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Record ID: DOR-3EB716
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small T-shape roman brooch. Cast copper alloy. The pin is missing. At the top are the two cylindrical wings to house the axis bar for a hinged pin arrangement. Between them is a large notch which extends into the head of the bow. The left witng is split open at the top revealing traces of iron corrosion, probably from an iron axis bar. The ends of the wings are ecorated with two ransverse grooves on each. At the head of the bow is a transverse incised line which does not quite extend all the way across.to the right side. The bow is D-sectioned and tapers as it extends downwards. The fo…
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-3F0A25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy brooch. The bow is similar in design to strip-bow brooches and native copies af Aucissa brooches (see R Hattatt,2000, A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Brooches, pages 318-319) . At the top are the two wings which are curled over a short copper alloy axis bar for a hinged pin arrangement. There is a large notch between the wings. The pin is attached and is as large as the bow. It has a flared head to act as a tensioning stop. The shaft of the pin is circular sectioned. The pin appears to be of a slightly different alloy and seems to be too large for the bow, su…
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
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Record ID: DOR-538AE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman enamelled plate brooch. An oval brooch with an enamelled outer concentric oval band and a raised, recessesed central projection. The latter may have held a paste intaglio or other stone. The framing outer band is decorated with rectangles of three colours. Four red rectangles are arranged at diagonal opposites at the top and bottom of the oval. The rectangles between the red enamel alternate between a faded pale green enamel and a faded clear enamel (it is not clear what the original colours were). The central projection has a reserve around it to create a recess. The back is ti…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2016
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This findspot is known as 'Pamphill', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-C1ABD4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy brooch. A t-shape bow brooch. The wings are short and cylindrical with a wide notch between them. There are traces of iron corrosion in the notch indicating that the wings housed and iron bar. The head of the bow is slightly stepped with a flared top to the bow reminiscent of a trumpet shape. The bow tapers to the missing foot and has a sub triangular cross section. The bow and wings are all slightly twisted and bent.
Roman - 1st to 2nd century
Dimensions: 36.81 mm x 23.05 mm x 9.55 mm
Weight: 4.83 g
Created on: Wednesday 22nd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOM-0CBA06
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy lozenge shaped annular brooch with broken pin of Medieval date. The frame is rectangular in section and has eight tubular collets (arranged slightly irregularly so that two sides have two each, one side has three, one at the corner, and the last has one). Six of the collets contain degraded glass in the form of a white paste. The collets are set through the frame so that the bases are visible at the back of the brooch. There is a constriction at the corner for the now broken pin. The pin is fine, D-sectioned and looped over the narrow bar.
Created on: Monday 1st October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Corfe Castle', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-B4C3B8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy T-shaped brooch of Early Roman date, with tinned surface and long, tubular wings housing axis for hinged pin. The right wing is complete and the left broken. It has an arched bow with a triangular knap at head and sub-circular recess at top of leg. It is oval in cross-section. The wings are decorated with incised vertical lines. The bow is decorated with incised grooves along the sides. The foot and pin are missing.
Created on: Tuesday 9th October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Corfe Castle', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-DB5A34
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy penannular brooch of Fowler type D, probably of Roman date. The oval brooch measures 46.1mm by 41.3mm and weighs 11.6g. It has a uniform flat oval cross section, around 5mm wide by 3mm thick. The terminals have been formed by folding the ends back on themselves once. Each terminal is decorated with incised linears, two long and two short, which form a back-to-front N-shape. There are also faint short incised linears equally-spaced around the outside of the front on the brooch. The pin is missing.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'South Perrott', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-B487F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy T-shape brooch of early Roman date. The near-complete Wilsford type brooch measures 36.8mm in length by 26.6mm across the wings and weighs 7.3g. The cylindrical wings conceal the axis bar for the hinged pin. They are decorated with three incised circumferential lines at each end. The head of the pin has a pointed projection for tensioning and the shank is circular sectioned and tapers to a point. The bow has a D-shaped cross-section and projects forward from the wings. The upper bow has moulded decoration in the form of four raised triangles on either side …
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Child Okeford', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-F29666
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch. An incomplete strip bow brooch. The incomplete wings were folded back to house the axis bar for a separate hinged pin (both missing) the left wing is broken. There is a large notch between the wings to allow the pin to be articulated. The flat strip bow tapers from the head and is decorated with a longitudinal ridge at each edge flanking a blank central area. The foot is missing. The back is undecorated.
Date: Roman, 1st to 2nd century
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-2E0E88
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy plate brooch. The brooch has a central, circular plate with a concentric rope border around a slight recess and a circular rivet through a hole in the centre. The recess and rivet probably once held a disc separate disc decoration, now missing. Around the edge of the plate are three rounded knopped projections and a projecting "leg". These four elements are set at equidistant intervals forming a cross-like design. The "leg tapers to a knopped foot and behind it is the catchplate for the hinged pin. It is decorated with a central, longiudinal rib with small, transverse no…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-16A1E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fragment (head only) of a cast copper alloy brooch of early Roman date. Hollow back to head. Two broken square lugs to house pin mechanism. Stub of plate/chain loop at head. Stub of a thin, narrow and sectioned bow. Tinned surface.
