Record ID: SOM-8DFCA2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unusually wide post medieval cast copper alloy double loop asymmetrical buckle frame with one D-shaped and one trapezoid loop. The D-shaped loop curves out at the centre of the outer edge to create a projecting point in the shape of an ogee arch. The loops are trapezoid in section with bevelled sides and a flat back although the outer edge of the trapezoid loop is worn to an oval shape. The sises of the D-shaped loop are slightly wider. The strap bar is missing with old breaks at either end; there are pairs of lobed knops on the outer side opposite the breaks. The surface has a silver…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-66FAC3
Object type: APOTHECARY WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy apothecaries weight for 2 scruples. It is rectangular and flat and stamped on both sides with the traditional symbol for 2 scruples (like a backwards capital E joined to a y with two dots above it) with a star above. It measure 12.3mm long, 10.5mm wide and is 2.8mm thick. It weighs 2.39 grams. This type of weight was in use from 1618 AD to the 19th century.
Created on: Friday 19th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-688B81
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy terminal (stop) for a scale-tang knife handle. The stop is in the form of a pair of bifurcating horses hooves with deep incised lines between the pair and seperating the 'hooves' from the 'shoes' which are indicated by an incised central line for the frog, raised calkins at the ends and four punched indents for nail holes on each 'shoe'. The attachment end of the stop is oval and has a slot through it which contains the remains of the iron knife tang, the longer sides have wide incised lines running parallel to the edge between the slots. It is 17.6mm w…
Created on: Friday 19th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-69C142
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval composite sheet copper-alloy button. The front and back are made of two pieces of copper alloy sheet soldered together, the separate copper alloy wire shank is missing. The front is convex with a central raised boss an an incised line around the edge. The back is now concave but parallels and the off centred form of the indent suggest it was originally convex and has been damaged. There is an irregular hole with spayed edge in the centre where the shank has been removed flanked by rectangular blow holes. To one side are stamped the initials TC or TG, probably a makers ma…
Created on: Friday 19th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-A4DF10
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast copper alloy stud chape from a shoe buckle. The chape has two cylindrical tubes at one end with the remains of a tube from the pin between them, around these is the rusted remains of the seperate iron spindle which would have gone through the tubes and into the buckle frame at either side. The body of the chape is flat and narrows immediately after the tubes before curving slightly out and then inwards to a narrower rectangular projection at the end opposite the tubes. This now ends in an old break but would have has a stud to attach to the leather shoe. The chape i…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stawell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A5FAD2
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast copper-alloy button with a convex front and a integral attachment loop set off centre in the concave back. The loop was probably originally rectangular and has an off centre circular hole drilled through it; the upper part is missing to an old break. The front of the button is decorated with incised lines forming an outline, equal armed cross with a ring and dot at the centre. The central ring and dot has at least 4 rings, the outer of which is made of small annulets. The arms of the cross are also decorated with ring and dot, two on each arm, the outer ones have tw…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stawell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A69B38
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast lead-tin alloy button probably dating to the 17th-18th century. About three fifths of the button and the loop is lost to an old break. The front is slightly convex and decorated with a raised, cast design of a pellet border containing six symetrically arranged tendrils with two short branches and a longer branch curving in from the outer edge, the longer branches bifucate into two curls, the central curls from each branch create a ring around a central pellet giving a flower like appearence. The back is rough but appears plain with a central irregular indent where t…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stawell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A7F4F0
Object type: SKILLET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy skillet handle. The fragment tapers in width and thickness along its length and is trapezoid in plan with a wider upper surface, bevelled sides and flat back. The front has moulded geometric decoration of raised lines between recessed areas forming a row of squares containing four pointed ovals arranged in a saltire, like a quatrefoil; one complete square and sections of two others survive. Between two of the squares is a raised band with diagonal incisions making a rope effect and between the other two may be a row of pellets although this is unclear. …
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2010
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stawell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A8F848
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), plain cross initial mark, dated 1578 on coin, over stamped on 1577, North 1998
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2010
Last updated: Monday 31st January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shapwick', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-A98C62
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast lead alloy musket ball, 17.0mm in diameter and 26.31 grams in weight. There are faint traces of a casting seam and several dents and flattened areas, possibly from firing of post deposition damage. Lead bullets such as these were used from c1550 - 1850, most of them are likely to date from the 17th - 18th century as post-1800 most shot was made in shot towers rather than cast.
