dejp3/bronze-age-objects-pas huggingface dataset:
Object: Spear (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1450 to -900)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Witham Friary, Mendip, Somerset (South West)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 31.34 mm
Thickness: 9.07 mm
Weight: 20.3 g
Description: A fragment of Middle to Late Bronze Age (1450 - 900 BC) bronze socketed spearhead, consisting of part of the blade section. It measures 31.34x30.18x9.07mm and weighs 20.3g.


The central rib is prominent and circular in section at the narrower end (7.69mm), while at the other (wider) break it has been flattened off on both sides. The blade is triangular in section to either side of the rib, narrowing from c.3.6mm thick to c.1.5mm at the edge. In shape, the fragment is triangular with very angled edges, suggesting an angular- or flame-shaped head.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Blade (Bronze Age)
Period:  to  (-1150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Whittlesey, Fenland, Cambridgeshire (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 41.32 mm
Thickness: 3.5 mm
Weight: 22.7 g
Description: Bronze Age blade fragment; It is rectangular in plan with a shallow rectangular cross section tapering to a point on both edges. The fragment is 41.32mm long, 34.48mm wide, 3.50mm thick and weighs 22.70 grams
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Sword (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1000 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Finchampstead, Wokingham, Wokingham (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 50.64 mm
Thickness: 8.52 mm
Weight: 48.79 g
Description: 
A section of a copper alloy sword blade of probable Late Bronze Age date. The blades are decorated with closely-spaced parallel ridges. One broken face shows evidence of a substantial casting flaw.

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period:  to  (-1700 to -1500)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston, South Staffordshire, Staffordshire (West Midlands)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 103.36 mm
Thickness: 12.8 mm
Weight: 15.17 g
Description: A copper-alloy cast axehead  dating from the end of the early Bronze Age, from circa 1700 - 1500  BC. The axe suffers from wear and corrosion, but appears to be a  developed  flat axe, possibly of Type Bandon (Schmidt and Burgess 1981, Plate 31).  The poor level of preservation makes it difficult to ascertain whether  there was originally any decoration on the axe, so close identification  of the type is tentative.


The axe has low ridges running  along each lateral edge, becoming less pronounced towards the blade  and the butt. A low bevel is situated between these ridges, running  from the butt for 43.6 until a very low stop ridge runs across the face.   This stop ridge is not in the same place on both sides of the axe head,  occurring at 57.7 mm from the butt on one side. The axe has a crescent  shaped blade, 49.12 mm in width. The axe gradually flares in width from  20.2 mm at the base to 31.2 just before the blade. It is lozenge shaped  in profile and measures 103.36 mm in length. It is 3.7 mm thick at the  butt, 12.8 mm thick in its centre and 0.8 mm thick at the tip of the  blade.  It weighs 151.5 grams. It has a very dark green to black patina.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Spear (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1500 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Abbots Bromley, East Staffordshire, Staffordshire (West Midlands)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 41.55 mm
Thickness: 13.05 mm
Weight: 18 g
Description: Fragment of a cast copper-alloy socketed spearhead of probable Middle Bronze Age date. The spearhead is badly damaged, missing its tip and much of its shaft. A crack runs down one side of what remains of the spearhead. The socket is oval in shape, but is bent due to the damage. The socket measures 12.45 mm long and 15.23 mm wide at the broken attachment end and approximately 10.7 mm in diameter at the broken tip end. Either side of the socket is a chamfered wing, emerging just after the break at the shaft end. The spearhead measures 41.55 mm long and is 27.41 mm at its widest point. It is 13.05 mm thick and weighs 18.0 grams. The surface has a dark green to black patina, heavily pitted in places. As the artefact is only a fragment it is difficult to discern whether there would orginally have been attachment loops further down the shaft, and so identification of a precise type is problematic.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Palstave (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1500 to -1200)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Barkham, Wokingham, Wokingham (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 106.52 mm
Thickness: 18.13 mm
Weight: 197 g
Description: A large portion of a palstave axe of Middle Bronze Age date. The surface of the axe is eroded and pitted. Both blade and butt are now missing and there is no indication the axe had a side loop. The septum between the two sides of the socket is 6.5mm wide and below the stop ridge is a shallow hollow on both sides. The damage to the blade is of uncertain origin. The broken edges have flat facets and there is a symmetrical appearance to the break - possibly caused by deliberate chopping.
Subsequent action: Donated to a museum
Object: Spear (Bronze Age)
Period:  to  (-1500 to -1150)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Belsay, Northumberland, Northumberland (North East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 74 mm
Description: 
A cast copper-alloy side-looped spearhead of Middle Bronze Age date.


