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996,530 | Dirk | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -701 | Fragment of a copper alloy blade, probably a Middle to Late Bronze Age dirk or rapier. No original edge survives, the top and bottom having broken away and the sides eroded. It is lentoid in cross-section, i.e. it has a rounded median rib and sides which taper to form a slight flange. c. 1600 to 700 BC
Length: 19.8m... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-01-13T00:00:00Z | 2020-02-10T00:00:00Z | null | null | 7.3 | null | null | 5 | 19.8 | 1 | Andrew Williams | Andrew Williams | null | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Marham | TF7110 | Centred on field | 52.660751 | 0.526974 | NMS-2311E6 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
996,808 | Razor | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -800 | -600 | A Late-Bronze Age to Early Iron Age, cast copper alloy razor dating to c.800BC-600BC. The razor has a trapezoidal shaped blade, which is sub-triangular in cross section. The lower portion of the blade is decorated with three grooves separated by two moulded ridges. A transverse moulded line, which is triangular in c... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-02-16T00:00:00Z | 2020-02-16T00:00:00Z | null | null | 30.01 | 40.2 | null | 3.1 | 79.9 | 1 | Alexandra Cobby | Alexandra Cobby | South East | Oxfordshire | Cherwell | Merton | SP5718 | From finder | 51.857685 | -1.173753 | BH-61CDC5 | null | BH61CDC5.jpg | Late-Bronze Age to Early Iron Age razor | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
996,874 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -1,900 | A complete, cast, copper alloy flat axehead, dating to the Bronze age (c. 2200 - 1900 BC). The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in plan with a splayed crescent shaped blade, showing damage. In profile the axe broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges; in cross section the axe is D shaped. The butt is relatively th... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 362.3 | null | null | 11 | 141.5 | 1 | Catherine Falkner | Catherine Falkner | East Midlands | Derbyshire | Derbyshire Dales | Brassington | SK2255 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.091761 | -1.672947 | DENO-632F75 | null | DENO632F75.jpg | Bronze Age flat axehead | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
997,089 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -2,000 | Incomplete cast copper alloy flat axehead dating from the Migdale tradition of the Early Bronze Age, c.2200-2000 BC. The sides of the axehead look slightly raised on both faces but that is because the original surface, which has turned dark brown in colour, has only survived around the edges making it look crisper, and... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-02-24T00:00:00Z | 2020-02-24T00:00:00Z | null | null | 131.81 | null | null | 9 | 93 | 1 | Anna Tyacke | Anna Tyacke | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Camelford | SX1084 | Generated from computer mapping software | 50.624669 | -4.687586 | CORN-68C636 | null | DSCN8542.JPG | flat axehead (plan) | Royal Institution of Cornwall | Attribution License | ||
997,160 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Incomplete late Bronze Age socketed axehead. About half survives, now squashed flat. There is a crack down both sides, and the axe has apparently been deliberately hammered flat, although there are no visible hammer marks. The break across the centre is old and worn. It measures 30.5mm across the broken edge, and 45mm ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z | 2020-02-12T00:00:00Z | null | null | 72.37 | null | null | 11 | 49 | 1 | Helen Geake | Helen Geake | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Great Melton | TG1308 | From finder | 52.627944 | 1.145779 | NMS-775AAE | null | 63731_775AAE_BA_Axe.jpg | Incomplete late Bronze Age socketed axehead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
997,484 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A fragment of Late Bronze Age (1150-800 BC) socketed axehead, consisting of the splayed, curved cutting edge only. The patina is worn and pitted and there is a trace of the socket in the (old) break.
The fragment measures 16.5mm in length, 34.3mm in width, 8.3mm in max.thickness (at the break) and weighs 14.68g. |
This find was recorded at a rally and therefore the identification and photograph may not be of our usual standard.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2013-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2013-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | Andover Anton Rotary Club Charity Metal Detecting Rally, Penton Mewsey (1/09/13) | 14.68 | null | null | 8.3 | 16.5 | 1 | Katie Hinds | Katie Hinds | South East | Hampshire | Test Valley | Penton Mewsey | SU3348 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.230239 | -1.528763 | HAMP-8C99E7 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
997,546 | Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,500 | -100 | A complete copper-alloy annular ring of middle Bronze Age to Iron Age date, c.1500 – 100 BC. The internal edge is faceted and bears repeating linear striations some of which resemble lettering but this is likely coincidental.
The metal has a dark brown delaminate patina with pitting. The ring is 24.1mm in diameter,... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 4.9 | null | 24.1 | 4.7 | null | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Harrogate | Boroughbridge | SE3965 | GPS (from the finder) | 54.079452 | -1.405402 | YORYM-8E1425 | null | CF0002.jpg | Bronze Age : Ring | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
997,623 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,600 | 40 | Copper alloy 'moustache-shaped' object, cast in one piece, of probable middle Bronze Age to Iron Age date. It has a central narrowed constriction, undecorated and with a vertical step down to it, which is curved on the top and has a rounded hollow on the underneath, c. 7mm in diameter. The constriction measures c. 9mm ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-01-21T00:00:00Z | 2020-02-17T00:00:00Z | null | null | 12.73 | 12 | null | null | 26 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | null | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Seething | TM3297 | null | 52.521453 | 1.4183 | NMS-901ADA | null | 64093_901ADA_BA_UO.jpg | Bronze Age or Iron Age unidentified 'moustache-shaped' object | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
997,810 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,150 | An incomplete cast copper-alloy single looped palstave axe with high, protruding stopridge and incomplete preserved side loop, dating to the Mid Bronze Age (1300 to 1150BC), possibly relating to the Silsden types generally dated to the Penard. The axe is complete, except for the arch of the side loop. The body of the p... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2019-09-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | 234 | null | null | 2.5 | 132 | 1 | Matthew Fittock | Matthew Fittock | Eastern | Bedford | Bedford | Bletsoe | TL0259 | From finder | 52.219777 | -0.508312 | BH-A4E1CA | null | WestwoodField4BHA4E1CA.jpg | Bronze Age palstave | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
997,946 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,100 | -600 | A Fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead, probably dating to c. 1100-800 BC. The fragment comprises of one corner of the socket mouth and adjacent sections of the wall of the socket. The axehead had an expanded mouth surmounting a double-stranded moulded collar. A prominent casting seem runs longi... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 21.38 | null | null | 16.3 | 42.8 | 1 | Wil Partridge | Wil Partridge | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Chirton | SU0756 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.30308 | -1.900974 | WILT-B97915 | null | WILTB97915.JPG | null | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
997,959 | Razor | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | An incomplete copper-alloy leaf-shaped razor of middle to late Bronze Age date c.1500 BC - 800 BC.
The razor is sub-ovate in plan with a narrow lozenge section. The edges are broken and worn leaving an irregular, jagged edge and both ends terminate in worn breaks. A slight curve is present to one end.
