Record ID: SOM-A636D3
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age cast copper-alloy palstave (axehead) of unlooped type .The palstave is corroded, with some losses at its extremities. The septum is thinner than the blade suggesting that this is a palstave rather than an earlier flanged axe (Schmidt and Burgess 1981, 115). The flanges gradually widen from the butt to the stop, creating a triangular shape in profile. The stop is angled forwards slightly at its centre. The blade is rectangular in cross-section with shallowly curved sides that widen gradually towards the cutting edge before curving out more approaching the cuttin…
Created on: Friday 26th April 2013
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-98D2D4
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A damaged fragment from a copper-alloy strip bracelet of late Roman date (c. 4th century AD). The artefact is elongated and sub-rectangular in plan. In profile it has been bent upwards at one end and downwards at the other, distorted from its original curve. The bracelet fragment is decorated unifacially with punched ring-and-dot motifs. These are set within a so-called 'wave crest' motif, the wave crests created by alternating notches, slightly offset, on the upper and lower edge. It bears comparison with a bracelet illustrated in Crummy (1983, 42; 1704). The surviving termina…
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddelwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-85FF45
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from a cast copper-alloy Late Iron Age to Roman bow brooch of 1st century AD date. The fragment consists of the upper bow and the head; the rest of the brooch has been lost to old damage. The bow is formed of a broad rectangular thick plate, abraded to one side following the break at its present base. The bow features four moulded longitudinal ridges, at its sides, with two between. In the recesses within the ridges is finely incised decoration in rocker arm. The head is a hollow cylinder with abraded tips. At its centre the head of the pin survives as a vestige withi…
Created on: Monday 24th June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 4th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6E1A40
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy fragment moulded in the round in the form of a bovine head, possibly of Late Iron Age/early Roman date. The creature has a snout that curves upwards at the tip, broadly circular in cross-section, and with a triangular flat area on the tip's upper surface to represent a nose. The sides of the upper surface behind this are bevelled. Behind this are oval eyes moulded in low relief. At right angles to the back of the snout is a neck of sub-triangular cross-section. This has been truncated below the snout as a result of old damage. At the top, behind the eyes, are two a…
Created on: Tuesday 10th December 2013
Last updated: Monday 6th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nynehead CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5DE141
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A damaged and incomplete copper-alloy 2nd-century Roman disc brooch of the tutulus type. The circular brooch would have originally had eight plain, squared off peripheral lugs; three are now missing. The lugs are external on a rim. The rim is echoed by a ridge within; the groove within may have held enamel. This border has received considerable old damage leading to fractures and losses at the circumference and the grooved zone within. A second zone of similar width sits within the inner ridge and before the central boss; this has suffered considerable losses and abrasions too. The ce…
Created on: Thursday 22nd August 2013
Last updated: Friday 10th January 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-9F9187
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete large Roman cast copper-alloy developed T-shaped brooch dating to the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The pin, lower part of the bow and the foot are missing following old damage. The head has two hollow cylindrical wings with flattened upper surfaces. They held the axis bar for the hinged pin. The axis bar survives in part, largely corroded, made of iron. Between the wings on the under side of the head is a slot in which the pin would have hinged. On the underside of the wings behind the slot is a thickened patch which may have helped retain the pin in use. R…
Created on: Tuesday 13th August 2013
Last updated: Friday 10th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-21D1B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age La Tène IBa type brooch dating to the 4th to 3rd centuries BC, incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin. The brooch comprises a sprung head, a curved bow and foot with catch-plate. The brooch has been made in one piece. The head is formed from the top of the bow, which becomes thinner and circular in section forming a thick wire. This coils twice to the left of the bow (when in plan), loops over the top of the head and coils twice towards the centre. At this point the wire has broken, but would have formed the pin. Within the coils is a corroded crude bar in copper a…
Created on: Tuesday 12th November 2013
Last updated: Sunday 2nd February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wincanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-998357
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy bow brooch of La Tene III/Nauheim-derivative form. Such brooches probably date from the 1st century AD. The brooch has been made in one piece, the top of the flat oval-sectioned bow extending into the beginnings of the spring coil. The unperforated catch-plate has been made by hammering flat the lower end of the bow into a sub-rectangular tab, slightly abraded and bent to one side. The bow travels steeply from the head to the crest of the bow before a gradual curve down to the foot. A similar brooch can be found illustrated in Hattatt (2000, 290; ref. 12)…
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Last updated: Sunday 2nd February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddelwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8AEBB3
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A twisted fragment consisting of approximately a quarter of a cast copper-alloy bracelet or armlet of late Roman date (c. 4th century AD). The fragment consists of the bracelet's terminal, the hook end, with abraded hook extant. The bracelet is rectangular with rounded corners in cross-section. In profile it has been twisted to one side, then round on itself such that it abuts the side of the hooked end at right angles to it. The bracelet expands in width gradually from the hook end. It is decorated unifacially using multiple motifs. What survives on this example is a raised lozenge w…
Created on: Monday 10th February 2014
Last updated: Saturday 16th August 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-2C77E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy radiate of Galerius as Caesar dating to the period AD 293-305 (Reece Period 15). CONCORDIA MILITVM reverse depicting Emperor standing right receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing left. Mint of Cyzicus. RIC VI, p. 581, no. 19b.
