dejp3/bronze-age-objects-pas huggingface dataset:
Object: Socketed Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1100 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Barham, Canterbury, Kent (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 34.94 mm
Diameter: 12.25 mm
Thickness: 12.26 mm
Weight: 56.22 g
Description: Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe fragment of indeterminate type dating&nbsp;to c.1100 &ndash; 800BC

Description:&nbsp;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 with a maximum surviving depth of 4mm), probably broken in antiquity.&nbsp; The cutting edge is gently curving with rounded corners. The surfaces are badly corroded with no evidence of a casting seam or any decoration. It has a mid-green patina.

Dimensions:&nbsp;length 34.94mm, width 35.80mm, thick 12.26mm, weight 56.22g

Discussion: The fragmentary nature of the axe makes typological identification indeterminate. The presence of a socket base indicates a Late Bronze Age date for the axe, c.1100 &ndash; 800BC. The fragment is comparatively heavy, possibly suggesting a leaded bronze, consistent with late Bronze Age and particularly Ewart Park metalwork.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Unidentified Object (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to IRON AGE (-1250 to -100)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Dumbleton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire (South West)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 19 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 3.36 g
Description: A cast copper alloy &#39;moustache&#39; 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 interior; at this point at the rim is a circular hole that passes through both sides passing through both sides. 

A number of these have now been recovered and several are recorded on the PAS database, including WMID-CA9D04, BH-037A57 and SF-520513. There is some variation in these objects. &nbsp;One example was found in the Salisbury Hoard (Stead, 1998, no.117), and as such, they are thought to date from the middle Bronze Age to the late Iron Age. Dr JD Hill at the British Museum suggests that they are Iron Age rather than Bronze Age, but this is yet to be confirmed by excavation of a stratified example. Many form the terminal of a bar shaped object that has a hole passing through the centre, these are solid one piece castings and have led to the theory that they could be dagger fittings. However this example was riveted in place via a pin that passes horizontally through the mount, this type of attachment may have proven to be too delicate for a dagger. The absence of clear archaeological evidence makes the true use of these objects conjectural, but it entirely likely that this style of object may have had a number of uses.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Ingot (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1150 to -600)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Old Somerby, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire (East Midlands)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 66 mm
Thickness: 8.4 mm
Weight: 89.1 g
Description: A possible late Bronze Age,&nbsp;plano-convex, bronze ingot or &quot;cake&quot; (c. 1150 - 600&nbsp;BC). A cast&nbsp;sub-triangular copper alloy object with a lens- shaped longitudinal section.&nbsp;&nbsp;The side&nbsp;edges are bevelled, top and bottom are slightly&nbsp;curved. All&nbsp;surfaces are corroded with irregular patches of green crust. &nbsp;Several&nbsp;examples of&nbsp;plano-convex ingots can be seen in&nbsp;records on the&nbsp;database;&nbsp;for example&nbsp;NMS-67D9E3,&nbsp;SOM-C304F9,&nbsp;SUR-0E8478 and&nbsp;NLM-C11C1B.

Length 66 mm, width 38 mm, thickness 8.4 mm and&nbsp;weight 89.1 g.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Spearhead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1550 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Hunshelf, Barnsley, Barnsley (Yorkshire and the Humber)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 44.5 mm
Thickness: 11.7 mm
Weight: 22.7 g
Description: A fragment of a socketed spearhead dating from the Bronze Age, probably the Middle or Late Bronze Age,&nbsp;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 end of the fragment. The edges of the blade are incomplete.&nbsp;The remaining portion of the spearhead is 44.5mm long, 21.1mm wide and 11.7mm thick. It weighs 22.7g.

