Record ID: DOR-82AD42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine. Constantinopolis type. AD 330 - 335
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-82E281
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Radiate of Claudius II Gothicus. Posthumous issue. Reverse shows an eagle.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-836665
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Barbarous radiate, probably copying a coin of Tetricus I. The obverse has a stylised radiate head facing right. On the reverse is a stylised figure - probably Pax.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-840D26
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper As. Very worn, but probably of Hadrian.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spetisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-844244
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy As. Very worn. Probably Antonine or later (AD 138 - 250) Diameter: 24.87 mm Weight: 6.37 g Die axis: uncertain
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-847886
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy shield shaped harness pendant with a broken suspension loop. The front of the shield is decorated with three lions passant guardant (probably the arms of England before 1340) with a recessed field around for enamel. No enamel survives. The lions are arranged one above the other down the length of the shield and consequently become progressively smaller as the shield narrows. The back is undecorated. Medieval. 14th century. Dimensions: 34.10 mm x 19.07 mm x 4.61 mm Weight: 5.47 g
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 14th April 2021
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Record ID: DOR-84C4F5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a leg from a cast copper alloy tripod cooking vessel of medieval or post-medieval date. The leg would be from a cauldron or similar vessel. The upper part has a D-shaped cross-section. The back is flat and undecorated. The foot projects forwards and widens out from the upper part. It is damaged at one corner but is broadly paw-shaped having a central rib and and a rounded corner. Dimensions: 34.10 mm x 19.07 mm x 4.61 mm Weight: 5.47 g
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Record ID: DOR-861013
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle frame and pin. Double looped oval buckle with copper alloy pin. The inner edges of the frame are bevelled. The front is convex and the back is flat. At one side is a pionted projection with a central notch which forms the pin rest. Opposite this at the outer edge of the other loop is a moulded triangular knop also with a central notch. The pin is hooked around the narrowed centre bar and tapers to a point at the distal end. The pin has a rectangular cross-section. Early post- medieval. C. 1550 - 1650. Dimensions: 42.02 mm x 25.77 mm x 2.94 mm Weight: 8.56 g
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-869DD1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle frame and pin. A single looped, D-shaped buckle. The outer edge of the frame is thick and crudely cast with a rounded rectangular cross section. The bar is slightly recessed from the frame and has a more circular cross section. The frame has numerous file marks over most of the surface. The pin is hooked around the bar with a narrow and tapering tab.The pin flares out from the tab at the proximal end and tapers to a point at the distal end. The pin is hollowed at the back. The somewhat crude and irregular casting makes this hard to date closely. Medieval. C. 1250 …
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-86C840
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy belt mount. A small decorative belt mount in the form of a flat sexfoil with a central hole and integral rivets. The front is decorated with the foils being alternatingly plain and grooved. At the back are two integral fixing spikes, both incomplete. One is set at the outer edge of the mount and is bent outwards. The other is set at the inner edge by the central hole and is just a stub. Medieval. C. 1250 - 1400. Dimensions: 13.59 mm x 6.31 mm Weight: 1.19 g
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-86F7D6
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
French jetton of Tournai. Tower shield of Tournai on the obverse. Fictitious legends on both sides.Dating between 1497 and 1547. This jetton is similar to several published examples but identical to none. In Barnard, The Casting-Counter and the Casting-Board see p.120, no. 64 for obverse design and p.121, no. 65 for the reverse but not the legends. In Mitchiner, Jetons, Medalets & Tokens, the Medieval Period & Nuremberg see p. 238, no. 725 which is the same except that it lacks the towers in the angles of the reverse cross.
Created on: Monday 14th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-961532
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin with silvered surface. Irregular oval flan. Possibly a contemporary copy of a radiate.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-9987B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base silver Iron Age coin. South western uninscribed stater.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-2BF413
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy As or Dupondius. Small, squared flan means it is probably 2nd to 3rd century AD. Very little detail surviving.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DOR-2F9C48
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy jetton. A French jetton, probably of the Tournai mint. The obverse shows the "Chatel Tournois" (the Castle of Tours)design of the town of Tours. No direct parallel found in the references, but similar to Barnard No 28. Barnard explains that the design of the Chatel Tournois varies so that the object on the top of the tower can be a cross, a lis or a crown. Dating from circa 1415 to 1497.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DOR-2FD956
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17th century copper alloy trade token. A token of Richard Cheney in Dorchester. Dated 1666. Similar to Thompson, "The Norweb Collection, Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750", Part 2. Dorset, Durham, Essex and Gloucestershire, plate III, No. 904a.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-301230
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
17th century copper alloy trade token. A token of Thomas Hall in Dorchester. Dated 1656. Similar to Thompson, "The Norweb Collection, Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750", Part 2. Dorset, Durham, Essex and Gloucestershire, part II, Plate III, no.899.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.

