Record ID: SOM-D71951
Object type: FLOOR TILE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Medieval ceramic floor tile of 13th/14th century date. It consists of only around a quarter of the original tile - one corner. The tile has a flat upper and lower face and bevelled sides, so the base is smaller than the upper face. The remains of a glazed design can still be seen on the upper face. This consists of an olive background, with a lighter whitish pattern. The design is worn and what pattern it originally formed is unclear. Some olive glaze continues down one of the sides. The unglazed areas of the tile are a bright to dark orange-red. The reverse face of the …
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
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Record ID: SOM-D6B447
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three Medieval ceramic vessel rim sherds probably from cooking pots of 13th-14th century date. Rim 1: Distinct carination between body and rim on inner side, the relatively flat, flared rim is slightly dished to hold a lid before turning up again to a vertical, rounded, upper edge. Pale grey interior, pale orange surface, abundant poorly sorted sand temper with occasional large iron oxide and flint inclusions. 29 grams. Rim 2: Broken above the body the rim is inverted, flaring out slightly. The upper edge is expanded slightly on the inner side to a point with a bevelled upper edge …
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2012
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Record ID: SOM-D61D44
Object type: GRINDSTONE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sandstone rotary grindstone, probably of Medieval or Post Medieval date. About 40% of the stone remains, it was a sub circular disk with a hole drilled through the centre. On the remaining fragment the maximum width between the central hole and edge is 60.9mm and the minimum 45.4mm. It appears it was flat on both sides with a flat outer edge although it is now badly pitted. It is 128mm by 68mm across, 59.4mm thick and weighs 530 grams. The stone has been examined by Dennis Parsons who gave his opinion that it is a sandstone with mica and from a non-Somerset source. Although similar …
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2012
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Record ID: SOM-D5C280
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy leg from a Medieval to Post Medieval vessel. The leg is broadly trapezoid in cross section with a central rib running down the length of the wider flat front. The rib has a rounded front. There is an old break at the top. The leg is rectangular but is worn around the lower edge with one corner broken. It measures 48.8mm in length, 41.2mm in width by 17.5mm in thickness including the rib, 13.0 excluding; it weighs 115g. There are extensive traces of black sooting on both sides. Butler, Green and Payne (2009, pg 4) suggest that this form (type a) was widespread in …
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D53E95
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger ring with a unusually large expanded bezel, probably a varient of Henig type I. The hoop is 80% missing due to old breaks. The remaining piece is narrow and oval in section, it widens and thickens evenly through the shoulders to the bezel. The bezel is topped by a thickened and widened circular expansion. The bezel is plain on the top apart from two deep circular pits drilled to one side of the centre. It is 3.5mm by 1.6mm at the break on the hoop, 19.9mm by 17.9mm by 12.1mm in total, it weighs 8.02 grams. The ring may be seen as a variant of Henig's (1978,…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D4CAA5
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Tip of a Post Medieval silver chape, probably from a scabbard. The chape is made of silver sheet bent around in a cylinder with a broken, open end and a closed end formed of four triangles bent inwards to meet in the centre. The joint is reinforced with folded sheet and strips of silver visible in the gaps between the triangles. It tapers from the broken open end to the closed end and appears to have been possible oval in section before being squashed inwards. There is part of a makers mark or hallmark on one side but the design is unclear. It is 16.4mm long, 10.1mm wide and 4.0mm thi…
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C710E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Medieval silver penny, probably of Henry V (1413-1422), probably Class F or G, minted at York, 1413-1422 AD, North 1403 or 1404. About a fifth of the coin remains with an irregular broken edge.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2012
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Record ID: SOM-C5D8D5
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy jetton, Lion of St Mark / imperial orb in tressure type, Nuremberg stock type by anonymous issuer, 1490-1550 AD, Mernick and Algar 2001:247, no.245.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2012
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Record ID: SOM-C59EA5
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy jetton, IhS monogram in field of lis, five-petal resettes and pierced trefoils on both sides, early Nuremberg stock type by anonymous issuer, 1500-1525 AD, Mernick and Algar 2001:244, no.217.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2012
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Record ID: SOM-C56D33
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy jetton of Louis de Male, Count of Flanders, Lion rampant in shield / triple stranded cross fleuretty design, issued in Flanders, 1346-1384 AD, Mitchiner (1988:251), no.785.