Other fragments of this type are recorded on the database; compare for example records&nbsp;NMGW-5DE788 and&nbsp;WMID-CADEF7. See also Davis (2016) Later Prehistoric Finds Group Object Datasheet no.3 and Davis (2017) Object datasheet number 5. The fragment is too small to classify it further.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Bead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-2200 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Corhampton and Meonstoke, Winchester, Hampshire (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Diameter: 13.5 mm
Thickness: 7.8 mm
Weight: 5.2 g
Description: 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
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Rapier (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1550 to -1150)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: All Cannings, Wiltshire, Wiltshire (South West)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 35.1 mm
Thickness: 2.9 mm
Weight: 5.15 g
Description: A&nbsp;fragment of&nbsp;Middle Bronze Age rapier dating to&nbsp;c. 1550-1150 cal&nbsp;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&nbsp;find has a sub-rectangular cross section. It has&nbsp;flat surfaces, which do not appear to have been deliberately bent prior to deposition. The&nbsp;edges of the blade are bevelled although these&nbsp;are now abraded and&nbsp;chipped. The surfaces of the blade are pitted and worn.

Dimensions: Length: 35.1mm; width: 13.8mm; thickness: 2.9mm; weight: 5.15g.

The find is consistent with many other rapier fragments recorded by the&nbsp;PAS&nbsp;including&nbsp;OXON-7DE9EB, NMGW-587A08,&nbsp;SUR-BCF0BA&nbsp;and&nbsp;DENO-0EAF9.
Notes: There are two other Bronze Age objects recorded in the immediate area: NMGW-598318 and SUR-8A4D82, but&nbsp;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.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-2200 to -1900)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Buriton, East Hampshire, Hampshire (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 24.1 mm
Thickness: 6.4 mm
Weight: 18.45 g
Description: 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&nbsp;BC). The fragment has a flat rectangular cross section and a side profile which tapers towards the end with&nbsp;no evidence of side flanges. Most of the original surface has been lost and there is a large scratch across one side from recent damage.&nbsp;The axehead would have originally have had a long body with a curved, splayed cutting edge.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Socketed Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1000 to -700)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Maer, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire (West Midlands)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 123.3 mm
Thickness: 45.2 mm
Weight: 386.4 g
Description: A Complete copper alloy (bronze) socketed axe of the&nbsp;South Wales (Stogursey) type and of Ewart Park Metalworking Industry, of Late Bronze Age dating (c.&nbsp;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 wide). The socket is rectangular (29.2 mm wide, 28.0 mm long and 95.8 mm deep).&nbsp; The mouth moulding has a well-defined rectangular step (9.7 mm long) with a prominent step to the face. The oval sectioned loop springs from the moulding (13.4 mm wide, 4.9 mm thick and 26.6 mm long). The sides are straight&nbsp;before widening to a moderately expanded blade edge (50.0 mm). The blade edge survives in places, with some damage in the centre showing bronze corrosion (making the edge look flatter), and gently curves out to the blade tips. There are a series of nicks at the blade edge, mostly in the central area beneath the patina. One side has some damage, which has cut through the patina, particularly on one edge. The casting seams are visible but have been neatly finished. The sides are slightly bevelled towards the central seam but are comparatively straight for the type, producing a near-rectangular body section. Both faces are decorated with five near-parallel ribs, terminating in a pellet, which extend over half the length of the face (for 58 mm). The ribs are even and neatly cast, but damaged beneath the patina on both faces. The faces are gently convex across both their lengths and widths and there are no blade facets.

Overall it measures 123.3 mm in length, 50.0 mm wide (blade edge), 46.8 mm (socket) and 45.2 mm thick (socket), 2.1 mm (blade). It weighs 386.4 g.

