dejp3/bronze-age-objects-pas · Datasets at Hugging Face

1,043,754

Spearhead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,500

-800

A fragment of the tip of a cast copper alloy socketed spearhead, probably of pegged type, 38mm in length and dating to the Late Bronze Age (c.1100 BC to 800 BC). The object is triangular in shape and lozengiform in cross section with a large circular midrib and short side wings to the blade. The interior of the casting is hollow.

Recorded from details emailed by the finder.

4

Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

Metal detector

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7.5

null

7.5

38

1

Simon Maslin

South West

Wiltshire

Alderbury

SU1925

From finder

51.02406

-1.73047

HAMP-27E1A2

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HAMP27E1A2.jpg

null

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,043,762

Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-2,000

-1,600

A small and extremely corroded cast copper alloy flat axehead or possibly a chisel or other tool of early to middle Bronze Age date (c 2000-1600 BC). The object is 57mm in length and 19mm wide with a flat rectangular cross section and lenticular side profile. It tapers towards the butt end and has a curved cutting edge; however the degree of loss from corrosion makes the original form and type uncertain.

Recorded from details emailed by the finder.

4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

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34.3

null

5

57

1

Simon Maslin

South West

Wiltshire

Alderbury

SU1926

From finder

51.033052

-1.730418

HAMP-284CFA

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HAMP284CFA.jpg

null

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,043,817

Socketed Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,100

-800

A fragment of copper alloy socketed axehead. A small piece from the side and butt, having an angled corner on the exterior surface . Around the remnant of the mouth is a moulded low, wide collar. The internal surface is curved and smooth. Date: Late Bronze Age - c. 1100 - 800 BC Dimensions: 36.43 mm x 24.35 mm x 5.56 mm Weight: 19.34 g

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4

Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

Metal detector

null

19.34

null

5.56

39.43

1

Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen

South West

Dorset

North Dorset

Stalbridge

ST7117

From finder

50.951696

-2.414217

DOR-383D76

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DOR383D76.jpg

Bronze Age socketed axehead

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,043,829

Palstave

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,350

-1,150

A complete cast copper alloy palstave axehead. The axehead has high side flanges which are rounded rectangular in profile stepped at the stop ridges. The tops of the flanges on both sides are tall and the same height as the stop ridge. The flanges taper to the rear ans do not extend into the butt. The stop ridges are rounded at the top, and curved. On one side the stop is undercut with a ‘blowhole’ like casting flaw. The butt of the axe head is the most corroded part, but it appears to taper into a straight edge. On one side, cast on the midline of the flange and with the lower attachment point ibeyond the stop ridge, is a low-arched side loop with a sub-circular aperture in line with the stop ridge. The broad blade is a triangular wedge-shape; it flares from below the stop and terminates in a wide, crescent-shaped cutting edge. The front and rear faces of the blade have a low midrib extending centrally from below the stop ridge to about three quarters of the way down the blade; it is more visible on one side than the other due to surface corrosion. There are traces of the casting lines along both sides from the flanges and down the sides of the blade which have been trimmed and hammered flat when the axe was prepared for use. The object has not been cleaned and there are still areas with soil adhereing. Date: Middle Bronze Age c. 1350 - 1150 BC Dimensions: 155.2 mm x 57.7 mm x 30.7 mm Weight: 474 g Ed Caswell has kindly commented that this can be classed a a transitional type in the typologies of both Rowlands (1976) and Schmidt & Burgess (1981). Peter Reavill gave the suggested date range.

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4

Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

Metal detector

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474

null

30.7

155.2

1

Edward Caswell

Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen

South West

Dorset

North Dorset

Stalbridge

ST7117

From finder

50.951696

-2.414217

DOR-38EB77

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DOR38EB77.jpg

Bronze Age axehead

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,043,879

Spear

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-900

-800

Fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead, point only, finely cast with the socket extending into the blade and containing blackened remains of burnt clay. Fine ribs flank the tapering central rib of the socket on both faces. The edges are very subtly faceted on both faces. Very similar to NMS-D636B5. c. 9th century BC. Extant length: 42.7mm. Extant width 17.8mm: Thickness at break: 9.1mm. Weight: 11.2g

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4

Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2019-03-31T23:00:00Z

2020-01-15T00:00:00Z

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11.2

null

9.1

42.7

1

Andrew Williams

Eastern

Norfolk

North Norfolk

Corpusty

TG1130

From finder

52.826201

1.130399

NMS-3A784C

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PFd_63997_3A784C_INDJB31012020AW_BA_Spearhead.jpg

Fragment of a Late Bronze Age spearhead

Norfolk County Council

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1,043,972

Socketed Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,000

-800

An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axe head of indeterminate type and of Late Bronze Age date, probably of the Ewart Park metalworking phase (c. 1000-800BC). The axe is incomplete, missing large parts of the mouth moulding, the side loop, the entire blade edge, and any potential blade tips. This lack of key diagnostic features makes it hard to place this axe into a typology, but it shows similarities to the South Eastern Type. The mouth moulding is a simple raised band c. 10mm wide in its surviving areas. The mouth is 28.2mm thick at the mouth moulding and 33.3mm wide, with internal dimensions of 24.65mm wide and 19.8mm wide. Most of the mouth moulding has delaminated from the metallic core and is lost, so the external measurements are incomplete. This loss of material makes the external profile of the mouth hard to judge, but seems to have been angular, potentially sub rectangular. The internal mouth profile is uneven and somewhat rectangular. Both faces are undecorated and smooth. The loop sprang from the bottom of the mouth moulding, and had a length of c. 19mm, now only surviving as indistinct attachment scars. The sides of the axe are very slightly concave, and can be seen to start to expand just before the sides end at the break where the blade has detached. The width at the point of the break is 31mm. A surviving core of the blade, including the original surface of one face, projects below this point but gives little clue to the blade’s original form or dimensions, being largely a metallic core covered in powdery blue copper alloy corrosion. Both of the sides have prominent casting seams/flashings running from the mouth moulding to the break. The axe retains most of its original surface, which has an uneven green to brown patina. The broken areas are covered by active baby blue powdery copper alloy corrosion. While this axe is difficult to firmly place as a South Eastern type axe, it certainly shows typological affinities to examples such as No. 1300 in Schmidt & Burgess (1981). Mark Lodwick comments: South Eastern type axes are often associated with the Carp's Tongue complex of North West France (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, p 217), which heavily influences hoard composition in Lowland England. The type is also well represented throughout Britain and is present in the Llantwit tradition of south east Wales, represented within the eponymous hoard and elsewhere. Length: 68mm Width: 33.3 Thickness: 28.2mm at collar, 24mm below Mouth dimensions: Width: 24.65mm Depth: 19.8mm Blade expansion maximum: 31mm Weight: 94.11g

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4

Copper alloy

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Metal detector

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94.11

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28.2

68

1

null

George Whatley

Wales

Rhondda Cynon Taf

Llanharry

ST0182

null

51.528202

-3.428517

NMGW-42CFE1

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2021511.jpg

Bronze Age socketed axe south eastern type (probably)

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,044,031

Unidentified Object

Bronze Age

MODERN

-2,350

2,000

Unidentified cast copper-alloy object of uncertain date. It is a solid and heavy bar with four long narrow faces, one of which is divided into two gently sloping facets by a central longitudinal ridge, which may be a casting seam. The end faces and the cross-sectional form are pentagonal, but nearly square: the three unfaceted sides are at approximately right-angles to each other and of similar widths. All faces and facets are generally flat (even the sloping ones). Both ends of the bar splay slightly on all sides, suggesting that they may have been subject to a compressive hammering force. One of the two sloping facets is raised a little higher than its counterpart. That is to say it slopes directly from the ridge, whereas the latter steps down a fraction of a millimetre before sloping away. This is most obvious at the centre of the ridge; the difference in level gradually diminishes towards the ends until it is imperceptible, perhaps because of the hammering. The higher facet is additionally distinguished from the other facet and all the other faces in that its surface is completely covered in fine grooves, which appear to be file-marks. It also has a single oblique ridge running across it, not centrally, which looks like another casting seam. The file marks on the shorter side of the oblique ridge are finer and equally oblique. Those on the long side are coarser and transverse. Close inspection of the file marks reveals the coarser ones to be composed of two rows of opposed and interspersing long and narrow triangular ridges, with a zig-zag groove running between them. The finer marks are continuous (unbroken from side to side) and near parallel grooves and ridges. There are further fine transverse and oblique file marks visible here and there alongside one of the long edges on the face directly opposite the ridged face. There are some scratches on one of the other long faces that appear accidental. The patina on all surfaces is dark green. There is no evidence of any breaks. Length: 89.2mm. Width: 23.5mm. Thickness: 20.0mm. Weight: 286g

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4

Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2019-03-31T23:00:00Z

2020-01-15T00:00:00Z

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286

null

20

89.2

1

Andrew Williams

Eastern

Norfolk

North Norfolk

Corpusty

TG1130

From finder

52.826201

1.130399

NMS-50194C

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PFd_63997_50194C_INDJB31012020AW_U_UnidentifiedObject.jpg

Unidentified object of unknown date

Norfolk County Council

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1,044,182

Awl

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,100

-850

A complete copper-alloy Awl of probable late Bronze Age date (1150-800 BC). The awl is square in cross section along most of its length, and tapers to a rounded point at one terminal. At the other terminal it flattens to become rectangular, before ending in a chisel-shaped terminal. Length: 57.84mm, Width: 4.52mm, Thickness: 4.14mm, Weight: 4.0g The metal is dark green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Cf. OXON-C4D536 on the database which states: Awls were a range of rod-like tools that were usually round sectioned and pointed at one end, and rectangular sectioned with a square or chiselled edge at the other (Rowlands 1976 48). Awls are generally considered to be Later Bronze Age in date (c.1600-800 cal BC) however, as a functional object the form of the awl barely changes from the Bronze Age to Medieval periods and a selection of broadly comparable awls are recorded in Ottaway and Rogers (2002).

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4

Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

Metal detector

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4

null

4.14

57.84

1

Ellie Cox

West Midlands

Warwickshire

Rugby

Leamington Hastings

SP4566

From finder

52.290299

-1.341667

NARC-643B92

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NARC643B92.jpg

NARC-643B92 : Awl : Bronze Age

Northamptonshire County Council

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1,044,186

Blade

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 ovate in cross section due to a central mid-rib. It is incomplete due to an abraded transverse break, resulting in the loss of the upper portion of the object. The retained portion is the tip and partial body of the blade. The cutting edges have been extensively broken and abraded. The metal is a dark brown in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Length: 133.38mm, Width (blade): 22.99mm, Width (tip): 7.11mm, Thickness: 5.35mm, Weight: 64.8g

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4

Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

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64.8

null

5.35

133.38

1

Ellie Cox

South East

Buckinghamshire

Aylesbury Vale

Creslow

SP8022

From finder

51.890823

-0.838926

NARC-6477EA

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NARC6477EA.jpg

NARC-6477EA : Blade : Bronze Age

Northamptonshire County Council

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1,044,362

Spearhead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,100

-800

A probable incomplete copper alloy socketed spearhead fragment with another object lodged inside. The spearhead would date to the Late Bronze Age, circa 1100-800 BC. The object is fragmentary and has damaged and broken upper and lower terminals. The probable spearhead has flared long edges. Extending from the broader damaged short terminal edge is a broadly rectangular piece of copper alloy. It is uncertain if this was originally part of the object or a separate object inserted into the other. The object has a moulded rib along the centre which forms shallow linear grooves either side. The object has a well developed brown coloured patina and worn edges that have evidence of green coloured corrosion. The object measures 32.5 mm in width, 31.7 mm in length which includes the rectangular protrusion, it is 6.9 mm in thickness and weighs 14.6 grams.

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4

Copper alloy

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14.6

null

6.9

31.7

1

Victoria Allnatt

West Midlands

Warwickshire

Stratford-on-Avon

Newbold Pacey

SP3057

From finder

52.210409

-1.562373

WMID-782AF5

null

WMID782AF5.jpg

unidentified object (front, reverse, and underside)

Birmingham Museums Trust

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1,044,769

Awl

Bronze Age

MEDIEVAL

-1,600

1,500

A copper-alloy Bronze Age to Medieval copper-alloy awl 1250 BC-AD 1500. The find consists of four straight sides, each one plain, and rectangular in section. Its midpoint is bulbous and the awl tapers inwards terminating in rounded points at each end. Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but examples of this form are thought to have been introduced in the Bronze Age and they have barely changed throughout the centuries. Length: 53.6mm width: 4.0mm weight: 4.40g Similar examples on the PAS database include: SF-5623C1, NARC-643B92.

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4

Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

Metal detector

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4.4

null

53.6

1

Sophie Hawke

South West

Dorset

East Dorset

Wimborne St. Giles

SU0118

From finder

50.961424

-1.987134

WILT-BCA442

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WILTBCA442.jpg

WILT-BCA442

Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum

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1,044,808

Awl

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,150

-800

A complete copper-alloy awl of potential late Bronze Age date, 56.4mm in length. Around 40% of the length of the object is square in cross section, the remainder is of rounded cross section. Both ends taper to points. There is no decoration.

Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but examples of this form are thought to have been introduced in the Bronze Age (2150-800 BC) with most being Late Bronze Age in date (1150-800 BC).

4

Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

Metal detector

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3.23

null

3.6

56.4

1

Simon Maslin

South East

Hampshire

Basingstoke and Deane

Overton

SU5150

From finder

51.2469

-1.270705

SUR-CB591E

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SURCB591E.jpg

null

Surrey County Council

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1,044,955

Spearhead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-950

-750

A near complete leaf shaped spearhead of Late Bronze Age date (Ewart Park phase, c. 950 - 750 BC). The spearhead is 90% complete; an irregular tear is present along the mid-rib socket between the two blades. The overall shape of the spearhead is broadly leaf shaped, with a 'flame shaped' blade. Two circular peg holes are present, one on either side of the socket. These have an internal diameter of 6.1 mm. The base of the socket is circular and has a depth of 123.7 mm. Blade facets are visible along the edge of the blades on the undamaged side. The spearhead is a dark brown to mid green colour, with an even surface patina. Abrasion has caused the original surface to flake away in a few areas, these are dark green in colour. This type of spearhead is consistent with that of the Ewart park phase and a parallel can be found in the Shropshire Marches VII hoard. It is consistent with dating between 950 BC and 750 BC. It measures 162 mm in length, a maximum width of 39.3 mm. The socket has an external diameter of 24.6 mm and an internal diameter of 19.7 mm. The walls of the socket are 2.3 mm thick. It weighs 122.1 g.

