Record ID: HAMP-F0EAB7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 4th-century copper-alloy Roman nummus of Constantine II, 'Gloria Exercitus' type, first issue, Trier mint (330-35 AD; Reece issue period 17). The coin has suffered abrasions to its circumference without the main surfaces receiving much wear.
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-F152F2
Object type: TONGS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete small cast copper-alloy object, thought to be the stem and terminal of tongs used for sugar or similar foodstuffs, of post-medieval date (c.1600-1900). The terminal is broadly semicircular in plan with a gradual curve towards the stem of the handle and has a shallow circular dishing within the bowl's upper surface. The stem is twisted to give a rope effect; it is sub-circular in cross-section. The object has a dark grey patina consistent with a probable post-medieval date. For similar items see KENT-41E304 and SUR-748FF3.
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 20th May 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-D084F5
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy front plate from a padlock of post-medieval date. It is circular in form with two protruding lugs at the top. The bar or mechanism was made of iron given the orange corrosion product found on one side of the plate. Arranged longitudinally down the centre of both faces is an incised rectangular section. This is divided into three squares with incised double linear borders and incised crosses. This is the front plate as the central panel of the three is replaced by a keyhole, made from two conjoined punched circles. This padlock is similar to a number on t…
Created on: Friday 27th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-B46464
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged but complete hook-piece from a copper-alloy post-medieval book-clasp. The artefact is now corroded and bent upwards at the attachment end, having received strikes in the past. It is sub-rectangular in shape, with a flared attachment end. At the opposite end is a curved hook (up to 7.5mm wide). The artefact has been cut from a flat sheet. There is a single central rivet hole at the attachment end which contains the corroded remains of an iron rivet. The upper surface is decorated with two pairs of transverse grooves at the attachment end. Within the field thus created is …
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-B7F2D2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and corroded Late Iron Age copper-alloy Uninscribed South-Western stater (c. 30 BC - c. 10 AD; Van Arsdell 1290)
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-B820B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and incomplete Late Iron Age/Early Roman cast copper-alloy strip bow brooch. The brooch is broadly triangular in form. The head is the widest point (11.2mm) and features a central removal (pin slot) and slight protrusion on one side; it is broken on the other. Below this the brooch is 9.0mm wide and tapers gradually down the length of the brooch to less than 3mm at the catch-plate end. The head is not curled round; it is uncertain as to whether the brooch has suffered flattening or a loss here. The bow is bent downwards on one side and generally lacks the arching of bow broo…
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-197AE4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular domed convex object cast in copper alloy of probable post-medieval date. The artefact has a globular knop at its summit. From this emanate five curved ridges delineated by grooves emulating a star pattern. There is a groove around the circumference of the upper surface at the base. At one point on the circumference of the base is a vestigial rectangular protrusion suggesting that this object would have once been part of a larger item. The piece has corroded to a dusty light/mid-green colour.
Created on: Monday 18th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-0D76D8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and corroded 17th-century copper-alloy post-medieval, Type 2, rose farthing of Charles I (1625-1649 AD; North 2291). This coin has a wedge shaped insert of a different alloy (brass?) put there to prevent counterfeiting.
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-D0F240
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded silver-plated contemporary copper-alloy copy of an early 3rd-century Roman denarius of Elagabalus, 'LIBERALITAS AUG', 'Rome' mint (c. 218 - c. 222 AD; Reece issue period 10; cf. R.I.C. 97)
Created on: Monday 7th June 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 21st March 2018
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Record ID: HAMP-4319F1
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and incomplete cast copper-alloy probable harness pendant suspension mount of medieval date (c. 14th century). It is effectively a bar mount with an expanded centre in the form of a moulded six-pointed star. Each end is rounded with the usual perforation and a long, pointed knop; the rivets have been lost. These terminals are divided from the horizontal element by a double cusp. On the upper surface of the central element the star is slightly recessed and has a six-petalled flower in its centre; this latter is also recessed with a central pellet. These recessed 'cells' may o…
Created on: Thursday 12th August 2010
Last updated: Friday 13th August 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-3DBB72
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy openwork mount of post-medieval date (c. 17th century). The object is broadly hexagonal in form with incurved sides and knopped protrusions at the apexes. There is a central perforation flanked at the cardinal points by shallowly moulded semicircles. Around this are twelve equally spaced holes that follow the sides. Some of these have not been finished in their filing. Basic diverging mouldings flank these holes, widening and they approach the sides. There is a further small transverse moulding before each knop. On the flat reverse surface are two pointed lugs at t…
Created on: Thursday 12th August 2010
Last updated: Friday 13th August 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-3E53B6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper-alloy mount of post-medieval date. The mount is oval in form and convex with a central integral stud of square cross-section on the lower surface. The mount has a general variable mid-green patina over metal that appears to be red-brown in hue. The mount plausibly functioned as a strap-fitting.
