Record ID: SOM-6FEFA7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Medieval strap fitting. The fitting is one long rectangular sheet of metal with simple decoration which has been bent at about a third of the length in what appears to be later damage. At one end (the end which had been bent) there are two rivet holes with rusted remains of iron rivets in situ, and at the other end there is only one rivet hole with the rivet missing. The end with two rivets seems to to step up slightly into a platform above the rest of the plate with a rough top and it also appears to be quite worn around the end leaving it at an angle to the plate with…
Created on: Monday 29th October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: SOM-358457
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy finger ring dating to the 2nd or 3rd century. The intaglio is missing from the raised oval box which is in the centre of an incised lozenge shape. Below this on each shoulder is a worn pattern, ending in an incised horizontal line. The bezel is larger than the box, oval with triangular projections on each corner where there is a distinct carination betwen the bezl and shoulders. The ring narrows from the shoulder into the hoop. There is no trace of decoration on the hoop which is broken and bent inwards at the back. The ring measures 20.45m in diameter, 14.33mm in…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-332591
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy mount or possibly buckle pin dating to the first century AD. The piece is a flat plate, winged in shape with curving wings forming C-shapes running back from a central point. Beteen the base of the 'wings' is a flat projecting triangular tab ending in an old break. There is a groove in each wing which would have been filled with enamel. Small fragments survive in the centre and were probably green or blue. The reverse is plain and the item has a green patina. The pin measures 17.49mm in length, 19.75mm in width and weighs 1.70g. It appears to be incomplete at t…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-331B20
Object type: POT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman ceramic rim sherd from a Black Burnished Ware (BB1, from Wareham/Poole Harbour, Dorset) vessel, probably a bowl, probably dating to c. AD 44-150. A hard fired dark grey/black fabric with an abundant sub-angular quartz temper, burnished on both the internal and external surface. It is from a simple open-mouthed vessel with a beaded rim and no decoration. The sherd measures 28.67mm in length, 20.45mm in width and weighs 5.01g. A similar example can be found in Seager Smith and Davies (1993) form 13, dated to between the first century and the early second century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-32FBCB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative developed T-shaped brooch, probably dating to c. AD 50-160. Only the head and upper part of the bow of the brooch survives. The wings measure 27.5mm in width and are cylindrical with a sub-rectangular slot cut into the reverse to accomodate a hinged pin. Areas of iron corrosion suggest the hinge bar and possibly the pin were iron. The bow is D-shaped in section with a flat back and convex front. There is an incised line along either side running down the length and just above the breat there is a cnetral recessed pit, a raised knop, now c…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1E6780
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of the bowl from a lead-tin (pewter) spoon dating from c.1670 to the early 1700s. The bowl is oval in shape and is in a Queen Anne style with a feathered-like flower spray flanking the rat tail on the back. Only around three quarters of the bowl remains with a diagonal breakage across the width of the bowl, the stem is completely missing. It is now 68.1mm long, 49.6mm wide and weighs 28.69. Homer (1975, 44) illustrates base metal spoons with similar designs, which echo those on silver spoons of the same period, the late 17th and early 18th century.
Created on: Monday 1st October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th October 2018
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Record ID: SOM-CBD0F7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age fragments of tertiary flint implements. The fragments are trapezoidal in shape and are worked bifacially. One fragment is of translucent pale grey flint with a covering, stepped and low angle retouch on one side and semi-abrupt on the other; it has slightly convex faces and is transversally broken at the proximal end. The second fragment is of translucent pale brown flint with a covering, sub-parallel semi-abrupt retouch all along, except for the proximal end wheer there is a transverse break; it has considerably convex faces giving a pointed ova…
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2018
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Record ID: SOM-CB843C
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete leaf shaped arrow head of Neolithic date (4000-2350 BC). The ventral surface is smooth with a low diffuse bulb of percussion and widely spaced conchoidal ripple marks. Both of the long sides have short, semi-parallel low angle retouch running along their entire length, lightly more invasive on one edge than the other, while the base shows signs longer, more invasive semi-parallel shallow retouch, possibly to thin the bulb of percussion and striking platform for hafting. The dorsal face has invasive semi-parallel scaled retouch down one edge, and short, shallow, semi-parall…
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2018
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Record ID: SOM-CABC4C
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint scrapers, probably dating to c. 4000-1,500BC. A flint scraper worked from a secondary or tertiary flake with a small area of white patina on the right distal edge of the dorsal face. The dorsal face has two parallel blade or long flakes scars with short, semi-abrupt scalar retouch along the left edge, becoming long, parallel abrupt at the distal end and short, scalar again at the right proximal edge. The ventral face has a relatively pronounced bulb of percussion at the proximal end with several bulb scars. The scraper is a translucent grey…
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2018
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Record ID: SOM-A3A6BF
Object type: LEAF ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably incomplete leaf shaped arrow head of Neolithic date (4000-2350 BC). The flake is bifacially worked with slightly convex faces. It is transversally broken at the top (distal end) with an old patnated break. It is also broken at the bottom, slightly on one side, with a large inwards break on the other, these breaks are only partially patinated, sugesting they are more recent damage. The flake has an invasive parallel shallow retouch on both sides along both edges apart from the right edge near the proximal end on the ventral face. The flint has a white/pale grey patina. It me…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2018
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Record ID: SOM-8A6FD1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy coin from India, probably the denomination called a paisa, probably dating to AD 1790-1830. A close parallel seems to be SWYOR-B55B81, "a Paisa of Gwalior State, Gwalior Fort mint, struck in the name of the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Akbar II, during the reign of Maharaja Daulat Rao Scindia (1796-1825)". It is common to find Indian coins in Britain, probably because they were brought here by people serving in the colonial Empire in India.
