Record ID: DOR-41F233
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval stirrup strap mount (Williams Class a, type 8) dating to the 11th century. A cast copper alloy, sub-triangular mount. It has three attachment holes, one set below the apex ant the other two at the base, above the right-angled flange. The lower two holes retain the corroded traces of iron fixings. The front is decorated with moulded zoomorphic elements and lobed tendrils.The details of the decoration are deeply cast and very clear (Williams, 1997, p48, Nos. 130 etc.). At the apex is a zoomorphic head terminal with prominent eyes. There flows from the apex terminal a s…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-43AA51
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval zoomorphic stirrup terminal dating to the 11th century. A cast copper alloy, hollow backed terminal. It is in the form of a beast's head with large ears, protruding eyes and a long, rounded muzzle. At the end of the muzzle, the snout is rounded and protruding There is a ridge running back from it along the centre of the head, ending between the eyes. Along the each side of the muzzle there extends from the lobe end of the snout a tendril, which folds back on itself and ends in a lobe. At the top of the terminal above the ears is a narrow horizontal ridge or collar. T…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Friday 20th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Monkton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-532796
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval stirrup strap mount (Williams Class a, type 8) dating to the 11th century. A cast copper alloy, sub-triangular mount. It has three attachment holes, one set below the apex and the other two at the base, above the right-angle flange.The lower two holes retain the corroded traces of iron fixings. The apex is slightly truncated by an ancient break. The front is decorated with moulded zoomorphic elements and lobed tendrils.The details of the decoration are quite deeply cast and clear. At the apex is a zoomorphic head terminal with prominent eyes. There flows from the ape…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pamphill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B7C967
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast, copper alloy stirrup strap mount. Williams Class A Type 1 mount. The mount is pentagonal in shape with small lobes either side at the base and towards the apex. The apex loop is broken with part of the attachment hole remaining. The front of the mount is decorated with a lightly incised symmetrical design of two entwined beasts formed from narrow bodies with union knots and lobes. Towards the base the design is obscured by iron corrosion from the two attachment rivets still in situ. At the back is right angled flange which is set in slightly from the base and sides. Date: Early …
Created on: Monday 16th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 29th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maiden Newton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-204F95
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy pin of probable Middle early-medieval date. The end of the shaft has broken off and in its current state the pin measures 37mm in length and weighs 2.4g. It has a thirteen faceted polyhedral head with a stamped ring-and-dot motif on each of the four larger lozenge-shaped vertically-set sides. It has no collar and it may therefore possibly be of Roman rather than early-medieval date. However, the design is typically Middle Anglo-Saxon and there are close parallels from Hamwic (Hinton 1996, p. 22, nos. 4/2 and 169/1163).
Created on: Friday 26th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradford Peverell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-684BD7
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stirrup-strap mount of Williams Class A, Type 4. The mount has an iron rivet at its apex and this has, unusually, been covered with a separate copper alloy dome. Two iron rivets survive at the base and that on the left shows signs of having been similarly covered. The mount has an oval body which is framed by a pair of ribbon-form beasts whose tails curl into spirals which flank the pointed lobe above the apex rivet. The head ends of the two beasts curl around the lower rivets and terminate in well-modelled open-jawed heads of late Viking inspiration with pointed oval eyes, pointed …
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2009
Last updated: Friday 3rd January 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-BC99B1
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount. A Williams Class A type 12 openwork mount. A lozenge shaped mount with a flat base and the apex broken off. There is a central diagonal cross leaving four lozenge shaped apertures. At each junction of the cross and frame and at the centre of the cross is a projecting, sub-circular boss (seven in total) The frame and cross are decorated with a (slightly irregularly applied) double band of punched triangles outline the apertures. The backward projecting flange at the base is slightly tapered and has a single rivet hole in the centre of the front …
Created on: Tuesday 26th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2015
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DOR-398C30
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an openwork mount. Decorated in the Urnes style. The decoration comproses a beast's head terminal with an open mouth and pellet eyes (no ears), a serpentine body and interlacing tendrils. There are several circular openwork apertures. The back is flat. The break crosses four openwork apertures. David Williams (pers.com) has commented that this is coarser in its execution than examples of similar mounts from East Anglia. Date: Early-Medieval Dimensions: 37.79 mm x 20.90 mm x 6.17 mm Weight: 9.96 g
