Record ID: SOM-10CBC1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Medieval (12th to 13th century) jug handle and one other vessel sherds in a similar fabric. Grey to mid buff fabric with greensand chert, coarse sand and limestone temper. The limestone is c.10% of the fabric and large, the largest piece being 5.6mm across but most is smaller than 3.6mm. The coarse sand is abundant, up to 25% of the fabric. Greenstone chert is an occasional inclusion (less than 5%) up to 2.5mm across. The handle fragment is a rod handle, oval in section with three 'V' shaped stabbed grooves along the outer side to ensure a good and even firing. It is…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1068F6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval glass bottle fragment comprising of a body sherd with seal attached. The seal is circular with a rounded edge. Part of the edge is broken; c. 5% of the seal is now missing. The break is old and worn. The front of the seal is stamped with a circular border made of repeating annulets with the legend 'I Wilkins' and a cross design underneath. The body sherd is curved in profile, broadly rectangular in plan, extending to the right of the seal. The glass is green and typical of the Post Medieval period. The whole fragment measures 54.3mm long, 37.1mm wide and 8.9mm thick. The…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-A82927
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead vessel repair (pot mend). It is roughly oval in plan and H-shaped in section with two irregularly shaped outer sides, one larger than the other. In the groove created between the outer sides there are fragment of the original pot. The pottery has a bright orange fabric. The whole object measures 48.0mm long, 25.4mm wide and 12.4mm thick. It weighs 70.5g. Pot mends of this form are found in both Roman and Medieval periods, as a common way to repair broken pottery. The fabric appears similar to Medieval cooking pots although it is too fragmentary to be completely certain.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Keinton Mandeville CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9894C7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy foot fragment from a cooking vessel, dating from the Medieval to Post Medieval periods. The fragment has a triangular cross section, expanding in width towards the foot. There are round protrusions at the end of the two sides of the foot. It measures 30.3mm in height, 47.5mm in width and 32.9mm in thickness. It weighs 99.57g.
Created on: Sunday 8th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydford On Fosse', grid reference and parish protected.