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shapwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D43581
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast copper alloy bar mount probably sdating to the 16th or 17th centuries. The mount is sub-rectangular in plan with expanded trefoil terminals and semi-circular projections on either side at the centre. The upper surface is corroded and pitted, but there appear to be incised lines running down each side of the bar and raised transverse collars between the bar and terminals. The reverse is slightly concave and it has three regularly spaced integrally cast rivets, the rivet behind one terminal is complete and bent outwards 90 degrees, the others are worn stubs. . The mou…
Created on: Wednesday 24th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 31st January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shapwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E49C05
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy traders token farthing issued by the borough of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, Williamson Vol 1, page 251, Gloucestershire 164
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fifehead Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E51722
Object type: SUNDIAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval complete cast copper-alloy 'pocket' sundial of 17th or 18th century date. The sundial is of the simple ring type. It consists of a broad, flat, copper alloy ring with a channel cut in the centre of the outer side along its circumference which is filled with a separate sliding collar; the ring is suspended by a short twist of wire. The exterior has two four incised lines running around it, one near each edge and two flanking the channel. The channel breaks through to the interior of the ring to create a slot along two-fifths of the circumference. This slot is f…
Created on: Thursday 25th November 2010
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fifehead Neville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-37CBB4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Foreign Post Medieval silver coin, possibly a Portugeause half-tostao of the late 16th to 17th century of unclear ruler and mint. The coin is extreamly worn with the edge lost all the way around and about a quarter of the flan lost to a break along one side.
Created on: Monday 29th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-388714
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy thimble formed by soldering copper alloy sheet into a long, slightly tapering cylinder with a separate domed top. The top and a part of the side are missing due to an old, very irregular break and the side has split along the seam, it is squashed inwards slightly at the base. The soldered seam is visible around the top and on the side. The sides are decorated with an irregular hand incised grid of lines leaving a strap work pattern, of two lozenges alternating with two pointed ovals, in reserve. There is a plain ring at the base. It is now 18.8mm by 15.3mm a…
Created on: Monday 29th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-786372
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame. The frame has two oval loops which have bevelled backs and bevelled and slightly widened outer edges, one with a transverse groove for a pin rest in the centre. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed with lobed knops at either end. The buckle has a reddish brown surface with areas of green patina. It is 22.6mm long, 17.7mm wide, 2.1mm thick and weighs 2.33 grams. Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckle (page 54, No.307) which lacks the grooves on the loops, which he dates to c.1500-1650 AD.
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 2nd December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-78DAD6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver sixpence of William III (1694-1702), dated 1697 on coin, minted at London. Opposing sides of the coin have been bent to give it an S shape in profile, coins modified in this way, especially those worn smooth are thought to be love tokens. The bends have been straightened but it is not clear if this was contemporary or more recent.
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 2nd December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CC0B17
Object type: JUG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd from a 16th to 17th century German stoneware jug. The rim is c.45mm in internal diameter and has a plain, rounded, top. Running around the outer side are several raised rings. The fabric is pale grey with rare-sparse (1-5%) very fine sand inclusions. It has an almost clear glaze on the outerside which appears mid olive where it is thicker between the raised rings and a pale brown glaze on the inner side. It weighs 7.98 grams.
Created on: Monday 6th December 2010
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stawell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-CCBB24
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd from a large 17th-18th century glazed red earthenware vessel. The fabric is dark orange on the outer side blending to dark grey on the innerside below the glaze. it has sparse sand and occasional large quartz inclusions. The inner side has a fairly even dark brown glaze which appears yellow when thinner. The outer side has a thin dark orange-brown outer layer, possibly from slight vitrification in the kiln. It weighs 28.48 grams.
