | Kniveton | SK2050 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.046894 | -1.703119 | DENO-0EAF9A | null | DENO0EAF9A.jpg | Bronze Age blade | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
969,784 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -800 | -650 | An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axe head dating from the Late Bronze age.
The axe head's socket, and an undeterminable amount of its face have been lost to an old break. The break is such that one side of the face is up to 18.1mm longer than the other. The lower half of the object and the blade survive more... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-04-26T23:00:00Z | 2019-07-26T23:00:00Z | null | null | 107.64 | null | null | 4.7 | 78.2 | 1 | Phoebe Brice | Phoebe Brice | South West | Somerset | Mendip | Wanstrow | ST7343 | From finder | 51.185584 | -2.387695 | SOM-27F2A6 | null | SOM27F2A6.jpg | Late Bronze Age axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
970,682 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -750 | Abraded fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed knife comprising small parts of the double-edged blade and of the oval-sectioned socket, the latter with a rivet hole. Thorndon type, see NMGW-6F3FF3, SUR-5680D4 and SF-B29386. Extant length, width and thickness 27, 9.2 and 6.3mm. Weight 7.94g. c.950 - c.750 B... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-06-24T23:00:00Z | 2019-07-23T23:00:00Z | null | null | 7.94 | null | null | 6.3 | 27 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | null | Norfolk | Broadland | Beighton | TG3809 | From finder | 52.626543 | 1.515174 | NMS-B974CC | null | 42649_B974CC_LBA_SocketedKnife_ILL.jpg | Fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed knife | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
970,914 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -1,250 | An incomplete copper alloy socketed side-looped spearhead of Bronze age date, consisting of only the shaft of the spearhead. The side loops are semi circular in shape, the outer edges are worn and broken. The midrib section is lozenge shaped. The shaft is broken and worn at both ends, it narrows towards the blade end, ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-07-10T23:00:00Z | 2019-07-10T23:00:00Z | null | null | 15 | null | null | 1.2 | 67.4 | 1 | Arwen Wood | Arwen Wood | null | Oxfordshire | West Oxfordshire | Wootton | SP4521 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.88575 | -1.347592 | BUC-F6C825 | null | BUCF6C825.jpg | Bronze Age Spear head | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
971,661 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -2,000 | Incomplete cast copper alloy miniature flat axehead, sub-triangular in plan, and slightly lozenge-shaped in profile, with an undeveloped, straight-sided blade that has worn to a curve on one side. From the blade the axe tapers to a narrow rounded butt end, that is 14 mm wide. The sides of the blade expand slightly and ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-05-03T23:00:00Z | 2019-05-03T23:00:00Z | null | null | 43.5 | null | null | 5 | 76 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Sithney | SW6330 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.12265 | -5.316976 | CORN-38B306 | null | DSCN7955.JPG | miniature flat axehead (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
971,684 | Dirk | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A fragment of a copper alloy Middle Bronze Age dirk (small rapier) dating to the period c.1500 - 1150 BC found in 2 adjoining pieces. The break between the two pieces is probably recent and reveals a slightly purple crystalline matrix with many air bubbles. The edges of the breaks are not abraded but crisp. The butt is... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-03-31T23:00:00Z | 2019-06-27T23:00:00Z | null | null | 35.3 | null | null | 13.05 | 82.58 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Rugby | Dunchurch | SP4672 | From finder | 52.344154 | -1.326189 | WAW-3B927C | null | WAW3B927C.jpg | Bronze Age rapier or dirk (plan and return). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
971,851 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,200 | Tip from a Middle Bronze Age, c. 1500-1200BC, spearhead, Central longitudinal rib on both faces flanked by small flukes, representing a slender, rapier-like, blade. Only the tip is present, there is no sign of the central socket. Length 23.9mm, Width 8.9mm, Thickness 7.4mm, Mass 3.94g. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.94 | null | null | 7.4 | 23.9 | 1 | Kevin Leahy | Kevin Leahy | South East | Oxfordshire | West Oxfordshire | Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney | SP3302 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.715764 | -1.523737 | FAKL-772B6A | null | Birm876.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
971,852 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,200 | -700 | Edge from a Middle to Late Bronze Age, c. 1200-700BC, palstave or socketed axe, Only the tip is present, probably broken off during use. Length 29.4mm, Width 8.2mm, Thickness 3.9mm, Mass 3.59g. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.59 | null | null | 3.9 | 29.4 | 1 | Kevin Leahy | Kevin Leahy | South East | Oxfordshire | West Oxfordshire | Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney | SP3302 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.715764 | -1.523737 | FAKL-7794B3 | null | Birm877.jpg | Bronze Age axe fragment | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
