Record ID: SOM-F5C64A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy unidentified object of uncertain date. It is formed of a flat rectangular arm with rectangular cross-section, broken transversely following old damage and also bent upwards at the break. At the other end the arm curves through ninety degrees to end in a terminal expanded at its base. There are three knops at the outer edge as the piece turns. Those closest to the broken end seem to be the truncated ends of a rounded attachment loop integral to the arm. The object is decorated on both faces with an incised median line from which diagonal lines emerge, offset compared to …
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F5A039
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy mount of uncertain date. It is symmetrical, formed of a sub-rectangular central plate with rounded triangular protrusions at each short end. It is thin, flat, and plain on both surfaces. The long sides both feature a semicircular cutout centrally. At the ends of the triangular protrusions is a small perforation for attachment; one of the holes has abraded through. The object has a dark-green patina where it survives but is otherwise corroded and lighter.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F59E70
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy (pewter) spoon dating to the late 17th - early 18th century. The fragment comprises part of the bowl and the beginning of the attached handle, the rest has been lost to old breaks. The remaining section of the bowl is round or oval in plan with the edges now bent in. The bowl is unusually thick with a thickened rim and may be mis-cast. On the back of the spoon bowl, there is a raised moulded line tapering in width from the handle fragment ending in a point some way into the bowl, this is known as a rat-tail junction. There is also a rounded thickening on …
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F529E7
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hook-piece from a copper-alloy post-medieval book-clasp. It is sub-rectangular in shape, with a slightly flared, cusped attachment end; the other end is squared off with a central rectangular curved hook, narrowed in relation to the end. At the flared end is a single central rivet hole; the head of an iron rivet is corroded in place. A second corroded rivet head is located around two thirds of the way along the clasp. On the upper surface is a stamped ring-and-dot design towards the centre formed of two rings. It would seem to be otherwise plain. This artefact has corroded to…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F50854
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two pieces of copper-alloy casting waste. They are both slightly concave as though they have fomed on a surface. Though with irregular sides both are broadly of quadrilateral form. Both surfaces of both pieces are rough with cooling lines suggesting they were formed from molton metal. The pieces are not distinctive and could be of any date from the Bronze Age onwards although they are evidence for specialist, high temperature, metal working.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F4D961
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval cast lead-alloy button. Circular in shape, it had a slightly convex front and a flat reverse but is now bent inwards at 60 degrees down the centre. The upper surface is decorated with a moulded double six-petalled rose with stamens between the petals within a plain line border at the edges. The back is plain apart from the integral loop of which only the stub of the circular sectioned shank survives in the centre. It is 16.2mm in diameter, 2.9mm thick excluding the loop and 4.8mm including it, it weighs 3.35 grams. A similar button can be seen in Read (2005) p.65, n…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F3AD2B
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval - early Post Medieval copper alloy robust thimble with sloping sides and domed top. The top and sides are covered in a continuous spiral of circular pits starting at the crown with no bare tonsure. There is an incised plain line around the base with a plain rim below it. The rim has several folds which show on the outerside as cracks but have folds of metal on the inner side. The thimble is 16.8mm tall, 17.6mm in diameter at the base, 1.0mm thick and weighs 4.20 grams. It is similar to Holmes (1988) p. 1 Fig 2b which lacks the line at the base and is dated AD 1400-1550 a…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F39E62
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval cast copper-alloy button with integral shank and incised design of a flower on the front. The button is circular. It has a shallow convex front and shallow concave back with a lipped border around the back. The front has a design of a twelve lobed flower around central pellet with small punch marks around its circumference. The flower is set within a grooved border towards the circumference. The back has a rectangular integral shank running across half of the width at the centre. The shank is a tab; it would have had a rounded top; the base of a circular hole which wa…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Withycombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F33DBB
