Record ID: SOM-1FBF61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A nearly complete copper alloy enamelled Roman symmetrical plate brooch. The brooch is lozenge shaped with four circular lugs on the edge, one at each corner. Each lug has two concentric grooves around its centre. The central lozenge section has one large central cell of the same shape, filled with 16 small blocks of millefiori. Such blocks were formed by cutting slices from a composite glass rod, formed by arranging coloured rods of glass in a pattern, heating them enough to fuse and then stretching them into long thin, composite rods. The pattern seen on this brooch comprises altern…
Created on: Thursday 16th September 2010
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owermoigne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1EA455
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete late Roman buckle plate. The plate is long and rectangular. The longer sides of the front are decorated with two parallel grooves containing small, closely packed transverse lines giving a ribbed effect. In the centre are five and a half lozenges set longitudinally down the centre of the plate, all but the half-lozenge containing engraved cross-hatched lines; the half-lozenge is filled with more concentric half-lozenge lines. Each lozenge has a ring-and-dot motif at top and bottom, and there is a ring-and-dot motif either side of each join between lozenges. At the end…
Created on: Thursday 16th September 2010
Last updated: Friday 19th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1E8411
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper alloy pin. The remaining stem is slightly curved. It bends abruptly at the top before joining a ring shaped head, leading this to project forward slightly. The head has four sub-oval indentations arranged at regular intervals around one face. The metal has a shiny green patina and survives in good condition. The object is complete apart from a missing section at the base of the stem. It is fairly similar in design, if not in decoration, to those shown in fig.10 of 'Roman metal hair pins from Southern Britain' (Cool 1990). Cool (ibid., p.165) attributes a fou…
Created on: Thursday 16th September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8BEE41
Object type: FLUE TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an earthenware flue tile of Roman date. The outer surface and inner margins of the tile are orange in colour, whilst the inner core is grey. The fabric is fairly soft and fine and is tempered with occasional red iron ore (
Created on: Thursday 9th September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 9th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Witham Friary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7A0776
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian, GLORIA ROMANORVM (emperor with captive), mint unclear, AD 364-78. Diameter: 17.29mm, Thickness: 1.34mm, Weight: 1.61g
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 9th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nunney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7A0143
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine, CONSTANTINOPOLIS, Victory on prow reverse, mint unclear, AD 330-40. Diameter: 16.40mm, Thickness: 1.34mm, Weight: 1.10g
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 9th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nunney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-79C031
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver washed copper alloy radiate of Claudius II: AD 268-70, Laetitia or Vberitas reverse, Siscia. Diameter: 20.78mm, Thickness: 1.95mm, Weight: 3.56g
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 9th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nunney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2B2E42
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable snake form bracelet fragment of Roman date. The fragment consists of the end one arm of the bracelet, both sides of which are decorated with short interweaving diagonal lines, presumably to indicate a snake's scales. This is very slightly curved, may well have been bent out of shape following deposition. The terminal is a flattened sub-oval shape with no further detailing and is placed at a slight angle to the arm. Johns (1996, p.109) writes that the type of snake form bracelet that became fashionable in Roman Britain was 'a very stylized version of the penannular form with…
Created on: Wednesday 11th August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 12th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AD1C47
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two body sherds from Roman Black Burnished Ware vessels. Both have dark coloured outer surfaces, the outer face on each showing traces of burnishing, and slightly lighter inner cores. Both display the distinctive cods-roe fractures. Both are tempered with plentiful fine quartz (
Created on: Thursday 5th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 10th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AD13B2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a Roman Black Burnished Ware vessel. The rim has a dropped flange on the outer surface and probably comes from a fairly straight walled bowl/dish or similar vessel. The sherd has dark inner and outer surfaces, showing traces of burnishing on the outer surface in places and a slightly lighter inner core. The fabric is fairly coarse, with the distinctive cods-roe fracture. It is tempered with abundant rounded quartz (