972,490 | Razor | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -800 | An incomplete leaf-shaped copper alloy blade, 39.7mm in length, of mid to late Bronze Age date (1400 BC - 800 BC). The blade is broken at both ends and has a single centrally pierced hole mid-way across at one end. The blade is flat with a very thin lenticular cross section a slight mid-rib and cutting edges on either ... | See DOR-EBFA4D, SUR-E3AEB2 or SF-25A20A for comparable objects on the database. | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 4.38 | null | null | 1.8 | 39.7 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | null | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Hurstbourne Priors | SU4147 | From finder | 51.220731 | -1.414308 | SUR-B3BDBB | null | SURB3BDBB.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
972,656 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A fragment of the blade of a cast copper alloy axehead of Bronze Age date. The fragment is triangular in plan and profile with a curved cutting edge and a straight inner edge. Given the curve of the blade and the even thickening towards the centre in cross section, the fragment is likely to be from a Late Bronze Age (c... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-09-14T23:00:00Z | null | null | Detectival 2019 | 4.19 | null | null | 4.6 | 25.7 | 1 | Bill Burleigh | Bill Burleigh | South East | Oxfordshire | West Oxfordshire | Chilson | SP3119 | From finder | 51.86872 | -1.551171 | PUBLIC-C8D9FF | null | 140a1.jpg | PUBLIC-C8D9FF | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
972,909 | Finger Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,000 | A copper-alloy spiral ring suspected to be of middle Bronze Age date, dating to c. 1500 to 1150 BC and attributable to the 'ornament horizon' of the Taunton and Penard metalwork phases. The spiral is circular in plan and formed of three coils of an oval cross-sectioned metal wire with rounded ends. The spiral has an in... | See also SF-4497E7, HAMP-7556B3 and SF-761FF6. There are also examples of comparable spiraloid rings in the Near Lewes hoard (SUSS-C5D042) and the Ockham hoard (SUR-B41DB6), both Middle Bronze Age in date. | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 16.61 | null | 29.7 | 4.1 | null | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | New Forest | Boldre | SZ3098 | null | 50.780805 | -1.575844 | SUR-DF2863 | null | SURDF2863.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
972,925 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A complete though worn copper-alloy awl of probable late Bronze Age date, c. 1500 - 800 BC. The object is sub-rectangular in section at the middle and widest point tapering on both planes to worn rounded points at either end. The object is undecorated but the outer four edges all have a slightly raised ridge. The metal... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-09-14T23:00:00Z | null | null | Detectival 2019 | 2.28 | null | null | 2.48 | 37.54 | 1 | Bill Burleigh | Bill Burleigh | South East | Oxfordshire | West Oxfordshire | Ascott-under-Wychwood | SP3018 | From finder | 51.859784 | -1.565781 | PUBLIC-DFFCA5 | null | 8b1.jpg | PUBLIC-DFFCA5-copper alloy awl | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
972,968 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,150 | 400 | A copper alloy awl, or leather working tool probably from bronze age to Roman. The centre has two parallel incised lines running around the circumference. To one side it is circular in section and tapers to a point and to the other it is square in section and flattens to chisel shape. Much of the surface has a bronze p... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-09-14T23:00:00Z | null | null | Detectival 2019 | 4.17 | null | null | 4.01 | 54.96 | 1 | Bill Burleigh | Bill Burleigh | South East | Oxfordshire | West Oxfordshire | Chilson | SP3118 | From finder | 51.85973 | -1.551261 | PUBLIC-E1E3A8 | null | 3401.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
973,220 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A Primary / Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy early palstave dating from the Middle Bronze AGe, about 1500-1300 BC.
The blade of the palstave is sub-trapezoidal in plan with slightly concave sides, flared blade tips, a convex cutting edge and no side loop. There is a ridge along the centre of each face of the blade. Th... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2018-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 244 | null | null | 19.7 | 132.6 | 1 | Amy Downes | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | Sheffield | Sheffield | Stocksbridge | SK2497 | Centred on field | 53.469195 | -1.639926 | SWYOR-20D9D4 | null | SWYOR88467DBronzeAgePalstaveikw.jpg | Early Bronze Age palstave | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
973,238 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -950 | A Transitional to late Bronze Age copper-alloy palstave dating from 1150 - 950 BC. It is incomplete, with most of the hafting end missing, and half of the blade.
