Record ID: SOM-0E1A98
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A mid 13th-century silver medieval penny of Henry III (AD 1216-1272), long voided cross class 5a, minted by Willem, Canterbury mint, AD 1250-1256. There is a small notch on the circumference.
Created on: Monday 11th November 2013
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wincanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-91E980
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A lower fragment from a cast copper-alloy medieval to post-medieval chafing dish drop handle. In plan, the handle frame would have been sub-trapezoidal with rounded corners, the frame is rectangular in cross-section. What survives is the lower part, other than one corner which is missing, with a pronouncedly incurved centre. The frame has a dark-green/grey colour; the breaks are old and patinated. A parallel can be found in illustrated in Allen (1984; fig. 192; ref. 165); it also conforms to Lewis's Type B1 (Lewis 1973, 61-64) given a 15th-/16th-century date.
Created on: Tuesday 5th November 2013
Last updated: Sunday 9th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7B84A4
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strap-fitting of medieval or post-medieval date. The artefact consists of two roughly parallel sub-rectangular plates of equal form, separated from each other by a central gap and joined by a basal loop. The now-missing strap would have fitted between the plates, where it would have been held in place by two rivets, both missing. The plates expand gradually and slightly towards the attachment end which is incurved. There are some small losses at this end. One pair of rivet holes is at this end, the other above the loop. The basal loop, which has a convex upper surface, …
Created on: Monday 4th November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 24th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-26BF71
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy pin now independent of its frame, probably from a medieval annular buckle. It is solidly cast, with a cross-section in the shape of a rectangle with rounded corners. The oval loop is broken such that around just over half of it survives. There is a rectangular ridge at the junction of the loop and the shaft. This is decorated with four transverse incisions, creating five ridges. The pin tapers slightly to a rounded tip. The object now a dark-brown colour with much corrosion and pitting. The loop has been bent to one side, the tip slighly to the other. The size of …
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-13B236
Object type: PIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2013 T675: Disclaimed and returned to finder Description: A medieval silver pin with faceted biconical head and hexagonal sectioned shaft. The head is faceted on six sides, echoing the shaft with which it appears seamless. The shaft has been truncated following old damage and bent round through 90 degrees. Dimensions: The pin is now 16.7mm long, with head 6.8mm in diameter. It weighs 1.44 grams. Discussion: A similar copper-alloy pin with biconical faceted head is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 300; no. 1476), though this is pentagonal rather than hex…
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 9th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-112877
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy folding strap clasp of 15th century date. It consists of a rectangular loop, the extended outside edge of which is moulded to resemble the upper part of a beast's head. The back of the outside edge is bevelled to echo the moulding on the front. At the other end, the pin bar is narrowed and recessed for a missing plate. The animal head includes a shallow rounded protrusion at the front which suggests a snout. A transverse zone before this, and one at the top of the head adjacent to the loop, is filled with small circular punch marks. The sloping zone between feature…
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 18th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddelwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0EC771
Object type: COIN MOULD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead mould of medieval date for a halfpenny possibly of Edward III, in two parts. The parts are formed of broadly flat rectangular bars with squared off ends and slightly bowed sides. The sides are generally perpendicular to the main faces and the outer surfaces are not embellished; they are, however, scratched, with linear depressions in places. Two pairs of lines on the sides, both off centre, one slightly closer to the 'coin end', indicate the alignment of the parts when put together. Although the thickness of the parts varies in places they fit together well. As implied, the…
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Faulkland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0DF054
Object type: COIN MOULD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead mould of medieval date for a groat of Henry VI, in two parts. The parts are formed of flat rectangular bars with corresponding diagonal ends at the 'coin end'. The sides are generally perpendicular to the main faces and the outer surfaces are not embellished; they are, however, scratched, with linear depressions in places, but with no marks for aligning the two parts. As implied, there is an impression of a coin towards each end with the diagonal finish. The impressions are of the faces of a groat of Henry VI: they measure c. 27.1mm in diameter each. Running from the impress…
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2013
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Faulkland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FBA501
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A late medieval lead Papal bulla of Pope Paul II (r. AD 1464-1471). Paul II was the only pope to have his matrices redesigned; his successor reverted to the usual design which is essentially preserved to this day. On the obverse of the bulla are Saint Peter and Saint Paul nimbate and enthroned above and to each side of an orb. Uppermost between them their names are inscribed vertically . S . PAV / S . PET, an abbreviation for St. Paul and St. Peter. St. Paul is on the left of the seal looking right, depicted with a long pointed beard, holding a sword in his right hand and a book …
Created on: Tuesday 29th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddon Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E43B31
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gold finger-ring with five-pointed star bezel containing a blue stone, probably a sapphire. The bezel is faceted, with some bevelling on the lower surface too around a flat base. The shoulders are decorated with three engraved chevrons on each side with an inverted chevron below. These bound multiple finely punched annulets. The hoop has a rounded D-shaped cross-section. It is slightly distorted, but has been straightened since found squashed. It has an internal diameter of c. 17.3mm