The spearhead is incomplete, consisting of only the socket with basal loops and the base of a leaf-shaped blade, which is lozenge shaped in section.


Generally and even brown patina, but with some pitting suffering from corrosion.

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axe (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-900 to -700)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Twyford, Winchester, Hampshire (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Weight: 20.23 g
Description: 
A fragment of a socketed axe of late Bronze Age date. The fragment comprises the rounded rim and part of the body of the axe. On the body is a group of prominent vertically set ribs.

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1500 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Capel-le-Ferne, Dover, Kent (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 62.63 mm
Thickness: 15.55 mm
Weight: 94.42 g
Description: An incomplete Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead, 1500-800 BC. The find consists of the body and blade of a socketed axehead: the moulding around the mouth of the axehead has broken off, and therefore cannot be used to date the artefact more closely. The mouth is sub-rectangular and measures 24.66mm wide and 15.55mm thick externally. The total remaining socket depth is approximately 29.15mm. The body of the axehead widens gradually, and has smooth faces and sides, with no prominent face edges or casting seams. The blade width is 37.55mm and there is no blade tip expansion beyond this. The cutting edge has not been bevelled. The axehead is in good condition, and has a uniform pale olive green patina.






Dimensions: length: 62.63mm; width: 37.55mm; thickness: 15.55mm; weight: 94.42g.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Awl (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-1050 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 43 mm
Description: A Late Bronze Age type copper alloy awl.  The object is 43mm long and is rounded at one end and tapers at the other end. It dates to 1050-800BC.
Notes: 
Not seen by FLO

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Awl (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-1050 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 45 mm
Description: A Late Bronze Age type copper alloy awl.  The object is 43mm long. it has one rounded end and one pointed end. Dated to 1050-800BC
Notes: 
Not seen by FLO

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axe (Bronze Age)
Period:  to  (-1150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Fazeley, Lichfield, Staffordshire (West Midlands)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 25.1 mm
Thickness: 14.6 mm
Weight: 42.6 g
Description: A broken copper-alloy fragment from a late Bronze Age socketed axehead. The fragment suffers from copper corrosion and much of the original surface has deteriorated. Where the surface remains it had a dark green patina, elsewhere it is bright green with corrosion. At the broken end there is a hollow sub-rectangular recess, 28.61 mm long and 8.73 mm wide. The remains of the axe head measure 25.1 mm from the broken edge to the tip of the blade, and 44.03 mm across. The fragment tapers from 14.6 mm at the break to 3.67 mm at the blade tip. The blade is worn and very blunt. The artefact weighs 42.6 grams. The fragment dates from around 1150 to 800 BC
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-1150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 17 mm
Description: Fragment of cast copper alloy object. Possible Late Bronze Age axehead rim. 17mm long
Notes: 
Not seen by FLO

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Awl (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-1050 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 31 mm
Description: Undated copper alloy object. This is possibly an awl. It is  31mm long but may be missing one end. It is circular in section and tapers and becomes flat sided at one end. Dated to 1050-800BC.
Notes: 
Not seen by FLO

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Awl (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-1050 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 24 mm
Description: Undated copper alloy object. This is possibly an awl. It is rectangular in section and tapers and  becomes flat sided at one end. The other end may be broken. Dated to ?1050-800BC. 24mm long
Notes: 
Not seen by FLO

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Unidentified Object (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to ROMAN (-2250 to 410)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 22 mm
Description: Fragment of cast copper alloy sheet . It has a 'Bronze-Age' patina but could equally be Iron Age or Roman. 22mm long
Notes: 
Not seen by FLO

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Sword (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to ROMAN (-1150 to 410)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 18 mm
Description: A fragment of cast copper alloy. Possibly part of a Late Bronze Age sword blade. The fragment is expanded lentoid shape in section. The sides are very abraded.18mm long. Late Bronze Age to Roman in date.
Notes: 
Not seen by FLO

