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1,074,580 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,100 | A Middle to Late Bronze Age south Western type palstave axehead c.1400-1100 BC
The butt end has rounded. The flanges begin about a third of the way along the butt's length. The cleft between the flanges is relatively smother perhaps from use and there is an irregular hole through the middle near the stop. The cast... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2021-07-10T00:00:00Z | 2021-07-10T00:00:00Z | null | null | 392.72 | null | null | 30.9 | 149.6 | 1 | null | Philip Smither | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Corsley | ST8245 | null | 51.203924 | -2.259026 | BERK-2F01C4 | null | BERK2F01C4.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,074,658 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,250 | A cast copper alloy early short palstave probably of the Acton Park ii/Taunton metalwork style dating to the Middle Bronze Age (c.1400 BC - 1250 BC), Metalworking Phase VIII and IX which corresponds with Needham's period 4 and 5.
The butt is triangular in section which thickens towards the septum. The flanges... | Photos from finder
Near identical examples are illustrated by Rowlands (1976: plate 27) which are categorised as Class 1 group 1 palstaves although its size is more appropriate for a Class 1 group 3 form. In either case Rowlands suggests these date to the Middle Bronze Age and specifically from c. 1500-1150 cal BC. &l... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-03-20T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 377 | null | null | 30 | 152 | 1 | null | Philip Smither | South East | Hampshire | Test Valley | Ampfield | SU3924 | null | 51.014063 | -1.445425 | BERK-6F3120 | null | BERK6F3120.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,074,870 | 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 27mm by 43mm. 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. Much of the original surface has been lost to ... | Recorded from details emailed by the finder. | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 40 | null | null | 12 | 27 | 1 | null | Simon Maslin | West Midlands | County of Herefordshire | County of Herefordshire | Abbey Dore | SO3932 | null | 51.983094 | -2.889616 | SUR-8D5B3E | null | SUR8D5B3E.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,074,881 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -300 | An incomplete copper alloy "Moustache-shaped" object probably of Middle Bronze Age to Middle Iron Age date (1500-300 BC). The object consists of two pointed drop-shaped elements (both points partially lost), D-shaped in cross-section and joined at their widest point, by a longitudinally recessed oval nec... | These moustache-like objects are thought to date from the Middle Bronze Age to the Late Iron Age, after the discovery of one in the Salisbury Hoard (Stead, 1998, no.117). An example was found recently in a Middle Bronze Age context at Clay Farm, Cambridgeshire (Current Archaeology March 2012, Issue 264, 35). Some are &... | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 8.3 | null | null | 10.52 | 14.93 | 1 | null | Ellie Cox | West Midlands | Warwickshire | Rugby | Leamington Hastings | SP4468 | null | 52.308359 | -1.356067 | NARC-8EAEE7 | null | NARC8EAEE7.jpg | NARC-8EAEE7 : "Moustache-shaped" object : Bronze Age | Northamptonshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,075,283 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -900 | A fragment of copper alloy, Bronze Age, spearhead, 1500-900BC. The object comprises the tip of the spearhead, tapering down to a point. There is an old break at the bottom of the object in which there remains only a small circular depression marking the end of the inside of the socket. The object has a brown-green pati... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.45 | null | null | 3.66 | 35.97 | 1 | null | Edwin C Wood | South East | Milton Keynes | Milton Keynes | Hanslope | SP8147 | null | 52.115398 | -0.818496 | BUC-BC0593 | null | BUCBC0593.jpg | A fragment of copper alloy, Bronze Age, spearhead, 1500-900BC. | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,075,400 | 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 alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 21.41 | null | null | 9.17 | 50.68 | 1 | null | Malcolm Adams | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | Baschurch | SJ4222 | null | 52.792435 | -2.861553 | WAW-CFBA91 | null | WAWCFBA91.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,075,774 | Pin | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,500 | -300 | A complete, copper alloy, Pin of possible prehistoric date, Bronze-Iron Age, 1500-300 BC. The object comprises a narrow cylindrical shank with a sharp point. At the opposite terminal to the point, the terminal has radial ridges. The whole object has a brown-green patina seen in this region on prehistoric alloys. Howeve... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 10.17 | null | 4.35 | null | 85.54 | 1 | null | Edwin C Wood | Eastern | Hertfordshire | Dacorum | Tring Rural | SP9113 | null | 51.808241 | -0.681493 | BUC-176B67 | null | BUC176B67.jpg | A complete, copper alloy, Pin of possible prehistoric date, Bronze-Iron Age, 1500-300 BC. | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,076,134 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,250 | -1,100 | A complete copper alloy palstave axehead with side loop of Middle Bronze Age date from the period c.1250-1100BC.
The blade of the palstave is sub-triangular in plan, with convex expanding sides, and a convex cutting edge. The cutting edge is slightly asymmetrical and blunt. It measures 45.81mm in width and is 1.5... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 316.6 | null | null | 30.32 | 127.06 | 1 | null | Heather Beeton | North West | Cheshire East | Cheshire East | Audlem | SJ6544 | null | 52.992179 | -2.52287 | LVPL-4DD308 | null | LVPL4DD308.jpg | Middle Bronze Age palstave | National Museums Liverpool | Attribution License | ||
1,076,148 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -900 | A Middle to Late Bronze Age palstave axehead, probably of Transitional or Late type, dating to Circa 1100 - 900 BC.
Description: The butt end is damaged and incomplete. The flanges begin about three quarters of the way along the butt's length. The casting seam is visible along the sides of... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 300 | null | null | 28.12 | 126 | 1 | null | Steven Nye | London | Greater London Authority | Bromley | Bromley Common and Keston | TQ4166 | null | 51.375553 | 0.024461 | KENT-4E0C1E | null | KENT4E0C1E.jpg | Bronze Age palstave | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,076,442 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -1,250 | An incomplete Middle Bronze Age copper alloy probably side-looped spearhead dating from about 1550 BC - 1250 BC. It fits into the Acton Park or Taunton phases. These phases correspond with Needham's Period 5 (c. 1500 - 1150 BC). The spear head is probably Davis group 6.
