Record ID: SOMDOR-20BAE2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seven Portland Chert scrapers dating from the Bronze Age. The largest measures 51.31mm long, 52.77mm wide, 12.31mm thick and weighs 46.38g. The smallest measures 49.90mm long, 30.49mm wide, 8.00mm thick and weighs 16.30g. The total weight of the group is 222.07g.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-207D36
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large and rather crude flint side scraper probably dating from the Middle-Late Bronze Age. It is sub-rectangular in shape with a small amount of cortex on the dorsal surface. One side displays crude re-touch and two of the other sides display extensive edge damage but no clear signs of re-working. It measures 70.85mm long, 64.68mm wide, 25.45mm thick and weighs 133.55g.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-2048A2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Twelve large flint end scrapers most likely dating from the Middle-Late Bronze Age. The largest measures 91.52mm long, 48.17mm wide, 20.83mm thick and weighs 87.91g. The smallest measures 37.07mm long, 32.56mm wide, 9.91mm thick and weighs 12.47g. The weight of the entire group is 553.62g
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-1FE177
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Twenty large flint side and end scrapers most likely dating from the Middle-Late Bronze Age. They vary in size from the largest, measuring 67.36mm long, 50.88mm wide, 17.04mm thick and 69.82g, down to 33.49mm long, 31.96mm wide, 11.03mm thick and 14.13g. The total weight of the group is 713.05g.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-1F6C37
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A finely worked flint barbed-and-tanged arrowhead dating from the Early Bronze Age. The arrowhead is small, and has a small length-breadth ratio meaning it is classifed as a 'Sutton' type. It is brownish-grey in colour and measures 20.29mm long, 20.75mm wide, 4.55mm thick and weighs 1.48g. The barbs and tang are rounded.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-1E3BA5
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Bronze Age scrapers made from re-worked patinated flakes. 1) A blueish-grey flint flake had developed a blueish-white patina before being re-worked with steep invasive re-touch around two edges during the Bronze Age to form a side and end scraper. D-shaped and measuring 41.13mm long, 44.00mm wide, 13.20mm thick and weighing 26.95g. 2) A Bronze Age end scraper fabricated from a flake that has been struck from a core which had already developed a greyish-white patina. D-shaped, measuring 33.84mm long, 36.05mm wide, 13.19mm thick and weighing 16.26g.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-1C0494
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three Bronze Age flint awls of varying shapes and sizes. The largest is a triangular shaped flake that has been fabricated in such a way as to possibly form two workable points. The larger of the potential points has become broken at some time and may once have been c. 20mm longer than its present length of c. 30mm. This protrusion is 16.3mm wide and 12.0mm thick. The other point is set at approximately 90 degrees to the first and is much thinner and shorter. the third point of the triangle is unworked. The flint has a well developed white patina over buff-brown flint (revealed where …
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-1BCD26
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age 'Y-shaped' tool. The purpose of this tool type is not clear and this example is not particularly finely worked. The flint has a light blueish-grey patina and measures 59.83mm long, 36.78mm wide at the top of the 'Y' and 18.95mm wide at the tail. It is thickest at the tip of the tail (11.88mm), where there is steep but rough re-working around all edges, and 8.29mm thick at the top of the 'Y'. The tool weighs 22.92g.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-E38574
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded fragment of the blade from a cast copper alloy sword or rapier, probably of late Bronze Age date. The fragment is 44.9mm long, 26.9mm wide, 5.9mm thick at the widest point and weighs 32.3g. The fragment has a patchy mid to dark green patina, although much of the surface and edges is damaged.
Created on: Friday 5th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Okeford Fitzpaine', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-D18F48
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible denticulated scraper dating from the Middle-Late Bronze Age. It comprises a large part of a flint nodule with cortex surviving on all sides except the ventral surface, which is flat and smooth. One edge appears to have been coarsely re-worked to form a rough scraper. However, the edge seems very sharp and new and it may be that this effect has occurred 'naturally' through the action of vehicles running over the object. Flint does not occur naturally in this area but the object was found in the verge of a lane and it may have been imported as rough metalling. The object meas…
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-986137
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A side and end scraper of probable Bronze Age date. The flint is greenish grey in colour with large buff patches. It is approximately 'D' shaped with re-working around the three curved edges. The back of the implement (proximal end)is roughly vertical and the ventral surface is unworked. The scraper measures 42.70mm long, 37.44mm wide, 11.87mm thick and weighs 24.28g.
