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Record ID: SOM-0729E9
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman sherd from a Black Burnished Ware (BB1, from Wareham/Poole Harbour, Dorset) vessel, form unclear, probably dating to c. AD 43-410. A hard fired dark grey/black fabric with abundant sub-rounded translucent quartz, <1.5mm and occasional angular white inclusions, <1mm. It weighs 5g and is heavily abraded.
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2019
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Record ID: SOM-E0A007
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A painted sherd of a wheel thrown ceramic vessel of Roman date. It has a hard and brittle, pale dark brown micaceous fabric core with abundent sand temper and occasional grey stoneinclusions. Its surfaces are orangey red while the outer surface has been decorated with yellow-white paint covering the entire surface that has been slightly abraded. The fragment is trapezoidal in shape, and visibly curves in section. The sherd is 42.2mm long, 24.8mm wide, 3.7mm thick and weighs 5.26g. The heavy wheel throwing marks on the inside and the curve, firing and temper argue against this…
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 17th January 2019
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Record ID: SOM-E07A70
Object type: BRIQUETAGE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Roman ceramic briquetage. The fragment is irregular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section although it has lost one of its original surfaces. The fragment's surviving surface is white-brown and shows some abrasion the pits of which show dark grey patination. The opposite surface, while damaged shows traces of black sooting. The fragment has a medium fired fabric, with frequent irregularly shaped and poorly sorted grog temper (
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 17th January 2019
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Record ID: SOM-C5BCEA
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A ceramic rim sherd from a wheel-thrown Roman Oxfordshire white-ware mortarium dating to the period c. AD 240-410. It is 3.0mm thick at the rim, widening to 19.3mm at the flange before tapering to 9.9mm. It weighs 87.86g. The estimated exterior rim diameter of the vessel is 260mm The fabric is an oxidised pinkish-orange, is hard, reasonably fine and tempered with fine mica and quartz sand (
Created on: Monday 14th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2019
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Record ID: SOM-8C2DD9
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One sherd of Black Burnished ware, Poole/Wareham industry BB1 fabric from a colander. There is extensive thick burnishing surviving on the outside and inside of the sherd. Its fabric is hard fired, dark grey and contains abundant sub-rounded translucent quartz,
Created on: Friday 11th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
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Record ID: SOM-8C2421
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three undiagnostic roman body sherds, probably from an amphora, dating from the first to the third centuries. The largest sherd is sub-trapezoidal in plan and slightly convex in cross section. The fabric of this sherd has a light pink-orange outer surface and darker pink orange interior flanking a brown grey core. The two smaller sherds have a similar light pink orange outer surface and dark pink orange inner surface but show a darker grey core. The fabric of all three sherd is sand tempered and show regular (c.5%) inclusions of rounded ironstone up to 2.5mm across, inclusions o…
Created on: Friday 11th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
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Record ID: SOM-8B1376
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic base sherd from a Roman Samian ware vessel. The sherd consists of the broken fragment of a circular base. Only the floor of the vessel survives and no foot ring can be seen. This piece was so fragmentary It was not possible to determine the base's diameter. A small portion of a maker's stamp is visible on the basal interior although it is too small to identify The fabric is fine, very high fired, dark reddish orange in colour and, is fully oxidised. It is hard and exhibits occasional micaceous inclusions. The vessel has been coated in a dark orange/red slip which ha…
Created on: Friday 11th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
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Record ID: SOM-8ADA1A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman ceramic sherd presenting a complete profile of a Black Burnished ware (BB1, from Wareham/Poole Harbour, Dorset or South Western variant) bowl or lid, commonly termed 'Dog bowl/Dog dish' dating to AD 100-410. The sherd demonstrates a complete profile from the rim to base although less than one eighth (12.5%) of the vessel remains. The rim is plain with a rounded top, slightly angled on the inner side, the sides slightly convex and meet the flat base at c.65 degrees. It has a hard fired, dark grey fabric which has frequent translucent quartz,
Created on: Friday 11th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
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Record ID: SOM-8AC5F7
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A whetstone or hone broken at one end. The surviving portion of the whetstone is sub-rectangular in plan. One long edge of this is straight from which the complete end runs tangentially. The remaining long edge is slightly convex. The end has rounded corners. In section the object has rounded edges. The object thickens slightly towards the complete end. The stone is a fine grained, slightly micaceous, and possibly metamorphic rock, with diagonal veins of quartz running through and across the length of the object. It is predominantly dark grey to brown grey in colour. The hone is…
Created on: Friday 11th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
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Record ID: SOM-FE5673
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