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Ingot (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-1150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 52 mm
Description: Copper alloy ingot, probably Late Bronze Age (1150-800BC) but possibly later. This is a fragment of something larger. It is flat-bottomed and has a rounded upper surface. Length 52mm
Notes: 
Not seen by FLO

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axe (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -1500)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Tanworth-in-Arden, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire (West Midlands)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 34.28 mm
Thickness: 8.26 mm
Weight: 79.5 g
Description: An incomplete cast copper alloy axe. The blade portion of the axe  remains with the broken edge traversing the axe. The blade cutting edge  is almost symmetrical and is rounded and blunt. In section, from the break to the blade  the section is an elongated triangle. The break is not recent as the  patina on the break matches that on the surface of the axe. The surface  of the axe is abraded and pitted. The axe weighs 79.5g. From the cutting edge to the  broken edge it measures 34.28mm; across the blade, from tip to tip, it  measures 65.53mm wide; across the break it is 8.26mm thick.


The whether the axe was originally a socketed axe or flat axe is not  known for certain but the size may suggest it is more likely to be a flat axe dating to the early Bronze Age; 2,150 – 1500 BC.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Spear (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-2300 to -700)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Kirby Bellars, Melton, Leicestershire (East Midlands)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 33 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 6.5 g
Description: Tip from a Bronze Age spearhead, 33mm long, 15mm wide and 5mm thick and weighing 6.5g. The object is in good condition with a brown patina and a number of longitudinal scratches apparently from use.The broken face is patinated and lozenge-shaped in section.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Ingot (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-1150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 46 mm
Weight: 200 g
Description: Probable late Bronze Age cast copper alloy ingot fragment. Dated 1150-800 BC. Weight 200g. Length 46mm.
Notes: 
Not seen by FLO

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Socketed Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to IRON AGE (-900 to -700)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Nutfield, Tandridge, Surrey (South East)
Discovery method: Chance find during metal detecting
Length: 30.32 mm
Thickness: 12.95 mm
Weight: 32.06 g
Description: 
A blade fragment from a narrow socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date. Little of the original surface survives. The fragment includes the base of the internal socket.

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 28 mm
Weight: 16.08 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy axehead. Socketed and looped type body section. Weight 16.08g. Length 28mm.
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure.


The other pieces of the hoard are on the database under the following record nos:


ESS-59C3C3


ESS-59F861


ESS-5A0122


ESS-5A2588
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 35 mm
Weight: 20.16 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy axehead. Socketed (?and looped) type body section. 20.61g. 35mm
Notes: Not seen by FLO




Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure. The other items that form part of this hoard are:


ESS-59AE53


ESS-59F861


ESS-5A0122


ESS-5A2588
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 25 mm
Weight: 15.28 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy axehead. Socketed (?and looped) type body section. Weight 15.28g. Length 25mm
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure. 


The other pieces forming part of this hoard are:


ESS-59AE53


ESS-59C3C3
ESS-5A0122


ESS-5A2588
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 18 mm
Weight: 4.98 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy axehead. Socketed (?and looped) type body section. Weight 4.98g. Length 18mm.
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure.


The other pieces forming part of this hoard are:


ESS-59AE53


ESS-59C3C3


ESS-59F861


ESS-5A2588
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 30 mm
Weight: 5.27 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy axehead. Blade fragment. Weight 5.27g. Length 30mm
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure.


The other items forming part of this hoard are:


ESS-5A0122


ESS-59F861


ESS-59C3C3


ESS-59AE53
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Scabbard (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 33 mm
Weight: 16.78 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy scabbard chape fragment. Weight 16.78. Length 33mm
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure.



The thirteen other items included in this hoard are listed below:







			
			

		



			
ESS-5A60B8

			

		



			
ESS-5ABE05

			

		



			
ESS- 5AD352

			

		



			
ESS-5AE1E6

			

		



			
ESS-5AEC30

			

		



			
ESS-5AF7D0

			

		



			
ESS-5B0194

			

		



			
ESS-5B0EB2

			

		



			
ESS-5B1781

			

		



			
ESS-5B3DF4

			

		



			
ESS-5B4D54

			

		



			
ESS-5B5B44

			

		



			
ESS-5B73C3
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 23 mm
Weight: 3.51 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy socketed axehead. Fragment of the  body only. Weight 3.51g. Length 23mm
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure.


