Record ID: SOM-5C1A00
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A silver object, possibly part of larger object. Flat on both sides. In plan one end of the object begins with a semi-circular shape, and is then cinched towards the centre. Above this follows an oval shape after which the object is cinched again. This is followed by a flat oval collar. Above this is a baluster shape, with a joining collar from which a sub-rectangular shape begins. When viewed from the side, the entire object is sub-rectangular and appears designed so that a spindle or rod can be inserted through the semi-circular end and the edges of the object wrapping around the sp…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle Abbotts CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-57D965
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast lead tin alloy (pewter) button with integral shank which is now squashed flat. The button is circular with a break along one side removing 15% of the circumference. It has a domed front and concave back. The front is decorated with a raised design of a six bladed impeller (propeller) with curved arms radiating out from a central pellet within a cabled border at the edge. The arms are double lines with diagonal line infilling and the central pellet is now a raised dot. The back has a flattened rim and a slightly off centre raised casting line running across it with t…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-573F51
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval cast copper-alloy button with a convex front and integral attachment loop set centrally in the concave back. The front of the button is decorated with annulets, dots and crescents forming a central foliate, four floral sprays and four bunches of grapes, evenly set. The background, although worn in places, consists of a field of tiny dots.The back is plain apart from the loop. The loop is rectangular in plan and section and had a circular hole drilled through it, now filled with corroded metal. It has a greenish paterna on the front through which the brown pattern shows…
Created on: Monday 8th December 2014
Last updated: Friday 12th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy CP', grid reference and parish protected.