Record ID: SOM-8680A3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy double-looped buckle of post-medieval date (c. 17th century), incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin. In plan, one loop is D-shaped and the other is trapezoidal. The upper surface of the frame is bevelled externally and the underside is flat. At the centre of the outside edge of the D-shaped loop is a double transverse ridge which would have acted as a pin rest. At each end of the pin bar is a triple moulding. The buckle is corroded and most of both faces are coated in black lacquer. A similar buckle has been published by Whitehead (1996, 91; ref. 568) dated c. A…
Created on: Thursday 5th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
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Record ID: SOM-87A344
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a Roman cast copper-alloy developed T-shaped brooch dating to c. AD 75-150. The fragment consists of the abraded bow and foot with catch-plate on the reverse; the head and pin are both missing. The bow is flat with rounded edges. At its centre it expands into a flattened lozenge shape. This shape is decorated on the front with a moulded lozenge within a lozenge recess. Within the moulding is a further recess with traces of red enamel. The bow curves gradually in profile. The catch-plate is abraded at the foot. For similar brooches see Hattatt (2000, 303; refs. 318, 319).
Created on: Thursday 5th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
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Record ID: SOM-88D783
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy radiate of uncertain 3rd-century ruler dating to the period AD 260 to 275 (Reece period 13). Possible Victory reverse type depicting a figure standing left holding a vertical sceptre in left hand. Mint uncertain. This coin has suffered a significant loss to its circumference.
Created on: Thursday 5th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
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Record ID: SOM-8901A7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy probable nummus possibly of the House of Constantine dating to the period c. AD 330 to 348 (Reece period 17). Unclear reverse type. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Thursday 5th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2013
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Record ID: SOM-89BBF6
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy coin weight for a rose ryal of James I. The obverse depicts the shield of British arms on a rose struck at an angle to the flan, and the reverse is a crown above XXXIII // S within a circular border. There is a crowned I countermark in the top right corner of the reverse. The coin weight is 19.4mm square by 4.3mm thick and weighs 149.8 grains (9.7g). The coin weight is 24% light compared to its official (lighter) weight of 196.5 grains (Withers and Withers 1995, 68). The coin was issued between AD 1604 and 1619; this weight with XXXIII s was issue…
Created on: Thursday 5th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 5th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishop's Hull CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8A2927
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded, but complete shield-shaped cast copper-alloy harness pendant bearing a zoomorphic device: a peacock in his pride. The object is of the 'heater' shield shape, that is, with a flat top, and sides which curve steeply to a point. From the top edge a suspension loop protrudes centrally at ninety degrees to the pendant; it is angled forwards in an oval pierced loop above a low double transverse ridge on the upper surface. The pendant's upper surface features moulded decoration in low relief the form of a peacock with tail fanned out behind them, with tail below, legs splay…
Created on: Thursday 5th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 5th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nynehead CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-DB0947
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy belt stud or mount moulded in the form of a scallop shell of post-medieval date. The shell in semicircular and sits above a trefoil base. Five triangular grooves form the shell's ridges. On the back are two integral pointed lugs, both slightly off centre, and the lowermost truncated. The object has corroded to a red-brown colour with light-green corrosion product in patches, particularly on the back. A similar strap fitting has been recorded on this database, ref. CORN-88BC72.
