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1,059,451 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,000 | -700 | An complete cast copper alloy socketed axehead. The mouth of the socket is square with a thick exterior beaded collar around it. The body of the blade tapers from the mouth towards the blade in one plane, whilst it flares in the other into a curved, crescentic cutting edge. At one side, below the collar, is a large sid... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 107.21 | null | null | 30.1 | 81.05 | 1 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | South West | Dorset | North Dorset | Spetisbury | ST9001 | Centred on field | 50.808465 | -2.143292 | DOR-DD256B | null | DORDD256B.jpg | Bronze Age axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,059,678 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Copper alloy possible spearhead fragment. Cast ogival lentoid-section tip from a blade; here considered as possibly broken from a light spearhead. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800BC
Length: 17.6mm, Width: 8.4mm, Thickness: 1.8mm, Weight: 0.95gms | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-02-27T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 0.95 | null | null | 1.8 | 17.6 | 1 | Martin Foreman | Martin Foreman | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | Roxby cum Risby | SE9114 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.614653 | -0.625885 | NLM-2E04AE | null | NLM49699.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead tip | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,059,938 | Votive Model | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,000 | -500 | A copper-alloy wheel probaby a Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age votive model of a miniature wheel dating c. 1000-500 BC.
The openwork wheel is circular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section. The wheel has a trapezoidal shaped 'axel' from which four spokes radiate, narrowing as they do, before flaring slightl... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 2.17 | null | 20.48 | 2.23 | null | 1 | Jane Clark | Jane Clark | South East | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Bradley | SU6341 | From finder | 51.164786 | -1.100379 | SUSS-4883C8 | null | SUSS4883C8.jpg | A copper-alloy votive wheel | Sussex Archaeological Society | Attribution License | ||
1,060,292 | Razor | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | An incomplete copper alloy razor dating to the late Bronze Age period (c. 1000-800 BC). The object is sub-diamond shaped with a tapered points and straight sides that widen leading to a worn break at the opposing end. The object is flat and undecorated. The object has a mid-green patina.
Comparable examples recorded... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 5.45 | null | null | 2.1 | 42.61 | 1 | Susheela Burford | Susheela Burford | West Midlands | Worcestershire | Malvern Hills | Powick | SO8252 | From finder | 52.16597 | -2.264581 | WAW-AD46C3 | null | WAWAD46C3.jpg | A Bronze Age Razor | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,060,750 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead, part of the socket and all of the crescentic cutting edge. The two broad faces are distorted at the old break. All of the patination has been lost except for a patch behind both ends of the blade. Weight 80g. Extant length 42.5mm. Width 46mm. Thickness 15.2mm... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2021-09-01T23:00:00Z | 2021-09-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | 80 | null | null | 15.2 | 42.5 | 1 | Andrew Rogerson | Andrew Rogerson | null | Norfolk | Breckland | Mattishall | TG0512 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.66693 | 1.03024 | NMS-D88F73 | null | PFd_36629_D88F73_ENMD032022_BA_SocketedAxehead.jpg | Fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,060,775 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Fragment of a Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead, the crescentic cutting edge and the very end of the socket. The break is old but there is recent scuffing damage, especially to the cutting edge. Weight 93g. Extant length 31.5mm. Width 62.7mm. Thickness 14.5mm. c.1000 - c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2021-09-30T00:00:00Z | 2021-09-30T00:00:00Z | null | null | 93 | null | null | 14.5 | 31.5 | 1 | null | Andrew Rogerson | null | Norfolk | Broadland | Postwick with Witton | TG2907 | null | 52.612463 | 1.381065 | NMS-DA18AB | null | PFd_28171_DA18AB_ENMD032022_BA_SocketedAxehead.jpg | Fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,060,880 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A complete miniature flax axehead or chisel dating to the Late Bronze Age c.1150-800 cal BC.
The object has a very narrow butt that is slightly rounded, 3.7mm wide and 1.5mm thick. From this point it widens in a smooth concave curve down its length to reach it maximum width of 23.7mm at the blade's corners. The blad... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-03-06T00:00:00Z | 2022-03-06T00:00:00Z | null | null | 6.8 | null | null | 3.2 | 43.7 | 1 | Edward Caswell | Edward Caswell | South East | Buckinghamshire | Wycombe | Bledlow-cum-Saunderton | SU7999 | From finder | 51.684213 | -0.858683 | OXON-ECB45F | null | OXONECB45F.jpg | Bronze Age chisel | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,060,893 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -800 | A fragment from a cast copper alloy spearhead dating from the Middle or Late Bronze Age, about 1550 – 800 cal BC. Only the tip of the spear remains.
The fragment is triangular in plan, tapering to the spear's point. It has a lozenge shaped midrib that is solid and runs to the point of the spear from which the flat b... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-03-06T00:00:00Z | 2022-03-06T00:00:00Z | null | null | 5.1 | null | null | 8.5 | 24.2 | 1 | Edward Caswell | Edward Caswell | South East | Buckinghamshire | Wycombe | Bledlow-cum-Saunderton | SU8099 | From finder | 51.684072 | -0.844221 | OXON-EDE3B4 | null | OXONEDE3B4.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,060,956 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | POST MEDIEVAL | -1,500 | 1,700 | A fragment of cast copper-alloy Casting Waste of Bronze Age to Post Medieval date (1500 BC-AD 1700). The object is broadly trapezoidal in shape and rectangular in cross section. The outer surface comprises s flat base and angled side. All of the fragment's edges are worn with the exception of the long edge which has a... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 168 | null | null | 12.48 | 77.5 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | Daventry | Hellidon | SP5257 | From finder | 52.208777 | -1.240431 | NARC-EFEA13 | null | NARCEFEA13.jpg | NARC-EFEA13 : Casting Waste : Bronze Age to Post-Medieval | Northamptonshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,060,978 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,900 | -1,600 | A near-complete cast copper alloy developed axehead of Needham’s Class 4E (Type Whittington), dating to the early Bronze Age, probably specifically to the Willerby assemblage (Metalworking Assemblage V), c. 1900 – 1600BC. Needham’s Class 4E (Type Whittington) relates to Type Bandon, as defined by Schmidt & Burgess (198... | [1] Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C. 1981; The Axes of Scotland and Northern Ireland, Praähistorische Bronzefunde Abteilung IX, 7. Band 7
[2] Needham, S. 1996; Chronology and Periodisation in the British Bronze Age, Acta Archaeologica 67, p. 121-140
[3] Needham, S., 2018. The classification of Chalcolithic and Early... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 1 | George Whatley | George Whatley | Wales | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Rhondda Cynon Taf | Pontypridd | ST0691 | null | 51.609957 | -3.358873 | NMGW-F30ECA | null | NMWPA2022342.jpg | Early Bronze age flanged axe | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,061,209 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -1,500 | 410 | A copper alloy awl of possible Bronze Age to Roman date, c. 1500 BC - AD 410. The object consists of a rod of copper alloy, sub-square in cross section at one end, tapering into a point, whilst the other end only tapers in a single plane, forming a flat chisel-like terminal.
Dimensions: 42.98mm in length; 3.99mm in... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.1 | null | null | null | 42.98 | 1 | Jane Hanbidge | Jane Hanbidge | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Shrewton | SU0544 | null | 51.195198 | -1.929827 | WILT-408852 | null | WILT408852.jpg | WILT-408852 | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,061,221 | Miniature Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | ROMAN | -800 | 410 | A complete Bronze Age to Roman copper alloy miniature socketed axehead dating to c 800 BC - AD 410. It is rectangular in form, partly hollow, tapering from an oval mouth to a vertical cutting edge. It does not have the usual loop, instead it has a circular hole through the upper part of the blade itself, perhaps to all... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 5.1 | 13.2 | null | 8.5 | 14.06 | 1 | Jane Hanbidge | Jane Hanbidge | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Shrewton | SU0544 | null | 51.195198 | -1.929827 | WILT-40EB06 | null | WILT40EB06.jpg | WILT-40EB06 | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,061,275 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A fragment of a copper alloy blade from a late Bronze Age sword dating to c. AD 1000-800 BC. The blade section is 55mm long with old breaks at both ends. The cross section is lenticular, with a pronounced rounded midrib of 8.3mm thick with grooved sides and bevelled blade edges. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to Landowner | Metal detector | 2022-04-06T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 56.05 | null | null | 8.4 | 55 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Surrey | Runnymede | Egham Town | TQ0072 | From finder | 51.43818 | -0.562686 | SUR-42B7D9 | null | SUR42B7D9.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,061,674 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | A fragmentary cast copper alloy axe head of Late Bronze Age date. The type is uncertain, but probably South Wales (Stogursey) Type of Ewart Park metalworking industry dated to c.950-750 BC, but possibly of Wilburton-Wallington through to Llyn Fawr industries dating to c.1150-600 BC.
