Record ID: SOM-7C34FA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver penny of Edward II (AD 1272-1327), dating to c. AD 1307-1309. Edwardian Class 10cf3b1. Mint of London. North (1991: 32) no. 1042/2.
Created on: Friday 24th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 4th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westonzoyland CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7C2DC6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval silver halfpenny of Henry V (AD 1413-22), Withers (2003;26) Type 5a, North Class D. Minted at London. North (1991, 72) no.1410. About 20% of the edge is missing.
Created on: Friday 24th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 4th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westonzoyland CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D7B7AE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver penny, possibly an Irish penny of Edward IV, second reign, light coinage dating to AD 1473 to 1478. Mint unclear, Ref: Spink 6364, 6372, 6374, 6380, 6385. The entire circumference has been clipped such that obverse and reverse legends are lost.
Created on: Thursday 16th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alton Pancras CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A74FCE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusually large and decorative medieval silver annular brooch complete with pin and decorated with incised lines, inlaid niello and an inscription. The brooch is circular in cross section and, while weighty, the weight suggests it is hollow. There is a constriction at one point where the pin head is looped and corresponding slight wear on the opposite side of the ring, on the front where the pin point rests. The front is decorated with four bands of decoration with plain areas between. The bands are evenly spaced around the ring with one starting adjacent to the pin constrict…
Created on: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 23rd July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-17E5DF
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy sub-oval pendant loop. The artefact is made up of a flat circular loop; at one end of which is a collared projecting acorn terminal knop of width 4.4mm. On the opposite side there is a rectangular bar with a flat, filed, top edge. The sides are rectangular in section and thin towards the rectangular bar. The metal is pitted and it is a mid greyish-brown colour. The object survives to a length of 15.7mm, 11.4mm wide, 2.9mm thick and weighs 0.99 grams. Egan and Pritchard (2002: 219 and 221) identify a similar item, No.1192, as a pendant loop from a belt …
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-AC0B06
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a medieval or post-medieval cast copper alloy pot leg and foot. The leg is sub-trapezoid in section with a narrower, slightly convex back and flat front. It is broken off just above the foot. It widens to terminate in a flat, extended foot, which, when placed on a flat surface, sets the object at an angle and has a D-shaped imprint with a straight front edge. The object has a worn green-brown surface. The broken edge is abraded. The object is 46.7mm in length, 39.4mm in width and 23.3mm in thickness. It weighs 96.5g. Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used f…
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2019
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-8830FA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval silver long cross halfpenny of Edward I (AD 1272-1307) dating to AD 1280-1289. Mint of London. Withers (2005:43) Type 3var. There are several cracks in the edge adjacent to a broken area and one part has become detached.
Created on: Thursday 18th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 17th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Muchelney CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-610C5B
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A twisted copper alloy fragment from a medieval or post medieval purse frame dating to the period c. AD 1450 - 1550. The fragment consists of an narrow length of copper alloy bar with a L-shaped cross-section which terminates in an old break at either end. The object has been twisted out of shape but was probably originally shallowly curved. It has two surviving drilled circular perforations, sewing holes,through one side of the L-shape, now filled with corrosion. The outer surface on the other side of the L is decorated with a pairs of parallel imdented line that zig diagonally fr…
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Twerton Ward', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4A1425
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent and slightly chipped cast copper-alloy thimble, possibly from Nuremberg, dated to c. 1330-1400. Despite the thimble being bent it is possible to identify its original form. Originally it would have been circular in plan and domed in profile (c. 10.2mm high). It edge is flat and narrow and it is made of thin metal. At the centre of the thimble on top of the dome is a single pierced hole (2.5mm diameter). The sides and top are covered in small circular indented pits. The pits form a left-hand spiral around the sides, though this is not continuous, and continue in concentric…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3535C0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken Medieval silver halfpenny probably of Henry II, probably dating between c. AD 1180-1189. Voided short cross coinage, probably classes 1a3 to 1b1. Unclear mint and moneyer. The form and spacing of the identifiable letters on the obverse and the bust style suggest the coin is probably Class 1a3-b1 (AD 1180-1189) although classes 5 and 6 (AD 1204-1217) cannot be fully excluded.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydeard St Lawrence CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-350715