Created on: Monday 24th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2019
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Record ID: SOM-3BCF8C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) dating to AD 1584 to 1587. Third issue, shell inital mark. Minted in London. North (1991: 137) no. 2016.
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 24th September 2018
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Record ID: SOM-1130D0
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla dating to c. AD 1350 to 1530. It is flask-shaped in plan with thinned elongated neck that expand slightly toward the mouth and a rounded lower body. The mouth measures 22.8 mm in width and is now squashed. The neck measures 16.4 mm in length. It is covered by multiple horizontal raised lines running across both sides, but more evidently on the front. A sub-triangular suspension loop projects from either side at the juncture of the body and the neck. On one side the loop is squashed backwards. The lower body is decorated on both sides. On the fr…
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2018
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Record ID: SOM-A83DC4
Object type: RIVET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two post-medieval rolled copper alloy rivets. Each consisting of a kite-shaped piece of sheet metal which has been rolled into a tapering cone and the triangular 'flap' at th top ben over to create the 'head' which has been flattened. One is complete wih damage below the head, the other broken below the head. The complete example has not been flattened at the tip. The complete example measures 51.4mm in length and 11.4mm in maximum width (at the head). The shaft of the rivet narrows from 9.2x7.8mm to 2.9mm; the sheet metal is 1.8mm thick and the object weighs 5.41g. The other is…
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
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Record ID: SOM-A74517
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy lozenge shaped mount or stud with integral rivet spike. The mount is an almost flat plate, very slightly D-shaped in cross-section with the obvserse slightly convex, and lozenge-shaped in plan, with bevelled edges. The front of the plate is so worn that any decoration that may have been present is now no longer visible due to mud and corrosion There is an integral rivet present on the mount located centrally on the reverse; this is bent over in line with the longer axis in the direction of an end point and ends in a blunt point. Towards this point, c3mm a…
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2019
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Record ID: IOW-817021
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy finger-ring (c. AD 300-410). The bezel is off-set to one side of the hoop and may have been designed as such. There is a small break on the edge of the bezel. This finger-ring has a flat, circular bezel which is decorated with a pattern of incised lines within a circular border. The decoration consists of two opposing 'chevrons' which may form an 'X' or a crude cross saltire. In three angles there is a short incised line. The shoulders are moulded, each consisting of three transverse ridges, with the central being the most pronounced. The hoop is…
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EA36CA
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a cast copper-alloy object of unknown type, probably medieval in date. The remaining fragment is curved (C-shaped) and of a broad and slightly flattened D-shaped cross-section with a flat back, almost vertical inner side (inner side of the curve) and convex front and outer side. The object tapers along its length, being slightly wider at one end than the other and both ends terminate in old breaks. The object is worn and corroded. The object is 46.8mm long and the maximum curvature is 18mm (i.e. from the centre of the convex side to an imaginary line joining the two ends…
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Record ID: SOM-E9E8A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver shilling probably of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) dating to AD 1558 to 1603. The coin has been clipped to the inner circle and any further identification may not be possible.
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Record ID: SOM-E97995
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy circular coin weight dating to AD 1412 to 1500, probably for a noble of the light standard. The weight is uniface, sub-circular in plan and rectangular in cross-section. The front depicts a ship with single mast flanked by a fleur-de-lis on the left and probably a muddled lion or sterncastle on the right, the reverse is plain. The weight has various cuts and abraded edges. The coin weight measures 17.3 mm in diameter and weighs 4.55 g, 70.2 grains. Withers & Withers (1995:19) illustrate a similar example which they suggest was a weight made in England for the …
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Record ID: SOM-ADF8DA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval silver cut half penny of Aethelred II (978-1016) dating to c. AD 1003 to 1009. Helmet type, BMC viii, Hild.E. Minted by Æthelweard probably at London. North (1997) no. 775.
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
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