The axehead is represented by th... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 39.72 | null | null | 11.8 | 32.2 | 1 | Adelle Bricking | Adelle Bricking | Wales | Cardiff | Cardiff | St. Fagans | ST0978 | null | 51.493594 | -3.312194 | NMGW-6BD01B | null | NMGW6BD01Bdylanaxehead.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,061,700 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A fragment of cast copper-alloy balded fragment of Middle to Late Bronze Age date, likely from a sword, rapier or dirk.
Description: The fragment has a lozenge-shaped cross section and near paralalel bladed sides. The midrib is very low and not extenuated. The irregular breaks and bent ends are well patinated, sugge... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 29.47 | null | null | 5.84 | 28.96 | 1 | Jo Ahmet | Jo Ahmet | South East | Kent | Dover | Eastry | TR2953 | Generated from computer mapping software | 51.230216 | 1.278685 | KENT-708F91 | null | KENT708F91.jpg | Fragment of copper-alloy bladed weapon | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,061,954 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A fragment of Bronze Age axe, dating to c. 1500 - 8000 BC. Axe head type not further defined, possibly a fragment of socketed axehead. The fragment is the blade end of the axehead with a ragged transverse break cutting across its body. There is no trace of a socket at this broken end. Beyond the break the axe widens i... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 53.6 | null | null | 10.9 | 26.6 | 1 | Megan Gard | Megan Gard | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Harborough | Billesdon | SK7102 | Centred on parish | 52.611146 | -0.952887 | LEIC-EB5D97 | null | EB5D97.jpg | null | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,062,155 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | An incomplete copper alloy Bronze Age spearhead dating to c.1500-800 BC.
The object consists of the upper section of the blade only; the lower portion and socket are missing. The blade is triangular in shape and lozenge in section. From the tip of the spearhead is a central ridge that runs vertically towards the soc... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 26.88 | null | null | 7.24 | 63.32 | 1 | Heather Beeton | Heather Beeton | North West | Warrington | Warrington | Grappenhall and Thelwall | SJ6286 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.369488 | -2.572569 | LVPL-126FD7 | null | LVPL126FD7.jpg | Bronze age spearhead | National Museums Liverpool | Attribution License | ||
1,062,158 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,100 | A fragment copper alloy spearhead dating to the early to middle Bronze Age c.1500-1100 BC. Possibly a Davis (2017) Group 8 “Incorporated basal looped” which are described as 'Normally longer than the developed side looped spearhead.'
The object consists of a fragment of the blade only; the rest of the blade and sock... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 13.79 | null | null | 10.89 | 34.83 | 1 | Heather Beeton | Heather Beeton | North West | Warrington | Warrington | Grappenhall and Thelwall | SJ6286 | Centred on field | 53.369488 | -2.572569 | LVPL-12AE41 | null | LVPL12AE41.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead: Davis (2016) Group 8 | National Museums Liverpool | Attribution License | ||
1,062,340 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -1,500 | Early Bronze Age copper-alloy flat axehead. It has a wide convex cutting edge and a narrower convex butt end. The two side edges connecting these are longitudinally concave and flaring but transversally convex. Viewed from either of the side edges the axehead is lentoid: thickest in the middle and tapering co... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-02-28T00:00:00Z | null | null | 182.4 | null | null | 10 | 88 | 1 | null | Andrew Williams | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Bressingham | TM0782 | null | 52.396857 | 1.041095 | NMS-29E851 | null | PFd_59791_29E851_INDJL08042022AW_BA_FlatAxehead.jpg | Early Bronze Age flat axehead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,062,433 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead, end of blade with blunt damaged point of lozengiform section. The damaged cutting edges have a slight concave taper to the point. The lower end is broken with no trace of a socket. Extant length 52.5mm. Extant width 18mm. Extant thickness 8mm. Weight 14.46g. c. 16... | ENF152146 | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-03-05T00:00:00Z | 2022-03-05T00:00:00Z | null | null | 14.46 | null | null | 8 | 52.5 | 1 | Steven Ashley | Steven Ashley | Eastern | Norfolk | Broadland | Salle | TG1224 | null | 52.771953 | 1.141331 | NMS-68AB89 | null | Image1882.jpg | null | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,062,715 | Arrowhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,500 | -1,500 | An incomplete copper alloy Arrowhead of Bronze Age date (2500-1500 BC). The object is sub triangular in form and ovoid in cross section and is of Barbed and Tanged form. The upper end of the object is pointed, while the lower end has a rectangular central tang, which is flanked by one complete and one partial barb. The... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 4.4 | null | null | 3.05 | 34.41 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | Eastern | Cambridgeshire | South Cambridgeshire | Meldreth | TL3846 | From finder | 52.09514 | 0.013082 | NARC-7ED438 | null | NARC7ED438.jpg | NARC-7ED438 : Arrowhead : Bronze Age | Northamptonshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,063,119 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 |
Copper alloy socketed spearhead fragment that dates to the middle to late Bronze Age. This is the tip of the spearhead and has a pronounced spine running down its centre that is circular in cross-section, this is flanked by thin blades that taper to a fine point. The rear of the spear is truncated resulting in the los... |
This item is recorded from an emailed image supplied by the finder.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-04-02T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 23 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | South West | Bath and North East Somerset | Bath and North East Somerset | Norton Malreward | ST5865 | From finder | 51.382484 | -2.604898 | GLO-ABA36E | null | P1020028.JPG | null | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
1,063,297 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -800 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy spear tip probably dating from the middle or late Bronze Age (1550 BC-800 BC). The tip is lozengiform in cross section, the blade wings and midrib cutting edges are all in good condition although the very end of the tip is missing. There is no socket hole. &n... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | 2021-12-03T00:00:00Z | null | null | 2.98 | null | null | null | 24.1 | 1 | null | Claire Goodey | South West | Somerset | Mendip | Beckington | ST8252 | null | 51.266866 | -2.25938 | WILT-E7EBD1 | null | WILTE7EBD1xx.jpg | WILT-E7EBD1 | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,063,598 | Rod | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,100 | A contorted fragment of rod of triangular section; the faces are concave and the flanges formed at their junctions are therefore acute. A moderate double twist at a point where the rod is bent appears to be a deliberate feature, but elsewhere very slight twists are likely to be due to distortion. There are no cut-marks... | In its fragmentary state it is difficult to definitively identify the Risby-cum-Roxby object. Twisting is a regular feature of Middle Bronze Age gold bar ornaments in Britain and Ireland, and in general this may offer the best context. Although most commonly of square section, such ornaments can occasionally have a tri... | 3 | Gold | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2004-08-31T23:00:00Z | null | 2004T490 | null | 14.4 | null | null | 3.1 | 200 | 1 | Stuart Needham | null | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | Roxby cum Risby | SE9417 | null | 53.64108 | -0.579646 | BM-25EFE8 | null | 00054815_001.JPG | Bronze Age, gold rod fragment, Risby-cum-Roxby, North Lincolnshire, Treasure, 2004T490 | The British Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,063,625 | Penannular Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -750 | Small penannular ring comprising a plain round to oval-sectioned hoop with flat terminals. The interior of the hoop and the flat terminal surfaces have not been polished.
