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Record ID: DEV-6D529B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver groat of Edward III (AD 1327-1377), dating to AD 1353-1356. Fourth Coinage, pre-treaty series E, Cross 3 initial mark. Minted in London. North (1991, 53) no. 1163.
Measurements: 27 mm in diameter, 4.42 g in weight
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2022
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Record ID: DEV-6D331A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An elaborate copper-alloy Roman T-shaped bow brooch of probable 2nd-century AD date, incomplete insofar as it is missing its pin.
The brooch is robust, with both an elaborated head and bow. Traces of orange-brown corrosion product in the pin slot, at the end of the wings and at the catch-plate suggest that the missing pin was made of iron. The wings are broadly tubular, with a slightly squashed profile. The front the wings are decorated with blind-drilled holes, three either side of the bow, the outermost of which to each side have abraded through. Below the holes, traces of…
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2022
Last updated: Saturday 25th November 2023
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Record ID: DEV-6CD12E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late early-medieval openwork copper-alloy zoomorphic mount, possibly from a strap or horse harness, dating to the 11th century AD. The mount is in the form of an animal's head and is convex on the front and hollow on the reverse. At the mount's upper edge two small, rounded projections are placed in the corners to represent the animal's ears. The animal then has a protruding hemispherical face that has two recessed swirls at the top for the eyes and a flaring triangle in the centre for the nose. Above the eyes are shallowly moulded recurving curls connected…
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th October 2022
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Record ID: DEV-6A91DC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy Portuguese five reis piece of Peter II of Portugal (1683-1706), date unclear (on coin), dating to 1683-1706. Mint uncertain.
Measurements: 29.5 mm in diameter; 4.98 g in weight
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2022
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Record ID: DEV-2CB8E6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy sestertius of Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180), dating to AD 166-68 (Reece Period 8). [TR POT XXI / XXII IMP IIII / V COS III] S C reverse type depicting Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm. Minted at Rome. RIC III, pp. 289-90, cf. nos. 948, 952 and 959.
Measurements: 30 mm in diameter, 5 mm thick, weight 23 g
Created on: Monday 4th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
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Record ID: DEV-6C0904
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper-alloy French jetton of the 'shield of France modern' type, rosette series, probably struck under Charles VII (1422-1461). Unparalleled in the major resources as a combination, though the obverse is as Mitchiner (1988, 192) no. 525, dated to c. 1418-1437.
Measurements: 26 mm diameter, weight 5.51 g
Created on: Saturday 25th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2022
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Record ID: DEV-61CC66
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy uniface trade weight dating to the post-medieval period, c. 1625-1685.
The object is circular and flattened in cross-section. The upper surface is flattened with a low rim. A circular punch acted as a centring mark. The upper face is also stamped with the Royal cypher mark for Charles I or II at around 11 o'clock, the sword of St Paul at around 1 o'clock, and an ewer (the stamp of Arms of the Founder's Company of London) at 6 o'clock. For such trade weights see Biggs (2018, 50-51).
Measurements: 22 mm diameter, 2.3 mm thickness, weight 6.11 g
Created on: Friday 24th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd August 2022
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Record ID: SOM-0E7DC4
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete harness pendant set of medieval date, about AD 1100-1300. The pendant is broadly circular, with a convex front with traces of gilding. The reverse is hollow. A long integral attachment loop projects upwards at the apex; it is at right angles to the pendant. There is a transverse ridge on the front at the junction of loop and plate. The pendant suspension mount is circular, convex at the front and was also gilded. A sub-rectangular tab projecting downwards has a slot in it and is bent back on itself to form a double hinge lug supporting the iron axis bar. The tab appears to…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Cheddar CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-0D42E7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A small copper-alloy single-looped buckle of medieval date, missing its pin, but otherwise complete with cast frame and folded sheet plate. The oval frame is notably small, with a prominent protruding outer edge (14.0 mm long, 16.0 mm wide, 2.9 mm thick). The bar is narrowed and offset. The protruding outer edge forms the pin rest and features a central double pin groove along its width. The outer edge is rounded at its centre, flanked to each side by a more pointed lobe that curves outwards. The front is decorated with engraved rocker arm in a curved line between the pin grooves and…
Created on: Tuesday 17th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 26th October 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Cheddar CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-B9B3A8
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy double-looped oval buckle frame of post-medieval date (c. 1550-1650), of which only around one half of the frame (loop) and bar survives, with the pin also missing. The frame has a moulded pin rest formed of a low double transverse central ridge, flanked by grooves, and lobed knop at either end of the bar. The bar is slightly narrowed. The frame has a D-shaped cross-section with the reverse being flat. The object has a pitted olive green surface.
