Record ID: DOR-6E3C45
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 sherd of pottery. Poorly fired, largely reduced brown-grey fabric with some oxidisation to the surface on the interior of the vessel (buff coloured). The fabric is tempered with poorly sorted iron stone, flint sand and calcareous pieces (up to 4.5 mm). The sherd is from the base of a handmade jar. The base is flat and plain. Date: Iron Age - 800 BC to AD 100
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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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.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FB7105
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base sherd from ceramic jar. Reduced grey brown fabric with abundant fine sand and sparse large, crushed flint temper (up to 7 mm) and occasional voids. The base has a crudely formed footring. Fairly abraded. Identified by Lorraine Mepham as Early to Middle Iron Age.
Created on: Monday 27th June 2005
Last updated: Sunday 9th October 2016
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Record ID: SOMDOR-FC2312
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd from ceramic jar. Reduced grey brown fabric with sparse sand temper and frequent irregular voids where larger pieces of temper (up to 4mm and probably shell pieces) have leached out. The fabric is very light weight and friable. The form is a simple, slightly uneven beaded rim. Fairly abraded. Identified by Lorraine Mepham as Early to Middle Iron Age.
Created on: Monday 27th June 2005
Last updated: Sunday 9th October 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FC3918
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base sherd from ceramic jar. Reduced grey brown fabric with moderate sand temper and occasional irregular voids where larger pieces of temper have leached out (up to 4mm and probably shell pieces). Flat base. Fairly abraded. Identified by Lorraine Mepham as Early to Middle Iron Age.
Created on: Monday 27th June 2005
Last updated: Sunday 9th October 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CB2D13
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An earthenware pot sherd of possible Iron Age date. Internally, the fabric is grey, with an orange exterior and has been tempered with sand/quartz which is ill sorted. The sherd is soft ( almost soap like) and is well abraded. Probably hand made and possibly a storage vessel.
Created on: Sunday 27th April 2014
Last updated: Saturday 14th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-8D9853
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age copper alloy probable vessel escutcheon, dating to the Late Iron Age (c. 150 - 100 BC). A bi-lobed escutcheon with a stub of a projecting handle. It consists of of two oval lobes, each with a hooked projection at the outer edge. Both have a large circular attachment hole set slightly off centre. Both these holes are filled with corrosion product. One has a copper alloy rich material and the other is filled with iron corrosion which also covers the front of the lobe. Projecting from the the lobes is a narrowed stub, possibly of a handle, which is decorated with a…
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2019
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Record ID: DOR-9A3661
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd of Black Burnished ware 1. Poole/Wareham fabric. Reduced dark grey with slight orange oxidisation at the margins. Abundant rounded quartz sand temper. A rim sherd from a jar with in-turned rim (Wessex Archaeology Type 6). There is an incised groove externally below the rim and the remnant of an "eyebrow" motif on the shoulder. Handmade. Abraded. Date: Late Iron to Early Roman - c. 100 BC to AD 100 Weight: 25.4 g See Davies, S and Seagar-Smith, R, 1993, Black Burnished Ware Type Series - The Roman Pottery from Excavations at Greyhound Yard, Dorchester, Dorset Dorchester : D…
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 10th May 2016
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Record ID: SOMDOR-DB4D45
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy object. Cast u-shaped object which curves backwards and tapers to a narrow strip behind the u-shaped part before it is broken off. Between the two elements is a circular aperture. Behind the u-shaped part and joining it to the tapering element is a thin strip which bounds the lower part of the circular aperture. The u-shaped part is decorate with a deep lateral groove and two diagonal grooves which form a triangular raised area.
