Record ID: DOR-83BAC7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large lead biconical steelyard weight weighing 491g, equivalent to 1 1/2 Roman pounds or libras. The upper and lower points have a stump of an iron wire suspension loop.  Date: Roman (probably) Height: 52.43 mm Diameter: 49.95 mm Weight: 491 g
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2023
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Record ID: DOR-7F029D
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead and iron steelyard weight. The weight is bi-conical and there are remnants of iron wire suspension loops at either apex. Date: Possibly Roman - c. AD 43 - 410 Dimensions: 31.22 mm x 26.56 mm Weight: 82.62 g There are many similar examples recorded on the database, including NLM-98EBFF
Created on: Saturday 16th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
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Record ID: DOR-924A9A
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large circular sectioned biconical steelyard weight with the stub of an iron suspension loop at the top. The weight is asymmetrical, the top half being more steeply conical and pointed, the lower half more gently rounded. The weight is undecorated. Date: Probably Roman - c. AD 43 - 400 Dimensions: 53.15 mmx 46.15 mm Weight: 442 g Similar to database record LIN-926BBB
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashmore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-F3557F
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead spindle whorl, circular in plan and sub-rectangular in profile and section, with a neat circular hole that is 8.4 mm in diameter. Both surfaces are pitted with circular indentations that average about 1 mm in diameter. These are seen locally on ceramic spindle whorls but lead whorls are not normally decorated in Cornwall, but this find is from Dorset and was found with other Roman artefacts. Experimental work with spindle whorls show that flat and symmetrical examples like this work best for spinning and holding the wool. Bishop (1996) illustrates a flat and pitted lead s…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2017
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Record ID: CORN-2344B5
Object type: CURSE TABLET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sheet lead rolled strip of unknown date, possibly a 'Roman curse tablet' (AD 43-410), as Roman coins were found in the same field. Although this object has been classified as a curse tablet, it is possibly more modern and may have performed an entirely different function, such as a weight or ingot. The strip has a spiral profile suggesting it was rolled rather than folded, which is more typical of such tablets. Linear ridges may have been created when it was being rolled or they may have taken on an impression of what is within or what the rolled strip was inserted into. As the object…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 5th October 2016
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Record ID: CORN-DD0F44
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead steelyard weight, circular in plan and biconical in profile, with the base of the iron suspension loop still within the upper aperture, that is 6 mm in diameter, at the apex of the weight. See YORYM-369198 for a similar lead biconical steelyard weight with an iron suspension loop that is dated from the Roman period. Read (2001) illustrates a similar lead biconical steelyard weight with a copper alloy suspension loop from Wiltshire on page 115, fig.72, no.830, which is dated from the 1st to the 4th century AD. Bailey (2011) illustrates a similar biconical lead steely…
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2016
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2016
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Record ID: DEV-884822
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman to Medieval cast lead alloy, or lead, perforated circular weight or spindle whorl, biconical with traces of a decorative pattern on both faces. On one face this is comprised of two concentric bands of raised dots (the ones in the outer band being larger than the ones oin the inner band) and on the other is a series of radiating lines.The weight has a circular perforation through the centre. In the "Finds Recording Guide", Geake (2001, p66) points out that: "The function of lead weights would have varied, from spindle-whorls to fishing weights to trade weights." She adds tha…
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 22nd May 2017
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Record ID: DOR-9076F6
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Roman anthropomorphic figurine of a female deity dating to the period c. AD 43 - 410. The figurine depicts a semi-naked female and is missing the head, right arm, lower left arm, lower right leg and left foot. The figure is standing in a contrapposto stance with a nude torso. The remaining fragment of the left arm is held away from the body and pointing downwards. The break point of the right arm suggests that it was pointing upwards. The moulded torso is indistinct with an incised belly button and drapery gathered below the hips and falling down the left leg. The l…
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Sunday 5th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-8BF889
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead Roman miniature axe dating to the period c. AD 43 - 410. The axe is triangular in plan with rounded corners. It tapers along the length of the blade from a width of 4.1mm to 14.4mm wide at the tip of the blade. It meaures 24.55mm in length and is 3.75mm thick. The axe is covered in a white patina.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-437AA1
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead steelyard weight with an integral suspension loop. An irregular conical weight with a pinched, rounded apex. A hole has been made in the apex passing from one flattened face to the other. Date: Roman to Medieval (possibly) - c. 50 - 1500 Dimensions: 48.12 mm x 35.36 mm Weight: 187.58 g
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 13th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-002515
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight. Circular with a flattened bottom surface and slightly convex top surface with a central circular hole and undecorated. Probably a spindle whorl. Date: Roman to Medieval circa 50-1500 AD Weight: 28.75g. Dimensions: 23.94mm diameter, 8.94mm thick, 8.1mm internal diameter.
Created on: Tuesday 4th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-002FD2
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead bi-conical spindle whorl dateable only to the Roman period or later.
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Toller Down', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-5A02D2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead pot mend dating from the Roman period (43-409 AD). The mend takes the form of a double headed rivet with a degraded fragment of SE Dorset black burnished ware adhering to it.
Created on: Friday 16th February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Toller Down', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-58E541
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead spindle whorl of indeterminate date. The object is at the upper end of the distribution curve for the normal weight of spindle whorls at 29g. This may suggest that it was used for spinning relatively fine yarn (Wild, 1988, 25). The approximate bun shape of the whorl is known from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period. The diameter is 24.81mm. Spindle Whorls made from lead are relatively rare and might suggest a date of between the Roman and Medieval periods.
Created on: Friday 16th February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Toller Down', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-2B5DE6
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead steelyard weight of probable Roman date. The weight is biconical (diameter 23mm, height 20.5mm) with a central shaft which contains a thin length of copper alloy. This would have been bent to form a hook at the apex, although the hook survives only to a length of about 10mm and is now bent out of shape. Weight: 46.93g
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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