Object type: STRAINER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy probable strainer of medieval to post-medieval date. This is formed of a convexly dished disc of copper-alloy sheet metal which has been perforated by hand through the upper surface using a broadly circular punch for the holes. The perforations are arranged in approximate concentric circles and are of comparable sizes. To one side around a quarter of the disc has been lost due to old breaks at a number of the holes which extend to cracks which travel into the object. Part of the disc has been bent upwards at the broken side. Towards the extant circumference …
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F2A38D
Object type: FLOOR TILE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a medieval ceramic floor tile of late 13th/14th century date. It consists of only around a fifth of the original tile, from one corner. The tile has a flat upper and lower face and slightly bevelled sides, to judge from the small surviving section of side. The remains of a glazed design can still be seen on the upper face, inlaid to c. 1mm. This consists of an olive/honey glaze on a red/brown clay with reduced grey centre visible at the break at the corner. The design is formed of a broken circle set towards the sides, interrupting by the ends of arcs of four other circl…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F1FDB7
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distal end of a knapped flint core, roughly cylindrical with removals from one side only and natural cortex at the distal end and around the other side. There is a break at the proximal end that has removed the platform. The worked side shows evidence for long, parallel, relatively large (given the size of the piece), blade-like removals. It is 25.1mm long, 25.7mm wide and 20.0mm thick; it weighs 15.93g. The flint is mid grey with paler mottling. The thin, worn cortex with areas of impacted flint surface with little cortex suggest this is pebble flint. The repeated parallel blad…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-F1D096
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped flint core, roughly triangular in profile with evidence of double ended working. One end has been worked off a prepared platform which remains, the other, at 180 degrees, has worked off the distal end of the previous removals. Both has been used to remove small, parallel blade-like pieces. It is 34.4mm long, 25.5mm wide and 21.1mm thick; it weighs 20.14g. The flint is high quality and dark brown. The repeated parallel blade removals from two opposite ends suggest a later Mesolithic date, 7,000 to 4,000 BC.
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-F1ACB2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval cast copper-alloy vessel leg. The leg is triangular in cross-section with a flat back. The foot is significantly tapered, which may be the result of wear. It measures only 14.3mm wide at its tip. It is notably worn to both sides. The leg is decorated with five prominent longitudinal ribs, the central one the most prominent, flanked by a pair of lower ribs to each side. Retained at the top of the leg is the curved inner surface of the vessel itself, with worn edges at the breaks. The fragment has a dark-green patina where it survives with the inner surface dark grey, po…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F19101
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Knapped chert end scraper made on a tertiary flake. There is part of the striking platform at the proximal end and a small bulb of percussion on the ventral face. The percussion has angled in slightly with a hinge at the distal end so the flake thickens and includes the point at the distal end of the core. There are multiple parallel aris running down the dorsal face fram previous blade like removals from the same platform. The sides are chipped, obscuring any retouch. Visible retouch extends around the distal end and is short, scalar and abrupt, becoming long and sub-parallel at one …
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-F171FF
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval cast copper-alloy vessel foot and part of the leg. The leg is broadly triangular in cross-section with a flat back; it is broken off just above a transverse collar with an old break. The collar is slightly wider compared to the leg and foot. The foot is slightly flared (angled) and plain. It is notably worn to one side. The fragment has a dark-grey patina where it survives. Crudely made cast copper-alloy vessels were widely used from c.1100-1800 for serving and cooking. Butler et al (2009, 4) suggest there were four main types of leg used. This is a type C which th…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F08641
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and abraded cast copper-alloy foot from a later medieval to early post-medieval cooking vessel. The object is prominently splayed at the base in a simple, out-turned, pad-like foot of trapezoidal cross-section, now broken to one side with this part missing. The base is slightly concave. The front of the foot is decorated with a prominently moulded central rib: any further elaboration has been obscured by old damage. The break is irregular. The flat back and base make an obtuse angle of about 110 degrees. As noted, the object has become corroded post-deposition, and is large…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.