Gold content approximately 82%. The specific gravity at 16 is not low enough to indicate that the ring has a base metal core. | The object is a well-known Bronze Age type, decorative in character, dating to circa 1150-750BC. | 3 | Gold | null | Declared Treasure but returned to Finder as Museum unable to acquire | Metal detector | 2004-07-31T23:00:00Z | null | 2004T295 | null | 5.6 | null | 14.5 | 4 | null | 1 | Gillian Varndell | null | South East | Hampshire | Havant | Emsworth | SU7407 | null | 50.857787 | -0.950011 | BM-275770 | null | 00065569_001.jpg | Late Bronze Age gold penannular ring, Havant, Hampshire, Treasure, 2004T295, front. | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,063,635 | Bracelet | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Bracelet 1
A complete and well crafted penannular bracelet with a band of thin, ‘C’ section. The section is, however, thickest at the centre, thinner, rounded and highly polished along the edges. The band tapers gently towards the squared off terminals, which are defined by a narrow beading created by turning the me... | Both may be compared with Late Bronze Age styles of bracelet, but of very different types. No 2 is the more regular type and is widely distributed in Britain. Bracelet no 1 is much more unusual; its closest British parallel is a new find from Donhead St Mary, Hampshire, which is a reworked bracelet slightly thickened a... | 3 | Gold | null | Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure | Metal detector | 2004-07-31T23:00:00Z | null | 2004T317 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | Stuart Needham | null | North West | Lancashire | Ribble Valley | Rimington | SD8346 | null | 53.909872 | -2.260266 | BM-27DFCC | null | 00055093_001.JPG | Late Bronze Age uncertain, one of two gold bracelets, Gisburn, Lancashire, Treasure, 2004T317, front, view 2. | The British Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,063,643 | Penannular Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -750 | Small penannular gold ring with decorative narrow banding in yellow and paler gold. The external surfaces are very worn. Visual inspection suggested that the piece consists of a gold covering over a base metal core; this was confirmed by scientific analysis.
This is a well known Late Bronze Age type, decorative in cha... | null | 3 | Gold | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Controlled archaeological investigation | 2004-04-01T00:00:00Z | 2004-04-30T00:00:00Z | 2004T321 | null | 3.24 | null | 15 | null | null | 1 | null | null | Eastern | Norfolk | Great Yarmouth | Ormesby St. Margaret with Scratby | TG5015 | null | 52.674982 | 1.696633 | BM-284683 | null | 00054219_001.JPG | Bronze Age, gold penannular ring, East Norfolk, Treasure, 2004T321, view 1. | The British Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,063,661 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,275 | -1,150 | Circumstances of discovery: Four Bronze Age bronze implements were found during a metal-detecting rally. Three have been reported as potential Treasure; the fourth, made by a different finder, should also be submitted for consideration. The three submitted were located at depths between 1 and 4 inches (2.5 – 10 c... | It is likely that the objects form a single find of Middle Bronze Age date, which qualifies the group as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 (Designation Order 2002). | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2004-09-01T00:00:00Z | 2004-09-30T00:00:00Z | 2004T401 | null | 1,122.2 | null | null | null | null | 3 | null | null | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Thornham | TF7343 | null | 52.956472 | 0.573967 | BM-297D6C | null | 00064445_001.jpg | Middle Bronze Age base-metal hoard, looped palstave, Thornham, Norfolk, Treasure, 2004T401, no1side | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,063,702 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -900 | A heavily worn and incomplete Middle to Late Bronze Age palstave axehead of Transitional or Late type, dating to the Penard or Wilburton phase (MBA III to LBA I; 1100 - 900 BC).
Description: The butt end is rounded. The flanges begin about a third of the way along the butt's length. The cleft between the flanges is ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 450 | null | null | 20.72 | 135.9 | 1 | Jo Ahmet | Jo Ahmet | South East | Kent | Dover | Denton with Wootton | TR2145 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.161542 | 1.159368 | KENT-39B440 | null | KENT39B4402.jpg | Middle to Late Bronze Age palstave axehead | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
1,063,788 | Razor | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -800 | Incomplete Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age copper alloy razor with part of the tang missing. The tip is complete but bent and there is slight damage to the cutting edges which otherwise remain quite sharp. A round hole is cenrally placed near the springing of the tang, cf. DOR-EBFA4D, SUR-E3AEB2 and SUR-... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | 8.4 | null | null | 1.1 | 61 | 1 | null | Andrew Rogerson | null | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | East Walton | TF7415 | null | 52.704701 | 0.573924 | NMS-3C4594 | null | PFd_29673_3C4594_SB052022AR_BA_Razor.jpg | Incomplete Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age razor | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,063,875 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,150 | An incomplete Bronze Age copper alloy axehead (c.2400-1150 BC), probably a palstave. The blade begins at a break and broadens towards the tip, both surfaces are undecorated. The fragment is curved which has created one convex and one concave face. The convex face has a tranverse crack or tear on the blade (8.7mm long w... | Images are drafts and will be edited.
Edward Caswell comments: At the broadest interpretation this could be the blade of a palstave or a flat axehead dating c.2400-1150 cal BC. Being a bit more risky I’d lean towards palstave and probably a later variety due to its width (c.1400-1150 cal BC) based on the dimensions ... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-01-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 111.6 | null | null | 11.2 | 46.8 | 1 | Jenny Durrant | Jenny Durrant | South East | West Sussex | Chichester | Lurgashall | SU9330 | From finder | 51.061816 | -0.674266 | HAMP-3DEA84 | null | HAMP3DEA8402.jpg | AXEHEAD - An incomplete Bronze Age copper alloy axehead. | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,063,914 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,000 | -1,900 | A complete but worn, decorated Early Bronze Age developed flat axehead dating to c.2000-1900 cal BC.
The axehead has a narrow butt (c.27mm wide) which has a rounded terminal. From this point is widens in a smooth concave curve to its point of maximum width and its blade tips (c.83mm). The blade is a shallow crescent... | Appendix 1: Measurements to Needham’s (2018) specifications and associated ratios
Dimension
L
LB
DE
WB
LC
W2
W3
WE
MO
LC'
MT
Measurement
170
155
15
27
142
28
55
83
10
90
12.8
... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-04-07T23:00:00Z | 2022-04-07T23:00:00Z | null | null | 419 | null | null | 12.8 | 170 | 1 | Edward Caswell | Edward Caswell | South East | Oxfordshire | West Oxfordshire | Glympton | SP4219 | From finder | 51.868003 | -1.391419 | OXON-4DDC19 | null | OXON4DDC19.jpg | Early Bronze Age flat axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,063,942 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | An incomplete copper alloy, tip from a spearhead, probably of Middle Bronze Age period, dating from c. BC 1500 to c. BC 1150.
The object is broadly triangular in plan and broadly lozenge shaped in cross section. The object has a blunt point at the top, which seems to have sustained some damage. From the point the si... | The 3D model has been generated using the mobile phone scanning application Qlone. | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2017-09-16T23:00:00Z | 2017-09-16T23:00:00Z | null | null | 18.5 | null | null | 11.8 | 59.8 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Lichfield | Fazeley | SK1803 | From finder | 52.624467 | -1.735528 | WMID-5003D2 | null | wmid5003d2.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Incomplete spearhead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,063,976 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -1,500 | Fragment of the blade end of a Bronze Age axehead, probably a flat axehead. The cutting edge is convex and complete, apart from a small fragment missing from a non-recent break. At the other end the object terminates in a non-recent transverse break. The side edges are transversally convex and longitudinally concave as... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-01-07T00:00:00Z | 2022-01-14T00:00:00Z | null | null | 84.9 | null | null | 10.4 | 43.9 | 1 | Andrew Williams | Andrew Williams | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Yelverton | TG2802 | From finder | 52.568012 | 1.362882 | NMS-51B28A | null | PFd_65344_51B28A_INDRC04032022AW_BA_FlatAxehead.jpg | Bronze Age flat axehead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,064,031 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | Copper alloy awl/point that is a long thin rod that has an expanded waist one third of the way down its length, from here both side tapers to a point. The shorter side (form the expansion) is 18mm long with a rectangular cross section that narrows to a flat terminal; this side may have been used as a tang and could hav... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-01-03T00:00:00Z | 2022-03-07T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 4 | 43 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | South West | Gloucestershire | Tewkesbury | Dumbleton | SP0235 | From finder | 52.013425 | -1.97227 | GLO-57F6D4 | null | GLO57F6D4.jpg | null | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
1,064,077 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 1,000 | 800 | A Bronze Age solid copper alloy casting jet, possibly dating to c 1000-800 BC. It is of flattened conical form. The base is very slightly concave and very rough.
