PASID
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101,149
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Socketed Axehead
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,000
| -800
|
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe. Only the lower blade end is intact. The blade is slightly expanded and most of the cutting edge is intact. Light hammer rippling on the lower blade. The break is straight. The fragment is 36mm in length and is 57mm wide.
| null | 3
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-05-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 36
| 1
|
Nick Herepath
|
Nick Herepath
|
North West
|
Cheshire West and Chester
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Cheshire West and Chester
|
Acton Bridge
|
SJ5875
| null | 53.270315
| -2.63122
|
LVPL-BB4B01
| null |
lvplBB4B01a.jpg
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Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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101,274
|
Socketed Axehead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,300
| -800
|
An incomplete cast copper-alloy socketed axehead. The body and blade is all that survives of the axehead. The mouth and loop are missing. Most of the original brown patina is damaged and only remains in patches on the back. The remaining light green surface is slightly pitted. The body of the axe is rectangular in plan with gently flaring sides that expand slightly into the lower blade and cutting edge. Most of the front face is missing, making the inside of the socket visible. Packed tightly inside the socket end are possibly the remains of a wooden shaft.
The surviving length is 87.0mm, the width midway down the body is 27.0mm and the maximum thickness is 20.2mm. The width from each blade tip is 35.0mm and the weight is 104.26g.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-04-30T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 104.26
| null | null | 20.2
| 87
| 1
|
Lisa Staves
|
Lisa Staves
|
East Midlands
|
Lincolnshire
|
West Lindsey
|
Gainsborough
|
SK8388
|
From a paper map
| 53.382337
| -0.753653
|
NLM-D3A6B4
| null |
NLM09258.jpg
|
Bronze Age axehead
|
North Lincolnshire Museum
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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101,505
|
Spear
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -1,500
| -800
|
The object is possibly the tip of a Bronze Age spearhead. The heavy brown patina that is pitted suggests a prehistoric date. The section, which is an elongated lozenge suggests a projectile, probably a spearhead.
The object in plan is triangular with a broken lower edge. This break is not recent. In section is an elongated lozenge.
The tip measures 29.89mm long, 10.35mm wide and 3.44mm thick. It weighs 3.1g.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
|
2003-09-23T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 3.1
| null | null | 3.44
| 29.89
| 1
|
Angie Bolton
|
Angie Bolton
|
West Midlands
|
Warwickshire
|
Stratford-on-Avon
|
Brailes
|
SP3141
|
GPS (from the finder)
| 52.066511
| -1.549192
|
WAW-3A7BA3
| null |
WAW-3A7BA3.jpg
|
Single view of a possible Bronze Age spearhead.
|
Birmingham Museums Trust
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
| ||
101,508
|
Socketed Axehead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | null | null | null | null | 4
| null | null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2005-05-09T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 21.89
| null | null | 11.7
| 26.15
| 1
|
Jodi Puls
|
Jodi Puls
|
South West
|
Wiltshire
|
Wiltshire
|
Teffont
|
ST9832
|
GPS (from the finder)
| 51.087311
| -2.029932
|
HAMP-3AC365
| null |
Hamp 3AC365.tif
|
Late Bronze Age socketed axe<br>Hamp 3AC365
|
Winchester Museum Service
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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https://finds.org.uk/images/jmccrohan/Hamp 3AC365.tif
| |
101,891
|
Flat Axehead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -2,200
| -1,450
|
A slightly incomplete cast copper early Bronze Age flat axe head, dating to between c. 2,200-1,450 BC (length: 151mm; width at blade: 60.7mm; thickness: 13.1mm; weight: exceeds weight limit of scales). A large and heavy axe with much of the metal still existing, the butt is the thinnest point of the artefact and the width tapers outwards towards the blade which is slightly worn and broken. Overall, the axehead is in a worn and poor condition with a pitted surface and no original surface still existing.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-05-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | 13.1
| 151
| 1
|
Caroline Johnson
|
Caroline Johnson
|
East Midlands
|
Derbyshire
|
Derbyshire Dales
|
Atlow
|
SK2249
|
From a paper map
| 53.037827
| -1.673355
|
WMID-B69B57
| null |
M Jones - axe head 3.jpg
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A early Bronze Age copper axe head, dating from c. 2200-1450 BC.
|
Birmingham Museums Trust
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102,542
|
Blade
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
MEDIEVAL
| -2,200
| 1,500
|
An incomplete cast bronze probable blade fragment, of an uncertain date from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period (length: 84mm; width: 28.8mm; thickness: 3.2mm; weight: 31.21g). There is an incomplete probable rivet hole at one end, but no rivet remains. All edges of the fragment are corroded and incomplete. The artefact is in a worn but fair condition with a dark green patina and pitted surface.
| null | 4
| null | null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
|
2005-06-27T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 31.21
| null | null | 3.2
| 84
| 1
|
Caroline Johnson
|
Caroline Johnson
|
West Midlands
|
Shropshire
|
Shropshire
|
Worfield
|
SO7294
|
From finder
| 52.543128
| -2.414298
|
WMID-645FA6
| null |
WMID-645FA6.jpg
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An incomplete probable blade fragment, of an uncertain date between the Bronze Age to the Medival period.
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Birmingham Museums Trust
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103,013
|
Flat Axehead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -2,000
| null |
Early Bronze Age narrow-butted flat axe with expanded cutting edge. One side has raised flanges that appear to be cast rather than hammered.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
|
2005-05-28T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | 7
| 97
| 1
|
Nick Herepath
|
Nick Herepath
|
North West
|
Cheshire West and Chester
|
Cheshire West and Chester
|
Little Budworth
|
SJ5664
|
From a paper map
| 53.171282
| -2.659685
|
LVPL-E3C9F1
| null |
LVPLE3C9F1a.jpg
| null |
The Portable Antiquities Scheme
|
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103,406
|
Bead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -2,150
| -800
|
Bronze Age copper alloy bead fragment, 24mm in diamter and 8mm thick. It is circular in shape, with a central hole. Only half the item remains. It is an unusual find and its indentification is not definite.
|
Pre P.A.S. Interpretation
| 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2005-05-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | 24
| 8
| null | 1
|
Richard Knox
|
Wendy Scott
|
East Midlands
|
Leicestershire
|
Blaby
|
Thurlaston
|
SP4998
|
From finder
| 52.577616
| -1.278345
|
LEIC-22AD73
| null |
22AD73.jpg
|
22AD73 Bronze Age copper alloy bead
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103,563
|
Axe
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -2,150
| -800
|
Bronze Age copper alloy axe fragment, 16mm long, 17mm wide and 5mm thick. The object is sub rectangular in form and triangular in section and probably represents the edge of an axe.
|
Pre-PAS Identification
| 3
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
1998-08-13T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | 5
| 16
| 1
|
Richard Knox
|
Wendy Scott
|
East Midlands
|
Leicestershire
|
Charnwood
|
Barkby Thorpe
|
SK6308
|
From finder
| 52.666063
| -1.069872
|
LEIC-3796E7
| null |
37A3A5.JPG
|
butt end of copper alloy bronze age axe
| null |
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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103,565
|
Palstave
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -2,150
| -800
|
Bronze Age copper alloy palstave?(butt end only), 22mm long and 24mm wide. The object is roughly rectangular in section and form and has a raised edge along two sides.
|
Pre-PAS Identification
| 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
1998-08-13T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 22
| 1
|
Richard Knox
|
Wendy Scott
|
East Midlands
|
Leicestershire
|
Charnwood
|
Barkby Thorpe
|
SK6308
|
From finder
| 52.666063
| -1.069872
|
LEIC-37A3A5
| null |
CAD448d.jpg
|
Bronze Age axe fragment
|
All rights reserved
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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103,885
|
Chisel
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -2,150
| -750
|
Cast copper alloy rectangular-sectioned object with flared terminal. Both ends have a worn break. Possibly a Bronze Age chisel. The form and patina (which is an un-even green brown) possibly indicates an eastern Mediterranean origin.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2005-07-08T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 47.33
| null | null | 5.21
| 103.1
| 1
|
Andrew Richardson
|
Andrew Richardson
|
South East
|
Kent
|
Maidstone
|
Thurnham
|
TQ7957
|
From a paper map
| 51.284011
| 0.56539
|
KENT-8C2D91
| null |
PAK150-018.JPG
|
KENT-8C2D91. Bronze Age chisel. Reverse.
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103,913
|
Dirk
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -1,350
| -1,000
|
Cast copper alloy Middle Bronze Age dirk or rapier blade. The blade narrows just below a trapzoidal shaped hilt, becoming parallel-sided, and is bent just before a worn transverse break. The hilt has two rivet holes, of 7.25mm diameter. One of these is incomplete, but the other retains a cylindrical copper alloy rivet, length 13mm by diameter 8.2mm. These rivets would have attached the handle, which would have been of an organic material such as wood or horn.
Based on the line drawing this fragment has been reidentified as a group IV dirk or rapier, and not a dagger as previously suggested. This allows the dating to be revised to being of either Middle or Late Bronze Age date most probably from the Penard metalworking industry dated to c. 1350 – 1000BC
|
This record has been updated by Peter Reavill (4/5/21) following information provided by Dr Brendan O'Connor.
| 3
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2005-08-06T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 65.93
| null | null | 6.61
| 81.31
| 1
|
Andrew Richardson
|
Andrew Richardson
|
South East
|
Kent
|
Tonbridge and Malling
|
Aylesford
|
TQ7358
|
From a paper map
| 51.294847
| 0.479925
|
KENT-8D3476
| null |
PAK150-010.JPG
|
KENT-8D3476. Bronze Age dagger blade.
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|
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104,145
|
Bead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
ROMAN
| -2,300
| -700
|
A small diametered, thick, sub-circular sectioned cast bronze ring. These are seen from the Bronze Age onwards although in Richard Knox's opinion mostly from this early period. It is almost bead-like but presumably was designed to take some weight.
|
Pre P.A.S. Identification
| 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2001-12-31T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | 21
| 13
| null | 1
|
Richard Knox
|
Wendy Scott
|
East Midlands
|
Leicestershire
|
Charnwood
|
Queniborough
|
SK6412
|
From finder
| 52.701899
| -1.054311
|
LEIC-B6FB92
| null |
B6FB92.jpg
|
B6FB92 Medieval lead spindle whorl
|
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|
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104,320
|
Spear
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -2,150
| -800
|
Bronze Age copper alloy spear fragment, 42mm long, 15mm wide and 7mm thick. The object is sub traingular in form and lozenge shaped in section. The object is badly damaged and has semi-circular in section. It tapers in width towards the narrower tip. The object is probably part of a spear head.
|
Pre P.A.S. Identification
| 3
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2002-01-31T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | 7
| 42
| 1
|
Richard Knox
|
Wendy Scott
|
East Midlands
|
Leicestershire
|
Charnwood
|
Barkby Thorpe
|
SK6208
|
From finder
| 52.666178
| -1.084657
|
LEIC-069F75
| null |
069F75.JPG
|
069F75
bronze age spear
| null |
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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104,418
|
Blade
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -2,150
| -800
|
Bronze Age copper alloy incomplete blade point, measuring 165mm long, 20mm wide and 6mm thick. The blade is long and slim, with a diamond shaped cross-section which bends up at the wider end.
|
Pre P.A.S Identification
| 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
1990-06-29T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | 6
| 165
| 1
|
Richard Knox
|
Wendy Scott
|
East Midlands
|
Leicestershire
|
Charnwood
|
Thurcaston and Cropston
|
SK5510
|
From a paper map
| 52.684909
| -1.187819
|
LEIC-0B3711
| null |
0B3711.jpg
|
0B3711 Bronze Age copper alloy blade
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
|
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104,582
|
Socketed Axehead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,000
| -800
|
Late Bronze age socketed axe of South-eastern class D. The axe has faceted body angles and a slim body. The mouth is oval and the body has 10 facets. The upper edge of the shallow collar at the mouth is damaged. On each side of the casting ridge there are two ridges that begin 7mm apart and sweep down towards the edge of the blade where they meet. This produces a clean flat blade. The axe has one side loop 21mm long and 7mm in diameter. The axe is 106mm long and the blade edge is 43mm wide. T he object is in fair condtion having quite extensive bronze disease (developed since its discovery) but otherwise has a good brown patina. The axe is a very fine example of Bronze age casting.,
| null | 3
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
1999-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 190
| null | null | 27
| 106
| 1
|
Wendy Scott
|
Wendy Scott
|
East Midlands
|
Leicestershire
|
Harborough
|
Slawston
|
SP7794
|
From a paper map
| 52.538426
| -0.866152
|
LEIC-20A946
| null |
20A946.JPG
|
20A946 late Bronze Age socketed axe
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|
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104,584
|
Socketed Axehead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -1,150
| -800
|
Late Bronze age faceted socketed axe, 69mm long and 41mm wide. The object is in fair condition with a brown patina and some green corrosion. The axe has a circular collared socket and a body which begins with a square section and tapers down to a rectangular section 33mm long and 17mm wide. At this point the axe has snapped. The axe has prominent casting ridges down each side and one side loop, 24mm long and 10mm wide.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
1999-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 130
| null | null | 30
| 69
| 1
|
Wendy Scott
|
Wendy Scott
|
East Midlands
|
Leicestershire
|
Harborough
|
Slawston
|
SP7794
|
From a paper map
| 52.538426
| -0.866152
|
LEIC-2104C3
| null |
2104C3 b.JPG
|
2104C3 b Late Bronze Age socketed axe
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|
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104,614
|
Axe
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -2,150
| -1,500
|
Early Bronze age copper alloy flat axe, 89mm long and 42mm wide. The axe is in fair condition with a brown/green patina and weighs 95grams. The axe has a narrow and long body which begins 17mm wide and 3mm thick. It tapers gradually and reaches its thickest just under half way along its length where it is 10mm thick and 21mm wide. From this point the axe widens slightly and becomes gradually thinner until it fans out to a blade 42mm wide and 1.5mm thick.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 95
| null | null | 10
| 89
| 1
|
Wendy Scott
|
Wendy Scott
|
East Midlands
|
Leicestershire
|
Charnwood
|
Thurcaston and Cropston
|
SK5510
| null | 52.684909
| -1.187819
|
LEIC-2EBC45
| null |
2EBC45.JPG
|
2EBC45 Flat axe
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|
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104,623
|
Socketed Axehead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -1,500
| -800
|
Bronze age copper alloy socketed axe fragment, 50mm long and 37mm wide. The axe is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 50.98 grams. The axe has a rectangular section and is 20mm thick and 27mm wide where it has broken. It has a casting ridge running down the inside of its widest edge and one visible on the outer side where there is also the remains of a side loop. The blade fans out quite steeply and has clear signs of use with lipping on one side and scratch marks running from its edge.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
|
2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 50.98
| null | null | 20
| 50
| 1
|
Wendy Scott
|
Wendy Scott
|
East Midlands
|
Leicestershire
|
Blaby
|
Glenfields
|
SK5305
|
From a paper map
| 52.640164
| -1.218204
|
LEIC-2F2824
| null |
2F2824.JPG
|
2F2824 socketed axe
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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104,637
|
Gouge
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,150
| -800
|
Bronze age copper alloy socketed gouge, 47mm long and 12mm in diameter. The object is in quite poor condition with a damaged upper edge. It has a brown patina and weighs 13.96grams. The object is sub-rectangular in form and sub-circular in section, tapering slightly becoming 2mm narrower at the tip. The Gouge blade is formed of a V shaped recess 29mm long which begins in teh centre of the object at 1.5mm wide, expanding to 10mm wide at the rounded flat tip.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
|
2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 13.96
| null | 12
| null | 47
| 1
|
Wendy Scott
|
Wendy Scott
|
East Midlands
|
Leicestershire
|
Blaby
|
Glenfields
|
SK5406
|
Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
| 52.649054
| -1.203264
|
LEIC-2F5366
| null |
2F5366 .JPG
|
2F5366 socketed gouge
|
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104,935
|
Axe
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -1,250
| -800
|
Bronze Age copper alloy axe butt, 27mm long, 24mm wide and 12mm thick. Only the tip survives. In section this is triangular.