The metal ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 9.9 | null | null | 2.5 | 59.9 | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Yapham | SE7952 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.958066 | -0.797511 | YORYM-B9DF57 | null | RFY0040.jpg | Bronze Age : Razor | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
998,016 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 |
A highly corroded cast copper alloy ingot of suspected late Bronze Age date. The fragment is irregularly shaped and has a number of large vesicular voids from the casting process.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 750 | null | null | 39.1 | 75.2 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Shere | TQ0849 | null | 51.229979 | -0.4546 | SUR-F3A31B | null | SURF3A31B.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
998,017 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 1,500 | 1,150 | A copper alloy fragment of a Bronze Age axe measuring 43.7mm by 25.9mm. The fragment is pelta-shaped and comprises the blade edge which flares out into a semi-circular shape with pointed tips to either side. The axehead has a hollow centre and a vesicular structure resulting from gasses released during casting can be s... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 30.85 | null | null | 12.9 | 43.7 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Shere | TQ0848 | From finder | 51.220991 | -0.454901 | SUR-F3EBC4 | null | SURF3EBC4.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
998,022 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | An incomplete copper alloy cast Bronze Age axehead measuring 84.8mm by 43.7mm. The blade and much of the body of the axehead, which is hollow, remain; however the butt end is lost. The blade edge flares out into a semi-circular shape with pointed tips to either side. Probably from a socketed type of late Bronze Age dat... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 134.04 | null | null | 21.2 | 84.8 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Shere | TQ0849 | From finder | 51.229979 | -0.4546 | SUR-F43952 | null | SURF43952.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
998,026 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A copper alloy fragment of a Bronze Age axehead measuring 46.8mm by 39.7mm. The fragment comprises the blade edge which flares out into a semi-circular shape. The axehead has a hollow centre and a casting seam down either side. The side profile of the axehead has a pronounced curvature which suggests that it may have b... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 71.2 | null | null | 19.8 | 46.8 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Shere | TQ0749 | From finder | 51.230167 | -0.468917 | SUR-F46A32 | null | SURF46A32.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
998,031 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,000 | -1,700 | A complete cast copper alloy flanged axe of early Bronze Age date, 99.2mm in length, with a crescentic blade, expanded flanged sides with hammered oblique ridges and no visible stop ridge. The side profile is lenticular and the surface is heavily corroded. Circa 2000-1700 BC. |
This is a typical product of the Arreton tradition, named for the hoard found on the Isle of Wight and found mostly in SE Britain and the south coast.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 141.65 | null | null | 13 | 99.2 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Shere | TQ0949 | From finder | 51.229789 | -0.440284 | SUR-F49028 | null | SURF49028.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
998,038 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,000 | -1,100 | A fragment of an early to middle Bronze Age copper alloy flanged or palstave axehead, comprising a 25.6mm long section of the butt end. The fragment is flat in profile, with the tapering ends of parallel ridges along each side. The break is patinated and ancient. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 26.54 | null | null | 10 | 25.6 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Surrey | Guildford | West Horsley | TQ0750 | From finder | 51.239156 | -0.468618 | SUR-F4C0B5 | null | SURF4C0B5a.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
998,041 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,020 | A fragment of a middle Bronze Age copper alloy palstave axehead, comprising a 43.3mm long section of the butt end. The fragment has a flat central section, flanked with tapering parallel ridges along each side which give it an H-shaped cross section. The break is patinated and ancient. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 42.11 | null | null | 15.4 | 43.3 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Shere | TQ0848 | From finder | 51.220991 | -0.454901 | SUR-F4E0FF | null | SURF4E0FFa.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
998,044 | Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | null | null | A copper alloy ring, 51.4mm in diameter, with a lenticular cross sectional profile. The ring is slightly bent around a pair of worn areas on opposing sides suggesting use in horse harness. Such rings when found in isolation are difficult to date; this object could potentially be Bronze Age or much more recent. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 22.48 | null | 51.4 | 6.4 | null | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Shere | TQ0849 | From finder | 51.229979 | -0.4546 | SUR-F50E19 | null | SURF50E19.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
998,046 | Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | null | null | A copper alloy ring, 50.3mm in diameter, with an oval cross sectional profile. Such rings when found in isolation are difficult to date; this object could potentially be Bronze Age or much more recent. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 27.22 | null | 50.3 | 4.7 | null | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Shere | TQ0949 | From finder | 51.229789 | -0.440284 | SUR-F52B5D | null | SURF52B5D.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
998,087 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 2,350 | 1,600 | Copper-alloy flanged axehead of early Bronze Age date, Needham 1983, class 5db. It has low flanges, with a very smoothly polished green surface between. Most of the edges (butt, cutting edge, much of the flanges) are fragmentary. It is smaller than usual, with a length of 65mm, width at corroded cutting edge of 32mm, m... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-01-29T00:00:00Z | 2020-02-26T00:00:00Z | null | null | 77.4 | null | null | 13 | 65 | 1 | Helen Geake | Helen Geake | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | East Tuddenham | TG0912 | null | 52.665404 | 1.089302 | NMS-F6980E | null | 64079_F6980E_EBA_FlangedAxehead.jpg | Early Bronze Age flanged axehead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
998,106 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Incomplete Late Bronze Age tanged chisel with most of the blade missing (an old break). The rectangular-sectioned tang tapers from the discoidal collar or stop with a constant width and diminishing thickness to a blunt terminal. The blade narrows slightly from the collar and then widens to the break. Between the collar... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-12-19T00:00:00Z | 2019-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 13.37 | null | null | null | 50.8 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | null | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Congham | TF7123 | From finder | 52.777502 | 0.533734 | NMS-F727A5 | null | 25765_F727A5_BA_Chisel.jpg | Incomplete Late Bronze Age tanged chisel | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
998,118 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Late Bronze Age tanged awl in rather battered condition. The bent tang is square-sectioned and tapers to the proximal end. At its start the cross-section of the blade is irregularly heptagonal but becomes round before the now blunt tip. Weight 4.53g. Length 54.7mm. Width 6mm. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-12-19T00:00:00Z | 2019-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 4.53 | null | null | null | 54.7 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | null | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Congham | TF7123 | From finder | 52.777502 | 0.533734 | NMS-F78DC0 | null | 25765_F78DC0_BA_Awl.jpg | Late Bronze Age tanged awl | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
998,473 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | An Early Bronze Age hoard of six axes and a pierced knife. | null | 4 | null | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | null | null | 2020T294 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7 | null | Lucy Shipley | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | DEV-23910E | null | DEV23910Eview1.jpg | Bronze Age hoard: six axeheads and knife | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
998,605 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | A copper-alloy fragment of a middle Bronze Age probably flanged axehead, dating to 1500 BC - 1100 BC. It is the sub-rectangular butt end of the axehead. It has a sub-rectangular cross-section with raised edges and thins towards the rounded end. The surfaces are heavily worn.
Cf with other clearer examples on this da... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 40.61 | null | null | 10.5 | 37.11 | 1 | Riccardo Caravello | Riccardo Caravello | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | SF-389052 | null | SF389052.jpg | Bronze Age flanged axehead (probably) | Suffolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
998,628 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | Copper alloy socketed spearhead that dates to the middle Bronze Age. The blades of the spearhead are leaf-shaped; both blades have a wide and curved base (20mm in diameter) that narrow to the pointed tip. Separating the two blades is a diamond cross-section spine/rib (7mm high in the middle) that runs the runs down the... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-03-31T23:00:00Z | 2019-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | 27.06 | null | null | 15 | 107 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | South West | Bath and North East Somerset | Bath and North East Somerset | Saltford | ST6868 | From finder | 51.410112 | -2.461482 | GLO-3AB9E7 | null | GLO3AB9E7.jpg | null | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
998,772 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | A copper alloy palstave axe that has a wide curved blade. The sides of the axe are concave and taper from the blade to the middle of the axe each side is slightly expanded with a low ridge running down either edge no both the front and back sides. The stop ridge is positioned three-quarters of the way down from the bla... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-02-12T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 463 | null | null | 31 | 168 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | South East | Oxfordshire | Cherwell | Stratton Audley | SP6024 | From finder | 51.91131 | -1.129156 | GLO-4DE9C8 | null | GLO4DE9C8.jpg | null | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
999,363 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -800 | A fragment of the blade from a late middle to late Bronze Age socketed spear, 36mm in length. The blade was originally probably leaf shaped and has a pronounced rib with lozengiform cross sectioned profile 9mm thick. Possibly of pegged or looped type. Circa 1400 BC - 800 BC. |
Recorded from details emailed by the finder.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 23 | null | null | 9 | 36 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Cholsey | SU5784 | From finder | 51.552017 | -1.179301 | SUR-F56178 | null | SURF56178.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
999,919 | Scabbard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Copper-alloy 'bag-shaped' scabbard chape, dating to the Late Bronze Age, c. 1000-800BC.
