Record ID: DOR-03A27A
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy flat axehead or chisel. There is some damage to the cutting edge and the butt. The butt is narrow and angled at the end. The axehead is elongated with long, low-flanged sides which flare out from the butt to the curved cutting edge. The flanges start at the butt and increase slightly in height to the mid.point of the axehead before decreasing in height until stopping around 1 cm from the cutting edge. The side profile is pointed oval. The transverse profile is a shallow H-shape. There is no evidence of a stop-ridge. The surfaces are all heavily pi…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Record ID: SUR-C95938
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large flint piercer or multi tool made from a fragment of a nodule of mottled grey flint, 61.2mm in length and of Bronze Age date. The tool is triangular with a long tip which has been worked into a point using abrupt scaled retouch along one side. The proximal end has a patch of long abrupt parallel retouch which has removed the cortex and created a scraping edge, suggesting multiple functions for the tool.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-C8982D
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small discoidal scraper of Bronze Age date made from a re-utilised secondary cortical waste flake. The distal end has been refined into a working edge using long low angle scaled retouch. The dorsal surface retains 30% of its buff coloured cortex.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-C84A23
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small side scraper of Bronze Age date made from a re-utilised secondary cortical waste flake. The distal portion of one long side has been refined into a working edge using short, abrupt scaled retouch. The dorsal surface retains 60% of its buff coloured cortex.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-C81E82
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small scraper of Bronze Age date struck from a tertiary waste flake of banded grey flint. The distal end has long semi-abrupt sub parallel retouch and the proximal edge has short abrupt retouch to defining working edges; this has been done through earlier surface recortication suggesting that this object is a re-used waste flake of a much earlier date, possibly originally Mesolithic or Neolithic.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-C7F296
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small ovate scraper of later Neolithic to Bronze Age date struck from a secondary flake of grey flint. The distal end has long, low angle sub parallel retouch to define a working edge. The proximal end is covered in cortex has no evidence of a prepared striking platform, the flake having been removed directly from the nodule.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8CE34B
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast, copper-alloy chisel or awl. A bar of copper alloy, sub-angular in cross section with a break at one and and a tapered and splayed working edge at the other. Date: Possibly Late Bronze Age - c. 1250 - 800 BC Length: 61.9 mm Width: 2.92 mm Thickness: 3.83 mm Weight: 3.49 g
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Saturday 30th December 2023
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Record ID: DOR-A990B5
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy projectile point. A small spearhead or large arrowhead. It is socketed with only part of the flaring socket remaining. The socket extends into the body of the object and appears to retain fibres in the solid filling it, possibly from the original wooden haft. The blades are short and leaf-shaped. There is a prominent, triangular mid rib along both faces, creating a lozengiform cross-section. The mid rib extends to the break at the tip. There is an area of modern damage to one face on the midrib . Date: Middle to Late Bronze Age  - c. 1550 …
Created on: Friday 21st July 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: DOR-8AAB0D
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, sub-circular thumbnail scraper. Made on a tertiary flake of grey and white mottled flint with a milky, low gloss patina. It has a small striking platform at the proximal end. A low bulb of percussion with a large bulbar scar and faint waves of percussion on the ventral face. The dorsal face has several flake removal scars. It has been neatly shaped into a sub-circualr working edge with invasive, semi-abrupt retouch around most of the margin apart from the striking platform. Dimensions: 25.0 mm x 22.5 mm…
Created on: Saturday 20th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
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Record ID: DOR-D2EF2C