Created on: Monday 6th December 2010
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stawell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CCF9E3
Object type: JUG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a late 15th to 16th century jug handle formed of three strands twisted together in the 'barley-twist style'. The fabric is mid orange on the outer side and a pale grey reduced core, at one end the outer orange layer is thinner than the other. There are a few traces of white slip painted in lines along the creases of the twist. There is patchy remains of an pale olive glazed appearing pale yellow-green over the slip. The glaze coverage appears to have always been slightly uneven as there are areas of dark red-brown where the unglazed surface has fired in the kiln. It weighs…
Created on: Monday 6th December 2010
Last updated: Monday 6th December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stawell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F56DA3
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One part (hooked section) of a Post Medieval book clasp. The clasp is comprised of two thin sheets of copper alloy riveted together at both ends. The upper surface is rectangular in plan with one end (the strap attachment end) expanded into a scalloped fishtailed end. The opposite end widens into a bar from which projects a hook. The reverse is similar in plan with the hook end expanded into a bar, now partly lost to old breaks but missing the hook and with the fluting at the strap attachment end is replaced by a straight but widened end. The upper surface is decorated in the centre …
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 6th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F743E1
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval cast copper alloy openwork hooked tag. The tag is flat back and has a moulded front. It is in the form of a cord tied in an openwork hungerford knot with pellets on each cord terminal. The terminals of the knotted cord are joined by a bar to form a trapezoidal attachment loop. Projecting from the central loop of the knot is a long narrow hook. The hook is bent backwards 180 degrees and D shaped in section with a flat back. It is 28.8mm long, 19.2mm wide and 1.9mm thick; it weighs 2.02 grams. Read (2008: 110, No.336) illustrates a similar example although with cross …
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Coker', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F8CEF5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy strap distributor of late Medieval or Post Medieval date. The piece is flat and formed of four conjoined rings with a solid area between them, there is a slightly off centre circular hole through this central area and projecting pointed knops at the junctions between the rings. The edges and the holes in the centres of the rings are slightly bevelled on the front. It is 24.7mm by 25.6mm and 1.8mm thick; it weighs 4.52 grams. A similar piece, but with a boss rather than a hole in the centre is recorded on this database, NMS-34D260, that example still has sw…
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2010
Last updated: Friday 7th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Stowey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4AC892
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy farthing of James I dating to AD 1613 to 1614. Harrington type 2, initial mark unclear. Minted at London. North (1991:149) no.2132.
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7757A2
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy spherical rumbler bell (crotal) of Post Medieval date. The bell comprises two hemispherical domes with a raised circumferential join. The upper hemisphere has two circular sound holes with sub-square suspension loop projecting from the top between them. The curve of the bell continues under the loop aperture suggesting it was made using a detachable 'sprue-piece', this method was introduced in the 17th century. The lower hemisphere has a long sound slit with circular holes at each end. the upper hemisphere is plain while the lower is decorated with the common 's…
Created on: Tuesday 14th December 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 21st December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pilton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7A12A6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame. Only one oval loop now remains, the other is lost to old breaks. The strap bar is narrowed with scallop-shell shaped knops at either end, the shape emphasised by indented rayed lines. From the centre of the outer edge of the complete loop projects a large lozenge shaped knop. The flat top of the knop is stepped up in two steps from the surface of the loop. The inner side of the outer edge of the loop is curved inwards slightly opposite this knop. It is bent as well as broken and is now 28.6mm long, 25.3mm wide and 2.1mm thick, …
Created on: Tuesday 14th December 2010
Last updated: Friday 7th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F25048
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One part of a cast copper alloy swivel fitting probably of Post Medieval date. The remaining piece consists of a hollow hemisphere with an incised ring near the top. From the top point projects an oval loop, rectangular in cross section with rounded edges with a slightly flattened and widened top side. It is 24.8mm tall, 19.2mm in diameter and weighs 13.34 grams. It is different in construction from the Medieval swivels and the general form suggests a later date.