The surviving part of the blade has slightly concave sides. The break is pointed and patinated. The palstave, on both faces, has a prominent straight stop... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-06-29T23:00:00Z | 2019-06-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | 166 | null | null | 25.9 | 73.7 | 1 | Amy Downes | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | Sheffield | Sheffield | Stocksbridge | SK2497 | Centred on field | 53.469195 | -1.639926 | SWYOR-216933 | null | SWYOR88541CBronzeAgePalstaveikw1.jpg | Bronze Age palstave | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
973,253 | Bracelet | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -2,150 | 410 | A possible copper alloy bracelet, dating from the Bronze Age to the Roman period, 2150 BC to AD 410. The object consists of around half of the bracelet, and is semi circular in shape. There is a worn break at both ends. The bracelet narrows towards one end (7.2mm), and is circular in cross section. The wider end measur... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-05-05T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 68 | null | null | null | 75.2 | 1 | Arwen Wood | Arwen Wood | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Waterperry with Thomley | SP6208 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.767254 | -1.102947 | BUC-21B038 | null | BUC21B038.jpg | Bronze age bracelet | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
973,486 | Ribbon | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,500 | -1,500 | Folded gold strip or diadem. Soil remains wedged between layers. The object has been folded up and consists of 5-6 layers. The tapering tip of one end of the strip is visible on the outside of the folded bundle. Lines of pointillé decoration run along both edges of the strip and meet at the terminal. There are three pe... | Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. | 4 | Gold | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | 2017-08-06T23:00:00Z | null | 2017T798 | null | 8.55 | null | null | null | null | 1 | Mafalda Raposo | Ian Richardson | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Nuneaton and Bedworth | Exhall | null | null | null | null | PAS-35C8A8 | null | 2017T798a.jpg | Bronze Age gold strip | The British Museum | Attribution License | ||
973,517 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,500 | -800 | An unidentified sheet-gold bag-shaped object, with one closed, rounded end and a narrower open end with a piercing to one face only (apparently). The object is perhaps of Bronze Age date (2,500-800 BC) and related to gold ornaments/ strips known from the Bronze Age of Southern England.
Both faces of the object retain ... | null | 3 | Gold | null | Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure | Metal detector | 2018-10-10T23:00:00Z | 2018-10-10T23:00:00Z | 2019T866 | null | 0.76 | null | null | 2.9 | 14.9 | 1 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | South East | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Upton Grey | SU6948 | From finder | 51.227029 | -1.013239 | HAMP-37143A | null | HAMP37143A.jpg | Bronze Age unidentified object | Hampshire Cultural Trust | Attribution License | ||
973,773 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | 800 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy, Middle to Late Bronze Age (1500-800 BC) Socketed Spearhead.
Description: The spearhead is narrow and triangular with a pronounced mid rib on both sides extending to the tip of the spear which tapers into a blunt point. In cross section the object is lozenge. The edges narrow and fl... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 6.18 | null | null | 7.48 | 43.87 | 1 | Mags Erwin | Mags Erwin | South East | Kent | Shepway | Dymchurch | TR1131 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.0396 | 1.008387 | KENT-5CC997 | null | KENT5CC997.jpg | Copper alloy spear head | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
973,831 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | An almost complete copper alloy unlooped palstave of Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1500-1300 BC) with shield shaped hollow below the stop ridge. Early or primary palstave of Group I - shield patterned type.
