Record ID: SOM-8A3735
Object type: WINDOW GLASS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of lead alloy with two flat sides joined by a thin cross bar giving an H-shaped section with a small piece of 17th-19th century window glass stuck between the sides. Possibly a crude repair for a cracked window along similar lines to the contemporary lead alloy pot mends or possibly a spash of lead onto broken glass.. It is 21.7mm by 25.7mm including the glass, 6.1mm thick and weighs 6.80 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-4FDE31
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy circular weight of post-medieval to modern date. The weight has a broad raised rim, and recessed centre within which is the raised cast design of a crown over crossed sceptres within a pellet circle with a PHILIP[...] / *F[...] in scrolled cartouches above and below all within a further pair of line circles. The cross sceptres and two large sceptres to each side and a smaller vertical one in the centre. The back is plain with a flat border within which is a very slightly raised centre, paralleling the recessed centre on the front. Four circular holes have been drilled thoug…
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taunton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-C3DA77
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim fragment from a lead-tin alloy (pewter) vessel, possibly a large dish of the later 15th to 18th centuries although an earlier date cannot be ruled out. The rim was probably originally flat, although it is now bent, with a thickened, rounded border on the top (beaded), rim type 2a. It is esitmated to have been c.380mm in original diameter if it was circular and just under 5% survives. It weighs 26.39 grams and is 2.6mm thick.
Created on: Monday 16th April 2012
Last updated: Monday 16th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wembdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B49B34
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of lead-tin alloy (pewter) with high relief moulded decoration of facing busts on either end, possibly the tip of a spoon. The pieces has a rounded lower edge slightly straighter sides and ends in an old break just above the top of the heads. The bust sare the same on both sides, both have rounded caps or hair above the face and long sidelocks framing the face to each side. Radiating lines come from the chin and run around behind the shoulders to half way up the back of the head, probably representing a ruff. There is a gap in the radiating lines directly below the chin sugge…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brewham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EEB420
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast lead tin alloy item, probably a toy. The fragment appears to be the upper point of the item, possibly a tent, with the front moulded and decorated with raised lines to indicate the side flaps and swagging and possibly a set of curling plumes at the apex. The piece is widening out form the apex before ending in old, worn, breaks. It is curved in cross-section with the sides curving back from the centre. On the plain back is a casting seam down the centre and two conical expansions next to the top edge, probably the remains of the sprues. The fragment is 28.0mm long, …
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-15FBBC
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unclear lead alloy folding implement or possibly a toy. The piece has an outer case or sheath formed of a strip of lead sheet bent in half to create a long U-shaped piece, one long edge pushed closed and the other left open and with a cicular lead alloy rivet through 'open' short end. The folded end is square while the other 'open' end is rounded. The rivet linking the 'open' ends creates a hinge on which a second lead alloy element clearly hinged, coming out of the open side. The second element is broken with a damaged top edge but appears to also be formed of lead sheet and have had…
Created on: Friday 30th November 2018
Last updated: Saturday 1st December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Enmore CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A6D351
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval whirligig or buzz disc/wheel, which has been cut from lead sheeting. The buzz disc is a slightly irregular circle and has a notched (serrated) edge. There are three holes in a row in the centre through which a looped string or cord would have been threaded; each is worn to an oval shape but the central hole is smaller. The disk is 34.7mm in diameter, 2.7mm thick and weighs 20.24 grams. Several 'teeth' around the edge are bent or missing from the edge. It has a mid-grey to white patina. A number of these toys are illustrated by Egan and Forsyth (2005: 387-391). The dat…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middlezoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-76B0F3
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval whirligig or buzz disc/wheel, which has been cut from lead sheeting. The buzz disc is a slightly irregular circle and has a notched (serrated) edge and two slightly off-central holes (2.5mm in diameter), through which a looped string or cord would have been threaded. The disk is 37mm in diameter, 2.3mm thick and weighs 16.93 grams. One 'tooth' is missing from the edge, the break is patinated. It has a mid-grey to white patina. A number of these toys are illustrated by Egan and Forsyth (2005: 387-391). The dating of these toys is uncertain as they were probably often h…
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EDA9A1
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast lead-tin alloy (pewter) toy, probably an open-mouthed ewer or jug. The piece has a circular foot with a slightly irregular broken edge and a raised ring running around it, this narrows at the connection with the main body with a second ring as it starts to widen out again. The foot is hollow on the base. The main body is circular at the base widening front and back to an oval shape at the broken top. The upper rim and most of the upper part is missing to corroded breaks. At the back it widens out only slightly and there are stubs of the handle on the casting seam do…
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2012
Last updated: Saturday 1st September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Musgrove', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-12CD04
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast lead disc shaped bi-faced token of Powell type 2. On one side is the raised capital T flanked by pellets within a line border. On the other side is a raised capital W with a pellet in the centre within a line border. It is 14.4mm in diameter, 2.6mm thick and weighs 2.36 grams. Lead tokens were in common use from c.1250-1850 but those with initials are usually Post Medieval in date.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2011
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2B45F1
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast lead bi-faced token of Powell type 2 / 9. On one side are the raised capitals E.F within a zigzag border. On the other side are five zigzag lines within a line border. It is 18.2mm in diameter, 2.2mm thick and weighs 2.70 grams. Lead tokens were in common use from c.1250-1850 but those with initials are usually Post Medieval in date.