The socketed axehead is a dark brown colour, with an even surface patina.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Palstave (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1500 to -1300)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Hunshelf, Barnsley, Barnsley (Yorkshire and the Humber)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 87 mm
Thickness: 25.1 mm
Weight: 155.75 g
Description: An incomplete&nbsp;copper alloy Middle Bronze Age palstave, of Group 1 type, dating from 1500-1300&nbsp;BC. Only half of the palstave survives; the blade is missing. It is an unlooped type with a pronounced&nbsp;stop ridge dividing the septum from the shield shaped decoration at the top of the blade. Inside the shield is a V shape in relief, the point at the blade end. Below the shield there is a flat break showing signs of corrosion. From the stop ridge to the butt the sides are flanged in profile and taper to a point. This part&nbsp;is &#39;H&#39; shaped in cross section. The palstave&nbsp;measures 87.0mm long, 24.8mm wide, 25.1mm thick and weighs 185.75g. It has&nbsp;a mottled dark&nbsp;green and black patina. It is a Group I palstave, having&nbsp;a shield like decoration below the stop ridge. See&nbsp;https://finds.org.uk/guides/bronzeage/objects/axes.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Spearhead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1500 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Huxley, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire West and Chester (North West)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 56.99 mm
Thickness: 6.99 mm
Weight: 11.72 g
Description: An incomplete copper alloy spearhead&nbsp;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&nbsp;a prominent,&nbsp;pinched mid-rib running down the centre and the blades narrow towards the edges. The edges are rough and irregular as is the tip and break. The overall surface has a smooth dark brown patina with large areas of pitting.

Dimensions: Length 56.99mm; width 15.81mm; thickness 6.99mm; weight 11.72g

The object is too fragmentary to determine a typology or specific date, see Davis 2016 &amp; 2017 for details.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Ingot (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-2200 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Peppard, Reading, Reading (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 45.7 mm
Thickness: 11.2 mm
Weight: 38.51 g
Description: 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.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Awl (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to MEDIEVAL (-1250 to 1500)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Great Faringdon, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 59.56 mm
Thickness: 4.62 mm
Weight: 5.08 g
Description: A cast copper alloy possible awl&nbsp; which is square in section, elongated triangle in plan as it&nbsp;tapers to a&nbsp;sharp point. The opposite terminal is a flat unbroken surface, with rounded edges.&nbsp;The surface has a mid green green. It measures 4.97mm wide, 4.62mm thick, 59.56mm long and weighs 5.08g.&nbsp;

The artefact is probably an awl, possibly a leather working awl, but this is not certain. Due to the condition of the surface it probably dates from the Bronze Age through to the Medieval period.&nbsp;&nbsp;

From the&nbsp;PAS&nbsp;website and record KENT-A762D7: (http://finds.org.uk/bronzeage/objects/awl) Awls are difficult to date but most copper-alloy examples are probably from the Late Bronze Age. They can have circular or square cross sections and are generally undecorated. They would have been used to make holes in leather or wood and many were probably were inserted into a handle made from organic materials. Awls were a range of rod-like tools that were usually round sectioned and pointed at one end, and rectangular sectioned with a square or chiselled edge at the other (Rowlands 1976 48). &#39;Awl&#39; is often used to refer to any number of small, pointed instruments. Referred to as &quot;pointed punches&quot; by Coles (1963-64 117). They were presumably used for perforating leather, but it was once suggested that they were used for tattooing human skin.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Palstave (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1600 to -1001)
Material: Copper alloy 
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 56.5 mm
Thickness: 13.5 mm
Weight: 98 g
Description: 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 original surface extant, mostly to the hammered area to either side of the blade. Middle Bronze Age, 1,600 to 1,000 BC.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axe (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-2350 to -1501)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Upton with Fishley, Broadland, Norfolk (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 67 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 85 g
Description: 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 1,500&nbsp;BC.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Blade (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1600 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Tenterden, Ashford, Kent (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 25.99 mm
Thickness: 7.45 mm
Weight: 18.43 g
Description: A middle to late Bronze Age&nbsp;copper alloy blade fragment dating c.1600-800BC.

The cast blade fragment is rectangular in plan with a lenticular&nbsp;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 24.94mm to 23.61mm. The metal surface is pitted and corroded, with a buff green colour.&nbsp;

Measurements: length 25.99mm, width 25.28mm, thickness 7.45mm, weight&nbsp;18.43g.