The chape is rounded on the lower edge and flared slightly in thickness.The interior is hollow and upper edge of the front face is damaged. The thickness of the walls is approx. 1.5mm. Both the front and back edges are broken, s... | These chapes are associated with the 'carp's tongue complex' of south-east England and date to the Ewart Park metalworking phase. See also NARC-5DEF37, WILT-D4F151 for similar examples | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 19.02 | null | null | 11.5 | 28.1 | 1 | Sophie Flynn | Sophie Flynn | Eastern | Essex | Chelmsford | Little Baddow | TL7708 | From finder | 51.742745 | 0.562328 | ESS-5F9D4A | null | ESS5F9D4A.jpg | copper-alloy scabbard chape | Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service | Attribution License | ||
1,000,223 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -1,400 | An incomplete Middle Bronze Age side-looped spearhead dating from to c. 1550-1400 cal BC. Only the socket and side loops survive the blade being entirely missing to an old abraded break.
The surviving fragment of the spearhead comprises a hollow cylinder copper that narrows down its length. It lowest point has its ... |
Thanks to Dot Boughton for help with this ID.
| 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2020-03-04T00:00:00Z | null | null | 10.12 | null | null | null | 41.1 | 1 | Edward Caswell | Edward Caswell | South East | Buckinghamshire | Chiltern | Penn | SU9395 | From finder | 51.646117 | -0.657295 | OXON-B291F7 | null | OXONB291F7.jpg | Middle Bronze Age spearhead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,000,300 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -800 | A complete copper-alloy awl of probable Late Bronze Age date (c.1150-800 cal BC).
The awl's body is square in cross section (5.1x4.9mm). One end narrows relatively quickly (over c.10.1mm.) to a soft point that is tall (1.9mm) and thin (0.7mm). The opposite end narrows over a far longer distance (over c.20.4mm). This... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2020-03-04T00:00:00Z | null | null | 5.4 | null | null | 4.9 | 53.8 | 1 | Edward Caswell | Edward Caswell | South East | Buckinghamshire | Chiltern | Coleshill | SU9494 | From finder | 51.636962 | -0.643115 | OXON-C4D536 | null | OXONC4D536.jpg | Bronze Age Awl | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,000,307 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -900 | -600 | An incomplete probable Awl or possible arrowhead of probable Bronze Age date (900 BC to 600 BC).
The probable awl has a conical terminal, with a thin rectangular tang. The concial terminal has a sharp point and a circular cross section. It measures 42.3 mm long and has a maximum thickness of 8.6 mm. The tang is 35.6... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 13.3 | null | 8.6 | null | 77.1 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | East Midlands | Derbyshire | South Derbyshire | Netherseal | SK2814 | From finder | 52.722929 | -1.586875 | WMID-C5771D | null | WMIDC5771D.jpg | Probable Bronze Age: Probable Awl | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,000,440 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,700 | -1,500 | An incomplete cast copper alloy tanged spearhead of Early Bronze Age (Arreton industry) date (1700-1500 BC). The blade, although missing its tip, is lanceolate in shape (being broadly triangular in plan). There is a pronounced central spine on both faces which is triangular in form having a wide base at the tang that n... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-03-31T23:00:00Z | 2019-08-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 40.73 | null | null | 6 | 127 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | South West | North Somerset | North Somerset | Weston-in-Gordano | ST4375 | From finder | 51.47108 | -2.822029 | GLO-DA912A | null | GLODA912A.jpg | null | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
1,000,709 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,100 | A copper alloy Middle Bronze Age palstave of South Western type dating to the Taunton/Penard phase (c. 1400 - 1100 BC).
The blade is slightly damaged at both corners, giving it a slightly triangular, truncated appearance, as opposed to its original flaring design. It is now 40.9mm wide at the blade. From this wide p... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-10-01T23:00:00Z | 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z | null | null | 359 | null | null | 28.9 | 154.8 | 1 | Lucy Shipley | Lucy Shipley | null | Devon | Teignbridge | Dawlish | SX9678 | From finder | 50.592434 | -3.470637 | DEV-054D5E | null | DEV054D5E.jpg | Bronze Age palstave | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,001,585 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,200 | A fragment of a blade, possibly from a dirk or rapier, dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1500-1200 BC.
The fragment is sub-triangular in shape, and is from near the point of the blade. It is broken just at the tip, and where the blade would have continued to the hilt. It is lozengiform in cross section, but the ce... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-08-10T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 11.8 | null | null | 7.9 | 24.1 | 1 | Lucy Shipley | Lucy Shipley | null | Dorset | Purbeck | Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle | SY8292 | From finder | 50.727337 | -2.256387 | DEV-0C1D15 | null | DEV0C1D15.jpg | Bronze Age blade fragment | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,001,587 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -2,000 | A copper alloy flat axehead of Migdale type, dating to the Early Bronze Age, c. 2200-2000 BC.
The axehead has a long slender butt, tapering gently to the flared blade. It is rectangular in cross section, although the blade narrows to its original cutting surface. It appears undecorated but the surface is pitted and ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-05-04T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 46.5 | null | null | 5.6 | 83.1 | 1 | Lucy Shipley | Lucy Shipley | null | Devon | Mid Devon | Cullompton | SS9906 | From finder | 50.844678 | -3.435943 | DEV-0CAAEF | null | DEV0CAAEF.jpg | Early Bronze Age flat axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,002,088 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -800 | A copper alloy axe blade fragment that would have had a wide curved blade, but now only one tip and part of the curving cutting edge remains. The remaining side of the blade is concave. In total less than about 5% of the original artefacts remains. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | 4.15 | null | null | 5.5 | 13 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | West Midlands | County of Herefordshire | County of Herefordshire | Colwall | SO7341 | From finder | 52.066708 | -2.395284 | GLO-822C7A | null | GLO822C7A.JPG | null | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
1,002,793 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -1,400 | An incomplete copper alloy Spearhead of Middle Bronze Age date (1550-1400 BC). The object is a side-looped spearhead. The retained portion is composed of the socket and side loops while the blade is missing due to an old abraded transverse break.
The retained portion of the objected comprises a hollow cylinder whic... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 11.3 | null | 14.21 | 2.02 | 39.02 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | Daventry | Overstone | SP8065 | From finder | 52.277337 | -0.828853 | NARC-2C39A0 | null | NARC2C39A0.jpg | NARC-2C39A0 : Spearhead : Bronze Age | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,002,966 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,550 | 350 | An incomplete piece of copper-alloy casting waste of middle Bronze Age to early Roman date, c.1550 BC – c.AD 350. It is likely to be from the neck (funnel / well) of a composite probably two part mould.
