NHER 68999 (Monument record) - Late Bronze Age hoard

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Summary

Metal-detecting at this location in 2019 recovered a Late Bronze Age hoard of two copper alloy objects. These items were identified as the broken tip of a socketed axehead and a casting sprue from an uncertain object.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Full Description

September 2019. Metal-detecting. [1].
Found together:
Late Bronze Age socketed axehead fragment (S1) and copper alloy casting sprue from an uncertain object.
Hoards such as this that comprise both object fragments and metalworking waste are commonly known as 'founders hoards' or 'metalworkers' hoards'.
Information from PAS import.
This hoard was returned to the finder after being disclaimed as Treasure (Ref: 2021 T91).
Initially recorded under NHER 17808.
P. Watkins (HES), 26 January 2025.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF101605 Illustration: Gibbons, J. 2022. Drawing of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead tip. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

Object Types (3)

CASTING WASTE (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 801 BC)
HOARD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 801 BC)
SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 801 BC)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Mar 8 2026 6:16AM