The original length of the blade is unknown and the fragment&nbsp;could be from a sword, knife, rapier, dirk, dagger or possibly a sickle; too little survives to be sure.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Bracelet (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to IRON AGE (-1400 to -750)
Material: Gold 
Found: Normandy, Guildford, Surrey (South East)
Discovery method: Agricultural or drainage work
Length: 32.1 mm
Diameter: 4.4 mm
Weight: 12.9 g
Description: 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 been hammered and cut. The surface of the gold has faint faceting from hand working.

A number of fragments of gold rods of similar dimensions have been found in isolation and recorded by the PAS (e.g. KENT-A071A8 (2017T131), HAMP-8AFE65 (2019T1197), SWYOR-CBC05F (2019T849) etc). Whilst dating these individually can be problematic, very similar cut gold fragments have been recovered from hoards containing diagnostically Bronze Age objects such as the hoard from Fitzleroi farm, West Sussex &nbsp;(BM&nbsp;accession nos. 1996, 0902.1-42). The diameter of the rod and the shape of the terminal on this object can also be compared to round-sectioned bar bracelets of Bronze Age date (e.g, CAM-08B4E0 (2011 T926),&nbsp;LEIC-A3A9AE and NARC-10B4B1 (2019T1165)). The diameter of the rod is also comparable to Iron Age torcs such as&nbsp;NLM-605352 (2013T130), although it lacks the characteristic terminals or evidence of twisting typically seen in these later objects.
Notes: Found at some point in the 1970s/1980s whilst picking potatoes. Reported as Treasure Trove.
Subsequent action: Treasure item found pre 1997, so undergoing Treasure Trove
Object: Palstave (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1100 to -900)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Saltash, Cornwall, Cornwall (South West)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 97 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Description: A worn&nbsp;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&nbsp;LBA&nbsp;I; c. 1100-900&nbsp;BC).

The butt and loop have been lost to an old break, beyond the point at which the&nbsp;flanges develop. Based on what survives, the flanges themselves have been abraded in places such that their original profile height cannot be replicated. The stop is pronounced and curved at its junction with the flanges. To one side, on the side, is a sub-oval depression, the only remnant of the loop which is otherwise missing.&nbsp;The blade is relatively short, thinning gradually, but consistently, from the stop ridge and with no, or little, flaring at the blade end. It is not apparently embellished, though the whole is now corroded. Consequently there is very little&nbsp;patination, with the best surviving remnants located at the butt end and being dark green in colour.

Measurements:&nbsp;97 mm long, 41.5 mm at widest (33 mm wide at stop-ridge without loop) 34 mm thick (at stop-ridge) and xx g in weight
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Flanged Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1900 to -1800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Winterborne St. Martin, West Dorset, Dorset (South West)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 94.52 mm
Thickness: 12.54 mm
Weight: 132.07 g
Description: 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 middle of the axe and sloping down again to the blade expansion. This gives the axe a very shallow lenticular side profile. The flanges&nbsp;are slightly angled inwards on both faces.&nbsp;The axe has a very low ridge about two thirds of the way along the septum ( 42 mm from the butt)&nbsp;which may indicate the beginnings of stop ridge technology as is seen on later flanged axes and palstaves. The surfaces are is&nbsp;pitted in some areas and there is some damage and loss to the but, cutting edge and flanges. Possibly a Needham Class 4C.
Date:&nbsp;Early Bronze Age (MBA I) c.1900-1800&nbsp;BC

Dimensions: 94.52 mm x 43.79 mm x 12.54 mm
Weight: 132.07

Similar to DOR-A727D7
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Pin (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1400 to -1250)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Norton, Doncaster, Doncaster (Yorkshire and the Humber)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 43.07 mm
Diameter: 7.14 mm
Weight: 8.07 g
Description: 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 stone in place. The head has a diameter of 8.49mm, whilst the diameter of the shaft immediately beneath it is 5.15mm. This increases to 5.67mm over a distance of 10.63mm, after which there is a central swelling decorated with alternating grooves and ridges (11 grooves, 10 ridges) that run circumferentially around the swelling, with a maximum diameter of 7.14mm in the centre of the swelling. This then tapers to 4.99mm before the break. There is the remnant of a loop that would have protruded from the shaft. The object has a Verdigris patina.