The spearhead has a... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | 24.54 | null | null | 10.3 | 78.9 | 1 | null | Chris Scriven | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Craven | Clapham cum Newby | SD7369 | null | 54.116155 | -2.414536 | SWYOR-A25501 | null | SWYORA25501BronzeAgeSpearHead.jpg | SWYOR-A25501 Bronze Age Spear Head | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
1,076,474 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -800 | A fragment from the blade end of a cast, copper alloy socketed axehead of Bronze Age date, about 1300 BC - 800 BC, type unknown. Only the convex cutting edge survives, with concave sides tapering to a very worn break. The end of the socket is visible across the break. It is triangular in section. The remainin... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-05-27T00:00:00Z | null | null | 21.59 | null | null | 6.9 | 46.1 | 1 | null | Joan Tozer | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Craven | Rylstone | SD9659 | null | 54.026978 | -2.062551 | SWYOR-A371FD | null | SWYORA371FDBronzeAgeAxehead.jpg | SWYOR-A371FD Bronze Age Axehead | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
1,076,523 | Chisel | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -750 | An incomplete cast copper alloy tanged and collared chisel of Late Bronze Age date, probably of Wilburton or Ewart Park metalworking industry, corresponding with Needham’s (1996) Periods 6-7, dated to c.1150-750 BC. The chisel is comprised of the blade and a fraction of the tang with a surviving overall length of... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 228.79 | null | null | 10 | 65.5 | 1 | null | Adelle Bricking | West Midlands | County of Herefordshire | County of Herefordshire | Peterchurch | SO3433 | null | 51.991511 | -2.962602 | NMGW-A5C7CE | null | NMWPA20221091.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,076,927 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,150 | An incomplete cast copper alloy low flanged palstave axe with side loop of Middle Bronze Age dating c.1400-1150 cal BC.
The object is very worn and abraded but has a single midrib visible on each face with a worn shield shaped pattern below the curved stop ridge. The blade of the palstave is sub-triangu... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 221 | null | null | 19.27 | 113.44 | 1 | null | Jane Clark | South East | East Sussex | Rother | Central | TQ7507 | null | 50.836073 | 0.483926 | SUSS-D0EA27 | null | SUSSD0EA27a.jpg | A copper alloy low flanged palstave axe with side loop | Sussex Archaeological Society | Attribution License | ||
1,077,010 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A complete copper-alloy awl of late Bronze Age date, with a rectangular cross section One end tapers gently to a point, the other abruptly to a flat, flared chisel-like terminal. The surface has a dark-green patina. 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 | 2022-08-14T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 3.34 | null | null | 4 | 52 | 1 | null | Philip Smither | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | Aston Tirrold | SU5684 | null | 51.552117 | -1.193722 | BERK-E1A7CB | null | BERKE1A7CB.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,077,165 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -1,150 | A fragment from the tip probably of a Bronze Age weapon, most likely a rapier dating to the Middle Bronze Age c. 1550-1150 cal BC.
The fragment is from the tip of the blade. It has a pointed oval shaped cross section with wide flat faces and then bevelled blades edges which have been abraded ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-01-07T00:00:00Z | 2022-07-07T00:00:00Z | null | null | 6.2 | null | null | 2.4 | 36 | 1 | null | Edward Caswell | South East | Oxfordshire | Cherwell | Bucknell | SP5725 | null | 51.920614 | -1.172598 | OXON-F98009 | null | OXONF98009.jpg | Bronze Age rapier fragment | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,077,241 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | Copper alloy axe fragment. Crescentic cutting end of a cast bronze axe. Found among the stones from a potato picking machine. Suggested date: Bronze Age, 1500-800BC
Length [from drawing]: 42mm | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 42 | 1 | null | Marina Elwes | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | East Lindsey | Willoughby with Sloothby | TF4771 | null | 53.215729 | 0.20004 | NLM-36864C | null | NLM50766.jpg | Bronze age axe fragment | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,077,245 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 1,800 | 1,400 | Flat flanged axe, flared cutting edge. Suggested date: Early to Middle Bronze Age, 1800-1400 BC.
Length [from drawing]: 105mm | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2000-10-12T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 105 | 1 | null | Marina Elwes | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | East Lindsey | Welton Le Marsh | TF4769 | null | 53.197764 | 0.19912 | NLM-36A322 | null | NLM50767.jpg | Early Bronze Age axe | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,077,479 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -1,000 | Leaf shaped spearhead, socket end not preserved. Suggested date: Middle Bronze Age, 1400-1000BC.
Length [from drawing]: 75mm | The finder is listed as N F, possibly a member of the family of the finder cited here: S F | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2000-10-20T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 75 | 1 | null | Marina Elwes | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | Worlaby | TA0114 | null | 53.612823 | -0.474778 | NLM-4E10D1 | null | NLM50802.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead fragment | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,077,585 | Harness Fitting | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,020 | -800 | A complete cast copper alloy harness fitting of Late Bronze Age date (c. 1020 – 800 BC). The ring consists of a circular ring (internal diameter 6.5mm, external diameter 18.9mm, 6.9mm thick) with an integrally cast sub-rectangular slot (outside dimensions 10.5mm long x 5.1mm high x 3.6mm thick; internal dimension... | Thanks to Cat Rees for her help with the record. | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 8.54 | null | null | 6.9 | 22.1 | 1 | null | Adelle Bricking | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | Wilton | SU2860 | null | 51.338404 | -1.599433 | NMGW-620797 | null | 20229331.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,077,697 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A complete copper-alloy awl of late Bronze Age date, 49.7mm in length. One half has a sub rounded cross section and tapers to a point, the other has a sub rectangular section and tapers to a rounded chisel tip. 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 | 4.4 | null | null | 3.8 | 49.7 | 1 | null | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Overton | SU4949 | null | 51.238084 | -1.299493 | SUR-74CDD0 | null | SUR74CDD0.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,077,728 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,500 | 100 | A cast copper alloy 'moustache-shaped' object of late Bronze Age or Iron Age date c. 1500BC - AD100.