Dimensions are: Length 24.9 mm, Width 27.9 mm, Thickness 3.6 mm, Weight 5.75 g
See Whitehead (2003…
Created on: Friday 13th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Cheddar CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-B995F8
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper-alloy strap-slide, c.1150-1400 AD. The slide consists of a single, sub-rectangular loop with a pair of opposed internal sub-triangular projections about a third of the way up the sides of the frame. The frame is rectangular in cross-section.
The frame is slightly asymmetrical and measures 12.2 mm long, 14.2 mm wide and 1.6 mm thick. It weighs 0.80 g.
Egan and Pritchard (1991, 234) illustrate a number of similar examples, including ref. 1256 and ref. 1259 which they assign to a late 12th to late 14th century date. They note that these strap loops are th…
Created on: Friday 13th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Cheddar CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-B9606C
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy dress fastener of post-medieval date (c. 17th century). It has broken at the attachment end such that it cannot be established whether this is a loop or hook part of the two-part fastener. In addition to the break the object has been bent slightly at that end. The object is flat and largely sub-oval, with three integral knops; one at the centre of each side, and one at the centre of the narrower end of the plate. The latter is broken through while the others survive intact; they are perforated and have a small knop on their outer edge. The front of the…
Created on: Friday 13th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Cheddar CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-426364
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A broken and fragmented late early-medieval copper-alloy probable stirrup sheath/side (c. 11th century AD). The fragment is comprised of a main rectangular convex strip which turns at one end through an oblique angle; the hollow channel running along the reverse of the object would have enclosed one of the arms a stirrup (Williams 1997, 1). At the end which does not turn the front is decorated with a low, moulded panel which occupies the object's width, itself decorated with engraved longitudinal grooves between a transverse border at each end. There is a possible adhesive on the reve…
Created on: Tuesday 19th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-C5B747
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A seemingly incomplete cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of late early-medieval date (c. 11th century AD) of Williams Class A, but not falling into an apparent sub-type.The object is sub-rectangular, with a sub-trapezoidal protrusion at the apex. At the straight base is a flange of the common right angle type as depicted in Williams (1997, 25; fig. 18A), recessed to each side. At each lower corner is a large rivet hole; neither rivet survives. At the apex is the protrusion noted which may e broken. This is further suggested by a third rivet hole through the front of the mount, tow…
Created on: Friday 1st November 2019
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Wimborne St. Giles', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-C43BBB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A twisted, but complete medieval copper-alloy probable buckle plate (c. 13th century). The plate is sub-rectangular, and terminates in a protruding zoomorphic head. It is folded at the frame end; the frame is missing. There is a central cut out for the pin. The fold is short to the reverse, truncated at the first of two rivet holes; it also tapers to its end on that face, giving it a trapezoidal shape. The second central rivet hole on the plate is located towards the terminal. While the rivet connecting the folds survives in situ, the second is missing. At the terminal the plate narro…
Created on: Friday 1st November 2019
Last updated: Saturday 23rd November 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-C1B167
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A slightly abraded but virtually complete early-medieval copper-alloy strap-end of Thomas's Class B, Type 1. The split attachment end is wedge-shaped with a double perforation at the incurved attachment end. The corroded remains of iron rivets survive in situ in the holes.
