Record ID: SOM-DC61E7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle frame of post-medieval date (c. AD 1500-1650), incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin. The loops are of pointed oval form; they incurve towards the pin bar. The pin bar itself is narrowed and terminates in a small pointed knop at each end. The points are central triangular protrusions on the outer edges; one features a transverse groove which would have acted as a pin rest. The frame is bevelled both externally and internally on its upper surface; the former is more gradual. The pin bar is therefore trapezoidal in cross-sect…
Created on: Monday 9th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wells', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1DA291
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy stirrup-strap mount of early Norman (medieval) date (late 11th/early 12th century AD) which can be categorised as a Williams Class A, Type 11A mount (1997, 58ff.). The object is sub-triangular in form and is now missing its trilobed apex loop as a result of an old, ragged break. The artefact has broken around and below the point of the apex loop: the uppermost perforation for attachment. There are two further circular holes through the flange, one towards the corner, the other set further in. The flange is of the common right angle type as d…
Created on: Thursday 12th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 5th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-722D64
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Licinius I dating to the year AD 321 (Reece Period 16). D N LICINI AVGVSTI reverse type depicting a wreath around 'VOT/XX'. Mint of Arles. Cf. RIC VII, p. 259, no. 240.
Created on: Monday 16th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 4th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AD7925
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A British Iron Age copper-alloy stater, uninscribed South Western (Durotriges), c. AD 10-40, VA 1290/BMC 2790-2859/ABC 2175. The flan now has an irregular, elongated shape.
Created on: Thursday 19th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-98AE40
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregular Roman silver-plated copper-alloy denarius copying Geta dating to c. AD 202 (Reece Period 10). SECVRIT IMPERII reverse type depicting Securitas seated left holding globe in right hand. 'Rome' mint. cf. RIC 20. This coin has suffered small losses to its circumference, almost all of the way round, in addition to some areas of plating.
Created on: Monday 30th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 18th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bawdrip CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2C02E4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregular Roman copper-alloy nummus copying the House of Constantine dating to the period c. AD 353-361 (Reece Period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type depicting a soldier spearing a fallen horseman. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Monday 7th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-2C2B20
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and bent post-medieval Nuremberg copper-alloy jetton of Hans Krauwinckel II (fl. 1586-1635) of the 'Rose / orb' type, 'GOTTES GABEN' legend, Mitchiner 1534ff. This jetton has received a large perforation at the inner circle through the reverse at 11 o'clock, corresponding to 1 o'clock on the obverse.
Created on: Monday 7th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-409575
Object type: CANDLE SNUFFER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy mount from a post-medieval candle snuffer, more accurately a wick trimmer. The mount is a long, narrow rectangle in plan with a trefoil shaped terminal at the short ends. The terminals of each trefoil are angled; one has been abraded following old damage. The trefoils are decorated with three blind drilled marks. The body of the mount, on the upper surface is divided into two sections by a transverse groove; a further transverse groove separates the terminals. In each section there is a trio of stamped ring-and-dot designs; on one side two of the rings overlap. The…
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2013
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nynehead CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7CD507
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged silver-plated copper-alloy bracelet of late post-medieval date (c. 19th century AD). The bracelet is broadly C-shaped in plan, with a rectangular central portion flanked on each side by an expanded lobe. The front and sides are cast in one, the sides flat and the front convex. A separate plate follows the curved line of the sides and was attached to the edges of the front giving a hollow front. The sides each terminate in a domed mammiform boss with central pellet; these flank the outer surface of the front. Each of the bosses is decorated with narrow depressions around it, …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FDCE51
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval gold finger-ring of 18th-century date, probably a wedding ring. The ring is a simple band of D-shaped cross-section, flat internally, and externally plain. On the internal surface are engraved initials TL and GL with saltire stops after each. The letters are open and decorated with hatching. Following the letters is the date Feb 6 1730, the upright of the 'F' of Feb is also hatched. The internal diameter of the hoop is 19.7mm.
