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Record ID: SOM-EFFE64
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by the City of Wells in Somerset, Williamson Somerset 301, dating to 1669 (on token). Ref: Williamson (1891, 993).
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke St Gregory', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-EFD598
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast iron ball, probably round shot, that is a cannon ball, dating from the Post Medieval period, about AD1500-1900. The object, which is pitted and corroded, has a diameter of c.100mm and a weight of 3919g, c. 4kg. In recording a similar piece Kinnear states: This corresponds closely with the dimensions and weight of four inch, 'nine-pounder' (weighing 9lbs) ordnance. Shot of this size were used in the 16th and 17th centuries in a gun known as the Demi Culverin. However, the shot could also date from the later period. In the 18th century ordnance was regularised, and the Chie…
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOM-EF733D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by the town of Bridgwater in Somerset, Williamson Somerset 48 or 49, dating to 1666 (on token). Ref: Williamson (1891, 974).
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-B3E6DD
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or Post medieval copper-alloy sheet scabbard chape dating from AD 1300-1800. It is trapezoid in plan and oval in cross section with flattened front and back. The sheet has been rolled into a tube with a single overlapping seam down the back. base is broken but it appears to be tapering to a rounded point. The top, attachment, end is also broken across the back. At the front this end is cut into a V-shape which may be original. There are irregular holes to each side, just below this edge which may be broken attachment points. Faint incised lines running down the front and co…
Created on: Monday 6th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 6th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddar', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B3ACCB
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post Medieval clay pipe. Most of the bowl and the heel survive, but damaged and the stem is missing. The bowl is set at about 60 degrees to the stem and is swollen with convex sides becoming straight only at the top. The rim of the bowl is plain. The heel projects with a large flat, circular base. There is no makers mark visible on the heel but one side is missing to a break as is the stem, both locations used for marks. The bowl measures 25.9mm in length and 20.1mm in maximum diameter. The clay pipe weighs 6.36 g. The size and shape of the bowl and angle to the s…
Created on: Monday 6th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 6th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B38C65
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of a post medieval clay tobacco pipe, probably dating to the period c. AD 1680 to 1730. Only the heel and a very small part of the bowl survives. The heel is flat and oval shaped, and it is still possible to identify that the heel projects very slightly from the base of the bowl. The base of the heel is stamped with the inscription [C]HAR / WEBB / IN / CHARD. One side of the projecting heel also has a raised letter C. The pipe fragment is a pale beige on the outside, white within, no part of the original inner surface remains. The pipe fragment is c.12.4mm long,…
Created on: Monday 6th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 6th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B0EF81
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of the bowl of a post-medieval clay tobacco pipe with one profile, the heel and a very short section of the stem remaining. About 50% of the bowl has been lost to a ragged old break. There is a line of rouletting (small rectangles) just below the mouth of the bowl. The bowl is angled at about 45 degrees to the stem and swollen sided, although the complete form is unclear. The base of the heel is flat and broadly circular. It is stamped with the maker's mark, in this case the neat, seriffed incuse letters IE[F]/FRY . H/VNT. The fragment is 35.3mm long by 28.9mm high by 15.8mm thic…
Created on: Monday 6th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 6th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-74E522
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th-century trade token farthing issued by the Constables at Taunton in Somerset, Williamson Somerset 228, dated 1667 on the token. Ref: Williamson (1891, 987).
Created on: Friday 3rd April 2020
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pimperne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6F7CD5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval silver Venetian Soldino of Doge Leonardo Loredan dating to AD 1501-1521. Venice mint.
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-60A196
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver half groat of James I (1603 - 1625) dating to 1611-1612. Initial mark mullet. Mint of London. North (1991, 146) No. 2105.
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chewton Mendip CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-60508B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I dating to AD 1561-1603. Initial mark unclear, unclear date on coin. Minted at London. North 1997 or 2015. This coin is extremely worn and slightly bent.
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chewton Mendip CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-60289B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) dating to 1575. Second issue, eglantine initial mark. Minted in London. North (1991:135) no.1998.
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chewton Mendip CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-600E33
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) dating to AD 1583 to 1603; initial mark unclear, minted at London, North (1991:137) no.2016.
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chewton Mendip CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5FE8BB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) dating to AD 1602 to 1603; initial mark 2, minted at London, North (1991:137) no.2017.
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chewton Mendip CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5ECF93
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy late 18th century or 19th century octagonal cufflink or possibly button. The front is decorated with an indented, probably stamped design. There is an octangonal line border near the edge with closely spaced lines radiating between the border and the edge. The central field contains a sailing ship with three masts each bearing two triangular sails and a flag. The two outer masts are positioned slightly lower than the central one. There are regulrly spaced dots along the side and flags at bow and stern. On the back there is a reverse pattern of the sailing shi…
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chewton Mendip CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5E7E66
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy, post-medieval, quartefoil mount with two integral rivet spikes on the back. The mount is an openwork cross fleuretty in shape with a centeral lozenge. The cross arms are linked at the centre by a lozenge and the outer petals of the fleurs at each cross end also join, leaving oval openwork between, one mis-cast. The four foil or feurs are shaped like flowers with the centre multiplied into a fan of three pointed oval petals flanked by down curling leaves. The back is flat and plain. Two integral spikes project outwards from the reverse from opposite fleurs and then are …
Created on: Thursday 2nd April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashwick CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-35EFC2
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy handle lug probably from a chafing dish handle of Late Medieval or Post-Medieval date (AD 1400 - AD 1650). The lug is irregular in outline and rectangular in cross section with rounded corners. It has is widened slightly at one end beyond which is the stub of a circular rivet which would have attached to the vessel wall. The centre is widened into an oval with a circular hole through it to hold the handle. Beyond the expansion around the hole the terminal angled upwards slightly ending in a distinct upward projection at the vetical end. The piece is worn but some f…
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-2074F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver shilling of Charles I dating to AD 1639 to 1646. Group F, unclear initial mark. Minted at London. North (1975, 136) 2231 or 2232. Double struck.
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.

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Record ID: SOM-8E9AB0
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy cap from a post-medieval powder measure dating to the 17th or 18th century. It has straight sides that widen slightly towards the open base where there is a raised mouth moulding. The slightly oval top has a central raised pellet with surrounded by a slightly recessed circle. Where the sides meet the top there are two integral attachment loops, one on each side, bent down slightly to meet the sides. There is a hole at the side where the other attachment loop is missing. On bth sides, running under these loops, are casting seams. The cap measures 18.5mm in heigh…
Created on: Monday 23rd March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 24th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Priddy CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7C6D48
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead cloth searchers seal formed of a rectangular strip of lead folded in half. The ends of the strip are secured by an integral rivet on one going through a hole in the other and being stamped flat with a crown stamp. Stamped on the strip (prior to bending) is: G' . FRANKS, mainly on one face. On the other face, the other way up, is 17- 60 with the 17 and 60 divided by three deeply stamped parallel lines. The seal is 42.0mm long 14.3mm wide, at the flattened end, 10.6mm wide at the fold and 4.0mm thick. It weighs 9.55g. The strip was 1.3mm thick. Searchers were of…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wells', grid reference and parish protected.