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete small copper alloy chisel or possibly a miniature flat axe. The object has a butt which tapers to a point and a flaring blade with a convex cutting edge which is chipped. It thickens from the butt to the centre and then thins to the cutting edge giving it a sub oval longitudinal profile. It is rectangular in its transverse cross section. Date: Bronze Age - c. 1100 - 800 BC Dimensions: 61.34 mm x 20.05 mm x 4.35 mm Weight: 11.29 g Similar objects can be found on the PAS database at: SF-81B0CD and DOR-D8751E
Created on: Monday 17th April 2023
Last updated: Saturday 2nd December 2023
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Record ID: WILT-F34A7B
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a possibly Middle Bronze Age copper alloy blade, perhaps a rapier dating to c. 1400-1100 BC. Only a very small part survives, a sub rectangular piece with early breaks at both ends. It both tapers and narrows along its length. It has a mid green patina. A small triangular section of the outer surface is missing on one side, but this is probably damage or decay, not decoration. Dimensions:   20.8mm in length; 16.1mm in width tapering to 14.7mm; 3.1mm thick at the wider break; 2.4mm at the narrower end; 5.73g in weight
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-74DCBE
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Middle Bronze Age socketed flame-shaped spearhead, 63.3mm in length and probably of Davis’ (2012) Group 6 (developed side-looped type), dating to the earlier Middle Bronze Age, c.1550 - 1250 BC. The socket is incomplete, 14.3mm in diameter and ends in an old break. The socket tapers seamlessly into a thick rounded midrib which runs to the blade tip. The cross section is lenticular with a clear distinction between rounded midrib and the narrow, rounded wings which taper to the tip with slightly concave sides on the fron…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-7468F4
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Middle Bronze Age unlooped primary / early palstave of Group 1 (following Schmidt and Burgess 1981), 157mm in length. The palstave has a low stop (17.1 thick) fused with flanges along the sides which taper smoothly back to the butt providing a lenticular side profile. The blade is wedge-shaped, with slightly concave sides and flares to approximately 53.3mm in width at the rounded cutting edge. There are traces of midribs along the blade and possible traces of a shield decoration on one face to the front of the stop. The surface has mostly been lost.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
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Record ID: DOR-83DCA9
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete palstave axehead in two pieces. The palstave has kite-shaped flanges (incomplete) which taper towards the angled butt.The stop ridges are very slightly crescentic and the same height as the flanges. There is a hole created during casting at the interface of the septum and stop ridge on one face. The blade flares from the stop ridge and ends in a curved and slightly flared cutting edge which is assymetrical (probably due to damage). One face retains traces of trident pattern raised decoration (the other is obcured by corrosion). There are traces of casting ridges along bot…
Created on: Friday 6th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2023
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Record ID: DOR-237307
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy socketed axehead. The butt is missing. The axehead is narrow bladed with only a slight flare to the cutting edge. There are casting ridges along the sides. The socket is sub-angular at the break. The cutting edge is damaged and possibly re-shaped or worn, leaving it asymmetrical with a straight corner on one side and a rounded corner on the other. Date: Late Bronze Age Dimensions: 52.56 mm x 33.20 mm x 16.83 mm Weight: 66.33 g  
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 5th January 2023
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Record ID: DOR-B618CA
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rounded flint scraper made on an elongate, secondary flake. The flint is mottled mid-dark grey and has a mid-gloss patina. The dorsal surface has a central ridge of chalky nodule cortex remaining amidst several broad flake scars. At the distal end is a deep hinge fracture scar suggesting derivation from an opposed-end core. The distal end has irregular steep scaled and sub-parallel retouch, forming, what would probably originally have been a rounded scraping edge. This has been altered on one side by a deep edge-impact (or less possibly) a failed attempt to r…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterborne St.Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B5C736
