Record ID: DOR-D9B402
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a lead papal bulla. Approximately one third of the object remains. Issued by Honorius III (1216 - 1227). The obverse with the papal name within a pellet border only has a small section of an inscription lin three lines. It reads H[-]/R[-]/PP[-] for HONO/RIVS/PP III. The reverse has a pellet border and shows St Peter with a pellet beard and part of the inscription above. All that remains is [-]PE from the original inscription of SPA SPE for St Paul and St Peter. The bulla has been delibrately cut with a clean, vertical slice. Date: Medieval: 1216 - 1227 Dimensions: 44…
Created on: Friday 24th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-C76D4E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy buckle plate. A rectangular piece of sheet metal which has been folded in half to attach it to the bar of the missing buckle. There are two rectangular apertures at the fold where a pin or pins would have been attached. At each of the outer corners of both halves of the plate is a small, circular cross sectioned rivet joining the halves. The front exterior face of the plate is decorated with a diagonal cross of rocker-arm lines, set inside a crude sub-angular incised line frame with a series of short incised lines extending outwards from it. The rear exterior of the plat…
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-C3F707
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy sheet metal buckle plate.  Half of a folded strip of sheet copper alloy with a central rectangular aperture at the fold where the pin would have attached to the bar of the missing buckle. There are two circular rivet holes at the outer end of the plate. The rivet is missing. The outer end of the plate is scalloped and has a central notch. The buckle plate is undecorated.  Date: Medieval - c. 1200- 1500 Dimensions: 35.91 mm x 20.53 mm x 0.74 mm Weight: 2.70 g
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-C3C3AA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy sheet metal buckle plate. A folded strip of sheet copper alloy with a central rectangular aperture at the fold where the pin would have attached to the bar of the missing buckle. There is a small circular rivet hole at the outer ends of both halves of the plate. The rivet is missing. There is a second, angular, off-centre rivet hole through both plates with one containing iron corrosion and the other having iron staining. The buckle plate is undecorated. One half of the plate is bent and distorted. Date: Medieval - c. 1200- 1400 Dimensions: 31.…
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Last updated: Friday 21st April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-C35D2C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy single looped D-shaped buckle frame with narrowed and off set bar. The thickened outer edge has a D-shaped cross section. The bar is oval in cross section. The outside edge is thickened with a rounded cross section. The pin is missing. Date: Medieval - c. 1250 - 1500 Dimensions: 15.15 mm x 21.45 mm x 2.68 mm Weight: 2.12 g
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-C30C42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Edwardian date (1279 - 1377). Mint of Durham. Very little detail surviving. Diameter: 18.58 Weight: 0.99 g Die axis: unclear  
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2023
Last updated: Friday 21st April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-B2AEEC
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Pilgrim's ampulla. The rounded chamber only remains, the neck has been removed. The chamber is squashed. It has a rounded lower edge and is decorated with a moulded design on both faces. On one side the design is a field of fine cross hatching inside a circular framing ridge and overlain with a crowned letter W. The other side is less distinct, but appears to be a similar cross hatched field, possibly overlain with a crown. The upper edge of the chamber is ragged. Date: Medieval - c. 1150 - 1350 Dimensions: 32.37 mm x 31.30 mm x 5.81 mm Weight: 24.55 g Ampullae …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: DOR-1E1DA5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfpenny of Henry IV (1399 - 1413) dating to 11412 - 1413. Light coinage. Uncertain type Date: Medieval Diameter: 10.08  mm Weight: 0.33 g Die axis: unclear
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-1D8123
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Edward IV (1460 - 1483) dating to 1478 - 1483. Irish issue. Mint of Dublin Reference: Spink No. 6394 Date: Medieval Diameter: 13.2 mm Weight:  g Die axis: 
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th May 2023
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Record ID: DOR-1E64B3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  copper alloy strap mount. An openwork decorative mount in the form of a stylised fleur de lis. There are two circular rivet holes, one at either end of the long axis of the central element, both retaining incomplete circular cross sectioned rivets. The plate comprises a long, solid central element with a rounded top, a moulded transverse collar towards the base and a flared and rounded base with three raised pellets decorating it. It is flanked by two loops with sub-circular apertures. The details of the decoration are moulded.The front is slightly…
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-E194B6
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete whetstone of probable Early Medieval or Medieval date (c.800 – 1400). The whetstone is formed from a very fine sedimentary mica rich sandstone or siltstone and bedding planes are clearly visible in the profile. The whetstone is broadly sub-rectangular in plane with tapering sides and faces. It is sub-rectangular in cross section. The edges are slightly bevelled. The top, above the suspension hole, has an angled profile. A relatively small, sub-circular suspension hole has been drilled, off-centre, in the upper part of the whetstone; this has been ac…