The thirteen other items included in this hoard are listed below:





ESS-5A3CD3

        



            
ESS-5ABE05

            

        



            
ESS- 5AD352

            

        



            
ESS-5AE1E6

            

        



            
ESS-5AEC30

            

        



            
ESS-5AF7D0

            

        



            
ESS-5B0194

            

        



            
ESS-5B0EB2

            

        



            
ESS-5B1781

            

        



            
ESS-5B3DF4

            

        



            
ESS-5B4D54

            

        



            
ESS-5B5B44

            

        



            
ESS-5B73C3
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 24 mm
Weight: 4.26 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy socketed axehead. Fragment of the  body only. Weight 4.26g. 24mm
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure.


The thirteen other items included in the hoard are listed below:






            
ESS-5A3CD3

            

        



            
ESS-5A60B8

            

        



            



            

        



            
ESS- 5AD352

            

        



            
ESS-5AE1E6

            

        



            
ESS-5AEC30

            

        



            
ESS-5AF7D0

            

        



            
ESS-5B0194

            

        



            
ESS-5B0EB2

            

        



            
ESS-5B1781

            

        



            
ESS-5B3DF4

            

        



            
ESS-5B4D54

            

        



            
ESS-5B5B44

            

        



            
ESS-5B73C3
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Ingot (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 41 mm
Weight: 145 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy ingot fragment. Weight 145g.  Length 41mm
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure.


The thirteen other items included in the hoard are listed below:






            
ESS-5A3CD3

            

        



            
ESS-5A60B8

            

        



            
ESS-5ABE05

            

        



            



            

        



            
ESS-5AE1E6

            

        



            
ESS-5AEC30

            

        



            
ESS-5AF7D0

            

        



            
ESS-5B0194

            

        



            
ESS-5B0EB2

            

        



            
ESS-5B1781

            

        



            
ESS-5B3DF4

            

        



            
ESS-5B4D54

            

        



            
ESS-5B5B44

            

        



            
ESS-5B73C3
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Ingot (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 52 mm
Weight: 140 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy ingot fragment. Weight 140g, Length 52mm
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure.


The thirteen other items included in the hoard are listed below:






            
ESS-5A3CD3

            

        



            
ESS-5A60B8

            

        



            
ESS-5ABE05

            

        



            
ESS- 5AD352

            

        


 

        



            
ESS-5AEC30

            

        



            
ESS-5AF7D0

            

        



            
ESS-5B0194

            

        



            
ESS-5B0EB2

            

        



            
ESS-5B1781

            

        



            
ESS-5B3DF4

            

        



            
ESS-5B4D54

            

        



            
ESS-5B5B44

            

        



            
ESS-5B73C3
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Ingot (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 48 mm
Weight: 130 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy ingot fragment. Weight 130g. Length 48mm
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure.


The thirteen other items included in the hoard are listed below:






            
ESS-5A3CD3

            

        



            
ESS-5A60B8

            

        



            
ESS-5ABE05

            

        



            
ESS- 5AD352

            

        



            
ESS-5AE1E6

            

        



            



            

        



            
ESS-5AF7D0

            

        



            
ESS-5B0194

            

        



            
ESS-5B0EB2

            

        



            
ESS-5B1781

            

        



            
ESS-5B3DF4

            

        



            
ESS-5B4D54

            

        



            
ESS-5B5B44

            

        



            
ESS-5B73C3
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Ingot (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 35 mm
Weight: 63.92 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy ingot fragment. Weight 63.92g, Length 35mm
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure.


The thirteen other items included in the hoard are listed below:






            
ESS-5A3CD3

            

        



            
ESS-5A60B8

            

        



            
ESS-5ABE05

            

        



            
ESS- 5AD352

            

        



            
ESS-5AE1E6

            

        



            
ESS-5AEC30

            

        



            



            

        



            
ESS-5B0194

            

        



            
ESS-5B0EB2

            

        



            
ESS-5B1781

            

        



            
ESS-5B3DF4

            

        



            
ESS-5B4D54

            

        



            
ESS-5B5B44

            

        



            
ESS-5B73C3
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Ingot (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 36 mm
Weight: 30.38 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy ingot fragment. Weight 30.38g, length 36mm
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure.


