Record ID: SOM-B07582
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman enamelled disc brooch with a central stud, dating to the 2nd century AD.The brooch survives as a circular plate, riveted stud, an attachment lug and catch plate, it is missing the pin. The circular plate is flat in cross section with a thickness of 1.5mm. From its head and base are two small rounded projecting terminals on the reverse of which are the edges of the catch plate and attachment lugs. The plate has four raised circular borders. One running along the entire circumference of the object, two in a pair more placed halfway between the edge…
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pimperne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-AE5159
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy initial hinged T-shaped brooch, dating to the Roman period (AD 50-150). The arms and part of the bow survive. The brooch has cylindrical wings which house the pin axis bar. In the centre is the slot for the missing hinge.The bow is rectangular in section, is markedly flattened, and tapers towards the break. The arms are decorated with a series of parallel angled lines which ripple outwards from the centre. The bow is decorated with four ridged vertical lines at the upper end which develop into a checked geometric pattern with the addition of short horiz…
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 28th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pimperne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6F4386
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete early medieval copper alloy saucer brooch with moulded Style I decoration on its upper surface dating to between AD 450 and 550. The brooch is slightly oval in plan and flat in cross section. Its front plate with integral catchplate and pin attachment lug survive although the latter two are chipped and the pin is now lost. The attachment lug projects c.3.7mm from the reverse of the plate and is incomplete, its outer edge having been chipped away, although a portion of the piercing for holding the pin survives (diameter c.1.5mm). One side of the attachment lug and…
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddletrenthide CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-DF9615
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy plate brooch, with surviving inlaid enamel decoration, dating to c. AD 100-200. The plate of the brooch is in the form of an openwork annulet, with 14 narrow knops projecting equidistantly from around the outer edge. The plate is decorated with a recessed circumferential band which is inlaid with enamel alternating between red and a second colour, which has degraded. Two perforated lugs project from the reverse of the brooch at one end, with a vestigial catchplate from the other. The pin is missing. Diameter: 29.30mm; diameter of inner circle: 11.70…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th April 2019
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Record ID: WILT-B61449
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch, probably dating to c.AD 75-150.The brooch is hinged, with cylindircal wings expanding from the head and a rectangualr slot cut into the reverse of the head to accomodate a lost hinged pin. Either wingtip is delineated by a semi-circumferencial incised line. The uppermost bow is decorated with a moulded ridge at either side, with incised notches creating a corded effect. Following the point of inflection the bow is decorated with three moulded lozengiform cells, with an original enamel inlay lost. The bow tapers into a terminal knop at the foot.…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th November 2019
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Record ID: DOR-A42D85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy strip bow brooch. A section of the flat, tapering bow only remaining. The bow tapers towards the lower break and is decorated with three equally spaced longitudinal grooves. The rear is undecorated. The brooch has a flat, rectangular cross section. Date: Late Iron Age to Early Roman - c. AD 25 - 75 Dimensions: 35.29 mm x 10.24 mm x 1.24 mm Weight: 2.11 g
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th March 2019
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Record ID: DOR-A405FD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy bow brooch of Hod Hill type. A Hod Hill type with short side wings. At the head is the remnant of the folded tabs to house the axis bar for a missing hinged pin.There are traces of iron corrosion, probably from the axis bar. The bow is narrowed from the head with a transverse moulded ridge beyond which it expands into a lozengiform plate with remnants of side knops and decorated with vertical grooves. The leg of the bow extends from the lower point of this plate. It is narrowed and has a transverse moulded ridge before tapering a little to the break. The…
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th March 2019
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Record ID: DOR-A3E186
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a gilded, copper alloy plate brooch of the centre boss type. Over half of the plate and all of the glass boss are missing. The plate was oval in shape with a raised rim around an oval recess to house the missing glass boss. The part of the plate framing the recess is decorated with two concentric grooves with a ridge between them and at the edge. These are gilded and decorated with stamped S-shapes on the outer band and stamped double annulets in the inner band. The rear of the plate is flat and undecorated. At one end it retains the stub of a single pierced lug for the …
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th March 2019
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Record ID: WILT-8F4F51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy plate brooch, probably dating to c AD 100-200. The brooch consists of a circular plate with a perforated double lug and incomplete catchplate projecting from the reverse, both along the same axis. The corroded remains of a sprung iron pin survive at the lug. The front of the plate features a recessed circular field divided in two by decoration of six pellets connected by concave lines, with a seventh reserved pellet at the centre. The inner field is inlaid with red enamel; the outer field contains traces of degraded enamel, now turquois in colour. Appr…
Created on: Monday 25th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
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Record ID: WILT-3B696E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy annular brooch dating to AD 1200-1400. The brooch consists of an incomplete circular frame, with a constriction to hold a lost pin. The frame has broken at the constriction. The frame consists of a series of projecting collets alternating with seven sub-circular lobes; six of the latter (the exception being that opposite the constriction) are perforated, with 5 retaining sub-conical rivets. The frame is plano-convex in cross section. Measurements: Diameter 40.4mm; Width 7.2mm; Thickness 6.6mm; Weight 16.45g cf. SOM-DA8317; YORYM-A62176; amongst other…
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2019
Last updated: Monday 27th January 2020
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Record ID: DOR-90C592