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Taunton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F2A182
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper mount dating to the 16th or 17th centuries. The mount is in the form of a large circular boss with a projection to one side. The boss has a hollow back and convex front which rises in three steps to a central pellet, between the second and third step is a double incised ring. The edges of the boss are irregular and slightly damaged but it seems probable there was only ever one projection. The projecting piece is in the form of a circular lobe with a smaller lobed terminal beyond, both are convex on the front and the larger lobe has a hollow back. From the bac…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Taunton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F2D960
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval incomplete cast copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame. The loops are trapizoid, one is complete but 90% of the other is lost to old breaks. The complete loop is rectangular in cross section with the outer edge extended into a point in the centre flanked by rounded knops at the corners. There is an incised line running down the front of the outer edge, parrallel with the side of the loop and a cross line incised in the centre as a pin rest. There are projecting knops at the ends of the narrowed strap bar. The pin is formed of a simple strip of copper alloy bent around the…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Taunton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F30E64
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop rectangular buckle frame with decorated outer edge. The sides and strap bar are plain and oval in section. The outer edge has an incised line running down the centre of it with a central transverse pin notch. Projecting from the centre of the outer side is a slightly flatter D shaped expansion with a lobed knop terminal projecting from the centre. Double transverse incised lines with a raised line between separate the D shape from the main outer side and the knop terminal from the D. The pin is missing. It is 32.5mm long, 25.4mm wide and 3.1…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Taunton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F3A113
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop asymmetrical buckle frame with one oval and one rectangular loop. There are projecting lobed knops on the outer corners of both loops and at the end of the strap bar. The loops are trapizoid in section with bevelled sides and a flat back. The outer edge of the rectangular loop has regular indents creating the appearence of four lobes in a row between the corner knops. The surface has a silvery appearence and appears tinned.The pin is missing. It is 23.4mm long, 18.3mm wide and 2.3mm thick; it weighs 2.56 grams. Whitehead (2003:92) illustra…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2011
Last updated: Thursday 8th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Taunton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D884A0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver halfgroat of Edward VI in name of Henry VIII, minted at Canterbury, 1547-1551 AD, North 1881
Created on: Monday 24th January 2011
Last updated: Sunday 6th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D8F258
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VIII (1509-1547), second coinage, catherine wheel initial mark, minted at Canterbury under Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, 1533-1544 AD, North 1804.
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 19th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2CAD57
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy strap fitting, probably for a sword belt of 16th-17th century date. One end of the strap fitting survives with part of a pendant loop. It is a shaped plate with a flat back and moulded front. At one end is a circular terminal with a further projecting terminal knop at the end, now lost to an old break. The circular section has a recessed front with a raised fleur de lis in the centre surrounded by a circular border the ends of which curl back creating a scolled effect. The next element is a waisted section with five incised transverse lines a…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2011
Last updated: Friday 8th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9F71F7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy mount in the form of an openwork lozenge (mascle). The outer edge has regularly spaced indents giving a scalloped or cusped appearence, the inner edge is straight. In the centre of one edge is a projecting knop on the outer side, possibly a casting flat. It is trapezoid in section with bevelled sides and a wider back. There are two integral attachment spikes on the back, one near each end but off centre. Both are rectangular in section and bent over at 90 degrees but one is bent towards the end and one to the side. It is 18.4mm by 10.8mm and 6.5mm thic…
Created on: Friday 9th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9F27F2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy mount in the form of an openwork quatrefoil with scallop shell shaped expansions between the petals. In the centre is an equal armed cross the ends of the arms of which are joined by projecting V-shaped points with rounded ends. The outer edge is much wider than the cross. Between the points, at the ends of the cross arms are large shell shaped expansions with flaring sides and outer edges that are shaped slightly into a trilobed shape. The front of each shell is decorated with three grooves radiating from the base to the outer edge, each flanked by nar…
Created on: Friday 9th September 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6763D6
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy thimble with maker's mark dating 1520-1620. The thimble has sloping sides and a slightly domed top with a raised centre. The indentations are oval and have been hand stamped in a continuous spiral from the top to the rim with no bare tonsure. At the end of the indentations there is a stamped maker's mark It is not blear but is probably an angular S in a recessed panel. Below the indentations there is a single linear border just above the rim. It is 16.2mm in diameter at the base. 17.5mm tall, the walls are 0.9mm thick and it weighs 4.28 grams. H…
Created on: Thursday 24th February 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-78C368
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of the leg and the foot from a Post medieval cast copper alloy vessel, c. 1500-1700 AD. The leg is D-shaped in section with a concave back and convex front divided into 5 ribs running down the length. The foot is also D-shaped in section but narrower with a with a plain convex front and flat to slightly convex back, it has a rounded end. There is an old irregular break at the upper end. It is 43.1mm tall, 27.3mm wide, 14.5mm thick; it weighs 42 grams.
