Find Spot record MDO19213 - Iron Age Brooches from Dorchester

A collection of Iron Ages brooches, two from Dorchester, were exhibited by Col Drew at the first winter meeting of the DNHAS for the year 1933 at the DCM on 29/3/1933. Two of them are thought to have been originally recovered from the south end of South Street.

A collection of Iron Ages brooches, mostly from Dorchester were exhibited by Col Drew at the first winter meeting of the DNHAS for the year 1933 at the DCM on 29/3/1933. They were from the Farnham Museum and were exhibited by the kindness of Captain G. Pitt-Rivers. They have never been published.(1)

I remember two only from Dorchester. One was a lead brooch – a degenerate Halstatt and the other a Halstatt bronze brooch. They were labelled “south end of South Street” Dorchester and they were bought by Pitt Rivers at a London sale. I very much doubt the precise siting. No further information was obtained upon these finds during field investigation.(2)

<1> Anon, 1933, The Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, xxxix (Article in serial). SDO10117.

<2> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F1 JR 02-JUL-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<2.1> Drew, Lt-Col C D, Oral: Lt Col Drew, Curator, Dorchester County Museum (Verbal communication). SWX8235.

<3> Rigg, J, Field Investigators Comments JR, F2 JR 19-AUG-54 (Unpublished document). SWX1255.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453455 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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