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Description: | Three base metal objects from a dispersed hoard of Late Bronze Age date (c. 1000 BC - c. 800 BC). The objects were located within the ploughsoil and were discovered a few metres apart from each other. Treasure case no. 2006 T290.Description1. Incomplete socketed axehead. South-Eastern Class A. Double mouth moulding. Mouth and upper body missing on one face and face and side pushed in. Slightly expanded blade. Blade edge damaged and edge missing. .Internal rib extending 29.9mm on surviving face. Loop off centre. L: 99mm; W. blade edge: 42.4mm; B. loop: 9.4mm2. Fragment, sword. Ewart Park type probably. Upper sword fragment. Blade edges and large parts missing on both blade wings. L: 26mm; Th: 7.6mm; W: 32.3mm3. Fragment, ingot or casting waste. All surfaces rounded and uneven. Dims: 43.2 x 31.2mm; Th: 18.7Dimensions (millimetres/grams) L: length W: width B: breadth Th: thickness D: diameter Wt: weightDiscussionThis combined group of artefacts is made up of 3 Late Bronze Age copper-alloy objects. The socketed axe is of south-eastern type (no. 1) and shows signs of having been deliberately broken for inclusion in the hoard as scrap metal. The sword fragment is of Ewart Park type and although the ingot or casting waste fragment (no. 3) is not particularly diagnostic, is a well-known feature of groups of metalwork in this particular period in south-eastern England.All of these artefacts fall within the Ewart Park phase of the Late Bronze Age period and suggest a date of deposition towards the end of the period, around 1000-800 BC. The presence of the axe and sword fragments which may be interpreted as scrap, mixed with an ingot of raw material, suggests that this is a founders' hoard. The hoarding of metalwork at this period was not an uncommon phenomenon, particularly in the south-east of Britain.ConclusionAlthough from a very limited area, this group of bronze implements were not recovered as a closed find. Nevertheless, their context in ploughsoil and evidence that at least two have been broken fairly recently, makes it almost certain that they are disturbed from their original context(s), while their proximity and comparable dating, make a single original deposit a favoured interpretation. As a dispersed hoard of Late Bronze Age date, they would be eligible as Treasure under the Treasure Designation Order of 2002.Ms Sally Worrell, Finds Adviser, Portable Antiquities Scheme.
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