Record ID: SOM-52DFD1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting of probable early post-medieval date. The openwork strap fitting measures 26.4mm by 14.5mm by 2.7mm and weighs 2.6g. It is broadly heart-shaped, with a projecting lug top and bottom which are pierced to take iron rivets. Iron corrosion has been preserved in one hole. A trefoil has been removed from the central section.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-52C201
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap fitting of probable seventeenth century date. The strap fitting measures 34.1mm by 14.2mm by 1.9mm and weighs 3.5g. It is broadly teardrop-shaped with moulded decoration on the front. This is in the form of a six-petalled flower and several scrolls. On the back there are two pointed curving lugs.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-52A885
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An anonymous issue rose/orb jetton of probable early 16th century date.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-528288
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy spoon of probable post medieval or modern date. The fragment measures 19.8mm by 17.8mm by 4.2mm and weighs 1.6g. It comprises about one third of the oval bowl and a short length (6mm) of the stem. The back of the bowl is moulded with a continuation of the stem.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-523936
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of probable thirteenth to fourteeth century date. The simple frame oval buckle measures 14.8mm by 22.6mm by 3.4mm and weighs 2.3g. It has an offset and narrowed strap bar and a thicker outside edge. The tapering pin is wrapped around the strap bar and is decorated with two tranverse grooved lines adjacent to the loop. Similar buckles can be seen in Egan and Pritchard's 'Dress Accessories: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London' (1991, pp. 68-70, nos. 271, 274 and 277).
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-51DBE6
Object type: SUNDIAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A well-preserved cast copper alloy pocket sundial, probably dating from the seventeenth century. Much of the rotating inner slide is present, but the supension loop is broken. The sundial is 38.9mm in diameter, 11.2mm wide and 2.2mm thick. It weighs 18.7g. Around the outside surface there is a central groove, 1.5mm wide. On one side of the suspension loop the central groove has been cut away for just under half of its overal diameter. The sliding section sits within this groove and slot. On the exterior face there are engraved measurement lines and the first letters of the months of th…
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Long Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-516A17
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper of probable Neolithic to early Bronze Age date. The scraper has been made from a tertiary flake. At the proximal end is the striking platform and below this on the ventral surface is a bulb of percussion and bulbar scar. Ripples radiate down the ventral surface. On the dorsal surface there are three main flaking scars. The distal end has been retouched. The mottled pinkish-grey flint has a low gloss patina. Dimensions: 56mm by 27.2mm by 9.6mm Weight: 16.3g
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-50D216
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The leg of a cast copper alloy cooking vessel (such as a cauldron, a posnet or a skillet) of medieval or post-medieval date. The leg measures 49.9mm by 41.5mm by 31.8mm and weighs 139g. It has a D-shaped cross-section with a flat front and trapezoidal facetted back. There is a central projecting vertical rib both front and back. The leg widens towards the flat trapezoidal base, which appears to have partially melted. It would have been one of three on a complete vessel.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilminster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-50B782
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A leg from a cast copper alloy cooking vessel of medieval or post-medieval date. The leg measures 77.1mm in length, 22.8mm in width and 14.9mm in thickness. It weighs 114g. The cross-section is D-shaped, with a flat undecorated back and a curving front. The D-shaped base is flat and at a right angle to the rest of the leg. Just above the base the leg widens briefly. Above and below this point there are four linear vertical grooves which are equally spaced around the curving front. This leg would have been one of three on the complete vessel. Its dimensions and hoof-like form suggest th…
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Donyatt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-508C31
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim fragment from a cast copper alloy cooking vessel such as a cauldron, skillet or posnet of medieval to post-medieval date. The fragment measures 43.4mm by 42.1mm by 6.4mm and weighs 34.9g. The rim has a slight internal overhang and the exterior surface is rougher that the interior. Just below the rim on the interior surface there is decoration in the form of a squat X-shape with a horizontal line below.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Donyatt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-505286
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy trade weight of post-medieval date. The circular weight measures 19.8mm in diameter, it is 3.8mm thick and it weighs 6.23g. The upper face of the weight is recessed and stamped with three motifs: a sword, a crowned C and a faint letter A (for the averdepois system of weight). The sword is a London mark and the crowned C is for Charles I or II.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Donyatt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4FCCC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy trumpet derivative brooch of early Roman date. The brooch measures 44.8mm by 21.2mm by 13.8mm and weighs 27.7g. The wings are incomplete but appear to have been semi-cylindrical originally, in order to hide the spring for the (missing) pin. A small amount of iron corrosion in the centre of the back of the wings suggests that the pin was made of iron. The thick bow has a rectangular cross-section and projects forward into a large knop, presumably derived from the acanthus knops on trumpet brooches. It is rather worn in places but appears to have been form…
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Stowey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4F1364
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The base of a leg of a cast copper alloy cooking vessel (such as a cauldron, a posnet or a skillet) of medieval or post-medieval date. The leg measures 53.6mm by 39.5mm by 14.6mm and weighs 127g. It has a D-shaped cross-section with a flat front and rounded back. The leg widens towards the flat but uneven D-shaped base. It would have been one of three on a complete vessel.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wembdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4E9982
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Penny of Henry VIII minted in Durham by Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall between 1526-44. North no. 1813 (1991, p. 112).
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wembdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4E4545
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint barbed and tanged arrowhead of early Bronze Age date. The arrowhead measures 34.2mm by 20.7mm by 4.2mm and weighs 2.6g. It has been invasively retouched over both faces. There is a small notch along one edge which probably reflects recent damage. The arrowhead weighs less than 8g and has a small length to width ratio, so this example is a Sutton type. The partially transparent mid-brown flint has a mid-gloss patina.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rimpton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4E3245
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A flint barbed and tanged arrowhead of early Bronze Age date. The arrowhead measures 27.3mm by 21.3mm by 3.9mm and weighs 1.6g. It has been invasively retouched over both faces. One tang has broken off. Both the tang and the surviving bard are rounded. The barbs are slightly longer than the tang so this example is a Green Low type. The mottled white to bluish-grey flint has a low-gloss patina.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Saturday 11th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nynehead', grid reference and parish protected.