Record ID: SOM-11C221
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead alloy cloth seal. Fragment of a two or four part seal consisting of the central plug of lead, circular in section with the front disk and a fragment of the back disc attached. The front is stamped with the portcullis with a B underneath, surrounded by a legend, now illegible. It measures 18.1mm in diameter and 4.6mm thick. It weighs 4.82g. The portcullis was "the main design for alnage seals in the late Tudor period... and continued in use into the early seventeenth century" (Egan 1995:9). Alnage seals indicated the cloth had been checked for quality by a Crown o…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-112AD3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy token farthing issued by the City of Bristol, Gloucestershire in 1662 AD featuring an R under the date for the engraver Rawlins; Williamson (1891), Gloucestershire 18. One edge of the flan has been bent upwards, probably through plow damage
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1068F6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval glass bottle fragment comprising of a body sherd with seal attached. The seal is circular with a rounded edge. Part of the edge is broken; c. 5% of the seal is now missing. The break is old and worn. The front of the seal is stamped with a circular border made of repeating annulets with the legend 'I Wilkins' and a cross design underneath. The body sherd is curved in profile, broadly rectangular in plan, extending to the right of the seal. The glass is green and typical of the Post Medieval period. The whole fragment measures 54.3mm long, 37.1mm wide and 8.9mm thick. The…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A8BE77
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval composite, two part circular button with central pimple, probably made of tombac (copper-zinc alloy). The front is plain and slightly domed apart from the pimple and a border of two rows of alternative spaced semi-circles filled with diagonal hatchings. The back is flat with a possible central attachment. The button is probably a two piece button of the late 17th - 18th centurys. It is 27.9mm in diameter, 13.7mm thick and weighs 16.56g. The button was weighed with wet mud still inside and will have distorted the weight of the button. The button is damaged and has c. 35% …
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Keinton Mandeville CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-A7E1E4
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lead alloy shot balls, probably from a pistol. Both have a flattened end from impact. 1. Diameter: 15.9mm, weight: 22.2g, 2. diameter: 14.2mm, weight: 15.0g. Total weight 37.1g. The larger of the two balls has traces of a casting line.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydford On Fosse', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-A7C7C2
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy musket ball with rounded ends and a flattened centre from firing. Diameter: 20.1mm, weight: 43.5g. Due to the flattened centre it is difficult to establish evidence of casting lines.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydford On Fosse', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-A7A1D3
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy musket ball with rounded ends and a flattened centre from firing. One end is flattened from impact. Diameter: 18.4mm, weight: 42.4g. Due to the flattened centre it is difficult to establish evidence of casting lines.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydford On Fosse', grid reference and parish protected.