Record ID: SOM-849CA3
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Seventeenth century silverware hoard: Treasure case 2008 T645. Curator's report: The hoard comprises six silver items: four slip top spoons, a goblet and a bell salt, and the incomplete earthenware vessel in which the silver was concealed. An identical owner's mark can be seen on each piece of silverware. This comprises a G and an A surmounted by a C, all formed from numerous pecked dots. Spoons All four of the silver slip top spoons were manufactured in London. The crowned facing leopard's head (for London) is stamped just inside each fig-shaped bowl, adjacent to the stem…
Created on: Monday 10th November 2008
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Stowey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AE8455
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy contemporary copy of a crown of William III dating to between 1694-1702. The coin is clearly a copy as these coins were exclusively struck in silver. Spink p.331-333.
Created on: Wednesday 12th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near West Lambrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-DA6D25
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy trade token, dated 1662, issued in Bristol, Dickinson, p.62.
Created on: Friday 14th November 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Queen Camel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AA87E2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy shoe or knee buckle, c.1660-1720. The buckle is rectangular in shape with rounded corners. The upper face of the buckle is decorated with wide grooves along each of the longer sides, each containing within it a number of very small incised circles, some overlapping. The shorter sides are rounded and undecorated. Each end of the buckle is bent backwards slightly, causing the object to be 'c' shaped when viewed from the side. The frame has two holes drilled through each of the longer sides, which would have held a seperate spindle. This is now missing. The object is grey in…
Created on: Monday 24th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Houndsmoor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AAC927
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy single loop buckle, c.1500-1650. The buckle is 'C' shaped with expanded splayed feet protruding at either end of a narrowed and recessed strap bar. Attached to the middle of the strap bar, extending all the way round, is the heavily erroded remains of an iron pin. The buckle is undecorated. The metal is grey-brown in colour with patches of greenish errosion. There is a small portion of what appears to be oxidised iron attached to one corner of the upper face. The buckle appears to be a rounder variation on the similar sub-retangular buckles found in Whitehead, pp.28-9. …
Created on: Monday 24th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Houndsmoor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AAF673
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy double-loop sub-annular buckle, c.1650-1720. The buckle is oval in shape, but has become bent at some point causing this shape to become slightly irregular. The face of the buckle is rounded and the reverse slightly concave. The object is undecorated. The ingregral spindle is very thin and remains in place despite one end becoming detached from the rest of the buckle. The object is greenish-brown in colour and very erroded. Similar to Whitehead, p.48, no.278. Length: 30mm, Width: 22mm, Thickness: 2.9mm Weight: 3.3g
Created on: Monday 24th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Houndsmoor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BDD252
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval book clasp formed from two sheets of copper alloy riveted together. The front plate is roughly rectangular in shape, but flares out broadly at the attachment end. The attachment edge is notched and below this the front plate is decorated with finely incised lines, forming a leaf or feather pattern. Three adjacent holes are arranged around 1cm below the attachment edge. In the centre of the front plate is a further hole surrounded by two concentric circles. The base of the plate, at the terminal end, is decorated with a number of longitudinal incised parallel lines. It …
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2008
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Houndsmoor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BF2036
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button, 17th or early 18th century in date. The button is disk shaped and flat with a rounded integral shank attached at a right-angle to the reverse. The upper face of the button is decorated with an engraved six-petalled flower with pointed stamens within a curvilinear border. The button is greenish-brown in colour and survives in fairly good condition. It is similar in design to two buttons in Read, p.34, no's: 120 and 121. Found together with a similar button, which is recorded on the database under SOM-C09571. Diameter: 15.3mm, Thickness: 8.3mm Weight: 2.4g
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Houndsmoor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BF38A1
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy token farthing, Wells, issued 1657, Williamson p.993 (no.300).
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Houndsmoor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C09571
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy button, 17th or early 18th century in date. The button is disk shaped and flat with a rounded integral shank attached at a right-angle to the reverse. The upper face of the button is decorated with an engraved six-petalled flower with pointed stamens within a curvilinear border. The button is greenish-brown in colour and survives in fairly good condition. It is similar in design to two buttons in Read, p.34, no's: 120 and 121. Found together with a similar button, which is recorded on the database under SOM-BF2036. Diameter: 14.9mm, Thickness: 8.8mm Weight: 2.7g
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Houndsmoor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7CCE64
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval copper alloy thimble. It has slightly sloping sides and a domed crown. It appears to be made from a single metal sheet and the seam is still visible as a slight crack running up from the base. There is also another small crack running up from the base on the opposite side. Small, round indentations form a spiral around the outside running from the base to the apex of the crown, which according to Holmes (1991, p.2) suggests a post medieval date, from the 16th century up to the early 17th. Inside the thimble appears to be the remains of some very fine fabric lining, which …
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Houndsmoor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7D1DF0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-Medieval copper alloy sexfoil strap mount. The face of the mount is slightly convex, while the reverse is flat. Each lobe has a roughly triangular indentation in its centre, dividing it into two equal halves. The outer edge of the mount has been irregularly trimmed to shape of the lobes. Attached to the reverse are two in situ integral pointed lugs for attachment. The metal is greenish-brown in colour and fairly erroded, with patches of even greater errosion damaged. Diameter: 22.8mm, thickness: 6.9mm. Weight: 4.9mm.