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2B9362
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast lead disc shaped bi-faced token of Powell type 2 / 1. About a quarter of the flan is missing from a patinated break tor mis-casting to one side. On one side is a central pellet around which are letters [...]R R S[...] all within a line border with multiple lines radiating from the border to the edge. On the other is a central six petalled flower design within three concentric line borders with again multiple lines radiating from the outer border to the edge. It is 18.2mm in diameter, 2.3mm thick and weighs 3.56 grams. Lead tokens were in common use from c.1250-185…
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F472A6
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast lead alloy circular double sided token of Powell type 2 / 4. The token has a raised design of a stylised fleur de lis on one side represented by a straight line, flanked by curved lines like back to back S's all joined by a horizontal line. On the other side are the raised initials B B with an hourglass or two triangles between them, the upper triangle pointing down and meeting the lower triangle pointing up. It is 22.4mm in diameter, 3.0mm thick and weighs 4.66 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore difficul…
Created on: Monday 17th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F488E3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast lead alloy circular double sided token of Powell type 2 / 4. The token has a raised design of a stylised fleur de lis on one side represented by a straight line, flanked by curved lines like back to back C's all joined by a horizontal line. On the other side are the raised retrograde initials CG. It is 22.6mm in diameter, 2.0mm thick and weighs 5.41 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. They were in common use from c.1250-1850 but those with initials are usually Post Medieval in date.
Created on: Monday 17th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3840DA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval lead-alloy circular double-sided token c. AD 1500-c. 1850. Powell Type 3/?. One face has a larged raised central pellet from which radiate five lines that meet the plain line circular border. Out lise the border there is a suggestion of small raidating lines but these end in the irregular outline. The other side has a raised design of lines and dots which is unclear. Diameter: 22.5mm. Weight: 4.81g. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are…
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2017
Last updated: Monday 25th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-73D62B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead-alloy circular unifaced token of Powell type 1 (c. AD 1250-1800). The token has a raised design of a flower made of five pointed oval petals radiating out from the centre. It measures 15.4 mm in diameter, 3.0mm thick and weighs 4.61 grams. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date.
Created on: Monday 30th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-4D029A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval uniface lead alloy token issued by I B at Exeter of Powell type 2, probably dating to AD 1550 to 1800. The token has a slight raised rim around the front and back. The front has the raised letters I B over EXON. The back is plain. It is 24.7mm in diameter, 1.8mm thick and weighs 5.00g. The grey shade and light weight suggests a lead-tin alloy. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. The decoration on this toke…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halberton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C632A4
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of the bowl of a cast lead alloy (pewter) spoon, probably dating to the 17th century. The fragment comprises of most of the base of the bowl with only a short part of the original right edge remaining, the remaining edges are all breaks. Too little remains of the bowl to reconstuct the form. The junction with the handle is lost along with any support on the back of the bowl. There is a makers mark on the front of the bowl, towards where the junction with the handle would have been. The mark is a stamp repeated three times in a triangle. The stamp is incuse and of a large, roughl…
Created on: Monday 1st June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-73A0F4
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Terminal of a post medieval cast lead alloy (pewter) spoon handle of late 17th century date. Only the terminal of the flat handle remains, the rest is lost to an old break. The terminal is in the tri-lobed trifid style with a central more projecting lobe flanked by smaller ones. It is decorated on the front with a raise cast floral and foliate disn with a central flower flanked by C-shapes with curled in ends and with a possible crown in the projecting central lobe, the back is plain. The piece is 31.4mm long, 28.7mm wide and 2.4mm thick; it weighs 9.87 grams. This style of spoon h…
Created on: Thursday 29th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 30th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Curry CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-638C3A
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The end of the handle and about half the length of a slip topped lead-tin (pewter) spoon of xx date. The handle is is hexagonal in section with a slightly narrower back than front and ends in a corroded break towards the centre of the handle. The handle widens and thickens gradually towards the terminal. The slip top end is slightly expanded and broken around the lower edge with corroded breaks. The piece is 64.0mm long, 9.5mm wide by 8.0mm thick and weighs 15.02g. It is 6.5mm by 5.8mm at the narrowest point. Found in the same field as SOM-1E6780 but unlikely to be fromt he same s…
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middlezoy CP', grid reference and parish protected.