Record ID: SOM-F03458
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd from a glazed medieval jug with applied strip on the outer face. The high fired fabric is a reduced mid-grey with a mid-buff on the inner surface only. It has common fine-medium sand temper and very occasional angular pieces of patinated chert/flint up to 1.9mm and very occasional rounded quartz up to 1.2mm. The vessel appears to be wheel thrown with an green glaze on the outer face. On the outer face is a short section of an applied strip, 9.8mm wide and appearing to curve slightly. The strip is decorated with regularly spaced diagonal slashes. The fragment has abrade…
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th April 2020
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Record ID: SOM-EF11B7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd from a closed vessel, probably a cooking pot, dating to the 11th to 12th century. The rim is everted and has broken at the point it met the vessel wall. A small amount of wall on the inner face suggests a c. 120 degree angle between them. The upper part of the rim is widened and stands up slightly with a rounded beaded outer edge and vertical inner edge. There is also a groove running around the centre of the upper face of the rim. The fabric is hard fired and a pale orange to buff with abundent c.35% poorly sorted angular chert, some patinated, up to 2.5 with occasiona…
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th April 2020
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Record ID: SOM-AD3ED4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment probably from the wall of a cast copper alloy vessel. The piece is an irregularly shaped piece of copper alloy, thickening towards one side. Three diverging raised ribs run from the thicker to the thinner side. 28.3mm long, 19.8mm wide and 5.3mm thick, it weighs 8.06g. The material, proportions and width apart of the diverging ribs suggests this is part of a cast copper alloy vessel near the point a leg projected out, rather than part of a socketed axe. Cast copper alloy vessels were widely used for cooking over open fires from c.AD 1200-1800, being only grad…
Created on: Monday 6th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 6th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bawdrip CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-B75846
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or Post Medieval copper alloy pot foot fragment, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1650. Only part of the foot and a small section of leg survives. At the base the leg expands out into the foot with the front projecting forward in a concave curve.The leg and foot are trapezoid in cross section with a wider, flat front face and narrower back. The piece is broken across the top with a worn break and has various deep, patinated, grooves and pits across the back and base of the foot which are probably damage, although some may have been caused during use and relate to poor cas…
Created on: Wednesday 25th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wells', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E498C1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment, possibly part of the handle from a vessel of uncertain date, perhaps Iron Age or Early Medieval.The piece is formed of an expanded top section joined to an arched strip which may start to flatten into a second expanded section just at the break. The two ends of the arch, if they are both flattened sections are not parallel suggesting it fitted onto a curved item. The top, expanded, plate section has a curved lower edge and broken upper dge and so the complete form is unclear. Two circular holes near the join to the arched strip hold seperate copper alloy …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 5th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D47D19
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ceramic rim sherd from a greyware bowl of Roman date. The rim is expanded into a pointed oval shape with slight ridges at the top and outer side. The vessel wall becomes vertical at the top to meet the rim but below this slopes at 45 degrees. The entire height of the wall is not present but it thickens markedly towards the base. The fabric is a medium grey, burnt darker grey at the rim, with abundant, c.30% fine sand temper and common (c. 10%) rounded brown pellets, probably clay pellets, inclusions. It is not visibly micaceous. The breaks are lightly abraded. It weighs 35.12g and th…
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2020
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Record ID: SOM-D474A2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead pot mend of 'rivet' form, probably Roman in date. The mend is formed of a strip of lead, D-shaped in cross section, highly convex on the front and flat on the back with two integral pegs. A line running around the side suggests it was built up from two lengths, placed one on top of the other and partially fused, one piece being longer than the other. The pegs are circular in cross section and have a harrower base ending in a bulbous end. The mend is now bent inwards slightly and is 53.3mm long, 10.5mm wide and 9.3mm thick, excluding the pegs, 15.9mm including them and weighs 32.4…
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2020
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Record ID: SOM-25739D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman ceramic sherd representing one third to a quarter of a rim from a Black Burnished ware (BB1, from Wareham/Poole Harbour, Dorset) vessel, probably a jar, dating c. AD 100- 400. The fabric is hard and has a reduced black colour with some areas of very dark grey. The outer face has a black, burnished, slip. The fabric has regular sub-rounded to sub-angular translucent quartz inclusions,
Created on: Thursday 12th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 13th December 2019
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Record ID: SOM-8483D6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or Post Medieval copper alloy pot foot fragment, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1650. Only part of the foot and a small section of leg survives. The leg is trapezoid in cross section with a wider, flat front face and narrower back. It is broken across the top and relatively thin, 15.8mm thick at the break. At the base it expands out into the foot with the front projecting forward in a concave curve. The foot is damaged, particularly along the front edge, but it was probably also trapezoid with wear to the corners making it more D-shaped. Both areas of damage are old and p…
Created on: Wednesday 4th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staple Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-846395
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or Post Medieval copper alloy pot foot fragment, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1650. Only a small portion of the foot survives. The foot is D-shaped in cross section with a flat front face and convex back. It is broken across the top, just above the base and relatively thin. There is also damage to one of the front corners. Both areas of damage are old and patinated. There are traces of a central ridge running down the middle of the front face. The back of the leg is slightly more complete and rises at c.70 degrees to the base. It is approximately 16.4mm high, 49.5…
Created on: Wednesday 4th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staple Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-ADC047
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman ceramic rim sherd from a Black Burnished ware (BB1, from Wareham/Poole Harbour, Dorset) vessel, probably a jar, dating c. AD 100- 400. The fabric is hard and has a reduced very dark grey colour throughout. It has a fine sandy temper with very occasional quartz grit (
Created on: Tuesday 12th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Montacute', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-ABF793
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of a Medieval open vessel (cooking pot) probably dating to c. AD 1200 to 1400. The sherd has mid-orange-buff surfaces with a mid-grey reduced core and relatively fresh breaks. The fabric is slightly micaceous and has common (15%) rounded quartz up to 1.5,mm and c. 5% angular, patinated poorly sorted chert (up to 2.8mm). Occasional more amorphous white material up to 1.5mm. The body sherd is from the neck where the body constricts and then widens to the everted rim. It is too small to estimate the diameter and weighs 13.06g. It is probably a Greensand Derived fabric, l…
Created on: Tuesday 12th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th November 2019
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Record ID: SOM-6C4F1F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base sherd from a probably Medieval jug with internal speckled slightly olive green glaze of probably 14th to early 15th century date. Well fired pale orange-buff fabric with sparse very fine sand temper and occasional white, probably calcareous, inclusion up to 1mm. The base is flat with some glaze splashes and a slight projecting expanded rim level with the rest of the base. Above this base the sides are constricted before expanding out again. The piece is highly abraded and weighs 17.7g.