&quot;Sally Worrell (PAS adviser) says that these pins &quot;Represent a valuable addition to the small dataset found in Britain and elsewhere in the north European Plain. These pins are mostly, but not always decorated and may be perforated or looped or neither and share common features such as the shape of the head, the swelling of the neck and decoration in the form of incised linear motifs. They occur within the &#39;Ornament horizon&#39; phase of the late Taunton or early Penard phase of the later mid Bronze Age, approximately 1400-1250 BC&quot;.&quot;
- Byard, A (2009) BERK-2E4E35: A BRONZE AGE PIN Web page available at: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/254946 [Accessed: 11 Oct 2022 12:33:27].
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Palstave (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1400 to -1275)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Bow, Mid Devon, Devon (South West)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 123 mm
Description: A corroded palstave&nbsp;of South Western type dating from the Taunton phase (c.1400-1275&nbsp;BC) of the Middle Bronze Age.&nbsp;It is incomplete insofar as no trace of a loop survives. The axehead&nbsp;has a solidly rectilinear butt which&nbsp;flares outwards very gradually as it develops into the blade, and ultimately a narrow cutting edge. In profile the butt end expands into flanges to give it broadly triangular sides;&nbsp;the stop ridge is deep which creates a distinctive &#39;H&#39; cross section&nbsp;(Pearce&nbsp;1983,&nbsp;29- 30,&nbsp;582).&nbsp;This axehead appears to be of &#39;class 2, group 1&#39; as&nbsp;there is a distinct central mid-rib on the upper&nbsp;blade. There is no decoration on the lower blade, towards the cutting edge.&nbsp;

Measurements: 123 mm in length and&nbsp;24 mm in width at the middle. The butt end is 20 mm and then flares to the blade end with a width of 39 mm. The weight is&nbsp;210.93 g

Where the surface patina survives it is a dark green colour, verging on black in places. Otherwise, the surface is largely corroded, with pitting in places.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Spearhead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (1200 to 750)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Bow, Mid Devon, Devon (South West)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 50 mm
Weight: 26.38 g
Description: A fragment of a copper-alloy Late Bronze Age&nbsp;socketed spear (spearhead), c.&nbsp;1200-750&nbsp;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 which exposes a circular shaped socket. The break is broadly straight on one side of the socket, and angled upwards on the other.&nbsp;The spearhead has a pronounced midrib which extends&nbsp;longitudinally along the central axis of the object. The edges of the blade are slightly abraded and the spearhead has a well developed smooth,&nbsp;green patina which has a smooth finish and is abraded in places.&nbsp;

Measurements: 50 mm in length, 38 mm in width and 26.38 g in weight
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Palstave (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1400 to -1100)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: St. Agnes, Cornwall, Cornwall (South West)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 169.57 mm
Weight: 510.2 g
Description: A copper- alloy palstave dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1400-1100 cal BC.&nbsp;

The palstave has a narrow,&nbsp;squared&nbsp;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 with an asymmetrical, slightly curved cutting edge.&nbsp;The rear part of the axe (from the stop ridge to the butt) is sub-rectangular in plan and the side flanges of the butt are lozenge-shaped, tapering from the stop ridge to the end.&nbsp;The stop ridge is higher than the flanges and slightly curved. Below the stop ridge on both sides of the palstave&nbsp;are a pair of&nbsp; ribs forming a V-shape. There are two circular idents on one side of the palstave indicating that there could have been a side loop. The casting flashes on the long sides have been trimmed and hammered flat - this along with the worn cutting edge suggests the axe was functional and used. The surfaces are pitted and corroded with very little original surface remaining.