Created on: Monday 7th October 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-083A37
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Dorset-type T-shaped brooch of early Roman date. The head, pin and upper part of the bow are missing to old breaks; the rest of the bow, the leg and catch-plate survive. The head is lost to an old, broadly horizontal break. The bow is sub-rectangular in cross-section. The front is moulded with two ridges at the sides and a central bevelled ridge with deep longituidinal groove. Between the ridges are very fine diagonally incised lines. Compared to the bow the plain leg is thinned. It tapers gradually, terminating in a ridged foot knob. On its lower surfa…
Created on: Friday 28th February 2014
Last updated: Sunday 15th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-5192D6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A faceted Late Roman copper-alloy octagonal bead. The bead is octagonal in cross-section, expanding toward the centre and narrowing toward the ends. It has a fairly even grey-green patina. It measures 25.9mm long and up to 8.8mm wide. It is 1.2mm thick and weighs 4.52g. The object is similar in form to the object recorded as NCL-DF1D13 on this database. For beads of octagonal cross-section see Crummy (1983, 34; nos. 1444-1446).
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 19th February 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-E74F38
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Constantius I dating to the period AD 305 to 307 (Reece period 15). GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse type depicting Genius standing left. Mint of Lyon. RIC VI, p. 255, no. 187a
Created on: Monday 28th October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 2nd April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willoughby Hedge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-42E15E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy radiate of Allectus dating to the period AD 293 to 296 (Reece period 14). PAX AVG reverse type depicting Pax standing left with branch and transverse sceptre. Mint of London, SA // (ML). RIC V, pt 2, p. 561, cf no. 33. This coin is too poorly preserved to be included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC. This coin measures 21.5mm in diameter and weighs 2.82g.
Created on: Wednesday 31st December 2014
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-A01BE8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy bow brooch dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD, incomplete in so far as it is missing its pin. The head has two hollow cylindrical wings both slightly abraded at their tips. They held the axis bar for the hinged pin. The axis bar survives in part, largely corroded, made of iron. Between the wings on the under side of the head is a slot in which the pin would have hinged. The wings are decorated with an incised line running across them diagonally, from the top of the pin slot to the back of the upper surface. The upper surface was also decorated on each side wi…
Created on: Tuesday 13th August 2013
Last updated: Monday 5th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E79BA3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of uncertain Tetrarchic ruler dating to c. AD 300-303 (Reece period 15). GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse type depicting Genius standing left. Mint of London.
Created on: Monday 28th October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willoughby Hedge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B8A58D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of uncertain Tetrachic ruler dating to the period AD 294 to 307 (Reece period 15). Probably GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse type depicting Genius, modius on head, standing left holding patera and cornucopiae. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Friday 1st August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wincanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-729441
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from a copper-alloy spoon probably of Roman date. The fragment is broken at both ends: diagonally across the bowl and at the point at which what appears to be an unusual junction element connects the bowl and handle. The bowl, being highly truncated, is of indeterminate form, but has a rounded oval back where it connects to the junction element. This latter rises up from the back of the bowl at ninety degrees to it. It is broadly of flat oval form, with a deep notch cut out of its front edge adjacent to the bowl. The object has a grey surface colour. The presence of such a …
Created on: Friday 20th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-65EFCE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from a Roman copper-alloy finger-ring consisting of the bezel and shoulders. The bezel is circular with an engraved border on its upper surface. It may have been recessed to take enamel, which is now heavily decayed. The shoulders of the hoop emerge from the reverse of the bezel. The hoop has a flat rectangular cross-section. The shoulders are both truncated, one below the bezel, the other not far beyond. The hoop has a shallow curve in profile. The fragment measures 16.8mm in length by 13.0mm wide at the bezel by 4.1mm thick at the bezel. It is up to 7.3mm 'high' and we…
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-5C4A3D
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A body fragment from an early Roman copper-alloy wide-cuff bracelet. The fragment is broadly rectangular, broken at both ends. It has a very shallow curve in profile, exaggerated at one end presumably due to post-depositional damage. In cross-section it is thin and rectangular. The upper surface is decorated longitudinally by an incised border at both edges, within which a grooved channel. Within these is what appears to be a complementary grooved channel within the centre of which sits a ridge decorated with diagonally incised nicks. The effect is of ropework either side of a centra…
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
Spatial data recorded.