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 19th May 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-CBF892
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy stirrup-strap mount. A Williams Class B, Type 3 (group 4) mount. A trapezoidal mount decorated with a single prominent animal head in the centre. The ears, eyes, snout and detail of a forelock are clearly delineated with engraved lines, and the mouth is marked by a circular aperture. There are also apertures in the centres of the large, rounded ears. The eyes are oval with oval pupils. There is engraved decoration over the remainder of the surface of the mount which stops at the angled flange. The tops of the ears are grasped in the mouths of engraved profil…
Created on: Wednesday 26th May 2010
Last updated: Saturday 30th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-CD2C34
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy symmetrical cheek piece from a bridle. It is broken across the qperture for the attachment of the missing bit. The remaining fragment has a curvilinear outline. There are two apertures, one large and circular , the other much smaller and trapeziodal. It is decorated in a debased form of the Ringerike style, comprising a beast's head , projecting ear and neck curled around the larger aperture and some less distinct interlaced elements below. The back is undecorated and the piece is quite worn. Date: Early Medieval - c1020 -c1100 (David Wil…
Created on: Wednesday 26th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-63ED43
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval or Medieval (c.400-1500) copper alloy gilt cut fragment of a larger, probably circular, object. It measures 23.44x16.47x4.33mm and weighs 6.75g. The fragment has two perpendicular edges, with that between curving. To the reverse it is flat with some traces of iron staining, while the front has moulded decoration. Following the line of the curve is an apparent border of Ss or figure-of-eights. Within, and against the longer straight edge, is a stem or perhaps figure. Extending from one end are possible leaves or devices being held. Traces of gilding are apparent o…
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2010
Last updated: Friday 20th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-01BDC3
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon cast, copper alloy stirrup terminal. Of zoomorphic design, this terminal would have completely enclosed the joint of the base and one arm on the lower part of a stirrup. It is in the form of a crested animal head which is curled around so that it faces up the stirrup arm and forms a circular aperture. The animal head has a pointed snout and lentoid knops for eyes. The crest is decorated with grooves. The main body of the mount is hollow,D-sectioned and is filled with corrosion product from the missing iron sturrup. It has two rectangular apertures, one at the top where the …
Created on: Friday 15th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-1C5D40
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy probable horse harness mount. A probable harness mount or bridle fitting. The main body of the mount is broadly lozengiform, with a break at one end and a flared terminal at the other. The front is faceted with a central rib. Before the break, the mount widens slightly and the surface is decorated with a moulded zoomorphic or human face. The face comprises two pellet eyes with concentric recesses around them, arched eyebrows above and a triangular nose ridge between them. The front of the mount is heavily gilded, apart from the flared terminal. The remaining…
Created on: Thursday 15th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spetisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-7192B5
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable harness pendant. A cast sub-circular openwork mount with a short attachment bar at the top, flanked by two vertical projections.. The pendant is decorated with interlaced bars forming a seres of nine oval and rounded triangular apertures arranged symmetrically. the ends of the lines or bars overlap onto the outer frame of the mount and project beyond it into small rounded knops. The frame and the bars all have an oval profile. David Willaims has suggested that the form of the pendant is inspired by Urnes style decoration of the 11th century Date: Late Early-me…
Created on: Monday 19th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th May 2013
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DOR-BCC693
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval zoomorphic stirrup terminal dating to the 11th century. A cast copper alloy, hollow backed terminal with a supporting ledge. It is in the form of a beast's head with large ears, protruding eyes and a snub-nosed muzzle. the snout has two small nostrils delineated. The muzzle is decorated with curving tendrils. The oval eyes and pointed ears are also delineated. At the proximal end is a transverse raised collar. The distal end is closed by the supporting ledge. The back of the terminal is hollow and retains traces of the iron solder used to attach it to the end of the …
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D14C68
