Record ID: CORN-9E6AE7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Langton Down strip brooch dating from the early Roman period, made of a strip of thin copper alloy sheet metal, folded into a tube at the top to hold the pin mechanism. Only one of the wings and the bow of the brooch survive with a tapering body with three broad parallel longitudinal grooves down the front face. The foot, catchplate, pin, spring mechanism and one of the wings are all missing. The brooch appears to have been coated in a black substance, perhaps burnt organic material having been part of a cremation burial, which has since rubbed off on the upstanding surface…
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: DOR-B7C651
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Langton Down brooch. The short wings are complete, open to the the rear and at either end. The wings are filled with the fused remnants of the copper alloy spring for the missing pin.There is a copper alloy axis bar visible at the ends of the wings. The head of the bow is arched upwards from the wings, curving downwards and tapering towards the break. The bow is decorated with moulded longitudinal ridges. It is oval in cross section. Date: Iron Age to Roman - AD 25 - 60. Dimensions: 29.68 mm x 15.06 mm x 13.27 mm Weight: 9.53 g
Created on: Sunday 14th January 2018
Last updated: Saturday 24th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F91A1D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy stater (uninscr.), dating to c. 50 BC- AD 40. (South Western) Durotriges, BMC nos. 2790-2859. VA 1290.
Created on: Friday 5th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2018
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Record ID: DEV-7DC3D2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified copper alloy object, probably of Early Iron Age date. The object is irregular in plan, consisting of a central triangular element, oval in cross section and with a concave socket at its mouth. There is a pronounced V-shaped indentation on either face at the opening. From either edge of the central socketed-element expands a C-shaped projection. The lower arms of these projections are plano-convex in cross section, with the interior face flat and the exterior face cast into a series of transverse ribs, and taper to a point. These are continuous with the upper arms, narr…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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Record ID: DOR-52D15E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy La Tene I brooch dating to c.500 to 300 BC. The object is a section of the bow, which tapers at both ends, one end into the stub of an integral spring. It has a sub-circular cross-section and arches in the middle. The foot is missing. Date: Iron Age - La Tène I - 4th to 3rd century BC. Reference: Similar to Hattatt, R, 2000, "A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches", pg.288, Fig.147, No.725 & 221. Dimensions: 32mm x 4mm x 4.4mm. Weight: 2.21g.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2018
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Record ID: DOR-D8B773
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy stater of the British Iron Age dating to c.20 BC to AD 50 . South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian ) type. A stylised wreath on the obverse and a stylised horse on the reverse. Diameter: 17.5mm Weight: 1.85g Die axis: 7
Created on: Thursday 16th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 15th January 2018
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Record ID: DEV-057CB5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age silver stater (uninscr.), dating to 50-20 BC. (South Western) Durotriges, ABC no. 2169, BMC 2532-2550. VA 1235.
Created on: Monday 6th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2017
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Record ID: SOM-B257E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
British Iron Age slightly base silver (billon) stater, uninscribed South Western (Durotriges), c. 40 BC - AD 10; VA 1235; BMC 2555ff, ABC 2169.
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
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Record ID: WILT-F7A0D1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age silver quarter stater of the Durotriges dating to c 50 BC - AD 43. The type is known as Duro Boat Dots. The obverse depicts 'Three men in a boat' design with what appers to be the hull of a boat with oars along the side and above three 'figures' or 'sails' and a pellet rosette to the left of the hull. The reverse depicts zigzag thunderbolts and a line of pellets across field, Y-shape and uncertain objects to each side. ABC 2211 (Rudd, C, 2010, Ancient British Coins, CHRIS RUDD AYLSHAM 2010, p112, no ABC 2211).