The thirteen other items included in the hoard are listed below:






            
ESS-5A3CD3

            

        



            
ESS-5A60B8

            

        



            
ESS-5ABE05

            

        



            
ESS- 5AD352

            

        



            
ESS-5AE1E6

            

        



            
ESS-5AEC30

            

        



            
ESS-5AF7D0

            

        



            



            

        



            
ESS-5B0EB2

            

        



            
ESS-5B1781

            

        



            
ESS-5B3DF4

            

        



            
ESS-5B4D54

            

        



            
ESS-5B5B44

            

        



            
ESS-5B73C3
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Ingot (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 29 mm
Weight: 42 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy ingot fragment. Weight 42g, Length 29mm
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure.


The thirteen other items included in the hoard are listed below:






            
ESS-5A3CD3

            

        



            
ESS-5A60B8

            

        



            
ESS-5ABE05

            

        



            
ESS- 5AD352

            

        



            
ESS-5AE1E6

            

        



            
ESS-5AEC30

            

        



            
ESS-5AF7D0

            

        



            
ESS-5B0194

            

        



            



            

        



            
ESS-5B1781

            

        



            
ESS-5B3DF4

            

        



            
ESS-5B4D54

            

        



            
ESS-5B5B44

            

        



            
ESS-5B73C3
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Ingot (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 25 mm
Weight: 14.07 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy ingot fragment. Weight 14.07g, Length 25mm.
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure.


The thirteen other items included in the hoard are listed below:






            
ESS-5A3CD3

            

        



            
ESS-5A60B8

            

        



            
ESS-5ABE05

            

        



            
ESS- 5AD352

            

        



            
ESS-5AE1E6

            

        



            
ESS-5AEC30

            

        



            
ESS-5AF7D0

            

        



            
ESS-5B0194

            

        



            
ESS-5B0EB2

            

        



            



            

        



            
ESS-5B3DF4

            

        



            
ESS-5B4D54

            

        



            
ESS-5B5B44

            

        



            
ESS-5B73C3
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Casting Waste (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 32 mm
Weight: 19.06 g
Description: Bronze Age copper alloy casting wast. Weight 19.06g, length 32mm.
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure. However this is possibly not contemporary with the rest of the hoard.


The thirteen other items included in the hoard are listed below:






            
ESS-5A3CD3

            

        



            
ESS-5A60B8

            

        



            
ESS-5ABE05

            

        



            
ESS- 5AD352

            

        



            
ESS-5AE1E6

            

        



            
ESS-5AEC30

            

        



            
ESS-5AF7D0

            

        



            
ESS-5B0194

            

        



            
ESS-5B0EB2

            

        



            
ESS-5B1781

            

        



            



            

        



            
ESS-5B4D54

            

        



            
ESS-5B5B44

            

        



            
ESS-5B73C3
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Ingot (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 32 mm
Weight: 70.6 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy ingot fragment. Weight 70.60g, Length 32mm
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure.


The thirteen other items included in the hoard are listed below:






            
ESS-5A3CD3

            

        



            
ESS-5A60B8

            

        



            
ESS-5ABE05

            

        



            
ESS- 5AD352

            

        



            
ESS-5AE1E6

            

        



            
ESS-5AEC30

            

        



            
ESS-5AF7D0

            

        



            
ESS-5B0194

            

        



            
ESS-5B0EB2

            

        



            
ESS-5B1781

            

        



            
ESS-5B3DF4

            

        



            



            

        



            
ESS-5B5B44

            

        



            
ESS-5B73C3
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Ingot (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 37 mm
Weight: 59.82 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy ingot fragment. Weight 59.82g, Length 37mm
Notes: The thirteen other items included in the hoard are listed below:






            
ESS-5A3CD3

            

        



            
ESS-5A60B8

            

        



            
ESS-5ABE05

            

        



            
ESS- 5AD352

            

