Record ID: DOR-F941F6
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of silver bar with incised decoration at one end. There are breaks at both ends. Both faces are decorated and the main incised divisions continue around the sides of the bar. At the decorated end there is the remnant of a probable suspension loop, flanked at the base by curling, crescent shaped projections. Below this is are two deeply incised transverse lines forming a band with more lightly incised chervron decoration. Below this is a rectangular panel containing an incised lozenge with a central annulet with short radiating lines around. There are also short lines incise…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 19th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddlehinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-1944C3
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of possible silver bodkin. It is broken at both ends and has been folded and bent. The shaft is broken at the tip and has a flattened hexagonal cross-section. at the widest end just below the head the shaft is decorated on both sides with a long incised elongated triangle with incised midline and a series of diagonal lines extending from it to the edge forming rough chevrons. At the head the object expands sideways and has a rectangular cross-section. Just before the break it is expanded again on either side into notched projections framing to small apertures. The head is d…
Created on: Friday 7th June 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 10th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-EE5908
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of silver bodkin. The object is broken at both ends and has been folded and bent. The shaft tapers to a rounded tip and has a flattened hexagonal cross-section. At the widest end just below the stub of the aperture or "eye", the shaft is decorated on both sides with two horizontal lines above an incised double stranded wavy band with dots in each curve and an incised elongated chevron below with feathered internal edges. At the break is a remnant of the (probably rectangular) aperture. Reconstructed length approximately 98 mm. Folded dimensions: 38.41 mm x 32.95 mm x 3…
Created on: Monday 17th June 2013
Last updated: Monday 28th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Iwerne Minster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-ACAF36
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of silver bodkin. The object is broken at one end, the top only remaning. It has a flat, rectangular cross section. The terminal is triangular and angled to a rounded apex. There is a circular pierced aperture at the base with a longitudininal groove across it on both faces. Below the base is a transverse moulded collar. Beyond this the shaft is decorated on both faces with an upward pointing incised chevron, infilled with short diagonal lines along the angled sidea and vertical lines of varying length extending from the base. Just before the break is a remnant of the recta…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Knighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-FC82EC
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, bent and broken silver bodkin. The bodkin is a rectangular strip with a circular spoon terminal (an earscoop) at one end. It has a flat, rectangular cross section. The incised decoration is the same on both of the flat faces and each element is separated by a transverse collar. The earscoop terminal has a shallow sub-circular bowl below which is a an oval panel with a sub circular aperture.There is then a short section of flat shaft of leaf-shaped outline with incised chevrons on one face and a single chevron with longitudinal line in fill on the other. The next section…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hammoon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-B7AC34
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver Hair Pin or Bodkin of Post-Medieval date (AD 1600-1700). The object comprises a long, rectangular sectioned, tapering needle-like pin that has been bent slightly. The upper portion of the pin is missing due to an old abraded break. At the uppermost retained portion is an incised transverse line with a series of longitudinal line below of varying lengths. Discussion: A number of silver pins/bodkins are recorded on the PAS database including IOW-A1E3AB, SUSS-8E94FC and BUC-816668. All are predominantly dated from the late 16th-17th century and many have integra…
Created on: Wednesday 26th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-6EB900
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, bent and broken silver bodkin. The bodkin is a rectangular strip with a circular spoon terminal (an earscoop) at one end and tapering towards the missing point at the other. It has a flat, rectangular cross section. The incised decoration is the same on both of the flat faces.The earscoop terminal has a shallow sub-circular bowl below which is a an oval panel with a drop-shaped aperture. At the base is a transverse ridge. There is then a short section of flat shaft with decoration on both faces of a quatrefoil between transverse bands. There are radiating diagonal lines…
Created on: Monday 17th March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-761A0B
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver bodkin with the same incised decoration on both faces. The spoon terminal (an earscoop) is missing. The head of the bodkin is a sub triangular panel with a single vertical incised line, a circular hole and a transverse ridge at the base. Above the rectangular aperture is a short section decorated with a sub-triangular incised frame filled with a of row vertical incised lines with a quatrefoil between transverse bands below (around the quatrefoil are radial diagonal lines between each of the foils and a pellet at the centre). Around the aperture the frame is decora…
Created on: Saturday 1st July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-E402A9
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of silver bodkin which is broken at both ends. At one end is a rectangular aperture and at the other, separated by a short constriction, is a solid rectangular element. The bodkin is decorated on both faces with groups of three diagonal lines set around the frame of the aperture and lozengiform cross hatching on the rectangular element. It has a flat, rectangular cross section. Date: Post Medieval - c. 1500 - 1700 Dimensions: 21.96 mm x 5.61 mm x 1.46 mm Weight: 0.89 g
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-93B0D5
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete but bent silver bodkin. The bodkin tapers to a point with a circular spoon terminal (an earscoop) at the other end. It has a flat, irregular hexagonal cross section. It is undecorated apart from stamped initials (probably a maker's mark) on one of the flat faces. The initials appear to be S with an incomplete second letter possibly F or H.The earscoop terminal has a shallow sub-circular bowl below which is a an oval panel with a drop-shaped aperture. At the base is a narrow transverse collar. Date: Post Medieval - c. 1500 - 1700 Dimensions: 109.30 mm x 5.55 mm x 3.33 mm …
Created on: Monday 28th September 2015
Last updated: Friday 3rd March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-A8C22C
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver dress pin of bodkin type, dated to the 17th century. The pin is an elongated oval in shape, tapering to a point at one end and a slightly wider curving edge at the other. The curved edge also features an oval 'eye' hole through the pin, close to the edge. This hole looks to have been extended into the surface of the pin on both faces, though not cutting completely through the pin, creating a chased triangular point extending from the eye hole on both faces. The pin is rectangular in cross-section with bevelled edges. The surface is uninscribed. Dimensions: weight: 4.3g,…
Created on: Friday 9th June 2017
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterborne', grid reference and parish protected.