The object has an irregular sub-circular dished plate with the remains of two curved ovate jets projecting from on... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 4.9 | null | null | 3.4 | 18.8 | 1 | Rebecca Griffiths | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | York | York | Askham Bryan | SE5548 | Centred on field | 53.925222 | -1.163943 | YORYM-951E52 | null | DSY0499.jpg | Bronze Age : Casting Waste | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,003,286 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -700 | A cast copper alloy fragment of the edge of the blade from a Bronze Age axehead of uncertain type. The fragment has a curved edge and a triangular cross section. It is 15.6mm in length and 5.3mm wide with a heavy blue-green patination. | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case | Metal detector | 1993-11-13T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 0.7 | null | null | 3.2 | 15.6 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Bramdean and Hinton Ampner | SU5928 | Centred on field | 51.048328 | -1.1597 | HAMP-CF893F | null | HAMPCF893F.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,003,430 | Penannular Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,150 | Description: Penannular ring of probable Bronze Age date, probably from a composite ring. It is C-shaped in cross-section, with a convex outer and a concave interior. The width of the ring is very consistent but the two ends do not sit quite in line, as if the ring has been slightly bent out of shape. There is a c. 1.5... | As the object is made of more than 10% precious metal and is over 300 years old, it constitutes potential Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996. | 3 | Gold | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z | 2018-05-30T23:00:00Z | 2020T369 | null | 2.8 | null | 12.7 | 2.4 | null | 1 | Helen Geake | Helen Geake | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Caistor St. Edmund | TG2503 | null | 52.578234 | 1.319374 | NMS-E93EBA | null | 59730_E93EBA_BA_Ring.jpg | Bronze Age pennanular ring | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,003,563 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -2,350 | 43 | An incomplete copper alloy unidentified object probably dating to the Bronze Age or Iron Age (c. 2350 BC to 43 AD). The object is roughly cross-shaped with a rectangular cross-section. All four points of the object terminate in worn breaks. The upper and lower faces of the object are flat and bear no traces of decorati... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 68.82 | null | null | 9.49 | 62.11 | 1 | Susheela Burford | Susheela Burford | West Midlands | Worcestershire | Wychavon | Droitwich Spa | SO8962 | Centred on parish | 52.256059 | -2.162568 | WAW-2B4428 | null | WAW2B4428.jpg | An Unidentified Bronze Age Object | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,003,893 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,100 | -1,700 | A complete Early Bronze Age cast copper-alloy flat axehead, dating to 2350-1600 BC.
The axehead is convex on both the front and reverse, creating a pointed oval profile. In cross-section, the cutting edge and butt are also pointed oval, whilst the body is rectangular. The axe is narrowest at the... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-11-29T00:00:00Z | 2019-11-29T00:00:00Z | null | null | 96 | null | null | 9.42 | 84.16 | 1 | null | Alexandra Cobby | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Boarstall | SP6014 | null | 51.821411 | -1.13089 | BUC-7DBE79 | null | BUC7DBE79.jpg | A complete Early Bronze Age cast copper-alloy flat axehead, dating to 2350-1600 BC | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,004,329 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -950 | A complete copper-alloy Middle Bronze Age late looped palstave axehead dating to the Wilburton Industry (Needham Period 6, 1150-950 BC).
The body of the axhead is roughly sub-rectangular in shape before flattening and flaring outwards to form a wide rounded blade edge and blade tips with slight cutting bevel along ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-11-02T00:00:00Z | 2019-11-02T00:00:00Z | null | null | 353 | null | null | 30.5 | 140 | 1 | Matthew Fittock | Matthew Fittock | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Clifton Hampden | SU5395 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.651302 | -1.235327 | BH-4CDE5E | null | AxeHead.jpg | Middle Bronze Age late looped palstave axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,004,330 | Dirk | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | A heavilly corroded copper alloy fragment from the blade of a dirk or rapier of Middle Bronze Age (c 1500-1100 BC) date. The fragment is 28mm in length and 22.5mm in width, with no evident midrib. |
Recorded from details emailed by the finder.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.8 | null | null | null | 28 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Hart | Odiham | SU7251 | From finder | 51.253631 | -0.969681 | SUR-4D0A7E | null | SUR4D0A7E.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,004,571 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,200 | A complete later Middle Bronze Age (MBA II, c.1400 - 1200 BC) early Primary Phase palstave of Group III, with ornamented faces and a trident below the stop ridge. The palstave has a well developed stop with high flanges along the sides. The septum has three moulded parallel ridges within it. The blade is wedge-shaped, ... | This example is very similar to one from Harston, Cambridgeshire published in Evans (1881), p78, Fig 60. It probably belongs to the Taunton metalworking tradition, phase VIII / IX, which corresponds to Needham’s (1996) Period 5 1 (500-1150 CAL. BC).
Recorded from details emailed by the finder. | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 416 | null | null | null | 190 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | West Sussex | Chichester | Oving | SU9003 | From finder | 50.819561 | -0.723726 | SUR-7601FF | null | SUR7601FFc.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,004,629 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,400 | -800 | A copper alloy casting sprue, possibly of Bronze Age date. The sprue is an inverted sub-conical piece of copper alloy, with a wide, subrectangular break at the base.
Length 34.7mm; Width 25.7mm; Thickness 18.4mm; weight 42.04g. |
Awaiting precise find spot from finder
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 42.04 | null | null | 18.4 | 34.7 | 1 | Wil Partridge | Wil Partridge | South East | Hampshire | New Forest | Breamore | null | From finder | null | null | WILT-7BD4D4 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
1,005,022 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A fragment of a cast copper-alloy mid to late Bronze Age spearhead (c. 1500-800 BC). The fragment is a small part of the head and pointed, now worn and rounded, tip. It is lozenge-form in cross-section with a pronounced midrib extending longitudinally along the central axis of the body. The blades either side thin towa... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2019-11-30T00:00:00Z | null | null | 8.55 | null | null | 6.5 | 37.2 | 1 | Matthew Fittock | Matthew Fittock | South East | Buckinghamshire | Chiltern | Amersham | SU9896 | From finder | 51.654257 | -0.584774 | BH-F9DD6E | null | BHF9DD6E.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,005,588 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | A fragment of a cast copper-alloy axehead, probably a socketed axehead dating to the Late Bronze Age period (c.1100-800BC).
The object is trapezoidal in plan, triangular in profile and sub-rectangular in cross-section. It is comprised of a small portion of the body that expands into a slightly flared crescentic b... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 61.38 | 13.67 | null | null | 37.47 | 1 | Alexandra Cobby | Alexandra Cobby | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Boarhunt | SU5910 | From finder | 50.886484 | -1.162614 | BUC-9CB129 | null | BUC9CB129.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,005,592 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -800 | A fragment of a cast copper-alloy blade, possibly from knife or dagger and likely dating to the middle-late Bronze Age period (c.1400-800BC).
The object is triangular in plan and in cross-section forms a shallow triangle. It consists of two portions: a pointed blade tip that widens into the remaining small portio... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 5.87 | null | null | 2.69 | 51.1 | 1 | Alexandra Cobby | Alexandra Cobby | South West | Devon | Teignbridge | Coffinswell | SX9067 | From finder | 50.492447 | -3.55212 | BUC-9D9F89 | null | BUC9D9F89.jpg | blade | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,005,603 | Barbed And Tanged Arrowhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,275 | -1,140 | A possible incomplete cast copper-alloy barbed and tanged arrowhead, likely dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Age period (c.1275-1140BC).
The object is comprised half of the arrowhead's body, the tang and one barb. It has a convex front and a flat reverse, creating a broadly semi-circular profile, which suggests... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 2.59 | null | null | 4.18 | 32 | 1 | Alexandra Cobby | Alexandra Cobby | Eastern | Cambridgeshire | Fenland | Wisbech | TF4306 | From finder | 52.632918 | 0.11157 | BUC-9E58B4 | null | BUC9E5884.jpg | barbed and tanged arrowhead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,005,847 | Finger Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,500 | 100 | A possible bronze age coiled/spiral finger ring. Similar object have been found and dated to the Bronze Age and Iron Age through to the Roman period.