The attachment end is defined by a pair of engraved transverse grooves on the front, which are echoed by a pair before the terminal. The strap-end tapers gradually between the two sets of grooves; the terminal is slightly expanded. The front of the object is otherwise undecorated, and the rounded terminal is no…
Created on: Friday 1st November 2019
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Berwick St. John CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-2F9CAB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and damaged cast copper-alloy single-looped buckle frame of medieval date. The artefact is an irregular D-shape with prominent protruding outer edge such that it tends towards the sub-trapezoidal. The sides of the frame have been bent; one is truncated, a loss that extends to the bar. The surviving bar, consisting of the majority of the original bar, has been bent back on itself; the pin is missing. The bar is narrowed and offset. The protrusion forms the pin rest and features a shallow central pin groove along its width. It terminates with truncated, straightened cur…
Created on: Friday 25th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Sixpenny Handley CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-2F7696
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy swivel strap fitting of medieval date c. 1200-1400. The fitting comprises a pair of D-shaped loops which are connected in such a way that they can each swivel. Each loop has with zoomorphic heads biting a central internal boss. The heads have prominent brows and expanded jaws. One of the bosses has an integral bolt that emerges from the centre of its base, the bolt narrower than the base of the boss. The bolt fits into a large circular perforation which almost fills the boss on the other loop.
The metal has a variable mid-green patina and is worn.
Similar…
Created on: Friday 25th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th November 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Sixpenny Handley CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-74FE3B
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of late early-medieval to medieval date (c. 11th century). A large part of the left hand side of the mount (when viewed from the front oriented to the creatures depicted upright) has broken away, but it is clear that the mount was once of pentagonal form. There were originally three rivet holes on the upper side, in only the central one of which, a dome-headed rivet of iron, survives. The flange was originally pierced by two rivet holes, of which one survives and contains the remains of an iron rivet. The openwork design is symmetric…
Created on: Wednesday 16th October 2019
Last updated: Sunday 2nd February 2020
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Record ID: PAS-411051
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A broken and incomplete late early-medieval cast copper-alloy stirrup terminal (c. 11th century AD). The hollow channel running along the reverse of the object would have enclosed one of the arms of the lower part of the stirrup (Williams 1997, 1). The terminal appears to be of a simple, highly devolved zoomorphic design. The upper attachment end has been broken off. Below, there is a bulbous moulding which thins in a step as it travels down at an angle before narrowing into a rounded tip. Beyond the step the front of the head is decorated with a V-shaped engraved line, its po…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-405B48
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy buckle with integral plate of late early-medieval date (c. 10th-11th century). The frame is a slightly asymmetrical, elongated D shape with a possibly zoomorphic protrusion at the outer edge. The plate is slightly narrowed as it meets the frame, but widens slightly and gradually towards the attachment end, by which point it is approximately the same width as the frame. Adjacent to the frame is a perforation around which the pin would have been looped; the pin is now missing. Towards the terminal is a rivet hole in which the corroded remains of the iron rivet are …
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Berwick St. John CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-2F5E63
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A broken and incomplete copper-alloy scabbard chape of medieval date, missing its side arms which would have been connected to each other via a perforated terminal loop. The fitting is zoomorphic, representing a winged animal in profile, probably a bird, whose head is at the arm end of the base plate. It was formed from a single plate that has been folded in half. The animal's tail is at the bend. The ends of the plate have been riveted together and are in the shape of the animal's head; the rivet survives and appears to have been made of a different alloy. There is a sub-triangular…
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th November 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Gussage St. Michael CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-2F1343
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A broken and incomplete late early-medieval cast copper-alloy harness link (c. 11th century AD). The object consists of a central plate with boss; to one side the arm and its terminal loop has been lost. The arms are D-shaped in cross-section, with a flat reverse. At what would have been the centre of the complete link there is a low oval boss which is hollow on the reverse. The complete arm terminates in a circular loop that features three rounded knops, one at each cardinal point. The object is a red-brown colour with some small patches of light-green corrosion product.