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Colchester derivative, Polden Hill variant with a chord hook at the head. The brooch is incomplete with the spring and pin missing. The semi-cylindrical wings are open at the rear and decorated with three vertical lines. At each end is an integrally cast cap with an off-centre drilled hole to house the missing axis bar. Attached to the axis bar would have been the missing spring for the pin mechanism. At the centre on the upper edge of the wings is a broken pierced lug where the the chord of the pin would have attached. The bow projects downwards from the wings and is ov…
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2022
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Record ID: WILT-662A4E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Iron Age or early Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch dating to AD 25 - 60. The spring, pin and majority of the catchplate have been lost. Short wings project from the side of the head, with a forward facing hook projecting from the centre of the reverse, and a short prong projecting from below this. An undecorated sub-rectangular sectioned bow drops out of the head, tapering into an unelaborated, pointed foot. An incomplete catchplate projects from the reverse. Length 48.1mm; Width 11.9mm; thickness 3.2mm; weight 5.32g. cf. Hull's T90 (Bayley & Butcher 2004…
Created on: Monday 11th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2019
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Record ID: WILT-7DFF1E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy brooch, probably dating from AD 25-75. A hinged strip bow brooch, with only its head and upper bow remaining. The head of the brooch is damaged, but originally consisted of a rectangular sheet of copper alloy rolled under itself to form the wings for a lost axis bar; the right wing has been lost whilst the left is now broken at the fold. A rectangular slot was cut into the reverse of the head to accommodate a hinged pin, which is lost. From the head the bow tapers into an old break. The upper bow is decorated with a recessed chan…
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2019
Last updated: Saturday 20th February 2021
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Record ID: DOR-5604D3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative bow brooch. The pin and spring are missing as is one the end-caps for the wings. A single integral pierced end cap remains on one of the wings. This would have housed the missing axis bar for the spring pin mechanism. The wings are semi-cylindrical to house the missing spring. The bow projects downwards from the centre of the wings and tapers to a bent, pointed foot and is oval in cross section. The bow is decorated with a central longitudinal ridge with a projecting circular sectioned pin part way down. This was possibly to attach…
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
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Record ID: DOR-55B86B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large copper alloy Colchester derivative bow brooch. A Dolphin type. The pin is missing. The wigs are semi-cylindrical and would have housed a spring for the sprung pin mechanism. Between the wings at the rear is a trace of a rearward hook. The wings are decorated with vertical ridges and grooves at the front. The bow arches from the centre of the wings a tapers as it drops down to a break at the foot. The bow is D shaped in cross section and decorated with longitudinal incised grooves. The upper part the bow has a ridge along either side. The lower part of the bow is narrowed and …
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2019
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Record ID: WILT-3CEFB2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy annular brooch, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The brooch consists of a circular frame with a constriction to hold a lost pin. On the axis perpendicular to the constriction, the frame expands into a projecting collet on one side, and an elongated knop with central engraved groove on the opposite side. The frame is plano-convex in cross section. Dimensions: Length 30.0mm; width 18.9mm; thickness 4.0mm; weight 1.82g. See Egan & Pritchard (1991: 254-255) no. 1335. cf. also WILT-EACB2C and others on this database.
Created on: Monday 25th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2019
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Record ID: DOR-4282A9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy brooch. Part of the bow and the foot only remain. There is a break at the top. The remaining lower part of the bow is a flaring trapezoidal shape and recessed for enamel. At the foot where the plate is widest, projects a triangular foot knop, D-shaped in cross section. The apex of the knop connects to the lower edge of the plate. The front of the knop is decorated with a moulded transverse ridge flanked by grooves with another ridge around the edge of the base. The rear of the knop is flat and undecorated. The rear of the plate has a longitudinal, slightly o…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2019
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Record ID: DOR-2B52AB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver annular brooch with an inscription on both faces, The frame is circular with a flat, rectangular cross section. There is a thin constriction in the frame for the attachment of the missing pin. Both faces of the frame are inscribed. One face is inscribed with only six letters, spaced apart. The other face is covered with an inscription of around 28 letters. Both inscriptions contain Roman and Lombardic style lettering and some of the letters are reversed. The inscriptions read: Side one: A R (reversed) E (reversed) C E (reversed) N V Side two: A M E (reversed) C…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 24th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne St Andrew', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-2AAE03
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken annular brooch and pin. The frame is wide and dished producing a C-shaped cross section. There is a constriction in the frame for the attachment of the pin. The frame is decorated with a moulded. angular transverse ridge either side of the constriction. The pin is a strip of silver sheet metal which tapers to a point. the point has been bent down at right angles to the body of the pin. At the other end the strip is curled over where it was attached to the frame. Before the hooked end the front face of the pin has three incised transverse grooves. Date: Medieval to Post Medi…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 8th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Dorset', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-81276C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy annular brooch dating to c.1300 - 1450. A circular, undecorated frame with an oval cross section. There is a constriction at one side of the frame to which the pin is attached. The sheet metal pin is rectangular in cross section, hooked around the constriction and tapers to a blunt point. Date: Medieval Diameter: 28.28 mm Thickness: 4.03 mm Weight: 8.25 g
Created on: Monday 4th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2019
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