Created on: Thursday 5th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 10th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AD0C10
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sherd from a Roman Black Burnished Ware vessel. The sherd appears to be a rim sherd from a straight sided vessel, though only a tiny part of the rim itself survives. The sherd has a dark outer surface and a pinky-buff inner surface, with a dark grey inner core with buff margins. There is perhaps limited traces of burnishing on the outer surface, but this is very abraded. The fabric is quite sandy in texture and is tempered with plentiful fine quartz and larger quartz fragments (
Created on: Thursday 5th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 10th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-ACFFC2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd from a Roman Black Burnished Ware vessel. The rim is everted, but too small to take an accurate diameter measurement. It probably formed part of a small storage jar or similar vessel. The shard has a dark grey outer surface and a lighter grey inner core with even lighter margins. There are traces of burnishing on the outer surface.The fabric is quite sandy in texture and is tempered with plentiful fine tranlucent quartz, sparse large quartz (
Created on: Thursday 5th August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 10th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AC2173
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three sherds of Roman grey ware, all from fairly thin-walled vessels. Fine grained, sandy, soft fabric. This could have orginate from a local source or may have been imported from elsewhere. Many local production sites probably remain undiscovered and so it is difficult to date the sherds precisely (see Woodward et al. 1993, p.281 for discussion). 1. Length: 47.53mm, Width: 26.94mm, Thickness: 10.86mm, weight: 12.35g Base sherd. Grey inner surface, with a pinky-buff core and outer surface. Tempered with plentiful fine mica, frequent grey grog (
Created on: Thursday 5th August 2010
Last updated: Monday 9th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AB6841
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nine sherds of Roman greyware vessels. All are a similar shade of mid-grey. Although some have slightly lighter grey inner and outer surfaces and the largest sherd has an oxidised pinky-buff outer face. All are very abraded, but where there is evidence of original fracture lines these are irregular. They all have a fairly coarse fabric though some sherds are slightly more gritty in texture than others. These gritty ones are tempered with plentiful rounded and sub-angular clear and white quartz (
Created on: Thursday 5th August 2010
Last updated: Monday 19th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dunster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-826E30
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A handle from a Roman New Forest Ware vessel. The fabric appears to fall into Fulford type 1c, which has a hard, slightly sandy, granular texture, with a reddish-yellow core and reddish-brown slip (Tyres 1996, p.171). The shard is also tempered with plentiful fine mica, and occasional larger pieces of red iron ore (<2mm). The handle probably came from a flagon or similar vessel. New Forest Wares were in production from c. AD 260-370 and were distributed mainly in the South-West (ibid. p.173). Length: 26.08mm, Width: 15.25mm, Thickness: 8.62mm, Weight: 3.62g
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6E5A61
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large rim sherd from a Roman Black Burnished Ware vessel. The rim is everted and probably from a large storage jar, cooking pot or similar vessel. The fabric is fairly hard and granular, with abudant rounded quartz (
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 5th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6D2A24
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy dupondius or as of Augustus dating to 15 BC (Reece Period 1). C PLOTIVS RVFVS IIIVIR AAAFF reverse type depicting the legend around S C. Mint of Rome. RIC I (rev.ed.), p.71, no. 388 or 389. Diameter: 25.73mm, Thickness: 2.19mm, Weight: 7.93g
Created on: Monday 2nd August 2010
Last updated: Monday 25th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-184A43
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy possible contemporary copy of a nummus of the House of Valentinian, SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE (Victory with wreath and palm), mint unclear, AD 364-78. Diameter: 15.89mm, Weight: 1.00g
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Longbridge Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1834B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine, GLORIA EXERCITVS (two soldiers with two standards), mint unclear, AD 330-5. Diameter: 14.92mm, Weight: 1.74g
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Ashton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-181CE6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine: CONSTANTINOPOLIS, Victory on prow reverse, Trier, AD 332-3. RIC vol.VII, p.217, no.543 Diameter: 16.62mm, Weight: 2.03g
Created on: Thursday 29th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Ashton', grid reference and parish protected.