The object is formed from a pair of globular ovoid elements with sweeping, drop shaped ends which taper upwards and slightly outwards towards pointed tips. The pair of ovoids are connected with&n... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 13.85 | 20.3 | null | 11.39 | null | 1 | null | Jane Clark | South East | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Upton Grey | SU7147 | null | 51.217794 | -0.984799 | SUSS-776773 | null | SUSS776773.jpg | A cast copper alloy 'moustache-shaped' object | Sussex Archaeological Society | Attribution License | ||
1,077,991 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A bent copper-alloy awl of late Bronze Age date, 79.3mm in length. One half has a sub rounded cross section and tapers to a point, the other has a sub rectangular section and tapers to a rounded chisel tip. 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 | 2022-07-30T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 6.3 | null | null | 3.6 | 79.3 | 1 | null | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Twyford | SU4827 | null | 51.040359 | -1.316741 | SUR-E149F6 | null | SURE149F6.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,078,124 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -1,600 | A fragment of copper-alloy flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date (2350-1600BC).
Description: The fragment is relatively short and represents the butt end of the axehead. The butt is rounded narrow and very thin almost like it has extensive post casting working to make it that thin. The fragment widens slightly to... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 46.68 | null | null | 10.8 | 40.09 | 1 | null | Jo Ahmet | South East | Kent | Dover | Whitfield | TR3146 | null | 51.166572 | 1.30278 | KENT-FDBBE3 | null | KENTFDBBE3a.jpg | Flat axehead fragment | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,078,588 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,000 | Two fragments of a Middle to Late Bronze Age copper-alloy rapier. They are heavily abraded around the edges (with total or near-total loss of original edge) and do not fit perfectly together. However, they are likely to be two parts of a single object since they are of similar thickness and width, with the same lozengi... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 4.5 | 86.7 | 1 | null | Andrew Williams | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Old Buckenham | TM0891 | null | 52.477273 | 1.06137 | NMS-72E899 | null | 65758_72E899_INDGP01092022AW_BA_Rapier_ILL.jpg | Two fragments of a Bronze Age rapier or dirk | Andrew Williams | Attribution License | ||
1,078,632 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,250 | -950 | A complete cast copper alloy late Middle Bronze Age side looped and shield-patterned palstave, 131mm in length, of the late Penard / early Wilburton tradition (c. 1150-950 cal BC).
There is a single side loop at the mid point on one side. The blade flares out to a crescentic cutting edge, 46mm in width,... | Recorded from details emailed by the finder. | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 320 | null | null | 33 | 131 | 1 | null | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Fareham | Stubbington | SU5605 | null | 50.841824 | -1.206022 | SUR-7442C2 | null | SUR7442C2.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,078,875 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,700 | -1,500 | Description
Early to Middle Bronze Age copper-alloy flanged axehead, of Needham’s (2017) Class 5D, Type West Drayton. The body is narrow and expands in width only very slightly with near-straight sides for most of its length, from the semi-circular butt end to more than halfway along the blade. It the... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-03-16T00:00:00Z | 2020-03-16T00:00:00Z | null | null | 287 | null | null | 19.7 | 117.8 | 1 | null | Andrew Williams | Eastern | Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | Hockwold cum Wilton | TL6987 | null | 52.454807 | 0.485725 | NMS-8B1225 | null | PFd_64076_8B1225_INDGP01092022AW_BA_FlangedAxehead.jpg | Early to Middle Bronze Age flanged axehead | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,078,906 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | A complete copper alloy (bronze) copper-alloy Primary / Early phase Group III palstave of Middle Bronze Age dating (1500-1300 BC).
The object has a single midrib visible on both faces. The blade of the palstave is sub-triangular in plan, with convex expanding sides, and a convex cutting edge. The cutting edge is ... | The 3D model has been generated using the mobile phone scanning application Qlone. | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 412.6 | null | null | 31.6 | 150.8 | 1 | null | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Lichfield | Shenstone | SK0700 | null | 52.597749 | -1.898088 | WMID-9C1A13 | null | WMID9C1A13.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Complete palstave | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,078,947 | Penannular Ring | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | A complete copper-alloy penannular ring of possible Bronze Age date, c.1000 – 800 BC.
The ring is circular in plan and section with a small gap between two flat terminals.
The metal has a mid-green/black patina and is worn. The object is 14.7mm in diameter, 4.7mm thick and weighs 3.1g
Penannular rings are char... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 3.1 | null | 14.7 | 4.7 | null | 1 | null | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | East Riding of Yorkshire | East Riding of Yorkshire | Ellerker | SE9329 | null | 53.749084 | -0.591172 | YORYM-9D0DD3 | null | CHC0160.jpg | Bronze Age : Penannular Ring | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,079,121 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,300 | -600 | An incomplete, heavily worn fragment of a cast Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe head, dating to c.1300-700cal BC. The fragment consists of the axe's blade above which is a worn and abraded break that reveals a shallow portion of the socket. The axe fragment is sub-trapezoidal in plan with the sides being s... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-07-20T00:00:00Z | null | null | 40.82 | null | null | 12.59 | 28.68 | 1 | null | Angie Bolton | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Wootton | SP4802 | null | 51.714684 | -1.306631 | OXON-B310BE | null | OXONB310BE.jpg | Bronze Age socketed axe (plan, profile and plan). | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,079,123 | Spear | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -800 | Deark green copper alloy spearhead, corroded. Very mangled remains of a spear head. Suggested date: Middle to Late Bronze Age, 1600-800BC
Length: 41.7mm, Width: 19mm, Thickness: 3.4mm, Weight: 6.75gms | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 6.75 | null | null | 3.4 | 41.7 | 1 | null | Marina Elwes | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | East Lindsey | Horncastle | TF2569 | null | 53.203385 | -0.13001 | NLM-B32197 | null | NLM51055.jpg | Bronze age spearhead | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,079,219 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -2,050 | An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) flat axe of Early Bronze Age dating (c. 2350 BC to c. 2050 BC).
