Record ID: SOMDOR-EA22C5
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead ampulla. Lead pouch shaped ampulla with a stylised scallop shell decoration on one side and the letters SI on the other. There is a cast rib around the neck of the pouch. The edges around the opening at the top have been damaged.
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D17DC7
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy medieval frame, from a folding strap clasp. It consists of the outside edge with integrally cast ?mitred head, and incomplete and fragmentary arms of the frame. The axis bar does not survive. In profile, the basic frame is [-shaped, with file marks on the reverse. The moulded head adds a triangular dimension to the long side of the [. The face is oval and cut off just over half way by the slanting lines of the mitre, both rising from the outside edge to the middle where they meet. Above this is a 1mm wide rim before a 7mm long rib runs perpendicular to it,…
Created on: Monday 26th April 2004
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wimbourne Minster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-7E6707
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron annular buckle. Small shoe buckle. Frame and pin are corroded. The circular frame has a circular section. The frame is distorded slightly by corrosion. The pin is hooked around one side of the frame and tapers slightly.
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-7EEA46
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
One small pottery body sherd, possibly from a collared urn. Hand-made and thick-walled. Largely black, reduced fabric with an oxidised brownish layer on the external surface. The fabric is tempered with fine sand with some larger pieces of grog, flint and other stone (up to 3mm). The exterior surface retains a band of vertical thumb impressed decoration (4 impressions on this small sherd). Very little abrasion.
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2004
Last updated: Monday 16th December 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-B96640
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead pilgrim's ampulla. It has a long slightly flaring neck with a hanging loop each side. The neck is very bent and broken especially on the reverse. Below this is the rounded element. The obverse has a cast line quatrefoil. The upper petal is longer than the others. All have a central longitudinal line. The upper one has a chevron pointing to the centre. The left and right have the same but with a pellet inside each, in the space created on the inside of the chevron. The lower one has a chevron pointing away from the centre with a pellet above each bar. The reverse has a pointed shie…
Created on: Friday 7th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SOMDOR-36FE24
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch. Annular flared brooch with decorative elements to each side. D-sectioned frame. It has a deep,collared recess at one side which would have once contained a stone of some description. Opposite on the other side of the frame is an ovoid projection with a central groove on the front. There is incised line decoration around inner face of frame, recess and on edges of protrusion. The frame is narrowed for a pin attachment which would have been at right angles to the projection. The recess lies at 12 'O' clock, the pin recess at 3 'O' clock and the projection at 6 'O' cl…
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SOMDOR-1440D6
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Gilded copper-alloy mount and/or pendant, perhaps from horse-harness. The object is axe-shaped, with Style II zoomorphic triple-strand interlace decoration and gilding on the front. The axe form has a narrow, slightly tapered top end with an attachment loop; the bottom edge is broad and convex, and the sides are incurved. The triple-strand decoration is highly stylised, and comprises several elements; it is difficult to trace clearly. There are two closed oval loops, one in each of the corners of the curved bottom edge. The rest comprises several elements, probably representing one …
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-16F6A6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete post-medieval copper alloy signet ring. The ring weighs 6.02g, has an external diameter of 25.52mm and an internal diameter of 21.90mm. The hoop is 2.82mm wide and 1.86mm thick. The bezel of the ring is oval in shape, being 17.48mm long and 8.98mm wide and is integral to the ring, not cast separately. It is crudely decorated with a grooved line border, within which is the letter W. The letter W reads correctly both ways, but had this been another letter, it would have been shown in negative, so as to appear the right way round once impressed into wax. Normally we would expect …
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blackmore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FD0268
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Roman base silver radiate of Claudius II, posthumous issue, circa AD 270.
Created on: Monday 28th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FD2515
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Penny of Edward III, York episcopal mint, fourth coinage (1351-1377) [Ed.4th]
Created on: Monday 28th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FD3DA1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper-alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337) dating from the period AD 307-18 (Reece period 15). GENIO POP ROM reverse type depicting Genius standing left with patera and cornucopiae. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Monday 28th June 2004
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FD7263
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), PAX AVG, Pax standing left with branch and vertical sceptre. C MInt, S P//C. RIC V, pt 2, p. 490, no. 300. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Monday 28th June 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 10th November 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FD8F36
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very worn token. Crease across diameter from having been folded. Pierced hole.
Created on: Monday 28th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FDB382
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Radiate of Maximian I, dating to c. AD 295-299 (Reece Period 15). Reverse: CONCORDIA MILITVM. Mint of Cyzicus. RIC VI, p. 581, no. 16b. The patina of this coin suggests that it is not an ancient British loss.
Created on: Monday 28th June 2004
Last updated: Monday 18th April 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FDD0F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Continental Edwardian penny imitation of John the Blind of Luxemburg, 1309-1346. Mayhew no. 265 [ed.cont]
Created on: Monday 28th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FE1DB2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Irish penny of Edward I, Waterford mint, 1280-1295 [Ed.Irish]
Created on: Monday 28th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FECD50
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Penny of Edward I, class 4b, Canterbury mint [Ed.04b]
Created on: Monday 28th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FF50A2
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy pilgrim badge. The moulded decoration depicts the figure of St Barbara standing next to a tower, holding scrolls. The front face is convex. The rear is flat and undecorated. There is a single integral attachment spike (bent upwards) on the rear face. Date: Late Medieval to early Post Medieval - c. 1450 - 1540 Dimensions: 40.65 m x 18.09 mm x 2.89 mm Weight: 6.72 g
Created on: Monday 28th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-290513
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Groat of Henry VI
Created on: Wednesday 30th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SOMDOR-291EB1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cut half penny of Edward the Confessor. Expanding cross type.
Created on: Wednesday 30th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.