The palstave has a triangular shaped blade in plan. The palstave has a rectangular septum and straight-sided open... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 468.7 | null | null | 28.8 | 152 | 1 | Victoria Allnatt | Victoria Allnatt | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Lichfield | Armitage with Handsacre | SK1016 | Centred on field | 52.741537 | -1.853318 | WMID-605EBF | null | WMID605EBF.jpg | Middle Bronze Age unlooped palstave (front, profile, reverse, profile, plan and underside) | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
973,911 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,000 | Middle Bronze Age unlooped palstave, the surface with patches of corrosion, much of which is concentrated between the flanges on both faces. Below the stop ridge a low rib defines a rounded shield-shaped motif. Chipped cutting edge. Both sides have a longitudinal casting seam. Weight 389g. Length 151mm. Width 60mm. Thi... | 'Found at depth of 18"' | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-07-10T23:00:00Z | 2019-09-10T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 28 | 151 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | null | Norfolk | Broadland | Horsford | TG1915 | From a paper map | 52.688386 | 1.238926 | NMS-73207A | null | PFd_3734_73207A_AMD092019_BA_Palstave.jpg | Middle Bronze Age palstave | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
973,914 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,000 | -1,500 | Early Bronze Age flat axe, very worn and corroded with corroded scraps of original surface surviving. Both faces of rectangular section slightly convex, tapering to thin rounded butt end and cutting edge. Length 86.5mm. Width 44mm. 9mm thick. Weighs 150g. c. 2000-1500 BC. | 'Found at depth of 17"' | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-07-10T23:00:00Z | 2019-09-10T23:00:00Z | null | null | 150 | null | null | 9 | 86.5 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | null | Norfolk | Broadland | Horsford | TG1915 | From a paper map | 52.688386 | 1.238926 | NMS-735C99 | null | PFd_63734_735C99_AMD092019_BA_Axe.jpg | Early Bronze Age flat axe | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
974,515 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -800 | A copper alloy blade fragment, probably from a Bronze Age axehead or other tool of uncertain type. The fragment is triangular, 26.2mm in length with a curved blade edge and two other broken edges. The relatively flat profile of the fragment suggests that it may come from a flat or palstave axehead or perhaps from anoth... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 5.84 | null | null | 4 | 26.2 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Test Valley | Amport | SU2844 | From finder | 51.194539 | -1.600681 | SUR-DDB222 | null | SURDDB222.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
974,763 | Punch | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -750 | A copper alloy tanged punch or graver of Middle to Late Bronze Age date c. 1500 - 750 BC. At one end is a long, tapered tang with a sub-angular cross section. The tang extends to approximately one third of the overall length of the implement. From here the it expands into a faceted hexagonal profile. This then tapers... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 20.1 | null | 7.47 | null | 105.39 | 1 | Megan Gard | Rachel Mowbray | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Portesham | SY6486 | From finder | 50.672543 | -2.510814 | DOR-053F4A | null | 053F4A.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
974,926 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -1,700 | Part of an undecorated flat axe of Early Bronze Age date (about 2200 - 1700 BC). Only the cutting blade end survives, probably less than half of the whole axehead. The axehead is 58mm long, 68.2mm wide tapering to 48.4mm, 11mm thick and weighs 216g.
The axe probably best fits within the Migdale metalworking traditio... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-08-10T23:00:00Z | 2019-08-10T23:00:00Z | null | null | 216 | null | null | 11 | 58 | 1 | Julie Scriven | Julie Scriven | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Selby | Stapleton | SE5018 | From finder | 53.656112 | -1.244931 | SWYOR-444489 | null | SWYOR444489BronzeAgeAxehead.jpg | SWYOR-444489 Bronze Age Axehead | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
975,058 | Dirk | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -1,150 | A section of a copper alloy Middle Bronze Age rapier or dirk blade dating from about 1550-1150 BC. The object is broken at both ends; the breaks are abraded and patinated and probably old. The blade tapers to a broken tip and has a tapered cutting edge on both sides. There is a faint central rib on both faces for much... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-08-07T23:00:00Z | 2019-08-14T23:00:00Z | null | null | 17.7 | null | null | 2.7 | 117 | 1 | Julie Scriven | Julie Scriven | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Harrogate | Nidd | SE3060 | From finder | 54.035116 | -1.543449 | SWYOR-47F96C | null | SWYOR47F96C.jpg | Bronze Age | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
975,111 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 1,300 | 1,150 | Middle Bronze Age bronze Transitional palstave, probably of Type Roundhay, as defined by Schmidt & Burgess (1981, p. 149)[1], Ribbed Variant and of Penard or Wallington metalworking industry, of Needham's Periods 5 -6, dated to c. 1300 - 1150BC