|
Pre PAS Identification
| 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2004-12-31T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | 12
| 27
| 1
|
Richard Knox
|
Wendy Scott
|
East Midlands
|
Leicestershire
|
Charnwood
|
Thurcaston and Cropston
|
SK5611
|
From a paper map
| 52.693796
| -1.172858
|
LEIC-4782D7
| null |
4782D7.jpg
|
4782D7 Bronze Age copper alloy axe
|
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105,109
|
Spear
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,500
| -701
|
Fragment of Middle/ Late Bronze Age bronze socketed spearhead, probably from (quite a large) flame- or leaf- shaped spearhead (possibly Greenwell & Brewis Type IV). The breaks are ancient and the fragment now very worn, although some knocks are recent. It is broken horizontally across the socket. The edges of the blade are worn although the bevelling is still visible.
The fragment is from near the tip and has broken across the socket to one side and the solid spear tip to the other. The spearhead is pointed oval in section with a broad flat mid-rib (socket 9xc.6mm).
The fragment measures 28x28x8mm and weighs 16.48g.
Spearheads of the Middle Bronze Age tend to be well crafted and survive well in the ground. I am leaning more to a Late Bronze Age date for this fragment.
| null | 4
| null | null |
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Metal detector
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2005-06-29T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 16.48
| null | null | 8
| 28
| 1
|
Katie Hinds
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Katie Hinds
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South West
|
Wiltshire
|
Wiltshire
|
Melksham
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ST9064
|
Centred on parish
| 51.374965
| -2.145056
|
WILT-5DBFF5
| null |
DCspear.jpg
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Fragment of Bronze Age spearhead
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Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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105,260
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Flat Axehead
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -2,000
| -1,900
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Fragment of Early Bronze Age flat axe. This fragment represents the lower body and blade of the axe. When complete it would have been a flattened lentoid in profile. The remains of the body of the axe flare broadly into the crescentic blade. The cutting edge and blade tips are now heavily worn. To either side of the body of the axe are barely perceptible, low flanges that diminish before reaching the blade. The surface of the axe is heavily pitted. The original surface has a mid green patina, but exposed lower surfaces are light green and bright green. The upper body and butt of the axe are missing. The break is almost horizontal and well worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The regular break may suggest that it was deliberately broken, perhaps for inclusion in a scrap hoard. The axe is 50.54mm long, 44.82mm wide from blade tip to tip, has a maximum thickness of 7.98mm and weighs 77.55g. It probably dates to the Aylesford phase, c.2000-1900BC.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
| null | null | null | null | 77.55
| null | null | 7.98
| 50.54
| 1
|
Caroline McDonald
|
Caroline McDonald
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Eastern
|
Essex
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Colchester
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Great Horkesley
| null | null | null | null |
ESS-9CA9C4
| null |
Bowyer falt axe.jpg
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Early Bronze Age flat axe
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Colchester Museums
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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105,284
|
Weapon
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -1,500
| -800
|
Fragment of copper alloy middle to late Bronze Age blade. This fragment is subsquare in plan and a flattened lentoid in section. There is no median rib or ridge. It is 31.26mm long, 37.54mm wide, 5.18mm thick and weighs 28.08g. The two cutting edges and one has a significant nick to one corner. The break edges are regular and worn. This might suggest that the blade was deliberately cut in antiquity, perhaps for inclusion in a scrap or ‘founders’ hoard. Some of the original surface survives with a mid green patina, but the mostly exposed lower surface is light green. There is a significant patch of brown corrosion to one side.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
| null | null | null | null | 28.08
| null | null | 5.18
| 31.26
| 1
|
Caroline McDonald
|
Caroline McDonald
|
Eastern
|
Essex
|
Uttlesford
|
Hatfield Broad Oak
| null | null | null | null |
ESS-9E4D12
| null |
moss blade frag.jpg
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Fragment of Bronze Age bladed weapon
|
Colchester Museums
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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105,455
|
Palstave
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,500
| -1,300
|
Cast copper alloy unlooped middle Bronze Age palstave axehead. The blade has a wide cresent shaped cutting edge that is corroded and chipped with no evidence of the original sharp edge. There is a triangular shaped recess below the stop ridge (blade end) on one side, while corrosion obscures this on the other side. The stop ridge is rectangular in plan, and diamond shaped in profile. There is an old break at the butt end. Casting scars are found down the length of both sides. Mainly dark green in colour with lighter green pitting caused by corrosion. The original polished dark brown patina is only seen in the sockets.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-08-20T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 385
| null | null | 27.49
| 142.62
| 1
|
Andrew Richardson
|
Andrew Richardson
|
South East
|
Kent
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Canterbury
| null |
TR1555
|
From a paper map
| 51.253616
| 1.079678
|
KENT-D91AF6
| null |
PAK150-002.JPG
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KENT-D91AF6. Bronze Age Palstave Axehead.
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105,456
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Flat Axehead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -1,725
| -1,500
|
Complete copper alloy low-flanged axe of Early Bronze Age date. The axe belongs to Type Arreton (following Schmidt and Burgess 1981) or Class 5 (following Needham 1983; forthcoming). It can be dated to the Arreton metalworking phase (1725-1500 cal. BC), falling within the later half of Period 4 (Needham 1996; Needham et al. 1997).
The axehead has an overall length of 122.7mm and weighs 270.7g. The butt is rounded and has a width of 20mm. The septum gradually thickens to the curved and prominent median bevel, positioned 55mm from the butt. The sides are comparatively straight and diverge slightly towards the blade, with a width at the median of 26.5mm and a width of 29mm before the sides expand to the blade. The sides are curved across their thickness. The flanges are lozenge-shaped and are longer at the rear. The flanges come to a point at the butt and because the butt is convex, it is visible as the characteristic 'projecting tongue' when viewed from the side. The flanges have a maximum breadth at the position of the median of 21.6mm. The blade side expands to produce a deep crescentic blade edge with a width of 69.6mm. Blade facets are evident c. 14mm from the blade edge and may have been highlighted by a low step upwards running across the blade which is discernible on both faces. There are striations running across the width of the axe positioned on the blade between the beginning of the flange and the stop, these may possibly be only evident here because of better surface preservation. The striations may have been intended as crude decoration. The axe has been recently treated with an applied coating. The surface, where it survives, has a dark green to black patina (exaggerated by the applied coating) and has a silvery tint, probably because of surface tin enrichment.
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Copper alloy
| null |
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Metal detector
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2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 270.7
| null | null | 21.6
| 122.7
| 1
|
Mark Lodwick
|
Ruth Battye
|
West Midlands
|
Shropshire
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Shropshire
|
Market Drayton
| null | null | null | null |
NMGW-D8EEE6
| null |
2005.49.jpg
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Developed flat axe, probably Type Arreton and Early Bronze Age III date or metalworking stage five or Needham's Period 3, c. 2000-1700BC.
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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105,466
|
Socketed Axehead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -1,100
| -950
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Mouth fragment of cast copper-alloy socketed axehead dating to c. 1100-950 BC, or possibly a little later. It comes from a plain axe with a 'rope' upper mouth moulding. There is no indication of casting seams, meaning that it is a fragment of a face, not a side of the axe. Moreover, the mouth fragment comes from a mis-cast axe, as the thinness of one side/face and mouth moulding indicate. It is questionable whether or not it was ever used. If the mis-casting meant that it was too incomplete and the structure was too weak for use, it would have been recycled. This is probably what this fragment was meant for.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 38.47
| null | null | null | 39
| 1
|
Dot Boughton
|
Dot Boughton
|
North West
|
Cumbria
|
Eden
|
Crosby Ravensworth
|
NY6216
|
From a paper map
| 54.537832
| -2.588809
|
LANCUM-D99FD1
| null |
BaFKPAxefrgmMeaburn1ab.jpg
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Maulds Meaburn, Cumbria: Mouth Fragment of socketed axe
|
LCC
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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105,795
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Spear
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,200
| -800
|
A fragment from a small cast copper-alloy spearhead or arrowhead, likely to date from the late Bronze Age, from circa 1200 to 800 BC. The weapon is socketed (existing socket size 7.3 mm in diameter). The object is unfortunately broken at both the socketed end and the blade end. The result of the socket causes a convex ridge to run down the obverse and the reverse of the blade. In profile the object is therefore oval with a wing at either side. The edges of the blade begin to taper towards the break at the socketed end of the object, whilst the ridge caused by the socket continues to expand - the original socket size would therefore be somewhate larger than that which remains. Determining whether this find is an arrowhead or a spearhead is not aided by its fragmented nature, although socketed spearheads seem to be better attested than socketed arrowheads in the literature concerning the later Bronze Age. Examples of socketed spearheads are illustrated in Needham (1990, 55; 32/72, 47, 82) and Langmaid (1976, 53; 19).
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
|
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 5.4
| null | null | 8.6
| 17.9
| 1
|
Tom Brindle
|
Tom Brindle
|
East Midlands
|
Northamptonshire
|
South Northamptonshire
|
Paulerspury
|
SP7144
|
GPS (from the finder)
| 52.089803
| -0.965132
|
NARC-5997F0
| null |
NARC-5997F0spearheadsection.jpg
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Fragment from a small late Bronze Age socketed spear or arrowhead
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Northamptonshire County Council
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105,836
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Blade
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -1,200
| -700
|
A very worn cast copper-alloy fragment, possibly from a Bronze Age blade. The object has shallow facets and is lozenge shaped in section. It has sufferes losses and is thus hard to identify, however the slight nature of the fragment may suggest a later dirk, small rapier, knife or dagger.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 4.7
| null | null | 3
| 29.5
| 1
|
Rob Webley
|
Rob Webley
|
East Midlands
|
Northamptonshire
|
South Northamptonshire
|
Paulerspury
|
SP7144
|
GPS (from the finder)
| 52.089803
| -0.965132
|
NARC-5DE5A2
| null |
NARC-5DE5A2bladerev.jpg
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Possible Bronze Age blade fragment, reverse
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Northamptonshire County Council
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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105,964
|
Ring
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
POST MEDIEVAL
| 2,000
| 1,700
|
A crude copper-alloy sub-circular ring. The ring is penannular with one slightly pointed end. It was possibly used as an ear ring, although there are a number of other uses for such artefact types. One such use might be a link in a chain. A similar artefact is illustrated in Crummy (1983, 50; 1796) which is cited as being a possible Roman ear ring. However other penannular rings of a not dissimilar nature make up links from a possible chain mesh purse (Crummy 1983, 50; 1850). A definite function for such items is thus difficult to ascertain, and when discovered outside a stratified context determining a date is likewise problematic. They may date from as early as the Bronze Age, whilst they may be as late as post-medieval.
|
A further ring, similar in form although larger was found in the same area.
| 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 1.1
| null | 16.5
| null | null | 1
|
Tom Brindle
|
Tom Brindle
|
East Midlands
|
Northamptonshire
|
East Northamptonshire
|
Rushden
|
SP9367
|
From a paper map
| 52.29327
| -0.637814
|
NARC-831C87
| null |
NARC-831C87ring.jpg
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Penannular ring
|
Northamptonshire County Council
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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106,158
|
Ingot
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,150
| -800
|
Cast copper alloy fragment of an ingot, triangular in plan, and in profile, a smoother convex surface leading down to a rougher edge or base, which comes off at about a 30° angle. This profile suggest that it may come from a plano-convex ingot, similar to those found in the Late Bronze Age across the county.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null | null |
Metal detector
|
2005-05-23T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 64.61
| null | null | 17
| 42
| 1
|
Anna Tyacke
|
Anna Tyacke
|
South West
|
Cornwall
|
Cornwall
|
Tregoney
|
SW9244
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From a paper map
| 50.259271
| -4.919525
|
CORN-CCB7D1
| null |
Tregonyfinds 007.jpg
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plan of ingot fragment
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Royal Institution of Cornwall
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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106,547
|
Spear
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -2,150
| -800
|
Bronze age ? copper alloy Spear head, 39mm long and 11mm wide. The object is in good condition with a dark brown patina and weighs 4.76 grams. The arrow has a tapering shaft which begins 6mm in diameter and continues up to its tip where its about 3mm in diameter. It has a ridge running down the centre on both sides. The 'blades' are curved giving it an almond shape, and has a chamferred point 2mm wide. The object is still sharp along these edges.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-09-03T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 4.76
| null | 6
| null | 39
| 1
|
Wendy Scott
|
Wendy Scott
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East Midlands
|
Leicestershire
|
Charnwood
|
Cossington
|
SK6113
| null | 52.711234
| -1.098517
|
LEIC-15DC10
| null |
15DC10.JPG
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15DC10 Bronze age arrowhead
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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106,600
|
Flat Axehead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -2,000
| null |
Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead, 106mm long and 56mm wide. The axe is an early Bronze Age type.
|
Pre-PAS Identification
| 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
1994-10-13T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 106
| 1
|
Richard Knox
|
Wendy Scott
|
East Midlands
|
Nottinghamshire
|
Rushcliffe
|
Upper Broughton
|
SK6826
|
Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
| 52.827247
| -0.992225
|
LEIC-18ADC1
| null |
18ADC1.jpg
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18ADC1 Bronze Age Axe
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
|
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106,602
|
Spear
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -2,150
| -800
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Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead, 24mm long and 19mm wide. Only the tip of this spearhead is preserved.
