Record ID: SOM-1FD801
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Post Medieval a cast copper alloy openwork bridle boss. The fragment consists of part of the outer rim of the boss including part of one attchment hole and the attached sections of three of the central spokes. The outer rim is moulded with foliate decoration and possibly an oval head with wind or tendrils coming from the mouth. The outer edge is shaped around this decoration. At one end is an incomplete circular attachment hole, the break has happened across this hole. All the breaks are old and worn. Originally it would have been circular with a domed centre formed of num…
Created on: Friday 10th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-360B88
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver shilling of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), initial mark bell, AD 1583, North 2014.
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ston easton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4574A3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval gold mourning finger ring, dating to AD 1667. The ring has a D shaped cross section with a flat inner side. On the outer side is engraved a skull facing left, the eyes, nose hole, upper jaw and back of the skull are all indicated, the upper part of the head and are lower jaw not shown as they would be above and below the line of the band. On the inner side is inscribed .H.S. obiit 17 Aprill 67 followed by the makers mark of an S within a square. H.S. being the initials of the deceased who died on 17th april 1667. It is 18.4mm in diameter, 1.5mm thick and 3.07 grams. …
Created on: Friday 24th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ham and Stone CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-46A145
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver pedestal type seal matrix. The seal face is oval with a design of a heart pierced by two arrows in saltire with a row if short vertical lines above the heart and above them a crown and drops of blood to each side and below, all within a pellet border. The pedestal has six facets and narrows sharply from the face to the top. It ends in a double collar topped by three large suspension loops aranged in a triangle with the lower loops formed of a line that curls out ands projects slightly at the lower end and the upper loop topped by a projecting knop flanked by two s…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thornbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-46BD75
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), initial mark unclear (sword or bell), dated 1582 on coin, North 1997. The coin is extreamly damaged with indents and scratches to the surface.
Created on: Friday 24th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ham and Stone CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-49F004
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rectangular piece of copper alloy sheet with six regularly spaced rectangular slots around the edge. One slot, in a corner, still contains a copper alloy sheet rivet. It is 57.0mm by 30.2mm by 1.8mm and weighs 6.35 grams. This piece is a vessel repair, probably from a copper alloy vessel. The use of sheet rivets suggest a Medieval to Post Medieval date, c.1450-1700 AD. See SUR-F333C2 and SUSS-881300 on this database for similar repairs still attached to parts of a vessel.
Created on: Friday 24th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Batcombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4A9FE4
Object type: STRAINER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sheet metal handle socket from a skimmer with part of the skimmer bowl, used for skimming fat and removing items from cauldrons, attached. The socket is constructed from a U shaped piece of sheet metal which has been riveted to the skimmer plate. The sheet is raised in the centre forming a tapering convex semi-circular section, now squashed, to accomodate a pointed wooden handle. This raised section is flanked by a row of four rolled sheet rivets on each side, one rivet is now missing leaving a circular hole. The remaining fragment of the skimmer plate is crumpled but appears to hav…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Batcombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4ACE04
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy harness fitting of 18th to 19th century date. The piece consists of a flat oval plate with lobed expansions at each end. The ends of the lobed expansions are thinned, probably to fit between two straps and pierced with a circular hole for attachment. The main plate has a raised outer edge containing a recessed oval panel within which are three concentric raised oval lines. In parts of the recessed areas is the remains of a green-blue substance, possibly enamel or corrosion. It is 50.8mm long, 17.6mm wide and 4.65mm thick; it weighs 14.63 grams.
Created on: Friday 24th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Batcombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-899E66
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy traders token farthing issued by Thomas Parfit of Shepton Mallet, Somerset in 1652; Williamson (1891:985), Somerset 211.
Created on: Monday 27th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nempnett Thrubwell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-8A93D3
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
About two fifths of a cast iron cannon ball. The majority of the cannonball is lost to an old break. This break may have happened after deposiiton due to rusting and fracturing of the iron. the piece now weighs 1118 grams suggesting an original weight of c.2,700 grams, 6 lbs. A cannon ball of this size and shape would have been typical for amunition for a saker cannon. The saker is a medium sized cannon developed during the early 16th century AD. The barrel of the saker was typically 2.9m long and weighed approximately 860kg. It required a creew of 6 to operate and could fire up to…
Created on: Monday 27th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-9ABD87
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy 'dandy' button dating to the . The button is made of tombac (an alloy of mostly copper and zinc with some other elements) giving a silvery appearence. The button has a flat back and front with a icopper alloy loop soldered in the cnetre of the reverse. The front has an incised pattern of a cnetral flower with a boder roundf the outer edge formed of short straight diagonal lines which abut each other giving a twisted rope effect; the areas between the lines contain groups of three and four transverse lines, adding to the rope effect. The patterns on 1…
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-9D1515
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver groat of Henry VIII or Edward VI in name of Henry VIII, minted at Southwark or Canterbury, 1541-1551 AD, North 1845, 1847, 1872 or 1875. The coin has been bent and broken along the bend with c.45% remaining.
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 1st July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alverdiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9E5733
Object type: CANDLE HOLDER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval or early Post Medieval cast copper alloy candle holder. The cup and ring remain but are detached from the saucer. The cup is hexagonal in cross section and tapers in width and thickness from the top to the base. Through it runs a slightly off centre circular socket which becomes more oval in section towards the open base. On two opposing faces of the cup are rectangular open slots with an open circle above for adjusting the candles height; the slots are have slightly irregular edges which have not been cleaned of the casting flashes. Below the upper rim, which appears…
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 18th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alverdiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-30DC75
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), initial mark coronet, dated 1569 on coin, North 1998.
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cossington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3113F2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver groat of Mary I (1553-1554), privy mark pomegranate, 1553-1554 AD, North 1960. A chip in one side has removed c.5% of the flan.
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cossington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-316E41
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver groat of Henry VIII (1509-1547), third coinage, minted at Bristol, 1544-1547 AD, North 1846.
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cossington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-31A263
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VIII (1509-1547), third coinage, or Edward VI (1547-1553) in the names of Henry VIII, minted at Canterbury, 1544-1551 AD, North 1852 or 1881. Chips around the sides of the flan have removed c.10%.
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cossington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-328086
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Toggle end of a Post Medieval two-part toggle clasp. Only the circular toggle disk and part of the attachment plate survives, the rest is lost to an old break. The toggle disk is 10.5mm in diameter and sits on top of an arm that projects at one end of the plate. The remaining plate bifucates with a pair of projecting knops to each side and part of a rivet hole in the centre. It would have originally had three pairs of projecting knops from a central stem, echoing the molded foliate design on the front, and a second rivet hole at the other end. There are traces of a worn punched design…
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cossington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3310B4
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy openwork mount with integral attachment spikes. The mount has a flat openwork plate with bevelled edges which is general piriform in shape with the top point extended into a solid knop flanked by annulets, possibly representing a fleur de lis. There is a projecting solid rectangular knop at the base flanked by rounded knops and a solid chervon across the openwork centre. On the back are two integral circular sectioned spikes with sharp points. They are placed on a central line, near either end. Both are bent inwards towards the centre one at 90 degrees …
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cossington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-337165
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy mount with integral attachment spikes dating to the 16th or 17th century AD. The mount has a flat plate with bevelled edges. It is in the shape of a branch or flower with a short stem at the base above which are two projecting leaves on either side which curve round to meet at their tips creating circular holes between them. Above these leaves, the plate is in the shape of three ovals in a row, decreasing in size to the top. The front has moulded decoration, it is now worn but appears to show leaves and flowers emphasising the branch like shape. On the …
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cossington', grid reference and parish protected.