Created on: Friday 25th February 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-10EB37
Object type: RIVET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two copper alloy sheet late Medieval or Post-Medieval rivets, of the type usually used for repairing metal vessels. The rivets are formed from kite shaped pieces of sheet metal, rolled into a cone, with the top folded over to form the head. Rivet 1 (photo): Length: 29.2mm, Width of head: 12.1 by 8.9mm, Maximum diameter of shank: 7.1mm, Weight: 3.25g Rivet 2: Length: 23.4mm, Width of head: 10.0 by 6.8mm, Maximum diameter of shank: 7.6mm, Weight: 2.10g A discussion of these rivets can be found in Egan (2005, p.101). Egan suggests that these were a later form a rivet, which took …
Created on: Friday 4th March 2011
Last updated: Sunday 6th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3F15F8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead two disk cloth seal with a large letter A flanked with annulets and with an annulet below all within a pellet border on one side and with a pinecone in a cusped border on the other. The tab that would have joined the two disks is missing from an old break. It is 21.2mm by 18.5mm and 3.6mm thick; it weighs 6.87 grams. The design indicates it is from a mixed linen-warp and cotton weft fabric from Augsberg, Germany, dating to the 16th or 17th century. Cf. Egan (1994) nos.308-10.
Created on: Sunday 6th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3FDBB7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval, 17th century, cast copper alloy openwork mount with integral attachment spikes. The mount is flat and shaped into four lobes, two large pointed oval lobes alternating with two smaller circular lobes. The tip of one of the pointed oval lobes is lost, possibly to damage. The lobes have circular holes in the centre and there is a further hole in the centre of the mount; the holes in the pointed oval lobes join the central hole while those in the circular lobes are connected to it by an indent on the front. On the back are two integral spikes, one is complete and bent inwar…
Created on: Sunday 6th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-400FE3
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval, 17th century, cast copper-alloy circular bridle boss. The boss is a hollow hemisphere, with an openwork design and a flat border around the edge. A break to one side has removed part of the border and one of the pair of rivet holes. The boss has a raised central knop, around which is the openwork main body, consisting of slim curving arms. The less worn arms are decorated with a scale like patten of raised semi-circles running down each arm and incised lines down their inner sides which continue at the base to meet the base of the next arm. Around this is a narrow rop…
Created on: Sunday 6th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-09E840
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast copper alloy mount with a flat back and moulded front. It is circular with a raised line border outside which is symmetrical foliate decoration rising to eight peaks with pellets at the points, the outer edge is shaped to this decoration. The cental field is recessed with a raised helmeted and bearded head facing right in profile in the centre. The head is flanked by two circular rivet holes for attachment. There are remains of gilding on the front and traces on the back. It is 31.0mm in diameter, 2.9mm thick and weighs 7.02 grams. The style suggests an early to …
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinton St George', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-DE1BE3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy mount moulded in the shape of a double six petalled rose. The front has a domed centre moulded into a central pellet surrounded by six leaves. The flat outer border and edge is moulded into six further petals with pointed sepals between. The back has a concave centre oppsite the domes front flanked by the stubs of two integrally cast spikes for fixing the mount to a leather strap. The mount measures 32.1mm diameter, 6.8mm thick excluding the spikes, 11.6mm including and weighs 10.69 grams. This mount probably dates to the 16th-17th centuries.
