Record ID: SOMDOR-1DD442
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete leg from a cast copper alloy cooking vessel of medieval or post-medieval date. The leg measures 45.9mm in length, 31.8mm in width and 14.2mm in thickness. It weighs 73g. The cross-section is a long oval with slightly pointed ends. The back appears to have three slight facets (although one side is damaged) and the front appears to have a low and wide vertical rib in its centre. The break is concave. The leg would have been one of three on the complete vessel.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spetisbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-5A6882
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy leg from a posnet or skillet and dating from the 13th-17th century. The leg is thin and flat (sub-rectangular section) with a rounded foot. It is approximately 36mm long.
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-A98A42
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small rim sherd from a medieval jug. The pale grey reduced fabric has darker grey surfaces and dense coarse quartz sand temper. The rim has an external bead which is decorated with incised parallel vertical lines. The slightly concave interior surface may indicate that the vessel had a lid seat. Dimensions: 26.57mm by 14mm by 8.54mm Weight: 2.98g
Created on: Friday 17th March 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-AA4F34
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn or miscast copper alloy leg from a cauldon, skillet or posnet of medieval or post medieval date. The surfaces of the object are very uneven although the front appears to have a moulded vertical central ridge. The leg would have been one of the three required to support the vessel, although if this example was indeed miscast it would never have been used. Dimensions: 43.55mm by 41.19mm by 18.85mm Weight: 103.2g
Created on: Friday 17th March 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-AA8641
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper alloy leg from a small cauldron, skillet or posnet of medieval or post medieval date. The base of the leg is flat and D-shaped and the leg is steeply angled. The leg would have been one of three required to support the vessel. Dimensions: 34.66mm by 24.71mm by 13.72mm Weight: 42.28g
Created on: Friday 17th March 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-16B0C2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy leg from a medieval or post-medieval metal cooking vessel, probably a post-medieval skillet judging by its dimensions and hoof-like form. The leg measures 53.11mm in length, 31.06mm in width and 18.10mm in thickness. It weighs 111.47g. The cross-section is D-shaped. From the base the leg narrows gradually to the point of the break, although in the centre of the surviving fragment the leg thickens briefly. There are also three slight vertical ridges which are equally spaced over the curving front. This leg would have been one of three on the complete vessel.
Created on: Thursday 15th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pamphill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-9AE3A5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cauldron leg. D sectioned leg which flares towards the base and has a thick, rounded collar near the top. The back is flat and undecorated and the fornt is decorated with five longitudinal cast ridges (the same alignment above and below the collar). The collar is undecorated. The underside of the foot is worn and blackened. Originally soldered to a cauldron or skillett. Date: Post-medieval 16th to 17th century
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-AEE294
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of pottery. Pale grey reduced fabric with buff and brown slipped surfaces. Abundant fine sand temper with occasional flint and stone pieces (up to 3 mm). Rim sherd from a thin-walled jar. The rim is cupped/swan-necked to provide an internal lid seat. 13.17 g. Handmade. Slightly abraded. Late 12th to mid 14th century
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-AF12A2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of pottery. Black reduced fabric with oxidised deep red interior surface. Abundant fine and rounded sand temper with occasional other stone pieces (up to 5 mm). Base sherd from a thin-walled jar. The base is flat. 11.34 g. Handmade. Slightly abraded. Late 12th to mid 14th century
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-3C7384
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy wide, everted rim from a cooking pot. Fragment only. There is a raised rim around the outer edge of the vessel rim on the inner surface. There are traces of sooting on the outside
Created on: Wednesday 7th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-F367B8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy foot from a cooking vessel, broken across the leg. The end of the foot is paw-like with three ridges. The underside of the foot is D-shaped in cross-section. The leg rises above and is oval in cross-section at the (old) break. The foot is crudely cast. Date: Medieval to Late Post-Medieval (1200-1800) Dimensions: Weight: Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1800 for serving and cooking. Butler and Green (2003; 15) state 'there is evidence that (cast copper alloy) metal cooking vessels became increasingly common during…
Created on: Friday 24th May 2013
