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Record ID: SOM-861E51
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four amorphous lumps of copper alloy metal working debris, either casting waste or slag. One is possibly a casting jet as it is conical with a flattish oval base, it is very worn 70.52 grams. Two are very irregular with the bubbly structure typical of high temperature working, 90.49 and 45.99 grams. The larger piece is rough where air bubbles have been broken and worn leaving sharp edges. The last is a broken part of a flat piece where metal has cooled and solidified on a flat surface, 51.36 grams . Material such as this is undatable due to its undiagnosic nature but may indicate s…
Created on: Thursday 6th March 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7AE765
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lump of solidified melted copper alloy material from of high temperature working. The lump has numerous solidified air bubbles suggesting it was brought to a full molten heat. However in less fully melted sections their appears to be the remains of circular copper alloy disks which were melted to create the lump. The designs on the disks are not clear. Most are only visible in the sides as the remains of stacks but a few could be measured and range from 13.8 to 11.2mm in diameter and are 1.0 to 1.2mm thick. The lump is 46.4mm by 32.7mm by 18.1mm and weighs 52.91 grams. It is clea…
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-26B5E6
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Amorphous lump of copper alloy metal working debris, either casting waste or slag, showing a bubbly structure typical of high temperature working. 29.7mm long, 24.4mm wide, 7.9mm thick and 10.82 g in weight. Material such as this is undatable due to its undiagnosic nature but may indicate specialist metal working in the area at some point.
Created on: Friday 25th January 2013
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-640460
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Amorphous lump of copper alloy metal working debris, either casting waste or slag. 58.1mm long, 47.1mm wide, 39.1mm thick and 173 g in weight. Material such as this is undatable due to its undiagnostic nature but may indicate specialist metal working in the area at some point.
Created on: Friday 16th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2012
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SOM-037C63
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two amorphous blobs of copper alloy with rounded shapes that suggest they are cooled runs of liquid metal. One is small, 5.78 grams, and has some glass like material indented in it. The other is 68.69 grams.
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 19th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-31F731
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mis-cast copper alloy item. The piece has a amorphous blob of solidified molton metal with a short cylindrical extension to one side. The cylinder has an old break at the end opposite the blob and a double incised line around the centre. The cylinder may be part of a miscast artefact such as a candlestick or it may be from an aperture where metal was poured into a mould. It is 32.6mm by 38.5mm and 13.7mm thick, the cylinder is 13.4mm in diameter and 15.4mm long. It weighs 35.74 grams.
Created on: Friday 16th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-D37691
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three amorphous blobs of copper alloy with rounded shapes that suggest they are cooled runs of liquid metal and two posslbe mis-cast pieces or other waste. Of the latter two one is a flat piece of copper alloy with one roughly right angle corner and the opposite edge bent up at c.70 degrees, 22.65grams. The other is a thicker flat piece with again one edge bent up through a curve to 70 degrees and the opposite edge turned down at a right angle, with an irregular break across it, c.19.44 grams. Both have many air bubbles in them, similar to the other casting waste. The other pieces we…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.