Record ID: SOM-F219CB
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval, copper-alloy, large, circular mount depicting the white boar of Richard III, dating to the later 15th century (1470-1485). The mount is gilded, silvered and enamelled and consists of two parts: a decorated disc held in a separate circular frame which has integral rivets and separate roves. The 63.4mm diameter disc has a slightly raised design of a boar walking left on an area of ground. Around this is an opaque red enamel background which ends before it meets the frame with the remainder gilded. There are areas of damage to this background particularly at 12 and 6 o'clo…
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colyton', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-CFFF37
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame with seperate copper alloy pin. The frame is D-shaped in plan and flat in section with rounded inner and outer edges. It has a widened and slightly thickened outer side to the loop and a slightly offset and thinned bar. There is a transverse groove across the front in the centre of the outer edge making a pin rest. It is decorated on the front with double lines of back to back triangles. These lines run around the frame following the inner edge and are interupted by the pin rest which is flanked by similar double lines runnning across the frame.…
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddar', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CFB06E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy Medieval single-looped oval frame and pin dating to c. 1250-1400. The frame is triangular in cross section with a vertical outer edge, flat back and inner edge angled backwards. The outer side has a central moulding with angular knops at either end flanking a pair of smaller angular knops flanking a pin rest. The bar is narrowed, recessed and offset. The copper alloy pin is formed of circular cross sectioned wire with a simple loop around the bar and slightly downward angled point. The buckle frame measures 20.7 mm in length, 27.5mm in width, 40mm in thickness. The…
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddar', grid reference and parish protected.

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.

Record ID: SOM-7058F9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy zoomorphic stamped sheet buckle plate dating to the late 12th to 13th century depicting a winged lion. The buckle plate is rectangular, only the front plate survives with one of the two tabs which would have looped over the bar of the buckle frame on the left. A slot between the tabs would have held the pin and there are holes for separate rivets in both corners at the attachment end, opposite the tab. A further hole and crack near the centre at the end with the tabs is possibly old damage or for a third rivet. The plate is decorated with a wide outer and na…
Created on: Friday 3rd April 2020
Last updated: Sunday 10th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ston Easton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6FDA49
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver penny of Edward II dating to 1312-1314. Edwardian class 11c. Minted at Bury St Edmunds. North (1975, 28) no. 1062.
Created on: Friday 3rd April 2020
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chewton Mendip CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5F529E
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to early Post-Medieval copper alloy thimble, probably dating to c. 1400-1550. The thimble has a domed top and sloping sides. The drilled circular holes are arranged in a spiral across the top and down the sides, leaving a bald circular tonsure.The spiral runs to the left when followed up form the base. Although largely regular, there are also some misplaced or irregularly sized pits within the spiral. The rim is worn and damaged but appears to have a plain band, no incised line and no makers mark. Height: 21.3mm, 21.6mm in diameter, 1.3mm thick at the base and 8.95g. …
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwick CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3633CE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy composite buckle with forked spacer. The plates, pin and part of the frame with forked spacer are all present. The outer edge and one side of the probably oval frame are missing to a patinated break. The remaining section of frame is triangular in cross section with a flat back. The shape of the spacer is hidden by the front and back plates which abut the thickened bar on the inner side of the buckle frame at the start of the spacer. The pin is attached between the forks of the spacer in a hole left before the start of the plates. The section l…
Created on: Tuesday 31st March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 31st March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Emborough CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-213E45
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VI dating to AD 1422-1427. Annulet issue, cross I/none. Minted at Calais. North (1991, 74) no. 1429. The coin is damaged with one section missing to a patinated break, comprising c.5% of the coinand two cracks.
Created on: Monday 30th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binegar CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-20EED7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VI dating to AD 1422-1427. Annulet issue, Cross II / none. Minted at Calais. North (1991, 74) no. 1429. The coin is damaged with two large chips missing to patinated breaks, comprising c.15% of the coin.
Created on: Monday 30th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Emborough CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-20B32C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Scottish Medieval silver groat of David II (1329-71) dating to AD 1357/8 to 1367. Second coinage, Class D3. Minted at Edinburgh. Spink 5101. The coin has bent along one edge and torn at the bend. This may be due to post depositional damage as it has numerous scratches and dents. Ref Spink 2015, pg 26. Pellet behind crown and in first quarter, ornate letter A. Letter E for C in SCOTORVm (possibly the same obverse die as Burns, 1887 fig 297)
Created on: Monday 30th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 4th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Emborough CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1D57C4
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper-alloy rotary key for a small lock, probably on a casket. The key has a flattened circular bow, a shank with an oval cross section and a simple rectangular bit with a small notch cut into each side. There is a small, pointed projection at the end of the shank. The key is 42.4mm long, the bow is 15.9mm wide by 2.1mm thick, the shaft 4.9mm by 3.8mm and the bit 8.1mm long by 7.6mm wide; it weighs 4.75grams. In: "The Medieval Household, Daily Living c.1150-c.1450", Egan (1998, p111) comments that small, crude keys with circular bows and mainly very simple bits wer…
Created on: Monday 30th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Wootten CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E2A33B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper-alloy annular buckle with copper-alloy sheet pin, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1450. The frame is circular in plan, and oval in cross-section, with no constriction for the pin. The frame is undecorated. The pin is formed of a simple strip of copper alloy sheet of even width wrapped around the frame and extending into the centre before ending in an old break. It is held in place by corrosion but there is no evidence of a constriction. The frame is 4.6mm wide and 4.0mm thick. it has an external diameter of 32.9mm and an internal diameter of 24.2mm. The pin is 11.6m…
Created on: Friday 27th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddar', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E2359C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper-alloy annular brooch complete with pin, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The frame is circular in plan, and sub-hexagonal in cross-section with distinct angles running around the outside and inside of the ring and the impression of slightly flattened facets on the front and back face, now worn and rounded. The frame has a constriction for the pin that is 2.5mm wide. There is no pin rest. The frame also appears to have been decorated around the entire, or near entire, circumference with regularly spaced transverse incised lines across the front. These are worn…
Created on: Friday 27th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddar', 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-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-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.

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.