Record ID: SOM-DD947E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle, incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin. The frame is formed of two oval loops with a central narrowed strap bar of trapezoidal cross-section. Possible traces of iron corrosion product at the strap bar suggest that the pin was made of iron. The frame is 'D' shaped in section with a flat back and rounded front. There are projecting circular knops at the outer corners of the frame on both loops and rounded knops at the top and bottom of the strap bar. The pin is missing. It measures 35.4mm long, 24.2mm wide and 2.6mm thick. I…
Created on: Thursday 22nd 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-760FAD
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of late early-medieval to medieval date (c. late 11th century AD). This tapering pear-shaped mount can be classified as a Williams Class A, Type 10A mount, based on its decoration in the English Urnes style. It is solid, of a hollow convex form with a common right angle flange at its base (Type A, Williams 1997, 25), solid and offset at the sides.The base of the mount's front has been perforated twice, with the two iron rivets surviving corroded in situ. Opposite the base is the rounded apex loop which similarly retains an iron rivet corroded…
Created on: Friday 22nd August 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicknoller CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F6CC75
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and incomplete copper-alloy post-medieval buckle plate. The plate was formed of one copper-alloy sheet, cut and bent over on itself. It is broken in half, at the point where it would have looped round the buckle frame. From the broken point it continues with plain rectangular tabs on either side before narrowing to a waist of 7.7mm. The squared off terminal is flared out at 11.9mm wide. In addition to this hole at the terminal there is another hole central with the widest point; neither rivet survives. No decoration is visible on either surface. The metal is a general…
Created on: Friday 24th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-F6D607
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged and incomplete cast copper-alloy mount, possibly a propeller shaped belt stiffener of late Roman date. The mount consists of a central circular element (diameter 16.4mm) flanked to one side by a sub-rectangular tab. There is a transverse break at the circumference of the roundel where a possible equivalent tab might have emerged. The roundel is decorated with longitudinal ridges, those towards the edge curved to follow its shape. The grooves between are decorated with incised rocker arm. The tab begins with a transverse ridge, beyond which the main field has two longitu…
Created on: Friday 24th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-F6DAF3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A British Iron Age copper-alloy stater, uninscribed South Western (Durotriges), VA 1290/BMC 2790-2859/ABC 2175. The flan is seemingly small in its current state.
Created on: Friday 24th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-616413
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval cast copper-alloy (latten) spoon bowl, detached from the stem following old damage. The bowl is sub-oval with a wider, more squared off end near the stem (the shoulders) and fairly straight sides. There is a maker's mark of I spoon R?, punched on the front of the bowl near the stem. This latter has been broken at its junction with the bowl. There are extensive traces of a white metal coating on the bowl's interior. The bowl shape is consistent with a latten trifid spoon in latten dated c. 1680 by Homer (1975, 46; ref. f), thought it is similar to the slightly earli…
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haselbury Plucknett CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-61E485
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603), coronet initial mark, AD 1567-1570, North 2001. This coin has received some losses to its circumference and has been bent slightly as a result of old damage.
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-6220F1
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small circular cast lead-alloy button of post-medieval date. The concave back has an integral shank (broken before the loop) and a line from the mould. The convex upper surface has raised decoration with a pattern of small pellets depicting a double six-petalled flower with a raised dot in each petal and a central dot. A similar button has been recorded on this database, ref. LON-F18AB7, with another example published in Hume (1969, 89; Fig. 22), described as late 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2013
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Record ID: SOM-F509E5
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy token farthing issued by William Andrews in Wells, Somerset, dated AD 1651 on token, Williamson (1891, 993), Somerset 302. The following token, no. 303, also issued by William Andrews, presumably the same, reveals that he was a mercer by profession.
Created on: Wednesday 5th June 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marston Magna CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F55283
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped post-medieval silver Irish sixpence of James I (AD 1603-1625), First coinage, initial mark bell, minted at Dublin, AD 1603-1604, Spink 6514. One edge of the coin has been bent up and the other down to create an S-shaped profile. Coins modified in this way are often referred to as 'love tokens'. The coin is very worn and may have been deliberately smoothed.
