Record ID: DOR-C5E335
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unfinished, incomplete shale bracelet. A partially worked rough-out for a circular shale bracelet which probably broke during manufacture. About half remains in the form of a crescent shaped piece of shale with a convex front and flat underside. The outer edge has been smoothed and rounded, but the inner edge is still roughly chipped. It is similar to an example from an Iron Age contex, described by Peter Cox in his shale report in "Buckniowle-A Romano-British Villa and it's Antecedents:Excavations 1976 - 1991 by Tony Light and Peter Ellis (DNHAS Monograph 18, 2009) pages 77 - 79, fig…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2020
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Record ID: SOMDOR-3A5B83
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Shale bead. It has a conical centrally pierced upper surface. The underside of the base is flat and undecorated. The upper surface is decorated with two concentric incised lines. One is around the base of the cone, the other is around the circular pierced hole at the apex
Created on: Friday 6th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shapwick', grid reference and parish protected.