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 1st March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8E7F7D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy single looped D-shaped buckle frame with narrowed and off set bar. The bar is oval in cross section. The outside edge is thickened with a rounded cross section. The pin is formed of a piece of circular cross-sectioned copper alloy wire and hooked around the bar at one end. It has two transverse grooves near the hooked end. It terminates in a rounded end. Date: Medieval - c. 1250 - 1500 Dimensions: 11.37 mm x 14.12 mm x 3.14 mm Weight: 1.46 g A similar, slightly larger buckle is recorded in database record DOR-EFA090
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-89651C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete single looped buckle and separately applied plate. The buckle frame and plate remain. The pin is missing. The buckle loop is oval with ornate outer edges and a narrowed and off-set bar. The outer edge of the frame has two lobed knops flanking a constriction for a sheet metal roller which is now missing. The separate sheet metal plate is rectangular. It is formed of two layers of sheet metal, the upper layer being incomplete in places. It is narrowed where it is wrapped around the strap bar to produce front and back plates of equal width and approximately equal length. The…
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8868D4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap slide with integral outer rivet. The frame is trapezoidal, wider at the top than at the base. The sides of the frame are rectangular in cross section. There is an integral rectangular sectioned rivet projecting outwards 2.6mm from the centre of the base, the end of which broken. Dimensions: 13.52 mm x 11.47 mm x 1.87 mm Weight: 0.64 g In database record SOM-9DED12, Laura Burnett notes that Egan and Pritchard (1991) illustrate a very similar example (page 231, fig 147, No.1239) which they date from the late 13th to the end of the 14th centuries AD
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8809BC
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy knife bolster or shoulder/ end plate dating from the Medieval Period. The hilt-plate is trapezoidal in shape with a trapeziodal central aperture through which the tang of the knife would have passed. It has one flat face and a bevelled face with a blade slot along its length. Date: Medieval - c. 1000 - 1550 Dimensions: 17.86 mm x 8.61 mm x 6.55 mm Weight: 3.55 g In database record HAMP-8D7A82, Dr Simon Maslin notes: Similar examples are illustrated in Read (2001, 88; fig. 56), Ottaway and Rogers (2002) and on the PAS database (SUSS-FEA…
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-636DBC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Edward I (1272 - 1307) dating to 1279. Irish issue. Second coinage. Minted in Dublin. Reference: Spink cf. 6246 Date: Medieval Diameter: 16.38 mm Weight: 0.88 g Die axis: 5
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-C00DB3
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy spur rowel, A flat, star-shaped rowel with five pointed arms. It has a central, circular attachment hole which is filled with iron corrosion product. There is also iron staining on the surfaces around the hole. The arms of the star are decorated with rows of incised transverse lines. The sides of the arms are slightly bevelled on both faces.There are traces of white metal coating on both faces. Reference:  Date: Medieval to Post medieval - c. 1300 - 1700 Diameter: 39.93 mm x 36.75 mm x 3.45 mm Weight: 9.40 g
Created on: Saturday 21st January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: DOR-BFE26C
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy late Medieval French jetton dating probably issued by Louis IX, dating to the period c. 1447 to c. 1497. On the obverse are the letters IHS and on the reverse is a cross fleuretty. Any remaining legends are indecipherable. Reference: Mitchiner No. 608 - 618 for similar designs Date: Late Medieval Diameter: 24.85 mm Weight: 2.17 g
Created on: Saturday 21st January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: DOR-BBEDCA
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead ampulla. The ampulla is flask-shaped with a rounded lower chamber and a flared neck. At each side where the neck meets the body is a lozengiform cross sectioned side loop, both of which are distorted. The opening at the top of the neck is squashed. The faces of the chamber are both decorated with moulded low relief patterns. On one is a field of diagonal cross hatching framed at the edge by a single strand border with a row of pellets outside it. On the other face the chamber is decorated with a stylised scallop shell pattern. There is a depression below …
Created on: Saturday 21st January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2023
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Record ID: DOR-9371D8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy vessel.  The vessel has a bulbous rounded body and base , a narrow neck, a collar at the rim and asymmetrical open handles. The mouth opening is sub-circular. The handles have differently sized sub-circular apertures and are D-shaped in cross section. The handles are attached at opposite sides to the collar at the rim and extend downwards to join at the base of the neck. Date: Early Medieval - c. 1100 - 1300 Dimensions: 31.15 mm x 25.49 mm x 20.50 mm Weight: 23.21 g See database records WILT-7942F2,  SUR-FA2AB0 and&nbs…
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
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