The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in shape with an incomplete rounded shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with tapering edges. The axehead is broken, with the butt end missing. The ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-05-12T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 145.65 | null | null | 11.32 | 62.07 | 1 | null | Andrew Agate | North East | Northumberland | Northumberland | null | NZ1885 | null | 55.159003 | -1.719041 | NCL-F0A63E | null | NCLF0A63E_1.jpg | NCL-F0A63E | Tyne and Wear Museums | Attribution License | ||
1,079,232 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -950 | -750 | An incomplete copper alloy (bronze) probable socketed axehead or chisel fragment, of Late Bronze Age dating (c. 950 BC to c. 750 BC). The expanded blade has a curved convex (crescent shaped) cutting edge which is incomplete. The sides do not appear to be faceted and no ribs are present on either the fron... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z | 2020-08-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 12.95 | null | null | 9.43 | 22.34 | 1 | null | Andrew Agate | North East | Northumberland | Northumberland | Meldon | NZ1388 | null | 55.186116 | -1.797376 | NCL-F12C3E | null | NCLF12C3EMiniAxehead.jpg | NCL-F12C3E | Tyne and Wear Museums | Attribution License | ||
1,079,288 | Flat Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -1,900 | A cast copper alloy flat axe dating from the Early Bronze Age, that is about 2200 BC - 1900 BC. The axe is narrow with tapering sides. It has an oblique butt and is lenticular in cross-section. The sides curve outwards to form the tips of the cuttin edge, and there is no edge bevel. There is no sign of a stop... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | 162.9 | null | null | 8.6 | 96.5 | 1 | null | Diane Gourley | Yorkshire and the Humber | Calderdale | Calderdale | Illingworth and Mixenden | SE0729 | null | 53.757314 | -1.89531 | SWYOR-F3E7ED | null | SWYORF3E7EDPH2.jpg | Bronze Age Flat Axe Head | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
1,079,295 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Upper blade-hilt/butt part of a Middle Bronze Age rapier, of Burgess and Gerloff (1981) group IV, all old surfaces are thinly patinated chocolate brown, most probably from deposition (originally) in damp conditions, known as water patination. Most edges are relatively recently damaged and show as pale green, though bot... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-05-19T00:00:00Z | 2022-06-16T00:00:00Z | null | null | 62 | null | null | 4 | 120.5 | 1 | null | Jason Gibbons | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Bressingham | TM0883 | null | 52.405455 | 1.056392 | NMS-F4446E | null | Image2662.jpg | null | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,079,303 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Leaf-shaped blade from a very small Middle Bronze Age side-looped spearhead, broken relatively recently across the junction between the socket and the blade itself, the blade has a pronounced median ridge, the remains of the socket is cast offset to one face, now 13 mm deep and 5 mm diameter at the break, constric... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-05-19T00:00:00Z | 2022-06-16T00:00:00Z | null | null | 14 | null | null | 9 | 55.5 | 1 | null | Jason Gibbons | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Shelfanger | TM0884 | null | 52.414432 | 1.057013 | NMS-F50ECB | null | Image2652.jpg | null | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,079,308 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Elongated awl, of sub-square section at the junction of the long point and the short tang, the section changes to circular, blending towards the tip, the tang becoming more rectangular. The point is fairly recently bent as is the tang, probably due to disturbance from agricultural machinery. All old surfaces are patina... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-05-19T00:00:00Z | 2022-06-16T00:00:00Z | null | null | 16 | null | null | 6.25 | 111 | 1 | null | Jason Gibbons | Eastern | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Shelfanger | TM0884 | null | 52.414432 | 1.057013 | NMS-F550EB | null | Image2642.jpg | null | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,079,426 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | An incomplete cast copper alloy spearhead of Late Bronze Age dating (c. 1000 BC to c. 800 BC).
The spearhead is in two joining fragments with patinated breaks. The edges and tip of the blade are damaged. The centre of the blade is divided by a tapering (tip to base) lozenge shaped midrib. The mid... | 3d Models have been generated using the mobile phone scanning application Qlone. | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 42.8 | null | null | 10.2 | 94 | 1 | null | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Shropshire | Shropshire | Weston-under-Redcastle | SJ5730 | null | 52.865753 | -2.640184 | WMID-0700DF | null | WMID0700DF.jpg | Late Bronze Age: Incomplete spearhead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,079,512 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | MEDIEVAL | -1,250 | 1,500 | A near complete cast copper alloy awl or other leatherworking tool, likely of later Bronze Age date (c. 1250-700BC), but potentially dating from any time between the Bronze Age and the Medieval period (c. 1250BC-AD 1500). The awl is essentially complete barring some minor surface loss, particularly towards the ti... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 2.57 | null | null | 3.1 | 49.5 | 1 | null | George Whatley | South East | Hampshire | Test Valley | Houghton | SU3333 | null | 51.095364 | -1.530134 | NMGW-1F0897 | null | 20221394.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,079,515 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -700 | Fragment of the blade end of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe. The cutting edge is convex and complete, although worn. At the opposite end the fragment terminates in a worn and fairly straight transverse break (a long oval in cross-section). From the break to the cutting edge it expands in width with straight sides, only... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-09-08T00:00:00Z | 2020-09-08T00:00:00Z | null | null | 42.8 | null | null | 11.5 | 30 | 1 | null | Andrew Williams | Eastern | Norfolk | Breckland | Old Buckenham | TM0790 | null | 52.468675 | 1.046047 | NMS-1FE364 | null | PFd_56759_1FE364_INDGP01092022AW_BS_SocketedAxehead.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,079,681 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -800 | Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe fragment of indeterminate type dating to c.1100 – 800BC