The 3D model has been generated using mobile phone scanning application Qlone.

3

Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

Metal detector

2021-07-03T23:00:00Z

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122.1

null

24.6

162

1

Teresa Gilmore

West Midlands

Staffordshire

South Staffordshire

Essington

SK0005

From finder

52.642741

-2.001435

WMID-CFDA5A

null

WMIDCFDA5A.jpg

Late Bronze Age: Incomplete pegged leaf shaped spearhead

Birmingham Museums Trust

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1,045,239

Dagger

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,500

-1,000

An incomplete copper-alloy dagger, probably of Middle Bronze Age or early Late Bronze Age date, c1500 and c1100 BC. Description: The blade has a narrow lozenge cross-sectioned, thickening only slightly towards the hilt end. The point is missing but it appears likely to have been pointed rather than rounded. The blade is a rough narrow triangle in plan flaring slightly towards the hilt end. There is a slightly raised mid-rib along the blades length. At the hilt end are the remains of two semi-circular or rivet holes, these have broken cross their width, one side has broken more extensively than the other. This leave the hilt end as a rectangular tab below the blade. The hilt end would likely have fitted an organic holt was attached via the two now missing rivets. It has a heavily patinated surface with some copper-alloy corrosion in progress. It remains a mottled mid-light green colour. Measurements: 68.2mm long, 22.5mm wide, 1.5mm thick (at thickest remaining) and 13g in weight. Discussion: Due to the incomplete and worn nature of the dagger it is uncertain as to which type or metalwork phase it belongs. A number of similar copper-alloy daggers have been recorded on the PAS database: LANCUM-C6A25A, WMID-9A6CB5, DOR-065301 etc.

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Copper alloy

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null

13

null

1.5

68.2

1

Jo Ahmet

South East

Kent

Canterbury

Petham

TR1351

GPS (from the finder)

51.218449

1.048684

KENT-F61549

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Bronze Age Dagger

Kent County Council

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1,045,262

Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,500

-1,100

A Bronze Age fragment of a cast copper alloy axehead, possibly a palstave or flanged axehead of Middle Bronze Age date, circa 1500-1100 BC. The fragment comprises the butt of the axehead which is trapezoidal in form. The object is slightly thicker at one end. Air bubbles from the casting process are also visible at the broken edge. The object has a mid-green coloured surface patina. It measures 21.7 mm in length, 11.3 mm in width, 4 mm in thickness and weighs 3.9 grams.

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4

Copper alloy

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3.9

null

4

21.7

1

Victoria Allnatt

West Midlands

Warwickshire

Stratford-on-Avon

Newbold Pacey

SP3057

From finder

52.210409

-1.562373

WMID-F733C1

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WMIDF733C1.jpg

Bronze Age fragment of an axehead (profile, front and reverse)

Birmingham Museums Trust

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1,045,300

Unidentified Object

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,500

-750

An incomplete cast copper-alloy object, possibly of middle to late bronze age date c.1500-750 BC. Description: The object is roughly cast and survives as a narrow conical. Both ends terminate in rough breaks and the walls are veyr thick. On one side there is an overlap likely some fault in the casting or vagaries of production. It has a heavily patinated and pitted surface which obscure more detail. It remains a mottled light green to turquoise colour. Measurements: 58.75mm long, 16.25mm in diameter at widest (13,5 at narrower end) and 35.41g in weight. Discussion: The exact identity of this object remains uncertain due to its completeness and wear. It resembles both the socket of bronze age spears e.g. OXON-0CE8E2, SOM-71B58D etc. and ferrules dated form the bronze age to Roman period e.g. HAMP-A36D91, LANCUM-BF58B9 etc.

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35.41

null

16.25

null

58.75

1

Jo Ahmet

South East

Kent

Canterbury

Petham

TR1352

GPS (from the finder)

51.227428

1.049277

KENT-F94C28

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KENTF94C28.jpg

uncertain possible bronze age object

Kent County Council

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1,045,585

Socketed Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,100

-800

Fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe dating to 1100to 800 BC. This items of a fragment of the socket (20% of the aperture) and the side containing the low oval loop. The front a rear face of the axe are truncated as is the forward blade.

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4

Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2020-03-31T23:00:00Z

2021-06-30T23:00:00Z

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25.04

null

15

39

1

Kurt Adams

South West

South Gloucestershire

Sodbury

ST7381

From finder

51.52726

-2.390592

GLO-4C987C

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GLO4C987C.JPG

null

Bristol City Council

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1,045,806

Awl

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,150

-800

A complete copper-alloy Awl of probable late Bronze Age date (1150-800 BC). The awl is square in cross section along most of its length, and tapers to a rounded point at one terminal. At the other terminal it flattens to become rectangular, before ending in a chisel-shaped terminal. Length: 65.07mm, Width: 5.69mm, Thickness: 5.00mm, Weight: 7.0g The metal is dark brown in colour with a predominantly smooth patina. Cf. OXON-C4D536 on the database which states: Awls were a range of rod-like tools that were usually round sectioned and pointed at one end, and rectangular sectioned with a square or chiselled edge at the other (Rowlands 1976 48). Awls are generally considered to be Later Bronze Age in date (c.1600-800 cal BC) however, as a functional object the form of the awl barely changes from the Bronze Age to Medieval periods and a selection of broadly comparable awls are recorded in Ottaway and Rogers (2002).

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4

Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

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7

null

5

65.07

1

Ellie Cox

Eastern

Central Bedfordshire

Eaton Bray

SP9820

From finder

51.869976

-0.578014

NARC-6437BE

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NARC6437BE.jpg

NARC-6437BE : Awl : Bronze Age

Northamptonshire County Council

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1,045,813

Blade

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. There is visible bevel along the left and right hand edges away from the mid-rib. The metal is a dark brown in colour with a predominantly patina. Length: 27.25mm, Width: 26.06mm, Thickness: 7.01mm, Weight: 20.8g

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4

Copper alloy

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20.8

null

7.01

27.25

1

Ellie Cox

Eastern

Central Bedfordshire

Eaton Bray

SP9820

From finder

51.869976

-0.578014

NARC-645475

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NARC645475.jpg

NARC-645475 : Blade : Bronze Age

Northamptonshire County Council

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1,045,836

Flat Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-2,350

-2,050

An incomplete copper alloy flat axe dating to the early Bronze Age period (c. 2350-2050 BC). The object is sub-trinagular in plan and lentoid in section. The cutting end flares out but is damaged at the tips. The cutting edge is much worn and chipped. The opposing end is thin-butted and also shows signs of chipping. The object has a light green patina. The surface is abraded and there are a few deep scratches on both faces, probably from plough damage. Comparable examples can be seen in Nicholson (1980: 81) nos 177-8. The overall dimensions are as follows: 101.80mm in length, 43.59mm in width, 6.07mm in thickness and 88.81g in weight.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2019-09-07T23:00:00Z

null

88.81

null

6.07

101.8

1

Susheela Burford

West Midlands

Worcestershire

Malvern Hills

Clifton upon Teme

SO7063

GPS (from the finder)

52.264337

-2.440998

WAW-64F227

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WAW64F227.jpg

A Bronze Age Flat Axe

Birmingham Museums Trust

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1,046,470

Awl

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

null

A complete cast copper alloy awl or tracer. The awl has two distinct elements: A circular sectioned, cone-shaped end Awl) and and a flat, wedge-shaped, rectangular cross sectioned end (tracer). Date: Late Bronze - c. 1150 - 800 BC Dimensions: 52.58 mm x 7.04 mm x 4.76 mm Weight: 5.66 g There are several similar objects recorded on the PAS database. For example DOR-AD7774, DOR-79E277, SOM-D995B1, SOM-7C6ED1 and SOM-990775 in which Laura Burnett notes: Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but ones of this form are known to have been introduced in the Bronze Age (2150-800 BC) with most being Late Bronze Age in date (1150-800 BC).

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

null

5.66

null

4.76

52.58

1

Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen

South West

Dorset

West Dorset

Sydling St. Nicholas

SY6399

From finder

50.78938

-2.526274

DOR-E0B67A

null

E0B67A.jpg

Bronze Age awl

Somerset County Council

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1,046,477

Flanged Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,800

-1,500

Late Early to early Middle Bronze Age copper alloy flanged palstave axe head. The flanges start at the butt and rise to form a lozenge in profile, then rejoin at a point a third of the way between the low transverse stop ridge and the point where the axehead starts to flare to the curved cutting edge. The cutting edge appears mostly free from wear, the butt has some damage, with small chips. A similar form is illustrated in Rowlands, plate 26. Also Nicholson, 203.(f) Length 121 mm, width 30 mm, width of cutting edge 53 mm, thickness ( at flange) 36 mm. Weight 351 g Dates from c 1800 to c 1500 BC.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

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351

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36

121

1

Simon Nicholson

East Midlands

Derbyshire

North East Derbyshire

Unstone

SK3977

Generated from computer mapping software

53.288538

-1.416435

DENO-E0E99E

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DENOE0E99E.jpg

Bronze Age flanged axehead

Derby Museums Trust

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https://finds.org.uk/ima…ails/1178857.jpg

1,046,510

Flat Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,700

-1,500

A complete cast copper alloy chisle or miniature axehead of Early Bronze Age date c 1700 - 1500 BCE . The blade has a crescent cutting edge with pointed terminals, the cutting edge is 24 mm wide. The sides are slightly flanged, creating a long elipse in profile. There is a stopping ridge in a central position. The butt is straight. The object has a mottled green and brown patina with some corrosion along the cutting edge. The length is 54 mm, width 11 mm , thickness 6 mm weight 22 g

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

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22

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6

54

1

Simon Nicholson

East Midlands

Derbyshire

High Peak

null

DENO-E1A3CE

null

DENOE1A3CE.jpg

Bronze Age flat axehead

Derby Museums Trust

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https://finds.org.uk/ima…ails/1179022.jpg

1,046,575

Anvil

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,400

-1,200

Substantial Bronze Age anvil, solid cast sub-cuboid head with an elongated sub-oval sectioned spike or beak/bec, the top of the head is gabled, one side longer than the other creating an off-centre arris with two working surfaces approximately 110 degrees from each other. All faces of the head and beak are intentionally slightly convex, one of the faces set at 90 degrees to the spike has a sub-circular rough divot in alignment to the arris on top, this is very likely to be the remains of a second beak/spike that has broken in antiquity, presumably through use. The remaining original surfaces are dark chocolate brown with the recent losses to the surface now mid-green. There are some inconsistencies with the casting on the head, mostly to the side with the missing projection, the other work surfaces are cleaned up a little after casting, but the the angled top of the head has had more attention, it is neatly finished with slight angled scratches to the surfaces from abrasion, presumably from grinding and polishing with some sort of fine-grained stone, there are at least four impressions from a fine semi-circular punch to the larger work surface of the angled head, there appears to be a much deeper punch mark of the same type just below and to one side of the missing beak. If this anvil did have two beaks/becs initially, it would be classified as a Armbruster, B. et al (2019) Class 2 anvil. See NMS-15E1DC for a much smaller example of a broadly similar type from Norfolk, also see: PUBLIC-B21001 and KENT-0278AC for other examples recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme. The British examples “fall into two broad groups; about half the associations are dated to the later Middle Bronze Age and half to the full Late Bronze Age.” Ehrenberg , M.R. (1981), page 22, it is likely this example is to be dated to the earlier period,  circa. 1,400 to 1,200 BC as the workmanship, patination and condition is consistent with many of the Middle Bronze Age metalwork recovered in Norfolk.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-10-31T00:00:00Z

null

406

null

35.5

83

1

null

Helen Geake

Eastern

Norfolk

Breckland

Scoulton

TF9602

null

52.580473

0.891405

NMS-F25F04

null

Image2222.jpg

null

Norfolk County Council

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1,046,769

Bead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,300

-1,150

A complete solid copper alloy bead dating to the middle Bronze Age (1300-1150). The bead is circular with a bi-conical profile with a central perforation measuring 7.7mm in diameter. The surface is smooth and undecorated with a mid green patina. Dimensions: Diameter 16.34mm; thickness 5.76mm; weight 5.33g Similar examples of copper alloy beads recorded on the PAS database include CAM-DD9C51 and LEIC-3641F5. A gold example from Gloucestershire, GLO-46CA05 (2014T358) has also been reported and the record by Kurt Adams comments: "The gold bead is likely to date to the Middle Bronze Age (c.1500-1100 BC) based on several close comparanda. The three biconical gold beads from the Burton, Wrexham, hoard are similar in form, size and weight to the Salthouse bead (PAS-5B1745; Gwilt et al. in Barton 2011). The Burton hoard comprised of several typo-chronologically distinctive artefacts (including bronze palstaves) that allow it to be dated to c.1300-1150 BC (Ibid.). The bead is also similar to those from Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire and Harlow, Essex, the former from a stratified Middle Bronze Age context (Varndell 2000, 12, no.1; 2005/6, 17, 270, no.6), and Buriton, Hampshire (HAMP-72E451). Middle Bronze Age gold beads are a relatively rare find (Murgia et al. forthcoming) and can be contextualised with reference to the so-called 'ornament horizon(s)', which see a proliferation of bronze and gold ornaments in Southern England and Britain (respectively) during the period c.1400-1100 BC (Smith 1959; Roberts 2007)."

