Record ID: SOM-B487F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy T-shape brooch of early Roman date. The near-complete Wilsford type brooch measures 36.8mm in length by 26.6mm across the wings and weighs 7.3g. The cylindrical wings conceal the axis bar for the hinged pin. They are decorated with three incised circumferential lines at each end. The head of the pin has a pointed projection for tensioning and the shank is circular sectioned and tapers to a point. The bow has a D-shaped cross-section and projects forward from the wings. The upper bow has moulded decoration in the form of four raised triangles on either side …
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Child Okeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EF1A52
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy trapezoidal buckle frame of post-medieval date. A double looped buckle. The frame edges are bevelled and the back is flat. The centre bar is narrowed and has a knop at each end. The buckle is undecorated.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corfe Castle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EF9711
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight (probably). A rectangular bar of lead, which may have been used as a weight. The sides taper in a little from the base to the top. There are numerious scratches and dents but no sign of a purposeful marking. Date unknown.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corfe Castle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EFC531
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead shot or large musket ball of post-medieval date.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corfe Castle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-EFE6C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete nummus of the House of Constantine. Gloria Exercitus (two soldiers,two standards)type. Date: Ad 330 - 335
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EFF4B4
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A spherical lead shot/musket ball of probable Post Medieval date with probable teeth marks.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corfe Castle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-F00FD7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nummus of the House of Constantine. Victoria DD Avgg Qnn (two Victories with wreaths )type. Date: AD 343-348. Broken above portrait.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F02A52
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy vessel of probable post-medieval date. It is difficult to be certain if this is a rim or a base fragment. It is possibly a piece of a base from a pedestal footed vessel. It has a curved outer edge with a groove and ridge around the circumference. The vessel is thinned considerably from the edge.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corfe Castle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F20C78
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Constans, FEL TEMP REPARATIO (emperor in a galley with a standard), Lyon, 348-50. LRBC no. 185 (1960, p. 49).
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Child Okeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-F21922
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nummus of the House of Valentinian. Securitas Reipublicae (Victory advancing left with wreath) type. Date: AD 364-378. Incomplete - damage to edge in front of bust.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F23FC7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver-washed copper alloy nummus of Crispus, VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, mint uncertain, 318-24.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Child Okeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-F24D67
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nummus of the House of Valentinian. Securitas Reipublicae (Victory advancing left with wreath) type. Date: AD 364-378.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F26467
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy radiate of Claudius II, LIBERT AVG, mint uncertain, 268-70. Cf. Normanby p. 204, no. 1784.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Child Okeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F2B197
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian, type and mint uncertain, 364-78.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Child Okeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-F29666
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch. An incomplete strip bow brooch. The incomplete wings were folded back to house the axis bar for a separate hinged pin (both missing) the left wing is broken. There is a large notch between the wings to allow the pin to be articulated. The flat strip bow tapers from the head and is decorated with a longitudinal ridge at each edge flanking a blank central area. The foot is missing. The back is undecorated. Date: Roman, 1st to 2nd century
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F2D853
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy 'Tower of Tournai' jetton produced at Tournai, France between c. 1497-1521. Mitchiner's no. 736 (1988, p. 240).
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Child Okeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F40254
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of late medieval date. The incomplete oval double frame buckle measures 15.7mm by 20.7mm by 4.2mm and weighs 3.6g. The majority of one loop is missing. The outside edge is decorated with a panel of incised transverse parallel lines. At each end of the narrowed strap bar there is an external knop, both of which are also decorated with incised parallel lines. The pin has been wrapped around the strap bar and tapers to a pin. It has a moulded transverse line on the external face, adjacent to the loop.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Child Okeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F40C20
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead button of probable seventeenth century date. The slightly convex circular button measures 19.4mm in diameter by 5.3mm thick and weighs 3.7g. The front is decorated with a central circular moulded knop, surrounded by radiating slightly curved lines. In the centre of the reverse is the stub of the integral shank. The edge is damaged in places.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Child Okeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F41741
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead alloy finger ring of probable late medieval date. The hoop measures 23.3mm in diameter, 3.5mm in width and 2mm in thickness. The damaged rectangular bezel measures 13mm by 8.6mm and the ring weighs 4.2g. The hoop has a D-shaped cross-section, with an external curve. It widens slightly to meet with the bezel which is flanked by a transverse line on each side and is decorated with an incised saltire cross. A number of finger rings with this general form can be seen in part 1 of the 'Salisbury Museum Catalogue' (Saunders 1991, p. 46, fig. 12, nos. 17, 18 and 19).
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Durweston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F41FF7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable gilded cast copper alloy horse harness pendant of medieval date. The curvilinear pendant measures 25.6mm by 8.9mm by 2.5mm and weighs 3.6g. At the apex is a loop which has been turned through ninety degrees. The pendant has a convex front and a concave back. On the front there are traces of gilding. A pendant with a broadly similar form from Norton Bavant, Wiltshire, has been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database (WILT-674E02).
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Child Okeford', grid reference and parish protected.