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Record ID: SOM-7A9254
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy sestertius of unclear emperor dating to AD 43-220. Unclear reverse depicting a square building or altar. Unclear mint.
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-768D7D
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Plain silver needle of uncertain, probably Post Medieval date, c. AD 1400-1950. The needle has a sub-rectangular cross sectioned eye end which ends in a rounded terminal and then narrows and thins into the round shaft. At the point it ends in a flat end, probably a break as it is neither pointed nor rounded. The needle has a rectangular eye with slightly rounded corners and between the eye and the adjacent end there is a groove down each wide face, continuing the indent of the eye. It is slightly bend with the shaft now curved in several places. The needle is 82.6mm long and 4.2m…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashcott', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-62F629
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus of the tetrachy dating to AD 296-307 (Reece Period 15). GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse type depicting Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae. Unclear mint. The coin is broken along one side with about a sixth missing.
Created on: Monday 9th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashcott', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-62D5AA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of the House of Constantine dating to AD 355 to 361 (Reece period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type depicting a soldier spearing a barbarian who has fallen from a horse. Mint unclear. The coin has a break down one side that has removed about a fifth.
Created on: Monday 9th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashcott', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-127FC1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy probably dupondius of unclear emperor, probably Hadrian, dating to AD 117-138 (Reece period 6). Unclear reverse type depicting a female standing figure. Unclear mint.
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashcott', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-11C93B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval copper alloy farthing token of Charles I (AD 1625-1649), dating to AD 1625-1634. Richmond "rounds" type c. Unclear initial mark. North (1991: 164) no. 2277. Badly chipped between 3 o'clock and 10 o'clock, with c.40% missing.
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashcott', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-10F3E8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver Scottish cut penny of William I (the Lion), third coinage (Short Cross and Stars), Phase A (Spink S5027) dating to the period AD 1195 to c.1205. Moneyer: Hue. Mint: Edinburgh. Ref: Spink 2015, 14
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 20th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashcott', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-1010E8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy radiate of unclear emperor dating to AD 260-275 (Reece Period 13). Unclear reverse type. Unclear Mint.
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 5th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocombe', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-0FFB24
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian dating to AD 364-378 (Reece Period 19). GLORIA ROMANORUM reverse type, depicting the Emperor advancing right dragging a captive and holding a standard. Unclear Mint.
Created on: Thursday 5th 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-E77325
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap end made of a single cast strip folded in half lengthways. In shape it is a simple rectangle with slightly rounded corners. There is a single rivet which appears to be cast integrally with the front and then roughly hammered flat after going through the strap and a hole in the back. The back is plain but the front is decorated. One tiny piece of gilding remains. The pattern on the front is indistinct but has two parallel lines running up the middle part of the strap end, nearer one side than the other. At the folded end the one closest to the side curl…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 5th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beercrocrombe', 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-D3C6AB
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper alloy Roman fingurine of a tiger, probably a statuette, possibly part of a brooch, with silver inlay. The figure is moulded in three dimensions with the head, shoulders, back and upper parts of the legs survving, the ends of the legs are lost to old breaks which have also distorted the legs. There was probably a tail, now also missing. The underside of the body is hollowed out. The head has open jaws, now worn with the ends missing. The very prominant pointed oval eyes with annulet centres were emphasised by silver inlay. There are no clear ears although there is c…
Created on: Monday 2nd 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-7DBAC8
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead ampulla, probably dating to c. AD 1350-1530 of Anderson design I.4 or 1.uncertain. The ampulla has a trapezoid neck narrowing towards the base from which it expanded into the rounded body, this body is mostly lost to an old break. The junction is marked by a double raised transverse line on both faces. One side of the junction between neck and body is complete and has an integral suspension loop, now squashed. A casting line runs down each side. On one face is a shell of Spence Type II (clam like) with slightly raised radiating lines running from the j…
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 27th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Axbridge CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7CFC25
Object type: DIE STAMP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy plaque or possibly die of probably late 8th or 9th century date. The piece is flat and subrectangular, slightly curved along its long edges and therefore the short, straight ends are slightly angled. The front is decorated with a rectangular panel of indented decoration. The panel has a triple border formed of closely spaced oval pellets between fine lines. To one side an indented line continues from the border to meet one of the short edges. Filling the centre of this panel is a continuous interlace of two separate strands which both loop and cross in a complex repeating…
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 22nd October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weare CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7CA296
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy object, possibly a late medieval - post medieval knife end stop. The piece is an equal armed cross in outline and relatively thick. All four arms has indented centres at the end. Two opposite arms have rectangular indents leaving thin sides projecting up, one is slightly miscast with the indent filled on one side. The other two have more V-shaped indents, one of which is filled with another material, possibly the end of the knife tang. This arm is also slightly thicker. One face is flat, the other has a slightly recessed centre. The piece is 19.9mm wide 19.8mm long, 6.1mm…
Created on: Thursday 27th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 27th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weare CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-549F55
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy medieval double-loop buckle dating to the 15th century. The buckle has two oval loops, one now incomplete due to old breaks. The complete loop has an expanded outer edge formed of a flat rectangular strip running the entire length of the outer edge. The strip thins towards the outer edge and is decorated with multiple wrigglework lines making a series of overlapping S-shapes with curled over ends.There are cusps at the outer corners where the strip meets the thicker triangular sectioned top and bottom sides of the loop. The central bar is oval in cross section …
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Wootton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-537936
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy weight for a Ryal (Rose Noble). The weight is circular and flat with a raised design on one side only. The design is of the king with sword and square topped shield standing in a ship with rectangular bow and stern and a rose on the side of the ship. It is 17.3mm in diameter, 4.3mm thick and weighs 7.12 grams, 109.9 grains. A full weight ryal would have weighed 120 grains (Withers and Withers 1995, 68) but weights were normally made to the legal minimum weight which was slightly less and can lose weight through corrosion processes, this example is ery worn a…
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gillingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-533504
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of unclear emperor dating to AD 330-402. Unclear reverse type. Unclear mint. There are large chips out of the edge with c.30% missing.
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Crawford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4FBE8D
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Middle Bronze Age side looped and socketed spearhead dating to the period c. 1600 - 1150 BC. The blade is leaf-shaped with a lozengiform sectioned midrib. It exhibits a hollow socket and cast side loops. It is complete apart from a small amount of damage to the base of the socket. The spearhead measures 126.9mm in length, 21.6mm maximum width, 9.3mm minimum thick on the blade, 18.3mm in diameter at the base of the socket and weighs 53.54g. The tip of the blade has a slightly break to one side and the edges of the blade are chipped along their length. The sides…
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-4F5A80
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large medieval copper alloy heraldic horse harness mount, probably dating to c. AD 1280-1400. The mount has a quatrelobed outline with square corners projecting between each lobe. It is gilded and enamelled on the front with four seperate globular-headed copper alloy rivets in situ, one through each square corner. Large amounts of iron corrosion and part of a plate of iron on the back suggests it was original attached to part of the iron harness, possibly at the bridle. The front has the arms: Checky Or and Gules, on a fess Or three martlets Sable, ie red and gold checks above …
Created on: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 17th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cothelstone', grid reference and parish protected.