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th November 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Gussage St. Michael CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-2DCC7A
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy fragment probably part of the sheath from the side of a late early-medieval stirrup, or possibly part from the upper end of a stirrup terminal (c. 11th century AD). The curved hollow reverse would have enclosed the sides of the stirrup's iron frame; it retains possible traces of a lead-alloy solder. The fragment is U shaped in cross-section. A slightly wider element is delineated by two transverse ridges. Beyond one of the ridges the object is vestigial. At the other end it continues, similarly cruved in profile, tapering slightly before having been broken as a…
Created on: Friday 26th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 26th October 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-F28459
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A late early-medieval cast copper-alloy stirrup terminal (c. 11th century AD). The hollow back would have enclosed one of the arms of the lower part of the stirrup (Williams 1997, 1). This hollow contains traces of the lead solder by which the terminal was attached to the stirrup. The terminal appears to be of a simple, highly devolved zoomorphic design. The upper attachment end is seemingly abraded, though the extent of the losses it has suffered is not clear. Below, the head is moulded, with a central area defined by bevelled sides which flatten out at their edges. Retained betw…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-F24383
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from a late early-medieval cast copper-alloy stirrup terminal (c. 11th century AD). The hollow back would have enclosed one of the arms of the lower part of the stirrup (Williams 1997, 1). The flat base is abraded on all sides and the recess above appears to contain iron corrosion product. The terminal is zoomorphic and rendered in three dimensions, representing a beast's head with a snub-nose with flaring nostrils. Around the nose are tendril-like moulded lip lappets with tight curls at their tips. The tendrils enclose a V-shaped incision which would have continued int…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Berwick St. John CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-8B0567
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy strap distributor, bent to one side at one end (c. 10th-11th century). It is formed of two opposing strap loops, broadly triangular, with external recessed strap bars, which are connected by a central moulded animal head. The animal is viewed en face and is cat like, with small, slightly pointed ears, and two converging curved ridges which form both the eyebrows and nose; they do not meet. In profile the animal head can be seen to have gaping jaws. Emerging from the jaws, mirrored behind each ear, is an outcurving tendril. These have bevelled sides. On the …
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th November 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-86BFBD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy sub-oval buckle frame dating from the 11th or 12th century. The outer edge and sides sub-triangular in cross-section; the latter develop into moulded devolved animal heads at each end of the bar (beast biting bar type). The bevelled front of the outer edge is decorated with engraved lines, transverse towards the centre, tending towards oblique on the sides. The bar is narrower than the frame and is recessed. The pin is missing but there is a groove to act as a pin rest. Iron corrosion product on both surfaces at the end of one of the sides, around the animal head, is …
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 18th October 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Berwick St. John CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-75D66D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A worn and corroded copper-alloy strap-fitting of medieval date. The artefact has a sub D-shaped frame with central internal projection from its outer edge. The incurved outer edge effectively consists of a pair of semicircles which converge in this projection which terminates in a slightly expanded knob. The front of the object is bevelled slightly both externally and internally on the front; the reverse is flat. Around the bar part of a sheet plate has been retained; since it is partial the artefact can be considered incomplete, although the frame is an intact component. The plate i…
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Gussage St. Michael CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-72DFB6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper-alloy buckle of the 'gaping-mouth beast' type, complete with its pin (c. 12th century). This buckle is moulded in three dimensions and takes the form of a hollow, open-mouthed animal head which is integrally cast with a frame and bar. The head is sub-circular when viewed from above and a three quarters circle in cross-section. The top of the head is decorated with a central nasal ridge which bifurcates about halfway along the head to turn into ears which continue down the sides of the head to the base. Set in front of the ears are moulded elongated oval eyes which st…
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-721549
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy artefact of c. 11th-century date, probably a strap-fitting. The object is a ring with a thick, slightly angular hoop and convex crude quatrefoil bezel. The quatrefoil head is perpendicular to the hoop. It is decorated with four triangular grooves arranged in saltire, but not meeting at the centre. The quatrefoil thus created has elements of slightly different sizes, one perpendicular to the hoop being quite small compared to the others. The artefact is now a red-brown colour, covered in patches of light-green corrosion product
The artefact can be paralleled to…
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 30th January 2020