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-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-DE96E7
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly bent post-medieval Nuremberg copper-alloy jetton of Hans Krauwinckel II (fl. 1586-1635) of the 'Rose / orb' type, GOTTES GABEN SOL MAN LOB reverse, Mitchiner 1537
Created on: Monday 9th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sampford Peverell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-DEFC07
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and bent post-medieval Nuremberg copper-alloy jetton of Wolf Lauffer III (fl. 1650-1670) of the 'Cross / orb' type, GOTTES SEGEN MACHET REICH reverse, Mitchiner 1759. Note the same flaw at around 3 o'clock as the published example (the latter not orientated at 12 o'clock)
Created on: Monday 9th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sampford Peverell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EEA967
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy trader's token farthing issued by John Davy in Culmstock, AD 1648-1672; Williamson (1891, 140), Devon 68
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sampford Peverell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EED145
Object type: STUD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy stud with a slightly convex lozengiform head dating to the late medieval or early post-medieval periods. The head is decorated on the upper surface with a saltire cross and a central pellet within a square of pellets. The square sits diagonally within a beaded border. On the reverse is an off centre shaft of square cross-section bent to one side and twisted slightly at the tip. This mount has a parallel in an example illustrated in Read (2001, 27, 32; ref. 251) which is dated to the 15th or 16th century; see also SOM-CB5247, NARC-3A7A32, NMS-E2BAD5 on th…
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sampford Peverell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-EF84C6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy foot from a later medieval to early post-medieval cooking vessel. The object is splayed at the base in a simple, out-turned, pad-like foot of trapezoidal cross-section, slightly irregular. The front of the foot is decorated with three prominently moulded ribs: one central, the other towards the sides, much obscured by concretion and corrosion product. The break is curved and irregular. The flat back and base make an obtuse angle of about 110 degrees. As noted, the object has become corroded post-deposition, and is largely a variable green colour. This form of foot …
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sampford Peverell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EFB330
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy domed thimble, probably of medieval date with angled sides and a domed top. The thimble has small circular indentations arranged in slightly irregular lines around the sides and in a spiral around the top with no obvious tonsure at the centre of the top. The sides are squashed in at a point of the base, just above which is an incised line. Inside is either a protective layer or another thimble. The object is corroded, with a dark-green patina where it survives.
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halberton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F04FE6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy fragment probably of medieval to post-medieval date, but of uncertain function. In its current state it is formed of a thick plate of rectangular cross-section with rounded corners which turns through a right angle. The shorter arm appears squared off and possibly complete; the terminal of the longer arm forms a blunt point, but also seems to be complete. A thin sheet is riveted to the underside of the longer arm by two rivets with expanded heads, both still in situ. On the back of the shorter arm is a rounded triangular moulding from the centre of which a thin longitud…
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadhembury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-F0FBC6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim fragment of a medieval to post-medieval cast copper-alloy vessel, now of irregular sub-triangular form. The fragment appears to be the everted rim of a cooking vessel approximately 70mm in diameter at the flat top. It appears to have broken before the return. The rim is thickened very slightly internally. Externally is a low longitudinal casting ridge with a flaw that seems to have been repaired using a copper-alloy rivet. This external face is darker, perhaps from sooting. Crudely made cast copper-alloy vessels were widely used from c.AD 1200-1700 for serving and cooking. Bu…
Created on: Tuesday 10th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadhembury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-1C6BB5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely corroded and incomplete probable finger-ring of Roman date. The object appears to consist of a thickened bezel of rectangular form, rounded at the top from the ends of which extend shoulders and hoop in a continuous curve. The hoop has broken around halfway down each side with the truncated remains abraded to a point on both sides. The hoop is broadly D-shaped in cross-section, with a flat internal surface (int. dia.: c. 19.2mm). A dark-green patina survives in small patches, particularly on the underside of the bezel. Elsewhere the object is highly corroded with a green …
Created on: Thursday 12th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broadhembury CP', 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
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Record ID: SOM-6E9D97
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly corroded and bent rectangular double-looped buckle of post-medieval date. The longer sides are slightly incurved, the loops tending towards the trapezoidal from the rectangular. The frame is bevelled externally and internally on the upper surface, though far more shallowly externally. The lower surface is flat. The pin bar is trapezoidal in cross-section. A thick wire pin is looped loosely around it, bevelled to each side on the upper surface. It has been bent downwards at its centre, before being bent upwards towards its tip. The frame can be seen to have been bent, when v…
Created on: Monday 16th September 2013
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sampford Peverell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6FC932
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy spur rowel in the shape of a six-pointed star. The arms are hexagonal in cross-section all along their length. There is central circular perforation through the body of the rowel through which the rivet attaching it to the spur would have travelled (Dia.: 4.2mm). The arms are of uneven lengths, though only one appears to be truncated; it may have been that there were two slightly longer arms. The artefact is largely of a dark-grey colour with patches of probable tinning. There are diagonal file marks on the bevelled sides of the arms. Such rowels are undiagnos…
Created on: Monday 16th September 2013
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sampford Peverell CP', grid reference and parish protected.