Record ID: SOMDOR-B23117
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base silver Uninscribed South-Western ('Durotrigian') stater of late Iron Age date. Oval flan.
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Child Okeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-B1F633
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Early Uninscribed B ('Chute' type) stater of late Iron Age date.
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Child Okeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-E00920
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Uninscribed South-Western ('Durotrigian') stater of late Iron Age date. There are traces of a silver coating on the reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burleston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-612236
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Uninscribed South-Western quarter stater of late Iron Age date.
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pamphill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-C08878
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base silver South-Western Uninscribed ('Durotrigian') stater of late Iron Age date. Similar to Hobbs nos. 2729-2731, which are believed to be contemporary copies. Two of these were found in Hampshire and the other is unprovenanced.
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-E47998
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two rim sherds from 1st century AD large, round barrel shaped storage jars or bowls. The rims are variously described as 'flat topped' beaded rims (Sunter & Woodward, 1986, 87)or 'flattened, tapering, triangular' rims (Seager Smith, 1993, 231). The fabrics are orange in colour with buff-orange to grey core and coarse and sandy in texture. They are similar to Gussage All Saints fabric type C, thought to originate in the Wareham/Poole Harbor region in the 1st Century AD (Wainwright, 1979, 50). In fact examples of this rim form are included as Black Burnished Ware from excavations at Ower…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterborne Kingston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-4FA911
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy South-Western Uninscribed ('Durotrigian') stater of late Iron Age date.
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-378F61
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from a enamelled cast copper alloy Crescentic terret of probable late Iron Age date. The fragment measures 36.8mm by 24.6mm by 12.1mm and weighs 18.44g. It consists of part of the hoop and a 10mm length of the cast-in-one copper alloy bar, which is narrowed with a circular cross-section (diameter 6.2mm). Beside the bar the hoop has a sub-circular cross-section (diameter 11.9mm). This narrows to around 6mm internally, with a flat rectangular cross-sectioned exterior, much of which has been damaged. This flat part is decorated on both sides with red enamel, inlaid around raise…
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corscombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-9DAE80
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy penanular brooch wth pin missing. Bent into shape from a single piece of faceted copper with terminals bent straight outwards, and with rounded knobs at the end, each containing an incised line around their circumference. Hattatt's type B2. The ring has an accentuated thickness away from the terminals and a trapezoidal cross section. 38.55mm diameter and 5.48mm maximum thickness of ring, the terminals are 14.08mm and 13.72mm long.
Created on: Monday 21st August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Poyntington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-1587D2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver stater of south-west uninscribed ('Durotrigian') type. Oval flan.
Created on: Thursday 15th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pamphill', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-42EE25
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
6 sherds of reduced brownish grey coarseware. Fine sand, grog and limestone tempered. The stone pieces are large (up to 9mm) and sparsely distrubuted through the fabric. 5 body sherds. 1 rim sherd. Upright, plain rim from a jar. Handmade. Sherds heavily abraded. Probably late pre-Roman iron age into early Roman-British - c. 50 BC to 100 AD.
Created on: Monday 5th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-42DB64
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
3 reduced patchily fired dark grey and orange coarseware. Moderatefine sand temper with sparse larger stone inclusions. 3 body sherds. Thick walled, handmade vessels. One piece is carinated (probably from a jar or bowl) and is partly burnised. The carinated vessel suggests a late pre-Roman iron age date for this material - c. 50 Bc at AD 50
Created on: Monday 5th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-42CAC2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
3 reduced dark grey coarseware. Abundant, poorly sorted, rounded quartz sand temper (up to 3 mm). 2 body sherd. Bead rims from a jar. Handmade. Sherds are quite abraded. Probably Romano-British - AD 1st century to 2nd century
Created on: Monday 5th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-427656
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
21 small sherds of Black Burnished ware. Poole harbour\Wareham fabric. Largely reduced grey (occasionally patchily oxidised buff and pink) fabric with dense rounded quartz sand temper. Burnish to some interior and exterior surfaces. 15 body sherds. Two have burnished acute lattice decoration. 3 rim sherds. 2 bead rims and one slightly everted rim from jars. 1 flat base sherd from a bowl or jar. 2 handles. 1 sub-circular sectioned handle, probably from a jar or cup. 1 counter sunk lug handle from a storage jar. Handmade. Sherds are small and quite abraded. Romano-British - late 1st…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-B93CF4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy iron age stater
Created on: Thursday 30th March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-E7C7F5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One sherd of earthenware. Reduced blak fabric with redddish brown oxidised exterior surface. Frequent fine sand and hgrog temper. Very thick walled body sherd, probably from a storage vessel. Heavily abraded. Identified as Mid to Late Iron Age pottery by Lorraine Mepham of Wessex Archaeology. Handmade. 3rd to 1st centuries BC.