The object had a shiny dark green patina and it was clear to see the terminal ends had some etch decoration. It is circular and comprised of a single wire shaped into... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-05-29T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 29.46 | null | 35 | null | null | 1 | Darren White | Darren White | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Melton | Twyford and Thorpe | SK7210 | Generated from computer mapping software | 52.68292 | -0.936379 | PUBLIC-CE7C80 | null | IMG_4988.JPG | Bronze Age Finger Ring | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,005,934 | Ribbon | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -800 | A strip of ribbon gold, dating to the Bronze Age c. 2200 - 800 BC. One side is covered with 14 parallel grooves running along its length, the other is undecorated. There is damage to one side at the mid point where the strip is buckled; both ends are cut. There are no piercings or evidence for fittings.
Length: 37.2... | The style of this object with its parallel linear ridges is typical of gold strips and ribbons of known and probable Bronze Age date. Examples from excavated contexts which could lend weight to this dating include an excavated example from Oxford found with a Beaker period flint scraper and pottery (Palmer 1980). Compa... | 3 | Gold | null | Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure | Metal detector | null | null | 2020T447 | null | 1.1 | null | null | 0.3 | 37.2 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Dummer | SU5946 | From finder | 51.210167 | -1.156758 | -SUR 55182.00 | null | SUR055182.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,006,016 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,500 | 450 | A copper-alloy casting jet or sprue dating from the Bronze Age to Roman period (c.1500 BC-AD 450). The object is roughly oval in plan and D-shape in cross-section. The edges are uneven and heavily abraded or broken in several places. An incomplete irregular and worn broken oval-sectioned spur extends from the base that... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2019-11-30T00:00:00Z | null | null | 20.45 | 17.5 | null | 7.8 | 28.2 | 1 | Matthew Fittock | Matthew Fittock | South East | Buckinghamshire | Wycombe | Princes Risborough | SP7903 | From finder | 51.72017 | -0.857778 | BH-1B9F07 | null | BH1B9F07.jpg | Bronze Age to Roman casting waste or jet | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,006,019 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,500 | 450 | An incomplete piece of copper-alloy casting waste of Middle Bronze Age to Roman date (c.1500 BC - 450 AD). The object has a broken, irregularly shaped, oval faced base that is triangular in cross-section and narrows towards the remains of a surviving oval-sectioned jet projecting on one side. The break is old and very ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2019-11-30T00:00:00Z | null | null | 20.45 | 17.5 | null | 7.8 | 28.2 | 1 | Matthew Fittock | Matthew Fittock | Eastern | Essex | Uttlesford | Chrishall | TL4541 | From finder | 52.04843 | 0.113071 | BH-1C222E | null | BH1C222E.jpg | Middle Bronze Age to Roman casting waste or jet | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,006,024 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | MEDIEVAL | -1,250 | 1,500 | A complete cast copper-alloy awl of Middle Bronze Age to Medieval date (1250 BC to AD 1500). The awl is rectangular in cross-section and tapers to a blunt point one end and a flat chisel edge at the other. The surface has an even mid-brown patina.
It measures 52mm in length, a maximum of 3.2mm width and a maximum of... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2019-11-30T00:00:00Z | null | null | 3.89 | null | null | 3.2 | 52 | 1 | Matthew Fittock | Matthew Fittock | South East | Buckinghamshire | Wycombe | Bledlow-cum-Saunderton | SP7803 | From finder | 51.72031 | -0.872251 | BH-1C99CD | null | BH1C99CD.jpg | Middle Bronze Age to Medieval awl | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,006,105 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Middle Bronze Age socketed spearhead, in two conjoining pieces, dating to the period 1500-1150 BC. The spearhead has a leaf-shaped blade that tapers towards the tip and bevelled wings that gradually expand from the tip before tapering inwards towards the socketed shaft. The wing edges ar... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2019-12-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 24.46 | null | 15.6 | 7 | 79 | 1 | Matthew Fittock | Matthew Fittock | South East | Buckinghamshire | Chiltern | Chenies | TQ0398 | From finder | 51.671341 | -0.511934 | BH-33B8C2 | null | BH33B8C2.jpg | Late Bronze Age socketed spearhead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,006,222 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,400 | -2,200 | Early Bronze Age copper flat axehead, c. 2400 – 2200BC
The cast flat axe is fragmentary, represented by a butt fragment (with a surviving length of 63.4mm and a weight of 160.6g) and would have been from a large axe. The butt is wide and straight (with a width of 50.3mm and a thickness of 4mm). The sides of the axe ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 160.6 | null | null | 8.8 | 63.4 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Mark Lodwick | Wales | Carmarthenshire | Carmarthenshire | Llanarthney | SN5118 | null | 51.840669 | -4.164205 | NMGW-48018B | null | NMWPA201957copy.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,006,300 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,300 | -1,800 | A Bronze age possible blade probably dating to the early Bronze Age, circa 2300 – 1800 BC.
The object is broadly an inverted triangle in form with a narrowed and rounded point. The object is lozenge shaped in profile. The upper terminal is broken. The object has a very pitted and worn dark green coloured patina.
... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 10.8 | null | null | 4.8 | 48.9 | 1 | Victoria Allnatt | Victoria Allnatt | West Midlands | Staffordshire | South Staffordshire | Kinver | SO8582 | From finder | 52.435765 | -2.222067 | WMID-502F76 | null | WMID502F76.jpg | Bronze age possible blade (front and reverse) | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
1,006,333 | 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 and D-shaped in cross section with each elements of the wheel (its spokes, rim and centre) being convex on the front and flat on the back. The wheel has a trapezoidal sha... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2020-02-20T00:00:00Z | null | null | 2.37 | null | 20.3 | 2 | null | 1 | Edward Caswell | Edward Caswell | null | West Berkshire | West Berkshire | Kintbury | SU3672 | Centred on field | 51.445851 | -1.483381 | OXON-5C8F8B | null | OXON5C8F8B.jpg | Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age Votive wheel | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,006,462 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -700 | A heavily worn fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead dating to c.1300-700 cal BC.C.
The fragment is the blade end of a socketed axehead. In plan the fragment is almost D-shaped with a curved blade edge and sides which narrow slightly from this before ending at a very worn transverse break. The ... |
This find was recorded by images and information provided by the finder, not seen by the FLO.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2020-06-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | 35.39 | null | null | 11 | 34 | 1 | Edward Caswell | Edward Caswell | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Horspath | SP5904 | Centred on field | 51.731617 | -1.147093 | OXON-9D6AC3 | null | OXON9D6AC3.jpg | Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,006,977 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -800 | An incomplete copper alloy axehead, of Mid to Late Bronze Age dating (1600 BC to 800 BC).
