Record ID: DOR-16CDE5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Medieval silver gilt annular brooch. A small segment of a brooch with alternating knops and recesses. A single complete knop flanked by the edges of the neighbouring recesses is all that remains. The knop is circular and domed and is decorated with ring stamping over the whole surface. What remains of the recesses appear also to be circular and would originally have held stones of some type. The front retains much of its gilding, although there is some wear on the top of the knop. The back is flat and undecorated. A parallel can be seen on the PAS database (see recor…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2011
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Record ID: SOM-CCC612
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Langton Down brooch of early Roman date. The brooch measures 40mm in length and weighs 5.5g. The measurement across the incomplete cylindrical wings is 16.6mm. They conceal the remains of the spring for the missing pin. The bow has a thin rectangular cross section which is consistent throughout its length. On the front is engraved decoration comprising a vertical dotted double linear border beside each edge with a wavy line and spirals within. On the back are the remains of the perforated catchplate. The brooch is similar to an unprovanced example in Hattatt's 'Visu…
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2007
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Perrott', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-7360D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman lugged disc plate brooch dating t 100-200 AD. Only the pin is missing. A hinged pin would have been attached to a loop on the back of the disc. Around the disc is a plate with a deeply notched, scalloped edge and ring and dot decoration. The disc is raised forward from this plate, so that there is a circular hollow at the back. There is a raised metal rim forming the edge of the disc and a second, concentric division at the centre, in the outer band formed by these are traces of blue enamel. The centre is also recessed for enamel. The hinge point and c…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-E7C205
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy flat plate brooch of lugged disc type. Eight of the ten original lugs remain. At the back the spring was housed in a slightly recessed, rectangular box with a pierced lug at each end to accommodate the axis bar. There is a stub of iron axis bar remaining in one of the lugs. Opposite the spring attachment is the, horizontally projecting, hooked catchplate. The front of the brooch is decorated with concentric roundels of enamel in recesses separated by metal band divisions. The enamel is retained in the two outer roundels and the inner circular recess in empty. Both ban…
Created on: Saturday 28th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-E58964
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver annular brooch. The brooch is oval in shape. It has an inner oval ring with a flat, rectangular cross section and a constriction for the attachment of the pin. Applied to the outside of this ring are two bands of rope-pattern wire decoration. At the front is a single band and behind it a band applied in a sinuous looping pattern (19 loops survive with a few missing at one side). In each of the loops is a circular silver bead. The pin is D sectioned at the hooked attachment end. Next to the hook the front of the pin is decorated with a rounded knop with cast dot de…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 2nd May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke Wake', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1FBF61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A nearly complete copper alloy enamelled Roman symmetrical plate brooch. The brooch is lozenge shaped with four circular lugs on the edge, one at each corner. Each lug has two concentric grooves around its centre. The central lozenge section has one large central cell of the same shape, filled with 16 small blocks of millefiori. Such blocks were formed by cutting slices from a composite glass rod, formed by arranging coloured rods of glass in a pattern, heating them enough to fuse and then stretching them into long thin, composite rods. The pattern seen on this brooch comprises altern…
Created on: Thursday 16th September 2010
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owermoigne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-2B9F23
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete Polden Hill bow brooch of Mackreth 2011, 5.b1. Plate 50, Western Group. The wings are semi-cylindrical with capped ends. They house the axis bar which is held in place in pierced holes in the end-caps of the wings. Over the axis bar is a fake spring coil with a chord which passes through a broken pierced crest at the head. The pin is in fact a wire hinged type which is looped around the bar between the two halves of the "spring". The pin has a slight tail which provides the tensioning. The pin tapers gently , but is broken at the end. The head of the bow is steeply …
Created on: Sunday 17th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 6th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-3D0451
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, copper alloy, T-shaped bow brooch dating to the first or second centuries AD. The wings are cylindrical but taper slightly towards their terminals. The upper surface of each of the wing terminals is decorated with two vertical incised lines. The wings house an iron axis bar. The hinged pin is missing and there are some iron corrosion products at the ends of the wings and in the notch between them. The bow is D sectioned and is decorated with a longitudinal moulded rectangular ridge. It continues onto the bow where there is a small circular cell, which probably originall…
Created on: Monday 18th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-C45B84
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.c, flat wing ends type, Western Group). The wings are semi-cylindrical with capped ends. They house the axis bar which is held in place in pierced holes in the end-caps of the wings. Over the axis bar is part of a fake spring coil. The chord is missing but would have passsed through the pierced crest at the head. The pin would have been a wire hinged type looped around the bar between the two halves of the "spring". The head of the bow is steeply arched and decorated with moulded plat…
Created on: Monday 17th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 6th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-B10837
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch of early Roman date. The surviving part of the brooch measures 33.4mm by 11.4mm by 13.3mm and weighs 2.6g. It comprises the crossbar (one side of which is damaged), the rearward hook which kept the incomplete chord in place, the curving bow and about half of the spring. The bow is plain and tapers to a point. Very little of the catchplate survives.