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rounded scraper made on a thick, secondary flake of Portland chert. The chert is mid-grey with a mid-gloss patina. The dorsal face carries two areas of limestone cortex and two earlier flake scars. There is steep, scaled semi-invasive retouch around 50-60% of the distal end and sides creating a rounded scraping edge. Several post-depositional flake scars disfigure the scraping edge.  The ventral face has an ill-defined bulb of percussion, partly removed by a striking fracture.  Date: Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age: BC 3300 - BC 1600 Dimensions: …
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterborne St.Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B528F4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large, crude rounded scraper made on a thick secondary flake of mottled, light grey flint. The dorsal face carries thick chalky cortex from which one broad flake has been removed. There is crude semi-abrupt scaled retouch around the distal part of the right side margin and the distal end, creating an irregular scraping edge. The ventral surface has a large, diffuse bulb of percussion below a slightly concave area of striking platform. The flint has a semi-gloss patination with slight lightening of grey tones. Date: Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age: BC 3300 - BC …
Created on: Monday 21st November 2022
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterborne St.Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-98CA8C
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Middle to Late Bronze Age copper-alloy sword dating 1600-800 BC. It consists of a fragment of the blade. It is sub-rectangular in plan and lenticular in cross section. The edges are rounded and slightly jagged. The faces of the blade are plain. The fragment has straight transverse breaks on each end and there is a slight bend in the length , suggesting deliberate breakage prior to deposition (‘ritually killed’).  The fragmentary remains preclude typological designation so it is broadly dated from the Middle to Late Bronze Age. The o…
Created on: Friday 14th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-4374E1
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy long flanged axehead. This axehead has a rounded arched butt and slightly diverging sides that abruptly expand to a broad crescentic blade and cutting edge, with the blade tips at right angles to the sides, but not recurving. Cast flanges extend along the sides,arching from the butt towards the middle of the axe and sloping down again to the blade expansion. This gives the axe a very shallow lenticular side profile. The flanges are slightly angled inwards on both faces. The axe has a very low ridge about two thirds of the way along the septum ( 42 mm f…
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2022
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Record ID: DOR-E83E4C
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and heavily corroded cast copper alloy palstave axehead.The butt is missing following a recent break. The side flanges are largely missing to old breaks, but what remains suggests they were lozenge-shaped and low.. They taper in to form a V shaped ridge on both sides encompassing a low, rounded stop ridge.  There is a faint central ridge along one face of the blade. Beyond the flanges, the sides are narrowed and flare out to the cutting edge.. The axe tapers in cross section towards the flared cutting edge. The cutting edge is damaged and corroded, but appears t…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 17th November 2022
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Record ID: SUR-5C743A
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end-scraper of Neolithic or Bronze Age date struck from a secondary flake of pale brown flint, 55mm in length. The distal end has short abrupt scaled and sub-parallel retouch around it. A large patch of buff coloured cortex remains across nearly half of the dorsal surface, around a fossil channel inclusion which pierces the stone at an angle. The struck surfaces have a white patina (recortication) from prolonged deposition in calcareous sediments.
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2022
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Record ID: SUR-5C2DCE
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small sub rounded flint thumbnail scraper of Bronze Age date (c. 2400 BC - 1500 BC) struck from a tertiary flake of pale brown flint, 27.8mm in length. The exterior edge has short abrupt scaled retouch around it. The surface has a white patina (recortication) from prolonged deposition in calcareous sediments.
Created on: Monday 5th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2022
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Record ID: DOR-70BE68
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very small fragment of the blade of a bronze axehead. A corner of the cutting edge. The fragment is wedge-shaped and curved along the cutting edge. The curvature suggests a fairly narrow blade. Possibly part of a palstave axehead. Date: Middle Bronze Age - c. 1600 - 1000 BC Length: 21.61 mm Width: 9.87 mm Thickness: 3.81 mm Weight: 3.05 g.