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount of probable eleventh century date. The mount measures 46.7mm by 26.2mm by 9mm and weighs 20.3g. It is of Williams' Class A, type 8. It is broadly triangular, with three perforations towards the apex. The larger central hole would have been used as an attachment loop. On the rear at the base there is a right-angled flange, above which there are two further perforations. One of these contains iron corrosion which is all remains of a rivet. On each side flanking the flange there is a small downwards projecting knop. A number of similar examples fea…
Created on: Friday 28th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-9B7485
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy oval strap end with silver inlay decoration. A very worn strap end with a tapered zoomorphic terminal and silver decoration on the plate. The terminal is very worn, but traces of slight recesses for the eyes can be seen . It is thickened from the body of the strap end which is thin and flat. The front is decorated with two (possibly zoomorphic) tulip- shaped objects which may be snakes' heads. These have narrowed, curving tails, one of which loops back on itself. Towards the terminal, beyond the heads, is a tear-drop shaped areas of silver. The decorative design is not cl…
Created on: Saturday 19th April 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-1102B7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap-end of early-medieval date. The Thomas Class B strap-end measures 54.2mm by 8.6mm (a width to length ratio of 1:6.3) by 4mm and weighs 6.7g. It has a split proximal end, a gently tapering shaft and a zoomorphic terminal. The split end is flatter and wider. The strap-end is very worn and the decoration cannot be easily discerned.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2008
Last updated: Sunday 23rd March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddliehinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-8DE612
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete late early-medieval cast copper-alloy harness link (11th century AD). The object consists of a central plate, semicircular in cross-section, with a flat reverse. Central on this is a moulded boss extending either side of the plate. The boss is 14.85m in length. It represents a face, although whether it was intended to be anthropomorphic or zoomorphic is difficult to tell due to the wear and corrosion suffered by the artefact. Just protruding above the plate are a pair of pointed ears. Below the plate is the nose and the V-shaped mouth. The nose is moulded, as…
Created on: Monday 29th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Launceston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-8081D0
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy hooked tag. An isoceles triangle shaped plate with and integral D-sectioned hook at the apex of the triangle (the base of the tag). At the top of the tag, at the opposite edge to the hook, are two circular attachment holes, one of which is open, the other filled with corrosion product. The surfaces of the tag are very corroded and pitted, but it appears to have been undecorated. The hook is tapering with a sharp end. It has been curled over. The upper part of the plate is bent. Reference: Date: Early-Medieval - 9th to 11th century Dimensions: 23.65 mm x 10.35 mm x …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-2D60A0
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a later early-medieval strap-end of 9th/10th-century date. The fragment comprises the attachment end of a tongue-shaped strap-end. The attachment end itself is recessed on both surfaces; the lower recessed area (L.: 8.0mm) is longer than the upper (L.: 5.9mm). The flaring before the recesses gives the fragment a maximum width of 3.6mm. Within the thinned section are two perforations, albeit misaligned. One is within a corner and has abraded through. The other is closer to the thickened section and further from the corner; the adjacent corner has been lost.. The main th…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-3B2D76
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy zoomorphic strap end. A Thomas Class A type 1 with a tapering plate, split attachment end and zoomorphic terminal Gabor Thomas, 2003, FRG Datasheet 32). The front of the plate is decorated with a rectangular panel of incised lines in a symmetrical (longitudinal axis) curvilinear design of a crude plant ornamentation, similar to the Trewhiddle style (Kevin Leahy pers.comm.). The animal-head terminal has arched ears, oval eyes and chevron shaped nostrils. The attachment plate at the opposite end has been broken off. Date: Early-Medieval - 9th century Dimensions: 38.75 mm …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2010
Last updated: Sunday 30th March 2014
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DOR-EE9E35
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end. The rounded end of a tongue-shaped strap end with openwork decoration (Thomas Class E, type 1). The decoration is in relief and on the front of the strap-end only (the back is undecorated). The decoration is a debased version of the Winchester style of inhabited plant scrolls and it is similar to an example illistrated in Thomas, G, 2004, "Late Anglo-Saxon and Viking Age strap-ends 750 - 1100", FRG Datasheet 33, part 2, figure 4, No. 2. Date: Early medieval c. 900 - 1100 Dimensions: 23.0 mm x 23.17 mm x 2.5 mm Weight: 5.44 g
Created on: Thursday 16th July 2009
Last updated: Friday 24th January 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR1161
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hooked tag with niello inlay decoration. Isosceles triangular tag with two attachment holes at the top. At the bottom (i.e. the apex of the triangle)is a thickened stub of a hook. The front of the hook is decorated with a curvilinear/foliate design in niello with a framing border of short lines. The back is flat and undecorated.