Description: The fragmentary cast axe is represented by a blade fragment only and is of comparatively slender form. At the top of the fragment is the base of the socket of sub-rectangular form (22.01mm x 7mm and... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 56.22 | null | 12.25 | 12.26 | 34.94 | 1 | null | Steven Nye | South East | Kent | Canterbury | Barham | TR1946 | null | 51.171289 | 1.131418 | KENT-483F66 | null | KENT483F66.jpg | Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe | Kent County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,079,698 | Unidentified Object | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,250 | -100 | A cast copper alloy 'moustache' shaped object of uncertain use. The object is three-dimensional and consists of a single drooping ovoid element with pointed tips. These ovoid is decorated with multiple grooves running down the body but stopping before the tip. The base of the ovoid is flat and reveals a hollow ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-05-26T00:00:00Z | 2022-07-04T00:00:00Z | null | null | 3.36 | null | null | 9 | 19 | 1 | null | Kurt Adams | South West | Gloucestershire | Tewkesbury | Dumbleton | SP0336 | null | 52.022411 | -1.957691 | GLO-49A053 | null | GLO49A053.jpg | null | Bristol City Council | Attribution License | ||
1,080,168 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -600 | A possible late Bronze Age, plano-convex, bronze ingot or "cake" (c. 1150 - 600 BC). A cast sub-triangular copper alloy object with a lens- shaped longitudinal section. The side edges are bevelled, top and bottom are slightly curved. All surfaces are corroded with irre... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 89.1 | null | null | 8.4 | 66 | 1 | null | Simon Nicholson | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | South Kesteven | Old Somerby | SK9639 | null | 52.939818 | -0.572955 | DENO-C471A8 | null | DENOC471A8.jpg | Bronze Age ingot | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,080,210 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -800 | A fragment of a socketed spearhead dating from the Bronze Age, probably the Middle or Late Bronze Age, about 1550 BC - 800 BC. The fragment is broken at both ends. There is a lozenge shaped socket at the base, broken just before the blades start to project. The socket extends as a lozenge shaped rib at the other e... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z | 2022-09-22T00:00:00Z | null | null | 22.7 | null | null | 11.7 | 44.5 | 1 | null | Jack Coulthard | Yorkshire and the Humber | Barnsley | Barnsley | Hunshelf | SE2500 | null | 53.496113 | -1.624625 | SWYOR-C68040 | null | SWYORC68040BronzeAgeSpearheadikwcopy.jpg | SWYOR-C68040 Bronze Age Spearhead | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
1,080,389 | Bead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -800 | A cast copper-alloy bead of Bronze Age date. The bead is bi-conical in shape with a circular hole slightly off-centre. This circular hole is 5.8mm in diameter. The patina is smooth and dark brown in colour with some small areas of surface wear. Similar in form to ESS-975247 | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 5.2 | null | 13.5 | 7.8 | null | 1 | null | Philip Smither | South East | Hampshire | Winchester | Corhampton and Meonstoke | SU6220 | null | 50.976083 | -1.118272 | BERK-167894 | null | BERK167894.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,080,524 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -1,150 | A fragment of Middle Bronze Age rapier dating to c. 1550-1150 cal BC. This slender fragment appears to be from the tip of a rapier. The opposite end is broken, but this is not due to recent damage. The find has a sub-rectangular cross section. It has flat surfaces, which do not appear to h... | There are two other Bronze Age objects recorded in the immediate area: NMGW-598318 and SUR-8A4D82, but neither is likely to be close enough to be part of a scattered hoard, therefore this find is not being reported as Treasure. Thanks to Dr Ed Caswell for his assistance with this identification. | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2020-10-18T00:00:00Z | 2020-10-18T00:00:00Z | null | null | 5.15 | null | null | 2.9 | 35.1 | 1 | null | Sophie Hawke | South West | Wiltshire | Wiltshire | All Cannings | SU0764 | null | 51.375013 | -1.900819 | WILT-1ABFCE | null | WILT1ABFCE.jpg | WILT-1ABFCE | Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,080,862 | Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -1,900 | A fragment of the butt end of a copper alloy axehead, possibly a flat and narrow-butted type of early Bronze Age date (c 2200-1900 BC). The fragment has a flat rectangular cross section and a side profile which tapers towards the end with no evidence of side flanges. Most of the original surface has been lost... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-09-04T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 18.45 | null | null | 6.4 | 24.1 | 1 | null | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | East Hampshire | Buriton | SU7421 | null | 50.983659 | -0.947175 | SUR-42A106 | null | SUR42A106.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,080,887 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -700 | A Complete copper alloy (bronze) socketed axe of the South Wales (Stogursey) type and of Ewart Park Metalworking Industry, of Late Bronze Age dating (c. 1000-700BC)