Created on: Monday 30th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-E7A976
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One sherd of black burnished ware. Reduced grey core with patchily oxidised surfaces. Abundant rounded quartz sand temper. There is decoration on the exterior in the form of numerous randomly spaced, circular, shallow, cupped indentations. Thick walled body sherd. Heavily abraded. Identified as possibly Late Iron Age pottery by Lorraine Mepham of Wessex Archaeology. Handmade. 1st century BC to mid 1st century AD.
Created on: Monday 30th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-4BCF01
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a possible hinged copper-alloy bracelet, brooch or other item of personal adornment of Roman date. This is a tapering, D-sectioned, cast fragment with a narrowed, pierced tang at the wider/proximal end. It is broken at the distal end. The object is curved with a convex front. There is a small triangle of blue enamel inset on the mid line of the main body of the object, towards the distal end. The point of the triangle is towards the distal end. The back is undecorated. The tang projects from the middle of the wide end of the object in the same plane as the main body. The s…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SOMDOR-A9AAB2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age base silver stater of South-Western Uninscribed ('Durotrigian') type. The coin has an oval flan with slightly convex obverse.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradford Peverell area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-AC64D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age base silver stater of South-Western Uninscribed ('Durotrigian') type.
Created on: Thursday 22nd December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradford Peverell area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-850C37
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A South-Western Uninscribed ('Durotrigian') stater, of late Iron Age date. This may be an example of a Pale Gold and Silver stater, made from an alloy of gold, silver and copper. This is supported by the weight of the coin, which is comparable to the Pale Gold and Silver staters from the Corfe Common Hoard (Hobbs 1996, p. 153).
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bincombe area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-D9D1A1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast bronze late Iron Age stater of south-western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type.
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-D99C03
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base silver late Iron Age stater of south-western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type.
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-DC9D32
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy head, of probable late Iron Age date. It measures 19.26mm in height, 14.90mm ear to ear and weighs 17.18g. It may have once formed part of a small figurine. The head has uneven hollow eyes with defined semi-circular brows above and a straight nose. The ears are low and D-shaped, defined by a semi-circle to the rear and hollowed inside. The mouth is an assymmetric upturned crescent shape and the chin tapers to a rounded point, giving the face an almond shape overall. The top and back of the head has been engraved with twelve concentric swirls, to give the impression …
Created on: Friday 18th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-957EF7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a late Iron Age copper alloy stater of south-western uninscribed ('Durotrigian') type. The stater is slightly dished with a concave obverse. About 20% of the coin is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorset', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-7C5BB7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver stater. Durotrigian type.
Created on: Monday 26th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-59C752
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver stater of south-west uninscribed type. Split around outer edge and dished with concave obverse and oval flan. Recorded at a detecting rally near Corfe Castle, 04/09/2005.
Created on: Monday 12th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-F812C1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base silver South-Western uninscribed-type stater. Dished shape with convex obverse and concave reverse. The surfaces are corroded preventing closer identification.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Manston area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FC3918
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base sherd from ceramic jar. Reduced grey brown fabric with moderate sand temper and occasional irregular voids where larger pieces of temper have leached out (up to 4mm and probably shell pieces). Flat base. Fairly abraded. Identified by Lorraine Mepham as Early to Middle Iron Age.