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Pre-PAS Identification
| 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
1994-10-13T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 24
| 1
|
Richard Knox
|
Wendy Scott
|
East Midlands
|
Nottinghamshire
|
Rushcliffe
|
Upper Broughton
|
SK6826
|
Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
| 52.827247
| -0.992225
|
LEIC-18BD95
| null |
18BD95.jpg
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18BD95 Spear Head
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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106,870
|
Casting Waste
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -12,150
| -800
|
Probably a copper-alloy Bronze Age casting gate or jet. The gate has a flat sub-circular platform with ten integral conical projections on the underside. The projections splay outwards at a slight angle. Some of the projections are now incomplete. The platform varies slightly in thickness and has a sub-circular perforation just off the centre point. The diameter of the platform is 28.6mm, the length of the platform and projection is 15.4mm and the weight is 35.24g.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
|
2005-07-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 35.24
| null | 28.6
| null | 15.4
| 1
|
Lisa Staves
|
Lisa Staves
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
North Yorkshire
|
Selby
|
Selby
|
SE6132
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Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
| 53.780764
| -1.075759
|
NLM-6E5052
| null |
NLM09461.jpg
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Casting gate
|
North Lincolnshire Museum
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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107,042
|
Socketed Axehead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,150
| -800
|
Tip of late Bronze Age socketed axe head. Blade expands at tip.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
|
2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 35.85
| null | null | null | 27
| 1
|
Nick Herepath
|
Nick Herepath
|
North West
|
Warrington
|
Warrington
|
Winwick
|
SJ6092
|
From a paper map
| 53.423269
| -2.603388
|
LVPL-EC8E41
| null |
EC8E41.jpg
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Late Bronze Age socketed axe
|
National Museum Liverpool
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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107,225
|
Dagger
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -1,500
| -700
|
Incomplete copper alloy knife, or dagger. The dagger is leaf shaped, slender and roughly a pointed oval in cross-section. Either side of the blade there are developed bevels; two either side of the main ridge angling down towards the blade edge. The blade tapers towards the tip, which is now flat through wear rather than being pointed. The flat tip is well patinated, having the same patination as the blade body. The edges of the blade are damaged in places with small concave 'nicks', and are again covered with the same patination as the blade tip and body. The tang is roughly rectangular and flares slightly towards the gently curved and worn shoulders. There is a single rivet hole in the centre of the tang to attach it to the handle. The rivet hole is circa 4mm in diameter. The surface condition is very poor with extensive loss due to corrosion. Limited areas of original surface, patinated dark brown remain mainly on the tang and the tip-end of the blade. Elsewhere the surface is smooth and medium brown in colour.
Dating is slightly problematic. In form the knife is similar to some small rivetted knife/daggers of the Camerton-Showshill phase of the late Early Bronze Age to early Middle Bronze Age, though they usually have a flat blade in cross-section. The blade section and rivet notches suggest a Middle Bronze Age date to be most likely, there are similar examples from Beck Row, Mildenhall (Pendleton 1999, Fig 51-206).
Locally, the blade is comparable to one from Bourne, Lincolnshire (Davey, 1973, fig. 19 no. 193, although classified as a dirk), another from Caenby, Lincolnshire (ibid, p90, fig 23, no. 220).
This object was found in association with other Bronze Age, Iron Age and early Roman material, including fIVE terret rings, as listed below. The terret rings were recorded under the Treasure Act (2006 T187) but were declared 'not treasure' due to a lack of evidence to relate them together. The assemblage as a whole however indicates that the site is significant, perhaps as a religious or cult centre.
Plain/simple terret: LIN-676E77
Mini terret: LIN-6799A3
Flat-ringed terret: LIN-670AF0
Copper alloy bar: LIN-DDA7C2
Skirted terret: LIN-F0BD14
Knobbed terret: LIN-F0FAB4
Bronze Age terminal/pommel: LIN-34D2A3
Horse harness fitting or belt loop:
Langton Down brooch: LIN-03A0A3
Bronze Age axe: LIN-14A4E7
| null | 3
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3.2
| 111
| 1
|
Adam Daubney
|
Adam Daubney
|
East Midlands
|
Lincolnshire
|
West Lindsey
|
Sudbrooke
|
TF0576
|
GPS (From FLO)
| 53.270604
| -0.427002
|
LIN-01C457
| null |
LIN3164B.jpg
|
Drawing of blade
|
The Portable Antiquities Scheme
|
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108,190
|
Casting Waste
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
POST MEDIEVAL
| -2,000
| 1,699
|
Two fragments of copper alloy casting waste. The surfaces are very irregular.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2
|
Adam Daubney
|
Adam Daubney
|
East Midlands
|
Lincolnshire
|
East Lindsey
|
North Thoresby
|
TF2898
|
From a paper map
| 53.463197
| -0.073416
|
LIN-A6FD07
| null |
LIN3293.JPG
|
Copper alloy casting
|
The Portable Antiquities Scheme
|
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108,192
|
Casting Waste
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
POST MEDIEVAL
| -2,000
| 1,699
|
Fragment of copper alloy casting waste. The surfaces are very irregular.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 9
| 46
| 1
|
Adam Daubney
|
Adam Daubney
|
East Midlands
|
Lincolnshire
|
East Lindsey
|
North Thoresby
|
TF2898
|
From a paper map
| 53.463197
| -0.073416
|
LIN-A70536
| null |
LIN3296.JPG
|
Casting waste
|
The Portable Antiquities Scheme
|
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108,193
|
Casting Waste
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
POST MEDIEVAL
| -2,000
| 1,699
|
Fragment of copper alloy casting waste. The surfaces are very irregular.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6
| 40
| 1
|
Adam Daubney
|
Adam Daubney
|
East Midlands
|
Lincolnshire
|
East Lindsey
|
North Thoresby
|
TF2898
|
From a paper map
| 53.463197
| -0.073416
|
LIN-A708F4
| null |
LIN3297.JPG
|
Copper alloy casting waste
|
The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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108,247
|
Socketed Axehead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,000
| -800
|
Complete cast copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed axe of South Eastern type [Type A]. The mouth of the axe is subsquare and there is a double mouth moulding. Around the mouth of the axe there are sprues. The body of the axe is rectangular, with straight sides, which then flare into the lower blade slightly expanded cutting edge. The cutting edge is intact and there are slight marks along the blade edge where it has been resharpened. The axe has a triangular profile. The side loop is semicircular with a semicircular perforation. A prominent casting seam runs down either side of the axe as far as the mid point. It is particularly prominent above the loop. The original surface of the axe partially survives with a dark green to black patina, worn and pitted in places. The axehead measures 87mm in length, the blade has a width of 40mm, the mouth 33mm.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Building work
|
2005-05-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | 33
| 87
| 1
|
Philippa Walton
|
Philippa Walton
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Eastern
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Cambridgeshire
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South Cambridgeshire
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Duxford
| null | null | null | null |
NCL-A9DD83
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ridleyaxe.jpg
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Copper alloy Late Bronze Age axehead
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109,113
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Socketed Axehead
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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Complete Late Bronze Age, copper-alloy, looped, socketed axehead. It has 3 parallel ribs running along either side of the blade, a double moulding around the mouth and a distinctive lump between the loop and the blade. A very similar example was excavated from the Breiddin Hillfort (about 10km away) and this form is a common type in north and east Wales and the Marches (Musson, C R et al 1991, pp133 & 136).
Three axeheads were found at Cherrytree Bank, Welshpool in 1977 (CPAT PRN2192). Two were donated to Powysland Museum, the third was retained by the finder (or a member of his family) and subsequently lost. This was found in a house in Llanymynech and appears (from records made in 1977) to be the missing axehead. Re-reported in July 2005.
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Donated to Powysland Museum, Welshpool in 2008 to be reunited with the other 2 axeheads. Currently (April 2009) undergoing conservation at National Museum Wales in Cardiff.
| 4
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Copper alloy
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Metal detector
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2005-06-30T23:00:00Z
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1977-06-30T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | 44
| 112
| 1
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Chris Martin
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Jeff Spencer
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Wales
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Powys
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Powys
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Welshpool
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SJ2208
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From a paper map
| 52.664082
| -3.154755
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CPAT-3A0180
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1959-001.JPG
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Bronze Age Socketed axehead
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Clywd-Powys Archaeological Trust
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109,157
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Spear
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
| null | -2,150
| -800
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Bronze age copper alloy spearhead/arrowhead tip, 50mm long and 13mm wide. The object is in a fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 8.91 grams. It has a lozenge shaped section comprising of a tapering circular shaft with flared blade.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
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Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-09-11T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 8.91
| null | null | null | 50
| 1
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Wendy Scott
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Wendy Scott
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East Midlands
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Leicestershire
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Melton
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Gaddesby
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SK6813
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Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
| 52.710401
| -0.994919
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LEIC-3B3EF2
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3B3EF2 .JPG
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3B3EF2 bronze age arrowhead?
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109,245
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Socketed Axehead
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
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Damaged socketed Bronze Axe
| null | 4
| null | null |
Returned to finder
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Agricultural or drainage work
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2005-06-30T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | 25
| 90
| 1
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Richard Jones
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Richard Jones
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Wales
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Pembrokeshire
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Pembrokeshire
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Eglwyswrw
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SN1435
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From finder
| 51.98224
| -4.709876
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CAMBRIA-4EC395
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2005-140b.JPG
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2005-140b.JPG
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Cambria Archaeology
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109,474
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Chisel
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -1,500
| -1,150
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A Middle Bronze Age copper alloy tanged chisel (1500-1150BC). The chisel has a curved cutting edge (width: 36mm) that narrows to form parallel sides with a rectangular tang. There are no signs of damage to the cutting edge. Chisels of this type are not that common, a couple of other examples are known from Suffolk and Wales. Dark green glossy patina. Dimensions: length: 147mm; width of cutting edge: 36mm; thickness of cutting edge: 4mm; thickness at centre: 11mm; thickness of tang: 9mm; weight: 158g.
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Copper alloy
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Returned to finder
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Metal detector
| null | null | null | null | 158
| null | null | 11
| 147
| 1
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Sally Worrell
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Kate Sumnall
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South East
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Oxfordshire
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Oxford
| null |
SP5106
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From a paper map
| 51.750381
| -1.262627
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BERK-A46EE4
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van Rijn BA chisel - complete.jpg
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Middle Bronze Age tanged chisel
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West Berkshire
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110,241
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Spear
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -1,200
| -900
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1200-900BC. Copper alloy, cast but broken and badly corroded, socketed Bronze Age spear tip. Although badly corroded with the cutting edges and body corroded or broken away there is a remnant of a dark green patina between the body of the spear and the cutting edges.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-08-20T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 19.7
| null | null | 12
| 52
| 1
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Geoff Burr
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Geoff Burr
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South East
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Kent
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Tunbridge Wells
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Hawkhurst
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TQ7730
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Generated from computer mapping software
| 51.042089
| 0.523465
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KENT-282500
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k282500b.JPG
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Kent-282500. Bronze Age. Spear tip. Back view.
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110,319
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Dagger
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
| null | null | null |
Possible tip of Bronze Age dagger. Incipient mid-rib
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 1.86
| null | null | 2.5
| 23
| 1
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Nick Herepath
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Nick Herepath
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East Midlands
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Nottinghamshire
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Newark and Sherwood
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Collingham
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SK8361
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Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
| 53.139697
| -0.760687
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LVPL-3A7881
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3A7881.jpg
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Tip of Bronze Age dagger
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National Museum Liverpool
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110,459
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Awl
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
| null | -1,000
| -700
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A possible awl of late Bronze Age date. One end is bullet-shaped and pointed while the other is flat like a screwdriver
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2004-11-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 2.69
| null | 4
| null | 38
| 1
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David W Williams
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David W Williams
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South East
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Hampshire
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Test Valley
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Kings Somborne
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SU3732
| null | 51.086129
| -1.473119
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HAMP-4ED4F5
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110,483
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Spear
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -1,500
| -1,150
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A Mid Bronze Age side-looped leaf-shaped spearhead (1500-1150 BC). The spearhead has a leaf-shaped blade where the widest point (width 24.21mm) is low down on the blade near the socket. There is a very pronounced, angular midrib with a lozengiform cross-section becoming round towards the socket. The midrib runs from the tip and extends into the socket (length: 94.28mm). There is a groove running parallel to the cutting edge alongside the edge bevel. Notches and pits are present along the cutting edge but is difficult to determine if this damage is ancient or more modern. The external surface of the socket has been cast so that is it facetted to form an octagon. The interior of the socket has a circular section and internally extends 53.40mm into the blade. On opposing sides of the socket, approximately 10mm from the edge of the socket, are two side loops to attach the spearhead to the haft. The loops are narrow with a semi-circular profile (width: 1.90mm; length 4.19mm). Glossy dark green patina. The object is 121.56mm long, 30.91mm wide, the diameter of the socket is 22.45mm and it weighs 79.38g.
Ehrenberg, M.R. 1977. Bronze Age Spearheads from Berks, Bucks and Oxon. British Archaeological Reports No. 34.