Created on: Monday 14th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 14th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-DFC8E6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy hooked mount, probably a 17th century sword belt fitting. The mount has a flat oval central plate with moulded decoration on the front in the form of a double stranded lozenge with concave sides, probably with stamped flowers and line decoration around it, now obscured by corrosion. At one end of the plate is a projecting circular flat knop with a smaller oval terminal knop beyond it. The circular knop has the remains of an iron rivet through the centre. At the opposite end of the plate is an oval-sectioned backward-facing hook which curves through a he…
Created on: Monday 14th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 14th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E0E185
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy traders token half penny issued by Jeffery Grove of Taunton, Somerset in 1664; Williamson (1891:989), Somerset 257.
Created on: Monday 14th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milverton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E367E3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy sword belt fitting. It is roughly foliate in form, with incised decoration forming a leaf pattern. It has a trefoil shaped terminal at one end below which it narrows before widening to rounded shoulders about a third of the way down. from which it tapers to the other end where there are two lugs flanking a forward projecting hook. The hook is oval in cross section and ends in a spherical terminal. There are two circular fixing holes containing iron corrosion, one near the trefoil terminal and one above the hook. It is 51.3mm long, 20.4mm wide and 11.6mm…
Created on: Monday 14th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 14th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E5EC04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), initial mark Martlet, 1560-1561 AD, North 1987.
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1DF1B7
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy hooked tag. The tag is flat backed and has a moulded front. The main plate is sub-rectangular with a rounded end by the hook. It is openwork in design and, by comparison with other examples (see below), has three fleur-de-lis within an openwork round bottomed shield surmounted by a crown. There are holes between the fleurs on the crown and the piece has broken across these holes. The sides of the shield are engrailed with regular spaced projecting knops and further knops at the base joined to the start of the hook. There is a rectangular loop projecting…
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wells', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1EC421
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy asymmetrical buckle frame. The frame has one rectangular and one D shaped loop. Both look to have a groove along the outer edge. At the centre of the D shaped look the inner side projects inwards in a point forming a wider area. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed. There are traces of a white metal, silver or tin, coating on the front. It is 38.1mm long, 28.3mm wide and 2.5mm thick and weighs 6.90grams. Whitehead (2003:91) illustrates a similar example, no.566, which he dates to c.1575-1700 AD.
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Godney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-212F84
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thumb piece or handle from an unidentifed cast silver item of probably 18th century date. The thumb piece is complete with a oval panel connected to a curved rectangular sectioned arm which is in turn connected to a broken hollow attachment which would have linked it to the rest of the item. The oval panel has a moulded, raised bust on each side, it is helmeted and draped, possibly Minerva. The bust is within a line border with stippling in the field between the line and bust. From the base of the oval section projects a small oval shaped flat knop moulded into a face on both sides, o…
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 18th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinton St George', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9E2836
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment, probably the outer side of a buckle loop. Probably from a Post Medieval double loop buckle. The fragment is pelta shaped with a curved outer side and the inner side expanded into a rounded point in the centre. There are worn breaks at either end. The back is flat and the front is slightly convex with nine transverse lines incised across it, the outer ones angled outwards. It is 17.8mm long, 8.7mm wide, 2.2mm thick and weighs 1.18 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cossington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-205968
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver half groat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), inital mark bell, minted at London, 1582-1583 AD, North 2016.
Created on: Tuesday 29th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-302BD2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame with one loop completely missing due to old breaks. The remaining loops is oval with a bevelled outer and inner edge giving an angles side. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed with large pointed knops at either end. There are stubs and evidence of the old break where the other loop has been lost. It is 19.6mm long by 22.3mm wide by 3.7mm thick; it weighs 2.86 grams. A similar frame is illustrated in Whitehead (2003: 54), no.308 which he dates to c.1500-1650 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2011
Last updated: Sunday 3rd April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5C2492
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), long cross initial mark, dated 1580 on coin, North 1997
Created on: Friday 1st April 2011
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9B4483
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), inital mark unclear, 1558-1603 AD.
Created on: Monday 4th April 2011
Last updated: Monday 4th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9B8A87
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast lead-tin alloy button missing its shank (attachment loop). It has a plain, slightly convex front with a slight stepped border a round the edge and a concave back with remains of a casting seam and the stub of a probably integral shank on the back. It is 18.5mm in diameter, 4.2mm thick and weighs 2.95 grams. Read (2005:67) illustres a similar button (no.266) although with a double stepped rim, which he dates to the 17th century (ibid:56).