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This findspot is known as 'Sixpenny Handley CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-71FD0B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy artefact of 11th-century date, probably a strap fitting. The object is a ring with a thick hoop and convex crude quatrefoil bezel, flat compared to the rest of the curved hoop. The quatrefoil head is perpendicular to the hoop. It is decorated with four triangular grooves arranged in saltire, but not meeting at the centre. The quatrefoil thus created has slightly longer elements in line with the hoop than those perpendicular to it. The terminals of each part of the quatrefoil are somewhat angled. The artefact is now a red-brown colour, covered in patches of light-g…
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Wimborne St. Giles CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-7187C8
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy artefact of 11th-century date, probably a strap fitting. The object is a ring with a thick hoop and convex crude quatrefoil bezel. The quatrefoil head is perpendicular to the hoop. It is decorated with four triangular grooves arranged in saltire, but not meeting at the centre. The quatrefoil thus created has longer elements in line with the hoop than those perpendicular to it; its rendering is quite crude. The artefact is now a red-brown colour, covered in patches of light-green corrosion product
The artefact can be paralleled to a strap slide/loop found looped…
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-608E5B
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late early-medieval cast copper-alloy harness link (c. 11th century AD). The object would have consisted of a central circular plate with boss from which four arms would have emerged, one at each cardinal point; one arm has been lost completely, while another arm now only has a vestigial loop. Integral with the central circle is a high domed boss which is hollow backed. The arms are semicircular in cross-section, with a flat reverse. The surviving loops are oval and bevelled externally. They feature three rounded knops, one at each cardinal point. The object is a red-…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-602147
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late early-medieval cast copper-alloy harness link (c. 11th century AD). The object consists of a central plate with boss; part of one of the terminal loops have been lost. The arms are semicircular in cross-section, with a flat reverse. At what would have been the centre of the complete link there is a low moulded boss with a small knop extending either side of the plate. The boss is solid. The plate terminated at each end in a loop; as noted, one is now vestigial. The other is circular and features three rounded knops, one at each cardinal point. The object is a red-br…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Wimborne St. Giles CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-5C5AB0
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded and incomplete late early-medieval cast copper-alloy harness link (11th century AD). The object consists of a central plate with boss, though one half of the plate beyond the boss, along with its loop, have been lost. The arm is semicircular in cross-section, with a flat reverse. At one end of this is a moulded boss extending either side of the plate. It represents a face, probably zoomorphic rather than anthropomorphic. Just protruding above the plate are a pair of pointed ears. Below the plate is the nose and the lopsided V-shaped mouth. The nose is moulded, triangular, a…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Gussage St. Michael CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-5B678F
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late early-medieval/Anglo-Scandinavian cast copper-alloy cheekpiece of Williams Type 1 (c. 11th century AD). The only element to have been lost is one of the outcurving zoomorphic side plates, broken where the neck of the creature joined the body of the cheekpiece. The other side plate is intact and is formed of a curved Ringerike style animal head and neck in profile. The plate has a D-shaped cross-section, being curved on the front and flat on the reverse, The beast's neck is long and the head is set at roughly right angles to it. On the outer edge of the curve is a cu…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Wimborne St. Giles CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-5A8269
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A slightly corroded fragment from a late early-medieval/Anglo-Scandinavian cast copper-alloy cheekpiece (c. 11th century AD). The fragment is formed of a curved Ringerike style animal head and neck in profile, broken through the neck. The cheekpiece is flat and the neck is long and the head is set at roughly right angles to it. On the outer edge of the curve is a recessed protrusion, broadly semicircular with a small off-central knop and a second raised knop towards its back (at the neck end). At the tip of the head is a recurving hook to the upper jaw. Below are three slight, lobed p…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Gussage St. Michael CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-A21B61
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper-alloy buckle, probably late 12th to 13th century (c. AD 1150 - c. AD 1300). All elements are present and complete; the frame and pin in articulation with the plate.
The frame, of Meols type 4, is oval with an offset and recessed bar with slight knops at either end of the bar. Its outer edge is bevelled externally on the front, which is echoed internally on the reverse. At the centre on the front the angled side is interrupted by a rectangular pin rest with central groove. The pin is formed of a thick strip of copper-alloy sheet, and survives in situ wrapped around…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Gussage St. Michael CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: PAS-366BC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late early-medieval (late Anglo-Saxon) to medieval copper-alloy cloisonné enamelled disc brooch (late 10th - 11th century), of the Saunderton type (Weetch Type 20.A).
The brooch is constructed from a base-plate of copper alloy originally with seven equidistant rounded projections; three have been snapped off completely, with only four surviving, non consecutively. A circular copper-alloy collar has been soldered onto this base plate and set within the collar is the cloisonné enamel pattern. The pattern is marked out by copper alloy cells and comprises six conjoined …
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints CP', grid reference and parish protected.
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