Created on: Saturday 9th November 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Molton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-6C3E36
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Medieval to Post Medieval cooking vessel dating from c.AD 1200 -1700. The fragment is part of the the upper rim of a vessel. The rim is narrow and has a very slight internal lip. The fragment is a medium green colour and has a pitted and sooted inner surface with linear scratches running transversely across both surfaces. The artefact is 26.6mm long, 17.2mm wide and has a thickness of 5.0mm. The fragment weighs 5.52grams. Too little survives to estimate the diameter. Cast copper alloy vessels were widely used for cooking over open fires from…
Created on: Saturday 9th November 2019
Last updated: Saturday 9th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Molton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6A608E
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of 24 fragments of broadly 18th century pottery found in the same area with some probably late 17th century pieces, total weight 550g. All are highly abraded. The majority are local, North Devon wares, mostly coarse wares of at least two fabrics and some finer wares. The form numbers below refer to the Type series given in Allen 1984 Figure 63 . There are a few imported wares including two fragments of Westerwald style stoneware, one tin glazed plate or bowl and two fragments of Bristol slip decorated wares. One potentially Medieval jug fragment and one copper alloy vessel rim…
Created on: Saturday 9th November 2019
Last updated: Saturday 9th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Molton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C9A6C4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fourteen pieces of glazed red eathenware vessels dating to the end of the 17th to first half of the 18th century all found together in an area of the garden with a wine bottle and pipes of similar date. Calcereous deposits suggest highly acidic environment with ash, ie dung heap or latrine. The pieces mostly seem to be of the same fabric, high fired, dark to mid orange with occasional mid to dark grey thin cores and occasional (c.5%) fine sand inclusions including very occasional very fine white quartz. The pieces mostly have very unworn breaks, most old but a few fresh. The breaks…
Created on: Saturday 14th September 2019
Last updated: Saturday 14th September 2019
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Record ID: SOM-3E3ACD
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small plug or foot in Roman greyware dating to AD 43-400 with a part vitrified surface, possibly part of waster or kiln furniture but given the findspot more probably a piece with post production fire damage. The high fired fabric is a medium grey with abundant fine sand and common angular white quartz inclusions up to 1mm and occasional angular black stone inclusions up to 1mm. The piece is a small part of the body with a truncated conical projection. The end of the conical bit and broken sides of the body have semi-vitrified surfaces. The breaks are highly abraded and it weighs 8.8…
Created on: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2D8336
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One body sherd of later Medieval closed vessel, possibly a jug or jar as the piece appears to be narrowing or expanding on a curve. The high fired fabric is a dark buff with a bright orange outer surface. It has abundent medium to coarse sand temper making up c. 30% of the fabric including occasional larger pieces up to 1mm. It probably dates to c. AD 1300-1600. Thre breaks are relatively fresh and it weighs 9.09g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 13th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D5739C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd of a Medieval open vessel (cooking pot) probably dating to c. AD 1200 to 1400. The sherd has mid-orange-buff surfaces with a mid-grey reduced core and relatively fresh breaks. The fabric is micaceous and has common (15%) rounded quartz up to 1.5,mm and c. 5% angular, patinated poorly sorted chert (up to 1.5mm). Occasional more amorphous white quartz up to 2mm. The rim is everted with an angled, flat, cut top edge slightly thickened on the outer side. It is too small to estimate the diameter and weighs 11.81g. It is probably a Greensand Derived fabric, local to the Blac…
Created on: Friday 9th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4A7588
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd from a Medieval open jar (cooking pot) of probable 12th to 13th century date. High fired dark grey fabric. Abundent (over 25%) very fine quartz temper. Occasional angular white quartz up to 1mm. Occasional rounded ironstone up to 2mm. The rim is everted and angled out at 45 degrees with a slightly thickened and flattened top and a rounded outer edge. The sherd has relatively fresh breaks and weighs 16.34g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 14th April 2020
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