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Copper alloy
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Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-08-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 79.38
| null | 22.45
| null | 121.56
| 1
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Kate Sumnall
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Kate Sumnall
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South West
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Gloucestershire
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Cotswold
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Barrington
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SP1909
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From a paper map
| 51.779347
| -1.725998
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BERK-503EE1
| null |
Mander - spear - complete.jpg
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Bronze Age spearhead
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110,568
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Socketed Axehead
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
| null | -1,100
| -600
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Late Bronze Age socketed axe fragment. This is a side fragment from near the blade of a socketed axe of undetermined type and dating from between 1100 and 600 BC. The fragment has a height of 32.5mm, a width of 24.3mm and a maximum thickness of 14.8mm (minimum thickness of 7.2mm). The axe was likely to have been made from a heavily-leaded bronze and the fragment weighs 51.8g. The base of the socket is visible at the top of the fragment with a surviving depth of 7.4mm. The side of the axe is slightly convex and is beginning to curve outwards at the bottom, probably implying a somewhat expanded blade edge. The casting seam is not visible on the side of the axe suggesting the axe was well-finished or used. Both faces of the axe have been heavily-battered, leaving pounding marks and partially closing the socket. The surface of the axe fragment is in good condition with a mid to dark green patina.
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| null | null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-03-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 51.8
| null | null | 14.8
| 32.5
| 1
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Mark Lodwick
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Ruth Battye
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Wales
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the Vale of Glamorgan
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the Vale of Glamorgan
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Penllyn
| null | null | null | null |
NMGW-628290
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axecomp.jpg
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Bronze Age socketed axe
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110,580
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Pin
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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IRON AGE
| -750
| -100
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Copper alloy pin of ring-headed type, dating from the end of the Bronze Age to Middle Iron Age, c. 750 – 100BC. The pin is complete, but has distorted slightly near the tip and has an overall length of 99.2mm. The pin is of circular section with a diameter of between 3 and 4mm. The head forms a circular ring with an external diameter of 14.2mm (8mm internal). The ring is slightly open with a gap of c.0.5mm between the end of the ring and the neck. The neck forms the characteristic U-bend, before the near right-angle to the pin shaft (86mm in length). The diameter of the shaft is constant until c. 35mm from the tip, where the pin thins to the point. The only decoration evident on the pin is a single incised line on the front and sides of the head, 2mm from the end of the loop. The pin weighs 7.3g and is in good condition with much of the surface preserved and a mid-brown patina. This find represents the twelfth recorded find of ring-headed and swan’s-neck pins in South East Wales (comprising the old counties of Glamorgan & Gwent) (Gwilt in press), including the five recent examples excavated at Llanmaes, Vale of Glamorgan. Ring-headed pins of this form without a solid ring commonly carry simple decoration with notches on the front of the ring (Dunning 1934, pp274). The simple decoration on this form of pin can be paralleled with an example from Meare in Somerset (ibid. fig 3) and from Margan foreshore in Wales (Wear, unpublished) where an example has further notches along the neck and head. Few ring-headed pins have been recovered from a securely dated context, but the simple form and decoration on this example may suggest a date within the first half of the date range suggested above.
| null | 3
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-03-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 7.3
| null | 4
| null | 99.2
| 1
|
Mark Lodwick
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Ruth Battye
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Wales
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the Vale of Glamorgan
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the Vale of Glamorgan
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Penllyn
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SS9877
| null | 51.482725
| -3.4703
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NMGW-62BF56
| null |
2005.92.jpg
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Late Bronze Age to Middle Iron Age ring-headed type pin, c. 750-100BC.
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110,606
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Palstave
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -1,150
| -950
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Late Bronze Age copper alloy palstave, probably of Type Guilsfield.
The palstave is complete and has an overall length of 147.6mm and is comparatively heavy at 477.1g, implying a heavily-leaded bronze. The butt is straight (23mm wide) and is angled slightly towards the unlooped side. The septum is thick, as is typical for the type, with a thickness at the butt of 6mm and 14mm at the base of the stop. The septum is slightly concave across its width. The flanges are concave and end well before the butt (18mm). The sides before the stop are straight. The stop is rounded, suggesting the type to be 'Guilsfield' and projects prominently above the blade surface. The top of the stop overhangs the septum with a height of 18-19mm. At the stop, the palstave blade has a width of 28.4mm (42.4mm including the loop) and has a thickness of 31.1mm. The sides of the blade are concave and diverge to a narrow and gently curving blade of 45.6mm width. Both sides exhibit the casting seams, which have been finished, probably initially through hammering and then filing, the seam on the unlooped side appears less well finished than the corresponding seam. The sides are comparatively straight across their thickness. The loop has an external width of 26.3mm (13.1mm internal), a maximum thickness of 9.1mm and projects 14mm above the side of the palstave. The exterior of the loop carries small faceting, possibly as a result of multi-directional filing. The blade has a comparatively deep convex curve near the stop, which becomes weaker as it approaches the edge, the blade is otherwise undecorated. Both blades display neat and systematic hammer-marks. The blade edge has been lost but prominent sharpening striations are evident running along the blade on both faces. The palstave has good surface preservation with a mid to dark green patina. Small areas of surface damage and possible bronze disease are visible on the edges and a small recent scrape is visible on one flange, possibly as a result of excavation.
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This palstave is part of a hoard of five objects, found around 1975. The hoard consists of another similar palstave (NMGW-759FC0), a socketed axe (NMGW-75C4F7), a socketed gouge (NMGW-75FE70) and a blade of an uncertain object (NMGW-7621D3).
Both palstaves in this assemblage (this one and NMGWPA 2005.93.2) share many features and are similar in size and weight. Differences in the recurved blade may be a result of eroded blade tips on NMGWPA 2005.93.1, which is generally slightly less well preserved. It appears likely that both palstaves were produced at the same time and possibly from the same mould pairs. Within Wales, as the type may suggest, the palstaves can be best paralleled with the palstaves recovered amongst the hoard found at Guilsfield, Powys. One palstave in particular shares the same flange profile and drop from the stop onto the blade (Savory 1966, Fig.1 (14)).
This hoard can be fairly confidently dated to the Late Bronze Age, resolution within this time period however, is problematic and requires metallurgical analysis to resolve. The palstaves (NMGWPA 2005.93.1-2) are suggested as being of 'Guilsfield' type and suggest manufacture during the Wilburton metalworking industry. Wilburton metalworking corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 6 and is dated to c. 1150-950 BC. The socketed axe (NMGWPA 2005.93.3) of Type Gillespie can be dated from late Wilburton to Ewart Park (Schmidt & Burgess 1981, pp 193), although Wilburton associations are known (ibid.). Savory (1980, pp 55)1 has suggested that a simple mouth moulding on socketed gouges suggests a later date within the type, probably implying a Ewart Park date for the gouge NMGWPA 2005.93.4, within Needham's (1996) Period 7, dated to c. 950-750BC, though socketed gouges are known from the Wilburton phase.
The highly tentative parallel drawn between the blade fragment NMGWPA 2005.93.5 and the Acton Park hoard may present a slight possibility of an earlier association dating to the later Middle Bronze Age and of Acton 2 metalworking stage, corresponding to Needham's (ibid.) Period 5 and dated to c. 1500-1150BC. However, the blade may also plausibly represent the lower part of a tanged chisel, such as those seen in the Late Bronze Age hoards from Penwyllt, Powys, and Brogyntyn, Shropshire (Savory 1980, No.284(9); No.288(3)). It is the Identifier's opinion that these complex dating issues may only be resolved through metallurgical analysis to identify the alloying group as outlined by Northover (1980).
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-03-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 477.1
| null | null | 31.1
| 147.6
| 1
|
Mark Lodwick
|
Ruth Battye
|
Wales
|
Conwy
|
Conwy
|
Conwy
|
SH7575
| null | 53.257235
| -3.875258
|
NMGW-632296
| null |
2005.93.1.jpg
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Late Bronze Age palstave, probably Type Guilsfield.
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110,703
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Palstave
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -1,150
| -950
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Late Bronze Age copper alloy palstave, probably of Type Guilsfield.
The palstave is complete and has an overall length of 141.0mm and is comparatively heavy at 483.7g, implying a heavily-leaded bronze. The butt has a width of 24.7mm and is irregular, appearing to have suffered from casting problems with the bronze at the surface appearing to be porous, there is also some hollowing on both sides of the septum adjacent to the butt. This damage may be a result of insufficient bronze when casting. The butt was likely to have been straight and angled slightly towards the unlooped side. The septum is thick, as is typical for the type, with a thickness at the butt of 5mm and 15mm at the base of the stop. The flanges are concave and end well before the butt (17mm), with the flanges on the looped side appearing shorter than on the other. The sides before the stop are straight. The stop is rounded, suggesting the type to be 'Guilsfield' and projects prominently above the blade surface. The top of the stop overhangs the septum with a height of 18-19mm. At the stop the palstave blade has a width of 28.3mm (43.0mm including the loop) and has a thickness of 33.4mm. The sides of the blade are concave and diverge to a slightly expanded blade, producing a curved blade edge of 50.0mm width. Both sides exhibit the casting seams, which have been finished, probably initially through hammering and then filing. The sides are comparatively straight across their thickness. The loop has an external width of 27.9mm (13.9mm internal), a maximum thickness of 9.4mm and projects 15mm above the side of the palstave. The exterior of the loop carries small faceting, possibly as a result of multi-directional filing. The blade has a comparatively deep convex curve near the stop, which becomes weaker as it approaches the edge, the blade is otherwise undecorated. Both blades display some hammer-marks. The blade edge survives near the unlooped side and prominent sharpening striations are evident running along the blade on both faces. Deep striations are also present running up the blade. The palstave has good surface preservation with a black patina at the rear and dark brown patina on the blade.
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This palstave is part of a hoard of five objects, found around 1975. The hoard consists of another similar palstave (NMGW-632296), a socketed axe (NMGW-75C4F7), a socketed gouge (NMGW-75FE70) and a blade of an uncertain object (NMGW-7621D3).
Both palstaves in this assemblage (this one and NMGWPA 2005.93.1) share many features and are similar in size and weight. Differences in the recurved blade may be a result of eroded blade tips on NMGWPA 2005.93.1, which is generally slightly less well preserved. It appears likely that both palstaves were produced at the same time and possibly from the same mould pairs. Within Wales, as the type may suggest, the palstaves can be best paralleled with the palstaves recovered amongst the hoard found at Guilsfield, Powys. One palstave in particular shares the same flange profile and drop from the stop onto the blade (Savory 1966, Fig.1 (14)).
This hoard can be fairly confidently dated to the Late Bronze Age, resolution within this time period however, is problematic and requires metallurgical analysis to resolve. The palstaves (NMGWPA 2005.93.1-2) are suggested as being of 'Guilsfield' type and suggest manufacture during the Wilburton metalworking industry. Wilburton metalworking corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 6 and is dated to c. 1150-950 BC. The socketed axe (NMGWPA 2005.93.3) of Type Gillespie can be dated from late Wilburton to Ewart Park (Schmidt & Burgess 1981, pp 193), although Wilburton associations are known (ibid.). Savory (1980, pp 55)1 has suggested that a simple mouth moulding on socketed gouges suggests a later date within the type, probably implying a Ewart Park date for the gouge NMGWPA 2005.93.4, within Needham's (1996) Period 7, dated to c. 950-750BC, though socketed gouges are known from the Wilburton phase.
The highly tentative parallel drawn between the blade fragment NMGWPA 2005.93.5 and the Acton Park hoard may present a slight possibility of an earlier association dating to the later Middle Bronze Age and of Acton 2 metalworking stage, corresponding to Needham's (ibid.) Period 5 and dated to c. 1500-1150BC. However, the blade may also plausibly represent the lower part of a tanged chisel, such as those seen in the Late Bronze Age hoards from Penwyllt, Powys, and Brogyntyn, Shropshire (Savory 1980, No.284(9); No.288(3)). It is the Identifier's opinion that these complex dating issues may only be resolved through metallurgical analysis to identify the alloying group as outlined by Northover (1980).
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-03-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 483.7
| null | null | 33.4
| 141
| 1
|
Mark Lodwick
|
Ruth Battye
|
Wales
|
Conwy
|
Conwy
|
Conwy
|
SH7575
| null | 53.257235
| -3.875258
|
NMGW-759FC0
| null |
2005.93.2.jpg
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Late Bronze Age palstave, probably Type Guilsfield.
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110,705
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Socketed Axehead
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -1,150
| -750
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Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe of faceted form and of Type Gillespie (follow Schmidt and Burgess 1981, 191f.).
The axe is complete, although the blade edge has been lost and the axe has an overall length of 87.6mm and weighs 129.2g. The mouth is oval with an external width of 35.7mm and an external thickness of 33.2mm (internal - 27.8mm x 24.7mm). The socket has a depth of 74mm and becomes sub-rectangular in section c. 25mm from the mouth. The rim has been carefully finished and no evidence of the casting runner stubs survives. The pronounced flaring, trumpet-shaped mouth is 13mm deep. The separation of the mouth and face is defined by a rounded collar moulding, which is deeper on the mouth side to accentuate the flaring trumpet mouth. The loop begins at the collar moulding and has an external length of 21.3mm (11.6mm internal) and rises to a height of 10mm, with a width of 7.8mm. The casting seams are visible down both sides and have been neatly finished, particularly on the area between the blade and loop. The sides are straight before the blade, where the sides expand and are recurved, producing an expanded cutting edge. Beneath the collar moulding the axe has the hexagonally-faceted form. The faces are slightly convex and rounded. The blade is distinct and begins 15mm from the current edge. Sharpening striations are evident running along both sides of the blade. The axe has generally good surface survival with some damage to the blade. The axe has a patchy black patina and elsewhere has a pale to mid green patina.
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This socketed axe is part of a hoard of five objects, found around 1975. The hoard consists of two palstaves (NMGW-632296; NMGW-759FC0), a socketed gouge (NMGW-75FE70) and a blade of an uncertain object (NMGW-7621D3).
