Record ID: SOM-7DF8A3
Object type: STATUE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three fragments of a modern lead alloy incomplete statue. It is hollow with a mix of old and recent breaks. The largest fragment consist of a man's head and torso and there is a seperate leg fragment. There is also a small unidentifiable fragment of the statue. The statue wears a Phrygian cap with striped neck cover and a cloak garment with long shoulder caps trailing to his elbows. He is wearing a breastplate with elaborate decoration around the neck and leather strips at the shoulders. The leg fragment has a striped decoration showing his leggings. The shin shows leg armour with a s…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7DDE83
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval cast copper alloy mount. The mount is sub lozengiform in plan, the upper point is stepped creating an effect of three small knops arranged in a triangle and the opposite point is extended into an elongated sub-triangular point. It has a slightly convex front and concave back. The front has angled incised lines but the decoration is very worn. The reverse of the mount is plain with two rivets arranged down the centre. One tapers to a sharp point and s bent 90 degrees towards the centre and the other is broken with only a protruding stump remaining. The mount is 36.8 mm lo…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7DC7E6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy mount probably around 17th century in date. The front plate is flat and sub-rectangular with the corners cut off at each end and the sides concave. The edges are stepped downwards and outwards. There are remains of floral decoration on the front including a circle of indented dots in the centre and a row of crescents around the edge but it is very corroded and some details are obscured. On the flat reverse, there are three rivets on individual stepped platforms, arranged in a row down the centre. All the rivets are broken with only stubs remaining. The objec…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7D9C23
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast copper alloy double loop oval buckle. The frame is D-shaped in section with a flat back and rounded outer face. The outer edges of both loops are decorated with a row of seven lobed knops. The strap bar is narrowed with small oval knops protruding at each end. The length is 28.4mm, width 28.5mm, 1.9mm thick and weighs 2.24 grams. The general design is similar to no.384 in Whitehead (2003: 63) but this one is much smaller and thinner in size.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moorlinch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7D7DA8
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval sword belt mount dating to the 16th century. The mount has a tri-lobed end with a narrowed waist underneath. This waist then expands forming rounded shoulders before tapering in width. The mount is broken in the middle and the lower part is missing. The front of the mount has floriate decoration. The reverse of the fitting is plain and flat. There is a rivet hole in the centre of the tri-lobed end. It measures 29.5mm long, 21.3mm wide, mm 2.6mm thick and weighs 5.34g. This is one of usually three fittings that together formed a hanging arrangement for a sword. Read (20…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7D57A5
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval lead-tin alloy cast button. Circular in shape, with a slightly convex upper surface, a concave reverse and a narrow flat border around the edge. The upper surface is decorated with a central pellet and circle surrounded by markings. The decoration is worn and the exact design is unclear. On the reverse is a rectangular sectioned stub, probably an incomplete integral loop. It has a diameter of 17.9mm, thickness of 5.3mm including the loop and weighs 2.8 grams. The form and the general style of decoration is similar to a button illustrated by Read (2005:68), no.258, date…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 15th March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7D3E03
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval foot and fragment of a leg from a cast copper alloy cooking vessel. It is D-shaped in section with a concave back and curving front. The front is formed of four convex ribs which run down the length of the foot and leg. The leg terminates in a flared, hoof-like foot, separated from the leg by a raised collar decorated with five knops. The top of the leg is broken off just above the collar with an old break. It measures 41mm long, 28.8mm wide, 15.9mm thick and weighs 60.97grams. Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1700 for serving and coo…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7CC7C7
Object type: STRAINER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy late Medieval to early Post- Medieval skimmer or strainer plate. Originally a circular piece of copper alloy sheet, part of the curved edge remains and the other edges have old breaks. Eight holes were punched into it from one side in a seemingly regular pattern. All but two are full of soil or metal corrosion products. It has broken across two other holes. The length is 26.1mm, width 20.8mm, thickness 1.6mm and weight 2.07 grams. Similar to no. 440 in Egan (1998, 158) where they are dated to the 14th to 16th century AD. Skimmers were used in cooking to re…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7C38C1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame with ornate outer edge. The strap bar is narrowed and offset. The outer edge curves outwards in a continuation of the oval shape. It is decorated by two projecting rounded knops seperated by narrow collars. The frame is D-shaped in section. The pin is missing. The frame is 19.6mm long, 25.3mm wide and 4.5mm thick; it weighs 4.34 grams in total. This is a Meols type 8 frame, smilar to Egan (2008:89), no.527 which is dated to the mid 13th to 14th centuries AD.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.