Created on: Monday 19th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Corfe Castle', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-41F0C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy La Tène I brooch. A large one piece bow brooch. At the head is the spring of coiled wire and its external chord. This was drawn from the main body of the brooch. Below this the brooch expands into D-sectioned arching bow, dropping to a tapered foot with a hooked catchplate to the right side. Beyond this the foot continues into a backward hooked tail with a knopped "snake-head" terminal. There are cast decorative ridges on the tail before the expanded terminal. The pin is not attached to the spring, but has been added to the brooch by curling it over the hollow, tubu…
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DENO-226922
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age or Roman penannular brooch. The pin is missing and the brooch is slightly bent out of shape. The circular sectioned wire brooch is undecorated apart from at the terminals. The terminals are expanded, with sub-oval flat ends, and with c. seven closely-spaced bands of faint incised lines behind. The terminals are bent outwards in the same plane as the ring forming a c. 90° angle, at c. 12mm from the terminal ends - the brooch may have been made like this (making this Hattatt Type B, late Iron Age 1st century BC?AD), or they could have been bent outwards later (making it a …
Created on: Monday 5th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Weymouth', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-70B495
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bow brooch. A fragment of a Hod Hill type brooch. The head and top of the bow only remain. The rolled housing for the axis bar is missing. The brooch would have had a hinged pin, but both this and the axis bar are also absent. The head tapers to the top of the bow. The top of the bow is expanded and has a transverse ridge, The remaining bow fragment is decorated with a ridge along each side flanking two wider longitudinal ribs. The bow is flat at the back.
Date: Roman- 50 - 70 AD
Dimensions: 22.6 mm x 14.85 mm x 2.34 mm
Weight: 2.03 g
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOM-716474
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman T-shaped, enamelled brooch. The head of the brooch is wide, thin and circular in section. A hole through the centre of this still holds the axis bar. In the middle, to the rear of the head is a slot to allow a pin with a hinge to sit in place, secured by this axis bar. The pin is now missing. The bow and leg are semi-circular in profile. The bow is highly curved. Below the head it has two short, parallel ridges, one down either side, each decorated with a line of small inscribed grooves. Below this are three moulded diamonds, one above the other. The leg is undecora…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Near Bradford Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-7174E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman T-shaped, Dorset type brooch. The head of the brooch is thin and circular in section. A hole through the centre of this still holds the axis bar. In the middle, to the rear of the head is a slot to allow a pin with a hinge to sit in place, secured by this axis bar. The pin remains in place, but the majority has broken away shortly below the hinge. The bow is decorated with two raised strips containing small, incised diagonal lines. Between these is a ‘V’ shaped groove. The bow has become bent out of shape, causing the brooch to become slightly twisted. The leg i…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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This findspot is known as 'Near Bradford Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-733666
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bow brooch. An incomplete strip bow brooch. The complete bow and catchplate are present, only the pin is missing. The the iron axis bar is housed in the folded wings at the head of the brooch. A hinged pin would have been attached in to the bar in the small notch between the wings. The head tapers to the top of the bow. The bow is also tapering, down to a plain, rounded foot. At the back of the foot of the bow is a small triangular catchplate with a hooked outer edge. The bow is decorated with two engraved longitudinal grooves.
Date: Roman- c 25 - 100 AD
Dimensions: 49.…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-8338F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable fragment of copper alloy bow brooch. A very small section from the bow of a brooch. The bow is C-sectioned and tapering. It is decorated with a central longitudinal rib with incised diagonal lines.
Date: Late Roman - c AD 50 - 300
Dimensions: 15.6 mm x 7.6 mm x 2.2 mm
Weight: 0.83 g
Created on: Thursday 22nd January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-B663D5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy oval plate brooch with enamel. A flat oval brooch with a broad outer band of enamel. The flat plate is divided into two zones by a reserved metal ridge, concentric with the outer rim. The central field is recessed and empty. It may have contained a glass intaglio. The outer field contains alternating blocks of red and turquiose enamel. At the back is a single lug for attaching the missing pin, and opposite it, on the longitudinal axis, is the remnant of a catchplate.
Similar to Nos. 386 and 387 in Bayley, J and Butcher, S, 2004, page 134
Date: Mid to late Roman - …
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-CF06E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy annular brooch with gilded surface. A small brooch with a bevelled, robust frame, giving two visible surfaces when worn. Both the surfaces are decorated with engraved quatrefoils in square frames. Both bands are bordered by an engraved line on each side. There is a constriction in the frame to house the pin. The pin is hooked on to the frame and has a circular collar with notched edge after the hooked end. Beyond this the pin is oval in cross-section and tapers to a point. The pin has lodged through the frame aperture to rest on the underside of the brooch. There are…
Created on: Friday 27th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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