Dimensions: 19.1mm in height; base 33.8mm in circumference; 60.52g in weight.
cf SUR-8C72EE on the PAS database: This type of object is the result of c... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 60.52 | 19.1 | 33.8 | null | null | 1 | Jane Hanbidge | Jane Hanbidge | South West | Gloucestershire | Cotswold | Siddington | SU0298 | null | 51.68076 | -1.972472 | WILT-808745 | null | WILT808745.jpg | WILT-808745 | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,064,082 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,000 | -800 | An extremely corroded and abraded fragment of a Bronze Age cast copper alloy axehead of uncertain type. The fragment is 46mm in length, with a flat cross section and a sub rectangular shape with parallel sides. The side profile tapers from a maximum thickness of 10mm at the rear edge. A void or casting flaw is evident ... |
Recorded from details emailed by the finder.
| 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 57.19 | null | null | 10 | 46 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | West Berkshire | West Berkshire | Bucklebury | SU5571 | From finder | 51.435338 | -1.210165 | SUR-8CFE39 | null | SUR8CFE39.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,064,295 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl with a tapering rectangular-sectioned tang and a circular-sectioned blade. Length 51.7mm. Maximum width 4mm. Maximum thickness 3.5mm. Diameter 4mm. Weight 4.7g. c.1000 to c.700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | 4.7 | null | 4 | 3.5 | 51.7 | 1 | null | Andrew Rogerson | null | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Congham | TF7123 | null | 52.777502 | 0.533734 | NMS-941F3E | null | PFd_31073_941F3E_SB052022AR_BA_Awl.jpg | Late Bronze Age awl | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,064,435 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Two objects from a Late Bronze Age hoard; according to TAR 2004, p. 40, no. 28, these are additional to a hoard first discovered in 2001.
Catalogue
1. Bronze Age copper alloy spear head. Leaf shaped blade with bevelled edges, rounded socket continuing smoothly as rounded central rib to the tip. Brown pat... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure | Metal detector | 2004-10-01T00:00:00Z | 2004-10-31T00:00:00Z | 2004T441 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2 | null | null | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | North Tuddenham | TG0512 | null | 52.66693 | 1.03024 | BM-A530B3 | null | 00064564_001.jpg | Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed spear- head, North Tuddenham, Norfolk, Treasure, 2004T441, front | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,064,577 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,250 | A complete palstave of Middle Bronze Age dating, probably of the Acton Park/Arreton phase, c 1500 - c. 1250 cal BC.
Around 90% of the palstave is present, with the blade and butt incomplete. The septum gradually tapers towards the butt. The flanges start off parallel to the stop ridge and taper in a straight diagona... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 432.2 | null | null | 31.5 | 153.5 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | South Staffordshire | Essington | SJ9501 | From finder | 52.606758 | -2.075266 | WMID-B8C748 | null | wmidb8c748.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Complete palstave | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,064,590 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,150 | A complete palstave of Middle Bronze Age dating, probably of the Wantage type, part of Acton Park / Taunton phase, c 1400 - c. 1150 cal BC.
Around 95% of the palstave is present, with the butt incomplete. The septum is straight and does not taper towards the butt. The flanges start off parallel to the stop ridge and... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 458.5 | null | null | 35.5 | 159 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | Little Ness | SJ4121 | From finder | 52.783338 | -2.8762 | WMID-B938CA | null | WMIDB938CA.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Complete shield patterned palstave | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,064,698 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | An incomplete possibly copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed chisel or socketed axehead dating to c. 1150 - 800 cal BC.
The socket is oval in cross section and measures 23.76mm in width. The object tapers in thickness from its socket to a flat 'blade' end that is sub-triangular in form and... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 60.07 | null | null | 18.26 | 80.96 | 1 | null | Tasha Fullbrook | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | St. Merryn | SW8673 | null | 50.517569 | -5.020095 | CORN-BD1691 | null | UnidentifiedobjectpossiblyBA.jpg | unidentified object | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,064,769 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A possible copper-alloy fragment of a Bronze Age spearhead. The object is a squashed tube with vertical ribs on either side. The ends of the object are broken and heavily abraded. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 14.57 | null | null | 11.8 | 25.7 | 1 | null | Philip Smither | South East | Buckinghamshire | Wycombe | Ibstone | SU7691 | null | 51.61271 | -0.903804 | BERK-CCBBFF | null | BERKCCBBFF.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,064,782 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | POST MEDIEVAL | null | null |
A corroded cast copper alloy casting jet or "gate" with a flattened skewed conical shape with a single sprue projection at the off-centre tip. The surfaces are textured with distinctive ripple marks and striations from cooling melt. This type of object is the result of casting into a mould and represents waste where m... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 39.73 | null | null | 17.2 | 30.6 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Moulsford | SU5883 | From finder | 51.542925 | -1.165044 | SUR-CD1211 | null | SURCD1211.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,064,851 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A fragment of copper alloy blade, probably a rapier or dirk dating to the middle Bronze Age (c.1500-1300 BC).
The blade has a pentagonal shape that narrows along the length of the blade. It is thin with a shallow lentoid section and a slightly bevelled surface towards the blade edge. All the sides are worn with inco... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-02-05T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 15.6 | null | null | 2.25 | 60.72 | 1 | Heather Beeton | Heather Beeton | Wales | Denbighshire | Denbighshire | Llanarmon-yn-Ial | SJ2156 | Centred on parish | 53.095335 | -3.181207 | LVPL-CE20A7 | null | LVPLCE20A7.jpg | Bronze Age rapier | National Museums Liverpool | Attribution License | ||
1,065,274 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -800 | A fragment of Bronze Age socketed axe, dating to c. 1500 - 800 BC. Possibly a fragment of socketed axehead. The fragment that remains is the blade end of the axehead with an uneven torn break cutting across its body. Beyond the break the axe widens in smooth concave curves to the blade edge which is crescent shaped.
... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 68.17 | null | null | 10.2 | 60.8 | 1 | Megan Gard | Megan Gard | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Charnwood | Rothley | SK5712 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.70268 | -1.15789 | LEIC-2326ED | null | 2326ED.jpg | Socketed axehead | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,065,444 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -801 | Copper-alloy awl, probably of late Bronze Age date. It is circular in cross-section for just over half its length, and then flattens to a rectangular cross-section. The circular-section area tapers gently and smoothly from 5.0mm in diameter in the centre to 3.8mm in diameter at the end, which has a worn break. The... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-07-28T00:00:00Z | 2019-07-28T00:00:00Z | null | null | 7.4 | null | null | 5 | 65.7 | 1 | null | Helen Geake | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Winfarthing | TM1185 | null | 52.422261 | 1.101685 | NMS-361B9B | null | PFd_62922_361B9B_INDTL10032020HG_BA_Awl.jpg | Probably Late Bronze Age probably awl | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,065,503 | Hoard | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Catalogue:
SF No.
Description
BAG1-0001
Cu-alloy socketed mortising chisel (lower section only). 28.97g. 64mm. Cf Davey 1973 no. 416. and Cheetham 1977 Pl. 6 no. 17. 24.09.03
BAG1-0002
... | Background to Discovery.
In 1947 a local farmworker found a looped and socketed axehead whilst engaged in agricultural work. The location is approximately 2 kilometres SW of another the LBA hoard found in the 1990s.