Created on: Monday 13th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 31st August 2022
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Record ID: DOR-72FAD4
Object type: END SCRAPER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crude flint end scraper. Made on a tertiary flake of  patchy grey flint. It has a matt patina. There is a low bulb of percussion and a small striking platform at the proximal end and faint waves of percussion on the ventral face. On the dorsal face are several flake removal scars and angular fractures (probably due to the low quality of the flint). The tip of the distal end has a small area of abrupt, irregular retouch creating a working edge. Date: Bronze Age 2350 - 800 BC Dimensions: 58.5 mm x 41.5 mm x 11.5 mm Weight: 33.5 g  
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: DOR-A5B077
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy flat axehead. A very small, possibly miniature axehead. It has a tapering, rounded butt. It is slightly thickened at the mid-point (possibly a proto stop-ridge). It flares, initially gently and then is stepped out into a wide, curved cutting edge which is thinned from the thickened mid-point. Then cutting edge is blunt and rounded. The axe has a flat sub-rectangular cross section with rounded short edges. There are no evident raised flanges. There is wear and damage on all faces. Date: Early Bronze Age - c. 2000 - 1700 BC Dimensions: 61.28 mm x 24.92 mm x 8.35 mm …
Created on: Sunday 22nd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
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Record ID: DOR-BF8EF3
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy palstave axehead.  The palstave has a narrow, squared butt flaring slightly to the stop ridge. The sides then narrow slightly beyond the stop ridges before flaring into a angle-sided, wedge-shaped blade with an asymmetrical, slightly curved cutting edge. The rear part of the axe (from the stop ridge to the butt) is sub-rectangular in plan and the side flanges of the butt are lozenge-shaped, tapering from the stop ridge to the end, The flange facets are fused to the stop ridge forming two raised elements to haft the axe by. The stop ridge is…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 6th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-DD256B
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An complete cast copper alloy socketed axehead. The mouth of the socket is square with a thick exterior beaded collar around it. The body of the blade tapers from the mouth towards the blade in one plane, whilst it flares in the other into a curved, crescentic cutting edge. At one side, below the collar, is a large side loop on the longitudinal axis. The loop is D-shaped with an oval aperture. There are clear casting lines along the sides of the axehead. The sides of the body have two longitudinal facets flanking the casting ridges, giving the body an irregular hexagonal exterior prof…
Created on: Friday 25th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
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Record ID: DOR-D8B5CD
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy socketed gouge. The remaining portion is a short length of the socket with a tapered U-shaped blade. The socket is oval in cross section with projecting ridges running down each side which are the remains of casting flashes. The object tapers in width and thickness from its socket to a rounded cutting/gouging edge which is concave on one of its surfaces. The gouging edge has worn well rounded chips at its tip. The casting lines are visible for the whole length of the object on both sides. The surface is greyish green, indicating a probable high tin alloy. …
Created on: Friday 25th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 4th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-D8751E
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete small copper alloy chisel or possibly a miniature flat axe. There is a break at the butt. The object has a tapered butt and a flaring blade with a convex cutting edge. It is thinned from the butt to the cutting edge giving it a wedge shaped longitudinal profile. It is rectangular in its transverse cross section. Date: Bronze Age - c. 1100 - 800 BC Dimensions: 52.47 mm x13.63 mm x 3.49 mm Weight: 9.89 g Similar to SF-81B0CD
Created on: Friday 25th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 4th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-9E51FB
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy probable tanged knife. The top of the rectangular tang has a transverse break with the remnant of a single, circular attachment hole in the centre. The tang has a rectangular cross section. Below the tang, the blade narrows and thickens slightly and the sides curve inwards before flaring out again to a wide, tongue-shaped terminal. The body of the blade has a wide central mid-rib on both faces. The mid-rib is parallel sided and has a ridge along each edge and one at the centre. It runs from below the rectangular top part down to the rounded end.The blade has…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: DOR-E0B67A
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy awl or tracer. The awl has two distinct elements: A circular sectioned, cone-shaped end Awl) and and a flat, wedge-shaped, rectangular cross sectioned end (tracer). Date: Late Bronze - c. 1150 - 800 BC Dimensions: 52.58 mm x 7.04 mm x 4.76 mm Weight: 5.66 g There are several similar objects recorded on the PAS database. For example DOR-AD7774, DOR-79E277, SOM-D995B1, SOM-7C6ED1 and SOM-990775 in which Laura Burnett notes: Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but ones of this form are known to have been introduced in the Br…
Created on: Monday 6th December 2021
Last updated: Sunday 24th March 2024
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Record ID: DEV-E549F6
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A folded fragment of gold strip or ribbon, dating to the Bronze Age c. 2350-800 BC. The ribbon is rectangular in plan and made from a beaten sheet of gold. It has been folded or bent out of shape in several locations. One surface of the ribbon is decorated with thirteen regular, longitudinal, incised grooves, creating ridges. The exterior longitudinal edges are slightly thicker than the internal ridges, creating a border to the band. Both terminals appear to have been cut leaving a straight edge. The longitudinal edges have likely been smoothed, as they are rounder when compared w…
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadwindsor CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-BCA442
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Bronze Age to Medieval copper-alloy awl 1250 BC-AD 1500. The find consists of four straight sides, each one plain, and rectangular in section. Its midpoint is bulbous and the awl tapers inwards terminating in rounded points at each end. Plain copper alloy awls are hard to date precisely but examples of this form are thought to have been introduced in the Bronze Age and they have barely changed throughout the centuries. Length: 53.6mm width: 4.0mm weight: 4.40g Similar examples on the PAS database include: SF-5623C1, NARC-643B92.
