Record ID: SOM-1786DE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A roman ceramic body sherd with handle, probably a jar or pitcher of black burnished ware, dating to AD 43-410. The sherd has a medium hard fired, fabric, that is a dark grey colour at its core with a medium orange inner surface and a layer of orange under the black surface on the outer side. It has common fine sand temper and large chalk (up to 3mm) and and patinated grey stone inclusions (up to c.1.5mm). The body's profile is smoothly curved and from the middle of the body sherd projects a handle. The handle is a stretched D-shape in cross section with its edge facing the sherd's…
Created on: Monday 12th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-70E474
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman ceramic body sherd from a Black Burnished ware (BB1, from Wareham/Poole Harbour, Dorset) vessel probably dating c. AD 43- 400. The fabric is relatively fine grained, hard and dark grey throughout with a angular, hackled, fracture. The fabric has regular sub-rounded translucent quartz inclusions
Created on: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-70271E
Object type: PITCHER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of the body and the base of the handle of a large Medieval glazed pitcher dating to the 12th century. The piece has a high fired buff to pale orange fabric with remains of olive green glaze on the outside. The applied rod handle is circular in cross section, flattened and squeezed towards the base with a thumb impression, now partly missing. The outer face of the handle is slashed down the entire front and around the squashed base. The slashes run in two rows down the handle, angling downwards form the centre. Those on the left row are deeper, wider and more widely space. Those o…
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 11th July 2019
Spatial data recorded.

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-BF1990
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragments of three Post medieval ceramic vessel. Probably of 18th to 19th century date. 1. Part of the neck and handle from a large jug. South Somerset (Donyatt) ware. Medium orange fabric with occasional dark orange grog inclusion. Oval sectioned applied strip handle with central thumb groove running down its length. Internal clear glaze. 173g. 2. Part of the rim of a pan, slightly closed with the body angled into the neck then an angled out rim with a flat top edge with several grooves running around it. South Somerset (Donyatt) ware. Medium orange fabric with occasional d…
Created on: Monday 26th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: DEV-2F8F82
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base fragment of a greyware ceramic vessel dating to the Roman period (c. AD 43 - 410). The base is almost flat, with wear marks and more recent scratches on the underside. There is very little of the vessel's body that remains adhered to the base, but there is enough to suggest an open profile vessel form, too little survives to estimate the diameter. The fragment is a blue-grey in colour, with brownish patina. The hard fired fabric is non-micaceous with abundant very fine sand temper and occasional rounded iron stone inclusions. The sherd measures 12mm in length, 49.3mm in width, …
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

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-F8191B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd from a small cup, bowl or jar with almost vertical sides. The fabric is mid orange with some fine quartz temper. The exterior is decorated with white slip interrupted by four turned parallel lines at the top and indented ovals with dignal scratches across them below. A yellow glaze over all appears brown on the inside and areas where the slip has been removed. This form of decoration is typical of South Somerset ware of the late 17th to 19th centurys altough the scratched ovals are slightly unusual.
Created on: Friday 5th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shepton Beauchamp CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B80017
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of three ceramic heavily abraded greyware vessel sherds of Roman date dating to c.AD 43-410. All three sherds are from a similar hard fired grey fabric, with a sandy temper. Abundant black sub-rounded chert,
Created on: Monday 10th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 20th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4053BE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-medieval ceramic body sherd of North Devon gravel tempered ware. Hard fired with an orange-buff fabric, and with an even glaze of mottled green on one surface. Gravel tempered with common angular quartz inclusions,
Created on: Monday 27th February 2017
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brompton Regis CP', grid reference and parish protected.