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-D3A235
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame. A single oval looped frame with forked spacers to take rigid sheet plates (missing). The frame has a point in the middle of the outer edge and a slight notch behind this where the missing pin would have rested. The back of the frame is notched for the attachment of the pin. The proximal ends of the spacers are thickened into transverse ridges with grooves aither side. The inside edges of the spacers are stepped in before they tapes to the distal ends (one end is snapped off). Both spacer arms are bent. G Egan(in Egan a & Pritchard, 1991, Dress Acc…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-D402A2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame. A single oval looped frame with a separate folded sheet metal plate. The frame is oval with a narrowed and offset bar. The pin is missing. The plate is a single pieces of sheet metal folded around the barIt has a cntral notch to allow for the missing pin and the sides are recessed for the frame. There is a single attachment hole (passing through the front and back parts of the plate) in the centre of the proximal end of the plate. The front of plate tapers slightly to the distal end whilst the back part is considerably shorter and narrower then the f…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-D43EE5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap bar-mount. A bar with a terminal lobes and a larger central lobe. The central lobe is convex and decorated with four incised transverse lines. The terminal lobes are have small, circular attachment holes. The back is hollowed. Medieval in date (c. 1350 - 1400). Several such mounts would have been attached transversly to a strap or belt, possibly interspersed with mounts of differing designs. See G Egan(in Egan a & Pritchard, 1991, Dress Accessories, p214) nos. 1160 & 1161. Dimensions: 18.83 mm x 8.87 mm x 3.17 mm Weight: 1.17 g
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: DOR-D527B5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger ring. The ring has tapering triangular shoulders and a narrowed D-sectioned band with considerable wear at the back. The bezel is rectangular and has a raised, circular, flat-topped projection in imitation of an intaglio. The projection is decorated with incised lines comprising three dots slightly offset from the centre with an oval frame around them and a circle radiating short lines towards the edge. This ring is Roman in date. Dimensions: 24.43 mm x 21.19 mm x 10.50 mm Weight: 4.7 g
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Rushton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-3E5635
Object type: CANDLE HOLDER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sheet-metal folding, adjustable candleholder. The object has been folded and squashed. At the top is a flaring sheet metal cup which is open at the base. Soldered at one side is a bar of copper alloy with the top shaped into a triangular point and zig-zag line decoration on the outward face. At the distal end the bar is riveted to an angled arm, probably for fixitg it to a surface for use. Attached at the same point is another bar. This is of much thinner sheet metal and is undecorated. It extends upwards to the base of the cup where there are signs that it was once folded…
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-3EB716
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small T-shape roman brooch. Cast copper alloy. The pin is missing. At the top are the two cylindrical wings to house the axis bar for a hinged pin arrangement. Between them is a large notch which extends into the head of the bow. The left witng is split open at the top revealing traces of iron corrosion, probably from an iron axis bar. The ends of the wings are ecorated with two ransverse grooves on each. At the head of the bow is a transverse incised line which does not quite extend all the way across.to the right side. The bow is D-sectioned and tapers as it extends downwards. The fo…
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-3F0A25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy brooch. The bow is similar in design to strip-bow brooches and native copies af Aucissa brooches (see R Hattatt,2000, A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Brooches, pages 318-319) . At the top are the two wings which are curled over a short copper alloy axis bar for a hinged pin arrangement. There is a large notch between the wings. The pin is attached and is as large as the bow. It has a flared head to act as a tensioning stop. The shaft of the pin is circular sectioned. The pin appears to be of a slightly different alloy and seems to be too large for the bow, su…
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
Spatial data recorded.