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Copper alloy

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5.33

null

16.34

5.76

null

1

Heather Beeton

South East

Hampshire

Hart

Odiham

SU7250

From finder

51.24464

-0.969882

LVPL-09555C

null

LVPL09555C.jpg

Bronze Age bead

National Museums Liverpool

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https://finds.org.uk/ima…ails/1166514.jpg

1,046,886

Blade

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,450

-1,150

A fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy dirk or rapier dating c. 1450-1150BC. The triangular fragment forms the tip of a blade. It is lozenge shaped in section with a worn central midrib on each face. The blade is slightly bent. There is a worn transverse flat break, and the edges and surfaces are also worn and abraded. The object is pale green with patches of a dark green patina. Measurements: length: 47.18mm; width: 14.44mm; thickness: 5.13mm and weight: 9.09g. Other recorded examples include: SUR-E7A00E; WMID-871F5F; SUR-1DB3FB and a complet.e example LVPL-2D3369

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Copper alloy

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9.09

null

5.13

47.18

1

Jane Clark

South East

East Sussex

Wealden

Alfriston

TQ5102

From finder

50.797897

0.141304

SUSS-0E2C6A

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SUSS0E2C6A.jpg

A fragment of a copper alloy rapier or dirk

Sussex Archaeological Society

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https://finds.org.uk/ima…ails/1164230.jpg

1,046,910

Palstave

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,500

-1,300

An almost complete copper alloy unlooped palstave axehead (Group II) of middle Bronze Age date (1500-1300 BC). The blade of the palstave has convex expanding sides, and a convex cutting edge. The cutting edge is blunt and abraded and is slightly asymmetrical. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the thickest section being at the stop ridge. Below the stop ridge descends a vertical rib that extends to the top of the edge bevel. Here the sides are slightly thickened in line with the central rib to create three ribs separated by two hollows. The rear part of the axe (from the stop ridge to the butt) is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in section. The butt of the axe has been slightly damaged and is incomplete. The septum (the area between the flange facets and the stop ridge) on one side is damaged with incomplete flanged facets. No casting seam is evident. The object has a mid green patina with patches of dark brown. The surface is worn and corroded. Dimensions: Length 151mm; width 60mm; thickness 25mm; weight 360g Early Midribbed Palstaves belongs to the Acton Park Phase II of the Middle Bronze Age, corresponding to the earlier part of Needham's (1996) Period 5, dated to 1500 - 1300BC. A similar example on the PAS is WMID-763837

This find was recorded remotely, using images and measurements kindly provided by the finder.

4

Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-11-21T00:00:00Z

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360

null

25

151

1

Heather Beeton

North West

Rochdale

Norden

SD8312

From finder

53.604282

-2.258381

LVPL-1C95C0

null

LVPL1C95C0.jpg

Middle Bronze Age palstave

National Museums Liverpool

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1,046,981

Awl

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,000

-701

Two Late Bronze Age copper alloy awls, c.1000 - c.700 BC: - incomplete, at the non-recent break the cross-section is rectangular. Beyond this it becomes round and tapers to a point. Weight 3.3g. Extant length 34.9mm. Width and thickness 4.1 and 3.8mm. - complete, consisting of a short, round-sectioned part tapering to a pointed end and a tapering rectangular-sectioned tang. Weight 2.5g. Length 38.7mm. Width and thickness 4 and 3.8mm.

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Copper alloy

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2021-03-31T23:00:00Z

2021-09-30T23:00:00Z

null

2

Andrew Rogerson

null

Norfolk

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

East Walton

TF7516

Centred on field

52.713359

0.589241

NMS-200E53

null

PFd_49046_200E53_SBJB102021_BA_Awl_2.jpg

Bronze Age awl (2 of 2)

Norfolk County Council

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1,046,996

Socketed Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,140

-700

A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axe head of Late Bronze Age date, likely dating from the Wilburton-Wallington metalworking phase to the Llyn Fawr Phase (c. 1140 to 700 BC). The fragment consists solely of part of the blade nearest to one blade tip, one side and face of the axe, and part of the very bottom of the socket of the axe. The cutting edge of the blade is missing, but enough remains of the side and blade to see that the blade curved down from a now missing projecting blade tip. The fragment measures 24.9mm from the broken tip to the break perpendicular to the blade edge. The base of the socket is a maximum of 17.2mm from the broken blade edge, and measures 14.9mm in length from the side to the break. A fragment of one face survives projecting 8.9mm up from the base of the socket. The face wall is 4.6mm thick, while the remaining scar from the other wall is 3mm across, although possibly incomplete. Only 10.6mm of one side remains, with possible flashing remaining, and a visible expansion to form the blade tip. The extremely fragmentary nature of the object leaves too few diagnostic features to place it comfortably into a precise type, but a socketed axe like this likely dates to between Wilburton-Wallington and Llyn Fawr metalworking phases. Most socketed axes from South Wales date to the Ewart Park metalworking phase. The way in which this axe has been broken suggests intentional destruction. The fragment has a green pitted patina with patches of bright blue corrosion.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

null

17.73

null

9.8

18.3

1

George Whatley

Wales

Cardiff

Pentyrch

ST0780

From finder

51.511246

-3.341522

NMGW-20CEB7

null

20215231.jpg

Bronze Age socketed axe fragment

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,047,149

Spearhead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,500

-1,150

A near complete cast copper alloy socketed spearhead of Middle Bronze Age date. The form corresponds to Davis’ (2012) Group 6 (Developed side-looped) and is most proba a product of the later Acton Park, Taunton or early Wilburton metalworking phases (Needham’s (1996) Periods 4-bly5, c 1500-1100 BC). The blade was leaf shaped and 18.7mm in width with a pronounced mid rib which extends to the socket. There is a small area of damage to one side of the blade. The socket depth is 52mm. There are two small and narrow flanking side loops around half way along the tapering conical socket.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

null

29.97

null

15.1

81.5

1

Philip Smither

South East

West Berkshire

Thatcham

SU5465

null

51.381489

-1.225461

BERK-343537

null

BERK3435371.jpg

null

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,047,256

Socketed Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,000

-701

Gently curved fragment of the mouth of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead. Below the external rounded thickening there is a horizontal rib moulding. The breaks are not recent. The shiny surface, especially evident on the interior, is probably the result of tin enrichment. Extant length and width 20.8 and 26.3mm. Weight 11.3g. c.1000 - c.700 BC.

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Copper alloy

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2021-03-31T23:00:00Z

2021-09-30T23:00:00Z

null

11.3

null

20.8

1

Andrew Rogerson

null

Norfolk

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

East Walton

TF7416

GPS (from the finder)

52.713681

0.574453

NMS-4A44B2

null

PFd_55367_4A44B2_SBJB102021_BA_SocketedAxe.jpg

Fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead

Norfolk County Council

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https://finds.org.uk/ima…ails/1171460.jpg

1,047,317

Awl

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,150

-800

A copper-alloy Late Bronze Age (c.AD1150-800) awl/chisel. The object has a square cross section in the middle and tapers on four sides towards a flat, chisel edge. The other end tapers to a flattened point with a small knop on the terminus.

Cf. OXON-C4D536 on the database which states: Awls were a range of rod-like tools that were usually round sectioned and pointed at one end, and rectangular sectioned with a square or chiselled edge at the other (Rowlands 1976 48). Awls are generally considered to be Later Bronze Age in date (c.1600-800 cal BC) however, as a functional object the form of the awl barely changes from the Bronze Age to Medieval periods and a selection of broadly comparable awls are recorded in Ottaway and Rogers (2002).

4

Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-09-18T23:00:00Z

null

2.98

null

3.7

42.2

1

Philip Smither

South West

Wiltshire

Clyffe Pypard

SU0775

null

51.473921

-1.900606

BERK-720F0D

null

BERK720F0D.jpg

null

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,047,575

Sword

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,350

-1,100

An incomplete fragment from a cast bronze (copper alloy) rapier or possible dirk of Middle Bronze Age II date (1350 to 1100), Taunton/Perand phase. The fragment consists of part of the upper blade, just below the hilt. it is sub rectangular in shape. It has a lentoid cross section and is slightly bent in cross section. The blade edges are incomplete. The blade edges are 2.0 mm thick. It measures 84.9 mm in length, 20.5 mm wide and 4.1 mm thick. It weighs 24.5 g. The fragment is a mid to dark green colour with an even surface patina.

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Copper alloy

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null

24.5

null

4.1

84.9

1

Teresa Gilmore

West Midlands

Staffordshire

Lichfield

Shenstone

SK0900

From finder

52.59772

-1.868561

WMID-871F5F

null

WMID871F5F.jpg

Middle Bronze Age: Incomplete rapier or dirk

Birmingham Museums Trust

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1,047,625

Knife

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,800

-1,150

An incomplete copper alloy (bronze) knife or dirk, dating from the Early Bronze Age III (1800 to 1500 BC, Arreton phase) to the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1300 to 1150 BC). Two joining fragments of a knife or dirk. The knife or dirk would have been triangular in shape. Traces of rivet holes are present at the top of the top fragment. A median rib is present on both fragments. Blade facets are present along the edge but the original edges have been damaged. The middle section has been decorated by stippling. The break between the fragments is patinated, indicating that it was broken prior to deposition. The upper fragment measures 50.1 mm in length, 34.4 mm wide and 4.2 mm thick. The blade edges are 2.2 mm thick. It weighs 25.3 g. The lower fragment measures 70.3 mm in length, 23.6 mm wide and 5.1 mm thick. The blade edges are 2.0 mm thick. The point is 6.7 mm wide. It weighs 25.1 g. Together they weigh 50.4 g. Both fragments are a dark green colour, with an even surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-09-18T23:00:00Z

null

50.4

null

2

Teresa Gilmore

West Midlands

Staffordshire

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Loggerheads

SJ7437

From finder

52.92977

-2.38823

WMID-891FAC

null

WMID891FAC_combined.jpg

Early to Middle Bronze Age: Incomplete knife or dirk

Birmingham Museums Trust

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1,047,639

Anvil

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

2,350

1,800

A copper-alloy probable miniature anvil of uncertain date, probably dating between the Bronze Age and the early-modern period (c. 2350 BC - AD 1800). It consists of a rectangular body. The is a triangular projection from one short edge and a triangular projection from one long edge. The object has a dark green coloured patina covering all surfaces. This object may have been used for very fine metalwork.

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Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

Metal detector

null

19.76

null

7.4

32.1

1

null

Philip Smither

South East

West Berkshire

Winterbourne

SU4472

null

51.445288

-1.368274

BERK-8A4D0D

null

BERK8A4D0D.jpg

null

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,047,688

Awl

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,150

-800

A Bronze Age? copper-alloy awl, dating to c. 1150 - 800 BC. The object is square in cross section along half of its length, and at the mid-point tapers to a circular cross-sectioned and point at one terminal. At the other terminal it flattens to become rectangular in cross-section, before ending in a chisel-shaped terminal. The surface is undecorated. Length: 55.37 mm Thickness: 8.20 mm Weight: 11.64 g

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

null

11.64

null

8.2

55.37

1

Megan Gard

East Midlands

Leicestershire

Melton

Hoby with Rotherby

SK6719

GPS (from the finder)

52.764455

-1.008496

LEIC-9B9FA8

null

9B9FA8.jpg

Awl

Derby Museums Trust

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1,047,773

Flat Axehead

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 width at the butt is 11.9 mm (thickness: 2.0 mm). The sides of the axe gently expand in width from the butt to the blade; in shape they are relatively straight. The axe is thickest at the mid point (6.0 mm), with no sign of a proto stop ridge. The sides of the blade expand to produce a rounded blade edge with an abraded width of 21.1 mm (thickness 2.5 mm). It measures 46.5 mm in length, maximum width at the blade is 21.1 mm, width at the butt is 11.9 mm and it has a maximum thickness of 6.0 mm. It weighs 23.5 grams. The axe is a mid to dark green colour, with an uneven surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the ploughsoil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface detail. The axehead is best described as coming from the first phases of the Early Bronze Age and is comparable to (although not containing all the attributes of Migdale axes (many of these tend to have narrower butts which flare at the cutting edge). These axes all fit within the earliest phases of metal working in Britain, metalworking stage II, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 2 circa 2350- 2050 CAL. BC. This means that they are dated, broadly, to the same period as Beaker pottery, barbed and tanged flint arrowheads, copper halberds and gold lunulae. Reference: Needham, S. (1996) Chronology and Periodisation in the British Bronze Age. Acta Archaeologia, vol 67, pp121-140 Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. 1981. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England. Prahistorische Bronzefunde. Abteilung IX. Band 7. C.H. Beck'Sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munchen. p.46-47

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

null

23.5

null

6

46.5

1

Teresa Gilmore

West Midlands

Staffordshire

Stafford

Hyde Lea

SJ8920

From finder

52.777471

-2.164507

WMID-9FFC87

null

WMID9FFC87.jpg

Early Bronze Age: Incomplete flat axehead

Birmingham Museums Trust

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1,048,149

Palstave

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,500

-1,150

An incomplete Middle Bronze unlooped palstave axehead dating to c. 1500-1150 cal BC. It is missing the majority of its blade to an abraded transverse break placed 14mm below the stopridge. The butt of the axe is c.20.2mm wide, c.3.9mm thick and has a diagonal edge that is straight but worn. The septum measures c.66.9mm in length and is mostly consistent in thickness along its length narrowing very slightly at the stop ridge due to two small casting flaws on each side. The flanges of this axe begin 11mm after the butt and widen in a slightly convex curve reaching their tallest point (c.26mm) 9mm before the stop ridge from which they are a consistent height. The stop ridge is a very shallow crescent shape. The blade extends 14mm beyond the stop ridge before ending in an abraded break over which distance it is straight sided. It is thinner than the stop ridge being c.9.9mm thick creating a slight ledge marked by a concave curve. It narrows slightly along its length. The flanges continue along the outside edges of the axe creating two raised borders (flange extensions) which flank a pronounced a central raised midrib. Shallow but clear casting seams can be seen running along the middle of the axe down its length. The axe has a dark orange brown patina that has been chipped in a few spots revealing light green colour underneath. There are some concreted iron pan deposits around the septum suggesting it was, at some point placed within waterlogged conditions. The palstave is 89.7mm long, 25.5mm wide, 26mm thick if including the flanges and weighs 181 grams The characteristic features of this palstave are the relatively straight stop ridge (rather than curved), convex and then stepped flanges which begin after the butt and which rise higher than the the stop ridge, and raised flange continuations flanking a midrib decorating the blade. The lack of a blade shape prevents a certain identification however these features are all shared by Primary phase palstaves of the Oxford type examples of which are illustrated by Schmidt and Burgess (1981: pl.58 Nos 788-799). Rowlands (1976, no. pl.29) which he categorises as his class 2 which he places in the Middle bronze Age c. 1500-1150 cal BC .This is supported by a near identical example from a Middle Bronze Age ornament hoard (BERK-4DC8D6)