Created on: Wednesday 12th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadmayne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR194
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy zoomorphic strap-end. It is drop-shaped in outline, with the end strap attachment narrower than the opposite end. The rounded end is broad and flat, tapering to attachment end which is in the form of an animal head with rivets for nostrils. Behind this are incised eyes and ears and possibly wings. At the broad end are incised concentric circles. The back is undecorated. Date: Early Medieval - c. 800 - 1000
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 1999
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET WEYMOUTH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR452
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap end of Thomas Class B, Type 13. The strap end is of tapering form with a wide, flared, split attachment end. The rear plates of the split end are broken at one corner. It is likely that there was a hole in each corner of the attachment end, but only one remains and retains a separate rivet. There is also a central, circular hole, probably for attachment purposes, suggesting the strap end may have been repaired at sometime. At the base of the split plate on the front of the object is a transverse ridge below which extends the solid, tapering part of the strap end…
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2000
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weymouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-E14156
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy harness link of eleventh century AD date. The double-ended fitting with a centrally-placed boss measures 77.7mm by 22.8mm by 9.2mm and weighs 29.1g. The ends are lozenge-shaped, with large oval perforations and the boss is moulded to represent a forward-facing beast's head. At the three external corners of each lozenge there is a rounded knop and between the lozenge and the bar there is a vertical ridge, 1mm in width. The beast has an upwards-pointing ear at each end of the top of its head, faintly incised circular eyes, a wide human nose-like snout and horizontal l…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-A12616
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy ansate brooch of early-medieval date. The brooch measures 37.2mm by 11.2mm by 5.5mm and weighs 7.93g. At each end of the forward projecting central arm there is a circular terminal. Both are decorated with three uneven annulets, the outer two of which adjoin a linear which is parallel to the central arm. This pattern is set within a raised border. The central arm is decorated with two parallel longitudinal linears, apart from on the central circular boss, which is decorated with faint lines in the form of three sides of a square. On the back of one terminal are the …
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-657AB2
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy cheek piece of probable eleventh century AD date. Its function was to link one end of a horse's bit to the cheek strap of the bridle. The surviving portion measures 38.2mm by 16.3mm by 6mm and weighs 8.6g. It comprises a rectangular loop, the adjacent arm which has a forward projecting dome at the end opposite the loop, and the stubs of two further arms which project diagonally to each side from this point. The front of the cheekpiece has bevelled edges and the back is flat. Three sides of the loop are decorated with short angled parallel lines. Other…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2007
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-6FAAC6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Williams Class B Type 2 Group 3 stirrup strap mount of eleventh century date. The object measures 42.63mm in length, 35.42mm in width, it has a maximum thickness of 5.82mm and weighs 23.2g. Its upper fixing hole is broken with worn edges. There is an angled flange at the base which contains two rivet holes, one of which is broken. The mount is decorated with three pairs of sub-round apertures. These define several animal heads, a bottom row of three facing heads and an upper row of three heads, the central one facing but the two flanking heads sideways with downwar…
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2006
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-A8DD87
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gilded cast copper alloy bell-shaped openwork pendant of sixth century date. The pendant has a vertical line of symmetry and measures 51.44mm in length, 40.2mm in width and 3.45mm in thickness. It weighs 19.09g. The upper section is gilded and is decorated with two symmetrical beasts in Salin's animal style I, each looking downwards with widely gaping double-strand jaws, which scroll outwards at the ends. The upper jaws are particularly tightly scrolled, with two complete turns. Each animal has a raised circular eye with a central dot contained within an angled double-strand headf…
Created on: Friday 17th March 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weymouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-32BC96
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Williams' Class A, Type 15 variant stirrup strap mount of late early-medieval date. The flat sub-triangular mount measures 38.25mm in length, 21.6mm in width, it has a maximum thickness of 2.64mm and weighs 8.71g. Its upper fixing hole is broken with worn edges. There is an angled flange at the base which contains two rivet holes, one of which is broken. The upper part of the front of the mount is decorated with some faint symmetrical linears which form a pattern including a union knot. The lines are raised, suggesting the decoration was applied with a punch. The f…
