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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-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.

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-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.

Record ID: SOM-290222
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late early-medieval cast copper-alloy openwork object of uncertain function dating to the 11th century. The object is cast as one piece, roughly triangular in plan and rectangular in section. The top is open. At the point it is expanded into a globular terminal which has an ovoid opening at the base, probably original. There is very worn traces of raised bumps on the terminal which may represent fruit or an animal head. The front is decorated with a quadruped with open mouth, possibly a lion, and forked tongue, with hind quarters at the mouth of the chape and tongue towards the termi…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-112AD3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy token farthing issued by the City of Bristol, Gloucestershire in 1662 AD featuring an R under the date for the engraver Rawlins; Williamson (1891), Gloucestershire 18. One edge of the flan has been bent upwards, probably through plow damage
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6FD941
Object type: THUMB NAIL SCRAPER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thumbnail scraper on opaque mid brown and grey flint with medium sized pale mottles. The scraper is D shaped in plan with a curved distal end with semi abrupt retouch along the entire edge from the ventral face. Faint diffuse waves of percussion on the ventral face. The scraper has been worked from a medial (middle) segment of a flake. It measures 22.4mm long, 23.9mm wide, 5.5mm thick and weighs 4.15g. It dates to the Early Bronze Age, 2150-1500 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-26BF20
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early-Medieval, copper alloy stirrup-strap mount. The mount is a thick plate, roughly lozenge shaped in plan extending into a rectangular base with a projecting flange at the bottom which projects back at c.45 degrees from the plate. The flange is rectangular a,d pierced with a central small circular hole, now filled with mud. The tip of the mount would have extended into a circular tab, pierced to form a loop. This has now been broken and lost to an old break along with a small circular section of one side near to the break. The front of the plate has four recessed lozenge shaped pan…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wembdon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-A7E1E4
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lead alloy shot balls, probably from a pistol. Both have a flattened end from impact. 1. Diameter: 15.9mm, weight: 22.2g, 2. diameter: 14.2mm, weight: 15.0g. Total weight 37.1g. The larger of the two balls has traces of a casting line.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydford On Fosse', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-A7A1D3
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy musket ball with rounded ends and a flattened centre from firing. One end is flattened from impact. Diameter: 18.4mm, weight: 42.4g. Due to the flattened centre it is difficult to establish evidence of casting lines.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydford On Fosse', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-A7C7C2
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy musket ball with rounded ends and a flattened centre from firing. Diameter: 20.1mm, weight: 43.5g. Due to the flattened centre it is difficult to establish evidence of casting lines.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydford On Fosse', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-14B2D1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy vesica (oval with pointed ends) shaped seal. The seal is a flat plate with an incised design on the front and a lug on the reverse. The lug is by the top point of the seal and is semi-circular in profile with an oval hole through it. The hole has worn through at the top edge. Below the lug is a short stepped collar from which a tail runs down the centre of the seal to the bottom edge, tapering in width as it does so. The front of the seal has a central design and a legend around the edge. The design is a a pascal lamb (lamb and flab); lamb going right, head …
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 19th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Athelhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-804093
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age scraper of dark grey flint with a light grey patination on a secondary flake. An area of less than 5% of the surface has remaining cortex. The scraper is worked from a proximal fragment with the bulb of percussion on the ventral face visible. There is also a bulbous scar at the proximal end from the striking platform. There is semi abrupt retouch worked from both the ventral to the dorsal face across both edges spanning c.25% of the circumference. The distal end has small flake removals. It measures 27.1mm long, 18.5mm wide, 6.6mm thick and weighs 4.41g. It dates fr…
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-80A922
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large scraper of mid grey flint with a light grey patination, large pale mottles and small patches of iron staining. The scraper is worked from a proximal fragment with the bulb of percussion on the ventral face visible. There is also a large flake removal across the bulb of percussion from the striking platform. There is short, semi abrupt retouch worked from the ventral face spanning c.50% of the circumference. There are also areas of long retouch in the corners at the distal end extending into the middle of the scraper. It measures 38.3mm long, 34.6mm wide, 16.4mm thick and weigh…
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8189E3
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible crude scraper of mid grey flint with a mid grey patination, small pale mottles and medium patches of iron staining. The scraper is worked from a proximal fragment with the bulb of percussion on the ventral face visible and faint ripples across the surface. There are long paralell removals across the ventral face. There is short, semi abrupt retouch worked from the dorsal face spanning c.35% of the circumference. It measures 34.3mm long, 35.2mm wide, 12.5mm thick and weighs 15.56g. It probably dates to the later Neolithic or Bronze Age, 2500-800 BC.
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-13AE42
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Complete, copper alloy purse bar dating from the late 15th to early 16th centuries. It is comprised of two separate pieces. The largest piece is a horizontal circular sectioned bar with large globular and circular knops on each end. The knops have two incised lines running horizontally around the circumfrence with a raised ridge in between. The end is marked with a transverse 'V' shaped groove. The grooves are irregular and there are small striations in the widest parts possibly suggesting they were filed. At the centre of the horizontal bar is a boss, broadly 'D'-shaped in plan with …
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-145085
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or Early Post Medieval pilgrim badge depicting the Annunciation. The badge is uni-face with a relief decoration on the front and the remains of a simple attachment hook on the reverse. The design is within a raised border and features two cloaked figures facing each other and holding a book over a vertical branch between them. The figure on the left, the Angel Gabriel, is crowned and a row of diagonal lines behind his back may represent wings. The figure on the right, Mary, wears a hooded cloak and lines around her may represent a building. the branch has a vertical stem split…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wembdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8229D4
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible failed leaf arrowhead of mid to dark grey flint with small pale mottles. The ventral face invasion retouch on both edges and a flake removal scar to the distal end. There is invasive parallel retouch on the dorsal face across the proximal end and the right edge. The bulb of percussion has been removed and the waves of percussion are faint. The distal end tapers in width, ending in a crescentic notch. The distal end is thicker than expected for an arrowhead and it is possible that faults in the flint meant that when attempting to thin the piece, the tip broke leaving the cr…
Created on: Thursday 19th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-6F7625
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three secondary flakes of dark grey opaque flint. 1. Mid to light grey flint, small pale flecks. C. 15% of cortex remains on right edge when viewed from the dorsal face. The bulb of percussion remains at the proximal end of the ventral face. It measures 19.8mm long, 11.6mm wide and weighs 1.13g. 2. Mid to dark grey flint, medium sized pale flecks. C. 5% of cortex remains on the dorsal face. There is a hinge fracture on the ventral face at the proximal end. It measures 41.8mm long, 32.1mm wide and weighs 26.74g. 3. Mid to dark grey flint, few pale flecks. C. 40% of the cortex rem…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-6FC1F1
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tertiary flake of dark grey opaque flint with a heavy pale grey to white patination and small orange mottles of iron staining on the surface on the ventral and dorsal faces. Part of the bulb of percussion remains at the proximal end of the ventral face and there is a hinge fracture at the distal end. It measures 24.9mm wide, 22.6mm long, 6.9mm thick and weighs 4.25g. It dates from the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age, 2500-1500 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.