The palstave is near-complete, missing the loop but is heavily-corroded ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 194.6 | null | null | null | 108.6 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Mark Lodwick | null | Caerphilly | Caerphilly | Nelson | ST1092 | null | 51.619601 | -3.301381 | NMGW-58F2B5 | null | 2016961.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
975,635 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,800 | -800 |
Copper alloy Bronze Age knife fragment that is truncated at both ends but most likely the lower to middle portion of the blade. The blade has a low flat central spine that runs down the length of both faces; this is flanked by double bevelled sides that create a narrow cutting edge. The cutting edge on both sides is ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z | 2019-04-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 23.02 | null | null | 3 | 67 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | South West | South Gloucestershire | South Gloucestershire | Sodbury | ST7582 | From finder | 51.536344 | -2.361835 | GLO-87FC3B | null | GLO87FC3B.jpg | null | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
975,991 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,400 | An almost complete, copper alloy spearhead dating to the middle Bronze Age (c. 1600 - 1400 BC). The spearhead is broadly sub-triangular in plan and profile, with a sub-oval/leaf-shaped blade that has a pronounced mid-rib on both faces. The socket is hollow and has the remains of cast side loops, roughly half way u... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 80.34 | null | null | 2.6 | 157 | 1 | null | Catherine Falkner | East Midlands | Nottinghamshire | Mansfield | Holly | SK5663 | null | 53.161189 | -1.163903 | DENO-DBE72C | null | DENODBE72C.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
976,040 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a copper-alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date, c. 1000 - 800 BC. The fragment is the blade end of the axehead which is trapezoidal with a worn cutting edge and rounded corners. The cross-section is rectangular and the breaks are old and worn. The tip of an off-center socket can be seen to the br... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 72 | null | null | 15.7 | 35.2 | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Yapham | SE7851 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.949232 | -0.813003 | YORYM-DD279E | null | PS0861.jpg | Bronze Age : Axehead | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
976,131 | Penannular Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | A Late Bronze Age gold-plated copper alloy penannular ring dating from 1300-800BC. The ring is oval in shape and the terminals are flat ended. The ring is cracked and chipped in several places where the inner copper alloy core has corroded underneath, and the terminals have become joined by corroded metal.
Dimensio... | As the object is over 300 years old and contains more than 10% precious metal, it fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act.
Lori Rogerson, Database Volunteer, Essex | 3 | Gold | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | null | null | 2019T1068 | null | 3.48 | null | 15.3 | 4.1 | null | 1 | Sophie Flynn | Sophie Flynn | Eastern | Essex | Chelmsford | Woodham Ferrers and Bicknacre | TQ8099 | From finder | 51.660953 | 0.601092 | ESS-EDCA69 | null | 2019T1068.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
976,353 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A complete copper alloy Awl, or tracer/awl of Late Bronze Age date (1150-800 BC). 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... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 6 | null | null | 6.04 | 54.23 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | Kettering | Cransley | SP8176 | From finder | 52.376062 | -0.811553 | NARC-02EFF5 | null | NARC02EFF5.jpg | NARC-02EFF5 : Awl : Late Bronze Age | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
976,354 | Blade | 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 | 8.2 | null | null | 4.6 | 40.64 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | Kettering | Cransley | SP8176 | From finder | 52.376062 | -0.811553 | NARC-03000F | null | NARC03000F.jpg | NARC-03000F : Blade : Bronze Age | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
976,449 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Butt end of a copper alloy possible Late Bronze Age awl in quite fresh condition. At the ancient break the cross-section is irregularly hexagonal, i.e. four-sided but with chamfers at two opposite corners. Two of the broad sides taper to a wedge-shaped terminal. Weight 1.59g. Extant length 18.1mm. Width 4.3mm. perhaps ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-09-19T23:00:00Z | 2019-09-19T23:00:00Z | null | null | 1.59 | null | null | null | 18.1 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | null | Norfolk | Breckland | Cranwich | TL7894 | From finder | 52.514815 | 0.621767 | NMS-051A09 | null | 63352_051A09_BA_Awl.jpg | Incomplete possible Late Bronze Age awl | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
977,365 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | An incomplete copper alloy, possible tip from a spear head, of probable Middle Bronze Age dating (1500 BC to 1150 BC).
Around 5% of the spear head is present, consisting only of the possible tip. It is sub triangular in shape, with a lentoid cross section. Traces of side blades are present to either side.