Created on: Wednesday 5th June 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marston Magna CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AF25F4
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy cap from a post-medieval powder measure (c. 17th century). It has slightly flaring sides from top to bottom, at one point now squashed inwards, giving a sub-circular base which is open. Where the sides meet the top there are two attachment loops, one on each side, both squashed down against the sides. The top is slightly recessed at its circumference with low concentric ridges suggestive of a centring process. A seam is prominent on the side. The object measures 17.0mm in height, 23.2 by 18.3mm at the base and 18.1 by 17.5mm at the top (excluding the loops). Th…
Created on: Friday 14th June 2013
Last updated: Friday 14th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marston Magna CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B3C9D3
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2013 T378: Disclaimed and returned to finder A c. 15th century medieval silver spoon. The handle is formed from a hexagonal cross-sectioned stem that terminates in a faceted cone at one end and is broken at the point it begins to flare into the spoon bowl at the other. The bowl is almost entirely missing. The terminal is formed from a six-sided cone, the sides flattened slightly at their base, set above a narrow neck with a raised collar at its base. This style of terminal is referred to as a 'diamond point'. The handle has been bent very slightly in profile. The obj…
Created on: Friday 14th June 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Curry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CAE9E4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2013 T813: Disclaimed, returned to finder Description: Fragment of Roman silver finger ring which has been broken at the shoulders with the hoop missing. The fragment is a flat oval in section with only slightly convex external and internal faces and rounded edges. The bezel is oval, thicker and wider than the hoop or shoulders and flat on top. It is not stepped up in thickness above the shoulders and is only defined by indented triangles at each corner running in from each edge. Any engraved decoration on the bezel is now illegible. The fragment narrows gradually and…
Created on: Monday 2nd December 2013
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-F07996
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint end scraper of dark-grey flint of Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (c. 2500 - 1500 BC). Made on a secondary flake with cortex covering most of the dorsal face, with the exception of the proximal end. At the proximal end is a small striking platform, with a significant bulbar scar. On the ventral face the bulb is shallow, as are the ripples. As implied, the dorsal face has very few removals: these cluster around the proximal end and are quite abrupt, working around a natural flaw. It would appear, therefore, unusually, that the proximal end is here being used as a scrape…
Created on: Wednesday 4th December 2013
Last updated: Thursday 5th June 2014
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Record ID: SOM-F5F7C3
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a post-medieval copper-alloy pedestal type seal matrix with an oval sectioned handle, now mostly missing. The face of the seal is oval with a basic incised border around a ?weeping eye, the tears rendered by incised wavy lines below. The handle is broken just above the back of the seal face but would probably have had a suspension loop at the end; alternatively this may have travelled towards the centre of a multi-die matrix. Read (1995, 152) illustrates post-medieval seal matrices which he dates to the 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 4th December 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 4th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1E18D6
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy ('latten') spoon handle terminal of the baluster seal knop type. There is just a stub of the stem of the handle surviving: enough to show that its cross-section was sub-oval with a diameter of c. 5.9mm. The knop begins with a shallow double circular collar; the baluster part then flares out to a width of 9.5mm. The baluster is decorated with longitudinally incised lines. Above the baluster are a further pair of collars, the upper larger and decorated with longitudinally incised lines. The knop then flares out into a sub-oval seal top, 13.8 by 11.6mm, though now abraded,…
Created on: Friday 6th December 2013
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nynehead CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EFCDF6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy sestertius of Trajan dating to the period c. AD 103 to 117 (Reece Period 5). Unclear reverse type depicting figure standing left. Mint of Rome.
Created on: Monday 16th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 16th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F015E2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman base silver radiate of Gallienus (joint reign) dating to the period AD 253 to 260 (Reece Period 12). VICTORIA GERM reverse type depicting Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm; to left, seated captive. Mint of Rome. RIC V.ii, p. 82; ref. 175.
Created on: Monday 16th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 16th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-F04BA5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy radiate of Gallienus (sole reign) dating to the period AD 260 to 268 (Reece Period 13). Mars reverse type depicting Mars standing left. Mint of Rome. This coin has been bent slightly and suffered some small losses to its circumference.
Created on: Monday 16th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 16th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-F068E8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy radiate of Victorinus dating to the period AD 269 to 271 (Reece Period 13). SALVS AVG reverse type depicting Salus standing right feeding snake in arms. Gaul Mint II. Cunetio p. 150; ref. 2567. This coin has suffered some small losses all around its circumference.
Created on: Monday 16th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 16th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton CP', grid reference and parish protected.