Record ID: DOR-55A6C1
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy post- medieval knife end-cap with traces of the tang of an iron blade. The object is a slightly irregular oval shape and is open at the base to allow the attachment of the tang of an iron blade, the stub of which remains. It is closed at the top. Both faces are decorated with the date 1526 recessed with white inlay. Above and below the date on both sides is a transverse linear groove. The flat, top edge of the end-cap is decorated with three diagonal grooves. Date: 1526 Dimensions: 14.83 mm x 14.01 mm x 6.99 mm Weight: 6.37 g
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-0725A6
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy end cap or stop from a knife. The stop seems to be the form of a "claw" hammer. There is a short groove between the claws. There is a circumferential groove around the base of the stop and another groove running longitudinally up both sides of the stop and over the top, between the claw and hammer elements. On the underside is a rectangular slot filled with iron which is the remains of the missing tang. Date: 16th century (AD 1500 - AD 1600). Dimensions: 11.34 mm x 17.2 mm x 8.25 mm Weight: 6.36 g See Read (2016) nos 663, 664
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stalbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-AED071
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy knife end-cap or stop. A zoomorphic end-cap in the form of a stylised animal's head, possibly imitating a heraldic emblem such as a bear or dog's head. The details are marked by incised lines around the snub nose and mouth and across the brow. The eyes are indicated by two deep circular recesses. At the base of the stop is a remnant of the iron tang of the knife, the handle of which this once decorated. Date: Early Post-Medieval - 16th century Dimensions: 16.88 mm x 15.64 mm x 10.52 mm Weight: 11.48 g
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Keyneston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-952FA3
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy knife end-cap or stop. A flat end-cap of broadly trifoliate shape with openwork decoration. There is a large, heart-shape aperture at the top with two smaller kidney-shaped apertures flanking it. There are small projections between the lobes. At the base of the stop is a short projection which is possibly broken off. Similar to an example illustrated in Read, B, 2001, "Metal Artefacts of Antiquity", page 83, No. 667 and page 89, figure 57, No. 667. Date: Early Post-Medieval – 16th century Dimensions: 18.35 mm x 18.30 mm x 4.66 mm Weight: 6.06 g
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2015
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Record ID: PUBLIC-43A6F4
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded iron tang knife. The knife has a short blade ( 25 mm ) and longer, narrower tang (35mm) with parallel sides and flat surfaces. Whittle-tang knives were used over a long period of time, from Early-Medieval to the post-Medieval periods. This example is probably from the Early-Medieval period. For parallels on the PAS database, see HAMP- 5F3322 and LEIC-5E2151.
Created on: Wednesday 17th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 27th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-688B81
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy terminal (stop) for a scale-tang knife handle. The stop is in the form of a pair of bifurcating horses hooves with deep incised lines between the pair and seperating the 'hooves' from the 'shoes' which are indicated by an incised central line for the frog, raised calkins at the ends and four punched indents for nail holes on each 'shoe'. The attachment end of the stop is oval and has a slot through it which contains the remains of the iron knife tang, the longer sides have wide incised lines running parallel to the edge between the slots. It is 17.6mm w…
Created on: Friday 19th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2010
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D225E8
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy and iron object which is probably part of an early post-Medieval knife. The object consists of a iron core with copper-alloy sheet metal covering. This copper-alloy portion has a lattice type linear decoration and raised edges with what may be a silver wire inlay. The terminal end slopes to a wedge shape with one section missing due to the iron expanding .The general shape is sub-rectangular in plan. The object has a brown patina and much iron staining. Dimensions are: Length 33 mm. Width 14 mm. Thickness 9.2 mm. Weight 19 grams. Although of atypical form, this ob…
Created on: Saturday 18th December 2010
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-443363
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval copper-alloy knife end-cap in the form of a horse's hoof. The top end depicts a shoe with six incuse nails and downturned calkins. Traces of red enamel are in the three left-hand nail holes and traces of white in the three on the right. This may well suggest a owner's heraldic colours. Between the shoe and the attachment end, the sides have moulded 'folds'.The remains of the iron tang survive, located in the slot on the underside of the end-cap. Dimensions are:Length 18 mm Width 11.5 mm Thickness 8 mm Weight 8.199 grams. Ref: Brian Read,Metal Artefacts of Antiquity,…
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 9th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Milton Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-639D74
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Roman (AD 1-200) copper alloy knife, consisting of the terminal and part of the blade only. It measures 49.07mm in incomplete length, 15.75mm in max.width and 10.17mm in max.thickness. It weighs 15.93g. The terminal consists of a crescent 15.75mm long, oval in cross-section (max.6.87x5.16mm), its curved edge resting on an oval platform with double-moulding, measuring 11.26x10.04mm. The pointed ends of the crescent are slightly blunted (through wear). Three of these double-moulded platforms form the handle with a short section between eaqch, narrowing at its ce…
Created on: Tuesday 7th September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-6D7BA7
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crude flint knife. Pale grey-brown flint with a mid gloss patina. The knife has been made on a secondary flake with a area of thick nodule cortex at one edge. There are waves of percussion on the ventral face and the bulb of percussion has been flaked off in order to thin the knife. On the dorsal face are several parallel elongate flaking scars. The left edge (viewed form the dorsal face) has been abruptly re-touched in order to sharped it. The flaking was carried out from the dorsal face. Date: Bronze Age - c. 2150 - 1500 BC Dimensions: 46 mm x 32 mm x 10 mm Weight: 15 g
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 7th November 2019
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Record ID: DOR-E862B6
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable flint knife or bi-facial tool. Made from banded and mottled mid grey, grey-brown and off-white flint. It has a milky, mid-gloss patina and some iron-staining. Made on a thick tertiary flake, it has been bi-facially worked to shape and thin it into a crude ovate probable knife. There is some finer flaking on the proximal end with broader, coarser flaking on the distal and around the edges. The bulb of percussion remains on the ventral face. Date: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age: 2500 BC - 1500 BC Dimensions: 56.5 mm x 45 mm x 14.04 mm Weight: 50 g
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 7th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-608AC8
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A double-sided tanged knife blade of probable late Bronze Age date. The knife blade is 18.3mm wide; the tang is 1.24mm thcik and 2.8mm thick at the shoulder with the blade.