The find was reported to a local historian, who recorded the axehead. Subsequently this g... | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to museum after being declared Treasure | Metal detector | 2003-08-31T23:00:00Z | 2003-09-30T23:00:00Z | 2003T340 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 12 | Mike Cuddeford | null | Eastern | Essex | Uttlesford | Aythorpe Roding | TL6116 | null | 51.819435 | 0.334504 | BM-38312B | null | 00075000_001.jpg | Late Bronze Age, base metal group, High Easter Essex, Treasure, 2003T340 | The British Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,065,649 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A complete Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy unlooped palstave, dating to 1500 - 1300 BC. The blade of the palstave is broadly sub-triangular in plan with relatively straight (but with slightly expanded) sides and a expanding convex cutting edge (fantailed). In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section b... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 569 | null | null | 34.2 | 167 | 1 | Megan Gard | Megan Gard | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Melton | Hoby with Rotherby | SK6519 | GPS (from the finder) | 52.764699 | -1.038131 | LEIC-4B5776 | null | 4B5776.jpg | Palstave unlooped | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,066,081 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,800 | -1,500 | Very small Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age copper alloy flanged axehead of the Arreton phase, complete apart from the butt edge (fairly recent damage), one end of the wide crescentic blade (an old break) and a small chip at the centre of the same (more recently removed). Some patches of decaye... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-04-13T00:00:00Z | 2022-04-13T00:00:00Z | null | null | 79.9 | null | null | 8.8 | 64.5 | 1 | null | Andrew Rogerson | null | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Feltwell | TL6992 | null | 52.499715 | 0.488258 | NMS-6620F2 | null | 20220921_151008.jpg | null | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,066,213 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -701 | Late Bronze Age copper alloy awl with a tapering rectangular-sectioned tang and a circular-sectioned blade. In battered condition with much of the patinated surface lost. Weight 2.7g. Length 44.3mm. Width 4.5mm. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | 2.7 | null | null | null | 44.3 | 1 | null | Andrew Rogerson | null | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Gayton | TF7218 | null | 52.732281 | 0.545923 | NMS-8C6556 | null | PFd_59727_8C6556_SB052022AR_BA_Awl.jpg | Late Bronze Age awl | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,066,240 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,700 | -2,000 | A copper alloy flat axehead. A very small, possibly miniature axehead. It has a tapering, rounded butt. It is slightly thickened at the mid-point (possibly a proto stop-ridge). It flares, initially gently and then is stepped out into a wide, curved cutting edge which is thinned from the thickened mid-point. Then cuttin... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 48.54 | null | null | 8.35 | 61.28 | 1 | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Broadwindsor | ST4304 | From finder | 50.832712 | -2.810761 | DOR-A5B077 | null | DORA5B077.jpg | Early Bronze Age axehead | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,066,253 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -800 |
A fragment of the blade edge of a Bronze Age cast copper alloy axehead or tool of uncertain type. The blade edge is slightly curved, with a triangular side profile, but only a fragment of the edge remains, with old breaks on all sides. It is unclear whether the blade broke during use or from post depositional processe... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 2.28 | null | null | 5.3 | 11.3 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Upton Grey | SU6949 | From finder | 51.23602 | -1.013046 | HAMP-B42235 | null | HAMPB42235.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,066,254 | Dirk | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,450 | -1,150 | A fragment from a small blade of Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1450-1150BC. The fragment is 17.6mm in length and 7.6mm wide with a flat lenticular cross section 1.4mm thick. The fragment tapers slightly to one end, which is rounded, suggesting that it comprises the tip of a small dirk. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 0.84 | null | null | 1.4 | 17.6 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Test Valley | Houghton | SU3333 | From finder | 51.095364 | -1.530134 | HAMP-B43A67 | null | HAMPB43A67.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,066,503 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -1,250 | An incomplete cast copper alloy Middle Bronze Age socketed leaf-shaped spearhead, 63.3mm in length. The socket is incomplete, 10.2mm in diameter, ending in an old transverse break. The socket tapers seamlessly into a thick rounded midrib which runs to the blade tip. The cross section is lenticular with a clear distinct... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 22 | null | null | 10.2 | 63.3 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Sparsholt | SU4233 | From finder | 51.094777 | -1.40162 | SUR-C90EC2 | null | SURC90EC2.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,066,575 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A fragment of a Bronze Age axehead of uncertain type, possibly a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead dating c. 1150-800 cal. BC.
The blade end of the axehead survives with a worn transverse break across the body above the tips. The section is rectangular with no trace of a socket. The body flares slightly at the tips ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2021-12-04T00:00:00Z | 2021-12-04T00:00:00Z | null | null | 22.26 | null | null | 8.77 | 20.23 | 1 | Jane Clark | Jane Clark | South East | West Sussex | Adur | Coombes | TQ1806 | From finder | 50.841504 | -0.325433 | SUSS-CBA002 | null | SUSSCBA002.jpg | copper alloy axehead fragment | Sussex Archaeological Society | Attribution License | ||
1,066,602 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | A heavily abraded cast copper fragment from the socket of a late Bronze Age (c. 1100-800 BC) socketed axehead of uncertain type. The fragment in 27.9mm in length and comprises part of one lateral side of the socket, with a prominant casting ridge along the side and a corner suggesting that the socket had a sub rectangu... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 6.52 | null | null | 4.8 | 27.9 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | West Meon | SU6524 | null | 51.011717 | -1.074833 | SUR-CC6598 | null | SURCC6598.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,066,702 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Copper-alloy awl, probably of late Bronze Age date. It is rectangular, very nearly square in cross-section throughout, and it is not obvious which end is the blade and which is the tang. It is fairly sharp at one end and blunter at the other; the blunt end may be a worn break. The thickest and widest point is just over... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-04-08T23:00:00Z | 2022-05-08T23:00:00Z | null | null | 6 | null | null | 4.3 | 66.7 | 1 | Andrew Williams | Andrew Williams | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Fincham | TF6906 | From finder | 52.625453 | 0.495387 | NMS-CF90ED | null | PFd_33006_CF90ED_KLMD052022_BA_Awl.jpg | Probable Bronze Age awl | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,066,736 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,200 | A complete, copper alloy, Later Short Flanged axehead of the Lisset Type, dating to the middle Bronze Age, BC 1300-1200. A probable type Lissett metalworking phase (Schmidt and Burgess, 1981,100; plate 48, numbers 616-620).The axe is subrectangular, with a square butt which has been damaged. There is differential wear ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-04-23T23:00:00Z | 2022-04-24T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 18.29 | null | null | 127.08 | 1 | Andrew Agate | Andrew Agate | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Harrogate | Laverton | SE1873 | GPS (from the finder) | 54.152508 | -1.725894 | NCL-DF3553 | null | NCLDF3553.jpg | NCL-DF3553 | Tyne and Wear Museums | Attribution License | ||
1,066,773 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A complete copper-alloy awl of late Bronze Age date, 65.6mm in length with an octagonal cross section (square with bevelled corners). One end tapers to a point, the other to a flat chisel-like terminal. The surface has a deep-green patina, but is damaged with extensive loss in places. There is no evident decoration. | Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but examples of this form are thought to have been introduced in the Bronze Age (2150-800 BC) with most being Late Bronze Age in date (1150-800 BC). | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-07-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 9.09 | null | null | 6.1 | 65.6 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | East Hampshire | East Meon | SU7021 | From finder | 50.984159 | -1.004149 | SUR-E05614 | null | SURE05614.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,066,939 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | EARLY MEDIEVAL | -2,150 | 1,000 | Short copper alloy awl of uncertain date. Square in cross-section throughout its length it tapers from its greatest thickness at the mid-point, to a moderately sharp point at one end, and to a chisel edge at the other. The object may have had a handle with one end functioning as the tang, but the consistent dark brown ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-05-08T23:00:00Z | null | null | 4.28 | null | null | 4.3 | 40 | 1 | Garry Crace | Garry Crace | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Pentney | TF7312 | From finder | 52.678079 | 0.557564 | NMS-F4E336 | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
1,067,504 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -700 | A fragment of a copper alloy Bronze Age socketed axehead or socketed chisel dating from about 1000 BC - 700 BC. It has a fairly straight cutting edge with rounded corners one of which is broken off. There are straight but tapering sides and an ancient break at the top across the end of the socket where it is rectangula... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-01-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 41.3 | null | null | 12.4 | 27.3 | 1 | null | Andy Heath | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Hambleton | Catton | SE3779 | null | 54.205417 | -1.434257 | SWYOR-4D552C | null | SWYOR4D552CPostMedievalChisel.jpg | SWYOR-4D552C Post Medieval Chisel | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
1,067,613 | Bracelet | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 |
An incomplete copper-alloy penannular bracelet of probable Bronze Age date. The bracelet is ovate in cross section. In plan it is curved and tapers gradually. Both ends are heavily patinated suggesting ancient breaks.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2021-09-01T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 14.82 | null | null | 4.6 | 37.5 | 1 | Philip Smither | Philip Smither | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Wantage | SU4086 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.571457 | -1.424243 | BERK-6052F2 | null | BERK6052F2.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,067,616 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 |
An fragment of a probable Bronze Age object. The object is broken and worn on all sides and has a possible worn rib on both of the flat sides.