This hoard can be fairly confidently dated to the Late Bronze Age, resolution within this time period however, is problematic and requires metallurgical analysis to resolve. The socketed axe (NMGWPA 2005.93.3) of Type Gillespie can be dated from late Wilburton to Ewart Park (Schmidt & Burgess 1981, pp 193), although Wilburton associations are known (ibid.). The palstaves (NMGWPA 2005.93.1-2) are suggested as being of 'Guilsfield' type and suggest manufacture during the Wilburton metalworking industry. Wilburton metalworking corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 6 and is dated to c. 1150-950 BC. Savory (1980, pp 55) has suggested that a simple mouth mouldings on socketed gouges suggests a later date within the type, probably implying a Ewart Park date for the gouge NMGWPA 2005.93.4, within Needham's (1996) Period 7, dated to c. 950-750BC.
The highly tentative parallel drawn between the blade fragment NMGWPA 2005.93.5 and the Acton Park hoard may present a slight possibility of an earlier association dating to the later Middle Bronze Age and of Acton 2 metalworking stage, corresponding to Needham's (ibid.) Period 5 and dated to c. 1500-1150BC. However, the blade may also plausibly represent the lower part of a tanged chisel, such as those seen in the Late Bronze Age hoards from Penwyllt, Powys, and Brogyntyn, Shropshire (Savory 1980, No.284(9); No.288(3)). It is the Identifier's opinion that these complex dating issues may only be resolved through metallurgical analysis to identify the alloying group as outlined by Northover (1980).
| 3
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
|
2005-03-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 129.2
| null | null | 33.2
| 87.6
| 1
|
Mark Lodwick
|
Ruth Battye
|
Wales
|
Conwy
|
Conwy
|
Conwy
|
SH7575
| null | 53.257235
| -3.875258
|
NMGW-75C4F7
| null |
2005.93.3.jpg
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Late Bronze Age socketed axe of faceted form and Type Gillespie.
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110,706
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Gouge
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -950
| -750
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Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed gouge.
The socketed gouge is near-complete and has broken in antiquity at the mouth. The gouge may be judged slender with a maximum external diameter at the mouth of 20.2mm (15.6mm internal). The gouge has an overall length of 86.0mm and weighs 46.0g. The mouth is simple and has no mouldings around it. The gouge has a subtle collar 12mm deep. The sides of the gouge are gently concave and converge towards the blade edge. The casting seams are high and have undergone minimal finishing. The gouge groove begins 31mm from the mouth. The blade edge has been lost and it is now unclear weather the blade originally expand at the sides. The blade has a width of 14mm. Sharpening striations are evident running off the blade edge (at 90 degrees) on the face and are angled (at approximately 45 degrees) on the rear of the blade. The gouge generally has good surface survival and has a black or pale green patina. Areas of active bronze corrosion are present at the mouth and on the blade. Savory (1980, pp 55) suggests that 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.
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This gouge is part of a hoard of five objects, found around 1975. The hoard consists of two palstaves (NMGW-632296; NMGW-759FC0), a socketed axe (NMGW-75C4F7), and a blade of an uncertain object (NMGW-7621D3).
This hoard can be fairly confidently dated to the Late Bronze Age, resolution within this time period however, is problematic and requires metallurgical analysis to resolve.
David Coombs (1971, 251ff.; 2001, 288) presented a four category typology based on the shape and style of socketed gouges in south east England. This gouge might be most accurately placed within his Class I category, which is characterised by a plain collar and narrow blade. Classes of gouges are difficult to distinguish chronologically, but can be broadly dated to the Late Bronze Age, particularly the Wilburton-Ewart Park metalworking phases (c.1150-750 BC), though different forms continue in use into the Early Iron Age. Savory (1980, 55) has suggested that simple mouth mouldings on socketed gouges suggest a later date within the type, probably implying a Ewart Park date for the gouge, within Needham's (1996) Period 7, dated to c. 950-750BC.
The palstaves (NMGW-632296; NMGW-759FC0) are suggested as being of 'Guilsfield' type and suggest manufacture during the Wilburton metalworking industry. Wilburton metalworking corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 6 and is dated to c. 1150-950 BC. The socketed axe (NMGWPA 2005.93.3) of Type Gillespie can be dated from late Wilburton to Ewart Park (Schmidt & Burgess 1981, 193), although Wilburton associations are known (ibid.).
The highly tentative parallel drawn between the blade fragment NMGWPA 2005.93.5 and the Acton Park hoard may present a slight possibility of an earlier association dating to the later Middle Bronze Age and of Acton 2 metalworking stage, corresponding to Needham's (ibid.) Period 5 and dated to c. 1500-1150BC. However, the blade may also plausibly represent the lower part of a tanged chisel, such as those seen in the Late Bronze Age hoards from Penwyllt, Powys, and Brogyntyn, Shropshire (Savory 1980, No.284(9); No.288(3)). It is the Identifier's opinion that these complex dating issues may only be resolved through metallurgical analysis to identify the alloying group as outlined by Northover (1980).
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-03-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 46
| null | 20.2
| null | 86
| 1
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Mark Lodwick
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Ruth Battye
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Wales
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Conwy
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Conwy
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Conwy
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SH7575
| null | 53.257235
| -3.875258
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NMGW-75FE70
| null |
2005.93.4.jpg
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Late Bronze Age socketed gouge.
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110,707
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Blade
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -1,100
| -800
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Bronze Age copper alloy blade fragment from an uncertain artefact.
The implement is incomplete and has broken in antiquity before the blade and has a surviving length of 54.6mm. The piece has been cast in a simple one-piece mould and has undergone no further finishing. At the break the piece has a width of 16.4mm. The sides are curved and diverge sharply to define an expanded blade with a crescentic edge. The implement is flat with a thickness at the break of 4.2mm and 3.2mm at the blade, and weighs 40.1g. Both faces are irregular as would be expected, given that the piece is from the mould. The upper face has a general silver colour, probably because of tin surface enrichment but also has patches of a pale to mid green patina. The underside has a general pale green patina. The implement is an unusual constituent within an assemblage, not least because it has undergone no finishing and may be seen as coming straight from the mould.
A parallel for the piece is from the Acton Park (Wrexham) hoard, where an unusual implement interpreted as a possible chisel was found associated with primary shield pattern palstaves (Savory 1980, No.262 (7), Fig.30). The Acton Park chisel is of similar blade dimensions, is also 'as cast', is flat and has a wide expanded blade. The Acton Park piece however is complete and has flanged sides, since this item has broken before the position of the flanges any identification is speculative. Alternatively, and perhaps more plausibly, this might represent a broken blade of a later tanged chisel, broken below any tang or collar. Tanged chisels are known from a variety of Late Bronze Age contexts such as the hoards from Penwyllt, Powys, and Brogyntyn, Shropshire (Savory 1980, No.284(9); No.288(3)).
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This object is part of a hoard of five objects, found around 1975. The hoard consists of another two palstaves (NMGW-632296; NMGW-759FC0), a socketed axe (NMGW-75C4F7) and a socketed gouge (NMGW-75FE70).
This hoard can be fairly confidently dated to the Late Bronze Age, resolution within this time period however, is problematic and requires metallurgical analysis to resolve. The palstaves (NMGWPA 2005.93.1-2) are suggested as being of 'Guilsfield' type and suggest manufacture during the Wilburton metalworking industry. Wilburton metalworking corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 6 and is dated to c. 1150-950 BC. The socketed axe (NMGWPA 2005.93.3) of Type Gillespie can be dated from late Wilburton to Ewart Park (Schmidt & Burgess 1981, pp 193), although Wilburton associations are known (ibid.). Savory (1980, pp 55) has suggested that simple mouth mouldings on socketed gouges suggest a later date within the type, probably implying a Ewart Park date for the gouge NMGWPA 2005.93.4, within Needham's (1996) Period 7, dated to c. 950-750BC.
It is the Identifier's opinion that these complex dating issues may only be resolved through metallurgical analysis to identify the alloying group as outlined by Northover (1980).
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Copper alloy
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Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-03-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 40.1
| null | null | 4.2
| 54.6
| 1
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Mark Lodwick
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Ruth Battye
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Wales
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Conwy
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Conwy
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Conwy
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SH7575
| null | 53.257235
| -3.875258
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NMGW-7621D3
| null |
2005.93.5.jpg
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Bronze Age blade fragment from an uncertain artefact.
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110,725
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Palstave
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -1,500
| -1,200
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Medial fragment from a Bronze Age copper alloy palstave.
The fragment has broken in antiquity and has a surviving length of 74.6mm and weighs 139.8g. The fragment encompasses the upper end of the blade, the stop and the majority of the septum. The septum has a surviving length of 45mm and is broken at an angle. It is possible that the position at the end of the septum is the butt of the palstave, although this can not be demonstrated. The septum is comparatively flat and has a thickness of 6-7mm. Both of the sides are straight for the length of the fragment. The flanges are eroded, but are unlikely to have arched any higher than the maximum thickness at the stop, which is 23.2mm. No loop or remnants are evident on the sides and the casting flashes are no longer visible. The stops are straight and right-angled to the flanges. One of the stops has a large aperture (12mm wide and 13mm deep) as a result of casting problems. The stop is raised above the level of the blade and slopes down to the blade. No decoration is evident on the blade, although one face suggests some hollowing below the stop. The blade side is rounded across its depth. None of the original surface survives on the palstave, which is heavily pitted and has a pale to mid-green patina.
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Any identification of type is tentative because of the fragmentary and eroded nature of the axe. However, it seems likely that the palstave is unlooped and the arrangement of the flanges may indicate a palstave of 'Low-Flanged' type (Group III palstave), which can be ascribed to the Taunton-Cemmaes metalworking stage, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 5, c. 1500 - 1200BC.
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Copper alloy
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Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-03-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 139.8
| null | null | 23.2
| 74.6
| 1
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Mark Lodwick
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Ruth Battye
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Wales
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Pembrokeshire
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Pembrokeshire
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Spittal
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SM9822
| null | 51.859925
| -4.934915
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NMGW-774626
| null |
2005.94.jpg
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Medial fragment from a Bronze Age palstave, probably 'Low-Flanged' type (Group III palstave), Taunton-Cemmaes metalworking stage or Needham's Period 5, c. 1500-1200 BC.
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110,774
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Spear
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
| null | null | null |
Six fragments of a copper alloy spear head dating to the Bronze Age.
Attachment end is hemispherical in section, central rib running along centre of spear, lentoidal in section and hollow at centre. Bevelled edges still sharp. Dark green patina with blue patches. Wings of spear head triangular in section, flare and then return to haft.
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Description made from memory after being shown spear very quickly at metal detecting meeting.
| 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1
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Philippa Walton
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Philippa Walton
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Yorkshire and the Humber
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North Yorkshire
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Harrogate
| null |
SE4071
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From finder
| 54.133297
| -1.389327
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NCL-7AD516
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
111,001
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Flat Axehead
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
| null | -2,100
| -1,500
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Large, heavily corroded Early Bronze Age flat axehead. It is ver broad and has a gently curved blade. Due to corrosion, no signs of wear or re-sharpenings can be made out. The butt and sides are very corroded as well, but there are certainly no traces of flanges - thus making it one of the earliest cu-alloy flat axes from the Early Bronze Age.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | 0.9
| 13
| 1
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Dot Boughton
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Dot Boughton
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North West
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Cumbria
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Eden
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Long Marton
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NY6723
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From a paper map
| 54.601089
| -2.512326
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LANCUM-CBA703
| null |
KMDPABramptonAreaFlatAxe1ab.jpg
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Flat Axe, 2200-1400BC
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111,085
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Palstave
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
| null | -1,400
| -1,000
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A butt fragment from a middle Bronze Age palstave axe. The fragment is triangular in section. A ridge to either side of the edge on both faces of the artefact begins to form shortly before the break. This is the beginning of the pocket into which the split end of the haft could be fitted. The remains of the axehead are 31 mm long and 27 mm wide. It is 8.8 mm thick at the widest end and 4.8 thick at the thinnest. The palstave axe was introduced in Britain shortly after its development in Europe in the mid 2nd millennium BC. They were in use in Britain until around 1000 BC. Complete examples are illustrated in Langmaid (1976, 45; 13).
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-09-30T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 40.2
| null | null | 8.8
| 31
| 1
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Tom Brindle
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Tom Brindle
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East Midlands
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Northamptonshire
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Daventry
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Norton
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SP5863
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From finder
| 52.262115
| -1.151607
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NARC-D0AB16
| null |
NARC-D0AB16palstaveaxerev.jpg
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Fragment from a Middle Bronze Age Palstave Axe
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Northamptonshire County Council
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111,321
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Socketed Axehead
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -950
| -750
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Blade fragment from a Late Bronze age copper alloy socketed axe, probably of Ewart Park metalworking, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 6, c. 950-750BC.
The axe has a surviving height of 43.8mm and has a width at the break of 40.6mm. The body has rounded sides, producing an oval body profile. The sides are straight and divergent towards an expanded blade. The casting seams are no longer evident on the sides. The blade tips have been lost and the blade has a surviving length of 47.5mm. The blade edge has been lost, but the blade has an uneven curvature suggesting greater use-wear on one area of the blade (with the shorter side). Axes tend to have greater blade wear on the looped side. No ribs are discernible on the surviving faces. The socket has a maximum surviving depth of 24.6mm. The axe has a maximum thickness at the break of 21.3mm and weighs 86.0g.
| null | 3
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-04-30T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 86
| null | null | 21.3
| 43.8
| 1
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Mark Lodwick
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Ruth Battye
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Wales
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Monmouthshire
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Monmouthshire
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Llanover
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SO3508
| null | 51.766888
| -2.943324
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NMGW-F48146
| null |
2005.110.1.jpg
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Blade fragment from a Late Bronze Age socketed axe, probably Ewart Park, Needham's Period 6, c. 950-750BC.