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-10-23T23:00:00Z

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181

null

26

89.7

1

Edward Caswell

South East

Oxfordshire

Cherwell

Fencott and Murcott

SP5815

From finder

51.830612

-1.159736

OXON-042599

null

OXON042599.jpg

Middle Bronze Age Palstave fragment

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,048,284

Spearhead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,700

-800

A cast copper alloy fragment probably from a Bronze Age spearhead, dating from 1700 BC - 800 BC. The fragment is the tip of the spearhead. It is lentoid in section, with a slight ridge running down each face and seems very worn. From the tip it is 25mm long until it ends in a rounded and patinated break. It has a dark green patina. The tip is 25mm long, 11.9mm wide and 6.4mm thick. It weighs 5g.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-08-31T23:00:00Z

2021-09-28T23:00:00Z

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5

null

6.4

25

1

Chris Scriven

Amy Downes

Yorkshire and the Humber

Doncaster

Norton

SE5415

From finder

53.628753

-1.184934

SWYOR-0A90B6

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SWYOR0A90B6BronzeAgeSpearhead.jpg

SWYOR-0A90B6 Bronze Age Spear head

West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service

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1,048,409

Chisel

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-2,000

-1,700

An incomplete copper alloy chisel or possible miniature axehead dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000BC -1700 BC). The object is trapezoidal in plan and wedge-shaped in cross-section with a flaring cutting edge and narrowed shaft. The sides descend from the butt almost vertically then fan out in a smooth curve to form the, now chipped, cutting edge. For a comparable example see PAS record LIN-9CD5CA. According to Brundle (2021) 'diminutive axes are often associated with Roman votive offerings. However, the axe recorded here is clearly of a Bronze Age form. Miniature flat axes such as this tend to fit in the chronology at the very end of the early Bronze Age when developed axes are becoming established. It is likely that this example is dated to the Early Bronze Age (EBA phase II-III)', The object measures 42mm in length and weighs 7g. Reference: Brundle, L (2021) LIN-9CD5CA: A BRONZE AGE MINIATURE OBJECT Web page available at: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1038077 [Accessed: Dec 22, 2021 5:40:48 PM]

Photographs and dimensions kindly supplied by the finder via email.

4

Copper alloy

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Metal detector

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7

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42

1

Susheela Burford

West Midlands

Worcestershire

Wychavon

Upton Snodsbury

SO9454

Centred on parish

52.184214

-2.089175

WAW-353C3E

null

MiniaxeKDavis.jpg

A Bronze Age Miniature Object

Birmingham Museums Trust

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1,048,926

Socketed Axehead

Bronze Age

IRON AGE

-950

-750

A cast copper-alloy socketed axehead fragment, dating from the Late Bronze Age to early Iron Age,(c. 950-750 BC). The surviving element consists of the cutting edge which is crescentic, and sharply flaring. The surviving fragment has a hollow centre, representing the beginning of a socket. The front and rear surfaces of the axe are slightly concave with multiple sub-oval indentations and there are raised casting seams remaining along each side. The blade edge is worn, and the tips irregular through use. while the breaks on the body are also old and worn. The exterior surfaces of the axehead have a mid-green patina. Not enough of the artefact is extant in order to determine further typological designation, but socketed axes generally date from the Middle to Late Bronze Age through to the Early Iron Age (circa BC 1300-BC 800). It is possibly of Southern Eastern type, which date c. 900-600 BC. Measurements: length: 53.61mm; width at blade: 55.65mm; thickness at break: 16.75mm and weight. 130g

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

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130

null

16.75

53.61

1

Jane Clark

South East

East Sussex

Lewes

Rodmell

TQ4104

From finder

50.818388

0.000269

SUSS-6DBB85

null

SUSS6DBB85.jpg

socketed axe fragment

Sussex Archaeological Society

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1,048,945

Awl

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

1,150

800

A complete copper-alloy Awl of probable late Bronze Age date (1150-800 BC). The awl is square in cross section along most of its length, and tapers to a rounded point at one terminal. At the other terminal it flattens to become rectangular, before ending in a chisel-shaped terminal. The surface is undecorated and has a dark green patina with small patches of bright green colouring. Measurements: Length, 57.45mm; Width, 5.92mm; Thickness, 5.48; Weight, 6.79g

Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but examples of this form are thought to have been introduced in the Bronze Age (2150-800 BC) with most being Late Bronze Age in date (1150-800 BC).

4

Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-03-03T00:00:00Z

null

6.79

null

5.48

57.45

1

Tasha Fullbrook

South West

Cornwall

Gweek

SW7026

From finder

50.089486

-5.216803

CORN-6E38D9

null

CORN6E38D9BAawl.jpg

Bronze age awl

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,048,956

Blade

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,100

-800

An incomplete cast copper-alloy Bronze Age blade fragment from a spear or dagger. The fragment is broadly rectangular in shape and lentoid in cross-section, with gradually tapering sides. The long edges are worn and uneven, being damaged in several places. The breaks at each end are old, worn and patinated, suggesting they occurred in antiquity. Both faces of the blade have etched decoration along the long edges in the form of four or five linear grooves. The area of the blade between this decoration is undecorated and plain in appearance. The blade fragment is very worn and abraded. The surfaces are pitted and rough, with some lamination in places. The patina is mid-green in colour and evenly distributed, with small sparse patches of mid-brown across the surfaces. The blade fragment measures 33.08mm in length, a maximum of 20.94mm in width and a maximum of 5.56mm in thickness. It weighs 14.70 grams. Peter Reavill, Finds Liaison Officer for Shropshire, suggests that the blade is most likely the tip of a Late Bronze Age (c. 1100-800 BC) spearhead decorated with grooves, or possibly, based on the decoration, a fragment from an earlier object - such as an arreton / Snowshill dagger of the Early Bronze Age III (c. 1600-1400 BC), though these are very rare and thus more unlikely (e.g. HAMP-C13678).

The finder reports that this was found within a few feet of BH-C4785A, which may or may not be related.

4

Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-09-01T23:00:00Z

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14.7

null

5.56

33.08

1

Matthew Fittock

Eastern

Hertfordshire

Dacorum

Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield

TL0206

GPS (from the finder)

51.743428

-0.524052

BH-6F439A

null

BH6F439A.jpg

Middle to Late Bronze Age cblade fragment

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,049,254

Unidentified Object

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,150

-750

An incomplete cast copper-alloy fragment from an uncertain socketed object, probably of Late Bronze Age date (c. 1150-750 BC). The fragment is broadly trapezoidal in plan with four unevenly worn edges. The upper edge is relatively straight and has a worn notch of damage towards one end. The adjacent edge has a short triangular recess and a long edge that extends outwards to the lower pointed corner. The opposite short edge has three unevenly spaced semi-circular recesses. The lower edge, meanwhile, is rounded and curves inwards before the break. An integral flange extending along approximately three quarters of this inside edge is broadly sub-triangular in cross-section and expands from what is otherwise the uneven sub-rectangular-sectioned wall. None of the external or interior surfaces are decorated and all have uneven light green, light brown and dark brown patination. The fragment measures 31.6mm in length, 23.5mm in width, a minimum of 3.3mm in thickness and a maximum of 9.3mm in thickness. The entire object weighs 15.56 grams.

The finder reports that this was found within a few feet of BH-6F439A, which may or may not be related.

4

Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-09-01T23:00:00Z

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15.56

null

9.3

31.6

1

Matthew Fittock

Eastern

Hertfordshire

Dacorum

Bovingdon, Flaunden and Chipperfield

TL0206

GPS (from the finder)

51.743428

-0.524052

BH-C4785A

null

UnidentifiedObject.jpg

Late Bronze Age (probably) object of uncertain function

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,049,375

Spearhead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,550

-800

Bronze Age spearhead: The spearhead is fragmentary with the tip remaining and probably dates from the Middle or Late Bronze Age, about 1550 – 800 cal BC. The fragment is triangular in plan, tapering to the spear's point which remains sharp. It has an oval midrib that is solid and runs to the point of the spear as it tapers in width and depth. From the midrib the blade extends, with each side forming an elongated triangle. The fragment has a shiny dark brown patina. The break at the lower edge is not too recent. The fragment measures 59mm long, 20.06mm wide, 9.89mm thick and weighs 18.80 grams. Not enough of the spearhead has remained to be able to date this fragment to a more precise range.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-02-11T00:00:00Z

2021-12-07T00:00:00Z

null

18.8

null

9.89

59

1

Angie Bolton

South East

Oxfordshire

Vale of White Horse

Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor

SU3995

From finder

51.652445

-1.437673

OXON-D6BA74

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OXOND6BA74.jpg

Bronze Age spearhead fragment (plan, reverse and section).

Oxfordshire County Council

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1,049,761

Flanged Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,800

-1,500

A copper alloy long flanged palstave axe dating to the late Early to early Middle Bronze Age. The front of the axe mounts that blade which has a curved forward edge that is bevelled on both sides and lead the main portion of the blade, here a low central spine on both sides runs from the bevel to the low stop ridge that is positioned in the centre of the axe. Large flagged sides project perpendicular to either side of the body of the axe, each side as a convex profile that runs from the butt of the implement to just below the base of the cutting edge. This is likely to be of Arreton or early Acton Park metalworking phase, perhaps dating to 1800 - 1600 BC.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-04-30T23:00:00Z

2021-09-04T23:00:00Z

null

487

null

30

165

1

Kurt Adams

South West

Gloucestershire

Cotswold

Kempsford

SU1497

From finder

51.671601

-1.798951

GLO-F40587

null

GLOF40587.jpg

null

Bristol City Council

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1,049,860

Spear

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,400

-800

A fragment of a cast copper alloy blade from a mid to late Bronze Age spear, or possibly a rapier or sword, comprising the pointed tip, which is 18mm in length, triangular in shape with a lenticular cross section and has a pronounced midrib. The sides are faceted and the blade is slightly bent along its length. 

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-11-25T00:00:00Z

null

3.07

null

5.1

18.3

1

null

Simon Maslin

South East

Hampshire

Test Valley

Amport

SU2844

null

51.194539

-1.600681

SUR-02D331

null

SUR02D331.jpg

null

Surrey County Council

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1,049,993

Blade

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,450

-1,150

A fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy dirk or rapier dating to c. 1450-1150BC. The fragment comprises the tip which is triangular, 39.5mm in length and has a lenticular cross section 4.1mm thick with a pronounced rounded midrib.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2022-01-09T00:00:00Z

null

5.95

null

4.1

39.5

1

Simon Maslin

South East

Hampshire

East Hampshire

Medstead

SU6435

From finder

51.11073

-1.087143

HAMP-16A314

null

HAMP16A314.jpg

null

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,050,167

Flat Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,500

-1,100

A fragmentary cast copper alloy axehead, probably a developed flat axe or palstave of Middle Bronze Age date (c.1500-1100 BC). The fragment comprises the narrow butt of the axehead, which is sub-rectangular in plan (overall length 32.6mm) and sub-triangular in profile that thins to the edge of the butt. The sides are straight and only slightly divergent (width at butt is 17.1mm, width at break is 20mm). The object is convex across the thickness beginning c.10mm from the butt edge and increasing gradually, reaching the maximum thickness (8.7mm at the edges, 6.2mm at the centre between the flanges) at the break (which occurred in old damage). The butt is narrow and thin with a surviving thickness of c.0.7mm. The surface is a dark green patina mottled with patches of bright green corrosion and weighs 20.44g. The fragmentary nature of the axe makes typological identification difficult. The gradual flange suggests the fragment is likely a developed flat axe rather than a palstave, which have a more dramatic flange at the butt.

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Copper alloy

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20.44

null

8.7

32.6

1

null

Adelle Bricking

Wales

Bridgend

Porthcawl

SS8279

null

51.497586

-3.701284

NMGW-57466B

null

202233.jpg

null

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1,050,524

Flat Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-2,200

-1,800

An extremely corroded triangular cast copper alloy object, 117mm in length, possibly a flat axehead of early Bronze Age date. The object has moderately concave sides and flares from a width of 6mm at the butt to 56mm at the blade. The side profile lacks a lenticular profile and the cross section appears entirely flat; this may be due to the extensive corrosion loss which has also removed any blade edges and sides. A stop bevel may be present, this has again been corroded to the extent where it is difficult to see. Cf. Needham's (2017) Class 4 B (Type Aylesford), Period 2-3, circa 2200-1800 BC.

A surface find made by a walker. Recorded from details emailed by the finder.