Created on: Tuesday 29th October 2013
Last updated: Monday 1st July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FE0FA1
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A crude side scraper formed from a tertiary debitage flint flake of Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date. The scraper is formed from a leaf-shaped flake with a notched void at the distal end: this is edged with cortex on the dorsal face and is probably a natural void. The ventral face shows conchoidal ripples and the bulb of percussion, alongside a small bulbar scar. The dorsal face has three main longitudinal removals in the same plane as the ventral, the central one being far wider. A long edge, the lefthand edge on the dorsal face, has been retouched creating a basic cutting/scr…
Created on: Tuesday 29th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0DF054
Object type: COIN MOULD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead mould of medieval date for a groat of Henry VI, in two parts. The parts are formed of flat rectangular bars with corresponding diagonal ends at the 'coin end'. The sides are generally perpendicular to the main faces and the outer surfaces are not embellished; they are, however, scratched, with linear depressions in places, but with no marks for aligning the two parts. As implied, there is an impression of a coin towards each end with the diagonal finish. The impressions are of the faces of a groat of Henry VI: they measure c. 27.1mm in diameter each. Running from the impress…
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2013
Last updated: Friday 25th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Faulkland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0EC771
Object type: COIN MOULD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead mould of medieval date for a halfpenny possibly of Edward III, in two parts. The parts are formed of broadly flat rectangular bars with squared off ends and slightly bowed sides. The sides are generally perpendicular to the main faces and the outer surfaces are not embellished; they are, however, scratched, with linear depressions in places. Two pairs of lines on the sides, both off centre, one slightly closer to the 'coin end', indicate the alignment of the parts when put together. Although the thickness of the parts varies in places they fit together well. As implied, the…
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Faulkland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0F85D7
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Middle Bronze Age/early Late Bronze Age cast copper-alloy palstave (axehead) of unlooped type. The palstave is corroded and pitted. There is not much difference in width between septum and blade; the particular narrowness of the blade suggests an ancillary use as a chisel. The low flanges are abraded but gradually widen from the butt to the mid point, narrowing again towards the stop ridge with which they are fused, creating an elongated oval shape in profile. Just beyond the stop ridge are pronounced lateral protrusions; such lugs or 'trunnions' are known on chisels, but also …
Created on: Wednesday 30th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Doulting CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-25AAD1
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and corroded post-medieval copper-alloy trader's token farthing (large) issued by William Goodridge of Bridgwater in Somerset in AD 1669; Williamson (1891, 974), Somerset 58
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-25D7D6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy rose farthing of Charles I (1625-1649), type and initial mark unclear, AD 1636-1644. A small wedge of copper has been put into the brass coin to prevent counterfeiting. This coin has been pierced through the obverse between the centre and the circumference possibly for reuse.
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2689E5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle of post-medieval date, incomplete only in so far as the iron pin is highly corroded with only its loop surviving. The broadly D-shaped loops are bevelled externally on their upper surface; bevelling echoed internally on the lower. In the centre of each outer edge is a protruding squat fleur de lis. The lis are defined by an transversly incised line across their base, and circular punches in their side fleurs; there is an incised line along the lobelike central fleur. The pin bar features small lobes at each end; as noted, the loop of the iron p…
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-26BF71
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy pin now independent of its frame, probably from a medieval annular buckle. It is solidly cast, with a cross-section in the shape of a rectangle with rounded corners. The oval loop is broken such that around just over half of it survives. There is a rectangular ridge at the junction of the loop and the shaft. This is decorated with four transverse incisions, creating five ridges. The pin tapers slightly to a rounded tip. The object now a dark-brown colour with much corrosion and pitting. The loop has been bent to one side, the tip slighly to the other. The size of …
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-26DC18
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy spoon handle terminal of the baluster knop type. The terminal starts with a small circular knop with collar in the centre of a biconvex disc. Below the disk the terminal narrows, then expands slighty to an oval knop with median incised line. Below is a waist at around the centre of the knop before the object flares to a larger oval knop. Below this the terminal narrows with two final collars and then the narrow handle. The handle has broken just after the narrowing and has been lost. The break is old and corroded; the piece is generally corroded, with red/brown metal wh…
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7ACDE2
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-circular with a diameter of c. 3.4mm. The knop begins with a double circular collar; the baluster part then flares out to a diameter of 8.2mm. Above the baluster are a further pair of collars. The knop then flares out into a sub-circular seal top, c. 12.6mm in diameter and flat on the upper side. This type of spoon knop was common from the mid-16th to the mid-17th century. Moore (1999, 5) attributes t…
Created on: Monday 4th November 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.