Created on: Monday 26th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-119C22
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cylindrical object, cast from copper alloy, which is probably the end cap (pommel) from a sixteenth century knife. The object measures 12.55mm in diameter and 11.81mm in length. It weighs 9.14g. Iron corrosion from the knife blade fills a narrow and shallow slot through the centre of one end. In the centre of the other end there is a circular concave depression, 4.5mm in diameter. Lines of stamped annulets are faintly visible around this depression and on the side of the cylinder. There are also two parallel lines which run around both the top and bottom of the side. The upper …
Created on: Friday 20th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-792658
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The cast copper alloy end cap from a small sixteenth century knife, measuring 13.8mm by 13.56mm by 4.74mm and weighing 3.02g. The end cap is loosely trapezoidal, with a wider distal end which consists of three perforated lobes. Beneath these lobes a small lip protrudes from each side and below this point there is a longitudinal slot which contains the remains of an iron tang. There are traces of gilding on one side of the end cap. A similar knife end cap has been found at Covehithe in Suffolk (SF-5F44B4).
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-A082F6
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy tanged knife of late Bronze Age date. The knife measures 141.15mm in length, 21.87mm in maximum width and 3.9mm in maximum depth. It weighs 49.87g. It has a rounded tip and widens only slightly along the length of the blade. It then narrows to the damaged tang, which is 16.18mm wide at this point and narrows to 14.22mm. The length of the tang is about 22.5mm. The object's mid olive green patina is patchy and much of the surface has flaked off. Similar knives have been found at Maesbury Camp, near Wells in Somerset and at Bilbury Rings in Wiltshire. The Maesbury Camp…
Created on: Friday 27th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR-B64288
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy end stop from a late medieval knife. The end stop is hollow and cylindrical with an oval cross section. It has been made from pieces of sheet lead alloy which have been soldered together. It measures 26.34mm in length and the cross section is 13.5mm by 10.79mm at the slightly flared distal end. It weighs 4.73g. The surfaces of the end cap are worn, but there are hints of gilding and the faint outlines of two standing figures on the curving side. These may be saints. There is another faint motif on the flat distal end. A very similar knife end cap from the City of London i…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 12th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-1DB306
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A small Roman cast copper-alloy terminal in the form of an eagle's head, possibly from a knife or razor. The partially hollow terminal has a cylindrical socket. The poorly-executed bird holds a small spherical object, probably representing a cake or pellet of food, in its beak. Between the beak and the eye there is a deeply grroved, slightly curving line on either side. The eyes, unusually, are indicated by incised vertical, pointed ovals. Behind the eyes on each side is a vertical, pointed oval ridge, incised with six short diagonal grooves. The back of the head is decorated with five…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-443C75
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy end cap from a knife of probable 16th century date. It has a trefoil terminal end with faint traces of gilding and an attachment end with oval cross-section. The attachment end has a single incised groove around the circumference and a longitudinal slot which contains the remains of an iron tang. It measures 18.55mm long, 17.18mm wide and 9.68mm thick.
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-DB0831
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The end stop from a late medieval or early post-medieval knife, measuring 22.12mm by 17.9mm by 8mm and weighing 12.04g. The object is T-shaped, with a rounded proximal end. This has a tapering scalloped edge. At the other end is a slot, 7mm by 2mm, in which are the remains of the knife's iron tang. A small part of the tang protrudes from the end of the slot. The object is quite worn, but some simple decoration can be seen. This consists of an inscribed line around the base and two further parallel lines, 6mm apart, along the length of the object, on both sides. Although there is no pre…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-FFE225
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a triangular perforated knife or hog-backed knife, of late Bronze Age date. The rather obtuse cutting edges are typical of these objects (pers. comm. Stuart Needham). The object would have originally been the shape of a squat isosceles triangle, with the cutting edge on the long side. In the centre there would have been an oval or rounded triangular perforation. The surviving fragment represents less than a third of the original artefact. In its present state it measures 31.31mm in length and weighs 15.99g. The maximum thickness is 6.47mm. The object has a heavy dark green pati…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddletrenthide', grid reference and parish protected.