Created on: Monday 4th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9E54A7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy hooked mount, now missing the hook. The mount is sub-trapezoidal in plan with an incurved (U-shaped) upper edge; one of the top corners has been truncated slightly. The sides taper towards the base where they angle in to the top of the hook. A short lengh of the hook remains but the majority, including the bent section, is lost to old breaks. The front is slightly convex and the centre of the back is concave. It has two rivet holes filled with the remains of iron rivets. Both are on the centre line, one towards the upper edge, the other just below the…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B39464
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval two part cloth seal with two disks joined by a tab which is bent down towards the back disk. The male disk is stamped with WG or WC with a dot in the centre of the C and a triangle, possibly a 2 or a 4, above, all within a pellet border. This is probably a 'privy' or 'merchants' mark. On the other side it has broken around the hole in the centre through which the tab from the male side would have projected before being stamped flat. There are traces of design around the edge, possibly including a crown or flower but most is obscured by the break and the bent over tab. I…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B3C844
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval two part cloth seal with two disks joined by a tab. The back disk is plain on the outer side and had a central projection on the inner side which fitted through the hole in the centre of the second disk and was stamped flat to hold them together; about four fifths of this back disk remains. Only about a half of the front disk, including the stamped flat projection remains. It was stamped with a 'privy' or 'merchants' mark in the form of a number four with an open point and an elongated central bar with a cross bar near the top; most of the mark is missing to the old bre…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B424B7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval four part cloth seal with two pairs of two disks. The disks are adjacent to each other with the smaller disks of each pair attached together by a rivet from one which is pushed through the other and pressed flat. The larger disks were probably joined by a tab opposite the rivetted disks but this is now missing. The small disks appear plain although there is a raised circle on the side where the rivet is squashed, the circle is irregular inside and may have had a desgin or it may simply be the result of flattening the rivet. One larger disk has the inscription *TAVNTON en…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2011
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1EFA92
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy fitting, probably from a strap or possibly a sword belt of 17th to 19th century date. The fitting has a rectangular loop and projecting at tight angles to the loop from one of the longer sides is a elongated tab. The tab is D shaped in section with a flat back and convex front. In plan it is broadly the shape of a circle above a pointed oval, ending in a rounded point. It is heavily corroded but there is extensive traces of tinning on the outer faces. The back of the loop (ie the edge opposite the tab) is twisted. The loop is 21.9mm by 13.9mm externally…
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kerswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-802462
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), initial mark hand, dated 1591 on coin, North 2015. The coin appears pitted and in places the silver surface seems to have almost peeled away leaving a blacker, base silver centre exposed. This may be the effect of corrosion on a coin naturally surface enriched through striking or may indicate it is a contemporary copy which has been delibreately plated or surface enriched. The design is, in some places, a bit crude but as these coins were produced in large numbers that is also not uncommon on genuine coins particular as dies …
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Friday 27th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-808810
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver penny of Edward VI in the name of Henry VIII, initial mark unclear, minted at London (Tower mint or Southwark), 1547-1551 AD, North 1883
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Friday 27th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-811205
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval Venetian silver soldino of Doge Leonardo Loredan (1501-1521).
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Friday 27th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-81FE33
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver shilling of James I (1603-1625), second coinage, third bust, initial mark rose, AD 1605-6, North 2099.
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Friday 27th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-825B92
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), initial mark coronet, 1567-1570 AD, North 2001. The coin was bent in two and has broken along the bend.
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Friday 27th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-82F206
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval Scottish silver twenty pence of Charles I (1625-1649), Third coinage, Class IV, 1637-1642 AD, Spink 5590.
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Friday 27th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-376385
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver halfgroat of James I (1603-1625), second coinage, initial mark lis, minted at London, c. AD 1604-5, North (1991:146), no. 2104.