Measurements:&nbsp;Length, 169.57mm; Width (cutting edge), 57.08mm; Thickness (cutting edge), 4.38mm; Width (butt end), 24.61mm; Thickness (butt end), 5.66mm; Width (of stop), 35.89mm; Weight,&nbsp;510.2g

A similar palstave can be seen in&nbsp;DOR-BF8EF3 which notes:&nbsp;

&#39;Ed Caswell has kindly commented that this palstave,&nbsp;following Schmidt and Burgess (1981) typology, would be a class 3 (low flanged) palstave dating to 1400-1100 cal&nbsp;BC. He adds that as this is a find&nbsp;from the South West, a more suitable attribution&nbsp;would be&nbsp;Rowlands (1976) Class 1 (Developed shield pattern) group 5a (Hampshire variant) which again dates to c. 1400-1100 cal&nbsp;BC. and notes good examples as&nbsp;Hoard 158,&nbsp;palstave 1,&nbsp;&nbsp;Hoard 72,&nbsp;palstave 5 and in particular&nbsp;&nbsp;Class 3 (Birchington type), no.663 (ibid).&#39;
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Palstave (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1600 to -1000)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Spital, Tamworth, Staffordshire (West Midlands)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 23.3 mm
Thickness: 11.2 mm
Weight: 17.4 g
Description: An incomplete copper alloy palstave fragment, of Middle Bronze Age dating (1600&nbsp;BC&nbsp;to 1000&nbsp;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 the butt. No traces of decoration are visible. Air bubbles from the casting process are visible in the break.

It measures 23.3 mm&nbsp;in length, 23.6 mm&nbsp;wide and 11.2 mm&nbsp;thick (including flanges), 6.1&nbsp;mm&nbsp;thick (not including flanges). The butt is 3.5 mm&nbsp;thick. It weighs 17.4 g.

The palstave is a mid to dark green colour, with an even surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface.

A couple of similar palstave butt fragments have been recorded on the PASdatabase, including WMID-6BB769; WMID-8C75C9; WMID-B04587; NMS-86C152; LIN-A5DA60 and NMGW-FC4B96.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Flanged Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-2150 to -1850)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Hemingby, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire (East Midlands)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 113.5 mm
Thickness: 12.6 mm
Weight: 282 g
Description: A complete Early Bronze Age copper alloy long flanged developed axehead dating to -2150-1850&nbsp;BC.

The axehead&nbsp;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 due to corrosion and the developed patina. The axehead has a slightly rounded butt end. The external edges are worn and have a slight hammer raised flange. The object then extends to a crescentic flared blade/cutting edge which is worn. The object has a green to brown coloured pitted surface patina. 

Thanks are given to Peter Reavill who suggests via comms that the axe head came from the later phases of the Early Bronze Age (EBA&nbsp;III) of metalworking stage IV, which corresponds to Needham&#39;s (1996) Period 3. There are further examples recorded on the PAS database including DOR-4374E1 discovered in Dorset and NARC-59DFC7 discovered in Northamptonshire. 

The flanged axehead measures 113.5&nbsp;mm in length, 54.8&nbsp;mm in width, 12.6&nbsp;mm in width just above the blade edge and 7 mm at the butt end. It weighs 282&nbsp;grams.
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Object: Spearhead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1400 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Candovers, Basingstoke and Deane, Hampshire (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 36.4 mm
Thickness: 8.9 mm
Weight: 10.57 g
Description: 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&nbsp;BC&nbsp;- 800&nbsp;BC). The blade is triangular, narrow and was originally probably leaf shaped. It has a pronounced rounded midrib&nbsp;8.9mm thick. The object has been damaged and distorted by being exposed to a fire; it is unclear whether this damage was pre or post depositional in origin.
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Object: Casting Waste (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1500 to -700)
Material: Copper alloy Other
Found: Ditchingham, South Norfolk, Norfolk ()
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 29 mm
Height: 31 mm
Weight: 46.01 g
Description: Copper alloy casting jet, possible Bronze Age, crude irregular inverted cone, both sides with a casting flash. 29.5 x 24mm. Height&nbsp;31mm. Weighs 46.01g. c. 1500-700 BC.
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Object: Awl (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Theddingworth, Harborough, Leicestershire (East Midlands)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 63 mm
Weight: 1.46 g
Description: A Bronze Age? copper-alloy awl, dating to&nbsp;c. 1150 - 800&nbsp;BC.&nbsp;The object is square in cross section along half of its length, and at the mid-point tapers to a circular cross-sectioned and point at one terminal. At the other terminal it flattens to become rectangular in cross-section, before ending in a chisel-shaped terminal. The surface is undecorated.&nbsp;
Length: 63&nbsp;mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 1.46 g
Notes: Images and information kindly provided by the finder.
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Object: Casting Waste (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1300 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: West Hagbourne, South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Height: 18.8 mm
Diameter: 24.8 mm
Weight: 24.88 g
Description: A cast copper alloy casting jet or &quot;gate&quot; with one stump&nbsp;of a sprue, possibly&nbsp;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, sometimes medium, green colour.