Created on: Thursday 11th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corscombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-216202
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount or possible pin head. Circular with a central circular hole and silver inlay decoration. The mount is domed around the central hole, making it correspondingly hollow at the back. The decoration is in three main sections, comprising two panels of chip-carved interlace, separated by a narrow (apparently undecortated) panel radiating from the centre to the edge, and a third area containing triple strand decoration,probably a beast. There is an undecorated framing band around the outer edge. The decoration continues over the domed area until a raised, plaine ring which f…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-D3FDB1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy trapezoidal single looped buckle. The circular sectioned bar is narrower than the frame and recessed from it. The inside edges of the frame are shaped so that they are wider near the bar and narrow half way along the short side. This produces a T-shaped apature along the long edge. There is a large pin which is square at the attachment end then narrowed to a rounded D-sectioned end. It is attached by a loop behind the square element. The loop has a circular piercing. The pin is longer than the width of the frame. The front is decorated with a circular recess at each corner…
Created on: Thursday 8th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SOMDOR-F76C20
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy stirrup strap mount of Williams class A type 5. It has a pentagonal frame with a tapering, elongate point uppermost. There are two 'tendril' round ended projections running along the sides of the point. This joins to form a bar which would have terminated in the apex loop which is missing. The bar is D-sectioned. There was probably line decoration inside the frame but this has been obscured by corrosion. The back is undecorated. There is the stub of the iron spike at the base, in the middle above the flange.
Created on: Thursday 22nd July 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrnant Monkton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-A84B73
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy, pointed oval strap-end. At the proximal end the plate is split in two (one side has broken off) and there are remnants of a circular attachment hole on the remaining piece. The strap-end tapers to a point distally. It is decorated with a zoomorphic design. The point forms the snout with cast decoration of eyes and rounded ears. Behind this, on the wider part of the plate, os a rectangular recessed panel with traces of linear niello inlay decoration. The panel ends where the plate splits at the proximal end. the back is flat and undecorated. There is a circular recess at …
Created on: Wednesday 29th September 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 30th September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-4FED90
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy circular looped strap attachment with a side projecting open-work plate. The plate is an irregular pentagon. There are several side projections and it has nine circular pierced holes arranged symmetrically. The surface is worn but was originally decorated in the Ringrike stye with entwined animals. It's dimensions are 37.44mm x 23.01mm x 3.18mm
Created on: Thursday 7th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 1st May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-045444
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of sheet copper alloy with an incomplete circular attachment hole. The object appears to have been lozenge shaped with the hole at one of the points. It is decorated on one face with incised curving lines. The back is flat and undecorated. It is possible that this is part of a Medieval belt mount or an Early Medieval dress hook. If it was the latter, the incised lines may have held niello inlay.
Created on: Saturday 26th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-DBFA56
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete circular cast copper alloy mount, probably dating from the eighth century AD. The front of the mount, which measures 42.36 mm in diameter and weighs 5.98 g, is gilded, with the exception of an exterior band, 2 mm in width. About a quarter of the mount is missing. The front of the mount is decorated with four chip-carved fields. One of the pairs of opposing fields share similar designs, and the missing fourth field would have therefore presumably matched the the remaining third field. The matching fields each consist of a symmetrical interlace motif. The other field is dec…
Created on: Friday 18th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradford Peverell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR1531
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable book or casket mount. An incomplete openwork rectangular plate with zoomorphic design. On three sides is a framing band with a rounded lobe halfway along the longest side. This has an attachment hole containing the remains of an iron fixing. Inside the frame is an openwork design of two beasts with three-clawed feet and long tails. They are arranged in reflection of each other, each one raising a front paw and with its tail raised over its back. They both have a projection from their backs joining their tails, possibly representing wings? However, one has its head facing forw…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2002
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2020
Spatial data recorded.