Record ID: SOM-41CB43
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy escutcheon (handle attachment) from the rim of a Late Iron Age vessel. The escutcheon consists of a shaped front plate the centre of which is arched in profile. From the back extends a Y-shaped fittin, the arms and stem of which are roughly circular in cross section. The stem of the Y is now worn and broken but would have gone through the vessel wall just below the rim and acted as a rivet to attach the escutcheon. Between the arms of the Y and the front plate is a worn circular hole for the ring shaped handle. The front plate would have concealed the attachments w…
Created on: Thursday 26th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-2F31A3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Iron Age to Early Roman cast copper-alloy zoomorphic bucket handle escucheon in the form of a bovine head, probably a bull (c. 100 BC-c. AD 100). The head is three dimensionally moulded and is roughly triangular - pentagular in form with a convex front and concave back. At the top is an integral, worn, and broken circular loop. From this the head widens and slightly thickens to the broadest point,about a third of the way from the top. At this corner there are projecing stubs of ears, the left one may be complete while the right is worn. Just in from the ears, projecting fr…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shepton Mallet CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E71922
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ceramic sherd of probably Iron Age date, possibly early Roman. The sherd is a medium fired reduced black fabric with lightly burnished bu not slipped exterior and interior. It has abundent poorly sorted angular white quartz temper up to 1.5mm and occasional rounded grog and probably iron stone pellets up to 1mm; there is also very occasional irregularly shaped chalk or limestone inclusions up to 1.5mm. The sherd is part of the side wall with a distinct carination at one corner where it may be turning into the base. The sides are decorated with two pairs of cordens, each 4.6mm wide,…
Created on: Thursday 21st February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1077EF
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy terminal from an Iron Age torc (neck ring). The terminal is 'buffer' or 'thistle-head' shaped with an expanded circular end with slightly irregular outline and a concave outer face, behind this end is a constrction then an expansion into a large, slightly angular bead, 16.0mm in diameter, then a second constriction then an expansion in the form of a narrower rounded collar 10.3mm in diameter. At the inner side of the collar is a broken area where a slightly oval cross-sectioned bar continued, it is 4.2mm by 4.8mm at the break. The end is covered by a reddish corrosion but…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-484F4F
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy bar shaped toggle. The toggle has a swollen central section, oval in plan and section with flat top and bottom sides due to a large hole passing through the centre from top to bottom. The central section is 11.5mm wide and 8.1mm thick. The hole is almost circular but worn to an oval shape, with more wear to one side than the other, 4.7mm wide by 5.7mm long. To either side of the central section are short circular sectioned projections ending in flattened knops. The projections are waisted (narrowed) to 5.5mm in diameter while the large circular knops are 10.3mm i…
Created on: Monday 1st September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 4th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsdon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-088DFF
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Later Iron Age copper alloy pommel in the form of a human head from the end of a sword hilt.The head is moulded in three dimensions with a large slit running across it from side to side which opens up at the base. The front is an oval face with incised lines and slight moulding picking out the eyes, nose and mouth. Below the chin is part of the thinner neck. This neck ends in an old break which runs across a probably circular attachment hole. Above the face is a moulded band running along the hairline and down the sides of the head, forming the highest point of the head. This band is …
Created on: Monday 11th May 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ruishton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-ABD8B6
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy terminal (end cap) from the handle of an iron sword or knife. The piece is oval in shape with a flat top and convex base. The top has a rounded edge and steps out in two rounded steps to the widest and longest point. At the centre is the remains of the iron tang, square in section, c.7mm across, and with corrosion running off to one side. The base has a raised cross running from edge to edge; the arms of which rise gradually to the highest point in the centre forming the domed shape. The quarters between the cross are flat and level with the base of the arms at the edge. …
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Creech St Michael CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C514C2
Object type: STUD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age cast copper alloy stud or terminal with thick glass enamel inlay. The piece has a conical head with a pair of deep grooves running across it in a cross shape leaving four triangular copper alloy sections in the quarters. The centre, where the grooves cross, is filled with bright blue glass which projects above the the copper alloy quarters and is worn on top and broken around the sides. One arm of the cross is filled with sealing wax red glass enamel abutting the blue centre. The opposite arm of the cross has traces of similar red enamel fill. The back of the head is slightly…
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Longbridge Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-ADA683
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2012 T243: Acquired by Somerset Museums Description The object comprises a gold coin set within an iron mount. The coin was produced in central-southern Britain during the late Iron Age, probably between about 40 BC and 20 BC. Although little detail of the original design survives, it is an example of a coin-type known as 'British Qb'. These coins are traditionally ascribed to the Atrebates, a people thought to have lived in the Hampshire area in the Iron Age. In fact, find-spots now suggest that these coins may also have been produced further to the west in Gloucest…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wambrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A259AC
