Horn Park Quarry NNR : Brasilia Gigantea Ammonite
This Jurassic Ammonite is from our school loans boxes.
It is a Brasilia Gigantea from the Aa-11 bed at Horn Park Quarry, just outside Beaminster on the road to Broadwindsor.
Paleolithic Acheulean Hand Axe from Hursey Common, Broadwindsor
| The oldest man made object in our collection, this is one of a group of hand axes were found in the 1940’s just outside Broadwindsor. They date to a time before the recent ice ages, and are probably Neanderthal, from about 300,000 years ago, Dimensions approx. 180 mm tall. Click box bottom right for fullscreen view, and this model can be zoomed. |
Bulbury Camp Iron Age Bull Figurine
| An Iron Age bronze figure, one of a pair, thought to be rein guides, unearthed in the 1880’s. The other one of the pair is in Dorchester. The hoard also included a large anchor and chain, on display in Dorchester Museum and Art Gallery, and Beaminster Museum also has a small part of the anchor chain on display. Kindly on loan from Dorset Museum and Art Gallery. Dimensions approx. 80 mm tall. |
| An Iron Age bronze figure, one of a pair, thought to be rein guides, unearthed in the 1880’s. The other one of the pair is in Dorchester. The hoard also included a large anchor and chain, on display in Dorchester Museum and Art Gallery, and Beaminster Museum also has a small part of the anchor chain on display. Kindly on loan from Dorset Museum and Art Gallery. Dimensions approx. 80 mm tall. |
Bronze Age socketed Axe
Kindly on loan from Dorchester Museum and Art Gallery. Click the box bottom right for fullscreen, and this model can be zoomed.