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: 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-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
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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-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-D8935E
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cosmetic mortar. An end-looped type with a knobbed terminal. The loop is incomplete. The elliptical bow is wider at the looped end, tapering and curving up to the pointed knop at the terminal. It is hollowed on the upper face and angled at the lower giving it a pointed-vacked C-shaped cross section. There is slightly diagonal groove and ridge decoration on both sides at the looped end, running from the lower to upper faces. Date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman - c 100 BC to AD 200 Dimensions: 50.14 mm x 13.56 mm x 6.61 mm Weight: 9.49 g
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2019
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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: DOR-54D2DB
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A worn but complete cast copper-alloy strap junction dating to the period. It comprises three conjoined loops arranged in a triangular shape.Set centrally between the two upper loops and above the bottom loop is a highly stylised, elongated human head. The head is convex with hollow reverse and crudely rendered,with a brow and nose ridge, slight indentations for the eyes and a small line for the mouth. It is oval in outline. he loops are D shaped in cross section and of similar diameters (approximately 10 mm). Date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman c. 100 BC to AD 100 Dimensions: 30.16 …
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: DOR-C14A55
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy knobbed terret. The terret is oval with and oval cross section around the ring. At one side there is s flatter sectioned bar with a slight knop at each end where the terret as attached to a horse harness, Around the ring are three domed oval knobs, each decorated with three parallel moulded grooves. There is a knob at either end of the long axis of the oval ring and one at the mid point. The long axes of the knobs are set parallel to the ring as are the grooves. Date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman - c. 100 BC to 150 AD Dimensions: 54.5 mm x 37.3 mm x 11.1 mm Weight: 2…
Created on: Friday 16th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
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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-BFBFB9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch. A Colchester one-piece type. The bow, wings and stub of the integral pin only remaining. At the head are two small, flat wings. The head extends back into the stub of the pin with a remnant of a forward hook above. The bow is arched from the head and has a rounded rectangular cross section. It tapers to a pointed foot. There is a stub of a catchplate behind the lower part of the bow. No decoration remains. Date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman - c. A 25 - 60 Dimensions: 46.32 mm x 8.06 mm x 2.90 mm Weight: 3.15 g
Created on: Saturday 13th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradford Peverell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-51B466
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy late Iron Age or early Roman applied hook brooch dating to the period c. AD 25 - 100. The brooch can be classified as a Hull Group 7 T-shape brooch, type T112 or T113. The wings are C-shaped in cross-section with a perforated end cap, one of which is missing. The incomplete wing has a circular perforation adjacent to the break. A rectangular slot is located in the reverse of the wing and would have probably housed a Polden Hill type spring and pin mechanism, now missing. The wings are decorated by a series of longitudinal grooves, with alternating sections of undecorate…
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 6th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-4F66C0
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Iron Age or Roman button and loop fastener of Wild's Type I variant date dating to the period c. 50 BC - AD 50. The object consists of a single domed boss head with a concave interior and a semi circular integral suspension loop projecting from the rear. The object has a smooth dark green patina. It measures 12.35mm in diameter, is 9.77mm thick and weighs 1.51g.
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-4D670B
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Iron Age or early Roman knobbed bracelet dating to the period c. 800 BC - AD 100. The band is slightly curved along its length and consists of a series of five conical mouldings of irregular size with rounded tops separated by grooves. The mouldings become wider and higher towards the centre of the band. The reverse is concave. There is a drilled circular perforation at each corner, two of which are incomplete due to old breaks. The bracelet has an uneven patchy green and brown patina. The breaks show the same uneven patination as the rest of the object. The bracel…
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St Michael', 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-676687
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Iron Age or Roman mount dating to the period c. 150BC - AD 100. It is possibly a decorative shield clip, although it has also been suggested that this type of mount derives from a bucket, tankard or vessel. The mount consists of a hollow tubular sheet of copper alloy decorated with a pair of moulded grooves at each end, with a further pair in the middle. Between these grooves are two fields each incised with an X shape, the arms of which follow the curve of the object. Cf. SWYOR-1B5433 for a similar example on the database. A parallel is shown in …
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-670C56
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Iron Age or Roman mount, possibly a decorative shield clip dating to the period c. 300BC - AD 100. The mount consists of a hollow tubular sheet of copper alloy decorated with a series of raised collars in a "reel and bead" design. Cf. SUSS-D4AAD7 for a similar example on the database. Similar objects have been illustrated in a report on excavations at Cadbury Castle, Somerset (Barrett et al., 2000); cf. also Worrell 2009, 'Draft Iron Age Artefact Identification Guide', p 22.
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints', 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: DOR-55BFDC
Object type: BUCKET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cpper alloy Iron Age possible zoomorphic bucket mount dating to the period c. 150 BC - AD 100. The mount is in the shape of a stag's head. It is sub-trapeziodal in shape with a slightly flared muzzle. The eyes and nostrils are drilled and deeply recessed. Corney suggests they may have been inlaid, although there is no trace of this visible. The top of the head features a projecting area with a lattice-work decoration, possibly intended to suggest stylised horns or antlers, however, this has been heavily obscured by iron corrosion. The reverse is flat and features a large amount of i…
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 11th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-514CD7
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Iron Age ring headed pin dating to the period c. 300BC - AD50. The pin consists of a circular head with a circular perforation. The shank of the pin projects from the bottom of the ring-head and features a circular perforation with a cylindrical rivet in situ. The pin bends at a slight angle just below the rivet and then curves back in the opposite direction, tapering along its length. The ring-head measures 28.26mm in dimater with an internal diameter of 13.58mm and is 7.91mm thick. The pin has a smooth dark brown patina. This object has been published in Gree…
Created on: Wednesday 8th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St. Michael', grid reference and parish protected.