Created on: Friday 8th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-710362
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A middle to late Bronze Age flint scraper. The shape is almost sub-tetrahedral and the flint has a light grey patina. It is not clear if all three edges display retouch or if there is damage to one or more edges. It measures 48.22 x 46.17 x 24.34mm thick (50.11g).
Created on: Friday 24th November 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-635644
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of gold strip tapering to a tongue-shaped terminal, where it has been pierced, slightly off-centre. The piercing has been carried out from the slightly less dull side. The piece is very weathered, and there is some cracking across the width where it seems to have been folded. Surviving length 38.5mm; maximum surviving width 10.5mm; thickness less than 0.5mm; weight 1.63 grams. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface indicated a gold content of 84-87 %, silver content of 10-13 %, the remainder being copper. The fragment is part of a larger piece, whi…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sixpenny Handley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-123F91
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age/ Early Iron Age copper alloy razor. The razor is crescet shaped and thicker along the back edge, tapering to a sharp cuting edge. The cutting edge is pitted through corrosion but otherwise damage is minimal. Two small circular holes (4.04mm diameter) at either end of the back of the razor are presumably for attaching the blade to some kind of handle. A good parallel for this object can be seen among the metal finds from Potterne in Wiltshire (Lawson, 2000, 188-9). This razor, with a convex cutting edge, two perforations and tapering cross section, is described as 'of a…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2006
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Compton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-BC3831
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a plano-convex knife of early Bronze Age date. The knife has been made from a tertiary flake. It comprises the proximal end of the knife, including the striking platform, and the bulb of percussion and ripples on the ventral surface. The dorsal surface has been invasively retouched. The knife has snapped at a length of 15.9mm. The dark brown flint has a mid-gloss patina. Dimensions: 15.9mm by 16mm by 5.8mm Weight: 2.06g
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadwindsor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-BA3557
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible retouched flake of early Bronze Age date. At the proximal end of the thick secondary waste flake is the striking platform and below this on the ventral surface is the bulb of percussion and radiating ripples. The flake appears to have been lightly retouched around part of one side. The mottled light brown and dark grey flint has a mid-gloss patina. Dimensions: 35.6mm by 30.9mm by 17.3mm Weight: 16.27g
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadwindsor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-BA2316
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large flint side and end scraper of probable early Bronze Age date. The scraper has been made from a chunky secondary waste flake. At the proximal end is the striking platform and below this on the ventral surface is the pronouced bulb of percussion and a large bulbar scar. Ripples radiate down the ventral surface from this point. The flake has been retouched around the distal end (with the exception of a central area of cortex) and part of the way up one side. The mottled light to dark grey flint has a mid-gloss patina. Dimensions: 61.6mm by 54.3mm by 14.2mm Weight: 56.04g
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadwindsor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-BA15C5
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper of probable early Bronze Age date. The scraper has been made from a secondary waste flake. At the proximal end is the striking platform and below this on the ventral surface is the slight bulb of percussion. Ripples radiate down the ventral surface from this point. The flake has been retouched around the distal end and part of the way up one side. The light to mid brownish-grey flint has a mid-gloss patina. Dimensions: 48.8mm by 32.5mm by 13.2mm Weight: 20.92g
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadwindsor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-B9FF64
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper of probable early Bronze Age date. The scraper has been made from a tertiary waste flake. At the proximal end is the striking platform and below this on the ventral surface is the bulb of percussion and a bulbar scar. Slight ripples radiate down the ventral surface from this point. The flake appears to have been retouched at the distal end, but this end having become worn the proximal end was retouched to create a new scraping edge. The mottled light to mid-brown flint has a mid-gloss patina. Dimensions: 54.7mm by 35.4mm by 13mm Weight: 26.65g
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadwindsor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-B9DAB7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint extended end scraper of probable early Bronze Age date. The scraper has been made from a thick tertiary waste flake. At the proximal end is the striking platform and below this on the ventral surface is the bulb of percussion and slight radiating ripples. The flake has been retouched around the distal end and part of the way up both sides. The mottled light to dark brownish-grey flint has a mid-gloss patina. Dimensions: 36mm by 32.4mm by 12.6mm Weight: 14.58g
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadwindsor', grid reference and parish protected.