Created on: Monday 27th June 2005
Last updated: Sunday 9th October 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FC2312
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd from ceramic jar. Reduced grey brown fabric with sparse sand temper and frequent irregular voids where larger pieces of temper (up to 4mm and probably shell pieces) have leached out. The fabric is very light weight and friable. The form is a simple, slightly uneven beaded rim. Fairly abraded. Identified by Lorraine Mepham as Early to Middle Iron Age.
Created on: Monday 27th June 2005
Last updated: Sunday 9th October 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FB7105
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base sherd from ceramic jar. Reduced grey brown fabric with abundant fine sand and sparse large, crushed flint temper (up to 7 mm) and occasional voids. The base has a crudely formed footring. Fairly abraded. Identified by Lorraine Mepham as Early to Middle Iron Age.
Created on: Monday 27th June 2005
Last updated: Sunday 9th October 2016
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-9421E6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
3 sherds of black burnished ware pottery. Very dark grey, soft fabric with sand temper. The exterior is burnished and there is evidence of a slip on the interior in that a thin cream band is visible below a the very dark grey to black surface. Possibly Poole/Wareham fabric 1b. Two conjoining sherds and one other from open bowls with a small bead rim. (type 13 bowl). This type generally dates from the 1st century Ad in Dorset.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FFBC22
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver Iron Age coin. South-Western uninscribed type (Durotrigian). Incomplete. Worn. Slightly convex obverse.
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-15BBD1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of patchily oxidised (red) and reduced (dark grey) Black Burnished ware type pottery of Late Iron Age or Early Roman date. The sherd is a moderately abraded rim sherd from a large, thick-walled, storage jar. The fabric is coarse with poorly sorted, abundant rounded quartz sand temper (up to 5 mm). The rim is heavy, flattened and triangular sectioned. It is slightly inturned and has an external bead. The form is similar to those of Greyhound Yard Type 6 Black Burnished ware jars, which are dated to the 1st century BC/AD. The fabric is in the Black Burnished ware tradition and i…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2005
Last updated: Friday 20th January 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-DB4D45
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy object. Cast u-shaped object which curves backwards and tapers to a narrow strip behind the u-shaped part before it is broken off. Between the two elements is a circular aperture. Behind the u-shaped part and joining it to the tapering element is a thin strip which bounds the lower part of the circular aperture. The u-shaped part is decorate with a deep lateral groove and two diagonal grooves which form a triangular raised area.
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-534FA7
Object type: ARMLET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two conjoining pieces of copper alloy, D-sectioned bracelet. The outer surface has moulded decoration consisting of two groups of three regularly spaced convex projections (two smaller flanking one larger) each flanked by a raised transverse rib and separated by a deep groove. The two groups would have been on opposite sides of the now bent bracelet. One side is considerably more worn than the other. Its dimensions are: 146.59mm x 13.57mm x 5.93mm
Created on: Thursday 7th October 2004
Last updated: Sunday 15th January 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-44BA83
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age, siver stater. South Western uninscibed type (Durotriges). It has a good silver content and the detail is well preserved. It is very slightly dished (concave reverse).It's dimensions are: 18.27mm (max diameter)2.98mm (max thickness),weight 5.14g. Reference: Hobbs Nos 2536-2546, especially 2543
Created on: Tuesday 31st August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-0A9A33
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver stater. Durotrigian
Created on: Monday 16th August 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 30th September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-34E6E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver South Western region (Durotrigian) uninscribed stater. Very worn
Created on: Friday 6th August 2004
Last updated: Sunday 15th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fontmell Magna', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-B54827
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Plate brooch. 'Wheel'brooch. Fragment of narrow, circular felloe or outer frame. There is a central lozenge plate with a short spoke from each point, four in total, to the felloe. There is a small lug on the outer edge of the felloe at each spoke. Only one spoke remains. The central plate has an incised circle. Inside this is a concentric band of dots, inside which is the stub of a central boss. The back is flat and undecorated with a small catchplate behind the spoke.
Created on: Friday 7th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.