The jet is 24.8mm in diameter on its body and 18.8mm thick.The fragment weighs 24.88 grams.

Casting jets are waste products which form at the top of a two-piece clay mould when the molten metal has filled the object-shaped void below. As they represent re-usable metal, they were often retained and regularly turn up in base metal hoards of the period. Casting waste is difficult to date, but fragments with similar shapes exist on the&nbsp;PAS&nbsp;database (NMGW-57CD88, GLO-24BAE1, and IOW-904B38) ​​​​​​which are considered to be Late Bronze Age in date.&nbsp;Furthermore, Pearce (1983, 571, pl.10, no.82e) illustrates a similar casting jet with conical sprues from Lelant in Cornwall, which was found associated with swords fragments that are from the Ewart Park phase (c.950-850&nbsp;BC) while Knight, Ormrod &amp; Pearce (2015, 82, pl.9, no.247f) illustrate a casting jet from Gussage All Saints in Dorset on which was found with a socketed axe mouth fragment.
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Object: Awl (Bronze Age)
Period: Medieval to MEDIEVAL (-1150 to 1100)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Cheddington, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 35.2 mm
Thickness: 4.7 mm
Weight: 1.86 g
Description: An incomplete copper alloy possible awl of uncertain date, possibly dating to the Late Bronze Age - Medieval period, 1150&nbsp;BC&nbsp;-&nbsp;AD&nbsp;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 broken. There is no decoration on the object and it has an dark orange&nbsp;brown patina. Small chisels and tools of this type were used for an extensive period of time, not simply in the Bronze age, but also in later periods for jewellery making and fine work. As such dating the object is difficult. The awl measures 35.2mm in length, 4.7mm in maximum thickness, and weighs 1.86g.
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Object: Palstave (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1150 to -950)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Ashurst, Horsham, West Sussex (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 150.46 mm
Thickness: 31.91 mm
Weight: 353 g
Description: An almost complete Late Middle Bronze Age looped palstave axehead &nbsp;of the late Penard / early Wilburton&nbsp;tradition dating c. 1150-950 cal&nbsp;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&nbsp;septum is rectangular&nbsp;and measures 66.93mm long from the stop to the butt.&nbsp;The flanges extend in a straight line rising from approximately 30mm from the butt&nbsp;and&nbsp;extending to meet the projecting stop-ridge. Adjacent to the stop is a single low attachment loop, with a D-shaped aperture, the loop measuring&nbsp;26.0&nbsp;mm&nbsp;long; 9.28mm wide and 6.75mm thick. There are no casting seams.

The blade is flat slender and&nbsp;and curves up steeply at the stop to meet the projecting&nbsp;stop-ridge; below which extend three worn parallel ribs on both sides of the blade measuring approximately 17mm in length. The flange sides of the axehead above the stop are straight and taper to the narrower butt. Below the stop ridge the sides of the blade narrow&nbsp;slightly in width&nbsp;and become slightly concave, flaring out gently&nbsp;to the cutting edge. The cutting edge is damaged along its length with the original profile lost.&nbsp;

Measurements: length: 150.46mm; width at stop-ridge excluding loop: 25.17mm; width at stop-ridge including loop: 36.98mm; thickness at stop-ridge: 31.91mm and weight: 353g.

