Record ID: DOR-8022C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy saucer brooch of late 5th- or early 6th-century date. It is circular and 25.9mm in diameter, small for a saucer brooch; it also has unusual Style I decoration. The brooch has a raised outer rim with a deep V-shaped groove immediately inside it and a V-shaped ridge immediately inside that. Within this border is a chip-carved design well executed in Salin's Style I. The design is zoomorphic, consisting of a single animal in profile, best viewed with the line of the pin horizontal (as in the photograph). There is a large profile head at the bottom of the des…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dorset', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-77185F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gold strip brooch dating to the Middle Anglo-Saxon period. The brooch comprises a flat, elongated lozengiform plate, slightly asymmetrical in shape, tapering towards wire-like terminals which have been hammered into a square section. One terminal forms a closed loop and the other an open hook, representing the remains of a pin mechanism. The front of the plate is decorated with a border of triangular notches, irregularly spaced and sized. Some heavy scratches are present. The back of the brooch is undecorated. This brooch can be categorised as Weetch's (2013) Type 31.…
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langton Long', grid reference and parish protected.