The axehead is complete (with an overall length of 123.3 mm and a weight of 386.4 g). The mouth is sub-rectangular (45.0 mm long and 41.9 mm wid... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-04-18T00:00:00Z | 2022-04-18T00:00:00Z | null | null | 386.4 | null | null | 45.2 | 123.3 | 1 | null | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Maer | SJ7441 | null | 52.965726 | -2.388552 | WMID-43D954 | null | WMID43D954.jpg | Late Bronze Age: Complete South Wales type socketed axehead | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,081,095 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -1,300 | An incomplete copper alloy Middle Bronze Age palstave, of Group 1 type, dating from 1500-1300 BC. Only half of the palstave survives; the blade is missing. It is an unlooped type with a pronounced stop ridge dividing the septum from the shield shaped decoration at the top of the blade. Inside the shield ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-04-27T00:00:00Z | 2022-07-27T00:00:00Z | null | null | 155.75 | null | null | 25.1 | 87 | 1 | null | Julie Scriven | Yorkshire and the Humber | Barnsley | Barnsley | Hunshelf | SK2799 | null | 53.487027 | -1.594563 | SWYOR-5AACC6 | null | SWYOR5AACC6BronzeAgePalstavecopy.jpg | SWYOR-5AACC6 Bronze Age Palstave | West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service | Attribution License | ||
1,081,159 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -800 | An incomplete copper alloy spearhead tip dating to the Bronze Age (c. 1500-800 BC)
The object consists of the tip of the spearhead only, the rest of the body and socket are missing. The blade is sub-triangular in shape and lozenge in section. It has a prominent, pinched mid-rib running down the centre a... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-07-31T00:00:00Z | null | null | 11.72 | null | null | 6.99 | 56.99 | 1 | null | Heather Beeton | North West | Cheshire West and Chester | Cheshire West and Chester | Huxley | SJ4961 | null | 53.143692 | -2.763914 | LVPL-6D4879 | null | LVPL6D4879.jpg | Bronze Age spearhead | National Museums Liverpool | Attribution License | ||
1,081,187 | Ingot | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,200 | -800 | A possible worn copper-alloy ingot. The ingot is straight on the long edges with rounded ends and is sub-ovate in section. There are no diagnostic features on the object detemining the date. Possibly Bronze Age. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 38.51 | null | null | 11.2 | 45.7 | 1 | null | Philip Smither | South East | Reading | Reading | Peppard | SU7277 | null | 51.487376 | -0.964422 | BERK-7F1AB7 | null | BERK7F1AB7.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,081,220 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | MEDIEVAL | -1,250 | 1,500 | A cast copper alloy possible awl which is square in section, elongated triangle in plan as it tapers to a sharp point. The opposite terminal is a flat unbroken surface, with rounded edges. The surface has a mid green green. It measures 4.97mm wide, 4.62mm thick, 59.56mm long and weighs 5.08g. ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-08-17T00:00:00Z | null | null | 5.08 | null | null | 4.62 | 59.56 | 1 | null | Angie Bolton | South East | Oxfordshire | Vale of White Horse | Great Faringdon | SU2894 | null | 51.644107 | -1.596747 | OXON-9ED81E | null | OXON9ED81E.jpg | Bronze Age to Medieval awl (plan and profile). | Oxfordshire County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,081,286 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,001 | Approximately half of a palstave axe, only the cutting edge and the constriction towards the stop-ridge was recovered, the break appears to be ancient, two bubbles in the casting at the break may have contributed to the axe failing at this point. All surfaces are corroded and pitted with only small amounts of the origi... | null | 3 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2021-12-09T00:00:00Z | 2021-12-09T00:00:00Z | null | null | 98 | null | null | 13.5 | 56.5 | 1 | null | Jason Gibbons | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | NMS-AD1187 | null | 20221003_124859.jpg | null | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,081,296 | Axe | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,350 | -1,501 | Small flat axe, heavily corroded to the point of deep surface loss, patinated green with brown spotty patches, the deep areas of pitting is a powdery light green. No flanges noted or a stop ridge, likely to be an early type, probably of almost pure copper hence the extent of the corrosion. Early Bronze Age, 700 to 1,50... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z | 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | 85 | null | null | 10 | 67 | 1 | null | Jason Gibbons | Eastern | Norfolk | Broadland | Upton with Fishley | TG3912 | null | 52.653022 | 1.532089 | NMS-ADE4C2 | null | 20221003_125006.jpg | null | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,081,782 | Blade | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -800 | A middle to late Bronze Age copper alloy blade fragment dating c.1600-800BC.
The cast blade fragment is rectangular in plan with a lenticular cross-section and worn breaks. Both cutting edges are worn and abraded, and the blade has a raised rib in the centre of each face. The blade tapers in width from 24.94... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2019-11-17T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 18.43 | null | null | 7.45 | 25.99 | 1 | null | Timothy Locke | South East | Kent | Ashford | Tenterden | TQ8730 | null | 51.038924 | 0.665951 | SUSS-EAD4E2 | null | SUSSEAD4E2.jpg | A copper alloy blade fragment | Sussex Archaeological Society | Attribution License | ||
1,082,069 | Bracelet | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | IRON AGE | -1,400 | -750 | A cut fragment of a gold bracelet of suspected Middle to Late Bronze Age date (c. 1400 -750 BC). The fragment is 12.9g in weight and has been intentionally bent into a C-shape. The rod has a circular cross section of 4.4 mm in diameter and is undecorated, with the single remaining terminal being flat. The other end has... | Found at some point in the 1970s/1980s whilst picking potatoes. Reported as Treasure Trove. | 4 | Gold | null | Treasure item found pre 1997, so undergoing Treasure Trove | Agricultural or drainage work | null | null | 2022T980 | null | 12.9 | null | 4.4 | null | 32.1 | 1 | null | Simon Maslin | South East | Surrey | Guildford | Normandy | null | null | null | null | SUR-3DE17A | null | SUR3DE17A.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,082,177 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,100 | -900 | A worn and corroded, now incomplete probably Middle to Late Bronze Age palstave axehead of Transitional or Late type, dating to the Penard or Wilburton phase (MBA III to LBA I; c. 1100-900 BC).