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Copper alloy

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Other chance find

2022-01-02T00:00:00Z

null

233

null

10

117

1

Simon Maslin

South East

Hampshire

East Hampshire

Whitehill

SU7835

From finder

51.108999

-0.887191

HAMP-7E5437

null

HAMP7E5437a.jpg

null

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,050,752

Awl

Bronze Age

ROMAN

-1,500

400

An incomplete copper alloy tanged awl, punch or engraving tool, 60.2mm in length and probably of Bronze Age to Roman date. It has a sharp pointed tip and a worn break at the opposite end at a stepped base of a missing sub-rectangular tang. The pointed section is hexagonal in profile, with six distinct flat faces and tapers from 7.46mm to 1.8mm at the point.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-12-01T00:00:00Z

null

8.46

null

7.46

null

60.2

1

Simon Maslin

South West

Wiltshire

Chirton

SU0757

From finder

51.312072

-1.900955

-SUR 948719.00

null

SUR948719.jpg

null

Surrey County Council

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1,050,816

Awl

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

1,150

800

A Bronze Age? copper-alloy awl, dating to c. 1150 - 800 BC. The object is square in cross section along half of its length, and at the mid-point tapers to a circular cross-sectioned and point at one terminal. At the other terminal it flattens to become rectangular in cross-section, before ending in a chisel-shaped terminal. The surface is undecorated. Length: 60.4 mm Width: 6.9 mm Thickness: 7.1 mm Weight: 12.14 g

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-09-30T23:00:00Z

null

12.14

null

7.1

60.4

1

Philip Smither

South East

West Berkshire

Bucklebury

SU5471

GPS (from the finder)

51.435434

-1.224549

BERK-977049

null

BERK977049.jpg

null

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1,051,152

Spearhead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,550

-1,400

An incomplete cast copper alloy side-looped spearhead of Middle Bronze Age date. Probably of Davis’ (2012) Group 5 A (Wide Blade) of the Acton Park metalworking phase (1550-1400 BC). At its mouth, the socket has a diameter of 2mm and an aperture diameter of 17.4mm, as well as an aperture depth greater than 43mm (the very end of the shaft aperture is still filled by soil to an unknown depth). Both side loops are present but damaged, sited 14.4mm to 12.7mm above the socket mouth, measuring 17.2mm long by 6.4mm wide and 17.7mm long by 5.6mm wide respectively. The shape of the loop plates is altered by damage and may originally have been oval or lozenge shaped. The loops are cast in line with the blade, and casting flashing is visible between the socket mouth, the loops and the blade. Much of the flashing appears to have been removed by hammering or possibly filing. Two small (one <0.5mm, the other c. 0.8mm) holes are present in each flashing line 12.7-11.9mm below the blade base respectively. The smaller hole enters the socket at an oblique angle and is partially covered by flashing. The size and positioning make it likely that these holes are chaplet holes, remnants of the casting process. The socket tapers into the blade until at c.26.5mm above the bade base becomes a lozenge sectioned midrib that continues as far as the tip. Damage to the blade edges has made it hard to ascertain the blade shape, which is best described as transitional between leaf and flame shaped. It has a blade length of 68.8mm and a 35.4mm wide PMW (Point of Maximum Width) at 32.84% up the full blade length (22.6mm from the blade base). The width of the blade as a percentage of its length is 51.45%. The blade is broad based and curves smoothly from the base to the blade edge. The single intact blade has a small concave “step” from the PMW to the blade edge, after which the blade runs straight to the tip. It is unclear if this is merely damage, or is reworking during the spears’ lifetime. The other blade edge is badly damaged, with 36mm of blade edge destroyed above the PMW and a large chunk 12.7mm long by 8.3mm deep gouged out of the blade just prior to or during recovery. The blades are flat and slightly beveled at the edges. The identification of this spearhead as Davis’ (2012) Group 5 A (Wide Blade) is not certain, but is most likely based on general morphology, especially width of the blade being equivalent to 51.45% of blade length. Length: 119.5mm Width: 35.4mm Thickness: 21mm Weight: 75.12 g

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Copper alloy

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75.12

null

21

119.5

1

George Whatley

Wales

Monmouthshire

Shirenewton

ST4892

Centred on field

51.624403

-2.752568

NMGW-ECDADB

null

NMWPA2021311.jpg

bronze age socketed spearhead

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1,051,366

Spearhead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,500

-800

A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed spearhead dating from the Middle to Late Bronze Age (c.1500 BC to 800 BC). The triangular fragment comprises the tip of the spearhead. It is lozengiform in cross section with a large circular midrib and short side wings to the blade. The tip is missing and the interior of the body forms a concave hollow which represents the end of the socket. The edges of the blade are worn and abraded and there are multiple, fine, longitudal striations down both surfaces of both wings. Measurements: length: 41.60mm; width: 16.53mm; max. thickness of midrib: 6.04mm and weight: 7.26g.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-10-18T23:00:00Z

null

7.26

null

6.04

41.6

1

Jane Clark

South East

West Sussex

Adur

Coombes

TQ1806

From finder

50.841504

-0.325433

SUSS-027A81

null

SUSS027A81.jpg

A fragment of a copper alloy socketed spearhead

Sussex Archaeological Society

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1,051,692

Flat Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-2,300

-2,050

A fragment of an Early Bronze copper-alloy flat axehead of Needham's Class 2D & 3C, dating c. 2300 BC - 2050 cal BC. The lower half of the axehead survives with a worn, patinated concave transverse break revealing a sub-rectangular cross-section. The axehead has trapezoidal sides and in profile, the fragment tapers to the crescentic cutting edge which is complete and very worn. The object has a heavily pitted green and mottled brown patinated surface. Measurements: length: 47.86mm; width at cutting edge: 48.36mm; thickness at break: 9.61mm and weight: 92.41g. The missing butt makes the axeheads's type ambiguous. It may be a flat axe, missing only a small part of its length or a Palstave missing a large part of its blade and then the entire haft and flanges. The thinness of the blade suggests it is probably a flat axe and the relatively straight sides and only minor blade expansion best fits Needham's (1996) type 2D and 3C axeheads dating 2300-2050 cal BC.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

null

92.41

null

9.61

47.86

1

Jane Clark

South East

West Sussex

Chichester

Loxwood

TQ0332

From finder

51.078089

-0.531045

SUSS-3F14FC

null

SUSS3F14FCb.jpg

A fragment of a copper-alloy flat axehead

Sussex Archaeological Society

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1,051,804

Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,100

-800

A fragment of the socket from a cast copper alloy socketed axe dating to the late Bronze Age (1100 BC -800 BC), 26.2mm in length, comprising a corner of the socket. The profile of the socket appears hexagonal. There are breaks to all sides of the fragment, so nothing from the rim or blade remains.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2019-03-31T23:00:00Z

null

8.81

null

12.2

26.2

1

Simon Maslin

South East

Hampshire

Winchester

Bishops Waltham

SU5718

From finder

50.958616

-1.189795

HAMP-7C626A

null

HAMP7C626A.jpg

null

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,052,199

Blade

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,450

-1,150

A copper alloy blade tip fragment probably from a dirk or rapier dating to the middle Bronze Age c.1450-1150 BC. The triangular tip of the blade remains and has a flat spine running down the centre, flanked by bevelled edges on both sides. The blade is lenticular in cross-section with a worn break and edges. It is pale green in colour, with brown patches. Length 31.64mm; width 12.80mm; thickness: 3.26mm weight: 14.05g. Similar examples recorded on the database include: HAMP-16A314 and SUSS-0E2C6A.

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3

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

2021-08-21T23:00:00Z

null

14.05

null

3.26

31.64

1

Sara Nicholl

South East

Hampshire

Winchester

Denmead

SU6612

From finder

50.90371

-1.062753

SUSS-A98F8E

null

SUSSA98F8E.jpg

Fragment of a copper alloy dirk or rapier

Sussex Archaeological Society

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1,052,385

Awl

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,000

-701

Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl comprising a square- to rectangular-sectioned tang and a sub-circular-sectioned blade. Slight seam is from being hammered to shape from a rough cast ingot. Length 78.3mm. Maximum width / thickness 3.5mm. Weight 6.4g. c.1000 to c.700 BC. Field JBu16

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4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

2020-01-01T00:00:00Z

2020-12-31T00:00:00Z

null

6.4

null

3.5

78.3

1

null

Andrew Rogerson

null

Norfolk

Breckland

Weeting-with-Broomhill

TL7889

null

52.469912

0.619097

NMS-BDAC87

null

PFd_14948_BDAC87_INDSE21042020HG_BA_Awl.jpg

Late Bronze Age awl

Norfolk County Council

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1,052,664

Flat Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-2,400

-1,400

A highly worn fragment of copper-alloy axehead, probably a flat axehead, of Early to Middle Bronze Age date about 2400 BC - 1400 BC. The axehead survives as part of the splayed crescent blade and part of the body of the axe including one curved side where it flares to the cutting edge. The blade is very worn and only part of the cutting edge survives. In profile the fragment tapers to the cutting edge. The breaks are uneven and patinated, but not worn. The object has a heavily pitted green and mottled brown patinated surface. It is 33.8mm long, 37.1mm wide and 9.9mm thick. 37.1g. Compare KENT-A1066C, SUR-0A7938 and SUR-E28B29. This axehead resembles those that date from the Early to Middle Bronze Age. There is no evidence of a socket.

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4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

2021-10-02T23:00:00Z

null

37.1

null

9.9

33.8

1

Amy Downes

Yorkshire and the Humber

Doncaster

Burghwallis

SE5212

From finder

53.601993

-1.215673

SWYOR-FBFE8D

null

SWYORFBFE8DBronzeAgeFlatAxeHead.jpg

SWYOR-FBFE8D Bronze Age Flat Axe Head

West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service

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1,052,806

Socketed Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,000

-701

Incomplete Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead, with the lower part of the socket and all of the cutting edge missing below a non-recent break. A casting seam runs the full length of the sides from the almost circular mouth over a double collar to the break (that on one side over the side loop as well). All four corners below the lower collar are chamfered so that the cross-section is octagonal. Each chamfer, running between two ribs, narrows and curves outwards as it descends. At the break there is a strong difference in the thickness of the metal, between 2mm on one side and 4.5mm on the other. In quite fresh condition with a few thin patches of grey chalky soil adhering. Weight 135g. Extant length 77mm. Width at loop 40.7mm. Thickness at mouth 33.8mm. c.1000 - c.700 BC. Field WE3

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4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

2020-03-01T00:00:00Z

2020-03-31T00:00:00Z

null

135

null

33.8

77

1

null

Andrew Rogerson

null

Norfolk

Breckland

Weeting-with-Broomhill

TL7789

null

52.470237

0.604391

NMS-1097CC

null

PFd_37699_1097CC_INDSE21042020HG_BA_SocketedAxe.jpg

Incomplete Late Bronze Age socketed axehead

Norfolk County Council

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1,053,108

Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

1,500

1,150

An incomplete small axehead or a large chisel dated to the Middle BA 1500-1150 If an axe then it could be either a short flanged axehead or more likely a palstave. If it were a chisel then Middle - Late BA 1500-750. Looking at the blade - it seems more axe like and it has wear from being used and sharpened - one blade tip is lower than the other - the casting seams on the edges have also been hammered flat and finished - suggesting that this was an object that had a life prior to being broken. Patina would suggest damage prior to deposition. The orange on the metalwork suggests that the environment could well be seasonally wet - or it is from pasture that has a developed iron pan.

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4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

null

154.1

null

18.4

52.2

1

null

Philip Smither

West Midlands

Warwickshire

Stratford-on-Avon

Shotteswell

SP4045

null

52.101896

-1.417441

BERK-2925DD

null

BERK2925DD.jpg

null

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,053,168

Rapier

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

1,600

800

A broken blade fragment probably of a Bronze Age weapon, most likely a rapier dating to the Middle Bronze Age c. 1600-800 cal BC. Only a portion of the blade remains. The large fragment is from the body of the blade. It has a hexagonal shaped cross section with wide flat faces and then bevelled blades edges which have been abraded and chipped. A thick dark green patina covers the majority of the fragment although it is chipped away in places revealing a green patina below. The small fragment is the tip of the blade. It is also abraded, chipped and rounded at the end. While a more recent Roman or Medieval date should not be excluded the form of this fragment is consistent with many other rapier fragments recorded by the PAS including NMGW-587A08, SUR-BCF0BA and DENO-0EAF9 Part 1 Length: 24.6 mm Width: 19.2 mm Thickness: 2.5 mm Weight: 4.84 g Part 2: Length: 11.2mm Width: 16.4 mm Thickness: 1.5 mm Weight: 1.08 g

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3

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

2020-10-24T23:00:00Z

null

5.92

null

2.5

24.6

1

Philip Smither

South East

Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire

West Hagbourne

SU5292

GPS (from the finder)

51.624424

-1.250225

BERK-394E39

null

BERK394E39.jpg

null

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,053,687

Miniature Object

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

null

An incomplete copper alloy miniature palstave axehead of probable Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1500-1300 cal BC, Acton Park). It is most similar to a primary shield type and the form is similar on both faces of the axehead. The rounded butt is incomplete with one side more rounded the other indicating an area of loss. It widens to form the septum (23mm at widest point). The flanges are high (c.10mm) and rise steeply from part away (approx. 8.5mm) along the septum before terminating at a prominent stop ridge (19.6mm wide, 21mm thick). From the abrupt slope stop the blade narrows slightly (18.5mm) before broadening outwards to the blade tip (32.9mm), and then turns downwards and curves to form the blade which has a rounded cutting edge. The sides of the flanges are plain and without evidence for side loops. The whole surface is corroded and much of the original surface is missing, but it is possible to see the remains of a shield beneath the stop ridge. The top of one flange is torn with a portion pushed inwards and a small area of loss, most likely caused by plough damage. This is a rare item with only one other comparable find recorded in the PAS database (WMID-EFD2EE). Both examples have clear stop ridges, visible cutting edges, and no evidence for side loops. Other miniature palstaves recorded with the PAS are of different form or material including BERK-602025, HAMP-0FD867 (copper alloy side loop) and SUR-1C249A (lead side loop). This latter is recorded as an Iron Age or Roman item, which accords with the likely date of the many miniature socketed axeheads recorded with the PAS. For an extensive discussion and typology of these miniature socketed axeheads please see Bliss 2020. For this find, the precision of the form and the condition of the metal suggests it is of Bronze Age date rather than a later imitation, which accords with the tentative dating of WMID-EFD2EE. These miniature palstaves merit further research to identify their likely date and use. Length: 95.6mm Length (haft): 40.7mm Width (blade, widest point) 32.8mm Width (at stop ridge): 19.6mm Thickness (at stop ridge): 21.3mm Height of stop ridge (c.7mm)

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4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

2021-11-13T00:00:00Z

null

116

null

95.6

1

Jenny Durrant

South West

Wiltshire

Brixton Deverill

ST8936

From finder

51.123175

-2.158554

HAMP-A34F4A

null

HAMPA34F4A.jpg

Miniature palstave Middle Bronze Age (probably)

