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Record ID: SOMDOR-36FE24
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Annular flared brooch with decorative elements to each side. D-sectioned frame. It has a deep,collared recess at one side which would have once contained a stone of some description. Opposite on the other side of the frame is an ovoid projection with a central groove on the front. There is incised line decoration around inner face of frame, recess and on edges of protrusion. The frame is narrowed for a pin attachment which would have been at right angles to the projection. The recess lies at 12 'O' clock, the pin recess at 3 'O' clock and the projection at 6 'O' cl…
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-340F46
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle frame with sword belt hanger. Half only survives. It is a double looped frame with a lip and loop projecting from the centre bar at right angles to the frame. The bar is narrowed from the frame. The outer edge of the remaining loop is recessed. There is a circular recess opposite the lip with flanking tapering elongate recesses following a line of frame ridges. The loop is circular.
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2017
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Record ID: SOMDOR-BAD4B7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy sword belt buckle of medieval date. The rectangular douple-loop buckle has a transverse rectangular suspension loop which projects from one side of the long edge. This is at the mid-point, either side of the centre bar. The front of the buckle has slightly champfered edges and the back is plain. There is a double notch on one of the short side to act as a pin rest. Dimensions: 28.4mm by 25.77mm by 3.56mm. Weight: 5.68g.
Created on: Friday 7th May 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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This findspot is known as 'Huish Episcopi', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-B96640
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead pilgrim's ampulla. It has a long slightly flaring neck with a hanging loop each side. The neck is very bent and broken especially on the reverse. Below this is the rounded element. The obverse has a cast line quatrefoil. The upper petal is longer than the others. All have a central longitudinal line. The upper one has a chevron pointing to the centre. The left and right have the same but with a pellet inside each, in the space created on the inside of the chevron. The lower one has a chevron pointing away from the centre with a pellet above each bar. The reverse has a pointed shie…
Created on: Friday 7th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-EA22C5
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead ampulla. Lead pouch shaped ampulla with a stylised scallop shell decoration on one side and the letters SI on the other. There is a cast rib around the neck of the pouch. The edges around the opening at the top have been damaged.
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-E91BC2
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of purse frame. It has a U-shaped section and a curving bar. One surface is decorated with deeply incised lateral lines, the other has circular attachment holes at regular intervals. The fabric of the purse was sewn onto the frame through these holes.
Date: Late Medieval to Eraly Post Medieval - c. 1440 - 1600
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2004
Last updated: Friday 19th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-E90386
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flat rectangular book-clasp. Hook piece. It is of sheet metal with a flared, scalloped edge at one end. The other end has a narrowed hook. There are three attachment holes set longitudinally. The upper (hook end) and lower (scalloped end) ones retain iron rivets. The front is decorated with stamps of an acorn design (one between the lower and central rivet hole and three between the central rivet hole and the one nearest the hook end). The back is undecorated. The plate is bent forward slightly at the scalloped end.
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-E8C3B4
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy book clasp. It is an incomplete, flat rectangular book-clasp of sheet metal with a scalloped edge at one end. The other end is missing so it is not possible to tell if this is a hook or catch piece. There is a single attachment hole retaining part of an iron rivet at the scalloped end. The surfaces are too corroded to see any decoration
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-BC85D3
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy fragment of a possible late Roman flat-bladed nail-cleaner (Group) or strap end. It is of cast sheet metal. Both the ends have broken off. There is a leaf shape remaining with decoration on one side only. The decoration consists of two ring-and-dot stamps flanking a central incised acute zigzag line. The back is undecorated.
Created on: Tuesday 13th April 2004
Last updated: Saturday 29th August 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-BC5672
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dome fronted button with a squared attachment loop set off centre in the hollowed back. The loop has a circular hole through it. The front of the button is decorated with incised lines forming an outline, equal armed cross with a ring and dot at the centre. In each quarter is a line of crescents and a group of four rings in the angle. There are traces of gilding in the decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 13th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-BC0AA2
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed spear head of Bronze Age date. It is a section towards the base of the spear retaining part of the socket and side flanges. It is too fragmentary for a very precise type to be assigned. The socket is circular. The body of the spear has a solid, circular sectioned centre with a flange set opposite another on either side. The overall shape is not discernable. No attachment loops remain.
Created on: Tuesday 13th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-3C7384
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy wide, everted rim from a cooking pot. Fragment only. There is a raised rim around the outer edge of the vessel rim on the inner surface. There are traces of sooting on the outside
Created on: Wednesday 7th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-3C18D2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hooked mount. It is a triangular plate with a backward hook at the apex. The hook has a rectangular sectioned shaft. The plate has a slight notch in the edge opposite the apex. There are two iron rivets set longitudinally in the centre of the plate. The back is flat and undecorated.
Created on: Wednesday 7th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-3B4354
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sword belt fitting. It is an incomplete bar mount with suspension loops and hooked pendant attachments. Only one end of the bar and one pendant remains, originally there were probably three pendants. The bar has a trilobed terminal with a single attachment hole containing iron corrosion from a rivet. The remaining short length of bar has a large circular projection on the lower edge with a hole through it. Through this is attached the hook end only of a pendant mount. The hook has a globular terminal and a circular sectioned shaft. At the lower end is the stub of the penda…
Created on: Wednesday 7th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-AD02A4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ornate, open-work belt mount. It is a curvilinear form. At the bottom is a fleur de lys, above this is the main element of an open-work heart and at the other end a rectangular projection. At the back are two integral attachment spikes, both bent in towards the centre.
Created on: Wednesday 31st March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-ACF2C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bow brooch. It is a T-shape/tapering bow type. There are the remains of the lower bow, foot and catchplate only. The bow is tapering and flat. It is decorated with cast longitudinal ribs which stop at an undecorated, off-set leg. The leg tapers into a plain forward projecting foot. At the back is a semi-circular catchplate.
Created on: Wednesday 31st March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-ACDEC5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bow brooch. It is a wing-and-fantail type. It is a cast sheet-metal brooch. The wings are formed by curling over the ends of the sheet at the top and cutting a notch for the pin. Only one wing remains intact. There are traces of an iron pin. The bow is a flaring fantail shape and is decorated with longitudinal ribs and grooves. There is a central groove flanked by two ribs. Either side of these is a further groove with zigzag line decoration, then another rib. At each edge of the bow is a zigzag decorated groove and a rib at the very edge. The back of the bow is flat and u…
Created on: Wednesday 31st March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-ACCC94
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bow brooch. it is a T-shaped/tapering bow type. It is incomplete. Only the wings, head and part of the bow remain. The wings are cylindrical and have two girth grooves at each end on the front. They house a copper alloy axis bar for a hinged pin, the attachment end of which survives. The head of the bow is wide and narrows sharply to the tapering bow. The head is decorated with a raised, central, tapering ridge running longitudinally. The back of the head and bow are concave. The foot and shaft of the pin are missing.
Created on: Wednesday 31st March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOMDOR-ACAC46
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy composite strap-end with a sheet spacer at the distal end. There are two sheet metal plates with a spacer between. The plates are rectangular with slight in-curving at the proximal ends, rounded at the distal. The front plate has a pointed projection at the distal end, the back plate had a similar point but this has been broken off. The spacer occupies the full width of the strap-end and has a round-ended projection at the distal end. It is attached with one rivet. There are two further rivets place along the length of the plates in the centre. These would have passed thro…
Created on: Wednesday 31st March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
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