Less than 25% of the 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 ridges are... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-09-30T23:00:00Z | 2019-09-30T23:00:00Z | null | null | 34 | null | null | 10.5 | 23.5 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Stratford-on-Avon | Bidford-on-Avon | SP1150 | Centred on field | 52.148179 | -1.840658 | WMID-3415A5 | null | WMID3415A5.jpg | Mid to late Bronze Age: Palstave or Axehead fragment | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,007,031 | Arrowhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,100 | An incomplete, copper alloy barbed and tanged arrowhead, probably of middle or late Bronze Age date, about 1300 BC - 1100 BC. The blade is lozenge shaped in cross-section with a prominent midrib on one side: the midrib on the other side is less prominent. Both taper towards the point, which has broken away and is miss... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2020-01-29T00:00:00Z | null | null | 9.67 | null | null | 3.9 | 54.8 | 1 | Jack Coulthard | Amy Downes | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | North Kesteven | Temple Bruer with Temple High Grange | TF0153 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.064707 | -0.49421 | SWYOR-453A2D | null | SWYOR453A2D.jpg | Medieval arrowhead | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
1,007,107 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | A cast copper alloy fragment comprising the butt end of a side-looped palstave axehead dating to the middle Bronze Age (1500-1100 BC). The fragment is 54mm in length, with a flat central section, flanked with tapering parallel ridges along each side which give it an H-shaped cross section. Part of the tapering end of a... |
Recorded from details emailed by the finder.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 70.7 | null | null | 18 | 54 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Bishops Waltham | SU5415 | From finder | 50.93193 | -1.232949 | SUR-58B042 | null | SUR58B042.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution-ShareAlike License | ||
1,007,183 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -750 |
An incomplete and heavily abraded copper alloy Thorndon type socketed knife dating to the late Bronze Age. The socket has a flattened oval cross section and has broken across the central part, probably around a pair of opposed rivet holes. The blade tapers from the socket and has a lenticular cross section. The tip is... | The form of this knife fits with the Thorndon-type which were first classified by Hodges (1956) and can be broadly dated to the Ewart Park metalworking phase (c.900-800 BC). These knives are often found in Late Bronze Age hoards associated with a variety of material and have a wide distribution across Britain. See SUR-... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 20 | null | null | 8 | 40 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Buckinghamshire | South Bucks | Burnham | SU9487 | From finder | 51.574041 | -0.644989 | SUR-6ED446 | null | SUR6ED446.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,007,290 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Fragment of a Late Bronze Age sword blade broken, not recently, at both ends. The midribs are strongly convex and delineated by grooves. Extant length 36.5. Width 36.6mm. Thickness 8.2mm. Weight 38g. c.1000 - c.701 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-03-09T00:00:00Z | 2020-03-09T00:00:00Z | null | null | 38 | null | null | 8.2 | 36.5 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | null | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Shouldham | TF6808 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.643726 | 0.481644 | NMS-8B1E0C | null | 61420_8B1E0C_BA_Sword.jpg | Fragment of late BA sword | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,007,487 | Ribbon | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,100 | -1,150 | A fragment of an incomplete gold band or ribbon of rectangular shape, now in two pieces, of Bronze Age date (2100 BC - 1150 BC).
Description: The parallel sided strip of gold has twelve (possibly thirteen) embossed longitudinal lines visible on both faces, giving a corrugated effect. Both ends appear to be breaks, a... | This object is made of precious metal and is more than 300 years old, so it appears to meet the requirements of the 1996 Treasure Act. | 4 | Gold | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | 2020-04-30T23:00:00Z | 2020-05-30T23:00:00Z | 2020T516 | null | 5 | null | null | 1.3 | 76.5 | 1 | Amy Downes | Amy Downes | Yorkshire and the Humber | Doncaster | Doncaster | Askern | SE5713 | Generated from computer mapping software | 53.610462 | -1.139941 | SWYOR-DBF058 | null | SWYORDBF058UnknownUnidentifiedObjectikw.jpg | SWYOR-DBF058 Unknown Unidentified Object | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
1,007,535 | Knife | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -750 | Late Bronze Age socketed knife of Thorndon Type and of Ewart Park metalworking, corresponding with Needham’s Period 7, dated to c. 950-750BC
The cast knife is near-complete, but in two fragments, broken across the slightly distorted blade (with a distorted length of 134.4mm and a weight of 37.7g). The socket has a s... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 37.7 | null | null | null | 134.4 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Adelle Bricking | South West | Gloucestershire | Cotswold | Ashley | ST9394 | null | 51.644754 | -2.102561 | NMGW-EEAB28 | null | NMWPA2019151copy.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,007,587 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | An small fragment from the socket of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, dating c. 1150 to 750 cal BC. Less than 25% of the socketed axehead is present, and consists of part of the mouth. The rest is missing, presumed lost in antiquity,
The mouth has a rolled rim followed by a transverse collar made of two concave ... |
This find was recorded by images and information provided by the finder, not seen by the FLO.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2020-06-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | 6.59 | null | null | 6.5 | 30 | 1 | Edward Caswell | Edward Caswell | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Horspath | SP5804 | From finder | 51.731721 | -1.161571 | OXON-02FD97 | null | OXON02FD97.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe fragment | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,007,610 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -700 | Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe of South Wales (Stogursey) type and of Ewart Park Metalworking Industry, dated to c. 1000-700BC
The axehead is complete (with an overall length of 97.0mm and a weight of 261.8g). The mouth is sub-rectangular (52.3mm long and 43.7 wide) and the four casting runner stubs are evident a... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 261.8 | null | null | null | 97 | 1 | null | Mark Lodwick | Wales | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Pont-y-Clun | ST0580 | null | 51.510913 | -3.370333 | NMGW-07EA87 | null | 201919copy1.jpg | Bronze Age South Wales type Axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,007,813 | Bracelet | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -2,150 | 400 | A fragment of a copper alloy bracelet or arm ring, of late Prehistoric date (Bronze Age to Roman period) and with an internal diameter of 51.6mm. Around half of the bracelet remains; this has a sub-triangular cross section of 6.3mm by 5.7mm with a rounded interior surface and bevelled sides. Both ends of the fragment h... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 19.29 | null | 63.4 | 6.3 | null | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Tichborne | SU5527 | Centred on field | 51.039733 | -1.216908 | HAMP-702C57 | null | HAMP702C57.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,007,873 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -750 | An incomplete, small, copper alloy blade. Possibly cut down from a larger blade such as a dirk. The blade is tapering and rounded at both ends. It has flattened cutting edges along both sides and a low central ridge. The hilt is missing and the end has been re-shaped.
Date: Middle to Late Bronze Age 0 c. 1400 to 750 B... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 12.23 | null | null | 2.98 | 84.24 | 1 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Portesham | SY6386 | From finder | 50.67248 | -2.524965 | DOR-84864A | null | 84864A.jpg | Middle to Late Bronze age blade | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,007,932 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -750 | An incomplete copper alloy palstave axehead. The object is adze-like, with a sloping blade. The hafting end is missing leaving only a crudely cast and unfinished flaring blade. The cutting edge is blunt and damaged at the corners. The remainder of the butt end tapers to a square cross-sectioned break with traces of ind... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 161.65 | null | null | 23.46 | 77.7 | 1 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Sutton Mandeville | ST9729 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.06033 | -2.044184 | DOR-9603F3 | null | 9603F3.jpg | Middle Bronze Age axehead | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,008,028 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -750 | Bronze Age tanged chisel of Late Bronze Age date, probably of Wilburton or Ewart Park metalworking industry, corresponding with Needham’s (1996) Periods 6-7, dated to c. 1150 – 750BC
The cast chisel is near-complete with a slightly distorted tang (with a length of 50.8mm and a weight of 15.9g). The tang (32.6mm long... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 15.9 | null | null | 7 | 50.8 | 1 | Mark Lodwick | Mark Lodwick | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Bremhill | ST9875 | null | 51.473959 | -2.030187 | NMGW-E96F08 | null | NMWPA201926.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,008,175 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,000 | Middle to Late Bronze Age socketed axehead of uncertain type, possibly related to Type Wallington (Schmidt & Burgess, 1980, p. 175-6)[1] of Wilburton Wallington metalworking dated to c. 1300 – 1000BC
The cast axehead is complete (with a length of 102.6mm and a weight of 242.2g). The interior of the mouth is ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 242.2 | null | null | null | 102.6 | 1 | null | Mark Lodwick | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Llantwit Major | SS9966 | null | 51.38403 | -3.452763 | NMGW-08CD35 | null | Untitled.jpg | Bronze Age Socketed Axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,008,200 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | 1,500 |
A highly corroded cast copper alloy object of hemi-spherical shape. The alloy appears to have a high lead content. The shape suggests an origin in an open crucible rather than a mould.
