Record ID: SOMDOR-446A83
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy flask which may have been used as a flask for holy oil, of probable medieval date. The flask is 56.9mm high and weighs 69.3g. It has a circular profile and a convex base with a maximum diameter of 39.75mm which narrows to 17.7mm at the top. On opposite sides, just below the circular opening, there are two flat sub-rectangular lugs. Both lugs contain a small round perforation (diameter 2.8mm) in the upper centre, presumably either for suspension or to tie the stopper in place. One lug is set slightly higher that the other. On one side the body of the flask has been d…
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-4543B8
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable sheet copper alloy strap plate of later fourteenth or early fifteenth century date. The flat rectangular fitting measures 41.7mm in length, 21.9mm in length, 1.2mm in thickness and weighs 5.7g. Each of the shorter sides has had three rounded triangular notches removed. The central notch is slightly larger and a short horizontal line has been incised across the plate from the 'points'. There is a rivet hole at each angle. Three of the rivets are broken in situ but the fourth is intact. In the centre of the fitting there are two puched perforations which have diameters of arou…
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-55CEA5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Shilling of Elizabeth I dating from 1558-60. 1st issue. North no. 1985.
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishop's Hull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-55E8A1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Shilling of Elizabeth I dating from 1594-6. 3rd issue. North no. 2014.
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishop's Hull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-560A72
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sixpence of Elizabeth I dating from 1564. 2nd issue. North no. 1997.
Created on: Wednesday 30th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishop's Hull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-7F28D6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Scottish long cross penny of Alexander III issued between 1249-1280. The moneyer was Ion Cokin at the Perth mint.
Created on: Friday 1st September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-7F7935
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and slightly distorted sixpence of Charles I, minted in 1628-9. North no. 2236.
Created on: Friday 1st September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-7FBF82
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A groat of Edward II minted in London between 1356-61 (series G). North no. 1197.
Created on: Friday 1st September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-80DC34
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four pottery sherds of medieval date. The sherds include one everted rim sherd, one base angle sherd and two body sherds. The fabric is fairly course and sandy with moderate sub-rounded to angular flint and quartz pieces (up to 5mm). Three of the sherds have buff to orange oxidised surfaces and reduced grey cores. The other sherd is oxidised all the way through, with the exception of the internal surface, which is reduced. The sherds probably come from cooking pots of 11th to 13th century date. Total weight: 23.76g
Created on: Friday 1st September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-810598
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nummus of the House of Valentinian dating from between 364 and 378 (Reece period 19). GLORIA ROMANORVM reverse type. Diameter: 17.43 mm Weight: 1.46 g
Created on: Friday 1st September 2006
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-811B25
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating from the period AD 330-35 (Reece period 17). VRBS ROMA type with the reverse depicting a wolf and twins. Mint of Trier. LRBC no. 70 (1970, p. 5).
Created on: Friday 1st September 2006
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-813A01
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nummus of the House of Valentinian dating from between 364 and 367. LRBC 493 (1970, p. 56).
Created on: Friday 1st September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-81A196
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap end of late Anglo-Saxon date. The tongue-shaped strap end measures 34.3mm by 17.7mm (a width to length ratio of 1:1.94) by 1.9mm and weighs 4.06g. The strap end has three equally spaced rivet holes alongside its narrowed straight end, one of which contains some corroded metal, apparently also copper alloy. The moulded openwork design is in the form of a symmetrical plant scroll. There are traces of silvering or tinning on parts of the surface. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The strap end is an example of Thomas's Class E, type 1 ('Winchester style') and…
Created on: Friday 1st September 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-81EDA1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap end of late Anglo-Saxon date. The tongue-shaped strap end measures 30.5mm by 15.2mm (a width to length ratio of 1:2) by 2.8mm and weighs 4.97g. The strap end has two equally spaced rivet holes alongside its narrowed straight end, one of which is broken. The front of the strap end is decorated with stamped annulets which are arranged in a border around the edge and along the centre of the longitudinal axis. There are also two lines incised parallel to the narrowed section. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The strap end appears to be an unusually plain exam…
Created on: Friday 1st September 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-82F8A6
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The fragmentary first disc from a two disc cast lead cloth seal of probable seventeenth century date. The fragment measures 28.4mm by 23.14mm by 3.5mm and weighs 9.86g. The external face depicts a shield on which there is a upwards pointing sword with two mullets on each side and a cross pattee above. These are the arms of the city of Haarlem in Holland. Around the arms is the legend HAERL[EMS GOET], meaning goods from Haarlem. On the rivet is the number 20, which indicated the length in Dutch ells of the cloth being certified. Around the rivet is the impression of a finely woven cloth.
Created on: Friday 1st September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-83B161
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy T-shaped Roman brooch of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch measures 48mm in length and weighs 6.48g. The cylindrical wings measure 24.1mm in length and 4.4mm in diameter. They conceal the copper alloy axis bar for the missing hinged pin. The axis bar is visible within the central notch which would have accommodated the pin. The wings are decorated with two parallel vertical incised lines on the external face of each end and two parallel slightly diagonal lines which frame the bow. The bow narrows to less than a millimetre at the foot. The thicker part of the bo…
Created on: Friday 1st September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-83FD61
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy finger ring of probable post-medieval date. The ring measures 22.2mm in diameter, 8.5mm in width, 1.1mm in thickness and weighs 3.04g. It has been made from a cast strip which has been bent into a ring and the ends soldered together. The slightly convex central section is bounded by two ridges on each side. The central section is decorated with tiny stamped annulets. There is a single line of annulets on either side of the convex section and in between these lines there are diagonal linears formed from two lines of annulets. In the cells created by the diagonals there ar…
Created on: Friday 1st September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-D31584
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver-gilt dress-hook cast on one plane, the triangular backplate with scalloped edges. The domed boss with applied filigree and granulated ornament, some losses. The reverse soldered with transverse bar, the curved fastening hook missing. 16th Century. Length: 14 mm. The precious metal content of the dress-hook fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act in that it is greater than 10%. Bet McLeod, Curator, Department of Prehistory and Europe, British Museum
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2006
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Curry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-D3A007
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast solid silver button, circular in plan, the face with punched ground and stamped with a flaming heart pierced by two arrows. Bent, damaged and with losses at left and bottom. Fastening loop on the reverse. 17th century. Diameter: 15 mm. The precious metal content of the button fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act in that it is greater than 10%. Bet McLeod Curator, Department of Prehistory and Europe
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Cuthbert Out', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-E86A22
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and clipped penny of Charles I minted in 1626-7. North no. 2262.
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taunton', grid reference and parish protected.