Hampshire Cultural Trust

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1,054,283

Knife

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,300

-800

An incomplete cast copper alloy tanged dagger or knife dating to the middle to late Bronze Age (c.1300-900 BC). The object is comprised of a sub-rectangular tang (28mm long) with notched terminal and single circular rivet hole (6mm in diameter) placed in the centre. The base of the tang widens producing sloped shoulders that have a width of 22mm which then narrow to form the blade. The blade has bevelled edges, creating a lentoid cross-section, that taper to the tip which is now rounded bat would probably have has a finer point in antiquity. That artefact is now bent in the middle at about an 80 degree angle. It is unlikely that this could have happened post-deposition or as a result of agricultural machine activity, but rather could be a deliberate act of deforming this object at deposition. Dr Dot Boughton has commented that Burgess and Gerloff include a blade of similar shape and size in their Group II (Damaged Blades Modified for Rehafting), p. 36ff. Its their no. 248 from Marston Trussel, Northamptonshire which is c. 12.6cm long and 2.1cm wide. It is described as "Tanged blade, either a knife made in this form or possibly a dirk with butt cut down for rehafting, in which case the torn rivet hole would have been secondary; rather won brown green surfaces with some patches of bright green corrosion; edges worn and chipped." Plate 32, no 248. Similar examples on the PAS database include LVPL-0B2D08; DUR-F9F5D4; DOR-FAC625 and BERK-302CB3

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4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

2020-08-31T23:00:00Z

2021-09-04T23:00:00Z

null

18.04

null

3

96

1

Kurt Adams

South East

Hampshire

Basingstoke and Deane

Upton Grey

SU7049

From finder

51.235898

-0.998725

GLO-E429BE

null

GLOE429BE.jpg

null

Bristol City Council

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1,054,374

Palstave

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,500

-1,100

A copper alloy palstave axe that has a wide curved blade. The ends of the blade extend either side of the axe, curving sharply behind to the main body of the object. The stop ridge is positioned halfway down the length of the axe, to the front is a small transverse recessed panel with the central raised ridge; behind the stop ridge the sides are raised with a deep convex panel that extends to the rear of the axe which has a convex terminal. Middle Bronze Age 1500 BC – 1150

Recorded from images emailed by the finder

4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

2021-08-31T23:00:00Z

2021-12-31T00:00:00Z

null

22

85

1

Kurt Adams

South West

North Somerset

Clapton-in-Gordano

ST4673

From finder

51.453393

-2.778536

GLO-E7AD91

null

IMG_1232.jpg

null

Bristol City Council

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1,054,399

Miniature Object

Bronze Age

ROMAN

-1,900

100

Corroded and worn copper alloy axehead-shaped object. Sub-triangular in plan with the corners of the widest end radiused to a curve, with the opposite end terminating in a sharp point. The mid-section of the sides are symmetrically chamfered. Two thirds of the way towards the pointed end, on one face only, is a blind circular hole. It is unclear if this is by design or a defect from the casting process. The form is very reminiscent of a miniature un-hafted axehead coping an early Bronze Age flat axe. However, the sharp point, chamfered sides and rounded coroners at the blade end are atypical, but the cross-section is classically lenticular for an axehead and the degree of corrosion and patination are commensurate with an early date. Miniature axeheads similar to this object can be seen at NARC-B0797B and YORYM-F02231 on the PAS database. However, on account of the aforementioned atypical features the identity is not conclusive. For example if the sharp end of this object was a worn break it could have originally continued to a loop and perhaps functioned as a hanger in a harness pendant. There is scant evidence for being more definitive. Diminutive axeheads are often assigned a Roman date, but those copying earlier Bronze Age types are also thought by some scholars to be of their own period. A record of a miniature axehead that also has a Bronze Age form (see ESS-819206), when contrasting them with diminutive axeheads found in the Roman period, concludes a preference for the BA type having a ritual use in the Bronze Age, and mentions that other examples of diminutive axes "can also be seen in Needham (unpublished; figures 77, 82 and 91). Other examples can also be seen in Needham 1988, 'Selective deposition in the British Early Bronze Age', World Archaeology, volume 20, number 2, figure 4. These all illustrate the range in size and form of Bronze Age diminutive axes, enhancing the possibility that these objects are in fact of Bronze Age date." : On the tentative assumption that this object is a miniature axehead a date range of Circa 1900BC-AD100 is suggested, to encompass both schools of thought.

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4

Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2020-03-01T00:00:00Z

2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

null

5.21

null

3.1

40.2

1

Garry Crace

Eastern

Norfolk

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Runcton Holme

TF6408

null

52.644949

0.422582

NMS-F76975

null

PFd_56023_F76975_INDTH03022022GC.JPG

Probable miniature axehead of Bronze age to Roman date

Norfolk County Council

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1,054,652

Sword

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,000

-800

A fragment of a copper alloy sword blade of Late Bronze Age date c. 1000-800 BC. A short section of blade survives with a broad, convex-surfaced mid-rib on either face, flanked by a pair of vertical grooves. Either side of the mid-rib the bladed thickness gradually tapers towards each cutting edge. Both cutting edges are worn and incomplete and the breaks are worn and abraded. Measurements: length:17.45mm, width: 33.73mm, Thickness: 7.12mm, and weight: 13.12 g This is probably a fragment from a 'Carp's tongue' type sword and probably dates to between c. 1000 and c. 800 BC (Ewart Park Metalwork phase, Needham's Period 7 (Metalworking stage XII)). Other similar examples include: BERK-CCF74B; ESS-3BF240 and BH-9CC7C7

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4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

2021-11-27T00:00:00Z

null

13.12

null

7.12

17.45

1

Jane Clark

South West

Wiltshire

Alderbury

SU1825

From finder

51.024092

-1.744728

SUSS-3BDB92

null

SUSS3BDB92.jpg

a fragment of a 'carps tongue' type sword

Sussex Archaeological Society

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1,054,656

Blade

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,550

-1,125

A blade fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy dirk or rapier dating c. 1550 – 1125 BC. A short section of blade survives with a lentoid cross-section. The blade edges are worn and abraded. The surface is dark brown in colour with a mid-green core. Measurements: length: 37.04mm; width: 21.41mm to 14.77mm; thickness: 6.04mm to 4.82mm and weight: 15.09g.

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4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

2021-12-02T00:00:00Z

null

15.09

null

6.04

37.04

1

Jane Clark

South East

West Sussex

Chichester

Oving

SU8904

From finder

50.828706

-0.737676

SUSS-3C3520

null

SUSS3C3520.jpg

A blade fragment of a sword, dirk or rapier

Sussex Archaeological Society

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1,054,836

Unidentified Object

Bronze Age

IRON AGE

-2,500

-43

An unidentified copper-alloy fragment, probably of Bronze Age date. The fragment is undiagnostic but the patina suggests a pre-historic date. The object is curved on both sides and is concave on one face. One side has a slot along the length.

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4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

2021-06-11T23:00:00Z

null

Spring Detectival 2021

14.53

null

6.9

33.4

1

Philip Smither

South East

Buckinghamshire

Wycombe

Fawley

SU7684

GPS (from the finder)

51.549782

-0.905317

BERK-5FE817

null

BERK5FE817.jpg

null

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1,054,844

Rapier

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

null

A fragment of a cast copper-alloy rapier of Bronze Age date. Description: The blade in broadly sub-triangular in plan, narrowing gradually along its length to a curved tip, the base being a diagonal break. In cross-section, the fragment is a pointed oval shape. However, the blade has a central edge running down its middle on both surfaces such that it is also broadly lozenge in shape. The object has a dark green glossy patina and is very pitted. The blade's edges have numerous chips along their length, although it is not possible to tell whether this is from use or post-depositional damage. Measurements: The fragment is 40.7mm long, 13.2mm wide, 4.3mm thick and weighs 9.19g

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4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

null

9.19

null

4.3

40.7

1

Lori Rogerson

South East

Kent

Swale

Hernhill

TR0660

From finder

51.301835

0.953771

KENT-609481

null

KENT609481.jpg

Bronze Age rapier

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1,054,869

Metal Working Debris

Bronze Age

POST MEDIEVAL

-800

1,800

Two pieces of Slag, Clinker or other similar industrial by-product of uncertain date (800 BC - AD 1800). The objects are rough and irregular, with bubbles and cavities, and high density. The objects are a brown/green colour with obvious metallic particles. Length: 43.49mm, Width: 38.46mm, Thickness: 31.46mm, Weight: 90.5g Length: 41.57mm, Width: 25.04mm, Thickness: 21.85mm, Weight: 35.9g

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4

Other

null

Returned to finder

Fieldwalking

null

35.9

null

21.85

41.59

2

Ellie Cox

East Midlands

Northamptonshire

East Northamptonshire

Brigstock

SP9386

From finder

52.464033

-0.632549

NARC-6153D4

null

NARC6153D4.jpg

NARC-6153D4 : Slag : Uncertain

Northamptonshire County Council

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1,054,871

Metal Working Debris

Bronze Age

POST MEDIEVAL

-800

1,800

An amorphic piece of copper alloy Slag of Clinker or other similar industrial by-product of uncertain date (800 BC - AD 1800). The object is irregular and bi-convex with bubbles and cavities, and high density. The object is dark grey in colour. Length: 34.56mm, Width: 31.22mm, Thickness: 12.40mm, Weight: 22.0g

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4

Other

null

Returned to finder

Fieldwalking

null

22

null

12.4

34.56

1

Ellie Cox

East Midlands

Northamptonshire

East Northamptonshire

Brigstock

SP9386

From finder

52.464033

-0.632549

NARC-616BE2

null

NARC616BE2.jpg

NARC-616BE2 : Slag : Uncertain

Northamptonshire County Council

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1,054,874

Flanged Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-2,000

-1,700

A complete cast copper alloy long flanged axehead (developed flat axe) dating from the final phase of the Early to the earliest Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000 - 1700 BC). The axehead is most probably of the axe type Arreton which is dated to Early Bronze Age III, of metalworking stage V, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 3 circa 2000 - 1700 CAL BC. The object has straight sides, a worn butt end and a flared cutting edge with concave shoulders. The cutting edge is broad and crescentic in plan and measures 38.36mm in width. The very edge is worn and incomplete in places The axe has low raised flanges on both faces. The object has a dark brown patina with patches of bright green and light brown corrosion. Dimensions: Length 85.03mm; width 19.18mm; thickness 10.06mm; weight 83.51g The axehead is best described as coming from the Arreton type of long-flanged developed flat axes (cf Burgess and Schmidt: Axes of Northern Britain pp 65 - 75 specifically 415, 422 and 425). Burgess and Schmidt suggest from their study that the distribution of this Arreton type concentrates in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Their work though only looks directly at the axes of Scotland and Northern England. Similar examples have been found at Margam, Port Talbot (Savory 1980, No. 122) and Breach Farm, Vale of Glamorgan (Savory 1980, No. 338) associated with a cremation burial recently radiocarbon dated to c.1750 - 1600 BC. A similar example which can be found on the database is NMGW-FDBB88. Schmidt and Burgess (1981, p.59) trace the development of the flat axe in Britain and Ireland. They identify the trend, "...from broad, simple, triangular forms with splaying sides and flat, even slightly convex, unembellished faces, to increasingly narrow forms, with ever-straighter sides that diverge less and less, approaching and even attaining, the parallel sided form typical of flanged axes. The trend is towards slightly dished faces, the edges of the faces are worked up into slight flanges, and a median bevel is an increasingly common feature. Decoration...becomes a commonplace...".

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4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

2021-11-20T00:00:00Z

null

83.51

null

10.06

85.03

1

Heather Beeton

East Midlands

Derbyshire

Derbyshire Dales

Offcote and Underwood

SK2047

GPS (from the finder)

53.019927

-1.703304

LVPL-617DA6

null

LVPL617DA6.jpg

Bronze Age flanged axehead

National Museums Liverpool

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1,054,894

Palstave

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,050

-950

A very worn and incomplete cast copper alloy palstave axehead with possible side loop of middle to late Bronze Age date from the period c.1050-950 BC. The blade of the palstave is sub-oval or tongue shaped in plan. The cutting edge measures 26.39mm in width and is 5.2mm thick. The cutting edge is blunt and damaged. In profile the blade is sub-rectangular and narrow slightly before the stop ridge. Below the stop ridge where ribs might be expected is no visible decoration. The surface of the opposite face is 'clean' and shows no indications of decoration. The rear part of the axe (from the stop ridge to the butt) is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in section. The butt of the axe has been damaged and is incomplete. The butt end measures 21.46mm in width and is 3.4mm thick. The septum (the area between the flange facets and the stop ridge) measures 45.56mm in length. For one face the septum is prominent with a wide flange. The opposit face has a flat septum and no flange. The flanges may have been misscast or more likely have been lost due to abrasion. It is unclear if a side loop is present due to extreme wear and corrosion. The object has a light green patina and has arough and pitted surface. patches of a dark brown surface but most of the axe has a mid-green patina that is roughly abraded and pitted. Dimensions: Length 109.11mm; width 24.68mm; thickness 13.99m; weight 163.22g This object is similar to the Type Nettleham axeheads illustrated in Scmidt and Burgess, (1981), plate 67, no 902, espeically if undecorated, which fits with Wilburton and Penard assemblages of the Middle and Late Bronze Age and fits with Needham Period 5-6 Metalworking Assemblage X, dating it to the period BC 1050 - BC 950. Marking a transition between palstaves and socketed axeheads. Similar examples on the PAS database include: LVPL-AB829B and WMID-306462

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-07-10T23:00:00Z

null

163.22

null

13.99

109.11

1

Heather Beeton

Yorkshire and the Humber

Wakefield

Knottingley

SE5122

GPS (from the finder)

53.691965

-1.229146

LVPL-61E1DF

null

LVPL61E1DF.jpg

Bronze Age plastave

National Museums Liverpool

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1,054,901

Socketed Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,150

-600

A cast copper alloy socketed axe fragment of indeterminate type, probably of Wiburton-Wallington, Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking industries and of Bronze Age date (c.1150-600 BC). The axe is represented by a blade fragment only with surviving dimensions of 27.7mm long,  max 54mm wide and 12.3mm thick and weighs 62.82g. The top of the fragment has traces of the base socket, broken in old damage. The blade faces are flat across the width and gradually convergent with no traces of ribbing surviving. The remaining portion of the surviving side of the blade is flat, creating a sub-rectangular section at the break. The blade gently flares to the slightly curved edge, which is damaged and missing its original surface. The fragmentary nature of the axe makes typological identification indeterminate. The presence of a socket base indicates a Late Bronze Age date for the axe, c. 1150 – 600BC, probably of Wilburton-Wallington, Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking industries. The fragment is comparatively heavy, possibly suggesting a leaded bronze, consistent with late Bronze Age and particularly Ewart Park metalwork. The object is a light green mottled patina with areas of bronze corrosion particularly on/near the blade edge and the break. Similar objects are recorded on the PAS database e.g. NMGW-ED6A68, NMGW-C52206, NMGW-C4D532

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

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62.82

null

12.3

27.7

1

null

Adelle Bricking

Wales

Powys

Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine

SO1520

null

51.872071

-3.236031

NMGW-61EC65

null

202298.jpg

null

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1,054,902

Blade

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

null

An incomplete cast copper alloy blade, probably a knife or razor of Late Bronze Age date. The cutting edge of the blade is very slightly concave in plan with rounded ends that slope from a slightly convex top edge. The overall length is 69.2mm and max width is 25.4mm. An irrelgular long notch (11.8mm long by 3.5mm thick) along the top edge may be the point at which a tang or hafted handle had attached, but is now missing in old damage. The notch is off-centre measuring 32.2mm from one end, 39.2mm from the other. (A similar notch is seen on NMGW-B18276). The blade is thickest at the centre (5.3mm thick) and thins to the edges, except at the irregular notch. The opposite face is mostly flat with a slight taper towards the cutting edge and a few striations run along the blade, possibly from sharpening. The object weighs 30.06g and the metal is smooth with a mid-green patina. Patches of black possible tenorite coating preserves the top edge. The reverse has some spots of bright green bronze corrosion. A similar razor is recorded on the PAS database, NMGW-B18276, which was also found in Caerwent and also treated with a black coating with a similar notch at the top edge.