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111,995
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Flanged Axehead
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
| null | -2,150
| -1,500
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Early Bronze Age copper alloy flanged axe, 76mm long and 38mm wide. The axe is in a fair condition, having patches of surface intact but also suffering from Bronze disease, and weighs 77grams. The object is symmetrical from each side and consists of a rounded blade, 36mm wide. From here the shaft tapers inwards until it is 23mm wide. From this point the axe is rectangular in form and tapers outwards in thickness from 7mm to 11mm wide. 30mm from its other edge it begins to taper inwards until it is 4mm thick at its tip. The rectangular shaped portion of the axe has raised flanges on each side, with one side more prounounced.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-10-27T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 77
| null | null | 11
| 76
| 1
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Wendy Scott
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Wendy Scott
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East Midlands
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Northamptonshire
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Daventry
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Great Oxendon
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SP7385
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From finder
| 52.458081
| -0.927086
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LEIC-772435
| null |
772435.JPG
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772435 early bronze age flanged axe
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112,611
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Vessel
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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MEDIEVAL
| -1,150
| 1,500
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Rim fragment of cu-alloy sheet vessel, possibly a bowl. The date is difficult to determine because riveted bronze sheet vessels have been known since the Late Bronze Age and Norfolk is rich in Bronze Age metalwork. However, the vessel could also date from the IA, Roman or Medieval Ages. The rim of the vessel was made from two layers of bronze sheet, held together by rivets, two of which are still in place. The double layer of sheet metal around the rim probably served as enforcement. A parallel for this piece comes from the Late Bronze/Early Iron Age settlement of Potterne, Wilts. (Lawson, A. 2000)
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 7.78
| null | null | 3
| 38
| 1
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Dot Boughton
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Dot Boughton
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Eastern
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Norfolk
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South Norfolk
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Sisland
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TM3498
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From a paper map
| 52.529572
| 1.448426
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LANCUM-F48CD6
| null |
BiFSGSislandVesselFrgm1abc.jpg
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Sisland, Norfolk: Frgm. of cu-alloy vessel
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LCC
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112,638
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Socketed Axehead
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
| null | -1,000
| -800
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A very worn fragment of a small Late Bronze Age socketed axe. Only a small section of the blade end survives. The sides and blade are straight, and the corners are rounded.
| null | 3
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 35.05
| null | null | null | 94.93
| 1
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David W Williams
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David W Williams
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South East
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Hampshire
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New Forest
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Breamore
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SU1517
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From a paper map
| 50.95224
| -1.78783
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HAMP-F4BEA7
| null |
BA Axe.tif
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Socketed axe fragment
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Winchester Museum Service
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112,647
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Dagger
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -1,500
| -1,300
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Four joining fragments of a Bronze Age dagger, probably of Type Keelogue. The dagger is undecorated and although the upper part with the rivet holes is broken off, it seems that the (organic) hilt was only attached with two large rivet, both of which are also missing. The blade of the dagger is undecorated, but has one central rib. Daggers of Type Keelogue are part of the Acton Park metalwork industry of the British Isles, dating to the Middle Bronze Age approximately 1500-1300BC and were in use in Ireland, lowland and western Scotland and northern England (Burgess and Gerloff 1981, plates 19-23; 119 The dirks and rapiers of Great Britain and Ireland. Praehistorische Bronzefunde, Abteilung IV, Band 7. Muenchen.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | 2
| 119
| 1
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Dot Boughton
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Dot Boughton
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Yorkshire and the Humber
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North Yorkshire
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Craven
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Austwick
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SD7668
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From a paper map
| 54.107317
| -2.368564
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LANCUM-F4E371
| null |
LVKHAustwickDagger1ab.jpg
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Austwick, Yorks.: Bronze Age dagger
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LCC
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113,356
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Socketed Axehead
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -950
| -750
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Incomplete Late Bronze Age copper socketed axe, dating from between 1150-700BC.
The axe is represented by the blade fragment and has a maximum surviving length of 58.0mm and weighs 111.2g. The axe has broken near the bottom of the socket, with a surviving socket depth of between 9.3 and 23.8mm. At the break the axe has a width of 39.7mm and a thickness of 17.4mm. The blade has a surviving width of 41.4mm, although blade tips may have been lost. The sides are straight and a little rounded across their width (possibly exaggerated by surface erosion). The position of the casting seams are discernible on the sides and would have been prominent on the original surface. The faces of the axe are slightly rounded and no evidence of ribs survives. The blade is also rounded. The axe has poor surface preservation and currently has a pale green colour.
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The straight sides and rectangular profile of the axe may suggest the axe is of South Wales (or Stoggursey) Type, belonging to the Ewart Park metalworking tradition and would suggest a date for the axe of 950 - 750BC.
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-05-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 111.2
| null | null | 17.4
| 58
| 1
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Mark Lodwick
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Ruth Battye
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Wales
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Caerphilly
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Caerphilly
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Gelligaer
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ST1196
| null | 51.655716
| -3.287959
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NMGW-9C9FF7
| null |
2005.128.1.jpg
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Incomplete Late Bronze Age socketed axe, c. 1150-750 BC.
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113,362
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Socketed Axehead
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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An incomplete copper alloy socketed axehead dating to the Late Bronze Age. The axe is wedge shaped with an expanded blade. The axe has a dark green to brown patina and is corroded in places. It measures 57mm in length. The socket has a width of 28mm, the blade 40mm.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-09-30T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 57
| 1
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Philippa Walton
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Philippa Walton
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Eastern
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Cambridgeshire
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South Cambridgeshire
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Shudy Camps
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TL6144
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Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
| 52.070967
| 0.347605
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CAM-9CB1E3
| null |
CAM_9CB1E3.jpg
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Bronze Age socketed axehead
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113,624
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Chisel
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -1,150
| -750
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Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged and collared chisel, c. 1150 - 700 BC.
The chisel is complete except for the missing blade edge and has an overall length of 85.5mm and weighs 23.1g. The tang (48mm length) is of square section, which diverges towards the prominent shoulder moulding or 'collar'. At the collar the chisel has a width of 12.3mm, thickness of 8.8mm. The collar moulding has a length of 6mm, converges towards the blade and appears to be slightly concave along its length. The sides of the blade are concave producing an expanded blade edge with a surviving width of 28.2mm. The chisel has a mid-brown patina with some surface survival. Some surface striations are evident on one face and running at an angle across the blade, it is unclear whether the striations are the result of sharpening.
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Tanged and collared chisels typically date from the Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age (Llyn Fawr period). An example dating to the Wilburton/Wallington phase is known from Doncaster, Yorkshire (Burgess 1968, 19, fig 7,2; Burgess, Coombs and Davies, 1972, 217), though the main currency is during the Ewart Park phase (c.900-700 BC) into the subsequent Llyn Fawr period (c.700-600 BC).
Tanged and collared chisels have a broad distribution across northern France, Britain and Ireland (see Coffyn et al. 1981, 202-203, Carte 7), though there are relatively few examples from western England and Wales. A very similar example with a thick collar and triangular blade can be seen in the large Ewart Park phase Nottingham Hill hoard, Gloucestershire (Gingell 1974, 308, fig 4,22), as well as a single find from Leigh Woods, Bristol (MacGregor 1987, 109, 11.65). Another example was found at Brogyntyn, Shropshire (Savory 1980, No 288.3) associated with a socketed gouge and a fragmentary Hallstatt 'C' sword.
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Copper alloy
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Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-06-30T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 23.1
| null | null | 8.8
| 85.5
| 1
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Mark Lodwick
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Ruth Battye
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Wales
|
Newport
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Newport
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Coedkernew
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ST2684
| null | 51.550017
| -3.068632
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NMGW-B23071
| null |
2005.130.1.jpg
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Late Bronze Age tanged chisel, c. 1150-700 BC.
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113,852
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Unidentified Object
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
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MEDIEVAL
| -2,000
| 1,499
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Approximately half on an unidentified object. The object is plano-convex, solid and an oval shape in plan. There is an hour-glass shaped hole through the centre of the object where it is currently broken. The convex surface is covered in tight rows of linear marks which could be the result of filing, or perhaps the mirror image of the mould it was cast in. The object looks like a miniature verson of a polished stone prehistoric macehead.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
| null | null | null | null | 42.1
| null | null | 10
| 35
| 1
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Adam Daubney
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Adam Daubney
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East Midlands
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Lincolnshire
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North Kesteven
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Wellingore
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SK9754
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From a paper map
| 53.074433
| -0.553581
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LIN-C993C4
| null |
LIN3533.jpg
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Unidentified object
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113,880
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Socketed Axehead
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
| null | null | null |
A fragment of the blade of a copper alloy socketed axehead dating to the Late Bronze Age. The axe is wedge shaped with a much expanded blade. The surface of the axe has a dark green to black patina and is very corroded and pitted. It measures 26mm in length. The socket has a width of 27mm, the blade 40mm.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-09-30T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 26
| 1
|
Philippa Walton
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Philippa Walton
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Eastern
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Cambridgeshire
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South Cambridgeshire
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Meldreth
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TL3746
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Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
| 52.095389
| -0.001506
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CAM-CAF566
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
113,913
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Casting Waste
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
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POST MEDIEVAL
| -2,150
| 1,800
|
Copper alloy casting residue. Ripple marks on the obverse suggest that it is casting waste.
Probably Post-Medieval but could be earlier.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 20.21
| null | null | 4
| 46
| 1
|
Lisa Keys
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Lisa Keys
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North West
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Lancashire
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Preston
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Town Centre
|
SD5428
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Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
| 53.746332
| -2.698989
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LANCUM-DBD9F6
| null |
MoLJFLancashirebronze1ab.jpg
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Casting residue
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LCC
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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114,127
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Socketed Axehead
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -1,400
| -700
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Fragment of a socketed axe. The axe has a flared blade amd a hollow, rectangular sectioned body. The surface has an extensive dark brown patina. The breaks are all old and patinated.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
| null | null | null | null | 33.58
| null | null | 10
| 51
| 1
|
Adam Daubney
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Adam Daubney
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East Midlands
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Lincolnshire
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North Kesteven
|
Wellingore
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SK9754
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From a paper map
| 53.074433
| -0.553581
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LIN-1A5B85
| null |
LIN3541.jpg
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Bronze age axe blade
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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114,335
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Hammer
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -1,500
| -800
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Complete bronze socketed hammer, with rectangular faces. It is worn to form a rounded edge on one side and this surface is heavily worn and missing most of its original surface. The body of the hammer which is 19.1mm long, 15.4-19.5mm wide, is rectangular in section, widening gradually towards the socket end. At the mouth, the hammer expands more sharply widening to form a square socket with a width of 24.4mm). There is a single undecorated mouth moulding. The surface of the body of the hammer is quite corroded and although it retains much of its patina there are small patches of pale green corrosive products. The hammer weighs 118g.
|
Socketed hammers date from the Middle to Late Bronze Age and are very rare finds.
| 3
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
|
2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 118
| null | null | 4.6
| 71.1
| 1
|
David W Williams
|
David W Williams
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South East
|
Hampshire
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Basingstoke and Deane
| null |
SU6753
|
From a paper map
| 51.27222
| -1.040942
|
HAMP-1F3730
| null |
Hammer.tif
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Hammer
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Winchester Museum Service
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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https://finds.org.uk/images/dwill2/Hammer.tif
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114,349
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Socketed Axehead
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | null | null |
A fragment of a copper alloy socketed axehead dating to the Bronze Age. The fragment is wedge shaped with a curved blade. The hollow socket is visible. The axe is very corroded with a dark green to grey patina and its original surface is only visible in places. The fragment measures 21mm in length and 38mm in width.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 21
| 1
|
Philippa Walton
|
Philippa Walton
|
Eastern
|
Cambridgeshire
|
South Cambridgeshire
|
Willingham
|
TL3870
|
From finder
| 52.310776
| 0.022852
|
CAM-1F6682
| null |
CAM_1F6682.jpg
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Bronze age axehead
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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114,469
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Socketed Axehead
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,000
| -800
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The tip of a socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
|
2005-07-02T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 36.9
| null | null | null | 30
| 1
|
David W Williams
|
David W Williams
|
South East
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Surrey
|
Tandridge
|
Horne
|
TQ3442
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From a paper map
| 51.161564
| -0.085038
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SUR-333BC8
| null |
05.360b.jpg
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Late Bronze Age socketed axe
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Surrey County Council
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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116,614
|
Palstave
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,500
| -1,201
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Fragment of Middle Bronze Age palstave axehead, consisting of the tip of the butt end. It is a narrow 17mm in width at the very end, which is also damaged. Its maximum thickness is 10.5mm.
It widens over 23mm to 20.5mm wide at the ancient break. There are casting flashes worn down but not completely at the sides, sloping on both sides off centre towards the same side. Oval indentations on both sides below the butt accentuate the wings, just beginning.
The patina is very dark green/ black and shiny. The fragment weighs 14.96g.