Created on: Thursday 12th August 2010
Last updated: Friday 13th August 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-3E9405
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, corroded cast copper-alloy mount of post-medieval date (c. 17th century). The mount is in the form of a scallop-like shell. It is broadly flat with a moulded upper surface formed by diagonal ridges that radiate out from a narrowed point. Above the waisted point the mount is crescentic; the element below is trefoilate with a vestigial central fleur. On the lower surface are two lugs; one in the centre of the lower element, the other to one side on the edge of the crescent. The latter has been truncated, while the former has been bent down onto the lower surface. The artefa…
Created on: Thursday 12th August 2010
Last updated: Monday 16th August 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-530CD2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded, partial, small copper-alloy gilded buckle plate of medieval date (12th to 13th century AD). The surviving plate is sub-rectangular in form and would have been of folded sheet construction. The upper surface is decorated with a raised lion passant guardant with head turned backwards within a frame; the tail curves round on itself. The field in which this sits has been stippled using small punching and then gilded, the punching presumably to help reflect light. There are two perforations towards the corners of the attachment end; one rivet survives in situ. The artefact has …
Created on: Friday 13th August 2010
Last updated: Friday 13th August 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-543290
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy T-shape Roman brooch. The leg, catch-plate and pin have been lost. The wings are circular in cross-section. The length across them is 24.35mm. At one tip there is a transverse incision on the upper surface; the other tip has been abraded away uppermost. The wings are below the head which turns through a right angle to begin the bow which then continues to slope downward, attaining the level of the wings by the point of the (old) break. At the junction of the wings and the head is a diagonal moulding flanked by grooves. Within the pin slot are the vestig…
Created on: Friday 13th August 2010
Last updated: Monday 16th August 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-566962
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The head and upper bow from a broken cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch with a double pierced lug spring attachment, dating to the 1st century AD. The double pierced lug is situated behind the head as is characteristic of this type. The axis bar, chord and sprung pin are all missing. The wings are curved, up to 6.3mm wide and extend for c. 11mm on each side of the head. They both have an incised transverse line towards the tip; the tips themselves are both abraded, one more than the other. The broken bow is plain with flattened sides and thus a sub-oval cross-section…
Created on: Friday 13th August 2010
Last updated: Monday 16th August 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-3D44F6
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, corroded cast copper-alloy fragment probably comprising the butt of a palstave axe of Middle Bronze Age date. The object is sub-trapezoidal in form, with a ragged break. It narrows from its maximum thickness at the break to a minimum at the terminal. Emergent flanges are faintly visible at the sides. The object has a dark-green patina where it survives; it is otherwise light green or orange/brown as a result of corrosion.
Created on: Tuesday 24th August 2010
Last updated: Friday 8th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-3CE696
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded post-medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle. It is formed is a pair of conjoined oval loops; the sides therefore incurve. It is bevelled externally on the upper surface; the lower surface is flat. The pin bar is sub-trapezoidal in cross section. The thick sheet pin is broken with the fragment surviving looped around the pin bar. The buckle has a dusty green patina where it survives, over a red-brown metal. One of the loops has been squashed as a result of old damage and has been bent upwards at an angle of about thirty degrees.
Created on: Tuesday 24th August 2010
Last updated: Friday 8th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-3CF8D0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete post-medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle. The surviving loop is D shaped, while the other one is missing as a result of old damage. The outer edge is shallowly bevelled on the upper surface; the lower surface is flat. The pin bar has a sub-rectangular cross section. The thick sheet pin is survives complete. It tapers to a point. The buckle has a mid-green patina where it survives over a red-brown coppery metal.
Created on: Tuesday 24th August 2010
Last updated: Friday 8th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-3D34C1
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy post-medieval animal 'crotal' (bell). This complete example has a sub-square suspension loop between two circular sound holes located on the upper hemisphere. The sound holes are recessed on the outer surface and measure c. 5/6mm in diameter. The upper hemisphere is plain. The suspension loop has a angled top with a groove suggesting crude cutting. The perforation is also quite crude. The loop measures up to 10mm in height by 11.9mm in width by 5.15mm thick. There is a worn and slightly battered(?) median ridge separating the upper and lower hemispheres. The narrow…
Created on: Tuesday 24th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sturminster Marshall', grid reference and parish protected.