Record ID: DOR-EA34FA
Object type: TANKARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete handle from an Iron Age tankard dating to the period c. 100 BC - AD 43. The handle features an old break at the top, below which it consists of a series of moulded shapes consisting of two moulded sub-oval shaped with central sub-triangular perforations separated by a rectangular moulded ridge. Below this is a further rectangular ridge. The foot extends from the bottom of this and flares out along its length, terminating in a sub-oval shape. The foot features a circular perforation within which sits a corroded iron rivet which is also visible on the reverse and terminate…
Created on: Friday 3rd October 2014
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St. Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A880E0
Object type: TANKARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy probable tankard handle. A section of the shaft of the handle and one flanged attachment remain. The low-D-sectioned shaft is broken at one end across a wide, bilobed section decorated with a pair of two concentric reserves of metal with recess outside and between, separated by a transverse ridge. One of these sets of reserves is incomplete due to the break. The recesses may have held enamel, although no traces remain. Beyond this the shaft is narrowed and has a trapeziodal cross section. This terminates in a right angled pelta-shaped plate with an off-centr…
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.