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver farthing of Edward I (1272-1307) or II (1307-1327), Either Withers class 31 or 28f-g, North Class 10 or 13 dated to between AD 1301-1318. London mint.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydeard St. Lawrence CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-34B0C8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver cut half penny of Henry III (1216-1275) dating to AD 1256 to 1275. Voided long cross class 5d-5h. Minted by Willem at unknown mint. Ref: North (1994, 226-7) no. 994-998.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydeard St. Lawrence CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-348293
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cut Medieval silver half penny of Henry III (1216-1275) dating to AD 1248 to 1250. Voided long cross class 3bc. Minted by Nicole either at London or Lincoln. North (1994, 226-7) no. 987/1.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydeard St. Lawrence', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-34519B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver penny of Edward II (1307-27) dating to c.1310-c.1314. Probably class 11a or b. Minted at Canterbury. Ref: North (1991, 33) No. 1060-1061. The coin has a medium sized chip below the bust.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydeard St. Lawrence CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-B6377E
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a silver spoon dating to the Medieval to Post-medieval period. The remaining portion comprises a length of the shank and a fragment of the bowl where they join. The stem has a lozenge shaped cross section and tapers distally. At the distal end the stem terminates in an old break. The stem creates a 'V' shape on the underside of the spoon bowl, where it joins. The bowl may well have been fig-shaped but too little exists to be certain. While the cross-section size at the break end is small the strength and rigidity of the material suggests the shank might have extende…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Musbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4FDE28
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three body sherds that refit to become one fragment of a Medieval cooking pot dating to c. AD 1150 to 1350. The sherds are both highly abraded and have been reburnt giving them a hard brittle feel. Each of the sherds are predominantly reddish orange in colour with one large surface being a burnt blackish brown colour from burning. Each sherd has common rounded ironstone and patinated chert inclusions up to 2mm and 2.5mm respecively. When refitted the fragments total length is 38.6mm, while their total width is 28.6mm. their maximum thickness is 7.4mm while they weigh a total of 8.64 g…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Petherton DW', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-371FDE
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy knife stop dating to the period c.AD 1500-1700. The knife stop is approximately oval in cross section and its main body is rectangular in plan. Its end has a concave indentation the outer edges of which are marked by raised ridges which run continuously from one side to the other and longitudinally down the length of the stop. Either side of this concave depression on the outer edges of the stop are two (so one on each side) knops that extend 2.7mm which are is oval in cross section with a maximum diameter of 5.5mm and a flat end. The remains of the …
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st April 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-365414
Object type: LEASH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy swivel strap-distributor of medieval date (1150-1400), probably from a leash. Only the buckle terminal of the fitting and a connecting hoop to a spacer link remains The buckle terminal is made of the buckle frame, a projecting bar and its connecting terminal. The buckle frame is T-shaped with rounded corners and edges. At the centre of its outer long edge (the upper edge of the cross bar of the T) is a sub-rectangular lug that projects 4.3mm from the frame that would have acted as a rest for the buckle's pin. The down stroke of the T is a narrow c…
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2019
Last updated: Friday 8th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-267B97
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unusually shaped medieval copper alloy harness pendant, probably dating to the 13th or 14th century. Only the upper half of this example survives. The artefact consists of an outer frame and the arm from which a pendant would have swung. The top of the pendant consists of a rounded lug transversely pierced by a 3.7mm (diameter) hole from which it would have been suspended. Below this the frame of the pendant widens and split into two arms, with a rectangular slot left between them. Within this slot hangs a free swinging pendant, held in situ by a copper axis bar through the f…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: SOM-7C5F79
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval copper alloy single loop buckle dating to between cAD1250 -1400. The frame is D-shaped with a small knop in the centre of the outside edge holding the slot for the pin, which is missing. There is a small knop at each end of the strap bar which is narrowed and offset. The buckle measures 19.40mm in length, 11.60mm in width, 1.78mm in thickness and weighs 0.82g. This is an example of a Meols type 4 dating to the lte 14th century similar to Egan (2007, 88) no. 496.
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lydeard St. Lawrence CP', grid reference and parish protected.