        



            
ESS-5AE1E6

            

        



            
ESS-5AEC30

            

        



            
ESS-5AF7D0

            

        



            
ESS-5B0194

            

        



            
ESS-5B0EB2

            

        



            
ESS-5B1781

            

        



            
ESS-5B3DF4

            

        



            
ESS-5B4D54

            

        



            



            

        



            
ESS-5B73C3

            

        



Not seen by FLO


Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Good Easter, Chelmsford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 23 mm
Weight: 4.08 g
Description: Bronze Age cast copper alloy rim fragment of a socketed axehead. Weight 4.08g. Length 23mm
Notes: Not seen by FLO



Part of a dispersed hoard found prior to the 2003 amendment to the Treasure Act, therefore does not qualify as treasure.


The thirteen other items included in the hoard are listed below:






            
ESS-5A3CD3

            

        



            
ESS-5A60B8

            

        



            
ESS-5ABE05

            

        



            
ESS- 5AD352

            

        



            
ESS-5AE1E6

            

        



            
ESS-5AEC30

            

        



            
ESS-5AF7D0

            

        



            
ESS-5B0194

            

        



            
ESS-5B0EB2

            

        



            
ESS-5B1781

            

        



            
ESS-5B3DF4

            

        



            
ESS-5B4D54

            

        



            
ESS-5B5B44
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Pin (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1000 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Crockenhill and Well Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 197 mm
Diameter: 14.51 mm
Weight: 52.01 g
Description: An incomplete late Bronze Age copper alloy pin dating c. 1000-800BC. The pin has a globular head with radiating vertical incised lines. The shaft of the pin has a circular cross-section and only slightly tapers to one end. This end is rough and has the appearance of a break. Midway down the shaft is a collar with a perforation through it. The upper section of the pin, between the globular head and perforated collar, is completely covered in engraved decoration. The pattern comprises a band of rings around the shaft then a section of rows of diagonal lines extending along the length of the pin; then a section of four repeating patterns of herringbone motifs with a linear border. This complete pattern is repeated along the length of the pin stopping below the perforated collar, leaving the final remaining third of the pin undecorated. There appears to be some evidence of wear around the perforation on the collar. The collar is also decorated with the same technique as the rest of the pin; the pattern here comprises a double saltire cross on each site of the collar. The copper alloy has a dark green patina.



Dimensions: diameter of globular head: 14.51mm; diameter of shaft: 6.28mm tapering to: 4.66mm; length: 197mm; weight: 52.01g.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Socketed Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period:  to  (-1150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Little Canfield, Uttlesford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 51.13 mm
Weight: 47.03 g
Description: Late Bronze Age (circa 1150-800 BC) cast copper alloy socketed axe fragment. The axehead is sub rectangular expanding at the blade, measuring 28.5mm wide, 10.87mm thick expanding to 36.26mm wide at the blade. The socket is rectangular, with worn breaks around the body, with the main body and mouth missing. The surviving section is sub-rectangular in profile, tapering towards the blade; there are visible casting seams visible on both edges. It has an even dark green patina across its whole surface. The fragment is 51.13mm long. The wall of the socket is 2.5mm thick. It weighs 47.03g.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Chisel (Bronze Age)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Newton Abbot, Teignbridge, Devon (South West)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 51.3 mm
Thickness: 8.8 mm
Weight: 24.31 g
Description: Bronze Age chisel. Small chisel with flanged and flattened end and square section butt end; rectangular profile to hafted end. See PAS Annual Report 2006, p31 for similar artefact.
Notes: Recorded at Fabulous Finds Day, Exeter Guildhall, April 2010


Photo ref 442/443
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Unidentified Object (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to IRON AGE (-1000 to -200)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Drayton, Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 20.07 mm
Height: 4.23 mm
Thickness: 14.58 mm
Weight: 24 g
Description: A cast copper-alloy moustache-shaped object, believed to be a sword-scabbard chape of a type first made circa 1000 BC in the late Bronze Age. The centre is constricted and plain, and has a deep sub-circular recess on the inside of the curve. On each 'wing', there are incised grooves running lengthwise for a little under half the total length. The ends are plain and taper to slender blunt points, one of which has lost its tip. A comparable scabbard chape can be found illustrated in Smith (1925, 75; fig. 67).
Notes: These objects, of which only a few are known from Britain, are all distinctly moustache shaped, but some are of more 'droopy' appearance than others. (Ack: Rod Blunt UKDFD Validator)



