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    Bronze Age Implements

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    Bronze Age Britain refers to the period of British history that spanned from c. 2500 until c. 800 BC. Lasting for approximately 1,700 years, it was preceded by the era of Neolithic Britain and was in turn followed by the era of Iron Age Britain.

     

    2750 Beaker People arrive

    2600 Avebury and Silbury Hill     
    2300
    Early Bronze Age
    Drier and warm
    Food vessels and urns
    Copper mining Great Orme
    Standing stones, Ring cairns, stone circles, round barrows

    Cast copper or bronze miniature flat axes of Early Bronze Age date (2150- 1500 BC) most probably from the first phase of the Early Bronze Age (2150-1900 BC) Needham Period 2.

     

     

     

    95.92mm L x 43.11mm W

    74.05mm L x 59.73mm W

    Miniature Bronze Age votive axe head 9.98g, 46.22mm

    47.46mm L x 35.71mm W

       
       

     

     

    2100 Stonehenge bluestone circles      
    2000 Stonehenge sarsen circle      

     

     

    Bronze Age (c.1500-1400BC) cast copper alloy primary shield pattern palstave axes

    A palstave is a development of the flat axe, where the shaped sides are cast rather than hammered

    Bronze Age (c.1500-1400BC) cast copper alloy primary shield pattern palstave, dating to the Acton Park Phase. It is damaged and incomplete, with active copper corrosion. The butt end is missing, and the flange damaged. There is a prominent stop ridge, with a shield shaped depression just below on both surfaces. There is a casting flaw just above the stop ridge on one surface, which has created a small void, approximately 10mm deep, and 3.6mm by 2.6mm wide. The blade expands out into a concentric cutting edge, which is extremely worn. The axe is 135.10mm long, and is 24.95mm wide, 7.95mm thick at the butt end, with the damaged flange increasing the thickness to 21.21mm. It is 27.73mm wide, 27.16mm thick at the stop ridge, and the cutting edge is 53.84mm wide. The axe has a dark green patina, however most of the original surface has been removed, leaving a pitted, light green surface. A casting seam is visible through the corrosion on one side - Found by Florida Don

    Bronze Age (c.1500-1400BC) cast copper alloy primary shield pattern palstave, dating to the Acton Park Phase

    137.33mm L x 49.01mm W

    Bronze Age (c.1500-1400BC) cast copper alloy primary shield pattern palstave, dating to the Acton Park Phase

    68.25mm L x 29.97

    734

    154mm x 54mm

    Bronze Age Axe (c.1500-1400BC) cast copper alloy primary shield pattern palstave, dating to the Acton Park Phase.

    Bronze Age (c.1500-1400BC) cast copper alloy primary shield pattern palstave, dating to the Acton Park Phase

    137.5 mm L x 53.5mm W

    Bronze Age (c.1500-1400BC) cast copper alloy primary shield pattern palstave, dating to the Acton Park Phase

    Recorded on PAS

     

    Bronze Age (c.1500-1400BC) cast copper alloy primary shield pattern palstave, dating to the Acton Park Phase.

    263.0 g, 120mm L x 53.3mm W x 21.44mm T

    2- Bronze Age (c.1500-1400BC) cast copper alloy primary shield pattern palstave, dating to the Acton Park Phase.

    Bronze Age (c.1500-1400BC) cast copper alloy primary shield pattern palstave, dating to the Acton Park Phase

    91.52mm L x 26.56 mm W

     

     

    This is an incomplete socketed arrowhead of Bronze Age date (c.2550-800 BC).

    16.74g

     

     

     

     

    Early Bronze Age and early Middle Bronze Age, c. 1600-1300 BC. Bronze Age chisel

    99.9mm L x 16.9mm W

    1500-1200 BC Late Bronze Age arrow head

     

    Late bronze age chisel 1140 BC to 800 BC

    12.31 g, 51mm L

    Mass Bruce's socketed axe hoard find

    Clink link for his report

    Axe hoard + casting ingots

    Mint condition

    850 BC Bronze Age axe head

     

     

     

    Middle Bronze age socket spear head 1500-1100 BC

    85.26mm L x 25.57mm W - socketed dia 18.88 mm

    Middle Bronze age socket spear head 1500-1100 BC

    850BC Bronze Age socketed axe fragment

    Middle Bronze age 850 BC socketed bronze axe head

    49.8mm w x 38.9mm L

     

    Middle Bronze age 850 BC socketed bronze axe head

     

    850 BC Bronze Age socketed axe head

    850 BC Bronze Age socketed axe head

    850 BC Bronze Age socketed axe head

     

     

    850BC Bronze Age socketed axe head fragment

    850BC Bronze Age socketed axe head fragment

    850BC Bronze Age socketed axe head fragment

    850 BC Bronze Age socketed axe head

    c 800 BC Incredibly rare Bronze Age socketed sickle

    1550 Stonehenge in present form

     

     

    1400
    Middle Bronze Age
    Drier and warm
    bronzes
    Gold mining
    Kerb cairns
    1100
    Late Bronze Age
    Wet and cold
    Secondary burials in barrows

    Socketed axe head fragment C 1000 BC

    850BC BC Bronze Age socketed axe head fragment 37.44mm L 55.91mm W x 13.52 mm T

    Bronze Age bronze socketed implement fragment - very worn 10.93g ,29.46 mm L x 15.29mm W

    C1000 BC Bronze Age socketed implement fragment 35.57 mm L x 21.99 mm W

    C1000BC Bronze age socketed axe fragment showing signs of heavy wear 38.63 mm L x 36.10mm W x 12.79mm T found by NH Dave

    1000 BC Bronze age socketed axe fragment

    c1000 BC Bronze Age socketed implement fragment

    1000 BC Bronze Age socketed axe fragment 2000 BC Bronze Age British flat axe fragment

    1000 BC Bronze Age socketed axe fragment

     

     

    Bronze Age - socketed chisel

     

     

     

    850BC Bronze age socketed axe

     

    1000
    Earliest hillforts
    Wet and cold

    Middle Bronze age axe head hoard C 800 BC found by Mass Bruce

    Mass Bruce's fragement left and Mass Linda's 2nd socketed axe head fragment

    C 800 BC

    850BC Bronze Age socketed axe 79.73g, 53.86mm L x 44.24mm W

    850 BC Bronze Age socketed axe 37.04 W x 30.58mm L47.54g

     

    850 BC Bronze age socketed axe head -101.9 mm long

    What looks like our first 850 BC Bronze Age side axe with a huge chunk of Bronze Age casting waste nearby

    850 BC bronze age socketed axe head

    850 BC Bronze Age socketed axe head

    750
    Iron Age
    Wet and cold
    Hillforts
    400 Middle Iron Age Warmer and drier Thrown pots Salt trade, iron industry Standing stones