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Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

null

30.06

null

69.2

1

Adelle Bricking

Wales

Monmouthshire

Caerwent

ST4793

null

51.6333

-2.767164

NMGW-61F02D

null

202299.jpg

null

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,054,938

Chisel

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,000

-800

A complete cast copper-alloy tanged chisel of the Late Bronze Age period c.1000-800 BC. The chisel is in good condition and appears undamaged, with evidence for use wear on the blade edge. The chisel has a tapering rectangular-sectioned tang (50.17mm long), which abuts the collared handle stop. The oval collar measures 12.55 mm x 9.65mm. From the collar the chisel blade, which is broadly triangular in plan, flattens in cross-section and flares in width to a thin, crescentic cutting edge 31.08 mm wide. The blade sides are slightly concave. The cutting edge is 27.5 mm wide. The object is in very good condition and has a dark brown patina across much of its surface. Measurements: length: 82.39 mm; width of tang: 8.85 mm to 3.50mm; thickness of tang: 6.95mm to 2.05mm and weight: 27.28g. Tanged chisels, which date from c. 1000-800 BC, are known from several hoards and as isolated finds; complete examples from such contexts are uncommon. They are one of the more commonly found woodworking or leatherworking tools alongside awls and knives (Boughton 2021:66). Other recorded examples include: BERK-4008DB; IOW-C0BF8E; and IOW-8EDC79.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

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27.28

null

9.65

82.39

1

Jane Clark

South East

West Sussex

Chichester

Oving

SU8904

From finder

50.828706

-0.737676

SUSS-64CC9C

null

SUSS64CC9C.jpg

A copper-alloy tanged and collared chisel

Sussex Archaeological Society

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1,054,972

Palstave

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,500

-1,150

A fragment of a copper alloy Palstave axehead dating to Middle Bronze Age dating (1500-1150 BC). The palstave butt end fragment consists of the butt end. It has a rectangular septum and straight-sided flanges for hafting. The flanges are triangular in profile. The object has a dark green coloured surface patina. The fragment measures 29.3 mm in length, 24.9 mm in width and 15 mm thick on the flanges and weighs 25 grams.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

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25

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15

29.3

1

Victoria Allnatt

West Midlands

Warwickshire

Stratford-on-Avon

Newbold Pacey

SP2957

From finder

52.210462

-1.577007

WMID-6BB769

null

WMID6BB769.jpg

AXEHEAD - fragment of a copper alloy Palstave

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,055,072

Awl

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,150

-800

A complete copper-alloy awl of probable late Bronze Age date (1150-800 BC). The awl is slightly curved and rectangular in cross-section along most of its length. It is widest at 5.43mm approximately 1/3 along its length, the shorter side narrowing to a circular cross-section and terminating in a sharp point. The longer side maintains its rectangular cross-section and curves slightly downwards, although this may be due to damage rather than design. The shorter, rounded section appears much more worn suggesting that the rectangular sectioned element may have been a tang for a handle . The surface is undecorated and has a mid-green patina. Measurements: Length, 57.45mm; width, 5.92mm; thickness, 5.48mm and weight: 6.79g Discussion: Awls were a range of rod-like tools that were usually round sectioned and pointed at one end, and rectangular sectioned with a square or chiselled edge at the other (Rowlands 1976 48). Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but examples of this form are thought to have been introduced in the Bronze Age (2150-800 BC) with most being Late Bronze Age in date (1150-800 BC). Other recorded examples include: NMS-12EC04; LEIC-711C38 and SUR-CB591E.

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Copper alloy

null

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Metal detector

null

6.79

null

5.48

57.45

1

Jane Clark

null

Hampshire

Basingstoke and Deane

Bradley

SU6242

From finder

51.173886

-1.114506

SUSS-7A7EE7

null

SUSS7A7EE7a.jpg

A complete copper-alloy awl

Sussex Archaeological Society

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1,055,260

Unidentified Object

Bronze Age

IRON AGE

-1,500

100

A cast copper alloy 'moustache-shaped' object of late Bronze Age or Iron Age date. The object has a narrowed body with two sweeping swollen drop shaped ends which taper towards pointed terminals. There are five panels of linear grooves on each rounded side, with medial bands running down the middle, flanked by two panels of oblique lines and then two outer peripheral panels of lines running roughly parallel to those along the centre. The tapering lower projections are undecorated. There is a sub rectangular hollow between the projections suggesting the object fitted to something. A number of these so called 'moustache' shaped objects of have now been recovered, with distinct variants identifiable. They are thought to date from the middle Bronze Age to the late Iron Age. Their function is uncertain, although recess in the body of this example (and in many of the others known) suggests that they were mounted on something, possibly a dagger handle or on the end of a scabbard; however the absence of evidence makes this entirely conjectural. One example was found in the Salisbury Hoard which contained Bronze Age material but was buried in the Iron Age (Stead, 1998, no.117). Another example was found in a Middle Bronze Age context at Clay Farm, Cambridgeshire (Current Archaeology March 2012, Issue 264, 35).

Recorded from details emailed by the finder.

4

Copper alloy

null

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Metal detector

2022-02-24T00:00:00Z

null

12.63

null

17

1

Simon Maslin

South West

Wiltshire

Stapleford

SU0637

From finder

51.132245

-1.91563

SUR-C942E4

null

SURC942E4.jpg

null

Surrey County Council

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1,055,517

Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

null

A fragment of copper alloy socketed axehead of Late Bronze Age date. The find comprises a portion of the mouth, the complete loop, and a portion of the body with traces of three moulded ribs. The 'inside' of the axe has a rough appearance. Apart from the mouth all edges are heavily abraded and patinated in the same dark green as the other surfaces. In places this patination is now missing to reveal a paler light green surface. This is most evident on the reverse break of the body, perhaps suggesting more recent damage by plough or at the time of discovery. It is possible that this item was deliberately broken prior to deposition.

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Copper alloy

null

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Metal detector

2021-12-10T00:00:00Z

2021-12-20T00:00:00Z

null

28

null

5.7

46.5

1

Jenny Durrant

South East

Hampshire

East Hampshire

Horndean Catherington and Lovedean

SU6814

From finder

50.921461

-1.033942

HAMP-DEA849

null

HAMPDEA849.jpg

Late Bronze Age socketed axe fragment

Hampshire Cultural Trust

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1,055,632

Rapier

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,600

-800

A fragment of cast copper alloy blade tip, possibly from a rapier, of Bronze Age date (probably middle to late Bronze age, c. 1600- 800BC). The fragment consists of only the damaged end of the blade, ending in a break further down the blade, while the very tip of the blade is also damaged and missing, leaving an uneven rounded point. Much of the blade edges are missing, particularly on one side. The blade is lenticular in section, with no bevels. The blade edges appear to taper in a convex curve to the tip. Due to the fragmentary nature of this object, it cannot be confidently assigned to an object type or metalworking phase, although the narrow width of the blade suggests that it likely formed the tip of a rapier or dirk. Length: 27.5 mm Width: 13.3 mm Thickness: 3.3 mm Weight: 4.19 g

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Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

null

4.19

null

3.3

27.5

1

George Whatley

Wales

Monmouthshire

Caerwent

ST4593

From finder

51.633107

-2.796058

NMGW-E0FD70

null

NMWPA2022211.jpg

Bronze age blade tip fragment from a rapier or dirk

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1,056,499

Socketed Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,000

-800

A complete cast copper alloy socketed axe head of the south-eastern type (plain A1) of Late Bronze Age date (1000-800 BC). The socketed axe is sub rectangular in shape, with a curved cutting edge. A slight horizontal collar is present on a couple of faces. There is a single loop on one side of the axehead. The loop measures 18.1 mm in length, and 6.6 mm thick. The blade is wide and crescentic with some damage to the cutting edge. The casting seam is visible down both sides externally but is not visible within. Three domed protrusions are visible inside the socket. The mouth of the socket is square. Internally the socket measures 22.8 mm by 21.8 mm. The socket tapers down to where the crescentic edge of the blade begins. It is 52.2 mm deep. The axehead measures 65.4 mm in length. The cutting edge is 38.6 mm wide and 4.7 mm thick. The socket is 30.4 mm wide by 31.9 mm thick. The metal is 3.3 mm thick. The axehead weighs 116.3 grams. This axehead has suffered little damage and is in very good condition with a dark green patina. There is a wide scar across one surface, it was probably struck by the plough whilst in the plough soil. Several similar socketed axeheads have been recorded on the PAS database. These include: LIN-C61E83; WREX-5806C1; BERK-2B2982; NMS-5A0D4E and WAW-9DBD6B.

The 3D model has been generated using the mobile phone scanning application Qlone

4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

null

116.3

null

31.9

65.4

1

Teresa Gilmore

South East

Oxfordshire

West Oxfordshire

Over Norton

SP3228

null

51.949579

-1.535815

WMID-5EA8F2

null

WMID5EA8F2.jpg

Late Bronze Age: Complete South Eastern type socketed axehead

Birmingham Museums Trust

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1,057,538

Flat Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-2,500

-2,050

A complete copper alloy flat axehead dating to the Early Bronze Age (2500-2050BC). The axehead is sub-triangular in plan and profile, narrowing towards the butt creating a typical lentoid shape. The parallel sides are relatively straight, expanding towards a curved shaped blade that has a width of 32.04mm.The sides have been slightly flattened to enable the blade to be fixed to a wooden shaft. Both ends have been worked to produce a sharp cutting surface. The surafce of the metal is slightly corroded and pitted with a dull pale brown patina with some pale green patches. The axehead is best described as coming from the first phases of the Early Bronze Age and thus one of the earliest phases of metalworking in Britain, metalworking stage I-II, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 1-3 c.2500-2050 cal.BC, or slightly later. Similar examples on the PAS database have been recorded under various types, including miniature object e.g. YORYM-CE8933 (59.01 mm), flat axe e.g. KENT-CF6F79 (80.6 mm) and YORYM-D53C89, chisel e.g. SUSS-9B7F13 (65.17 mm) and flat axehead e.g. LVPL-03D15C (61.5 mm). Needham, S. 1996; Chronology and Periodisation in the British Bronze Age , Acta Archaeologica 67, p. 121-140

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Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

2021-09-28T23:00:00Z

null

56.91

null

6.4

77.02

1

Des Murphy

North East

County Durham

Bradbury and the Isle

NZ3129

From finder

54.655148

-1.521029

DUR-F0F844

null

DURF0F844.jpg

DUR-F0F844

Durham County Council

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1,057,809

Blade

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

2,500

1,600

A fragment of copper alloy blade. A probable fragment of a dagger or halberd. The tip only of the baled. It has a flat-topped tapering mid-rib on both faces. The wings of the blade taper to the cutting edges. Date: Early Bronze Age c. 2500 - 1600 BC Dimensions: 21.85 mm x 13.91 mm x 3.04 mm Weight: 2.28 g Jason Gibbons (PAS volunteer) has suggested this may be part of and Eraly Bronze Age Ridgeway type dagger as issutrated in Gerloff, S 1975, plate 9. Peter Reavill (FLO) has suggested it could also possibly be part of a halberd is similar to Type Sluie as well as Type Pistill Dewy publisehed in Needham, S, 2015, A Hafted Halberd Excavated at Trecastell, Powys: from Undercurrent to Uptake – the Emergence and Contextualisation of Halberds in Wales and North-west Europe in PPS 81, pp 1 - 41 see p 18, fig 23, e.

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4

Copper alloy

null

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Metal detector

2021-08-14T23:00:00Z

null

2.28

null

3.04

21.85

1

Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen

South West

Wiltshire

Winterbourne

SU1635

From finder

51.114071

-1.772805

DOR-06EE6C

null

06EE6Ca.jpg

Fragment of Bronze Age blade

Somerset County Council

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1,057,931

Spearhead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,600

1,000

An incomplete cast socketed Spearhead dating to the Middle Bronze Age, circa 1600 BC - 1000 BC. The spear has a lozenge shaped cross- section with a high mid-rib which tapers towards from the tip toward the break. The socket is conical and incomplete with part of the reverse section being broken (presumably in antiquity). The surviving socket depth is 67.1 mm. The socket has a circular external as well as internal section. The blade extends at the head of the socket and the overal shape is lost due to abrasion all that remains are shallow crescentic fragments. There is no evidence of side loops, although these may well have been lost through movement in the soil. The socket has two circular peg holes, with an internal diameter of 3.4 mm, one positioned on either side of the socket, beneath the blades. It measures 96.9 mm in length, 17.7 mm wide and is 18.8 mm thick. The metal is 2.2 mm thick. It weighs 47.5 g. The spearhead is a mid green to brown colour. Abrasion caused by movement whilst within the plough soil has resulted in the loss of some of the original surface detail. The fragment is probably too damaged to be specifically attributed to a specific type - however it shares many attributes of the side looped spearheads (of the Acton Park II phase / assemblage) of the Middle Bronze Age as we as that of the pegged spearheads (Penard phases) of the early Late Bronze Age.