A recent piece analysing these enigmatic objects was published by Barry Marsden in the April 2003 edition of 'Treasure Hunting' (pp. 31-35).
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Casting Waste (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to ROMAN (-2000 to 410)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Lissington, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire (East Midlands)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 23 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 18.33 g
Description: 
An irregular piece of copper alloy, possibly a casting jet. The object is roughly oval in plan and plano-convex in cross-section with a small irregular 'stud' projecting from the domed side. These two studs are reminiscant of casting sprues.

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Chisel (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-1500 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Hatfield Broad Oak, Uttlesford, Essex (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 98.91 mm
Weight: 169.12 g
Description: Late Bronze Age socketed chisel from the Ewart Park metal phase, dating c. 1050-800BC.  The socket is rectangular with a slightly raised moulding around the mouth; there is a worn break at the mouth end, removing approximately half of the mouth. The body is trapezoid in plan, tapering in with towards the blade end before curving out slightly then extending into a square blade with a slightly rounded cutting edge. The chisel is triangular in profile and casting seams are visible along both edges. The chisel is 98.91mm long, and the body measures 30.60mm wide 28.96mm thick across the mouth tapering to 26.52mm wide by 15.60mm thick. The blade end is 36.82mm wide. It weighs 169.12 grams.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Flat Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-2150 to -1500)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Langham, North Norfolk, Norfolk (Eastern)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 65.95 mm
Weight: 66.14 g
Description: Early Bronze Age (2150BC-1500BC) cast copper alloy flat axe. The axe has a rectangular body which flares out at the blade end, resulting in concave sides with a convex cutting edge. The cutting edge is extremely damaged, making it irregularly shaped. In profile, the axe is an elongated lozenge shape, the thickest point being at a slightly raised stop ride. Most of the original surface of the axe has been removed, leaving a pitted surface. Where the original surface survives, it has a dark green patina.











It is 65.95mm long, 17.56mm wide and 3.18mm thick at the butt end, 18.68mm wide 9.62mm thick at the stop ridge and 29.67mm wide 4.30mm thick at the blade. It weighs 66.14 grams.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Savernake, Wiltshire, Wiltshire (South West)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 24.95 mm
Thickness: 10.42 mm
Weight: 32.2 g
Description: A fragment of a cast copper alloy Late Bronze Age axehead (1150-800 BC). The surviving fragment consists of the tip of the blade (which is slightly flanged), and part of the socket. The cutting edge of the axe is quite sharp and shows little sign of wear, suggesting that it was not in use for very long before it was broken. Although ritually broken axeheads and other Bronze Age objects are known, it is not possible to ascertain whether this example has been deliberately broken or not.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Spear (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1300 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Lowick, East Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire (East Midlands)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 26 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 7.61 g
Description: Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead fragment, 26mm long, 13mm wide and 6mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 7.61g. It consists of a circular-sectioned shaft which tapers slightly and has a blade emerging from each side. These and the tip are damaged, so the full shape cannot be identified. The object is probably part of a leaf shaped spearhead, dating to the Penard and Ewart Park phases (Middle to Late Bronze Age).
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Sword (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-1000 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Worfield, Shropshire, Shropshire (West Midlands)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 28.06 mm
Thickness: 6.48 mm
Weight: 25.3 g
Description: A cast copper-alloy fragment from a probable late Bronze Age sword. The fragment is pointed oval in section and tapers very slightly in plan from 29.17 mm to 28.8 mm. It is 6.48 mm thick and measures 28.06 mm long. It weighs The patina on the break at each end suggests that this break is ancient. The surface has a dark green patina, pitted to a paler green in places.
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Knife (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-1150 to -800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Andover, Test Valley, Hampshire (South East)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 153.7 mm
Thickness: 3.65 mm
Weight: 34.7 g
Description: A damaged probable cast copper-alloy knife of Late Bronze Age date. The object has a gradually tapering triangular blade with a central midrib on both faces. The tang is thicker and rectangular in cross-section. Between the two is a curve out to a highly abraded side protrusion that may have been perforated to take rivets. The blade has been bent at an angle of around forty-five degrees around halfway along and upwards again at the tip. The sides and the terminals have suffered abrasion in addition. The metal has corroded to a dark red-brown colour with mid-green metal below this patina. This piece is somewhat longer than an example illustrated in Moore and Rowlands (1972, 66/Plate XVI; ref. 89).
Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Awl (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-1500 to -700)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Baydon, Wiltshire, Wiltshire (South West)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 40.36 mm
Thickness: 4.26 mm
Weight: 4.81 g
Description: 
A tapering rectangular-section copper alloy bar which thickens in the centre. Both ends are now missing.

