Record ID: DEV-30E871
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy Hod Hill brooch probably of Hull type 62 or possibly 70C. It is in poor condition, with the hinged pin missing, broken head and damaged bow and catch-plate. There is a tiny patch of white metal coating remaining. The head is broken to one side of the slot for the hinge and the folded over section to hold the hinge is missing. The upper bow has two transverse ridges extending out wider than the rest of the bow, the lower one may extend into side knops but this is unclear due to wear. Below this is a distinct trapezoid panel, wider at the top, decorated with side knop…
Created on: Monday 28th February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-632981
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian (probably) dating from the period AD 364-78 (Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type, depicting Victory advancing left holding a wreath and palm. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burleston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-788921
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian (probably) dating from the period AD 364-78 (Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type (probably), depicting Victory advancing left holding a wreath and palm. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burleston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-2EFB43
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian dating from the period AD 364-78 (Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type, depicting Victory advancing left with a wreath. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Wednesday 14th February 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-542D87
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy horse harness pendant with enamel decoration. A shield-shaped pendant. The design is probably gules, a fesse between six martlets (3/3) or (a red enamel field with six birds (martlets) and a horizontal band (fesse) and which was probably originally gilded.) These are the arms of the Beauchamp family. The pendant is quite large. There is a suspension loop at the top with a circular pierced hole. The back is flat and undecorated. Date: Medieval - 14th century Dimensions: 49.09 mm x x 31.07 mm x 7.13 mm Weight: 17.09 g A shield-shaped stud with the same coat of a…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Launceston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-198FD7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flat circular copper alloy object, probably a strap mount or brooch , the front of which has a convex surface which is recessed in the centre around a central raised boss. The boss is covered in a smooth bright green substance, possibly decayed enamel. There are traces of possible silvering around the inner edge of the copper alloy rim, the silver appears in rounded blobs suggesting that it could have been in contact with fire. The rear of the item is slightly convex with two rectangular lugs to one edge with circular notches cut out of them suggesting the possibility that a bar for …
Created on: Wednesday 7th May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Purbeck', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-786503
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Edward III. Probably a Fourth Coinage, pre-treaty series C type but with a reverse legend usually seen on class 15d. Durham mint. Dimensions: 17.89 mm diam Weight: 0.91 g
Created on: Monday 22nd September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-4D41D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn, slightly clipped and bent mid-14th century medieval groat of Edward III's Fourth coinage, pre-treaty period (1351-1361), Class E, London mint (1354-1355 AD; North 1163)
Created on: Friday 26th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Child Okeford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4E2F84
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle of post-medieval date, now missing its pin. The buckle is sub-rectangular in form, effectively a rectangle with the corners cut off; one of the outer edges is not straight. The buckle is flat and plain and has corroded to a red-brown colour overlain by patches of light green corrosion product. Such a buckle can plausibly be dated to the 17th century, although a slightly later date cannot be ruled out (cf. Griffiths et al., 215; ref. 3001).
Created on: Friday 26th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Child Okeford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-8ECD61
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn, slightly clipped and bent, incomplete 14th-century silver medieval penny of David II of Scotland (1329-1371 AD), 3rd (light) coinage, Edinburgh mint (1367-1371 AD; Spink 5130)
Created on: Monday 29th June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-DE0541
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Sceat. Melcalf series H, Type 48, most similar to his no.289. Reverse type B. Secondary sceat AD c.720-740 North vol.1, p.64, no.102 Diameter: 11.61mm, Thickness: 1.46mm Weight: 1.03g
Created on: Friday 3rd July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-226B62
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded but complete cast lead button of post-medieval date (Th. without loop: c. 9.1mm). The button is domed, with a flat back with central, integral iron loop of circular cross-section; no casting seam is visible. The upper surface bears patterning moulded in low relief, consisting of lines and circles around a central cross, but with obvious symmetry. Read (2005, 57ff.) dates such buttons to the 16th century.
Created on: Monday 6th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Hinton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-D99D58
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Longcross penny of Henry III. Voided long cross on reverse. A class 3b. Moneyer: Ion Mint: Bury St Edmunds Reference: North Number 987 Reference: North Volume I, Date: 1247 - 1272 Diameter: 18.49 mm Weight: 1.28 g Die axis: 4
Created on: Wednesday 15th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-02DE54
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Edwardian penny. Mint of Lincoln. Class 3c. Reference: North Volume II, cf. 1018 Date: Medieval - 1280 - 1281 Die axis: 8 Diameter: 17.86 mm Weight: 1.34 g
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tolpuddle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-DB8026
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast gunmetal (copper-alloy) circular trade weight of post-medieval date. The weight has a circular rim, c. 4.6mm thick, and a circular groove towards its centre. The lower surface has a punched central circle within a circular depression; the zone beyond is covered with file marks. The sides are shallowly bevelled, with the rim slightly wider than the base. The upper face is stamped with an initial 'G' surmounted by a crown (at c. 3 o'clock), a ewer (for the Founder's Company, maker of weights) (at c. 6 o'clock), an 'A' (for avoirdupois) (at 9 o'clock), the sword of St Paul (for t…
Created on: Thursday 8th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 8th April 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-AE6376
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and clipped 17th-century silver post-medieval penny of Charles I, possibly Group D (c. 1634 - c. 1639 AD; possibly North 2270)
Created on: Friday 30th April 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 5th May 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-14E3B2
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy escutcheon from a hanging bowl. The escutcheon has a tear-drop shaped body shape with an integral hook projecting from the wider end. The hook is curved and in combination with the shape of the body results in the whole resembling a long-necked bird. There is even a suggestion of zoomorphic decoration at the hook's terminal in the form of an eye and beak-like projection. The body of the escutcheon is gently curved in profile. The front of the body is decorated with a moulded and interlaced double strand motif with traces of discoloured enamel around it. Several…
Created on: Monday 17th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 18th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-85DBF2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn, slightly bent and clipped late 12th-century medieval silver penny of Richard I, struck by the moneyer Osbern at Winchester mint (c. 1190 - 1194 AD; Short voided cross Class 3ab2; Mass 842)
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 9th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-09AB10
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Edward I, Class 10cf3b. Mint of Canterbury. Reference: North Volume II, No. 1042/2. Date: Medieval - 1307- 1309. Diameter: 17.65 mm Weight: 1.08 g
Created on: Monday 28th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 14th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marnhull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-0A0B35
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver halfgroat of James I, Third coinage, Rose issue mark. Mint of London. Reference: North Volume II, No. 2127. Date: Post-medieval - 1620- 1621. Diameter: 15.15 mm Weight: 0.92 g
Created on: Monday 28th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 14th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fifehead Magdalen', grid reference and parish protected.