Last updated: Friday 14th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Iwerne Minster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-8A37C4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One small sherd of medieval pottery. Externally glazed earthernware. The fabric is greyish-white with abundant sand temper. The exterior surface has been decorated with an applied thin circular blob of clay which has then been stamped with a large ring and dot motif. The decoration is of a darker grey with some red oxidisation. Over the top of the decoration and the rest of the sherd there is a thin coating of light green glaze. At thin walled sherd, most likely a sherd from a jug as these are the most commonly decorated and glazed vessels. Probably a product of the East Dorset industr…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-0C27A2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of earthernware pottery. The fabric has a reduced dark grey core and oxidised orange margins and is tempered with abundant fine sand.The rim from a jug. The rim is flat-topped with an external low bead. Below this is a separately applied thumbed and pinched strip. Date: Late Medieval - c. 1400 - 1500 Weight: 30 g
Created on: Monday 13th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fifehead Magdalen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-216A31
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of glazed earthernware. Oxidised yellow-buff fabric with abundant fine sand. The exterior has an area of dark grey slip and an applied roundel. which is red and white There is a yellow glaze over this.A body sherd from a decorated jug. Possibly a polychrome jug from the Laverstock industry in Wiltshire. Date: Medieval - 13th century (probably) Reference: McCarthy, M R & Brooks C M, Medieval Pottery in Britain AD 900 - 1600, p 335 - 340 Weight: 7 g
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fifehead Magdalen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-05B43B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval copper-alloy zoomorphic spout in the form of a dog's head dating to the period c. AD 1400 - 1500. The spout is from a ewer and exhibits a small section broken off at the base where is would have been attached to the body of the vessel and a small hole in the underside. The mouth of the spout protrudes from the open mouth of the dog's head. It has moulded eyes and stylised ears on either side of the head, the details of which are slightly worn. It has a green/brown patina and is slightly pitted in areas. Length: 73.80 mm, thickness: 20.92 mm, width: 23.68 mm, …
Created on: Wednesday 9th September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 29th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Compton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-535B8E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable stab ware ceramic handle from the Medieval period, with ochre-coloured lead glaze.The length of the handle is 99.15 mm, the width is 28.99 mm and the thickness is16.81 mm. It weighs 77 grams.
Created on: Saturday 31st October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wareham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6664FF
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A domestic pottery rim sherd from the Medieval to early-post-Medieval period. The object is hard fired, has an everted rim and evidence of probable lead glaze splash or dusting. The fabric has a fine sandy texture with a light brown/buff appearence, with no evidence of reduction.The vessel is 46.30 mm high; has a thickness of 7.11 mm; and weighs 26 grams.
Created on: Sunday 1st November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wareham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-7C4E33
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hard fired pottery rim sherd from a domestic vessel of probable medieval date. The fabric is gritty, with well sorted, angular flint/quartz, a buff interior and grey exterior. There is evidence of reduction and possibly sooting to the exterior. The breaks appear to be old,except for the rim, which has retained a sharper edge. The height of the sherd is 39.20 mm; it has a width of 74.81 mm and is 8.28 mm thick. The object weighs 24 grams.
Created on: Monday 2nd November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wareham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-90E5F4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmented pottery base sherd from the Medieval period. The fabric is gritty, with well sorted flint/quartz and has evidence of both sooting and reduction to the exterior and pink to the interior. Externally the base flat and is angled as it meets the wall of the pot and suggests a pan type cooking vessel. The length is 110.76 mm;it has a width of 43.94 and a thickness of 6.60 mm. The object weighs 42 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wareham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BC5C41
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd of hard fired earthenware from the Medieval period. The fabric is gritty, with a probable sand/quartz temper, with the interior and exterior having a pinkish colour. There is no evidence of reduction or sooting. The object has a length of 35.30 mm; with a width of 28.19 mm, and a thickness of 7.59 mm. The object weighs 8.029 grams.
Created on: Thursday 5th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wareham', grid reference and parish protected.