The narrowness of the butt end suggest this is more a Middle Bronze Age palstave than the more square types which overlap into the beginning of the Late Bronze Age.
| null | 4
| null | null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-09-27T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 14.96
| null | null | 10.5
| 23
| 1
|
Katie Hinds
|
Katie Hinds
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South West
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Wiltshire
|
Wiltshire
|
Easton
|
SU2060
|
From a paper map
| 51.338741
| -1.714275
|
WILT-865AE4
| null |
PHaxe.jpg
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Middle Bronze Age palstave axe fragment
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Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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116,891
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Sword
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,000
| -800
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Fragment of a Bronze Age blade, probably from near the tip end of a sword. The blade fragment is 55mm in length, 11mm in width, and is lozenge shaped in cross-section. All surfaces including the breaks are heavily covered with a mid-brown patination. The blade fragment tapers in plan and is slightly bowed in profile.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 55
| 1
|
Adam Daubney
|
Adam Daubney
|
East Midlands
|
Lincolnshire
|
North Kesteven
|
Branston and Mere
|
TF0568
|
From a paper map
| 53.198721
| -0.429635
|
LIN-EA37C2
| null |
LIN3721.jpg
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Bronze Age sword blade
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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116,956
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Axe
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -2,100
| -1,150
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Bronze age copper alloy axe fragment, possibly a flanged axe, 37mm long, 27mm wide and 11mm thick. The object is in good condition with a dark green/brown patina and weighs 51.99 grams. It tapers slightly in thickness and each side has slight traces of the start of a lipped edge. The original surface is very fine and in good condition and the breaks appear to be old.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-12-12T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 51.99
| null | null | 11
| 37
| 1
|
Wendy Scott
|
Wendy Scott
|
East Midlands
|
Leicestershire
|
Melton
|
Hoby with Rotherby
|
SK6519
|
From a paper map
| 52.764699
| -1.038131
|
LEIC-ED54C1
| null |
ED54C1.JPG
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ED54C1 bronze age axe fragment
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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117,674
|
Axe
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,500
| -800
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A fragment of cast bronze axe. The fragment consists of the cutting edge and a small portion of the lower blade of a Mid - Late Bronze Age axe or palstave (1500 - 800 BC). The fragment is D or crescent shaped in plan with a curved convex cutting edge. In section the axe fragment is sub-triangular. The convex cutting edge of the axe fragment, although pitted through corrosion and slightly abraded by the soil, is worn and shows areas of possible sharpening. There is little evidence for the sides tapering inwards above the cutting edge. This is due to a large lateral break which has removed this part of the blade from the rest of the axe-head. This break seems to have occurred relatively recently as the edges are fresh, jagged and show no evidence of abrasion. The area of the break is heavily pitted with small hollows which may have weakened the structure of the blade at this point. The fragment of axe is a dark mid-green brown colour with an even but corroded patina. There are a number of patches of light green powdery (active) corrosion and areas of corrosive pitting present. The area around the break is a mid orange colour; this may be due to the burial conditions or the presence of iron objects in the plough soil. The fragment measures 59.2mm width, 18.7mm length, and is 7.7mm thick. It weighs 21.6 grams. It is very difficult with such a small fragment of metalwork to tell which type of axe it is from; it is most likely to be from either a palstave of Middle Bronze Age (1500-1150 BC) date or a socketed axe of the Late Bronze Age (1150–800BC).
| null | 4
| null | null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
|
2005-10-06T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 21.6
| null | null | 7.7
| 59.2
| 1
|
Peter Reavill
|
Peter Reavill
|
West Midlands
|
Shropshire
|
Shropshire
|
Bayston Hill
|
SJ5109
|
From finder
| 52.676474
| -2.726155
|
HESH-A938D2
| null |
HESH-A938D2 illustration.jpg
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Bronze Age Axe - Blade fragment
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Finder
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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117,781
|
Casting Waste
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
MODERN
| -2,150
| -1,900
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Copper alloy casting waste suffering from bronze disease. Waste product from manufacturing process.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-09-30T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 155.37
| null | null | 18
| 61
| 1
|
Lisa Keys
|
Lisa Keys
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Eastern
|
Norfolk
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South Norfolk
|
Sisland
|
TM3498
|
Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
| 52.529572
| 1.448426
|
LANCUM-A57766
| null |
LVSGsislandcastingresidue1ab.jpg
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Bronze Age to Modern Casting Waste (front and back)
|
LCC
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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117,782
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Casting Waste
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
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MODERN
| -2,150
| -1,900
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Copper alloy casting waste. Irregularly shaped. This is a waste product of a manufacturing process although date cannot be determined. Covered in green patina and shows evidence of iron content due to red-orange rust.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-09-30T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 13.48
| null | null | 9
| 22
| 1
|
Lisa Keys
|
Lisa Keys
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Eastern
|
Norfolk
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South Norfolk
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Sisland
|
TM3498
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Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
| 52.529572
| 1.448426
|
LANCUM-A5AD22
| null |
LVSGsislandcastingresidue2ab.jpg
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Bronze Age to Modern Casting Residue (front and back)
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LCC
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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117,844
|
Socketed Axehead
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,150
| -800
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Mouth fragment of Late Bronze Age axehead with rib decoration (at least three). It measures 25.40 x 26.23 x 4.23mm and weighs 11.29g.
The fragment is curving in profile and comprises part of the face and part of the side of a round-mouthed socketed axehead. The surface is rather silvery in appearance suggesting an inclusion of tin in the bronze. At the side the lip is no more than a wide rib, but above the face it projects 5.4mm. The break runs across the ribs so it is impossible to tell whether they ended in pellets. The break is rather jagged in places and ancient.
| null | 4
| null | null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-11-14T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 11.29
| null | null | 4.23
| 25.4
| 1
|
Katie Hinds
|
Katie Hinds
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South West
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Wiltshire
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Wiltshire
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Pitton and Farley
|
SU2131
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Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
| 51.077943
| -1.701608
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WILT-BB7A96
| null |
DMjan06BA.jpg
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Late Bronze Age socketed axe fragment
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Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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117,982
|
Palstave
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -1,400
| -1,275
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Middle Bronze Age copper alloy looped palstave probably dating to c. 1400-1275 BC.
The palstave is complete and has an overall length of 124.85mm. The butt is straight, with a width of 19.76mm and is comparatively thick with a thickness of 5.6mm. The sides are straight and parallel as far as the blade and have a width of 22.7mm. Casting seams are evident on both sides and have been finished. The loop is intact and is a little irregular with a length of 22.32mm (4.72mm internal), a height of 8.30mm and a thickness of 7.49mm. The flanges begin from the septum, before the butt and reach their maximum height (25.94mm) a little before the stop. The septum is concave and has a maximum length of 49mm. The stops are undercut and are straight with rounded corners. The stops have an internal width of 16.3mm (22mm width at the stop) and are 11.7mm high. The stops are raised (5-6mm) above the level of the blade. The blade sides are gradually divergent to the position of the blade facet, where they out-turn to produce a moderately expanded blade with a surviving width of 54.57mm (damage to blade tips). The blade facets begin 11mm from the curving blade edge. The blade is decorated with a high and prominent mid-rib, flanked on each side by a weaker and shorter curving rib. The palstave weighs 273.7g. The surface of the palstave is generally poorly preserved and has been lost on one face. Where the surface survives, the bronze has a black patina, elsewhere the bronze is pale green.
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The palstave is a Low-flanged (broad-blade), Group III palstave, probably a variant of either Type Sleaford or Type Carleton, with flanges which begin from the septum and curve to their highest point before the stop. The blade sides are curved to an expanded blade, with uncertain blade tip treatment. The decoration on the face is unusual where the mid-rib is flanked by weaker curving ribs, which may be considered to be a variant of the flange extensions, common on Type Sleaford. 'Low Flanged' palstaves belong to Taunton metalworking stage (1400-1275 cal. BC; Needham et al. 1997), corresponding to Cemmaes metalworking in Wales. Taunton metalwork falls within Needham's (1996) Period 5, dated to 1,500 - 1,150BC.
| 3
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-07-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 273.7
| null | null | null | 124.85
| 1
|
Mark Lodwick
|
Ruth Battye
|
Wales
|
the Vale of Glamorgan
|
the Vale of Glamorgan
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Llantwit Major
|
SS9868
|
GPS (from the finder)
| 51.401828
| -3.467704
|
NMGW-CF16C3
| null |
2005.140.jpg
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Middle Bronze Age Low-flanged, Group III Looped Palstave.
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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118,122
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Bracelet
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -950
| -750
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A terminal fragment of a Late Bronze Age gold bracelet. It has a surviving length of 38.95mm, probably representing approximately one third of the original length. The 'buffer' terminal is flat and circular with a diameter of 9.66mm to 10.30mm and has a length of 5mm. The bracelet fragment has a minimum width beneath the flaring terminal of 5.79mm. The terminal displays numerous facets, presumably resulting from forging the circular-sectioned terminal. The sides of the bracelet are straight and diverge to the break where the bracelet is comparatively wide for the type at 12.56mm. The bracelet sides are 'worked-up' to form low flanges or lips on both faces with a thickness of 1.51mm (at the break) to 3mm (near the terminal) and are slightly faceted across their thickness. These flanges remain sharp and prominent on the exterior face, but appear lower on the interior of the bracelet, possibly as a result of wear. The 'ribbon' faces have been hammered flat and are plain, with a thickness of 1.1mm at the break and thickening towards the terminal. The break appears to be deliberate and may have been cut and torn to separate; cracks resulting from metal stress are evident near the break. Two incised and roughly parallel lines on the terminal may be contemporary with the use or production of the bracelet. The bracelet fragment has a weight of 10.90g.
Non-destructive semi-quantitative SEM-EDX analysis was carried out by Mary Davis. Five areas on the bracelet were tested; the results varied considerably, depending on the level of wear, damage or scraping beneath the tested area. The gold composition varied between 78% - 97%, silver 2% - 14% and copper 1% - 8%. The scraped and damaged areas show a general composition consistent with similar material from Wales (Taylor (1980); Aldhouse-Green & Northover (1996)) and from Late Bronze Age bracelets from England analysed by Hook & Needham (1989). The depletion of silver and copper on the smooth and worn areas demonstrates a similar effect to other recently analysed prehistoric jewellery thought to have been in contact with the skin, which differs drastically to the analysis of protected and recessed areas on the same artefact.
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This form of bracelet has been recognised by Taylor (1984) as a type, which she has termed the 'Potterne Type', after a similar bracelet found at Potterne, Wiltshire. The form corresponds to Hook and Needham's (1989) Class B1 bracelet (which may or may not have the flanges). Hook and Needham list 21 examples of Class B1 and related bracelets from Britain and Europe, with a clear concentration of the type in southern England and with a band stretching across north Wales and Cheshire. This example represents the first recorded example from south Wales.
The parallel from Potterne is of very similar form but is slightly more slender with a maximum width of 8.25mm. Other examples of the Potterne type have been found at Llanarmon-yn-Iân in Denbighshire (Green 1984) where a heavily worn bracelet with smaller terminals but of the same type was found with other gold items (a bracelet, an ingot and a link) and deposited within the socket of a faceted axe of type Gillespie. Excavations at Brean Down, Somerset revealed an associated pair of Potterne Type bracelets and possibly a small fragment from a third. The Brean Down examples are also more slender with maximum widths of 8.2 and 9.2mm. The dating of this bracelet type can be confidently placed in the Ewart Park period of the Late Bronze Age, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7 and dated to 950 - 750BC. The Llanarmon-yn-Iân bracelet was associated with a faceted axe of Ewart Park date, the Potterne find is thought to have been associated with the settlement rather than the midden with a suggested date in the mid 8th century BC. The Brean Down finds may be slightly earlier with a proposed date within the 10th - 9th centuries BC (Bell, 1990 pp71, 108).
| 3
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Gold
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-07-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 10.9
| null | null | 3
| 38.95
| 1
|
Mark Lodwick
|
Ruth Battye
|
Wales
|
the Vale of Glamorgan
|
the Vale of Glamorgan
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Cowbridge with Llanblethian
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ST0074
| null | 51.456117
| -3.440658
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NMGW-E48854
| null |
2005.147.jpg
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Late Bronze Age Potterne Bracelet
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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118,203
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Flat Axehead
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -1,950
| -1,700
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Incomplete Early Bronze Age bronze developed flat axe (or flanged axe), probably of Class 4E (following Needham forthcoming), corresponding with Schmidt and Burgess' (1981) type Bandon and with Type Derryniggin (Harbison 1969) in Ireland. Axes of these types date towards the end of the Early Bronze Age: Needham's (1996) Period 3 c.1950 - 1700 BC/Needham et al.'s (1997) Willerby phase.
The axehead is eroded with very little of the original surface surviving, making it difficult to determine whether the axe is broken or complete. The axe is now comparatively small with an overall surviving length of 66.13mm. The butt is likely to be damaged with a thickness of 7.5mm. The axe has a width of 18.66mm at the butt, which is concave. The sides are convex across their thickness with a maximum thickness (on the blade) of 11.01mm. The sides are fairly straight and slightly divergent before the blade facet, after which they expand sharply to produce a moderately expanded and curved blade edge with a width of 44.45mm. The axe thickens to a point approximately 16mm from the butt, where there is the suggestion of a poorly preserved median bevel, if correct, then this would suggest the axe has lost the butt end. The axe has a width of 19.92mm at the proposed median bevel. The face edges are now eroded but were raised. The blade facet is evident, approximately 20mm from the blade edge. The axe has poor surface preservation and is heavily pitted with a mid green to pale brown patina. The axe currently weighs 98.9g.
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The axe can be paralleled with a number of similar axes. Within the National Museum of Wales' collections 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.
Class 4E axes are widely distributed across Britain. In Wales, approximately 13 certain or probable Class 4E axes are currently known. Several are decorated (e.g. Llanbradig, Isle of Anglesey NMGW-6152E8), but the majority are undecorated. Comparable examples have been found at Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, (NMGW-FDBB88) and Caerwys, Flintshire (Green 1985, 275, Fig.1).
| 3
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
|
2005-07-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 98.9
| null | null | 11.01
| 66.13
| 1
|
Mark Lodwick
|
Ruth Battye
|
Wales
|
Caerphilly
|
Caerphilly
|
Nelson
| null | null | null | null |
NMGW-E6DCD2
| null |
2005.154.jpg
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Early Bronze Age Developed Flat or Flanged Axe
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
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118,227
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Axe
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,950
| -1,750
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A flat axe dating to the Early Bronze Age. The axe has a stop bevel and a narrow blade as well as slight traces of side flanges. The butt end is missing. The condition is poor with a rough surface.