| null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-03-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 14.82 | null | null | 4.6 | 37.5 | 1 | Philip Smither | Philip Smither | South East | Surrey | Waverley | Farnham | SU8146 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.207475 | -0.841874 | BERK-606345 | null | BERK606345.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,067,693 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 2,350 | 1,600 | An incomplete and very worn copper-alloy flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date (2350-1600BC).
Description: The axehead is trapezoidal in shape with a lenticular cross-section. It has an irregular break at the butt end and from here its straight sides gradually widen to a slightly curved blade. It is ver... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 187.65 | null | null | 9.8 | 80.2 | 1 | null | Lori Rogerson | South East | Kent | Maidstone | East Farleigh | TQ7251 | null | 51.232265 | 0.462232 | KENT-735EC1 | null | KENT735EC1.jpg | Bronze Age flat axehead | All rights reserved | Attribution License | ||
1,067,993 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | Fragment of the blade-edge of a copper-alloy cutting tool, probably an axehead and probably of later Bronze Age date. The cutting edge is V-shaped in profile and moderately convex when viewed from either face. It becomes increasingly more convex towards one end, as it curves around to form the very beginning of one of ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-04-08T23:00:00Z | 2022-05-08T23:00:00Z | null | null | 3.7 | null | null | 3.9 | 8.1 | 1 | Andrew Williams | Andrew Williams | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Holme Hale | TF8906 | From finder | 52.618866 | 0.790507 | NMS-DDEADA | null | PFd_4612_DDEADA_KLMD052022_BA_Axehead.jpg | Fragment of a probable Bronze Age axehead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,068,059 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | An incomplete Late Bronze Age copper alloy dagger blade, dating to c. 1150-800 cal. BC. Most of the blade remains, with the sharp tip missing. There is also a section missing at the upper end where only a part of a single rivet hole remains, in line with the longitudinal centre line of the bla... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 34.64 | null | null | 2.6 | 110.3 | 1 | null | Jane Hanbidge | South West | Swindon | Swindon | Hannington | SU1794 | null | 51.644545 | -1.755715 | WILT-E08871 | null | WILTE08871.jpg | WILT-E08871 | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,068,156 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | A cast copper alloy fragment of a late Bronze Age (c. 1100 BC to 800 BC) socketed axehead measuring 22.6mm by 35.2mm. The fragment comprises the blade tip which flares out into a curved cutting edge. The axehead has a triangular side profile and a hollow centre. Most of the original surface has been lost. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-03-27T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | 21.43 | null | null | 11.4 | 22.6 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Surrey | Reigate and Banstead | Horley | TQ2943 | From finder | 51.1717 | -0.156145 | SUR-F20CB9 | null | SURF20CB9.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,068,271 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Late Bronze Age copper-alloy awl. It is flat-tipped and flat in cross-section at the tang end, gradually becoming oval in cross-section and finally pointed at the functional end. Viewed with either of the flat faces of the tang facing, the sides are nearly, but not perfectly straight and only very slightly tapering unt... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-04-08T23:00:00Z | 2022-05-08T23:00:00Z | null | null | 3.4 | null | null | 3.4 | 48.3 | 1 | Andrew Williams | Andrew Williams | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | North Kesteven | Wilsford | SK9943 | From finder | 52.975219 | -0.527109 | NMS-F909B8 | null | PFd_Lincolnshire_F909B8_KLMD052022_BARB_Awl.jpg | Bronze Age awl | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,068,868 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,000 | A very small fragment of the blade of a bronze axehead. A corner of the cutting edge. The fragment is wedge-shaped and curved along the cutting edge. The curvature suggests a fairly narrow blade. Possibly part of a palstave axehead.
Date: Middle Bronze Age - c. 1600 - 1000 BC
Length: 21.61 mm
Width: 9.87... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.05 | null | null | 3.81 | 21.91 | 1 | null | Rachel Mowbray | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Sydling St. Nicholas | SY6399 | null | 50.78938 | -2.526274 | DOR-70BE68 | null | DOR70BE68a.jpg | Bronze Age palstave fragment | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,068,910 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | A fragment of a copper-alloy socketed Axehead of Bronze Age date (1500-800 BC). The object is composed of a fastening loop and part of the socket rim. The socket rim has a double collar around the socket hole to the base of the loop. The profile of the socket is sub-square, however little is retained so its exact profi... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 29.1 | null | null | 7.41 | 37.78 | 1 | Ellie Cox | Ellie Cox | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Leckhampstead | SP7338 | From finder | 52.035609 | -0.937227 | NARC-7190F7 | null | NARC7190F7.jpg | NARC-7190F7 : Axehead : Bronze Age | Northamptonshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,068,938 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -750 | A fragmentary cast copper alloy sword blade fragment, probably of Late Bronze Age date (c.1150-750 BC), possibly of Wilburton or Ewart Park metalworking industry of Needham’s (1991) Periods 4-5, dated 1150-750 BC. The fragment is rectangular in plan and lenticular in section with an overall surviving length of 59.4mm. ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 70.56 | null | null | 7.9 | 59.4 | 1 | Adelle Bricking | Adelle Bricking | Wales | the Vale of Glamorgan | the Vale of Glamorgan | Peterston-super-Ely | ST0878 | null | 51.493432 | -3.326594 | NMGW-7264F5 | null | NMWPA2022334.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,069,529 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,800 | -1,500 | A complete flanged axehead of Early to Middle Bronze Age dating (c. 1800 BC to c. 1500 BC).
The flanged axehead has a rectangular butt with semi circular flanges that rise up vertically from either side. A stop ridge is present in the middle before extending into the blade. The blade is crescentic in shape. It has a... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Donated to a museum | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 450.4 | null | null | 27.3 | 150 | 1 | Teresa Gilmore | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Staffordshire Moorlands | Draycott in the Moors | SJ9840 | From finder | 52.957368 | -2.031219 | WMID-B1F615 | null | WMIDB1F615.jpg | Early to Middle Bronze Age: Complete flanged axe head | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,069,672 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Middle Bronze Age copper alloy unlooped palstave in fairly fresh condition with recent minor damage to the butt, blade and cutting edge and less recent scratches on on one face of the blade. There are no casting seams and hammer marks are faintly visible on one side. Below the stop ridge a low rib define... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-02-17T00:00:00Z | 2022-02-17T00:00:00Z | null | null | 492 | null | null | 24 | 164 | 1 | null | Andrew Rogerson | null | Norfolk | Breckland | Fransham | TF8913 | null | 52.681719 | 0.794514 | NMS-C636D8 | null | PFd_20612_C636D8_INDFR062022AR_BA_Palstave.jpg | Bronze Age palstave | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,070,220 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Fragment of a Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy rapier blade. The lateral edges are broadly straight and parallel for the most part, towards one end these begin to taper convexly before terminating at an old break, apparently a few millimetres before the original pointed tip. There is some loss of one of th... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-05-13T00:00:00Z | 2022-06-13T00:00:00Z | null | null | 6.4 | null | null | 2.9 | 38.7 | 1 | null | Andrew Williams | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Shouldham | TF6707 | null | 52.635053 | 0.466374 | NMS-3054A6 | null | PFd_15063_3054A6_KLMD062022_BA_Blade.jpg | Fragment of a probably Bronze Age blade | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,070,230 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | An incomplete copper alloy socketed axehead dating to the late Bronze Age (c.1000-800 BC).