Created on: Friday 2nd May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Portesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-DA9842
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy incomplete Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.d sub group, flat wing ends type). At the head is one of the characteristic wing tip plate extensions, pierced to take the axis bar; one has been abraded through. The rearward facing lug which protrudes from the centre of the head would have held the chord of the spring mechanism. The semi-cylindrical wings that cover the spring and have tips that rise slightly to form a ridge. There is a further ridged moulding to each side of the head. The bow is semicircular in cross se…
Created on: Thursday 18th February 2010
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-DAA634
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy Roman T-shaped brooch of initial type dated to later 1st to mid-2nd century AD. The brooch survives quite well, only having suffered some post-depositional damage and the loss of its pin. The head has tubular wings, each with a terminal ridge. There is a further ridge either side of the wide head. The axis bar is largely obscured by the wings, but would appear to be made from iron judging by orange corrosion product both at the wing terminals and within the pin slot. The pin is missing. The upper bow emerges from the wings initially at a width of c. 13.1mm before t…
Created on: Thursday 18th February 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-685695
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A silver annular brooch or buckle. The frame is circular in cross section and undecorated. The pin has a shallow oval cross section and tapers to a point. At the attachment end is an expanded knop decorated with stamped rings. It is attached by hooking the end around the frame. There is no constriction in the frame where the pin is attached. Date: Medieval - 13th to 14th century Dimensions: 20.32 mm x 1.87 mm Weight: 1.93 g Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Tuesday 9th March 2010
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over Compton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-AAB9A2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5. a1. flat wing ends type, Western Group). At the head is a pierced crest housing the copper alloy pin chord. The wings are short and semi-circular with closed ends. The front of the wings are decorated with two incised vertical lines the outer ends. The ends of the wings have a hole at the centre housing the copper alloy axis bar for the sprung pin. There are several coils remaining around the axis bar, but the pin has been broken off in antiquity and mended. The part of the pin tha…
Created on: Wednesday 11th November 2009
Last updated: Saturday 2nd September 2017
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Record ID: SOMDOR1025
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Oval enamelled plate brooch with a recess for a paste intaglio. Flat outer band framing a concentric band of enamel (traces of red remain). This in turn frames a concentric band of copper alloy around the recessed setting at the centre. The back is flat and undecorated. Here there is a hinge point for the missing pin and the remnants of a catchplate opposite on the long axis of the oval.
Created on: Monday 9th July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET WINTERBORNE ZELSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR1041
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy T-shaped/tapering bow brooch. Broken chain loop at the head. Tubular wings housing an iron axis bar for the copper alloy hinged pin (looped end only survives). Head is a rectangular, longitudinal panel decorated with triangular and lozenge recesses for enamel (wide triangle at the top and bottom with two lozenge recesses between). At the base of this panel is a transverse moulded ridge. Below this is a large "acanthus" style knob. Below is the leg with two transverse ridges at the top. The leg is otherwise undecorated and tapers into a stepped foot. At the back is a large …
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.

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Record ID: SOMDOR1094
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy t-shape brooch. Wings and part of bow only. Tubular wings housing an iron axis bar for a missing hinge pin. The wings are decorated with a row of incised lines around the front of the girth. The remains of the head and bow are decorated with a central groove. The bow is D-sectioned.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2001
Last updated: Monday 8th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET WEST STAFFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR1095
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch. Fragment of Nauheim derivative. Bow only of a single piece brooch. Leaf shaped, flat bow tapering to a narrow foot. At the head is the stub of the integral pin.
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET WEST STAFFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR1125
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Hod Hill brooch. The axis bar for the missing hinged pin (only stub remains) is housed in short folded wings. The head constricts sharply from the wings and flares out again into the bow. The upper part of the bow is tapering and fluted. Part way down is a rib and groove cross moulding dividing the upper bow from the leg. The leg is lozenge shaped and decorated with stamped dots. At the base is a projecting foot. AT the back is a large catchplate extending form the cross moulding to the foot.
Created on: Monday 30th July 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET CHETTLE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR1137
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch. Rosette derivative. Pin missing. The cylindrical cover for the spring mechanism is now bent open. The upper part of the bow is decorated with longitudinal ribs. In the middle is a small sub -oval, rosette-style plate. The leg of the bow continues below this . It is decorated with four ribs. The bow is broken and bent forwards at the end. There are traces of a catchplate at the back. Define as a "mature type" in Hattatt 1989.
Created on: Monday 30th July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DORSET CHICKERELL', grid reference and parish protected.