Record ID: DOR-553B92
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A secondary flint waste flake produced during the process of lithic reduction. The flake is sub-oval with a trapezoidal cross section. Thick nodular cortex remains along the right side margin of the dorsal face showing through to the left side margin of the ventral face.The flint is semi-translucent and mid-brown with a low-gloss patina. The dorsal face shows broad flake removal scars with strong rippling. The ventral face shows a prominent bulb of percussion and terminates in a hinge fracture indicating probable use of a hard hammer. Date: Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age 3300 BC t…
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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Record ID: DOR-5538AC
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A secondary flint waste flake produced during the process of lithic reduction. The flake is sub-oval with a trapezoidal cross section. Thick nodular cortex remains at the distal end of both faces.The flint is semi-translucent and mid-brown with a mid-gloss patina. The dorsal face shows broad flake removal scars with strong rippling. The ventral face shows a prominent bulb of percussion with rippling indicating probable use of a hard hammer. Date: Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age 3300 BC to 1600 BC. Dimensions:
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Sunday 16th September 2018
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Record ID: DOR-55338E
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A retouched flint blade flake. Sub-oval with a rounded distal end, the proximal end has been snapped and it has a trapezoidal cross section. The flint is semi-translucent mid-grey and has a mid-gloss patina. The dorsal face shows three linear blade flake removal scars and very fine scaled, semi-abrupt retouch along the right side margin and distal end. The ventral face is concave and shows no apparent bulb of percussion indicating probable use of a soft hammer. Date: Neolithic - c 4000 BC to 2350 BC. Dimensions: 37.5mm x 22.9mm x 4.4mm. Weight: 5.5g.
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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Record ID: DOR-552CD8
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A double ended flint end scraper. It is sub-oval with thick nodular cortex remaining across 70% of the dorsal face. The flint is semi-translucent mid-grey and has a mid-gloss patina. The retouch to the dorsal face is short, scaled and abrupt at the distal end where the cortex has been removed. The retouch to the proximal end and lower left and right margins is scaled and semi-abrupt. The ventral face is flat and shows no apparent bulb of percussion, however there are visible ripples indication the direction of percussion. Date: Mesolithic (possibly) to Neolithic 10000 BC to 2350 BC. …
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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Record ID: DOR-5520D3
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rounded scraper tool manufactured on a large secondary flake of flint. The scraper is sub-oval with thick nodular cortex remaining on approximately 80% of the central dorsal face and some small areas along the left side margin.The flint is opaque, mid to light grey and mottled with a low-gloss patina, some areas of ferrous iron staining are visible. The retouch to the dorsal face is long, sub-parallel and abrupt around the distal end and left side margin, the right side margin has a long and straight hinge fracture running from the distal end to half way down the tool, there is a sl…
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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Record ID: DOR-550FEA
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy stirrup strap of Williams Class A, unclassified type. The mount is sub- triangular with one short straight edge (horizontal) and two long convex edges converging at the broken trilobed apex, the central aperture loop is now incomplete. The decoration is very worn and indistinct. It comprises several irregular shaped indentations, four arranged in a square with one in the centre and others scattered around the rest of the mount. On the reverse at the base of the mount is a rearward projecting flange. Above this is an extensive area of iron corrosion. There is…
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2018
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Record ID: DOR-550053
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead medieval pilgrim's badge of St Anne, dating to c.1400-1500. Probably from her shrine at Buxton, Derbyshire, but relics of St Anne were also claimed by Canterbury, Reading and Durham, and so it may alternatively have been produced at one of these places. The badge depicts St Anne teaching her daughter, the Virgin Mary, to read. St Anne and the Virgin Mary are both depicted wearing long dresses or robes. St Anne is wearing a veil or headdress. The Virgin Mary is depicted as being slightly smaller than St Anne. On the reverse is a bent, long and tapering integral attac…
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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Record ID: DOR-54D16D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy bow brooch of Aesica type. The pin and part of the wings are missing. The short open wings concealed the missing bar for the mechanism for the pin. The axis bar would have passed through a circular aperture in the rearward lug which projects from behind the middle of the wings. There are traces of iron corrosion product on this lug and the wings, indicating an iron axis bar. The head projects forwards from the top of the wings before curving back in to join the main body of the bow. It has a ridged longitudinal crest at the top with an oval aperture through i…
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: DOR-54C5F3
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint rounded scraper tool dating to late Neolithic to early Bronze Age date. The scraper is sub-oval with a trapezoidal cross section and is manufactured on a tertiary flake. The flint is semi-translucent mid-grey with a mid-gloss patina. The dorsal face has a large oval light grey less silaceous area in the centre. The retouch around the dorsal face margins is long, scaled and semi-abrupt, this extends around 75% of the sides and proximal end. The ventral face has a prominent bulb of percussion with bulbar scar and rippling indicating probable use of a hard hammer. Date: 3300 BC …
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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Record ID: DOR-54B989
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of copper alloy palstave. The blade end only. The blade is rectangular in cross-section. The cutting edge is flared and curving. There is a slight curving ridge on both faces across the body of the axe, behind the cutting edge The blade thins gradually from the break to the cutting edge. Date: Middle Bronze Age - 1600 BC to 1000 BC. Dimensions:45.1mm x 50.8mm x 13.8mm. Weight: 126.16g.
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: DOR-5471D2
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tertiary flint waste flake produced during the process of lithic reduction. The flake is sub-triangular with a triangular cross section. The flint is mid-brown and is covered almost entirely with a thin blue/white speckled re-cortification. The dorsal face shows broad flake removal scars with strong rippling. The ventral face shows a prominent bulb of percussion with rippling and terminates at the distal end in a hinge fracture indicating probable use of a hard hammer. Date: Neolithic to early Bronze Age - c. 4000 BC to 1600 BC. Dimensions: 49.4mm x 38.2mm x 9.9mm. Weight: 22.79g.
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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Record ID: DOR-5465A5
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint knife. The knife is sub-oval with a rounded squared proximal end and has a largely plano convex cross section. The dorsal face shows covering, scaled, low angle and semi-abrupt flaking. The scars across the central ridge are broader with smaller scars around the margins. The ventral face is smooth and flat towards the distal end with a sight off centre bulb at the proximal end, several large flakes have been removed at the left side proximal end probably an attempt to remove the bulb of percussion. The original colour of the flint is a semi- translucent mid-brown, however the …
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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Record ID: DOR-544DCE
Object type: FLAKED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small flaked axehead. The axe is cordate in shape, oval in cross section and is bifacially worked. Both faces show invasive covering flaking with some flakes terminating in hinge fractures indicating probable use of a hard hammer. The flint is opaque and with a light beige, chalky patina, with multiple areas of less siliceous honey-coloured flint. Areas of ferrous staining are visible mainly on the flake ridges. A remnant of a the striking platform is evident at one end and it is possible the axe was made on a large, naturally fractured piece. Date: Neolithic - c. 4000 - 2350 BC D…
Created on: Tuesday 28th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2018
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