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Houndsmoor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7D2F31
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the rim of a Medieval or Post-Medieval copper alloy skillet with a handle lug attched. The rim is sub-triangular in section. There is a small portion of the body of the vessel still attached. This is fairly thin and has an uneven edge where it broke away from the original vessel. On the inside face are two scratch marks, which probably occurred following deposition. The handle lug extends upwards from the rim. It is rounded and bent slightly out of shape. At the base of this, partially through the rim, is a hole, which probably would have allowed a handle of some sort to be…
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Houndsmoor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-93E8A5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy sub-rectangular shoe buckle, c.1690-1720. The frame has bevelled inner edges, but is otherwise undecorated. It has two drilled holes through the centre of each of the longer sides to hold a seperate spindle. This spindle, along with the pin, stud chape and tongue remain in situ. The spindle appears to be iron, which has become badly corroded. The buckle frame is greenish-brown and survives in good condition. The pin, stud chape and tongue are slightly lighter green-brown in colour and show greater signs of errosion. Similar to Whitehead, p.102, no.660. Length: 44.3…
Created on: Friday 5th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D07A78
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two-part lead cloth seal. There are two, roughly circular faces. These are folded tightly together and joined by a small strip of metal. The seal has a design on one face and is undecorated on the other. Around the outside edge of the decorated face is an inscription enclosed by a thin raised border. However, parts of this are either highly eroded or missing altogether, rendering the inscription practically illegible. Only the letters SV and possibly L are visible. In the centre of this is the arms of England surmounted by a crown. To the left of the arms is a pellet and possibly a su…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 13th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Queen Camel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D09237
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post-Medieval double loop buckle. The upper surface is decorated with what is possibly a vine scroll motif within a sunken field, though this is somewhat difficult to make out due to corrosion. The reverse face is undecorated. The central strap bar is narrowed and recessed. Part of the pin remains in situ. However, the end of this appears to have broken away. The metal is greenish grey, with small silvery patches on the prominent areas of the pattern. The pin is orange-brown in colour suggesting a high iron content. A number of decorated double loop buckles have been e…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Queen Camel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3590E3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy button. The button is biconvex, but very misshapen. The upper face is decorated with two raised leaf-like sections. Attached to the lower face is a long integral shank, square in section where it joins on to the button, but becoming wider and flattened towards the end. The end of the shank is rounded and slightly bent at the tip. It is pierced with a small hole. The button is similar to numbers 174-182 in ‘Metal Buttons c.900BC-c.AD 1700’, by Read (2005, 51-52). These are also biconvex with long integral pierced shanks, though none are decorated as this o…
Created on: Tuesday 6th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bawdrip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-36FDE7
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small complete lead spindle whorl. It is biconical in shape with a slightly raised ridge around the middle and a hole through the centre. Each face is decorated with a number of raised lines and pellets. On one face this pattern is irregular, but on the other there are four lines dividing the surface into sections, which each contain a single pellet. The metal is light greyish-brown, with whitish patches. It survives in fairly good condition and most likely dates from the post-mediveal period. Diameter 27.8mm, thickness: 13.4. Weight: 40.1g
Created on: Tuesday 6th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bawdrip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-618E38
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I (third coinage). Issued 1583-1603. North, p.135, no.2016. Diameter: 15.8mm, Thickness: 0.8mm Weight: 0.8mm
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2009
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Withycombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-619C71
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably medieval copper alloy strap loop. It is sub-rectangular in shape. One of the longer sides is straight, with a flat inner edge and rounded outer edge. The ends of this side protrude slightly beyond the corners of the loop. The other sides are rectangular in section. The other longer side has a break in the middle, where a portion is missing. The object is undecorated. It lacks the usual rivet holes or projections of strap loops, but probably functioned as one nonetheless. Similar examples can be seen in Egan and Pritchard (1991, 232), fig.147, suggesting a similar fourteenth ce…
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.