Record ID: SOM-EDFA7C
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A translucent yellow glass bead, probably dating to the Post Medieval period. The bead is spherical with a central piercing and a band of opaque white around the cnetre, caused by a change in colour in the glass trail rather than an applied band. It measures 9.30mm in diameter and weighs 1.20g. The glass appears to have been wound in a rail to form the bead. Glass beads are difficult to date with any certainty but the size, shape and colour would suggest that it is probably of Post Medieval date.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 14th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bratton Seymour', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-834BE2
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval copper-alloy 17th century trade token farthing issued by the city of Wells in Somerset, Williamson Somerset 300, dating to 1657. Ref: Williamson (1891, 993).
Created on: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CA72E2
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead-alloy figurine dating to the Post-Medieval period. The object is a flat figure moulded on one side and smooth on the other. It can therefore be classified as Forsyth and Egan, Type 3. The figure appears to be male, in military dress with baggy breeches and a fitted, sleeveless jerkin or waistcoat over a jacket or chemise with baggier sleeves and a plain cuff. The jerkin has buttons with braid frogging. The legs are missing below knee level. The face is also missing but the remnants of a high collar or ruff are suggested. The trousers and sleeves are depicted wi…
Created on: Thursday 26th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddon Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-29E4E2
Object type: STUD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a possibly Medieval to Post Medieval copper alloy stud. It has a damaged domed circular head, with a convx top and concave back. There are six incised lines branching from the centre that divide the flower shape into equal segments/petals, with traces of gilding in the incisions. The outer edge, where it survives, is convex curved in each segment. The majority of the edge has been lost to an old break. The back of the stud has an integral circular sectioned rivet projecting from it. This rivet is circular in section at the top and 6.6mm in diameter, narrowing gradually to a f…
Created on: Tuesday 13th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Muchelney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B8ED01
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast copper alloy buckle of mid to late 18th century date. The buckle is rectangular with two loops originally divided by a separate strap bar, now missing as are the pin and chape. The outer edge of both loops is continuous and made of four thin rectangular frames arranged concentrically and linked by thin radiating bars at each corner, in the centre of the outer edges and at three evenly spaced points on the upper and lower edges. The upper and lower sides are thickened in the centre and drilled to hold the strap bar. It is bent in profile, damaged with one break. The …
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 16th November 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-B9F177
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval lead alloy button, probably mid 17th - 18th century in date. Raised, moulded quatrefoil decoration on the front. The back is worn with a possible maker's mark which is illegible. The attachment loop/shank is missing with a scar in the cnetre where it was attached. It is 16.61mm long, 15.50mm wide and 4.63mm thick. It weighs 3.65 grams. A similar button can be seen in Read (2005:80), no. 328 which he dates to the early 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 16th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogursey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CA7D15
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy double-loop oval buckle with a complete pin. In the centre of the outer edge of each loop is a pair of protruding moulded knops with a indent and incised line between them where the pin rests. The frame is thin and C-shaped in section with a concave back. The strap bar is narrowed and slightly protrudes from the frame with a lobed knop on each end. The pin is a thinning and narrowing strip of copper alloy which loops around the strap bar at the broad end and ends in a sharp point. The buckle measures 35.3mm long, 20.7mm wide, 5.6mm thick including the pin (2…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wookey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CAB2E0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy double loop buckle frame. It has two oval loops which are triangular in section with a flat back and inner side and convex curved outer side. The outer edges of the loops are widened. The strap bar is narrowed with lobed knops at either end. The pin is missing. One loop is bent upwards and the loop and strap bar are distorted. The frame is 36.8mm long, 24mm wide and 3.4mm thick. It weighs 6.58 grams. A similar example with a recessed strap bar is illustrated in Whitehead (2003:54, Nos. 307) which he suggests dates to c.1500-1650 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Cuthbert Out CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CAEBF0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame. The loops are D shaped in plan and trapezoidal in section with angled sides and wider back. From the centre of the outer edges of each loop projects a tri-lobed extension. The extension is stamped with an annulet in the centre with eight grooves projecting away from it, two grooves in each direction. There are smaller rounded knops projecting at each corner of the frame. The narrow strap bar is tringular in section and recessed from the frame with a lobed knop at each end. The pin is missing but there is a lump of iron corrosion on …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Cuthbert Out CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CB6026
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast copper alloy toy cannon. The muzzle (open end) of the cannon is missing to an old break. It is cast in one piece with a pronounced base ring and a plain tapering breech. The cascabel is also missing to an old break. The small vent hole, blocked with mud, is half way between the base ring and first reinforce ring. The barrel is corroded but appears to have recessed rings either side of the trunnions. The trunnions are circular in section, both are missing their ends, one is just a stub. The total width of the cannon across the trunnions is 16.1mm. Between the first a…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Cuthbert Out CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C12DE5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver sixpence of Charles I (AD1625 - 1649) dating to AD 1639 - 1640. Group F. Initial mark triangle, minted at th Tower of London. North (1991: 161) no. 2246.