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
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Record ID: DOR-74EB47
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
The coins consist of 11 South Western British uninscribed silver staters commonly associated with the Durotriges, a people thought to have inhabited an area covering the modern county of Dorset, parts of Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight during the late Iron Age. The silver coins appear to be all of the type ABC 2169 / VA 1235-1 / BMC 2555ff produced from about 60/50 BC to the late first century BC. However in most cases the coin design is too indistinct to be certain that they do not belong to varieties of this type. The coins are fairly worn in appearance an…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne St. Andrew', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-E29EC2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver or billon South Western uninscribed stater of the Durotriges tribe of Dorset and Somerset, ABC 2157, BMC 2550. Van Arsdell refers to this Abstract type as one of the final silver or billon coinages on page 294, no.1235-1, and dates it from 58-45 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2017
Last updated: Sunday 15th October 2017
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Record ID: DOR-E179D9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver stater of the British Iron Age dating to c. 60 BC to AD 20 . South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian ) type. A stylised wreath on the obverse and a stylised horse on the reverse. Diameter: 18.68 mm Weight: 3.89 g Die axis: 2
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-BD0BB0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Iron Age stater of the South Western Region / Durotriges, dating to the period c.50 BC - AD 40, 'Hod Hill' type. Obverse: Wreath, cloak, and crescents. Reverse: Disjointed horse left, rectangular head, body of crescents, vertical legs, many pellets above. As ABC, p. 111, no. 2175; BMC (Hobbs), nos. 2790-2859.
Created on: Monday 9th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2017
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Record ID: DOR-21AC7E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy strip bow brooch. A section of the flat, tapering bow only remaining. The bow is decorated with several longitudinal grooves and ridges. The rear is undecorated. The brooch has a flat cross section.. Date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman - c. AD 25 - 75 Dimensions: 37.65 mm x 7.16 mm x 1.20 mm Weight: 1.50 g
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2017
Last updated: Friday 29th June 2018
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Record ID: SOM-1077EF
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy terminal from an Iron Age torc (neck ring). The terminal is 'buffer' or 'thistle-head' shaped with an expanded circular end with slightly irregular outline and a concave outer face, behind this end is a constrction then an expansion into a large, slightly angular bead, 16.0mm in diameter, then a second constriction then an expansion in the form of a narrower rounded collar 10.3mm in diameter. At the inner side of the collar is a broken area where a slightly oval cross-sectioned bar continued, it is 4.2mm by 4.8mm at the break. The end is covered by a reddish corrosion but…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2017
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Record ID: DEV-FC7118
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age base silver stater (uninscr.), dating to 20 BC-10 AD. (South Western) Durotriges, ABC no. 2169, BMC 2532-2550. VA 1235.
Created on: Monday 18th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Askerwell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A4F7F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
British Iron Age silver stater, uninscribed South western (Durotriges), 50-20 BC, VA 1235-1; BMC 2525ff, ABC 2157.
Created on: Thursday 14th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: SOM-7EDF21
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ring of probable Iron Age or Early Roman date, c. 800 BC - AD 100. A simple undecorated ring, circular in plan and oval in cross section, with a slightly off-centre circular perforation 6.2mm in diameter. Dimensions: diameter 15.7mm; thickness 4.5mm; weight 3.65g. Although obviously largely undiagnostic, the grey-green patina of the object would suggest an Iron Age or Roman date range, with a number of similarly plain rings excavated in Camerton, Somerset (Jackson 1990: plt. 15, nos. 157-161). As is noted for HAMP-6D6A91, the size of the aperture relative to the t…
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: WILT-6A1686
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age base silver stater, dating to the period 58BC- AD 43. It is an uninscribed British South Western (Durotrigic) Cranborne Chase stater. VA 1235-1, BMC 2525-46, ABC 2157.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: WILT-6615AD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Iron Age brooch of La Tene I type dating to 4th - 3rd c BC. It is missing some of the pin but is otherwise complete. The head, which is a a simple cylindrical piece at right angles to the bow has six coils wrapped around it. On one side, two coils are extensions of the bow and thus hold the bow to the head. On the other, the fourth coil extends downwards as the pin, about half of the pin missing. The coils and the pin are sub rectangular in section. The bow is trapezoid in section with rounded corners. It bellies out from the top, tapering again towards…
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 12th December 2018
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