Possibly a small late Bronze Age bun ingot - alternatively, a piece of casting waste of potentially later date.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 71.45 | null | null | 17.2 | 38.1 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Surrey | Waverley | Bramley | TQ0139 | From finder | 51.141369 | -0.557628 | -SUR 142655.00 | null | SUR142655.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,008,407 | Dirk | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A tip of a copper alloy blade, probably from a dirk or sword of middle to late Bronze Age date (c 1500 - 800 BC). The fragment is 47.9 mm in length and triangular in shape. The blade has a flat cross-section with only a small rounded midrib evident. Corrosion has caused surface loss across both sides. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 9.7 | null | null | 3.7 | 47.9 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Cheriton | SU5526 | Centred on field | 51.030741 | -1.21706 | HAMP-42FBC6 | null | HAMP42FBC6.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,008,608 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Bronze age copper alloy awl. It has an elongated eliptical shape, and consists of a square-sectioned, copper alloy spike which tapers at both ends. Both ends are slightly damaged. It may be the blade of a hand tool (missing its handle). The object is in fair condition, is 41mm long, 4mm wide, 4mm thick and weighs 2.6... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-07-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 2.61 | null | null | 4 | 41 | 1 | Phil Harding | Phil Harding | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Melton | Frisby on the Wreake | SK7116 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.736981 | -0.949875 | LEIC-9B34A2 | null | CAD2944c.jpg | Bronze Age awl | Phil Harding | Attribution License | ||
1,008,700 | Penannular Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A complete late Bronze Age gold plated penannular ring, dating to 1150 - 800BC. The ring is circular in shape and in cross section, with two flat terminals. Between the terminals is copper alloy corrosion, suggesting that the main body of the ring is copper alloy plated with gold. One of the terminals is damaged, with ... | 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.
Author: Arwen Wood, Finds Liaison Officer for Buckinghamshire
Contribution by: Ian Richardson, Senior Treasure Registrar, British Museum
References:
... | 4 | Gold | null | Submitted for consideration as Treasure | Metal detector | 2018-07-14T23:00:00Z | 2018-07-14T23:00:00Z | 2020T565 | null | 3.75 | null | null | 5.2 | 15.8 | 1 | Arwen Wood | Arwen Wood | South East | Kent | Canterbury | Sturry | TR1962 | From finder | 51.314943 | 1.141196 | BUC-AD669C | null | BUCAD669C.jpg | Bronze Age Penannular Ring | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,008,707 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Corroded fragment of copper alloy late Bronze Age looped socketed axehead. The probable oval-shaped mouth is missing, as is one face almost to the base of the socket. Approximately half of a loop survives on the lower side. The body has slight traces of casting flash and some post-removal witness marks survive. The nom... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-03-20T00:00:00Z | 2018-03-20T00:00:00Z | null | null | 63.4 | null | null | null | 64 | 1 | Garry Crace | Garry Crace | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Caistor St. Edmund | TG2503 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.578234 | 1.319374 | NMS-B36E56 | null | P1080825.JPG | Late Bronze Age socketed axe fragment | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,008,710 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 1,150 | 801 | A complete copper-alloy awl of probable late Bronze Age date (c. 1150-800 BC). The awl is square in cross section along most of its length, and tapers to a circular cross-sectioned point at one terminal. At the other terminal it flattens to become rectangular in cross-section, before ending in a chisel-shaped terminal.... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 7.31 | null | null | 3.85 | 91.94 | 1 | Denise Wilding | Denise Wilding | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Broad Chalke | SU0223 | null | 51.006382 | -1.972869 | WILT-BC913A | null | WILTBC913A.jpg | Bronze Age awl | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,008,816 | Ribbon | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -800 | A complete gold artefact of Bronze Age date. It comprises a crumpled strip of sheet or ribbon gold around 63.7mm in length, decorated with around 10 parallel ridges running along its length across one side; the reverse is undecorated. There is a partial tear across the mid section, probably from post depositional damag... | This appears to be a flattened item of personal adornment, originally secured in a loop using the hook and piercing and perhaps used as an earring, or finger ring. The presence of these features places this example into a less common group of Bronze Age ribbon gold artefacts found with fittings. Eogan (1994) has catego... | 3 | Gold | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2020-07-30T23:00:00Z | null | 2020T581 | null | 3.5 | null | null | 0.3 | 63.7 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Test Valley | Tangley | SU3252 | From finder | 51.266262 | -1.542728 | HAMP-0FCEE9 | null | HAMP0FCEE9.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,008,904 | Bracelet | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -750 | A complete gold penannular bar bracelet, dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age (1400BC-750BC).
Description: The bracelet is composed of a cylindrical bar, curved to create a sub-oval shape in plan. The terminals of the bar are slightly expanded and, from the photograph, appear sub-circular in section with ... | Photographs kindly provided by the finder due to COVID-19 restrictions. | 4 | Gold | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z | 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z | 2020T590 | null | 113.4 | null | null | null | 101.5 | 1 | null | Alexandra Cobby | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Quainton | SP7120 | null | 51.874061 | -0.970091 | BUC-26FC86 | null | P1060904.jpg | Gold Bracelet | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,009,028 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 |
Copper alloy socketed spearhead fragment that dates to the middle to late Bronze Age. This is the tip of the spearhead and has a pronounced spine running down its centre that is circular in cross-section, this is flanked by thin blades that taper to a fine point, but which are both heavily damaged. The rear of the spe... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-07-31T23:00:00Z | 2019-07-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | 9.34 | null | null | 7 | 46 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | South West | Gloucestershire | Stroud | Stinchcombe | SO7300 | From finder | 51.698091 | -2.392062 | GLO-517BD0 | null | GLO517BD0.JPG | null | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
1,009,087 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 |
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe that consists of the blade and the base of the socket. The blade has a very low curved forward edge which is heavily corroded and truncated at one end. Behind the blade the surface of the axe is heavily pitted with corrosion and leads to the base of the socket which is surr... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2018-07-31T23:00:00Z | 2019-07-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | 30.13 | null | null | 11 | 21 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Scarborough | Goathland | NZ8200 | From finder | 54.388891 | -0.73875 | GLO-556E05 | null | GLO556E05.JPG | null | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
1,009,299 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -1,700 | A cast copper alloy Bronze Age axehead, of flat type, dating from the Early Bronze Age (c. 2200-1700 BC). The axehead is 94.3mm in length and flares into a curved and splayed cutting edge 42.5mm wide which has some areas of recent damage. The axe has a rectangular cross section and a slightly lenticular side profile. T... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 100.57 | null | null | 12.5 | 94.3 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | West Sussex | Chichester | Stoughton | SU8013 | From finder | 50.910934 | -0.863471 | HAMP-BB6CC4 | null | HAMPBB6CC4.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,009,449 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,150 | 400 | A copper alloy tool, possibly an awl, scriber or a stylus. The tool is 56mm in length, with a flat wedge-shaped terminal and square sectioned body with lenticular side profile. The body tapers along its length into a pointed terminal with circular cross section, which has been bent. | Plain copper alloy awls and scribing tools are hard to date precisely but are thought to have been introduced in the Bronze Age (2150-800 BC) with most examples being Late Bronze Age in date (1150-800 BC). The combination of a pointed tip and a spatulate terminal on this object suggests that it could alternatively be a... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 7.7 | null | null | null | 56 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Chilcomb | SU4929 | From finder | 51.058257 | -1.302209 | SUR-E40F07 | null | SURE40F07.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,010,372 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 950 | 750 | A cast bronze (copper alloy) faceted socketed axe of late Bronze Age date (950 – 750 BC). The axe is relatively short and stubby and is known as ‘baggy axe’.
The axe is sub-rectangular in plan with concave sides and a flared convex cutting edge. The mouth of the socket is broadly oval. The mout... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 191.9 | null | null | 40.2 | 77.8 | 1 | null | Victoria Allnatt | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Staffordshire Moorlands | Alton | SK0641 | null | 52.96633 | -1.912115 | WMID-249A43 | null | WMID249A43.jpg | Bronze Age Axe (front, profile, back, profile, blade edge and socket edge) | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,010,813 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -800 | A cast copper-alloy axe blade fragment of unknown type, dating to the Bronze Age (2350-800BC).