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7CA82C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy farthing token of Charles I (1625 to 1649), dating from 1636 to 1636. Type 3, Maltravers "rounds". Uncertain initial mark. North (1991:164) no. 2280-2282.
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-7D5A82
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Post-Medieval lead cloth seal, probably dating from the 17th century. The fragment consists of approximately 25-30 per cent of two discs pressed together. It has worn breaks almost all the way around it's edge. About 10 per cent of the edge is not broken and is part of the original edge of the seal. On one side, in the centre, some numbers have been stamped. probably 10 with the O partly lost. These are surrounded by two concentric circles with a legend in between. The surviving fragment of the legend reads (T)AVN(T). The other side is stamped with a design that fea…
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-2A8149
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy silver plated contemporary copy of a halfcrown of Charles I (AD 1625-1649) dating to AD 1634 to 1649. The coin has a thin sheet of silver over the top onto which the dies were stamped. One face of the silver has been almost worn smooth while the other bears the trace of an round, garnished, royal shield. Due to the condition of the coin a closer date cannot be determined.
Created on: Friday 9th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsbury Episcopi CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-DEFE6F
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete curved copper alloy handle for a vessel, probably dating to the post-medieval period, however it has not yet been directly paralleled and an earlier date cannot be ruled out. The handle is triangular in cross section with a slghtly convex curved inner face and ridge running down the centre of the upper face. It narrows from the break at one end to the break at the other. At the bottom thinner end there is a raised section on the front that may have been part of the decoration or indicate the start of the terminal. The curve of this fragment can give an indication as to t…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-6F4604
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A coin hoard of four copper alloy cartwheel pennies of George III, Birmingham mint second issue, dated 1797 (Spink p.417 no.3777). Probably a chance purse loss. One penny has been deliberately bent in two places and drilled through. As this modified coin was found in a group with other pennies, suggested to be a purse loss, it can be inferred that, despite the modification, the coin would still have been an accepted item of tender. All Diameter 35.5mm; die axis 6; total weight 99g. 1. Cartwheel penny Obverse: Bust. Inscription: GEORGIUS III D G REX Reverse: Britannia se…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-71AAFB
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval copper alloy farthing trade token issued by John Tubb in Taunton, dating to AD 1666 on token; Williamson (1891: 992), Somerset 289.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 3rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-FF8B85
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy handle from a cooking vessel such as a posnet or skillet. The handle is a shallow 'D' shape in cross section, with a flat upper surface and a convex, rounded reverse. There are rough breaks on both ends, one ot a c30 degree angle, the other transverse. The upper surface has three parallel but not equidistant (two on one side being closer together), longitudinal grooves but is otherwise undecorated.. When viewed from the side the handle has a very slight downward curvature which may be due to the break. The handle tapers very slightly from 24.6mm to 23.2mm …
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-0D2861
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver halfgroat of James I (AD 1603-1625), third coinage, initial mark thistle, London mint, AD 1621-1623, North 2127
Created on: Tuesday 4th February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 5th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A31841
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver halfgroat of James I (AD 1603-1625), first coinage, initial mark unknown. London mint, AD 1603-1604, North 2076. This coin is extremely worn and has been clipped.
Created on: Tuesday 11th February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton CP', grid reference and parish protected.