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Record ID: SOM-844265
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small body sherd with sparse flat, angular pieces of stone (up to 5-6mm), and poorly sorted moderated quartz sand temper, with some finer material. The piece is broken on all sides. It is shallowly curved in profile. It appears to have a dark-grey slip over a light-grey core. The rough surface, especially internally, would suggest a medieval date, as would thin thin walls, although an earlier date cannot be ruled out entirely.
Created on: Thursday 5th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 5th September 2013
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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-02D5C7
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The bowl of a post-medieval clay tobacco pipe broken at its junction with the stem. The bowl is swollen, convex curved between the mouth and heel on both sides and projects out over the heel. The mouth is parallel to the stem. The sub-oval flat heel projects only a little from the base of the bowl and is wider and longer than the base, starting level with the stem. This large heel is stamped with the maker's mark, in this case the incuse letters GEO / WEBB / IN / CHARD within a stamped pellet border. The bowl has a milled row of indented triangles just below the rim, it is slightly ir…
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: SOM-7D9BC7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim sherd probably from a glazed post-medieval open vessel, such as a large dish. The piece is now an irregular quadrilateral shape with a light-orange colour through the core to the external surfaces. The rim is everted and a thickened wedge shape. The body has a soapy feel with some micaceous inclusions. There is some dark-green glaze surviving internally within parallel radial grooves, the remainder of deep sgraffito work. The sherd has received some sooting to its external surface at one corner.
Created on: Monday 4th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 5th November 2013
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Record ID: SOM-C318B4
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The bowl of a post-medieval clay tobacco pipe broken at its junction with the stem. The bowl is swollen, convex curved between the mouth and heel on both sides and projects out over the heel. The mouth is parallel to the stem. The sub-oval flat heel projects only a little from the base of the bowl and is wider and longer than the base, starting level with the stem. This large heel is stamped with the maker's mark, in this case the incuse letters IEF/FRY H/VNT within a stamped linear border. The bowl has a rouletted row of indented rectangles just below the rim all around, but slightly…
Created on: Tuesday 7th January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: SOM-E93F47
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The heel of a post-medieval clay tobacco pipe together with the broken stem and vestigial bowl. The bowl has been largely lost to a ragged old break. The flat is broadly circular. It is stamped with the maker's mark, in this case the neat, seriffed incuse letters . IEF ./FRY . H/[V]NT; no border is visible. The stem is 9.4mm in diameter at the break with an off centre hole 2.9mm in diameter. The maker's name, Jeffry Hunt, is well documented in the local literature with examples known from Taunton (Leach 1984, 145-146; refs. 17, 18), dated c. AD 1650-1690.
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EA8BA7
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The broken bowl of a post-medieval clay tobacco pipe broken at its junction with the stem resulting in the loss of around half of the bowl. The bowl is swollen, convex curved between the mouth and heel on both sides and projects out over the heel. The mouth is parallel to the heel. The sub-circular flat heel projects only a little from the base of the bowl. It is stamped with the maker's mark, in this case the incuse letters P W / TAVN / TON within a stamped border formed of small triangles. The bowl has a rouletted/milled row of indented squares just below the rim, it is slightly cur…
Created on: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-37C6C6
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The broken bowl of a post-medieval clay tobacco pipe broken at its junction with the stem. The bowl is also broken, with large losses at the front and the back of the mouth. The bowl is swollen, convex curved between the mouth and heel on both sides and projects out over the heel. The mouth is at an angle to the heel. The circular flat heel projects only a little from the base of the bowl. It is stamped with the maker's mark, in this case the incuse initials R H in capital letters within an unclear border probably formed of small triangles. The bowl has a rouletted/milled row of inden…
Created on: Friday 2nd May 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-74CCA5
Object type: BRIQUETAGE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of briquetage of Roman date. The briquetage, coarse ceramic material, is irregular in shape with only one surviving original flat surface. This latter is more oxidised than the core and bears imprints possibly of organic material. Briquetage is the name for coarse fired ceramic objects, evaporating vessels and supporting pillars, used in the production of salt. There is a known saltworks at East Huntspill and therefore unsurprising that this fragment was found here. The ceramic supporting pillar is not closely datable but salt working is known in this area from the…
Created on: Wednesday 4th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2013
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