Created on: Monday 28th October 2013
Last updated: Monday 27th July 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-8F0F55
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small medieval copper-alloy spring-strip padlock case. The case is broadly oval in plan at its centre, with rectangular extensions at each of the narrower ends. It has a rectangular cross-section. Extending upwards from one of the rectangular extensions is an integral sub-rectangular arm (6.6 by 7.4 by 2.9mm). The arm has been abraded at the top through a small central circular perforation. On the uppermost face of the case there is a rectangular recess at the end opposite the arm to take the (missing) padlock mechanism. The recess described relates to an internal disc with two adja…
Created on: Thursday 24th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sampford Peverell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2D5D05
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver penny of Edward I (AD 1272-1307), Class 10ab2/9b mule, minted at London, AD 1300-1302
Created on: Monday 7th October 2013
Last updated: Monday 7th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wick St Lawrence CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-708304
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval lead Papal bulla of Pope Clement V (AD 1305-1314). On the obverse are Saint Peter and Saint Paul beneath an inscription reading SPA SPE, an abbreviation for St. Paul and St. Peter. St. Paul is on the left of the seal looking right, depicted with a long pointed beard. St. Peter is on the right facing left and has a rounded face with beard and hair formed of pellets. Both faces are contained within a beaded borders, possibly representing haloes, and separated from one another by a crozier. The obverse has a border of pellets. The reverse of the bulla contains the legend CLE/M…
Created on: Monday 16th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sampford Peverell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6FC932
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy spur rowel in the shape of a six-pointed star. The arms are hexagonal in cross-section all along their length. There is central circular perforation through the body of the rowel through which the rivet attaching it to the spur would have travelled (Dia.: 4.2mm). The arms are of uneven lengths, though only one appears to be truncated; it may have been that there were two slightly longer arms. The artefact is largely of a dark-grey colour with patches of probable tinning. There are diagonal file marks on the bevelled sides of the arms. Such rowels are undiagnos…
Created on: Monday 16th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sampford Peverell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6E1F21
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver penny probably of John (AD 1199-1216), short voided cross class 6, possibly 6b, minted by Ilger, London mint, c. AD 1213-1215. This coin is worn, clipped and bent, with a fracture through the centre of the voided cross.
Created on: Monday 16th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sampford Peverell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1DA291
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of early Norman (medieval) date (late 11th/early 12th century AD) which can be categorised as a Williams Class A, Type 11A mount (1997, 58ff.). The object is sub-triangular in form and is now missing its trilobed apex loop as a result of an old, ragged break. The artefact has broken around and below the point of the apex loop: the uppermost perforation for attachment. There are two further circular holes through the flange, one towards the corner, the other set further in. The flange is of the common right angle type as d…
Created on: Thursday 12th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 5th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOM-1C14A8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A body sherd probably from a glazed medieval open vessel. The piece is now an irregular quadrilateral shape with red/orange oxidised outer surfaces and a grey core. The body has a coarse sand temper with some micaceous inclusions. The glaze is patchy and of a light-brown/green colour.
Created on: Thursday 12th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadhembury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EFB330
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy domed thimble, probably of medieval date with angled sides and a domed top. The thimble has small circular indentations arranged in slightly irregular lines around the sides and in a spiral around the top with no obvious tonsure at the centre of the top. The sides are squashed in at a point of the base, just above which is an incised line. Inside is either a protective layer or another thimble. The object is corroded, with a dark-green patina where it survives.
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halberton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-EF84C6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy foot from a later medieval to early post-medieval cooking vessel. The object is splayed at the base in a simple, out-turned, pad-like foot of trapezoidal cross-section, slightly irregular. The front of the foot is decorated with three prominently moulded ribs: one central, the other towards the sides, much obscured by concretion and corrosion product. The break is curved and irregular. The flat back and base make an obtuse angle of about 110 degrees. As noted, the object has become corroded post-deposition, and is largely a variable green colour. This form of foot …
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sampford Peverell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EED145
Object type: STUD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy stud with a slightly convex lozengiform head dating to the late medieval or early post-medieval periods. The head is decorated on the upper surface with a saltire cross and a central pellet within a square of pellets. The square sits diagonally within a beaded border. On the reverse is an off centre shaft of square cross-section bent to one side and twisted slightly at the tip. This mount has a parallel in an example illustrated in Read (2001, 27, 32; ref. 251) which is dated to the 15th or 16th century; see also SOM-CB5247, NARC-3A7A32, NMS-E2BAD5 on th…
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sampford Peverell CP', grid reference and parish protected.