Record ID: DOR-B37E55
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy and red glass pin head (most likely the head of a dress pin, see note). The object is of composite construction The lower part is hexagonal in outline with a wide central aperture containing the domed upper section of (probable) red glass with a central separate copper alloy pin. The sides of the lower part are decorated with chevrons formed of raised oval ridges with dotted lines oitlining them and some of the spaces between infilled with moulded cross hatching. At the back of the lower section is a central shallow angular recess and some iron staini…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sixpenny Handley', 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: DOR-AD5282
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A possible linch pin terminal with a crude anthopomorphic head. It is in nthe form of a crude human head, cast in the round. The head is broadly oval with an off centre groove at the top (running front to back) The eyes are two small, but relatively deep holes, possibly once containing other material. The nose is flattened and triangular. The mouth is a simple horizontal line. There is a groove around the the base of the head to mark tha neck and below this the object flares slightyl into a circula collar. At the base this continues as a short tubular projection, narrowed from the &quo…
Created on: Tuesday 16th February 2010
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR1357
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy terret of Simple type,. D-sectioned copper alloy loop. Sub-circular with two rounded projections flanking a constriction at one side.  
Created on: Monday 29th October 2001
Last updated: Sunday 19th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET PIDDLEHINTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR1356
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy simple terret ring. D-sectioned copper alloy loop. Sub-circular a defined collar at each end of the strap bar; one of which flanks a constriction at one side.  
Created on: Monday 29th October 2001
Last updated: Sunday 19th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET PIDDLEHINTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-CF0B77
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy double-sided strap union,. The oval central plate element has a frame of two raised crescents forming a central circular recess. On one side in the recess are two large raised ring and dot/ roundel decorations flanking two smaller ring and dots with a continuous frame forming an hourglass shape. At the centre of each of the roundels on the first side is a slight projection. This design is mirrored on the other side, although it is obscured by heavy corrosion. Instead of the domed roundels, on the second side these elements are flatter and each have a central spike that wou…
Created on: Monday 27th October 2003
Last updated: Sunday 19th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-7D3F2C
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Contents of find: The find comprises five Iron Age gold coins, two globular staters and three quarter staters. All are early uninscribed types now thought to be produced in south-western Britain (Dorset, Hampshire and surrounding areas) in the first half of the first century BC. The coins can be summarised as: Uninscribed British Iron Age Insular X1 stater (Sills 2017, 258 no. 290, ABC 94 var.) Blank obverse with raised cross on reverse, two pellets in one quadrant. Weight: 6.97g.  Uninscribed British Iron Age Insular X1 stater (Sills 2017, 258 no. 290, ABC 94 var.) Bl…
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Crawford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-17B0DA
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Items from an Iron Age crouched inhumation: A copper alloy vessel with handle, a pottery vessel, two copper alloy brooches and an iron implement Grave assemblage: 1] A copper alloy vessel with ornate handle. In excavation the vessel was observed to comprise two layers of horizontally ridged copper alloy sheet. Adjacent to it was the probably handle in two pieces. The handle consists of a rectangular copper alloy bar, which constricts into right-angled ends which then expand into right-angled, squared escutcheons. The handle is decorated with longitudinal grooves on the main body and…
Created on: Friday 4th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 20th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maiden Newton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A33BBB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Iron Age Gallo-Belgic quarter stater, dating to the period c.80-60 BC, Gallo-Belgic D / Boat Tree type. Obverse: Boat with two occupants? Pellet to left. Reverse: Tree-like motif, wedge shaped line to either side, forked line below.  The weight of this coin, combined with the pellet in obverse field and wedge shaped motifs in reverse field suggest that this is probably a Gallo-Belgic D rather than an insular British type. See Sills, 2017: p. 15, no. 25; ABC p. 29, no. 40; Scheers 13. Diameter: 10.88 mm Weight: 1.47 g
Created on: Monday 13th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moreton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7E4346
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Late Iron Age to Early Roman strap fitting, strap-union or belt-link dating to 300 BC - AD 100. From the rear the object has a solid 8-shaped design, with a bar on either side around which leather straps would have been attached. The 8-shape is comprised of two conjoined plano-convex discs of 19.0mm diameter, although through being compressed together they each measure 17.9mm in length from the join to the outer edge. At the front there is another central disc positioned above the waist of the 8 and compressed into it. Each of the three discs is decorated at the front wi…
Created on: Thursday 29th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddletrenthide CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CCI-69007
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Sunday 21st March 2010
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-F03A69
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A late Iron Age silver stater of the British Iron Age dating to c. 60 BC to 20 AD. A South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type. A stylised wreath on the obverse and a stylised horse on the reverse. The right-hand side of the reverse is largely off the flan and it is not possible to decide how parallel or convergent the three lines are. Reference: ABC Rudd's 'Cranborne Chase' type No. 2157 / No. 2160 Diameter: 19.06 mm Weight: 5.57 g Die Axis: 7
Created on: Wednesday 15th July 2020
Last updated: Friday 24th September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-A335C3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy La Tene I brooch. A one-piece brooch. The bow of the brooch and part of the foot and catchplate survive but the spring and pin are missing. The arched bow is D-shaped in cross section. Date: Iron Age - c. 400 - 200 BC Dimensions: 32.68 mm x 12.38 mm x 2.74 mm Weight: 1.44 g Similar to Hattatt (2000) A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, Fig. 147, No. 723.