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2012
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Record ID: SOM-C52AE2
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Roman (AD 300-450) copper alloy bead-imitative bracelet/ armlet consisting of most of a terminal and a small part of the hoop. The bracelet is D-shaped in cross-section at the terminal, which consists of double bead moulding with narrow transverse collars between the beads and to either side. There is an old worn break to one side of the slightly larger bead which was probably where the terminal was. Beyond the second bead the hoop tapers in width and is slightly thinner with a flat section. It is decorated with two parallel indented zigzag lines running along the leng…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Record ID: SOM-C4E010
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy lozenge shaped plate brooch. The upper part of the plate, head and pin are missing to a worn break. The front has a raised rim with decayed material, probably enamel, in the centre. there are projecting lobed knops at the three remaining corners. The back is flat apart from the remains of a catch plate running up the centre from the lower point. The upper edge is broken and worn. It is 21.9mm long, 18.7mm wide and 4.1mm thick including the remains of the catchplate, 1.5mm excluding; it weighs 1.58 grams. It was probably a small lozenge shape like Hattatt (20…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2012
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Record ID: SOM-C47C66
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Foot and lower part of the bow of a Roman bow brooch, probably a Hod Hill type dating to 43-65 AD. The remaining short section of bow curves over to meet the straight foot and is slightly d-shaped in section with a flat back and convex front. It is decorated with four deep grooves running down the length dividing it into five ridges. This ends in a slight constriction then widens out and thickens slightly to a shoulder on both sides before thinning and tapering in width to the foot knop. This tapering foot is flatter than the bow. It is decorated with a transverse groove which is also…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2012
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Record ID: SOM-C43E71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Foot and lower part of the bow of a Roman bow brooch, possibly of the local devolved T-shaped type. The bow and foot are formed of a wide flat strip which narrows gradually down the bow before stepping in in width and thickness to form the straight sided foot. The foot is simply formed by the end of the strip bent up at 90 degrees. This bent up foot is worn so the original shape is unclear. The bow is decorated on the front with a raised central band running down the length topped by a raised central ridge. The thinner sides flanking this raised band are decorated with a line of rocke…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
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Record ID: SOM-C38BB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper-alloy initial T-shaped brooch with hinged pin dating to c. AD 60-100. Half of the head, the lower part of the bow and the pin are missing. The brooch head had short open-ended cylindrical wings but only one now survives. Iron corrosion at both ends of this wing suggests the wings held an iron axis bar for the hinged pin. There was a large transverse slot through the centre of the underside of the head, between the wings, where the pin would have hinged, this is now open to one side due to the missing wing. There is a raised angled ridge between the top of the bow a…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2012
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Record ID: SOM-C2FA46
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper alloy trumpet brooch of Group C missing part of the spring and the pin. The brooch has a flat circular head 9.6mm in diameter. On the back of the head is a semi-circular lug running down the centre from edge to edge with a hole through which runs a short copper alloy cross-bar for the spring to be wound around. At least one coil of the copper alloy spring survives to one side of the lug and a chord runs around the lower side of the lug. The spring is corroded and the details are unclear. The bow rises at 90 degrees from the head and curves round in the upper part b…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2012
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Record ID: SOM-C2AC44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Roman cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.b4, flat wing ends type, Western Group). It is missing the lower part of the bow, foot, spring and pin. The head is 29.8mm wide and formed of semi-circular wings with an open back finishing in flat circular end caps. The end caps are pierced to hold a cross bar around which the spring of the pin would have been wound. The rusted ends of the iron cross bars survive in the end caps. The wings are both decorated with two broad transverse grooves containing raised zig zag lines, one h…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th August 2017
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Record ID: SOM-C25312
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head and upper part of the bow of a Roman cast copper alloy Knee brooch. The head is a flat oval plate. On the back of the head, in the centre of the lower edge, is a pair of semi-circular lugs which are pierced to hold an iron spindle between them. The copper alloy pin hinged on this spindle. Only the triangular head of the pin survives on the spindle, the rest is lost to an old break. the bow rises at 90 degrees to the head from the lower edge of the plate. It then curves over 100 degrees just before ending in an old break. The bow is also a thin flat plate, widening slightly below …
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2012
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Record ID: SOM-AE1DA5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper-alloy finger ring of Henig type VII dating to the 3rd century. The hoop and half of one shoulder are missing to old, worn breaks and the remaining fragment is badly corroded. The ring has a broad, flat bezel with convex curved sides and tapers evenly in width down the shoulders to the hoop. In the centre of the bezel is a raised oval transverse panel with bevelled sides and evidence of some indents in the flat top, but any design is unclear due to corrosion. The complete shoulder is flat and kneeled with a distinct carination between the shoulder and bezel and …
Created on: Monday 9th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2012
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Record ID: SOM-AD95A1
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Roman strip bracelet decorated with transverse grooves. The fragment is a flattened oval in section with old, worn, breaks at either end. It narrows in width from 5.8mm at one end to 5.1mm at the other. The outer side is decorated with groups of four incised transverse lines with central indented dots in the panels between the groups. The decoration is worn and the numbers of lines in each group and the spacing of the groups may vary along the length. The fragment is curved in plan but the curve is angled slightly at two places and at the breaks. It is 40.3mm long, 1.5mm…
Created on: Monday 9th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock', grid reference and parish protected.