It meas... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 2.2 | null | null | 4.6 | 19.7 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Bidford-on-Avon | SP1150 | Centred on field | 52.148179 | -1.840658 | WMID-842671 | null | WMID842671.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Possible Spear tip | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
977,511 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | Middle or Late Bronze Age date (1500 - 800 BC) socketed spearhead. The copper alloy spearhead consists of the upper portion of the spear, being broken above the socket. The tip is also damaged and abraded. In plan the spearhead is an elongated sub-triangle with the blade facets and tip all being abraded. The spear blad... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z | 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | 9.04 | null | null | 7.6 | 36.82 | 1 | Angie Bolton | Angie Bolton | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Morton Bagot | SP1163 | From finder | 52.265054 | -1.84024 | WAW-93DAFB | null | WAW93DAFB.jpg | Middle or Late Bronze Age date (1500 - 800 BC) socketed spearhead (plan, profile and reverse). | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
977,888 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,000 | Incomplete cast copper alloy side-looped Transitional Type Shelf, Midribbed Variant palstave, missing its stop ridge and butt end, dating from the Penard (c.1275-1150 BC) phase or perhaps a Late Palstave, Type Silsden, dating from the Wilburton phase (c.1150-1020 BC) of the Middle Bronze Age. The palstave has a straigh... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-08-10T23:00:00Z | 2019-08-10T23:00:00Z | null | null | 162.4 | null | null | 30 | 80 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Grade-Ruan | SW7215 | GPS (from the finder) | 49.991479 | -5.182345 | CORN-B19EC0 | null | DSCN8105a.JPG | palstave blade | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
978,612 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | An incomplete Bronze Age socketed axehead dating to the period c. 1000-800BC. The fragment is the blade end of a socketed axehead, which is trapezoidal in it's surviving shape with a worn cutting edge and rounded corners. The cross-section is rectangular, bulging slightly at the waist, and the breaks are old and worn. ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-08-24T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 38.3 | null | null | 11.8 | 39.7 | 1 | Mr Adam Parker | Mr Adam Parker | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Bishop Burton | SE9538 | From finder | 53.82959 | -0.558082 | YORYM-178F62 | null | YORYM_178F62.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
978,765 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,500 | -800 | A probably incomplete and bent pointed-oval shaped piece of sheet gold 0.4mm thick, of possible Bronze Age date (2,500-800 BC). The long edges are both jagged and circa one third is folded transversely back on/ under itself. The terminal at the shorter end appears complete. It narrows to a point which is again folded b... |
The object is perhaps related to gold ornaments/ strips known from the Bronze Age of Southern England.
| 3 | Gold | null | Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure | Metal detector | 2019-11-03T00:00:00Z | 2019-11-03T00:00:00Z | 2019T1019 | null | 0.51 | null | null | 0.4 | 18.5 | 1 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | South East | Hampshire | Havant | Hayling East | SU7202 | From finder | 50.813084 | -0.979402 | HAMP-1AE2BD | null | HAMP1AE2BD.jpg | Bronze Age (possibly) unidentified object | Hampshire Cultural Trust | Attribution License | ||
978,789 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | 700 | Fragment of a possible cast copper alloy ingot, probably originally circular in plan and plano-convex in profile, but this fragment is rectangular in plan, square in profile and triangular in section, as it likely comes from the centre of the original ingot. Plano-convex ingots like this one were used during the Late B... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-10-19T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 246 | 36.01 | null | null | 46.52 | 1 | Emma Youell | Emma Youell | South East | Kent | Dover | Eythorne | TR2649 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.195501 | 1.23327 | PUBLIC-1D6B28 | null | bronzebun.jpg | PUBLIC-1D6B28 | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
978,831 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,500 | 400 | An incomplete copper alloy tanged awl, punch or engraving tool, probably Bronze Age to Roman in date. It has a sharp pointed tip and a worn break at the opposite end at a stepped base of a missing tang. The surviving pointed element is pentagonal in profile, with five distinct flat faces and tapers from 10.4mm to 1.7mm... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 9.53 | null | null | null | 54.2 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Test Valley | Over Wallop | SU2839 | From finder | 51.14958 | -1.601069 | SUR-29F92C | null | SUR29F92C.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
978,835 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Post Medieval | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,000 | Butt-end fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave axe. The break is oblique and ancient. The flanges are especially worn and there has been some damage and loss of surface at the very tip of the butt. It has a dark brown patina with green revealed along the eroded edges. c. 1600-1000 BC
Length: 54.4mm.... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-09-24T23:00:00Z | 2019-10-30T00:00:00Z | null | null | 58.5 | null | null | 18.5 | 54.4 | 1 | Andrew Williams | Andrew Williams | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Carleton Rode | TM1091 | From finder | 52.476508 | 1.090773 | NMS-2A5439 | null | 61391_2A5439_MBA_Palstave.jpg | Middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave axe | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
979,939 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | An incomplete copper alloy socketed axehead, of Late Bronze Age dating (1150 BC to 800 BC).
