Record ID: SOM-6E7111
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Irish penny of Edward I (1272-1307) dating from c. 1279-84. Dublin mint. Seaby no. 4247 (1970, p. 29).
Created on: Monday 4th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taunton Manor and Wilton DW', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B36DA6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy T-shape brooch of early Roman date. The brooch measures 36.4mm in length by 24mm in width by 3.7mm (maximum thickness of the bow) and weighs 4.32g. The cylindrical wings conceal the axis bar for the missing hinged pin. They themselves are undecorated but there is a moulded ridge between the wings and bow on each side as it projects forward. There is a further short ridge in the centre of the bow between this moulding. The bow narrows graudally towards the forward-projecting foot, which is slightly distorted. Behind it is what remains of the catchplate. T…
Created on: Monday 14th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castle Cary', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-B28867
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver halfcrown of Charles I (1625-1649) dating from 1641-3. North no. 2214 (1990, p. 159).
Created on: Monday 14th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castle Cary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1FE317
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy hooked mount of post medieval date, probably sixteenth to seventeenth century. The fitting has two rivet holes probably for a leather strap, possibly for suspending a sword scabbard from a baldric. It has openwork trefoil decoration. A similar strap fitting can be seen in Read, D. Metal Artefacts of Antiquity, pages 30 and 42.
Created on: Monday 7th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 13th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Taunton Killams and Mountfield DW', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1EF3E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Constantius II (323-361) (probably), FEL TEMP REPARATIO (fallen horseman), mint uncertain, 353-61.
Created on: Monday 7th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1DDA41
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). London mint, 1560-1. North no. 1988 (1991, p. 133).
Created on: Monday 7th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-649291
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy strap fitting of probable seventeenth century date. The flat broadly circular strap fitting measures 31.7mm in diameter and weighs 12.4g. The front is slightly convex and is moulded in the form of a rose with numerous petals. Six equally spaced knops project from the edge of the fitting. On the back there are three integrally cast pointed lugs for attachment.
Created on: Monday 16th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-82B628
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine, CONSTANTINOPOLIS, mint uncertain, AD 330-5.
Created on: Monday 12th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C78372
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver half groat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Mint of London. Third issue (1583-1603). North no. 2016 (1991, p. 137).
Created on: Monday 21st April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C6ECA7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-37), dating to AD 324-5 (Reece Period 16), PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with two turrets and star above. Mint of London. RIC VII, p. 116, no. 293.
Created on: Monday 21st April 2008
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-342626
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Third issue. 1587-89. North no. 2015 (1991, p. 137).
Created on: Monday 14th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-337CE3
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy shilling coin weight of James I (1603-1625). The flat square double-sided coin weight measures 15.7mm by 15.2mm by 3mm and weighs 4g. On one side there is a crowned bust of King James facing right between the legend IR BRI and on the other side there is a crown above the numerals XII, meaning the 12 pence in a shilling.
Created on: Monday 14th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-21C0C2
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a late 15th century/early 16th century cast copper alloy purse bar. The purse bar has a plain arm 36.4mm in length. The 11.4mm diameter spherical terminal has parallel lines running round the circumference and a line which arcs over the top. The hanger and frame are missing. It is comparable to other purse-bars in the London Museum Medieval Catalogue (p. 167, no. B3). This type is distinguished by their small size and the shortness of the bar.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-210113
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy dog-headed spout from a medieval ewer, probably dating from the 15th century. The spout measures 76.8mm at its longest point. The curving opening, which would have been attached to the vessel body measures 49.8mm by 17mm. The dog's rather angular head, which is 16mm wide by 20.2mm high, consists of two slightly concave vertical rectangular ears with rounded ends, two hollows in the eye area and a pair of open jaws. A short cylindrical spout, 11mm in length and 10mm in external diameter, protrudes from the dog's mouth. Little of the original surface survives and ther…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.