This palstave was discovered in the vicinity of&nbsp;a Middle Bronze Age hoard&nbsp;SUSS-A2AE5D (2022T305); a couple of weeks after the excavation of the hoard. The notable difference in condition of this example and the later date suggest this was not&nbsp;part of the&nbsp;hoard.&nbsp;
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Object: Socketed Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1000 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire (Yorkshire and the Humber)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 21.9 mm
Thickness: 6.8 mm
Weight: 12.3 g
Description: Green copper alloy cast socketed axe fragment, from the mouth of the&nbsp;socket. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800BC

Length: 21.9mm, Width: 29.3mm, Thickness: 6.8mm, Weight: 12.30gms
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Object: Flanged Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1600 to -1400)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Thormanby, Hambleton, North Yorkshire (Yorkshire and the Humber)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 154.9 mm
Thickness: 33.1 mm
Weight: 530 g
Description: A complete copper-alloy short flanged Caverton type axehead of early to middle Bronze Age date, c.AD 1600 - 1400&nbsp;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 present along either side, rising steadily from the butt, rounding off at the apex midway along the body, before sloping steadily back down to the mid-point of the sides. The exterior surfaces of the flanges have been filed smooth leaving no visible casting lines.

A slight steepening to the profile of the axe is present slightly above where the flanges meet the body representing a very slight stop-ridge. D-shaped panels are present below the stop ridge.

The metal has a dark brown patina with some delamintation. The axehead is 154.9mm long, 74.9mm wide at the blade, 27.2mm wide at the butt end, 33.1mm thick at the widest point of the flanges, and weighs 530g.

Schmidt and Burgess illustrate similar examples on plate 36 (e.g. No.443) which are dated to the EBA-MBA transition, c.1600-1400 cal BC (1981: 85-86).

Ref:

Schmidt, P. K. &amp; Burgess, C. B. 1981.&nbsp;The Axes of Scotland and Northern Ireland.&nbsp;Pra&auml;historische Bronzefunde Abteilung IX, 7. Band 7.
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Object: Socketed Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1000 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire (Yorkshire and the Humber)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 82.9 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Description: Green copper alloy socketed axe. Cast with linear patterns&nbsp;and hollow socket, single loop. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800BC

Length: 82.9mm, Width: 48.1mm, Thickness: 6mm
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Object: Sword (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1000 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Barton-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire (Yorkshire and the Humber)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 37.5 mm
Thickness: 5.9 mm
Weight: 24.74 g
Description: Green copper alloy with some corrosion, sword blade fragment. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800BC

Length: 37.5mm, Width: 27.5mm, Thickness:&nbsp;5.9mm, Weight: 24.74gms
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Object: Rapier (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1600 to -1000)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Ripple, Malvern Hills, Worcestershire (West Midlands)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 100.53 mm
Thickness: 4.47 mm
Weight: 20.94 g
Description: 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 the top. A flattened midrib runs along the object. The blade is bent around half way along the length from the bottom before being bent back, forming a slight arch. The blade has lost much of its cutting edge due to abrasion in the soil. The blade has a Verdigris patina and pitting on the surface.
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Object: Spearhead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1550 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Aynho, South Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire (East Midlands)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 33.8 mm
Thickness: 7.8 mm
Weight: 6.54 g
Description: A fragment of the tip of a Bronze Age spearhead, probably dating from the Middle or Late Bronze Age, c.1550 &ndash; 800&nbsp;BC.&nbsp;The fragment is narrow and triangular, tapering to the point. It has a pronounced oval&nbsp;midrib that is solid and runs&nbsp;to the point of the spear with narrow wings of the blade to either side. The break is ancient and highly abraded.
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