The object is sub-rectangular in plan and wedge-shaped. The cutting edge is curved and expands slightly outwards. The edge is worn and abraded and measures 39.28mm in width. At the base of the object is a broadly sub-rectangul... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 157.97 | null | null | 23.7 | 82.62 | 1 | Heather Beeton | Heather Beeton | North West | Cheshire East | Cheshire East | Bradwall | SJ7562 | GPS (from the finder) | 53.15454 | -2.375302 | LVPL-30E264 | null | LVPL30E264.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axehead | National Museums Liverpool | Attribution License | ||
1,070,333 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A copper-alloy awl of late Bronze Age date, 55.5mm in length. Both ends taper to points; one half of the awl has a rounded cross section and tapers to a point and the other half has a square cross section and tapers to a break. There are grooves along the centre of two of the sides. The surface has a deep-green patina ... | Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but examples of this form are thought to have been introduced in the Bronze Age (2150-800 BC) with most being Late Bronze Age in date (1150-800 BC). | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-03-19T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 8.04 | null | null | 5.3 | 55.5 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | null | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Aldbourne | SU2178 | From finder | 51.500551 | -1.698859 | HAMP-439A97 | null | HAMP439A97.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,070,361 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,000 | -800 | A small cast copper alloy narrow-tanged and flanged chisel (or possibly a miniature axehead) of Bronze Age date. The object is 47.9mm in length and bent at the mid point. It expands from 5.6mm wide at the butt end to a curved and flared blade 13.8mm wide. It has a flat rectangular cross section with low flanges running... | Examples of this type of tool from early Bronze Age burial contexts (c. 2000-1800 BC) are featured in Needham (2017: 38). | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 7.6 | null | null | 3.6 | 47.9 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | East Hampshire | Newton Valence | SU7232 | From finder | 51.082811 | -0.973479 | HAMP-458652 | null | HAMP458652.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,070,686 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed spearhead, probably of side-looped type and dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age (c.1500 BC to 800 BC). The blade is leaf shaped and there is a prominant midrib running to the tip of the blade, which gives the blade a lenticular cross section with slightly... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-10-09T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 23.35 | null | null | 8.2 | 97.2 | 1 | null | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | East Hampshire | Liss | SU7627 | null | 51.037343 | -0.917433 | HAMP-9AB4D8 | null | HAMP9AB4D8a.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,070,691 | Dirk | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A complete Bronze Age dirk blade (cf. Burgess and Gerloff's (1981) Group IV) dating to the period c. 1500 - c.1150 BC. The blade is 126.4mm in length, with roughly parallel sides, a flared base and a rounded tip. The butt is a slender trapezoidal form with two flanking rivet holes. The blade is slightly b... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-09-27T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 26.51 | null | null | 2.6 | 126.4 | 1 | null | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | East Hampshire | Bentworth | SU6738 | null | 51.13736 | -1.043738 | HAMP-9AE0D7 | null | HAMP9AE0D7a.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,071,113 | Pin | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,200 | A cast copper-alloy quoit-headed pin of Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1500- 1200 BC).
The flat loop of the head has slightly rounded edges and is circular, 29.5 mm in diameter, with a central circular, perforation, 17 mm in diameter. This has been slightly bent probably after burial; the shaft has been be... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-02-05T00:00:00Z | 2022-02-05T00:00:00Z | null | null | 14.76 | null | 29.5 | null | 68.5 | 1 | null | Laura Beckwith | null | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Ivinghoe | SP9616 | null | 51.834371 | -0.608163 | DEV-C566C8 | null | DEVC566C8quoitheadedpin.jpg | Middle Bronze Age quoit-headed pin | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,071,203 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -800 | A fragment of copper alloy blade tip, possibly from a rapier, of Bronze Age date (probably middle to late Bronze age c.1600-800 BC).
The fragment consists of the narrow part of the blade, likely towards the point. It is lenticular in section and narrows towards the blade edge. The edges are worn and irregular, and e... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 6.4 | null | null | 3.55 | 35.13 | 1 | Heather Beeton | Heather Beeton | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Betley | SJ7648 | From finder | 53.028743 | -2.359298 | LVPL-D62ACD | null | LVPLD62ACD.jpg | Bronze Age rapier | National Museums Liverpool | Attribution License | ||
1,071,286 | Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,500 | 100 | A copper alloy ring of probable later prehistoric date - Bronze Age to Iron Age (c.1500 BC - AD100)
The ring is solidly cast with an external diameter of 22.66mm and internal 11.55mm. It is circular in section with a roughly equal thickness throughout. The surface has a smooth light green patina with some pitting ar... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 7.03 | null | 22.66 | 5.14 | null | 1 | Heather Beeton | Heather Beeton | Wales | Denbighshire | Denbighshire | Llanarmon-yn-Ial | SJ2055 | From finder | 53.086199 | -3.195887 | LVPL-D8B046 | null | LVPLD8B046.jpg | Bronze Age ring | National Museums Liverpool | Attribution License | ||
1,071,430 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A fragment of a cast copper alloy middle Bronze Age (1500-1150 BC) palstave axehead, comprising the butt end, which is flat, 25.9mm in length and tapers slightly to the rear. There are flanges rising to both sides with a flat septum between. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 19.9 | null | null | 7 | 25.9 | 1 | Simon Maslin | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | East Hampshire | Chawton | SU7037 | From finder | 51.128011 | -1.001059 | HAMP-ED38AD | null | HAMPED38AD.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,071,478 | Sickle | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -800 | A middle to late Bronze Age copper alloy sickle fragment dating c. 1600-800 BC
The fragment has one straight cutting edge and one opposing oblique cutting edge which curves to the horizontal at one end. The transverse breaks are worn and abraded and the blade has an almost plano-convex section with a raised rib o... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-01-23T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 7.3 | null | null | 3.09 | 27.92 | 1 | null | Alan Charman | South East | Kent | Ashford | Tenterden | TQ8731 | null | 51.047906 | 0.666467 | PUBLIC-1543B5 | null | PUBLIC1543B5.jpg | bronze age sickle blade | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,071,878 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | An almost complete copper alloy unlooped palstave of Middle Bronze Age date (c. 1500-1300BC) with shield shaped hollow below the stop ridge. Early or primary palstave of Group I - shield patterned type.
The palstave has a triangular shaped blade in plan. The palstave has a rectangular septum and straight-sided open fl... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 449 | null | null | 25.9 | 162 | 1 | null | Victoria Allnatt | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | Prees | SJ6032 | null | 52.883962 | -2.59587 | WMID-43C9D2 | null | WMID43C9D2.jpg | Middle Bronze Age palstave (front, profile, reverse, profile, blade edge) | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,072,010 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,150 | A fragment from a cast copper alloy spearhead dating from the Middle Bronze Age 1550 – 1150 cal BC suggested by the high midrib. Only the tip of the spear remains.