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age copper alloy mount, possibly from a tankard with zoomorphic decoration dating to 100 BC to 80 AD. The mount is a probably cast sheet of copper alloy, semi circular in plan and curved in cross section such that the two corners of the semi-circular are further back than the centre. There are three holes, one near each corner and one near the lowest point of the curve. The holes are slightly irregular, in particular the lower one which is larger and possibly worn. The back is plain. The front has a recessed cell with a curved base and two lobes in the upper part with a unr…
Created on: Friday 7th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 7th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-116593
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age -Roman cast copper-alloy linch pin, hoof-shaped terminal foot with flat circular plate (c. 100 BC-c. AD100). The exterior of the socket has a collar at the top below which it expands slightly before tapering to the terminal, where it curves forward and expands into a flat circular plate. The interior of the socket is a sub-rectangle with rounded corners in cross-section 22.2mm deep. The face of the plate has a raised rim which is wider at the bottom than the top and towards the upper part of the recessed centre is a raised circular pellet in a narrow raised ring. The …
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 29th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EE0675
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2011 T634: Disclaimed, returned to finder, offered as donation. Circumstances of Discovery: Whilst searching with a metal detector on cultivated land, found approximately 5cm below surface. The two joining pieces were discovered together. Dimensions: Larger fragment: Max. length: 40.5mm; Max. width: 7.3mm; Max. depth: 5.3mm; Weight: 6.4g Smaller fragment: Max. length: 5.8mm; Max. width (at break): 5.0mm; Max. depth: 2.3mm; Weight: 0.3g Metal content: Core: Leaded copper with detectable trace levels of less than 1% arsenic, tin and anti…
Created on: Friday 7th October 2011
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Lavington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7B4F14
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast copper alloy object. The piece has a straight, flat bar at the base which steps in in width just before ending in a worn break. The bar is 7.0mm wide by 2.3mm thick at the wider section. At the other end of the bar it widens into a curved, flat side projecting up at 90 degrees to the bar in the same plane, c.1.2mm thick. The outer and inner edges of the curved section appear original but the top ends in a very worn break. At the corner between the curved side and the bar is a projecting lobe on the front which is a quarter of a sphere in shape with the angled flat s…
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D3D118
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy terret. The terret is oval (sub-circular or D-shaped) in form with an oval ring which is circular in cross section and thinnest and narrowest at the top (4.5mm diameter), widening and thickening evenly down both sides towards the terminals where they are 7.2 and 8.6mm in diameter. The terminals are thickened and widened into almost circular cross-sectioned collars, up to 9.5mm across, and appear plain although any decoration may be lost to wear and corrosion. The bar is oval in section, slightly narrowed and noticably thinned, it appears to wi…
Created on: Monday 4th September 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 25th October 2017
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOM-8A0D90
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pieces of worked flint debitage. Both are secondary pieced with c.25% cortex covering down one edge. One shows evidence of multi-directional removals off the core. Both mid grey, one translucent the other with pale mottling. 5.24 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 19th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Chinnock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F42837
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2012 T240: Acquired by Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum Uninscribed South Western silver staters, Badbury Rings types ABC 2163 = VA1246 = BMC 2647, 2661 and 2728-2731 (23 coins) The obverse shows a pattern that was originally based on a stylised head. Only the wreath tie, which runs through the hair, curls of hair and the prominent hair-pin are clearly visible. The reverse shows a stylised horse design, surrounded by circular pellets. The Badbury Rings type is distinguished by the presence of the larger ring motifs on the edge of the design (above…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Donhead St Andrew CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F43151
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2012 T378: Acquired by Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum One Iron Age pale gold stater, one silver stater and one base silver stater found in close proximity (within a 2-3m radius). The items were found in a ploughed field over several days. From the report of the finder the coins were scattered within the plough soil in a close concentration with no evidence of a container. A further group of a twenty three silver staters were found nearby but in a separate concentration and may or may not be associated (2012 T240). Unfortunately the silver staters form the…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Donhead St Andrew', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-327973
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age British silver unit, uninscribed Western (Dobunni) group, Cotswold Eagle type, 20 BC - AD 10, VA1042, BMC 2957, ABC 2015.
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chewton Mendip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EAC1C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
British Iron Age base silver (billon) stater, uninscribed South western (Durotriges), VA 1235; BMC 2555ff.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EC5CA5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
British Iron Age copper alloy core from a plated copy of a gold stater of Tincomarus Southern (Atrebates), VA 375; BMC 766.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 26th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.