Record ID: SOMDOR-1C2192
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from an early Roman Samian ware Dragondorff form 37 decorated vessel. The rim has an external bead, below which is a plain band (the fact this is fairly narrow suggests a 1st century date) and below this is ovolo (egg-and-tongue) decoration. Very little of the decoration below the ovolo survives. The curvature suggests a rim diameter of 15cm. Dimensions: 60.7mm by 47.6mm by 9.2mm Weight: 22.14g
Created on: Friday 27th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradford Peverell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-F9D265
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single small body sherd of post-medieval lead glazed earthenware dating from the 17th-18th century. The fabric is light orange in colour with very fine inclusions of rounded quartz (<0.1mm) and occasional iron oxide. The fabric is typical of pottery produced at Donyatt in South Somerset. The glaze is well formed and greenish-amber in colour. The sherd measures 35.07mm long, 24.14mm wide, 5.87mm thick and weighs 5.60g.
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-CEBCB1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small base angle sherd from a medieval cooking pot dating from the 11th-12th century AD. The fabric is oxidised patchy orange-brown in colour with a grey internal slip. Inclusions consist of frequent fine rounded quartz (<0.5mm), moderate larger sub-rounded to sub-angular quartz (<2.5mm), occasional angular flint and sub-rounded oolitic limestone (<4mm). Probably of local origin and similar to some Ilchester fabrics. It measures 41.62mm long x 24.28mm wide x 5.78mm thick, and weighs 7.69g.
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-174546
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small abraded sherd of Roman Samian ware, possibly deriving from the East Gaul Region in 2nd-3rd century AD. The fabric is light orange in colour with an orange-brown internal surface. The external surface is missing. Inclusions consist of occasional fine white particles. The sherd measures 26.08 x 22.39 x 3.38mm thick, although the original thickness of the vessel would have been greater, and weighs 2.33g.
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-170785
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very small abraded sherd of Roman Mortaria, possibly deriving from the Rhineland region in the 2nd century AD. The fabric is fine but slightly sandy to the touch. It is light orange throughout with a thin slight purplish core. core. Inclusions consist of moderate very fine white mica and occasional iron. The trituration grits are sub angular white and red quartz (<3.5mm). The sherd measures 14.41 x 12.56 x 5.74mm thick and weighs 1.01g.
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-16BB16
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An abraded base sherd of post-medieval South Somerset ware probably dating from the 17th-18th centuries. The fabric has a light orange core with buff surfaces and margins. Inclusions include frequent very fine quartz (0.1mm), and occasional iron. The surfaces may have originally been glazed (although no trace survives) or wiped. It is probably of Donyatt fabric DPT7 and derives from a vessel with a low pedestal base. The sherd measures 47.56 x 48.19 x 9.36mm thick and weighs 31.57g.
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-168CA1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small abraded body sherd of Romano-British Black Burnished Ware datable only to the 1st-3rd centuries AD. The fabric is dark grey in colour with a brown-grey internal and brown external surface. Inclusions include frequent fine quartz, moderate angular flint (<3mm), and occasional iron. The surfaces may have a patchy dark grey slip. It is probably of Greyhound Yard variant fabric 1Bi, possibly deriving from the East Devon/South Somerset region during the 1st-3rd centuries AD. The sherd measures 30.23 x 20.80 x 5.67mm thick and weighs 4.68g.
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-7ED035
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A barley twist handle fragment from a late medieval or early post medieval vessel. The broadly cylindrical fragment measures 66mm in length by 28.7mm in diameter and weighs 46.21g. It has an oxidised orange surface and a reduced grey core. The fabric contains abundant fine rounded quartz sand and occasional darker orange iron oxide. There are patches of a light brownish-green lead glaze in the recesses. This is probably a product of one of the South Somerset production centres.
Created on: Thursday 7th December 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-70CB36
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 very small and badly abraded rim sherd of Roman Samian pottery datable from the 2nd to mid 3rd centuries AD. It is an upright beaded rim, possibly from a hemispherical bowl (Webster, 1996, 47-8, type 37). Only a very small fragment of the orange-brown slip survives on the external surface. The fabric is light orange in colour and relatively poorly fired. It may have been manufactured in the East Gaul region. It measures 17.61 x 14.60 x 4.65mm thick (1.44g).