The fragment is triangular in plan, tapering to the spear's point. It has a lozenge shaped midrib that is solid and runs to the point of the spear from... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-02-27T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 1.31 | null | null | 4.5 | 20.5 | 1 | Philip Smither | Philip Smither | South East | Oxfordshire | West Oxfordshire | Minster Lovell | SP3009 | GPS (from the finder) | 51.778868 | -1.566558 | BERK-55D456 | null | BERK55D456.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,072,358 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -1,800 | Cast copper alloy flat axe of Early Bronze Age date. The axe is sub-triangular in plan with a wide rounded butt that is 24mm wide, the sides expand out evenly in a gradual concave arch to the cutting edge which is 48mm wide, the blade is slightly convex in shape. The blade bevel is slight and when viewed to the side th... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-05-31T23:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 10 | 73 | 1 | Kurt Adams | Kurt Adams | South West | North Somerset | North Somerset | Clapton-in-Gordano | ST4673 | From finder | 51.453393 | -2.778536 | GLO-6EC75E | null | GLO6EC75E.jpg | null | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
1,072,838 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,000 | An incomplete copper alloy, tip from a spearhead, probably of Middle Bronze Age period, dating from c. BC 1500 to c. BC 1100.
The object is broadly triangular in plan and broadly lozenge shaped in cross section. The object has a rounded point at the top, which seems to have sustained some damage. F... | The 3D model has been generated using the mobile phone scanning application Qlone. | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 23.3 | null | null | 9.2 | 89 | 1 | null | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Lichfield | Harlaston | SK2108 | null | 52.669308 | -1.690895 | WMID-D7A28E | null | WMIDD7A28E.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Incomplete spearhead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,073,335 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A copper-alloy awl of late Bronze Age date, 47.3mm in length. One half of the awl has a rounded cross section and tapers to a point and the other half has a rectangular cross section and tapers to a flat square chisel tip. The surface has been heavily damaged but there is no decoration evident. | Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but examples of this form are thought to have been introduced in the Bronze Age (2150-800 BC) with most being Late Bronze Age in date (1150-800 BC). | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-05-14T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 5.68 | null | null | 5.6 | 47.3 | 1 | null | Simon Maslin | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Codford | ST9942 | null | 51.177234 | -2.015686 | HAMP-53E9F3 | null | HAMP53E9F3.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,073,342 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,100 | Dimensions: surviving length 67.2mm; max. surviving width of blade 12.4mm; max. thickness 8.9mm; surviving internal diameter of socket 6.2mm; depth of socket (partially blocked by soil) 18.9mm; surviving weight 10.6g
Middle Bronze Age spearhead, probably of Davis’ (2012) Group 6; Developed side-looped and dating... | Although incomplete, enough survives of this artefact to suggest that it once belonged to a Group 6: Developed side-looped spearhead. Group 6, side-looped spearheads have a long-lived production, spanning the end of Arreton in the Early Bronze Age to Wilburton at the beginning of the Late Bronze Age (Davis 2012, 109). ... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 10.6 | null | null | 8.9 | 67.2 | 1 | null | Clara de Sousa Cunha | Wales | Monmouthshire | Monmouthshire | Abergavenny | SO3211 | null | 51.7935 | -2.987379 | NMGW-543FF9 | null | 2022984.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead blade (fragment) | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,073,390 | Dirk | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,200 | -1,000 | A fragment of a modified copper alloy blade from a Late Bronze Age (c.1200-1000 BC) dirk or rapier, along with part of its hilt. The blade has a lenticular cross section with a low midribe which is distinctly flattened on the top. This flares out into a triangular area at the hilt. There are flanking contractions ... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 10.55 | null | null | 5.1 | 32.2 | 1 | null | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | New Alresford | SU5832 | null | 51.084394 | -1.173323 | HAMP-56041F | null | HAMP56041F.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,073,401 | Dirk | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,000 | A small and heavily abraded fragment of a copper alloy blade from a mid to late Bronze Age (c.1500-1000 BC) dirk or rapier, 16.7mm in length. The blade has a lenticular cross section. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.13 | null | null | 3.2 | 16.7 | 1 | null | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | East Hampshire | Hawkley | SU7430 | null | 51.064575 | -0.945341 | HAMP-565C04 | null | HAMP565C04.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,073,742 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,150 | An incomplete Late Bronze Age arrowhead or spearhead dated to c.1400-800BC, possibly narrowed to c.AD1400-1150
The blade is leaf shaped with a gently curving blade edge, tapering towards shallow shoulders. The tip of the blade is broken. Down both sides there is a prominent midrib running the length of the blade creat... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 11.25 | null | null | 7.5 | 42.5 | 1 | null | Philip Smither | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Lyford | SU3994 | null | 51.643454 | -1.437784 | BERK-9295B3 | null | BERK9295B3.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,073,896 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 1,000 | 700 | Fragment of the blade end of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe. The convex cutting edge is complete, but only very short lengths of the concave lateral edges are extant. The fragment terminates in a transverse worn break at about seventeen millimetres from the cutting edge. The fragment expands in thickness from the cutti... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-05-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 17 | null | null | 9.2 | 18.1 | 1 | null | Andrew Williams | Eastern | Norfolk | North Norfolk | Gunthorpe | TG0137 | null | 52.89286 | 0.98651 | NMS-A8B478 | null | PFd_24568_A8B478_INDTH08072022AW_BA_SocketedAxehead.jpg | Fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,074,166 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,450 | -1,150 | An incomplete, copper alloy (bronze) spearhead, likely from the Middle Bronze Age (1450-1150 BC). There is a central rib running along the blade with a high profile and a lozenge shaped cross section that tapers towards the tip of the spear, which would mean that the fragment is likely from a Middle Bronze Age loo... | null | 4 | Copper | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 10.83 | null | null | 6.81 | 45.01 | 1 | null | Malcolm Adams | West Midlands | Worcestershire | Wychavon | Pershore | SO9445 | null | 52.1033 | -2.089013 | WAW-FBF93D | null | Spearhead.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,074,383 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,000 | An incomplete Middle Bronze Age cast socketed Spearhead, dating to c. 1600 BC - 1000 BC. The spearhead is almost complete, it is missing fragments of the socketed base. The spear has a lozenge shaped cross- section with a high mid-rib which tapers towards from the tip toward the break. The sock... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 48.58 | null | null | 4.7 | 95.5 | 1 | null | Megan Gard | East Midlands | Derbyshire | Amber Valley | Shottle and Postern | SK3050 | null | 53.046429 | -1.553958 | LEIC-13CAC7 | null | 13CAC7.jpg | Socketed Spearhead | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,074,395 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | null | null | Small flat axehead. Most of the rectangular butt survives, from where it curves out very slightly to a thicker centre which has very slight flanges to both sides, on both faces. The axe then curves out sharply to a wide cutting edge, most of which is now missing. The smooth olive-green polished surface is largely ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-10-20T00:00:00Z | 2019-10-20T00:00:00Z | null | null | 104.8 | null | null | 10.4 | 76 | 1 | null | Helen Geake | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Wymondham | TM1098 | null | 52.539345 | 1.095188 | NMS-14243D | null | PFd_64115_14243D_INDTL10032020HG_BA_FlatAxehead.jpg | Early Bronze Age flat axehead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,074,442 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -750 | The cutting edge of a late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead dating to c.950-750 BC.
The object is comprised of the cutting edge only, the rest of the object is missing. The fragment is sub-rectangular in shape with a wedged section that tapers to the cutting edge. The edge is crescentic in shape and is wo... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2021-03-30T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 21.58 | null | null | 9.61 | 21.08 | 1 | null | Heather Beeton | Wales | Flintshire | Flintshire | Argoed | SJ2662 | null | 53.149976 | -3.107941 | LVPL-2471B5 | null | LVPL2471B5.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axehead | National Museums Liverpool | Attribution License | ||
1,074,465 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A complete copper-alloy awl of late Bronze Age date, 61.2mm in length. One half has a sub rounded cross section and the other has a sub rectangular section. Both ends taper to sharp points. The surface has a deep-green patina and there is no evident decoration. | Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but examples of this form are thought to have been introduced in the Bronze Age (2150-800 BC) with most being Late Bronze Age in date (1150-800 BC). | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 4.12 | null | null | 3.6 | 61.2 | 1 | null | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | New Forest | Whitsbury | SU1319 | null | 50.970272 | -1.816231 | -SUR 258415.00 | null | SUR258415.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License |
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