Record ID: DOR-EBFA4D
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy razor of Middle to Late Bronze Age date. The blade is sub rectangular and tapers slightly to a truncated end. It has a low central mid-rib on both faces with a thinned cutting edge along the outer edge on both sides. At the opposite end to the break, the blade narrows into a trapeziodal pierced tang. The tang has a circular attachment hole with an incised framing line around it on one face. The end of the blade has been bent backwards. Date: Middle Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age: 1400 BC - 800 BC Dimensions: 68.6 mm x 24.15 mm x 0.18 mm Weight: 13.63 g A similar ob…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-0E48E6
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Age Razor. Identified by Peter Reavill as a Piggot Class ii bifid type. The razor has a long rectilinear tang. It has a rectangular cross section and tapers and thickens slightly towards the terminal. It is squared off at the terminal. The blade is thinned to the edges, leaving a slight mid rib, and has arched shoulders flanking the tang. The blade is a tapering rectanglular shape with the end bent and broken, but possibly slightly rounded. Date: Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC - 800 BC Dimansions: 74.52 mm (originally arpproximately 88 mm) 27.61 mm x 2.18 mm …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd December 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Bredy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-7FBCE8
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy razor or triangular scraping knife (racloir triangulaire). Probably originally triangular in shape, the main cutting edge and the sides are bevelled to produce a thinned edge. Along the sides there are also cast ridges on both faces. There appears to be a curved aperture above the blade, but the razor is broken beyond this point. Date: Late Bronze Age - c. 1200 - 800 BC Dimensions: 53.65 mm x 25.33 mm x 3.97 mm Weight: 17.75 g
Created on: Tuesday 16th December 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: SOMDOR-123F91
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age/ Early Iron Age copper alloy razor. The razor is crescet shaped and thicker along the back edge, tapering to a sharp cuting edge. The cutting edge is pitted through corrosion but otherwise damage is minimal. Two small circular holes (4.04mm diameter) at either end of the back of the razor are presumably for attaching the blade to some kind of handle. A good parallel for this object can be seen among the metal finds from Potterne in Wiltshire (Lawson, 2000, 188-9). This razor, with a convex cutting edge, two perforations and tapering cross section, is described as 'of a…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2006
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Compton', grid reference and parish protected.