Record ID: DOR-E117FE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sceat dating to 600 - 750. Aethiliraed type 105. Runic inscription on the obverse. Quilled crescent on the reverse. Date: Early-Medieval - c. 675 - 750 Diameter:11.56 mm Weight: 0.78 g This coin has also been recorded in the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds (EMC) reference number 2023.0302
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-DC4829
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  copper-alloy single looped rectangular buckle frame. The frame only remains, the pin is missing. The buckle frame is rectangular with three, flat, broad sides and the fourth largely taken up with a constriction for the attachment of the missing pin. The frame is flat and rectangular in cross section. The constriction is circular in cross section. The aperture in the centre of the frame is rectangular with rounded ends and a slight expansion to the frame constriction. The front of the frame is decorated along each of the short sides with two grooves flanking a knurled ridge…
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 6th April 2024
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Record ID: DOR-110E95
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pendant, probably for horse harness. An arched plate of copper alloy with a loop at the top and gilding on the front. The suspension loop is set at a right-angle to the plate and has a low, circular hole through it. Below the loop is a rectangular "keystone" panel above a stylised human figure comprising a stylised face which extends into V-shaped legs. These elements are not gilded.  The face has a gilded recess with two pellet eyes. The triangle in the V-shape is recessed and decorated with chip-carved transverse ridges and is also gilded. Flan…
Created on: Wednesday 26th July 2023
Last updated: Saturday 14th October 2023
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Record ID: DOR-52413F
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy strap end. Cast zoomorphic strap end with a beast head terminal. The strap end comprises two plates, each with a central, circular plate, a narrowed projecting strip at one side and a zoomorphic projection opposite. The strip is rounded and expanded at the end, pierced and retains a dome-headed copper alloy rivet. The front of the circular section is decorated with incised diagonal lines, in-filled with cross hatching and retaining some gilding. The design is possibly a letter, but is difficult to interpret. The zoomorphic projecting terminal is a stylised beast's…
Created on: Monday 17th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 28th August 2023
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Record ID: DOR-2AF406
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy stirrup strap mount. Williams Class A, Type 9. The mount depicts a face with projecting chin and straight mouth. The eyes are pointed ovals.  Around the cheeks and arching across the eyes are interlacing ribbons which end in scrolls. This examples ribbons are very stylised in a celtic knot work pattern. This knot work appears to have been inset with a white metal and there are traces of an orange enamel. At the rear is an angled flange and the two fixing holes retain their iron rivets. Reference: Williams D, 1997, Late Saxon Stirrup-Strap Mounts, page…
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st January 2024
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Record ID: DOR-74D262
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle. A single looped frame with a separate rectangular attachment loop at the rear. The D-shaped loop of the frame has a kidney-shaped aperture and a pointed outer edge with a notch for the pin flanked by low transverse ridges. The inner face of the outer edge of the loop is chamfered on the underside. At the ends of the bar of the loop are moulded ridged and curving projections. The bar has a central arched expansion with a central constriction for the attachment of the pin,. The pin has an expanded, pierced head where it attacheds to the bar the shaft o…
Created on: Friday 19th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 24th May 2023
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Record ID: DOR-BF679A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver pfennig of Heinrich II (1014 - 1024) or Conrad I (1024 - 1039). Issued in the German states, minted at Worms. On the obverse is a pedimented building or church with a large pellet inside the lower part. The pediment is divided in two by a central vertical line and there is a small pellet in each half. On the reverse is an equal-armed cross with expanded ends, a single pellet in each quarter. Also recorded as EMC number : 2022.0380 Date: Late Early-Medieval - c. 1014 - 1039 Diameter: 15..81 mm Weight: 0.75 g In the EMC record the author notes:&nbs…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Litton Cheney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-1BA21A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver cut halfpenny of Edward the Confessor (1042-66), 'Expanding Cross' type dating to c.AD1050-53, light issue (North 820), mint: Gloucester, moneyer: Wulfweard. Ref: North 1994: p.180
Created on: Monday 27th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
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Record ID: DOR-F07846
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete strap end. A zoomorphic strap end of Thomas Class a, type 1 (Trewhiddle style). An oval split plate strap end with a very stylised en-face zoomorphic terminal. At the attachment end are two circular rivet holes in the front  and rear plates with one corner broken. The complete rivet hole retains the small circular cross sectioned copper alloy rivet. The plate at the rear is broken and retains the remnant of the rivet holes. The plate is decorated on the front face with an incised interlace pattern filling most of the surface and with a framing band aro…
Created on: Saturday 25th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-36CC9B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) silver sceat (710-740). Series H, Type 39 Cc1 Struck at Hamwic (Southampton). Reference: Abramson 2006: 16, 58 and 99; North 1994: 64, ref: 96, plate 1, no. 44 Diameter: 0.92 g Weight: 12.23 mm
Created on: Monday 20th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