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
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Record ID: DOR-38EB77
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy palstave axehead. The axehead has high side flanges which are rounded rectangular in profile stepped at the stop ridges. The tops of the flanges on both sides are tall and the same height as the stop ridge. The flanges taper to the rear ans do not extend into the butt. The stop ridges are rounded at the top, and curved. On one side the stop is undercut with a ‘blowhole’ like casting flaw. The butt of the axe head is the most corroded part, but it appears to taper into a straight edge. On one side, cast on the midline of the flange and with the lower at…
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Record ID: DOR-383D76
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy socketed axehead. A small piece from the side and butt, having an angled corner on the exterior surface . Around the remnant of the mouth is a moulded low, wide collar. The internal surface is curved and smooth. Date: Late Bronze Age - c. 1100 - 800 BC Dimensions: 36.43 mm x 24.35 mm x 5.56 mm Weight: 19.34 g
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 15th February 2022
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Record ID: DOR-51A7BB
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible fragment of a bronze plano-convex ingot or "cake". A sub-triangular fragment of copper alloy. The edges and surfaces are worn and irregular apart from one which has a fresher, more angular break. One face has a low, wide ridge and on the other there is a rough-surfaced depression near the broken edge. Date: Probably Late Bronze Age - c. 1150 - 600 BC Dimensions: 35.36 mm x 32.83 mm x 10.80 mm Weight: 32.91 g Kindly Identified by Peter Reavill. Some examples of plano-convex ingot can be seen in records NMS-67D9E3, SOM-C304F9, SUR-0E8478 and NLM-C11C1B and th…
Created on: Friday 5th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th November 2021
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Record ID: DOR-4737A1
Object type: HALBERD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age halberd. Comprising the blade and four intact, in-situ rivets. The butt of the hafting plate is arched and bilobed with a slight notch, possibly from a missing fifth rivet. The cutting edges are slightly splayed from the hafting plate creating a small shoulder on each edge. The four rivets are arranged in two on each side in a diagonal line. The rivets are all domed at either end with thick shank between. They vary a little in length and diameter (see below). The blade tapers to a broad, tongue-shaped, rounded tip. On both faces there is a broad, low midrib with a…
Created on: Wednesday 29th September 2021
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Witchampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-36C809
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two large, thick-walled body sherds of probably Bronze Age pottery. The fabric is patchily reduced dark grey and oxidised brown and orange-brown. The fabric contains frequent grog pieces (up to 5 mm) and sparse limestone and quartz (up to 3 mm). It is low-fired. The inside surface is crazed and cracked, the exterior surfaces are wiped. Handmade. Body sherds from a large urn or similar vessel. Date: Bronze Age - c. 2350 - 800 BC Weight: 53 g
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 25th August 2021
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Record ID: DOR-78C28A
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast tanged dagger or knife.The blade is double edged, tapering, with a central ridge producing a lozengiform profile, At the top is a narrowed rectangular tang with a single, circular attachment hole ( about 3 mm diameter). The tang is narrowed from the top of the blade with angled sides. At one side is a slight shoulder at the top of the blade, the other side is broken.The dagger has The blade tapers to the break and has been slightly bent. The patina is orangey-brown, probably from waterlogging in the area where it was found. Date: MIddle to Late Bronze Age - c. 115…
Created on: Tuesday 9th March 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
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