Created on: Friday 24th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-6FD1D1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five badly abraded sherds of Romano-British Black Burnished Ware pottery two of which may be datable to the 1st-2nd centuries AD, the remainder only to the 1st-4th centuries AD. Two rim sherds are of variant fabric 1Bi, deriving from the South Somerset/ East Devon region. They have a grey core and oxidised orange or brown interior surfaces with black slip applied to the exterior surface and burnished. The larger rim is beaded and from an open bowl with incised lattice decoration. It is similar to Greyhound Yard type 36 bowls datable to the 1st-2nd centuries AD. It measures 43.45 x 44.…
Created on: Friday 24th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-56D937
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Seven sherds of Black Burnished Ware pottery dating from the 1st to 4th centuries AD. The sherds include a Greyhound Yard type 63 jar rim, slightly flared with external raised ridge on neck and lid seat on interior surface. The fabric is grey and sandy with surfaces burnished dark grey/black. Date range for this type of rim is 250-400AD. The fabric is probably variant fabric 1Bii, possibly of local origin in the south or west Somerset region. It measures 55.86 x 54.65 x 8.79mm thick (49.99g) Another rim sherd was from a small open bowl with incised groove bead rim and incised groove i…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-46E728
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
30 small and abraded sherds of medieval pottery recovered during casual fieldwalking from a single field in Sandford Orcas. In general the sherds vary in size from 46.51mm x 33.53mm x 6.11mm thick (9.96g) to 9.99mm x 9.49mm x 4.94mm thick (0.49g). Of the 30 sherds only 4 are rim sherds and two are base sherds. The rims tend to be flattened and the bases flat. The assemblage can be broadly divided into two main fabric types. the first fabric type comprises 10 body sherds of a reduced grey fabric, occasionally with oxidised orange or buff/brown surfaces. Inclusions are coarse and consis…
Created on: Friday 10th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sanndford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-44B433
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
9 abraded sherds of medieval coarse ware pottery recovered from casual observation of ground works for a pipe line at Higher Weathergrove, Sandford Orcas, Dorset. The assemblage is divided between two fabric types. The first of which comprises five body sherds and one base sherd of 11th-12th century cooking pot. The fabric generally has a light grey or buff core with buff, brown or orange surfaces. The inclusions consist of frequent poorly sorted rounded and sub rounded quartz (some white and some rose coloured), occasional angular flint or chert and oolitic limestone
Created on: Friday 10th November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-A14431
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
19 sherds of Late Medieval sand tempered pottery produced in the South Somerset Region and dating from the 14th-16th centuries. All of the sherds have a similar fabric ranging in colour from oxidsed orange surfaces with reduced light grey cores to darker reddish brown surfaces with grey cores. A few sherds are reduced grey throughout. 12 of the sherds are small abraded body sherds ranging in size from 33.33 x 18.53 x 4.99mm thick (3.71g) to 14.52 x 5.60 x 4.50mm thick (0.48g). Some are fire blackened and derive from cook pots. A large body sherd measuring 62.40 x 52.74 x 5.99mm thick…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-9FE204
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two small abraded sherds of Roman pottery (1st-4th century AD). One is a beaded rim sherd of Samian ware, probably from the East Gaul region (2nd-mid 3rd century AD), possibly Trier. The fabric is orange in colour, contains small white flecks and is not fired to a very high temperature. The slip is a dullish orange-brown colour. The sherd measures 20.99mm x 16.47mm x 4.13mm thick (1.91g). The second sherd is a Black burnished ware body sherd of coarse black fabric with a buff-brown external skin. It has occasional small angular flint and iron ore inclusions in a matrix of abundant ro…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-C952D1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
large body sherd from a large medieval coarseware jug with thumbed decoration. The fabric is dark pink-orange in colour with patches of buff-brown. Inclusions incude: frequent large angular to sub-angular iron oxide (
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-E66623
Object type: TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An abraded sherd of tile with curvature, possibly part of a Roman Imbrex by association with Roman pottery found nearby. The fabric is light orange-buff on the surfaces with a light orange core. Contains moderate inclusions of white and orange grog up to 4mm. The sherd measures 70.44mm x 43.72mm x 15.51mm thick and weighs 52.61g
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterborne Kingston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-E63610
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two small sherds of late Romano-British fine colour coated ware (AD 240-399). One sherd has a hard buff-brown fabric with light grey core and probably derives from the New Forest area. It has the remains of a dark brown-purple slip on the exterior surface and measures 29.82mm x 25.52mm x up to 6.00mm thick. It weighs 5.16g. The second sherd has a slightly softer dark orange fabric with orange-purple exterior surface coated with a dark purple-brown slip. This sherd probably derives from the Oxfordshire area and measures 32.56mm x 27.90mm x 5.84mm thick and weighs 7.80g. The oxfordshire…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-E5F943
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
a very small sherd of Roman Samian ware, probably from the Central Gaul (Lezoux) region (AD 120-200). The slip is orange-brown in colour (typical of products from central Gaul) and is not fired to the same temperature as the South Gaulish wares. There is no visible decoration. The sherd measures 16.09mm x 15.04mm x 2.38mm thick. It weighs 0.76g
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterborne Kingston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-E47998
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two rim sherds from 1st century AD large, round barrel shaped storage jars or bowls. The rims are variously described as 'flat topped' beaded rims (Sunter & Woodward, 1986, 87)or 'flattened, tapering, triangular' rims (Seager Smith, 1993, 231). The fabrics are orange in colour with buff-orange to grey core and coarse and sandy in texture. They are similar to Gussage All Saints fabric type C, thought to originate in the Wareham/Poole Harbor region in the 1st Century AD (Wainwright, 1979, 50). In fact examples of this rim form are included as Black Burnished Ware from excavations at Ower…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterborne Kingston', grid reference and parish protected.