Created on: Wednesday 19th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 5th May 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-8496B6
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, cast, socketed copper alloy axe head. The mouth is sub-rectangular with the long axis parallel with the blade. It has a single moulded collar around the exterior of the opening. The upper body is slender, leading down to a sharply trapezoidal lower body and a straight, broad edged blade. At one side, below the collar is a D-shaped loop with a pointed plano-convex cross section. The front and rear faces of the axehead are decorated with similar moulded elements. Each has a raised line along each edge, starting below the collar and extending to approximately two thirds of th…
Created on: Wednesday 20th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Affpuddle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-65A526
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Iron Age penannular brooch dating to the period c. 100BC - AD 43. The brooch features two terminals, one conical and the other rounded due to old damage. Both are decorated by a circumferential ridge running aorund the widest point. The body is decorated by a zigzag ridge which runs the length of the band with a groove and a linear ridge on either side. The decoration is unclear in places due to corrosion. The pin loops around the band and tapers to a point. The brooch has an uneven brown-red patina. The brooch measures 45.78mm in diameter, with an internal diameter …
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Sunday 29th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CCC612
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Langton Down brooch of early Roman date. The brooch measures 40mm in length and weighs 5.5g. The measurement across the incomplete cylindrical wings is 16.6mm. They conceal the remains of the spring for the missing pin. The bow has a thin rectangular cross section which is consistent throughout its length. On the front is engraved decoration comprising a vertical dotted double linear border beside each edge with a wavy line and spirals within. On the back are the remains of the perforated catchplate. The brooch is similar to an unprovanced example in Hattatt's 'Visu…
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2007
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Perrott', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-0EF141
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete copper alloy harness fitting of Iron Age date, c. 250-150 BC. The object is a form of terret, sub-circular in plan with a straightened attachment bar. This bar is more clearly and consistently cylindrical in cross section, and its ends are marked with bulbous circular studs. The ring then resumes its more slender cylindrical cross section, before thickening further to two flaring cups which join together at the 9 and 3 o'clock positions to close the terret ring. Each of the bulbous studs is flanked by two lines which emphasise their position. There are further inc…
Created on: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Spatial data recorded.

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: DOR-4D3C52
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Iron Age lipped terret of Spratling's group V dating to the period c. 100 BC - AD 25. The terret consists of a curved frame which is oval in cross-section. The frame terminates in an old break at both ends. There are three oval knops in the form of pouting lips spaced at regular intervals along the frame, each bisected by a longitudinal groove running down the centre. The terret measures 33.78mm in length, 8.99mm maximum width, 5.25mm minimum width, 9.31mm maximum thickness, 4.09mm minimum thickness and weighs 12.11g. This example has been published in…
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-F12EF3
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
4 glass beads, 3 stone beads, 2 copper alloy brooches, one pair of tweezers, one fragmented Bronze mirror and a silver plated copy of a denarius serratus. Date: Late Iron Age Report to H.M Coroner for western Dorset District 2010 T415 Mirror burial from near Portesham, Dorset Circumstances of discovery Description 1. Copper-alloy Rosette/Thistle type brooch. Dimensions: 47mm x 15mm x 18mm; Weight: 6 g 2. Silver-plated copper-alloy Denarius Serratus, late Republican. Date - 83-82 BC. There is a circular perforation just off centre. Diameter: 18mm; weight: 3g …
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chesil', grid reference and parish protected.