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The axe dates to the Willerby stage of the Early Bronze Age and is contemporary with Wessex 1 graves. It is a significant find, particularly from a Wealden context.
| 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2005-11-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 62
| null | null | 8.5
| 58.5
| 1
|
David W Williams
|
David W Williams
|
South East
|
Surrey
|
Reigate and Banstead
|
Horley
|
TQ2744
|
From a paper map
| 51.181135
| -0.184385
|
SUR-E8E287
| null |
05.844c.jpg
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Early Bronze Age flat axe, side view
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Surrey County Council
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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118,461
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Dagger
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -2,150
| -800
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A fragment from a Bronze age dagger or rapier. The tip is tongue shaped and lozenge-shaped in cross-section. Both faces of the tip have a slight rib running down the centre. The tip is worn around the edges and has a brown patina over a light green surface. The length of the fragment is 33.4mm, the maximum width is 16.8mm, the thickness is 2.9mm and the weight is 6.14g.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
|
2005-11-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 6.14
| null | null | 2.9
| 33.4
| 1
|
Lisa Staves
|
Lisa Staves
|
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
North Lincolnshire
|
North Lincolnshire
|
Brigg
|
TA0107
|
From finder
| 53.549927
| -0.47704
|
NLM-37CAE2
| null |
NLM09970.jpg
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Bronze age dagger fragment
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North Lincolnshire Museum
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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118,518
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Socketed Axehead
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
| null | -2,500
| -800
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Possibly a fragment from Bronze Age socketed axehead. The body fragment is slightly convex in cross-section and worn along the edges. There are two surviving mouldings; one is thicker than the other. The length is 33.6mm, the width is 19.7mm and the weight is 8.19g.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-09-17T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 8.19
| null | null | null | 33.6
| 1
|
Lisa Staves
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Lisa Staves
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Yorkshire and the Humber
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North Lincolnshire
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North Lincolnshire
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Roxby cum Risby
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SE9216
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Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
| 53.63245
| -0.610184
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NLM-3AB7B8
| null |
NLM09975.jpg
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Possible Bronze Age socketed axehead
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North Lincolnshire Museum
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Attribution-ShareAlike License
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118,580
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Blade
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Bronze Age
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Bronze Age
| null | -1,500
| -800
|
Cast copper alloy blade fragment, length 39mm, width 33mm, thickness 4mm, weight 13.3g. this fragment has a lozenge shaped cross section, with the middle gradually narrowing towards a blade on either side. The artefact gently narrows the forward end. The surface has a dark green colour and is heavily pitted from corrosion. The forward and reverse end are truncated, these are breaks old and worn. This maybe from the tip of a rapier, or more likely the tip of a dagger. Date is Middle to Late Bronze Age 1500-800BC.
| null | 4
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
| null | null | null | null | 13.3
| null | null | 4
| 39
| 1
|
Kurt Adams
|
Kurt Adams
|
South West
|
Gloucestershire
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Stroud
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Standish
| null | null | null | null |
GLO-3E5971
| null |
Bronze Age blade side.JPG
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Bronze Age blade side.JPG
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Bristol City Council
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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119,386
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Socketed Axehead
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Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
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BRONZE AGE
| -950
| -750
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Late Bronze Age socketed axe, probably dated to the beginning of the 1st millennium BC, c. 950 - 750BC.
The axe is incomplete and is missing the mouth and much of one face. The axe may be judged a small example with a maximum surviving length of 66.00mm and has a width of 32.05mm beneath the loop. The socket has a maximum surviving depth of 50.76mm and has the suggestion of an internal rib on the looped side, ending 23.8mm from the base of the socket. The axe has broken across the loop, which is comparatively substantial with a width of 9.21mm. The sides are slightly concave and the casting seams are evident on both sides, which appear neatly finished. At the blade, the sides out-turn gently to produce a moderately expanded and curved blade edge with a surviving width of 40.45mm. The axe has a sub-rectangular body profile. No decoration is now evident on the face. The incomplete axe weighs 69.6g and has poor surface preservation, with only very small islands of the original surface surviving with a dark green patina.
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Although few diagnostic features survive, the axe may be confidently ascribed to the Ewart Park metalworking phase of the Late Bronze Age, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7, dated to c. 950 - 750BC.
| 3
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
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2005-07-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 69.6
| null | null | null | 66
| 1
|
Mark Lodwick
|
Ruth Battye
|
Wales
|
Powys
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Powys
|
Welshpool
|
SJ1109
| null | 52.671373
| -3.31763
|
NMGW-E18632
| null |
2005.166.jpg
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Late Bronze Age socketed axe
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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119,390
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Sword
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -850
| -700
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Fragment of a late Bronze Age Ewart Park type sword hilt. The hilt plate is roughly rectangular and is narrowed before the worn and damaged fantail-like terminal. At the other end it survives up to the third rivet aperture. The break runs through the aperture and all surfaces of the break are well patinated and worn. There are two longitudinal channels running along either face, giving the object an undulating cross-section. The bronze is well worn and now a dusty green colour with extensive patches of brown patina. This brown patina almost covers one side whereas on the other side it only covers approximately 50%.
Similar finds from Lincolnshire come from Tattershall, Lincoln and Billinghay (Davey, 1973, fig 43).
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
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Metal detector
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 60
| 1
|
Adam Daubney
|
Adam Daubney
|
East Midlands
|
Lincolnshire
|
North Kesteven
|
Walcot Near Folkingham
|
TF0435
|
From a paper map
| 52.902386
| -0.455239
|
LIN-E19555
| null |
LIN-E19555.JPG
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Late Bronze Age copper alloy 'Ewart Park' type sword handle
|
The Portable Antiquities Scheme
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
| ||
119,425
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Spear
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -1,200
| -700
|
The tip of a Bronze Age spearhead of uncertain original form.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2005-09-30T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 11
| null | null | null | 30
| 1
|
David W Williams
|
David W Williams
|
South East
|
Hampshire
|
Hart
|
Crondall
|
SU7848
|
From a paper map
| 51.225872
| -0.884375
|
SUR-E32613
| null |
05.604.jpg
|
Bronze Age spearhead tip
|
Surrey County Council
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
| ||
119,714
|
Socketed Axehead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -1,000
| -800
|
A blade fragment of a cast copper-alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. The expanded cutting edge is 59.23mm in width from blade tip to blade tip and the blade edge is corrosion chipped. The fragment is 32.63mm in length and at its widest point it measures 14.75mm thick and it weighs 89.96g. The beginnings of the hollow socket are just visible at the break.
| null | 3
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2005-04-10T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 89.96
| null | null | 14.75
| 59.23
| 1
|
Naomi Payne
|
Naomi Payne
|
South West
|
Dorset
|
North Dorset
|
Compton Abbas
|
ST8618
|
From finder
| 50.961251
| -2.200718
|
SOMDOR-F9B3B8
| null |
F9B3B8.jpg
|
Bronze Age Socketed Axehead
|
Somerset County Council
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
| ||
120,412
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Awl
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| null | null |
Copper alloy awl of uncertain date The awl has a length of 61.60mm and is composed of a tang and point. The tang (28.2mm long) is of square to rectangular section and tapers to a point. The point (33.4mm long) is of circular section (5.63mm maximum diameter) with straight sides converging to the point. There is no collar or flange between the tang and point. The awl has generally good surface preservation with a dark brown patina. Abrasion marks are discernible at the top of the point.
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The awl is not diagnostic, but copper alloy awls have been recorded from the Late Bronze Age (Butler 1988), with several examples known with a square-section tang and round-section point (e.g. Otterhampton, Somerset - SOMDOR-E51C44; and Tarrant Rawston, Dorset - DOR-6DF7F6).
Examples of similar form, made of iron have been found in Iron Age (Museum of London Accession Number LBL5.3b) and Roman period contexts (see Manning 1985 pp39-41). Medieval period awls often have a collar between the blade and tang (Ottaway & Rogers, 2002, pp 2728-30). The deep patina on this example suggests the awl is of some age.
| 3
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2005-08-31T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | 5.63
| null | 61.6
| 1
|
Mark Lodwick
|
Ruth Battye
|
South West
|
Wiltshire
|
Wiltshire
|
Luckington
| null | null | null | null |
NMGW-794BF4
| null |
2005.175.1.jpg
|
Awl (uncertain date)
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
| ||
120,569
|
Unidentified Object
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
UNKNOWN
| -2,500
| -800
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Unidentified copper alloy/ bronze object, oval in shape with a crescentic cut at one end. It measures 49.6x40x7.3mm and weighs 48.13g. The surfaces are bumpy and all original patina has been lost. The metal is a rich orangey brown in colour, not dissimilar to the colour of some Bronze Age metal work. Where this brown has been worn away the metal beneath is bluey green. The crescentic cut seems intentional and appears to have a smooth, worn edge.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2005-11-24T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 48.13
| null | null | 7.3
| 49.6
| 1
|
Katie Hinds
|
Katie Hinds
|
South East
|
Hampshire
|
Test Valley
|
Mottisfont
|
SU3124
|
From finder
| 51.014548
| -1.559462
|
WILT-8F8186
| null |
BrownJanUnid.jpg
|
Unidentified object
|
Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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120,603
|
Knife
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,150
| -800
|
A cast copper alloy tanged knife of late Bronze Age date. The knife measures 141.15mm in length, 21.87mm in maximum width and 3.9mm in maximum depth. It weighs 49.87g. It has a rounded tip and widens only slightly along the length of the blade. It then narrows to the damaged tang, which is 16.18mm wide at this point and narrows to 14.22mm. The length of the tang is about 22.5mm. The object's mid olive green patina is patchy and much of the surface has flaked off. Similar knives have been found at Maesbury Camp, near Wells in Somerset and at Bilbury Rings in Wiltshire. The Maesbury Camp example is slightly wider and longer (Pearce 1983, volume ii, pp. 511 and 634, plate 73, no. 644) and the Bilbury Rings example is shorter at 115mm (Moore and Rowlands 1972, p. 66, plate XVI, no. 89).
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2001-12-20T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 49.87
| null | null | 3.9
| 141.15
| 1
|
Naomi Payne
|
Naomi Payne
|
South West
|
Dorset
| null | null | null | null | null | null |
SOMDOR-A082F6
| null |
A082F6.jpg
|
Bronze Age Knife
|
Somerset County Council
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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120,635
|
Socketed Axehead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
BRONZE AGE
| -1,000
| -800
|
An incomplete copper alloy socketed axe head dating to the late Bronze Age. The fragment comprises the lower blade and cutting edge. It is semicircular in plan and wedge-shaped in profile. The cutting edge is expanded. Nothing of the original cutting edge or blade tips remain due to wear and corrosion damage. There is an oblong aperture at the top of the fragment, which represents the very end of the socket. The surface of the axe is damaged, but it survives mostly intact with a dark brown patina with patches of green. The fragment is 28mm long, 46mm wide from tip to tip, 30mm wide at the socketed end and 14mm thick.
| null | 3
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Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2005-02-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | null | null | null | 14
| 28
| 1
|
Philippa Walton
|
Philippa Walton
|
Eastern
|
Cambridgeshire
|
South Cambridgeshire
|
Great Eversden
|
TL3654
|
GPS (from the finder)
| 52.167516
| -0.012899
|
CAM-A25D41
| null |
bronzeageaxehead.jpg
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Bronze Age socketed axehead
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
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122,252
|
Flat Axehead
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -2,000
| -1,600
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The axe is made from cast copper. The nature of the corrosion, with blue patches and analysis of past flat axes suggest the material is more likely to be copper rather than copper alloy. The axe is complete, but the surface has been heavily abraded, therefore only traces of a heavy green/brown patina.
In plan the axe is a sub elongated triangle. The butt is rounded, and in profile gradually tapers to a rounded edge. The sides are straight with no flaring outwards of the blade tip. The blade cutting edge appears to have been sharpened, suggesting the axe was functional rather than votive. In profile the blade forms a ‘>’. The cutting edge is symmetrical.
The axe measures 68.19mm long from the butt to the apex of the cutting edge. It is 32.61mm wide from blade tip to blade it, and is 6.03mm thick at its thickest point on the body. It weighs 47.6g.
The axe is a flat axe, which dates to the early Bronze Age, c. 2000 to 1600 BC. Watson (1993 Catalogue of British and European Prehistoric Metalwork in Birmingham City Museums BAR British Series 233) illustrates similar flat axes, Nos. 115 and 116, but these have slightly flared blade tips.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
|
2005-08-11T23:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 47.6
| null | null | 6.03
| 68.19
| 1
|
Philip Watson
|
Angie Bolton
|
West Midlands
|
Warwickshire
|
Stratford-on-Avon
|
Brailes
|
SP2940
|
GPS (from the finder)
| 52.057628
| -1.578452
|
WAW-049216
| null |
WAW-049216.jpg
|
Bronze Age Flat Axe (front, profile and reverse)
|
Birmingham Museums Trust
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
| ||
123,389
|
Spear
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
| null | -1,200
| -1,050
|
A copper-alloy cast spearhead from the transition of the middle to late Bronze Age. The spear head is a native type, of basal-looped design of the Penard industry. It measures 201 mm in length. The blade is triangular in shape, tapering from 41.6 mm to 11.1 mm at the end of the blade which is missing its tip. The blade emerges from the socket at 81.7 from the base of the socket. At each side of the blade is a loop at the point where blade and socket meet. The beginning of the blade juts out at right angles from these loops. The socket is 22.5 mm in diameter at its opening and is hollow for 132.5 mm down the shaft, well into the blade of the spearhead. The bulb of the socket continues right down to the tip of the blade, making the blade look like a circle with wings in section. It tapers to 3.7 mm at the broken tip of the blade. On the blade, either side of the socket bulb is a slight depression running to the tip of the blade. This is apparent on both sides of the blade.
The Penard phase occurred at the very beginning of the Late Bronze Age, owing some of its stylistic features to Middle Bronze Age technologies. This spearhead is likely to date from circa 1200 to 1050 BC. Similar examples are illustrated in Langmaid (1976, 52; 18a/b).
This spearhead is in reasonably good condition. It is missing its tip and is a little ragged along the edges of the blade. It also suffers from mild bronze corrosion, but otherwise it has a rich dark green patina. There is an element of scratching on the surface, particularly one side of the socket. As these scratches reveal a different patina to the rest of the artefact it would appear that they are quite recent, and not a result of ancient wear.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Gardening
|
1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
| null | null | null | 186
| null | null | 22.5
| 201
| 1
|
Tom Brindle
|
Tom Brindle
|
East Midlands
|
Northamptonshire
|
Wellingborough
| null |
SP8769
|
From a paper map
| 52.312227
| -0.725248
|
NARC-C411F6
| null |
NARC-C411F6BAspearhead.jpg
|
Late Bronze Age copper-alloy spearhead of Pennard phase
|
Northamptonshire County Council
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
| ||
124,238
|
Unidentified Object
|
Bronze Age
|
Bronze Age
|
ROMAN
| -1,500
| -800
|
Fragment of a flat piece of copper alloy, with one short end upturned. All edges are broken and the surface of the object is very corroded and worn. Both sides have fair amounts of light-brown coloured patina. Similar patinas are often seen on Bronze Age metalwork, to which period this item may belong.
| null | 4
|
Copper alloy
| null |
Returned to finder
|
Metal detector
| null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 3
| 34
| 1
|
Adam Daubney
|
Adam Daubney
|
East Midlands
|
Lincolnshire
|
East Lindsey
|
North Thoresby
|
TF2898
|
From a paper map
| 53.463197
| -0.073416
|
LIN-864481
| null |
LIN3969.jpg
|
Unidentified object, copper alloy
|
The Portable Antiquities Scheme
|
Attribution-ShareAlike License
|
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