The fragment is sub-triangular in plan and cross-section. There is a faint casting line on the side of the fragment and the remains of the cutting edge is gently curved with a slightly splayed outer edge. Overall, the f... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-09-27T23:00:00Z | 2019-09-27T23:00:00Z | null | null | 10.14 | null | null | 7.01 | 17.52 | 1 | Alexandra Cobby | Alexandra Cobby | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Drayton | SU4795 | From finder | 51.651835 | -1.322045 | BUC-B9DB38 | null | BUCB9DB38.jpg | Bronze Age blade | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,010,922 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -850 | An incomplete cast copper-alloy / bronze ribbed socketed axe of later Bronze Age / Ewart Park date (c. 950-800 BC).
Description: The axehead is relatively robust with a square shaped mouth and relatively straight sides which expand at each end. The blade ends expands to a short cutting edge. The mouth of the axehea... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 178.88 | null | null | 27.3 | 100.82 | 1 | Jo Ahmet | Jo Ahmet | South East | Kent | Dover | Eythorne | TR2649 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.195501 | 1.23327 | KENT-FBF4F5 | null | KENTFBF4F5.jpg | Sompting Axehead | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,010,974 | Dagger | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | An incomplete copper alloy Dagger or Dirk of Middle Bronze Age date (1500-1300 BC) Group II dirk. The object is composed of a triangular blade which tapers to a point and is lenticular in cross sections due to a broad mid-rib. The butt end is flat D-shaped butt-end with a crescentic notch to either side - the result of... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 12.8 | null | null | 3.34 | 66.77 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Great Faringdon | SU3094 | From finder | 51.644004 | -1.567844 | NARC-0969D3 | null | NARC0969D3.jpg | NARC-0969D3 : Dagger : Bronze Age | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,011,026 | Miniature Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,500 | A complete copper-alloy miniature flat axehead of early Bronze Age date, c.2150 - 1500 BC.
The axehead is sub-trapezoidal with a curved blade tapering to a rounded cutting edge. The axe has a narrow, thinning butt with moderately concave sides. It is undecorated. The metal has a dark green/brown patina and is worn.... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-09-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 5.75 | null | null | 2.88 | 46.31 | 1 | Lisa Brundle | Lisa Brundle | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | West Lindsey | Cammeringham | SK9681 | GPS (From FLO) | 53.317237 | -0.560397 | LIN-0BCEC7 | null | LIN0BCEC7.jpg | Axehead - complete copper-alloy miniature flat axehead of early Bronze Age date | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,011,090 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | An incomplete copper alloy tanged chisel dating to the late Bronze Age (c. 1150 - 800 BC). The chisel has a tang with a rectangular cross section most of which has been lost from an old break at a transverse collar with the blade. This collar is 11.5mm wide and sub rectangular in cross-section. The blade itself is tria... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 9.69 | null | null | 6 | 36.2 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | Eastern | Norfolk | Broadland | Taverham | TG1615 | From finder | 52.68959 | 1.194613 | SUR-1ED2C5 | null | SUR1ED2C5.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,011,189 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -800 | Copper alloy tip of a Bronze Age spearhead. Approximately 35mm of the triangular-shaped tip survives extending back to the extremity of the internal socket, as the central depression from this is extant in the transverse fracture face. In section the much eroded narrow blade wings flank a pronounced circular midrib. Th... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-01-20T00:00:00Z | 2019-01-20T00:00:00Z | null | null | 9.79 | null | null | 8 | 35 | 1 | Garry Crace | Garry Crace | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Bressingham | TM0782 | null | 52.396857 | 1.041095 | NMS-327D03 | null | 63988_327D03_BA_Spear.jpg | Mid to late Bronze Age spear tip | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,011,317 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | A fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe that consists of the blade and the base of the socket. The break is ancient and irregular. The blade has a very low curved forward edge which is heavily corroded. Behind the blade the surface of the axe is in excellent condition on one side only, this still retains its origi... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | 81 | null | null | 16 | 34 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | South West | South Gloucestershire | South Gloucestershire | Westerleigh | ST6882 | From finder | 51.535989 | -2.462755 | GLO-38B47B | null | GLO38B47B.JPG | null | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
1,011,337 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A cast copper alloy fragment of a Bronze Age axe of socketed type measuring 30.0mm by 38.6mm. The fragment comprises the blade tip which flares out into a curved cutting edge. The axehead has a hollow centre and most of the original surface has been lost. Circa late Bronze Age (c. 1000 BC to 800 BC). | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 45.9 | null | null | 10.6 | 30 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | West Sussex | Chichester | Chichester | SU8606 | From finder | 50.847139 | -0.779794 | SUR-48B9B5 | null | SUR48B9B5.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,011,414 | Bracelet | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,275 | A complete decorated copper-alloy annular bracelet / arm-ring of Liss-type, 92.1mm in diameter, which has a flattened circular cross section, 18.7mm wide by 15.3mm thick. The ring has an internal diameter of 60.5mm. The exterior surface is decorated with incised or engraved panels with complex geometric decoration. Ha... | 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 also known from Suffo... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 425 | null | 92.1 | 15.3 | null | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | West Sussex | Chichester | Harting | SU8020 | From finder | 50.973868 | -0.861936 | HAMP-86DD8A | null | HAMP86DD8Aa.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,011,705 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A Bronze Age metalworker’s hoard comprising four objects. These were found very close together, in three discrete locations across a linear distance of 1.6m, with findspots 50cm and 110cm apart respectively.
The objects comprise:
1) An incomplete socketed axehead with a single side loop. The tip is missing fro... | These objects are all heavily corroded as a result of deposition in acidic greensand soils. The socketed axehead is a typically later Bronze Age type (c 1150 - 600 BC), whilst the flanged palstave is more typical of the middle Bronze Age (c 1500-1100 BC), but is also a common type of inclusion in later mixed assemblage... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure | Metal detector | 2020-06-06T23:00:00Z | null | 2020T781 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 4 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Shere | TQ0849 | From finder | 51.229979 | -0.4546 | SUR-C8315D | null | SURC8315D_palstave2.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,011,724 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 1,200 | 750 | A fragment of a copper alloy Bronze Age socketed spear (spearhead) of Late Bronze Age date, circa 1200 - 750 BC. The spearhead fragment is broadly sub-triangular in plan and lozenge shaped in cross section. The terminal of the blade has a rounded and damaged tip. The object is damaged at the opposing terminal which exp... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 10.8 | null | null | 7.9 | 42.2 | 1 | Victoria Allnatt | Victoria Allnatt | West Midlands | Staffordshire | South Staffordshire | Acton Trussell and Bednall | SJ9419 | From finder | 52.768561 | -2.090367 | WMID-CADEF7 | null | WMIDCADEF7detail.jpg | Bronze Age Spearhead socket | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,011,949 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -750 | -800 | An incomplete cast copper-alloy / bronze ribbed socketed axe of later Bronze Age / Ewart Park date (c. 950-750 BC).
Description: The axehead has relatively straight sides which expand towards the base to form a neat cutting edge. The blade edge has a nick out of one corner but is relatively complete and short typica... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-09-05T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 82.78 | null | null | 16.1 | 56.8 | 1 | Mat Honeysett | Mat Honeysett | South East | Kent | Dover | Eythorne | TR2749 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.195105 | 1.247558 | PUBLIC-1E42D1 | null | PUBLIC1E42D1.jpg | null | Kent County Council | Attribution License |
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