Record ID: PUBLIC-B81E3B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval to post-medieval lead unifacial token. Powell Type 14 depicting a cross, dating to c. 1300-c. 1800. The token has a shiny cream coloured patina. It has the following dimensions: diameter of token: 17.16mm; thickness: 1.68mm; weight: 2.662g. See also PUBLIC-1106C6 on this database from the same parish.
Created on: Sunday 18th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-B15F54
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval to post-medieval lead unifacial token. Probably Powell Type 5 depicting an anchor, dating to c. 1300-c. 1800. The object has a shiny brownish white patina. It has the following dimensions: diameter of token: 10.42mm; thickness: 1.77mm; weight: 0.882g
Created on: Wednesday 24th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1106C6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval to post-medieval lead unifacial token. Powell Type 14 depicting a cross, dating to c. 1300-c. 1800. The token has a silky off-white patina. It has the following dimensions: diameter of token: 16.52mm; thickness: 1.80mm; weight: 2.632g. See also PUBLIC-B81E3B from the same parish.
Created on: Monday 12th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Wimborne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-25B6E6
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
London two-disc cloth seal (incomplete) of Elizabeth I. The devices may be tentatively restored from other examples as: arms of England, E R to sides, S'VLII PAO VIALLE LON' around // arms of London in ornate shield, LONDINI PRO PANNIS LANICIS [date] (ie 'seal of [saleable] cloths in London // at London for wollen cloths').
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mosterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-29F941
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast lead pilgrim badge of medieval date. The badge measures 49.11mm in length, 25.15mm in width, its maximum thickness is 4.45mm and it weighs 6.12g. The front of the badge is moulded to represent the bust of St Thomas Becket, indicating that this was a product of his shrine at Canterbury, Kent. The archbishop wears a mitre which has a raised central vertical panel on which there is an off-centre line of raised dots. The rest of the mitre is filled with cross hatching. The top of the mitre has been bent backwards but it appears to have been topped with a cross. The face has well-de…
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2006
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IHS-F1D6B5
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A vesica-shaped (pointed oval) lead seal matrix, back unseen. Device: A large fish, probably a pike, head pointing upwards its back to the right, belly to the left. Device is separated from the legend by a neat beaded line; a similar line marks the outer edge of the matrix. Inscription: *S' STEPHANI STVTER (Latin: The Seal of Stephen Stutter OR Stephen the Stutterer). This attractive matrix is in extremely good condition. All the elements of the engraving, from the lettering to the details of the fish, are sharp and clear, and the beaded lines defining the outer and inner edge of t…
Created on: Monday 19th September 2005
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2015
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Record ID: SOMDOR-3C0B58
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of worked limestone. It is of a tapering, semi-cylindrical shape. It is part of a larger item. Not closely datable
Created on: Friday 6th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'shapwick', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-051D11
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A piece of lead shot. Cast in two halves with the casting line around the circumference. Damaged and misshapen from firing.
Created on: Thursday 11th September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Monkton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-04FE51
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A piece of lead shot. Cast in two halves with the casting line around the circumference and a small sprue at one side.
Created on: Thursday 11th September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Monkton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-04C985
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Possible lead weight. Possibly used to weight an object rather than used in a balance. Sub-circular disc of lead with a small off-centre pierced hole. Irregular surfaces. Undecorated.
Created on: Thursday 11th September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Monkton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HAMP3688
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead-alloy pot-mend of probable Roman date. Two sub-rectangular plates, with a cylindrical connecting piece at both ends.
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR1620
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
13 bridle bosses or other horse harness decorations All of the same design -one is incomplete. Shield-shaped (square) mount with central shield-shaped boss. Cast decoration in a floral design (a pattern of a sexfoils alternating with foliate curlicues and a single bell-shaped flower at the centre top) in a band around the edge. The boss is a squared shield with a pointed base and a slight v-shaped recess in the top edge. The boss is solid and undecorated. The back surface is irregular and has the remnants if four evenly spaced fixings (two on each side).
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR1619
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Circular mount with cone-shaped central boss. Cast decoration in a floral design (a pattern of a sexfoil and three quatrefoils repeated with swags below the quatrefoils) in a band around the edge. The boss is decorated with an octagonal moulding with a pellet at each apex. The boss is solid. The back surface is irregular and has the remnants if two fixings.
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR1612
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A possible lead pencil. Complete. A sub-circular sectioned bar of lead with a thickened shaft and a slightly flattened terminal. Date: Uncertain, but probably medieval or post-medieval. Dimensions: 48.38 mm x 7.48 mm x 7.44 mm Weight: 16.55g
Created on: Tuesday 12th November 2002
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd March 2021
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Record ID: SOMDOR1484
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Lead ampulla. Stylised scallop shape on obverse. Reverse has a shield (bend sinister) in a circular 3 band frame.
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR1381
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Lead bulla of Pope Boniface VIII. A lead disc pierced longitudinally for attachment to an official document. Side1: Heads of St Peter and St Paul with inscription SPA SPE - Side 2: Inscription BONI/FATVS/PPVIII
Created on: Monday 11th March 2002
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: SOMDOR1382
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Russian lead cloth seal. Two-part seal with Cyrillic inscriptions on both pieces. Dated 1799.
Created on: Monday 11th March 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR1360
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Papal bulla. Lead disc with cast detail both sides and pierced for attachment. Side One:-Faces of St Peter and St Paul with SPASPE. Side Two: BONI/FA[TI]VS/[PP]VII[I]
Created on: Monday 29th October 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET CHETTLE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR1136
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Lead button/badge. Sub-circular disc. The front is decorated with oval mouldings forming a crude floral design. At the back is a casting ridge and the stub of an attachment of some kind.
Created on: Monday 30th July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET CATTISTOCK', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR1039
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Two part lead seal with inscription. Front only. Sub-circular. Moulded lettering. Norfolk seal. Seal for lightweight woollen fabric.
Created on: Monday 9th July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET PENTRIDGE', grid reference and parish protected.