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Record ID: DOR-21439D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver penny of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex (899 - 924) dating to 924. A two line reverse type with the name of the moneyer Sigeferth. Reference: As North Vol 1, no. 649, similar to EMC 1006.0101 Date: Late Early-Medieval Diameter: 22.0 mm Weight:  1.50 g Die axis: 9
Created on: Thursday 8th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2023
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Record ID: DOR-49AE8C
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy cruciform strap mount with expanded looped terminals. Four arms extend from a raised polyhedral central boss and each terminates in an oval loop designed for the attachment of harness straps. The loops have a D-shaped cross section. The terminals are D-shaped in cross section and undecorated. The central boss is riveted from the underside. It is in the form of a cube with flattened corners. The five visible faces are circular and decorated with incised roundels. Each roundel is linked to the adjacent and top roundel b…
Created on: Monday 28th November 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
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Record ID: DOR-3E4102
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Aethelred II (997-1003) voided long cross type, uncertain moneyer, probably Lincoln mint. Reference:  North 774 Date: Early Medieval Diameter: 19.76 mm Weight: 1.53  g Die axis: 3
Created on: Monday 10th October 2022
Last updated: Saturday 5th November 2022
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Record ID: DOR-0DE9DB
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper-alloy pendant in the form of a crucifix bearing a stylised depiction of the Christ figure. A flat Roman cross with slightly flared arms. The upper, shorter arm terminates in a broken circular suspension loop. On the front is a raised framing band at the outer edge. Inside this is a deeply moulded Christ figure with arms out and slightly raised, standing with feet apart. The hands are large and the fingers are slightly spread. The legs are different lengths and the feet are rounded and pointing to the sides. The head is square-topped with no neck an…
Created on: Monday 8th August 2022
Last updated: Monday 6th February 2023
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Record ID: DEV-6CD12E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late early-medieval openwork copper-alloy zoomorphic mount, possibly from a strap or horse harness, dating to the 11th century AD. The mount is in the form of an animal's head and is convex on the front and hollow on the reverse. At the mount's upper edge two small, rounded projections are placed in the corners to represent the animal's ears. The animal then has a protruding hemispherical face that has two recessed swirls at the top for the eyes and a flaring triangle in the centre for the nose. Above the eyes are shallowly moulded recurving curls connected…
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2022
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Record ID: DEV-2F2D91
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver late early-medieval cut farthing of Edward the Confessor (AD 1042-1066), dating to 1050-1053. Expanding cross type, mint uncertain. North (1980, 141) no. 820. Measurements: length 10 mm, width 10 mm, weight 0.283 g
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Last updated: Monday 3rd October 2022
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Record ID: DOR-DA741C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and cloisonné enamel circular brooch of Weetch Type 20 A. The brooch comprises a circular plate with pin fixings at the rear and a raised edge to form a circular recess in which is a decorative enamel inlay. The pin is missing. Projecting from the edge of the plate are the remnants of eight evenly spaced circular lobes. These originally had a small circular recess to hold a glass inlay, however only four are complete enough to exhibit this recess and none retain the inlay. The recess on the front of the plate is filled with a geometric design of Cloisonné …
Created on: Friday 25th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-88B816
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy sheet metal object. It is unclear what this item is, but it may be part of a Late Roman strap-end or an Early Medieval hooked tag. All that remains is a sub-triangular fragment of thin sheet metal with a gentle curve on its long axis (convex ao the front face). At the apex is and old transverse break. At the opposite, wide edge are two rounded lobes with a curved notch between (possibly a remnant of a rivet hole). The front face is decorated wtin a central longitudinal line of ring and dot motifs. Along one side is a second rom, most of the central dot…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2022
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Record ID: BM-885BD4
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
The sub-triangular plate has three pierced attachment lugs at the broad end (producing a scalloped-effect) and it tapers to a form a hook, rounded in cross section, and broken off at the end. As customary in the decoration of such pieces, the main field is subdivided, here in three portions by a pair of plain bands, departing form the central piercing on a dotted ‘stem. However, the main decoration on the field is not interrupted by these, and it consists of an elegant vegetation motif. From what might be interpreted as a vase at the narrowest end of the field depart a central bu…
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: DEV-613754
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval strap link of Anglo-Scandinavian origin, dating to AD 1000-1100. The link is composed of two circular loops, one of which is filled in with iron corrosion. They form the terminals of a pair of arms which are D-shaped in profile, and are joined by a raised circular central boss. The two loops have bevelled edges.  According to Williams, 'Anglo Scandinavian Horse Harness fittings' (2007, p1), these harness links are Anglo-Scandinavian in origin and derive from the Viking Ringerike style, as seen on examples where the boss is a distinct…
Created on: Monday 7th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2023
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