The butt and loop have been lost to an old break, beyond the point at which the flanges develop. Bas... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-03-24T00:00:00Z | 2022-03-24T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | 34 | 97 | 1 | null | Rob Webley | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | Saltash | SX3858 | null | 50.399495 | -4.280795 | DEV-41CD0C | null | DEV41CD0Cpalstave.jpg | Middle Bronze Age palstave | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,082,212 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,900 | -1,800 | A complete copper alloy long flanged axehead. This axehead has a rounded arched butt and slightly diverging sides that abruptly expand to a broad crescentic blade and cutting edge, with the blade tips at right angles to the sides, but not recurving. Cast flanges extend along the sides,arching from the butt towards the ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 132.07 | null | null | 12.54 | 94.52 | 1 | null | Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen | South West | Dorset | West Dorset | Winterborne St. Martin | SY6288 | null | 50.6904 | -2.539322 | DOR-4374E1 | null | 4374E1.jpg | Middle Bronze Age Flanged Axe | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,082,317 | Pin | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,250 | An incomplete, copper alloy dress pin, likely Middle Bronze Age in date (c. 1400-1250 BC) and known as a Picardy pin. The head of the pin is globular with a hollow terminal that could have held a stone. The edge of the hollow appears to possibly have been crimped so as to enable it to be compressed and thus hold the st... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 8.07 | null | 7.14 | null | 43.07 | 1 | null | Malcolm Adams | Yorkshire and the Humber | Doncaster | Doncaster | Norton | SE5314 | null | 53.619868 | -1.200223 | WAW-555009 | null | WAW555009.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,082,488 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,275 | A corroded palstave of South Western type dating from the Taunton phase (c.1400-1275 BC) of the Middle Bronze Age. It is incomplete insofar as no trace of a loop survives. The axehead has a solidly rectilinear butt which flares outwards very gradually as it develops into the blade, and ultimate... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | 2022-06-17T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 123 | 1 | null | Courtney McElhinney | South West | Devon | Mid Devon | Bow | SX7199 | null | 50.776192 | -3.83099 | DEV-69EE23 | null | DEV69EE23palstave.JPG | Middle Bronze Age palstave | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,082,497 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | 1,200 | 750 | A fragment of a copper-alloy Late Bronze Age socketed spear (spearhead), c. 1200-750 BC, comprising the terminal (tip).
The spearhead fragment is broadly sub-triangular and lozenge shaped in cross section. The terminal of the blade is very slightly abraded. The object is broken at the opposing terminal ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | 2022-06-17T00:00:00Z | null | null | 26.38 | null | null | null | 50 | 1 | null | Courtney McElhinney | South West | Devon | Mid Devon | Bow | SX7199 | null | 50.776192 | -3.83099 | DEV-6A3B88 | null | DEV6A3B88spearhead.JPG | Late Bronze Age spearhead | Somerset County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,082,558 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -1,100 | A copper- alloy palstave dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1400-1100 cal BC.
The palstave has a narrow, squared butt flaring slightly to the stop ridge and which measures 67.03mm in length. The sides then narrow slightly beyond the stop ridges before flaring into a angle-sided, wedge-shaped blade wit... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 510.2 | null | null | null | 169.57 | 1 | null | Tasha Fullbrook | South West | Cornwall | Cornwall | St. Agnes | SW7146 | null | 50.26946 | -5.214889 | CORN-6D0F22 | null | CORN6D0F22.jpg | CORN-6D0F22 - BA palstave | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,082,641 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,000 | An incomplete copper alloy palstave fragment, of Middle Bronze Age dating (1600 BC to 1000 BC).
Around 25% of the palstave is present, consisting of the butt of the axe. The fragment is rectangular with an H shaped cross section. Both front and reverse faces have raised flanges, which taper out towards ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 17.4 | null | null | 11.2 | 23.3 | 1 | null | Teresa Gilmore | West Midlands | Staffordshire | Tamworth | Spital | SK2305 | null | 52.642259 | -1.661528 | WMID-80C009 | null | WMID80C009.jpg | Middle Bronze Age: Incomplete palstave | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,083,136 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -2,150 | -1,850 | A complete Early Bronze Age copper alloy long flanged developed axehead dating to -2150-1850 BC.
The axehead was cast in a two-part mould. The axehead is sub rectangular in cross section and has a shallow lenticular side profile. There is likely a proto stop ridge / median bevel which is now barely visible d... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 282 | null | null | 12.6 | 113.5 | 1 | null | Victoria Allnatt | East Midlands | Lincolnshire | East Lindsey | Hemingby | TF2376 | null | 53.26674 | -0.157236 | WMID-E6F192 | null | WMIDE6F192.jpg | Early Bronze Flanged Axehead (front, profile, reverse, profile) | Birmingham Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,083,604 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,400 | -800 | A fragment of the tip of a late middle to late Bronze Age socketed spear, 36.4mm in length, possibly of pegged or looped type (circa 1400 BC - 800 BC). The blade is triangular, narrow and was originally probably leaf shaped. It has a pronounced rounded midrib 8.9mm thick. The object has been damaged... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 10.57 | null | null | 8.9 | 36.4 | 1 | null | Simon Maslin | South East | Hampshire | Basingstoke and Deane | Candovers | SU4546 | null | 51.211439 | -1.357162 | SUR-1107B4 | null | SUR1107B4.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,083,847 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,500 | -700 | Copper alloy casting jet, possible Bronze Age, crude irregular inverted cone, both sides with a casting flash. 29.5 x 24mm. Height 31mm. Weighs 46.01g. c. 1500-700 BC. | null | 4 | Copper alloy | Other | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-05-03T00:00:00Z | 2022-06-07T00:00:00Z | null | null | 46.01 | 31 | null | null | 29 | 1 | null | Steven Ashley | null | Norfolk | South Norfolk | Ditchingham | TM3391 | null | 52.467184 | 1.428817 | NMS-14FB68 | null | PFd_63604_14FB68_NMD062022_BA_CastingWaste.jpg | Casting jet, possibly Bronze Age | Norfolk County Council | Attribution License | ||
1,084,230 | Awl | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -800 | A Bronze Age? copper-alloy awl, dating to c. 1150 - 800 BC. The object is square in cross section along half of its length, and at the mid-point tapers to a circular cross-sectioned and point at one terminal. At the other terminal it flattens to become rectangular in cross-section, before ending in a chi... | Images and information kindly provided by the finder. | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 1.46 | null | null | null | 63 | 1 | null | Megan Gard | East Midlands | Leicestershire | Harborough | Theddingworth | SP6686 | null | 52.467959 | -1.029891 | LEIC-68AB22 | null | 68AB22.jpg | Bronze Age awl | Derby Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,084,385 | Casting Waste | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,300 | -800 | A cast copper alloy casting jet or "gate" with one stump of a sprue, possibly Late Bronze Age in date. The jet is made of a domed body that is D-shaped in cross section with an oval base. The single sprue is oval in cross section extending 7.5 mm before ending in a rounded break. The jet is a dark, ... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2021-10-18T00:00:00Z | 2022-10-18T00:00:00Z | null | null | 24.88 | 18.8 | 24.8 | null | null | 1 | null | Edward Caswell | South East | Oxfordshire | South Oxfordshire | West Hagbourne | SU5287 | null | 51.579471 | -1.250964 | OXON-7C88B5 | null | OXON7C88B5.jpg | Bronze Age Casting jet | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,084,390 | Awl | Bronze Age | Medieval | MEDIEVAL | -1,150 | 1,100 | An incomplete copper alloy possible awl of uncertain date, possibly dating to the Late Bronze Age - Medieval period, 1150 BC - AD 1100. The object is a single cast chisel with a flat bladed terminal that widens towards the middle of the piece before tapering down to a point which is now worn and bro... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-08-10T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 1.86 | null | null | 4.7 | 35.2 | 1 | null | Arwen Wood | South East | Buckinghamshire | Aylesbury Vale | Cheddington | SP9118 | null | 51.853184 | -0.68018 | BUC-7CC0A8 | null | BUC7CC0A8.jpg | An incomplete copper alloy possible awl of uncertain date, possibly dating to the Late Bronze Age - Medieval period, 1150 BC - AD 1100. | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,084,641 | Palstave | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,150 | -950 | An almost complete Late Middle Bronze Age looped palstave axehead of the late Penard / early Wilburton tradition dating c. 1150-950 cal BC.
