Record ID: DOR-24560A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post Medieval biface lead token, dating to AD 1500-1600. Powell, type 10 (heads and bust) and Powell type 14 (heads and bust) on the other. The token is circular in plan. The inverse shows a raised head of an individual facing left wearing a hat, the outer edge of the token is decorated with a pellet border. The token has a raised cross, which is central and does not reach the outer edge, within each quarter of the cross is a raised pellet and the edge has a pellet border. The token is a light grey/off white colour. Reference: Powell: Classification for Lead Tokens o…
Created on: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: DOR-5478CF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Penny of Edward I (1272 - 1307) dating to 1280 - 1281. Class 3g. Mint of Canterbury. Cross potent initial mark. Date: Medieval Diameter: 17.82 mm Weight: 1.18 g Die axis: 4
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Last updated: Sunday 24th March 2019
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Record ID: DOR-764B4D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: The attachment end of a silver-gilt strap end of later Medieval date with zoomorphic decoration. The strap end is trapezoid in shape, narrowing towards the broken terminal and rectangular in cross section. It is box like, formed of separate front and back plates and side strips with an open rectangular centre. At the complete end are two separate silver rivets, roved over flush with the front and back. There are extensive remains of gilding on the otherwise plain sides and back. The front is decorated with a panel filling the remaining area apart from a plain border wh…
Created on: Saturday 1st July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Crawford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-CFE9C0
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy two-piece strap fitting consisting of a bar mount and a suspension loop dating to c. AD 1350 to1400. The bar mount consists of a rectangular plate from which a narrow rectangular strip projects from the bottom and is bent toward the back surface terminating in a lozenge-shaped end, which has a circular rivet in its centre. This terminal is held in place by means of an integrally-cast cylindrical mount shaft and these elements fitted together would have held the fitting to a strap. A simple copper-alloy circular ring is attached to the mount plate within the loop cr…
Created on: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 13th July 2018
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Record ID: DOR-4F78C8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy cast mount with two integral rivets dating to c.1350 - 1650 . The mount consists of a convex cinquefoil in the form of five rounded petals with incised lines radiating from a small incised circular depression in the centre, emphasising the edge of the petals which have convex edges. On the reverse there are two integrally cast fixing rivets projecting outwards of the flat surface, one rivet has a broken end, the other is complete and slightly flattened. Date: Medieval to Post Medieval . Length: 14.7mm. Width: 14.4mm. Thickness: 2.3mm excluding rivets, 6.1mm includin…
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2018
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Record ID: DOR-4EA60A
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment consisting of just under half of a copper-alloy late medieval to early post-medieval purse bar of Ward Perkins Type/Williams Class A1, dating to c.1450-1550. The purse bar is broken where it would have met a square boss and is broadly circular in cross-section. The purse bar has a zoomorphic moulding at one end, now broken through; there would have been another the same at the other end of the missing boss. In the area above the attachment flange there is a geometric double cross-hatched lattice pattern defined by one transverse line at the inner end and two transverse l…
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2019
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Record ID: DOR-FC87E0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Medieval single loop buckle with integral forked spacer dating to c. AD1350 to 1400. The fragment consists of a single loop oval frame with a pointed centre to the outer edge where the pin would have rested, the loop thickens where it meets the spacer where the plate is abutted, an attached fragment of the forked spacer which is flat tapers away from the bar with a distinct step half way, the opening between the forks is a sub-triangular. One fork is broken at the step the other is complete but bent. The buckle is missing most of its forked spacer, the …
Created on: Saturday 1st April 2017
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
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Record ID: DOR-BAC7FB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent silver penny of Edward I (1272 - 1307), dating 1305 - 1310. London mint. Class 10cf (probably) The coin has edge loss to one quarter of its edge. Die axis: 9 Date: Medieval. Length: 18.1mm. Width: 15.9mm. Thickness: 0.8mm. Weight: 1.14g.
Created on: Wednesday 29th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2018
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Record ID: DOR-3BB529
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to post medieval cast copper-alloy fragment of a swivelling attachment fitting (possibly harness fitting) dating to 1250 to 1700 AD. The object probably swivelled at one end, has one attachment hole and traces of gilding. There is a break to the left side termination. Length:17.4mm. Width: 8.8mm. Thickness: 10.2mm. Weight: 4.07g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 31st January 2019
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Record ID: DOR-AA93AE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy vessel foot or leg dating to 1200 to 1650. The object has one central rib running vertically down its length the cross section is triangular, the back is flat and the front is convex. The leg rose from the foot at an angle of 70 degrees. Reference: Butler et al type 4a, who suggest they are widespread in the medieval period but also up into the 17th century. Date: Medieval to Post Medieval. Length: 40.9mm. Width: 37.2mm. Thickness: 18.6mm. Weight: 100.53g.
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 11th October 2018
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