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-538AE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman enamelled plate brooch. An oval brooch with an enamelled outer concentric oval band and a raised, recessesed central projection. The latter may have held a paste intaglio or other stone. The framing outer band is decorated with rectangles of three colours. Four red rectangles are arranged at diagonal opposites at the top and bottom of the oval. The rectangles between the red enamel alternate between a faded pale green enamel and a faded clear enamel (it is not clear what the original colours were). The central projection has a reserve around it to create a recess. The back is ti…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pamphill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-5521A2
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval baluster seal spoon end. A cast copper alloy spoon top with baluster decoration and a remnant of the stem. The distal end is flat-topped and sub-circular in shape (the seal element of the term). Below this it constricts to a concentric rib with five rectangular indentations below. The spoon ton then widens out again into a rounded knop with fine, vertical, cut indentations (slightly off-set to the wider ones above). The end then narrows again to an hour-glass shape before terminating above the stub of the stem. From what remains of the stem, it appears to have had a copp…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pamphill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-558082
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy mount. It is thickly cast ith moulded decoration on the front and a flat, undecorated back. The decoration comprises a central flower with a stem running down to a tied bow. Above are two cherubs' heads with a hole between them and a wing at each outer edge. Around the edges at the base and sides are curvilinear elements. At the back are two integral rivets. One is incomplete and extends from between the backs of the cherubs' heads (above the hole) and appears to have been bent downwards. The other is complete and extends fron directly behind the flower and is bent…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pamphill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-55A6C1
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy post- medieval knife end-cap with traces of the tang of an iron blade. The object is a slightly irregular oval shape and is open at the base to allow the attachment of the tang of an iron blade, the stub of which remains. It is closed at the top. Both faces are decorated with the date 1526 recessed with white inlay. Above and below the date on both sides is a transverse linear groove. The flat, top edge of the end-cap is decorated with three diagonal grooves. Date: 1526 Dimensions: 14.83 mm x 14.01 mm x 6.99 mm Weight: 6.37 g
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-688601
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy trade weight. Probably 15th to 16th century. A small, circular, uniface weight. There are two concentric incised lines at the edge. The obverse is stamped with a crown at one edge and a lis opposite at the other edge. These stamps are over the incised bands. There is small hollow at the centre of the weight and the whole surface is slightly concave. The reverse of the weight has clear file marks over the whole surface. The weight of the object does not appear to conform with any known 15th to 16th century weights for coins and the placement of the symbols is different to …
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-68FC94
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large copper alloy hooked mount with one separate and one integral rivet and pendant fitting. The main body of the ount is a sub-circular dome with a pierced lug at the top and a backward projecting hook at the base. The lug is narrowed from the body of the mount and has a transverse collar at the base and a small knop projecting from the top. The pierced hole is circular and would have had a rivet for attachement. Above the hook is a transverse collar comprising two bands. The hook is oval sectioned. Hanging from the hook is a trefoil shaped attachement. Each foil has a large, sub-…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Compton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-FC3F23
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin weight. A circular, uniface weight for the Ryal (a gold denomination). The weight shows a ship with a rose on the hull (indicating that this is for the Ryal), a lion above the prow and a lis above the stern. The image is similar to that which appears on the actual coin. Such weights were used to check that coins offered in payment or for exchange were the proper weight. Date: Late medieval to early post medieval - 15th to 16th centuries. See P and B R Withers, 1995, "Lions, Ships and Angels", p. 18 Dimensions: 17.66 mm (diameter) x 3.74 mm (thickness) Weight: 6.36 g
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stalbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-79C3A4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy belt mount with two integral rivets. A figurative mount in the form of a scallop shell with a narrowed trefoil projection above. The front is slightly convex. The shell is decorated with radiating grooves. The back of the mount is hollowed behind the shell. There are two integral rivets, one behind the base of the trefoil element, the other in the middle of the back of the shell. The two integral rivets seem to be a feature of post medieval (16th to 17th century mounts), but the decorative design is posssibly medieval. Date: Late medieval to post medieval (possibl…
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Monkton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-375DE3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Nummus of Constantine I. Soli Invito Comiti reverse. Mint of Trier. There is a large hole through the coin at the rear of the bust. This was possibly two holes originally.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-379DE0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Hadrian (117-138) Mint of Rome, c. AD 117-22 Reference; RIC II, p. 407, type possibly as 543
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maiden Newton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-384E81
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy rose farthing of Charles I.
Created on: Tuesday 10th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maiden Newton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B47732
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval buckle frame and plate. A copper alloy D-shaped buckle frame with a separate sheet metal plate. The outer edge of the frame widens from the sides and has a slight point. The bar is narrowed and offset. There is a remnant of the flat, sheet metal pin hooked around the bar.The plate is recessed for the frame and notch to allow attachment of the pin to the bar. The plate is undecorated and has a single circular sectioned rivet at the centre of the distal end of the front plate. The back plate is also undecorated and is longer than the front plate. Date: Medieval: c. 1350 - 150…
Created on: Monday 16th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maiden Newton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-B6D151
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval buckle frame and plate. A copper alloy oval buckle frame with a separate sheet metal plate. An oval, lipped frame with a narrowed, offset bar. The outer edge of the frame has a slight point which is notched to form a pin rest. The rectangular sectioned pin is hooked around the bar.The plate is recessed for the frame and notched to allow attachment of the pin to the bar. The plate and frame are silvered or tinned. The plate has a single circular sectioned rivet at the centre of the distal end of the front plate. The back plate is also undecorated and is slightly shorter than t…
Created on: Monday 16th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maiden Newton', grid reference and parish protected.