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-7DC3D2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified copper alloy object, probably of Early Iron Age date. The object is irregular in plan, consisting of a central triangular element, oval in cross section and with a concave socket at its mouth. There is a pronounced V-shaped indentation on either face at the opening. From either edge of the central socketed-element expands a C-shaped projection. The lower arms of these projections are plano-convex in cross section, with the interior face flat and the exterior face cast into a series of transverse ribs, and taper to a point. These are continuous with the upper arms, narr…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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Record ID: DOR-D91FBD
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  fragment of copper alloy with a design on one surface. The design seems to be part of the reverse of a stater of the British Iron Age, South Western uninscribed (Durotrigian) type. It comprises a group of circular recesses and two crescent-shaped recesses below. This would be equivalent to the raised pellet and two raised crescents seen on such staters (the crescents being the belly of a stylised horse. This may be part of a coin die for manufacturing staters, or it could also be an impression of such a coin, perhaps to cast copies in a mould. Date: Possibly Late Iron Age - c. …
Created on: Friday 24th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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Record ID: DOR-D69CD4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy object. A copper alloy loop, circular with a central circular aperture. The outer face is waisted with a central groove flanked by convex ridges with flat outer edges on the front. At either end of the groove is a solid V-shaped moulding.. At the rear are two stubs of rectangular cross sectioned arms , both terminating in old breaks. Date: Iron Age to Roman Diameter: 13.5 mm Width: 12.3 mm Length: 11.95 mm Thickness: 4.4 mm Weight: 4.62 g
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 25th October 2023
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Record ID: SOM-1077EF
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy terminal from an Iron Age torc (neck ring). The terminal is 'buffer' or 'thistle-head' shaped with an expanded circular end with slightly irregular outline and a concave outer face, behind this end is a constrction then an expansion into a large, slightly angular bead, 16.0mm in diameter, then a second constriction then an expansion in the form of a narrower rounded collar 10.3mm in diameter. At the inner side of the collar is a broken area where a slightly oval cross-sectioned bar continued, it is 4.2mm by 4.8mm at the break. The end is covered by a reddish corrosion but…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-A740F0
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy object from the late Iron Age to early Roman period (c. 300 BC - AD 100), missing a separate iron shank now represented by a cylindrical area of corrosion transversely across the centre on one side. The object itself is a solid copper alloy cylinder expanding to a swollen centre with a transverse raised ridge. At each terminal is a pair of circumferential transverse grooves. The object has an even grey green patina, except for the area of corrosion which is browny-orange in colour. It measures 19.7mm in length, 11.6mm in max.width, 10.4mm in max.thickness an…
Created on: Sunday 25th August 2013
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milton-On-Stour', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-EA06A8
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Iron Age toggle dating to the period c. 100BC - AD 43. The toggle has a cylindrical body with a sub-rectangluar attachment loop projecting from the reverse. The body is decorated by a series of concentric circular incised grooves. Each terminal is decorated by a punched dot surrounded by a series of incised concentric circles. The loop is decorated with moulded shoulders incised with grooves to create a lenticular shape. Corney suggests that the decorative style places this toggle in the mainstram La Tene culture. This toggle has been published in: Corney, M, 1…
Created on: Friday 3rd October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St. Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-AB7422
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy type toggle of late Iron Age to Roman date, c.100 BC - AD 250. The head of the object is formed of two pierced loops in a figure of eight. An integral shank extends down from the reverse of the head and bends at 90 degrees before splitting in to two arms, forming a triangular loop. The orientation of the shank results in the head and arms being on different plains.The metal has a shiny dark green patina. The head is 20.6mm long and 7.5mm in diameter. Date: Probably Late Iron Age to Roman Dimensions: 22.1 mm x 21.1 mm x 3.9 mm Weight: 7.78 g The shank and…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2019
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Record ID: DOR-66A620
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Iron Age or early Roman toggle dating to the period c. 100BC - 75AD. The toggle is cylindrical in shape with a curved sub-triangular attachment loop projecting from the centre of the body. The top of the attachment loop is slightly rounded. The toggle is undecorated save for a circumferential groove running around each end of the cylindrical body. There is a slight groove where the body and the attachment loop meet.
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-66C948
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Iron Age or early Roman toggle dating to the period c. 100BC - 75AD. The toggle is cylindrical in shape with a curved sub-triangular attachment loop projecting from the centre of the body. The top of the attchment loop is slightly rounded. The toggle is undecorated save for a circuferential groove frunning around each end of the cylindrical body. There is a slight groove where the body and the attachment loop meet.
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 6th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A08B1F
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy toggle. The body of the toggle is cylindrical in shape with a rounded, drop-shaped attachment loop projecting from the centre of the body. The body tapers slightly to each of the ends. The ends are concave. The toggle is undecorated save for a circumferential groove running around each end of the cylindrical body and a raised central ring in the indentation on either end. Date: Late Iron Age to early Roman - c. 100BC - 75AD Dimensions: 31.54 mm x 18.18 mm x 7.33 mm Weight: 11.96 g
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2018
Last updated: Sunday 24th March 2024
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Record ID: DOR-EA34FA
Object type: TANKARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete handle from an Iron Age tankard dating to the period c. 100 BC - AD 43. The handle features an old break at the top, below which it consists of a series of moulded shapes consisting of two moulded sub-oval shaped with central sub-triangular perforations separated by a rectangular moulded ridge. Below this is a further rectangular ridge. The foot extends from the bottom of this and flares out along its length, terminating in a sub-oval shape. The foot features a circular perforation within which sits a corroded iron rivet which is also visible on the reverse and terminate…
Created on: Friday 3rd October 2014
Last updated: Friday 11th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St. Michael', grid reference and parish protected.