The axehead is almost complete with an incomplete cutting edge. The butt end terminates in a straight edge measuring: 21.71mm wide and 5.93mm thick. The septu... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 353 | null | null | 31.91 | 150.46 | 1 | null | Jane Clark | South East | West Sussex | Horsham | Ashurst | TQ1716 | null | 50.931593 | -0.336431 | SUSS-92DF44 | null | SUSS92DF44.jpg | A late copper alloy looped palstave axehead | Sussex Archaeological Society | Attribution License | ||
1,086,155 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Green copper alloy cast socketed axe fragment, from the mouth of the socket. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800BC
Length: 21.9mm, Width: 29.3mm, Thickness: 6.8mm, Weight: 12.30gms | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 12.3 | null | null | 6.8 | 21.9 | 1 | null | Marina Elwes | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | Barton-upon-Humber | TA0022 | null | 53.684895 | -0.487317 | NLM-B85DB1 | null | NLM51624.jpg | Bronze age socketed axe fragment | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,086,165 | Flanged Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,400 | A complete copper-alloy short flanged Caverton type axehead of early to middle Bronze Age date, c.AD 1600 - 1400 BC. Caverton type.
The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a rounded butt end, and concave and wasted sides which flare to a crescentic blade.
Two integral lateral lozenge shaped flanges are pres... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-03-06T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 530 | null | null | 33.1 | 154.9 | 1 | null | Rebecca Griffiths | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Yorkshire | Hambleton | Thormanby | SE4873 | null | 54.150588 | -1.266586 | YORYM-B8ADE4 | null | ML0075.jpg | Bronze Age : Flanged Axe | York Museums Trust | Attribution License | ||
1,086,173 | Socketed Axehead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Green copper alloy socketed axe. Cast with linear patterns and hollow socket, single loop. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800BC
Length: 82.9mm, Width: 48.1mm, Thickness: 6mm | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | null | null | null | 6 | 82.9 | 1 | null | Marina Elwes | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | Barton-upon-Humber | TA0022 | null | 53.684895 | -0.487317 | NLM-B8E191 | null | NLM51627.jpg | Bronze age socketed axe | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,086,179 | Sword | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,000 | -800 | Green copper alloy with some corrosion, sword blade fragment. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800BC
Length: 37.5mm, Width: 27.5mm, Thickness: 5.9mm, Weight: 24.74gms | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 24.74 | null | null | 5.9 | 37.5 | 1 | null | Marina Elwes | Yorkshire and the Humber | North Lincolnshire | North Lincolnshire | Barton-upon-Humber | TA0022 | null | 53.684895 | -0.487317 | NLM-B90D69 | null | NLM51628.jpg | Bronze Age sword blade fragment | North Lincolnshire Museum | Attribution License | ||
1,086,714 | Rapier | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,600 | -1,000 | A fragment of a copper alloy (bronze) blade, likely a rapier or dirk and dating to the Middle to Late Bronze Age (c. 1600-1000 BC). The fragment has a lenticular cross section and is sub-trapezoidal in plan, starting at initially at 12.02mm wide at the bottom, expanding to 13.75mm wide before then tapering to 6.53mm at... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | null | null | null | null | 20.94 | null | null | 4.47 | 100.53 | 1 | null | Malcolm Adams | West Midlands | Worcestershire | Malvern Hills | Ripple | SO8737 | null | 52.031254 | -2.190903 | WAW-23205A | null | WAW23205A.jpg | null | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Attribution License | ||
1,086,938 | Spearhead | Bronze Age | Bronze Age | BRONZE AGE | -1,550 | -800 | A fragment of the tip of a Bronze Age spearhead, probably dating from the Middle or Late Bronze Age, c.1550 – 800 BC. The fragment is narrow and triangular, tapering to the point. It has a pronounced oval midrib that is solid and runs to the point of the spear with narrow wings of the blade to... | null | 4 | Copper alloy | null | Returned to finder | Metal detector | 2022-08-27T00:00:00Z | null | null | null | 6.54 | null | null | 7.8 | 33.8 | 1 | null | Simon Maslin | East Midlands | Northamptonshire | South Northamptonshire | Aynho | SP5233 | null | 51.993023 | -1.244086 | SUR-36969D | null | SUR36969D.jpg | null | Surrey County Council | Attribution License |
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