Notes: 
This may just possibly be an awl of Bronze Age date.

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Palstave (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1700 to -1400)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Churchill, North Somerset, North Somerset (South West)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 163 mm
Description: 
Cast copper alloy palstave axehead. This has a large steeply curved crescent shaped blade that may have been re-sharpened in antiquity. The blade thickens to a wide septum that has a concave depression before (on the blade side). The flanges are high and run almost the whole length of the rear half, the butt is flat

Notes: 
This record was made from an emailed image.

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Socketed Axehead (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to  (-1200 to -1800)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Charlcombe, Bath and North East Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset (South West)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 61 mm
Description: Cast copper alloy socketed axehead. The mouth of the socket is sub-rectangular in shape this has a moulded collar running around its circumference on the outside with the side loop beginning just below the moulding. Running down either side is casting flash. The main shaft of the axe is rectangular in cross section. The blade, which is crescent shaped, expands out from the main body of the axe. There are two pronounced moulded ridges that run down from the socket to the blade. 

1200-800BC
Notes: 
This record was made from an emailed image.


Dr Kevin Leahy comments:


This is a most unusual socketed axe as it is the first one that I have seen that shows any sign of being truncated by wear/shapening. Most socketed axes retain their proportions.

Subsequent action: Returned to finder
Object: Palstave (Bronze Age)
Period: Bronze Age to BRONZE AGE (-1600 to -1400)
Material: Copper alloy 
Found: Llantwit Fardre, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Rhondda Cynon Taf (Wales)
Discovery method: Metal detector
Length: 148.3 mm
Weight: 346.2 g
Description: Middle Bronze Age bronze palstave, of Group II: Early Midribbed type, possibly of Type Liswerry (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, p 125-128)[1].



The palstave is unlooped and is complete (with a length of 148.3mm and a weight of 346.2g). The butt is rounded at the corners and the sides diverge slightly (with a width at the butt of 17mm) to the start of the flanges. The flanges begin 23mm from the butt and rise to a maximum height (of 30.3mm) before the stop. The sides are straight and parallel (with a width of 25.1mm) until the blade, where the sides are concave and divergent. The casting seams are evident on both sides and appear to be raised on the sides of the blade. The blade tips are slightly eroded (producing a blade width of 54.6mm) and the blade edge has an expanded blade edge. The septum is gently concave (with a maximum depth of 12mm, a width of 17mm and a length of 64mm). The stops are slightly rounded and there is a casting flaw between the stop and septum on one face. The stops are raised above the blade faces (with a height of 8mm and an overall depth of 29.2mm). The blade faces are decorated with a prominent and comparatively short mid-rib (33m long). The blade faces are slightly raised at the sides, suggesting short side ribs. A blade facet is discernible (13m from the blade edge). Remnant traces of the original surface survive, mostly on the septum and within the flanges with a dark green to black patina; elsewhere the surface is pitted and is pale green.



The palstave has a narrow body similar to Type Liswerry, although the flange extensions are comparatively short, similar to Type Chepstow. The dating of Group II palstaves corresponds to the ActonPark metalworking industry, equating to Needham's (1996)[2] Period 5, dated to 1,500 - 1,150BC.





[1] Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C. 1981; The Axes of Scotland and Northern Ireland, Praähistorische Bronzefunde Abteilung IX, 7. Band 7



[2] Needham, S. 1996; Chronology and Periodisation in the British Bronze Age , Acta Archaeologica 67, p. 121-140
Subsequent action: Returned to finder