Less than 25% of the socketed axehead is present, consisting of the base of the socket and the blade edge. The fragment is sub rectangular in shape, and triangular in cross section. The socket is rectangular in shape. Casting... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 35.6 | null | null | 10 | 22.7 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Stafford | Adbaston | SJ7827 | From finder | 52.840058 | -2.328046 | WMID-AA5943 | null | wmidaa5943.jpg | Late Bronze Age: Incomplete socketed axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
979,985 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | 1,500 | 100 | A complete cast copper-alloy rounded moustache-shaped object of late Bronze Age or Iron Age date. The object is cast in one piece comprising a narrowed body with two sweeping swollen drop shaped arms which taper towards pointed terminals. The upper centre of the body has a recess. The object is decorated with grooves, ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-08-24T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 11.85 | null | null | 10.9 | 22.1 | 1 | Lori Rogerson | Lori Rogerson | null | Hertfordshire | East Hertfordshire | High Wych | TL4616 | From finder | 51.823552 | 0.117041 | ESS-AB9EA7 | null | ESSAB9EA7.jpg | Unidentified copper-alloy Bronze Age artefact | Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service | Attribution License | ||
980,099 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -800 | An incomplete copper-alloy arrowhead or spearhead of unknown date, possibly 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 | 2019-10-05T23:00:00Z | 2019-10-05T23:00:00Z | null | null | 8.93 | null | null | 7 | 39 | 1 | Helena Costas | Helena Costas | null | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Chilton | SU4884 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.552853 | -1.309094 | BERK-AF0855 | null | BERKAF0855.jpg | Bronze Age arrowhead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
980,116 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -850 | Incomplete cast copper alloy ingot which would have originally been circular in plan and plano-convex in profile, but this ingot is triangular in plan, trapezoidal in profile, and rectangular in section, as it comes from one edge of the original ingot. Plano-convex ingots like this one were used during the Late Bronze ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-04-30T23:00:00Z | 2018-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 514.05 | 34 | 120 | 34 | 66 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | St. Erth | SW5632 | Centred on field | 50.137768 | -5.416004 | CORN-B36EA0 | null | DSCN8175.JPG | plano-convex ingot fragment (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
980,117 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -850 | Cast copper alloy casting jet with two sprues which is left over waste from casting a Late Bronze Age socketed tool. Casting jets are the excess reservoirs of metal created in the cavity at the top of the mould during the casting process. The survival of such casting waste is relatively rare in hoards dating to earlier... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z | 2018-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 23.15 | 29 | null | 21 | 36 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | St. Erth | SW5732 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.138179 | -5.402036 | CORN-B372C3 | null | DSCN8173.JPG | casting jet (profile) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
980,389 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | Fragment of a Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed axe, probably dating to the late Bronze Age, c. 1100-800 BC.
The fragment is partially rounded on one edge and features a collar at the socketed edge. There are ribs visible on the surface. The inside of the fragment is plain. The patina is mostly red/brown with areas t... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 17.6 | null | null | 6.1 | 33.2 | 1 | Sophie Flynn | Sophie Flynn | Eastern | Essex | Uttlesford | Great Dunmow | TL6018 | From finder | 51.837689 | 0.320932 | ESS-D41BDF | null | ESSD41BDF.jpg | Copper-alloy socketed axe fragment | Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service | Attribution License | ||
980,527 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,200 | A triangular copper alloy fragment of the tip of blade, probably from a rapier or dirk, but possibly a spearhead, of middle Bronze Age date, c 1500 - 1200 BC. The fragment is 40mm in length with a lenticular cross section and has been bent into an S-shape, possibly intentionally. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 5 | null | null | 2.8 | 40 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Chitterne | ST9944 | From finder | 51.195218 | -2.015692 | SUR-E7A00E | null | SURE7A00E.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License |
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