https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/bronze-age/awls.html https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/bronze-age/awls/awl-or-stylus-58478.html Sat, 01 Mar 2025 21:50:41 GMT Awls  

Description:		A cast copper-alloy tool of a type usually identified as an awl or stylus, but whose exact use is uncertain. The tool consists of a sub-square-section bar with tapered ends, both of which terminate in blunt points. The bar has a rounded bend of approximately thirty degrees mid-way along its length. Tools of generally similar type have been found in contexts from the Middle Bronze Age, but some are believed to be much later. Those recovered from topsoil cannot be closely dated.
Category:		Bronze Age, Awls
Category:		Awls

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/bronze-age/awls/awl-58221.html Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:21:20 GMT Awls  

Description:		A cast copper-alloy tool of a type usually identified as an 'awl', but whose exact use is uncertain. The tool consists of a bar with tapered ends and a parallel central section. One tapered end is of circular cross-section with a blunt-pointed tip. The other end is of square cross-section with a flat, rounded tip. The central section has 'barley-twist' decoration. The awl possibly dates to the Late Bronze Age (cf. PAS: BH-1F55A9), but the same basic form was still being used at least as late as the early Roman period.
Category:		Bronze Age, Awls
Category:		Awls

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/bronze-age/awls/awl-57038.html Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:51:43 GMT Awls  

Description:		A cast copper-alloy tool, usually identified as an awl, but whose exact use is uncertain. The tool is cast in the form of a rod, the length of which is divided into a longer part (approximately 60%) of square cross-section and a shorter part (approximately 40%) of round cross-section. The square-section part tapers slightly and terminates in a chisel-shaped end. The round-section part tapers more markedly and terminates in a point. Tools of generally similar type have been found in contexts from the Middle Bronze Age, but some are believed to be much later. Those recovered from topsoil cannot be closely dated.
Category:		Bronze Age, Awls
Category:		Awls

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/bronze-age/awls/awl-or-similar-tool-55870.html Tue, 09 Mar 2021 08:56:28 GMT Awls  

Description:		An incomplete copper-alloy awl or similar tool. It consists of a tapered sub-circular section with a pointed end, now slightly blunted. At the wide end, the section reduces and there is a short length of a possible sub-square-section tang on which a handle might have been fitted, or which alternatively might have served as a tracer. Although generally similar to datable awls of the Bronze Age, the shoulder on the present example is not typical, and it is possible that it dates to the Iron Age or even the Roman period. Nigel Mills (see References below) dates a broadly similar example to the 1st century BC. Cf. UKDFD 42226
Category:		Bronze Age, Awls
Category:		Awls

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/bronze-age/awls/awl-968.html Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT Awls  

Description:		A complete copper or bronze awl of probably Bronze Age date. A small pointed awl with a square section tang; a type that was fitted with a simple wooden handle. Awls and tracers of pure copper are found in Beaker graves of the early Bronze Age (see Upton Lovell, Wiltshire) and awls of bronze continue to be used throughout the Bronze Age. It is impossible to closely date an object type that varies little in form over such large periods of time, if found in topsoil.
Category:		Bronze Age, Awls
Category:		Awls

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/bronze-age/awls/awl-1905.html Mon, 16 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT Awls  

Description:		Complete copper alloy Bronze Age awl. Square shank, both ends tapering to a point. These are found in context throughout the whole of the Bronze Age period, sometimes turning up in burials and hoards. When found out of context however, close dating to any specific period proves difficult.
Category:		Bronze Age, Awls
Category:		Awls

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/bronze-age/awls/awl-5160.html Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT Awls  

Description:		A copper-alloy awl of the Bronze Age. The awl is rectangular in section, with one half of the length tapering to a point, and the other half to a rounded 'chisel edge'. The corners of the awl have a series of small notches along their length, which, by their uniformity and spacing, appear to be deliberate. Awls of this type have been found in contexts from the Early to Late Bronze Age, but those recovered from topsoil cannot be closely dated within this period.
Category:		Bronze Age, Awls
Category:		Awls

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/bronze-age/awls/awl-12414.html Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Awls  

Description:		A copper-alloy awl, circular in section, with one pointed end, and the other with a flattened and rounded 'chisel edge'. Awls of generally similar type have been found in contexts from the Middle Bronze Age, but some are believed to be much later. Those recovered from topsoil cannot be closely dated, but the very similar example cited in the reference below is dated to the 1st century BC.
Category:		Bronze Age, Awls
Category:		Awls

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/bronze-age/awls/awl-14404.html Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Awls  

Description:		A copper-alloy awl. It is of rectangular cross-section at the centre, with one end becoming progressively circular in section and tapering to a point, and the other end tapering to a 'chisel edge'. Awls of generally similar type have been found in contexts from the Middle Bronze Age, but some are believed to be much later (see refs. below). Those recovered from topsoil cannot be closely dated.
Category:		Bronze Age, Awls
Category:		Awls

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/bronze-age/awls/copper-alloy-awl-14675.html Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Awls  

Description:		An awl of copper-alloy. It is narrow and sub-triangular in plan, with a sub-square section. The distal end tapers to a sharp point, while the proximal flares to a 'chisel edge'. Awls of generally similar type have been found in contexts from the Middle Bronze Age, but some are believed to be much later (see refs. below). Those recovered from topsoil cannot be closely dated.
Category:		Bronze Age, Awls
Category:		Awls

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