2018 T996 - Returned to finder after being disclaimed as treasure Description: An incomplete silver gilt finger ring of medieval to post medieval date. The finger ring survives as a separate bezel attached to approximately one quarter of the original hoop. The bezel is in the form of a crowned and pierced heart. The "heart" of this design is made up of a V shape. A trifoliate knop extends from each of the two upper tips of this V. Two further projections extend from its sides also terminating in trifoliate knops. Placed above the V shaped heart so as to leave a sub-triangular sh…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Congresbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-A909B4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Medieval finger ring. The band has a rectangular section. On the outside are four cross pattee's with a letter in there of the spaces, the forth space is blank "+A+G+A+ +" the A has a Chevron bar making it resemble an M. The inscription is most likely a variation of A G L A was a popular amuletic charm in the Middle Ages. It signifies "ATHE GEBIR LEILAN ADONI" (Thou Art Mighty For Ever, Oh Lord). The charm was invoked to prevent fever. The band is slightly distorted but would have had a diameter of 22mm. Similar style of lettering can be found on a finger ring from Owslebu…
Created on: Friday 7th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tickenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F873CA
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman hand-turned rotary quern. About one eighth of the upper stone survives, including part of the outer edge: the inner point of the wedge may be at the central hole but is too incomplete and abraded to be certain. Assuming this is the central hole, and given the curve of the outer edge, the complete diameter is estimated to be at least c. 500mm but this is tentative given the small section of outer edge surviving and the wear on the broken corners. Convex upper face with roughly dressed surface and worn rounded corners, vertical or slightly convex outer side , flat lo…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2019
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Record ID: GLO-3B8F68
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy developed T-shaped brooch that has tubular wings which hold the pin axes bar, there is a slot in the centre rear of the wings for the pin which is still in place. A rectangular plate that is surmounted by a broken loop is mounted on the top of the brooch, this is decorated with opposing crescent cells and third liner cell in the middle, all of which would have contained enamel. Below the first third of the bow is flat and decorated with two long rectangular cells, each containing a line of square enamel panels and ultimately creating a chequer pattern. The lower part of t…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 1st April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Somerset', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-3B0882
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy developed T-shaped brooch that has tubular wings which hold the pin axes bar, there is a slot in the centre rear of the wings for the pin but only the top of the pin remains. A loop surmounts the top of the brooch, running down the bow of the brooch is a thick raised crest that has a series of transverse notches running down its length. A short catchplate projects from the rear of the foot.
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Somerset', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-3AD650
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Roman T-shaped brooch. Tubular wings hold the pin axis bar (one wing is missing), there is a slot in the centre of the wings at the rear for the pin, the pin is missing. A double recessed line decorates the front tip of each wing. The head of the bow has a tapering triangular panel with expanded shoulders. In the centre of the head are two raised lines that converge at the apex of the bow forming a V-shaped crest with a third raised line in the centre with a shorter vertical line to each side. The lower part of the bow is truncated resulting in the loss of the …
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Somerset', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-BB7B2F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver coin of Sigismund III Vaza in Poland dating to 1623. A 3 polker/3 poltarak/1 Kruzierz coin. Obverse is the shield of arms of Poland and the number 3 in a frame below. SIGIS.3.D.G. REX.P.M.D.L. Reverse is a cross on the imperial orb inscribes 24 with the date in the field (2/3) MONE NO REG POLO
Created on: Friday 14th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Somerset', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-BB323F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver penny of Edward II Class 10cf3 Date c1307-1309 Obverse: crowned bust facing forwards (the coin has jumped in the die creating a double struck image which has resulted in the central flur becoming tilted) EDWA R ANGL DNS HYB Reverse: long cross with three pellets in each angle CIVITAS LONDON
Created on: Friday 14th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Somerset', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-BAE608
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver penny of Edward II Class 10cf3 Date c1307-1309 Obverse: crowned bust facing forwards (broken left hand ornament) EDWA R ANGL DNS HYB Reverse: long cross with three pellets in each angle CIVITAS LONDON
Created on: Friday 14th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Somerset', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: GLO-25AF36
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian AD 364-378 (Reece Period 19). Obverse: bust facing right [...] Reverse: victory advancing left, [SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE]
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 29th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-CC4905
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy purse bar that consists of the suspension loop and central section of the frame. The block hub is shield shaped with a rounded base and square top, this has a hole that passed through the middle that mounts the spindle for the suspension loop. The loop has a small cylindrical neck and a large circular loop at the top , on the base of the loop and passing through the hub is a narrowed bar that has a flat circular knop at the base. Both sides of the hub appear to be decorated, but this decoration is obscured by corrosion. Arms projects from either side of t…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2018
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