Record ID: SOM-6DC775
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman cast copper-alloy Colchester two-piece brooch with sprung pin dating to the first century AD. The brooch consists of the head with the spring and pin in situ, the bow and catchplate. The head has semi circular sectioned wings, concave at the back to accomodate the spring. At the centre of the head is a double pierced lug. The lower piercing has a seperate copper alloy wire cross bar running through it. The spring consists of a copper alloy wire, one end is to the right of the lug, from here it coils around the separate cross bar four times before passing over the head and throug…
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-817D40
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272), voided long cross class 3ab or 3b , minted at London, 1248-1250 AD, North: 986/1 or 987.
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-81BD96
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver cut farthing of Henry III (1216-1272), voided long cross class Vb or Vc, minted by Ricard at unclear mint, 1250-1256 AD, North: 992/1, 992/2 or 993.
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-81F4D4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver cut fathing of Henry III (1216-1272), class III, minted by Henri at unclear mint, 1248-1250 AD, North: 986 to 988/1.
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-827B91
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver cut farthing of Henry III (1216-1272), possibly class VIIa, minted by Rauf (Raulf) at London, 1217-1222 AD, North: 978.
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-82F578
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver half groat of Henry VIII (1509-1547), uncertain initial mark, minted at Canterbury, 1509-1547 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E95D94
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin, probably an irregular (barbarous) radiate, copying uncertain emperor, reverse and mint, probably c. AD 275-285.
Created on: Monday 31st October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E9FC97
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast lead button with integral shank which is now broken. The button is circular with a slight projection at one edge producing a 'drop' shape. It has a slightly concave back and conical front, producing a broadly triangular cross section. The conical front is decorated with three raised concentric rings around a central pellet with thinner raised lines radiating out from the centre to the edge. The back of the button has the remains of the integral shank, now two stubs with a gap between which would have been joined by the loop. It measures 23.1 mm in diameter, 9.5 mm i…
Created on: Monday 31st October 2011
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EBB152
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a Roman copper alloy toilet article, possibly an ear scoop. The tool end of the piece is missing to an old break and the remaining shaft is broken in the centre. The shaft is circular in section in the centre, becoming flatter and more rectangular in section towards each end. The complete end is rounded with a circular perforation thoguh it. The shaft widens slightly towards the broken end. It measures 65.2 mm in total length. The fragments are 25.4mm long, 4.0mm wide and 1.8mm thick and 40.3mm, 4.4mm wide and 3.2mm thick respectively. The shank is 3.0mm in diameter and the to…
Created on: Monday 31st October 2011
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EBDB82
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper ally nummus of Constantine II, GLORIA EXERCITVS (two soldiers, two standards) reverse, minted at Arles, 330-335 AD, LRBC pt 1 no 353.
Created on: Monday 31st October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-ECC3B7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead cloth seal, issued during the reign of Queen Anne. Part of a four-disc seal from the series featuring a monarch's head. It is comprised of four discs in two conjoined pairs, joined in the centre with a rectangular tab. The seal is bent in the centre at the tab so the pairs of disks are back to back. A projecting tab on the back of one outer disk has been pushed through a hole in the other outer disk and stamped flat, joining them. One of the disks next to the tab is stamped with the bust of Queen Anne around which is the legend FIDEI DEFEN (Defender of the Faith). T…
Created on: Monday 31st October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-13A256
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantine I, SARMATIA DEVICTA ( Victory advancing right, kicking a captive), minted at Trier, AD 323-4, RIC VII Trier 435. Pierced with a very worn circular hole to the edge of the coin at 5 o'clock on the obverse and 1 o'clock on the reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-164173
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantius II, GLORIA EXERCITVS (two soldiers and two standards) reverse, minted at Trier, A.D 330-335, LRBC pt 1 no. 64.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2011
Last updated: Monday 7th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-93DA36
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead cloth seal, of two disk type. Only one disk now survives with the projecting attachment on the back. The second disk and connecting strip has been lost or broken away and the break is worn. The front has a raised design of a large letter A flanked with annulets. There are the remains of a pellet border around the edge of the disk, very worn in places. It is 19.3mm by 18.5mm and 4.3mm thick; it weighs 5.63 grams. The 'A' design indicates it originates from Augsberg, Germany and the reverse disk would probably have had a pinecone; the heradlic badge of the city (Eg…
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Montacute', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-26ECE3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Edward IV or Richard III. Mint of York, 1377-1485.
Created on: Thursday 18th September 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-02D5C7
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The bowl of a post-medieval clay tobacco pipe broken at its junction with the stem. The bowl is swollen, convex curved between the mouth and heel on both sides and projects out over the heel. The mouth is parallel to the stem. The sub-oval flat heel projects only a little from the base of the bowl and is wider and longer than the base, starting level with the stem. This large heel is stamped with the maker's mark, in this case the incuse letters GEO / WEBB / IN / CHARD within a stamped pellet border. The bowl has a milled row of indented triangles just below the rim, it is slightly ir…
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-07A265
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A British Iron Age base silver (billon) stater, uninscribed South western (Durotriges), c. 20 BC - AD 10; VA 1235; BMC 2555ff.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pitching Piece', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-07F1F2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A British Iron Age base silver (billon) stater, uninscribed South western (Durotriges), c. 20 BC - AD 10; VA 1235; BMC 2555ff. The flan has suffered a notched removal.
Created on: Tuesday 17th December 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willoughby Hedge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-577EE2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early 13th-century medieval silver penny of John (AD 1199-1216), short voided cross class 4b, probably minted by Willelm, probably London mint, c. AD 1200-1204
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1A1198
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped re-touched flint flake possibly later Neolithic to Bronze Age in date. A prominent bulb of percussion with large bulb scar and clear ripples of percussion are on the ventral face. There is original cortex surviving across the distal end. Aris and ripples on the dorsal face suggest multi-directional previous removals. There is an area of semi-abrupt short subparallel retouch at the proximal end of the right edge seen from the ventral face, becoming longer towards the centre of the flake. The flake is dark brown flint with a patch of lighter brown at the proximal end. It is 40…
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddon Fitzpaine', grid reference and parish protected.