Created on: Thursday 7th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wincanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CD5C92
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval contemporary copy of a shilling of Charles I (1625-1649). The reverse and initial mark, (R), suggest it is copying a Group F coin dating to 1644-1645 AD. However the obverse portrait appears closer to goup D which was not used with this reverse design and the crude indented lines at the front of the robe do not fall as they would on the real design and also suggest a copy. The coin appears to has a silver enriched surface which has worn away from the more base silver core. This could be achieved by making a base silver flan then leaching the copper from the surface usi…
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinton St George', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D21DD5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy traders token farthing issued by William Conwaye of Beaminster, Dorset in 1667; Williamson (1891:170), Dorset 4.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E614E4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), initial mark coronet, dated 1567 on coin, North 1998.
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7775A3
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy jetton, anonymous issue made in Nuremberg, 'Lion of Saint Mark' type, c. 1540 - c. 1570 AD; cf. Mitchiner (1998:362) ref. 1112. The jetton has lost part of the flat (c.5%) to one side. The loss is a straight line and is very worn. It may have been missing from the original jetton.
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alverdiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7A4CE2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy mount of probable 16th or 17th century date. The mount takes the form of a plate with a slightly D shaped section, flat back and slightly thickened centre on the front. The plate has a central oval to one side of which is a constriction then a circular expansion with a projecting terminal knop beyond; to the other side of the center is a slight neck at the end of which is a smaller oval plate with again a projecting terminal knop, larger and more pointed than the first. The main plate has a design of a central stamped annulet surrounded by a lozenge of …
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Zeals', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7ABB01
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Post Medieval cast copper alloy sword belt hanger. One end of a larger plate remains, the rest is lost to an old break. The remaining section includes a trefoil terminal at one end with a circular rivet hole in the central leaf of the trefoil. Beyond the terminal is a neck from which it widens to a shoulder beyond which is another constriction then the central expansion into a lozenge shape. Beyond the centre is another constriction and the plate is broken across this. The front is decorated with foliate decoration in relief. A loop (one of originally three) projects dow…
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Zeals', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8A4FD7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame. The frame has two oval loops which have bevelled backs and bevelled and slightly widened outer edges, one with a transverse groove for a pin rest in the centre. The strap bar is narrowed and recessed with corroded lobed knops at either end. It is 27.3mm long, 22.4mm wide, 2.4mm thick and weighs 3.09 grams. Whitehead (2003) illustrates a similar buckle (page 54, No.307), which lacks the groove on the loop, which he dates to c.1500-1650 AD.
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2011
Last updated: Friday 3rd June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Zeals', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8AB9C2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper alloy double loop buckle frame. The frame is oval with two sub-oval loops and a wide outer edge which is expanded at the outer side of each loop. The outer edge is slightly cusped on the front surface and outer edge with transverse ridges running across at regular intervals meeting indents in the outer edge. The front is decorated with punchd annulats and lines. Rows of short curved lines flank the central lobe of each outer edge and the lobes at each end of the strap bar; each of these lobes is further decorated with a row of three punched annulets. Between …
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2011
Last updated: Friday 3rd June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Zeals', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8ED660
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast copper alloy spur fragment. One terminal and a portion of the attached side remains of the spur, the rest is lost due to an old break. The side is D shaped in section with a flatter inner side and has an old break at the end. The flat terminal originally has three overlapping loops, the middle hole has broken through leaving two loops joined by a curved piece. The side is joined to the upper loop with the others projecting from this at about 120 degrees. There are slight collars defined by incised lines between the loops and between the upper loop and the side. The …
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2011
Last updated: Friday 3rd June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Zeals', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-09E246
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval Venetian silver soldino of Doge Leonardo Loredan (1501-1521).
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Chinnock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0AEFC6
Object type: EYELET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy eyelet or mount of probable 16th or 17th century date. The piece has an oval plate with a large circular hole in the centre. The front is moulded into raised transverse sections with indents between radiating out from the central hole. The outer edge is scalloped with the rouned ends of the raised sections projecting out beyond the indented areas. On the back are two integral attachment spikes, one at each end. The spikes are oval in section and taper gradually from a wide base to the broken tips. They are both bent slightly towards one end. The mount m…
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

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.