The 3D model has been generated using mobile phone scanning application Qlone.

4

Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

Metal detector

2021-03-27T00:00:00Z

null

47.5

null

18.8

96.9

1

Teresa Gilmore

West Midlands

Staffordshire

Stafford

Stowe-by-Chartley

SK0329

From finder

52.858483

-1.956888

WMID-0A11D2

null

WMID0A11D2.JPG

Middle Bronze Age: Incomplete spearhead

Birmingham Museums Trust

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1,058,402

Awl

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-2,150

-800

A complete copper-alloy awl of late Bronze Age date, with a rectangular cross section One end tapers gently to a point, the other abruptly to a flat chisel-like terminal. The surface has a dark-green patina, but is damaged with extensive loss in places. There is no evident decoration.

Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but examples of this form are thought to have been introduced in the Bronze Age (2150-800 BC) with most being Late Bronze Age in date (1150-800 BC).

4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

null

5.33

null

3.9

51.4

1

Philip Smither

South West

Wiltshire

Firsdown

SU2133

GPS (from the finder)

51.095927

-1.701492

BERK-35952D

null

BERK35952D.jpg

null

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1,058,444

Blade

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 some visible bevel along the left and right hand edges away from the mid-rib. The metal is a dark green in colour with a predominantly patina. Length: 76.39mm, Width: 35.81mm, Thickness: 6.74mm, Weight: 77.7g

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Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

null

77.7

null

6.74

76.39

1

Ellie Cox

East Midlands

Northamptonshire

Daventry

Stowe IX Churches

SP6355

From finder

52.189653

-1.079844

NARC-3721BD

null

NARC3721BD.jpg

NARC-3721BD : Blade : Bronze Age

Northamptonshire County Council

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1,058,504

Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,100

-800

An extremely corroded and abraded fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axe dating to the late Bronze Age (1100 - 800 BC), 42mm in length, comprising a side of the socket. The profile of the socket appears subrectangular and there is a portion of a thickened and rounded rim at one end. There are breaks to all sides.

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4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

null

30.14

null

10.5

42

1

Simon Maslin

South West

Wiltshire

Stapleford

SU0638

From finder

51.141237

-1.915614

HAMP-45DBA6

null

HAMP45DBA6.jpg

null

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1,058,513

Unidentified Object

Bronze Age

Iron Age

IRON AGE

-1,150

43

Copper alloy mount or fitting of uncertain function and date, probably of Late Bronze Age or Iron Age date and possibly a scabbard chape. The possible cast mount is complete. The mount is of bulbous bi-lobed form with a curving point projecting from each lobe. At the centre is a shallow rounded groove, widest at the base. Both lobes are decorated with prominent ribbing defined by grooves. The lobes terminate in gently curving points of rounded D-shaped section, slightly flattened on their interiors. The points are not decorated and the interior, near the centre is less finished than the rest of the mount. At the centre is an irregular, sub-circular depression or hollowing. The interior is not finished and would not have been seen. The surface has dark green patina.

See NMGW-AF1FCC for similar. The object, often referred to as a 'moustache' is recognised object form but poorly understood in terms of its function and date. The object form is quite consistent, being bi-lobed and rounded, often with ribbed decoration and with projecting prongs. An example of the type was found with the Salisbury Hoard and indicates a Bronze or Iron Age date although the style would suggest a Late Bronze to Iron Age date. It has been suggested that the mount may have been used on Iron Age weapons and it seems possible that the pronged form may be consistent with its use as a scabbard chape, although this remains a conjectural identification.

4

Copper alloy

null

Returned to finder

Metal detector

null

12.43

null

10.5

32.2

1

Philip Smither

South East

West Berkshire

Inkpen

SU3563

null

51.364992

-1.498654

BERK-4644A3

null

BERK4644A3.jpg

null

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1,058,533

Blade

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,500

-1,200

An incomplete cast copper-alloy fragment of a blade dating to the Bronze Age (c. 1500-1200 BC). The fragment is broadly rectangular and lozenge-shape in cross section - this being typical of the Bronze Age. The edges of the blade are narrow, uneven and very worn. The corners are rounded. The blade is not parallel with one end slightly wider and thinner than the other. Neither face is decorated. All surfaces have an uneven mid brown and mid to dark green patina. The blade measures 32.2mm in length, 10.5mm in width, 3.1mm in thickness and weighs 4.36 grams. Several similar slightly larger blades are recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. This includes BH-E1E7E6, WILT-9D21F1, WILT-90C8FE and SUR-750511, all of which are dated to the Middle Bronze Age.

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Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

Metal detector

2014-08-20T00:00:00Z

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4.36

null

3.1

32.2

1

null

Matthew Fittock

Eastern

Hertfordshire

East Hertfordshire

Much Hadham

TL4418

null

51.842041

0.088874

BH-471B28

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BH471B28.jpg

Bronze Age blade

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,058,790

Socketed Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,000

-800

A fragment of socketed axehead. The lower blade and cutting edge only remains. The axehead has been broken in an abraded, irregular curve just above the end of the rectangular socket. The cutting edge is curved and only very slighttly flared.The surfaces are very corroded and iron stained. Date: Late Bronze Age - c 1000 - 800 BC Dimensions: 39.81 mm x 45.23 mm x 14.93 mm Weight: 78.84 g A similar fragment is recorded in database record HAMP-888D78 where Rob Webley comments The axehead is most likely to date from the Ewart Park phase (1000-800 BC), a period in which scrap metal hoarding was prevalent

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4

Copper alloy

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Metal detector

2021-06-26T23:00:00Z

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78.84

null

14.93

38.81

1

Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen

South West

Wiltshire

Sedgehill and Semley

ST8825

null

51.024242

-2.172473

DOR-8875FB

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8875FB.jpg

Bronze Age socketed axe head

The Portable Antiquities Scheme

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1,058,998

Knife

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,000

-800

An incomplete copper alloy probable tanged knife. The top of the rectangular tang has a transverse break with the remnant of a single, circular attachment hole in the centre. The tang has a rectangular cross section. Below the tang, the blade narrows and thickens slightly and the sides curve inwards before flaring out again to a wide, tongue-shaped terminal. The body of the blade has a wide central mid-rib on both faces. The mid-rib is parallel sided and has a ridge along each edge and one at the centre. It runs from below the rectangular top part down to the rounded end.The blade has a shallow, lentoid cross section. Date: Late Bronze Age c. 1000 - 800 BC Dimensions: 82.54 mm x 17.71 mm x 1.72 mm Weight: 13.29 g Perter Reavill (2022 pers comm) suggests this is a Late Bronze Age tanged knife made from an earlier, possible Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600 - 1000 BC) dirk or rapier blade.

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Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

Metal detector

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13.29

1.72

82.54

1

Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen

South West

Dorset

East Dorset

Sturminster Marshall

SY9399

From finder

50.790524

-2.100676

DOR-9E51FB

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Scaleto30cm2020Copy.jpg

Bronze Age knife

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1,059,006

Spearhead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,800

-900

An incomplete copper alloy Socketed Spearhead of Bronze Age date (1800-900 BC). The object is composed of a tapering plan with a lozenge cross section. There is an upper and lower mid-rib with small sections of blade edges retained flanking the mid-rib. The socketed end is circular and incomplete due to old, abraded break. The metal is dark brown/green in colour with a heavily pitted patina. Length: 62.51mm, Width (broadest): 12.48mm, Width: (narrowest): 6.00mm, Thickness: 4.92mm, Diameter (socket): 10.15mm, Weight: 12.8g

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Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

Metal detector

null

12.8

null

10.15

4.92

62.51

1

Ellie Cox

East Midlands

Northamptonshire

Kettering

Cranford

SP9378

From finder

52.392134

-0.634772

NARC-9E84F2

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NARC9E84F2.jpg

NARC-9E84F2 : Spearhead : Bronze Age

Northamptonshire County Council

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1,059,091

Spearhead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,550

-800

A fragment of the tip of a Bronze Age spearhead, probably dating from the Middle or Late Bronze Age, c.1550 – 800 BC. The fragment is narrow and triangular, tapering to the point. It has a pronounced oval midrib that is solid and runs to the point of the spear with narrow wings of the blade to either side. The break is ancient and highly abraded.

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Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

Metal detector

2022-01-01T00:00:00Z

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4

null

5.5

28.6

1

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Simon Maslin

South West

Wiltshire

Alderbury

SU1725

null

51.024122

-1.758986

SUR-AE4D56

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SURAE4D56.jpg

null

Surrey County Council

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1,059,190

Axehead

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,500

-800

A fragment of a copper alloy socketed Axehead of Middle to late Bronze Age date (1500-800 BC). The object comprised the blade end of a socketed axehead. The blade tip is hollow and flares at the edges. A casting seam is visible around the upper and lower edged. The blade end in worn and chipped. The object terminates at the opposing end in a transverse break. Length: 32.63mm, Width (blade): 48.26mm, Thickness (body): 14.15mm, Thickness (blade): 2.89mm, Weight: 66.3g The metal has a dark green predominantly smooth patina.

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

null

66.3

null

14.15

32.63

1

Ellie Cox

East Midlands

Northamptonshire

East Northamptonshire

Barnwell

TL0684

From finder

52.443694

-0.441907

NARC-B37797

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NARCB37797.jpg

NARC-B37797 : Axehead : Bronze Age

Northamptonshire County Council

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1,059,233

Dagger

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,700

-1,100

A complete copper alloy dagger or small dirk, 94.8mm in length and of early to middle Bronze Age date. The blade is triangular and tapers to a point. The rear edge is rounded with a pair of flanking rivet holes on the rear edge. The blade has a flat lenticular cross section with a low wide mid-rib which has bevelled sides and a slight ridge at the break in angle to the edges of the blade. The blade is otherwise undecorated and slightly bent.

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Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

Metal detector

null

21.03

null

3.1

94.8

1

Simon Maslin

South East

Hampshire

Test Valley

Bullington

SU4743

From finder

51.184304

-1.328924

SUR-C44007

null

SURC44007.jpg

null

Surrey County Council

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1,059,303

Chisel

Bronze Age

IRON AGE

-1,750

43

A copper-alloy possible chisel of possible Bronze Age date. The object is flat copper-alloy rod with a rectangular cross section. One end tapers to a rounded point. The other end flares to a flanged chisel end. The cross section is unusual for a chisel of the Bronze Age, which are usually lentoid in section. Apart from the general shape the object is rather undiagnostic and a general date of Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age is suggested. Along the length of the object are small, circular depressions which might be the result of shaping the object.

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Copper alloy

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Returned to finder

Metal detector

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9.64

null

3.1

87.6

1

Philip Smither

South East

Windsor and Maidenhead

Bisham

SU8483

GPS (from the finder)

51.53966

-0.790205

BERK-C620A3

null

BERKC620A3.jpg

null

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1,059,421

Chisel

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-1,100

-800

An incomplete small copper alloy chisel or possibly a miniature flat axe. There is a break at the butt. The object has a tapered butt and a flaring blade with a convex cutting edge. It is thinned from the butt to the cutting edge giving it a wedge shaped longitudinal profile. It is rectangular in its transverse cross section. Date: Bronze Age - c. 1100 - 800 BC Dimensions: 52.47 mm x13.63 mm x 3.49 mm Weight: 9.89 g Similar to SF-81B0CD

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

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9.89

null

3.49

52.47

1

Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen

South West

Dorset

North Dorset

Tarrant Launceston

ST9309

From finder

50.880449

-2.10087

DOR-D8751E

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DORD8751E.jpg

Bronze Age chisel

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1,059,423

Gouge

Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

-950

-750

An incomplete copper alloy socketed gouge. The remaining portion is a short length of the socket with a tapered U-shaped blade. The socket is oval in cross section with projecting ridges running down each side which are the remains of casting flashes. The object tapers in width and thickness from its socket to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which is concave on one of its surfaces. The gouging edge has worn well rounded chips at its tip. The casting lines are visible for the whole length of the object on both sides. The surface is greyish green, indicating a probable high tin alloy. Date: Bronze Age - corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7, and dated to c. 950 - 750BC Dimensions: 56.08 mm x c18.45 mm x 17.45 mm Weight: 21.49 g Comparable socketed gouges have been recorded on the PAS database. For examples see: SOM-D46055, YORYM-316F81, YORYM-CD7FFB, SWYOR-FCB525, NMGW-62C84F, DUR-06F0E8, IOW-EC25A7 and SUR-7898C5. In database record SOM-D46055 Ed Caswell comments: The missing mouth makes typological identification difficult, Savory (1980, p 55) suggests that the earliest socketed gouges such as those that occur in the Guilsfield hoard have multiple mouth mouldings, whereas later gouges tend to have a broad flat collar. According to Pearce in the 1983 publication 'The Bronze Age Metalwork of South Western Britain Part I', page 43, socketed gouges 'appear to have begun in the Wilburton phase, and continued as part of the tool repertoire until the end of the Bronze Age', although she suggests that most socketed gouges can be dated to the Ewart phase between c. 1000 - c. 800 BC. Needham et al's (1997) recent study of Bronze Age chronology dated a collared socketed gouge from the Bodwrog Hoard, Anglesey to 2720 +- 45 BP (DoB No 3, OxA-4652, p68). This gouge is most likely of Ewart Park metalworking, phases which correspond to Needham's (1996) Period 7

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Copper alloy

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Metal detector

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21.49

null

17.45

56.08

1

Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen

South West

Dorset

North Dorset

Tarrant Hinton

ST9411

From finder

50.898445

-2.086689

DOR-D8B5CD

null

DORD8B5CD.jpg

Late Bronze Age gouge

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