Record ID: SOM-92F324
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy token farthing issued by John Grenway in Crewkerne, Somerset, 1652-1670 AD; Williamson (1891:978), Somerset 109.
Created on: Thursday 11th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne', 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-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-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-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-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-6C9003
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Spanish Post Medieval silver one real of Charles II (1661- 1700), dating to AD 1691. Mint of Potosi, Bolivia. The coin is very worn and probably clipped with c.25% of the design lost off the flan. However poor striking resulting in some of the design being off the flan is common with these coins.
Created on: Friday 4th January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 29th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Frampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-831A56
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight from a stacking set of the reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). The weight is circular and flat on both faces with straight sides. The top has a circular indent at the centre and is stamped with a crowned EL at 5 o'clock. It is 15.4mm in diameter and 2.0mm thick; it weighs 2.62 grams ( 0.09 oz probably originally 1/8oz). Biggs (1992:50) illustrates similar weights and states that those with this mark for Elizabeth started being issued around 1590. He suggests it is not unusual for the smallest weights, even those of London, to not show the A f…
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddon Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8444D7
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy two-disc type cloth seal. Both discs remain with the central rivet which would have attached the discs together. The rivet was attached to the back disc, projected through the front disc and was stamped flat, bending it to one side and leaving the tip projecting. About 20% from the edge of one disk and the connecting strip have broken away with patinated breaks. The piece has a raised stamped design on one face, visible only on the rivet. The design is a merchants mark made of the letter W ( made of two V's overlapping), with a capital T or long cross vertical…
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-84C656
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy two-disc type cloth seal. Both discs remain with the central rivet and connecting strip which attached the discs together. The seal is now bent through the centre at 45 degrees and the edge of the lower seal is broken with about one tenth lost. A small part of the undamaged edge of the front seal shows a raised design with a pellet border around a plain line border and just below part of the border, three loops forming a bow. the design continues on the rivet, which is squashed and damaged by the fold and there appears to be the letters S W above the bow. The …
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-853DBC
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy two-disc type cloth seal. Only half of one disc remains with the central rivet which would have attached it to the other disc. the other half of the disc, the second disc and the connecting strip are missing to old breaks. The back of the remaining disc is probably plain, a few scratches appear accidental rather than letters or numbering. The end of the rivet shows part of the stamped design possibly of lozenges or a W within a ropework border. It is now 25.0mm by 18.2mm, 3.6mm thick and it weighs 8.24 grams This may be the remains of a privy mark used by…
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-ED4261
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead-alloy cloth seal. The seal is of the two-disc type and one disc and the connecting rivet attached to it survive, although the other disc and the tab that previously linked the discs is missing. The remaining disc is stamped (offset) with the letters S W with a looped bow of four points between. Where visiable, there is a double border, one narrow, the outer wider and poelleted. On the rest of the disc appears to be part of a second stamped design with a pellet line and larger letteriing. The seal is now 19.5mm in diameter, 2.9mm thick and weighs 4.87 grams. This…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EDE6EB
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal, of two disc type. One disc survives with the integral central rivet which previously held the two together. The edge is broken and torn at one point where the connecting strip has broken away along with the second, ring shaped, disc, the damage is the same patina as the rest of the fragment. The front has a raised design of the capital letters H and I (or IH) within a circular border of tiny pellets. Between the letters there is a four looped bow, above and below the letters the ends of the bow split and and in pellet flowers. It is now 15.4mm b…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EE33C3
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead alloy two-disc type cloth seal. Only one disc and the central rivet survive. The other disc and the connecting strip are all missing. The remaining disc has been bent over along two opposite sides. The visible part has a raised stamped design, possibly of the letters D and F, the D being retrograde, at the base of a long, central staff. Either side of the staff, above the letters, there is a small cross pattee, the one on right being very worn. There is a suggestion of a raised design ont he rivet but the details are unclear. There is no clear impression of the clot…
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EE9D2E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead alloy two-disc type cloth seal. Parts of both discs and the central rivet survive. The edges of the discs are torn and folded in, with sections, and the connecting strip, missing. On the disc with the integral rivet is stamped the arms of Haarlam in the Netherlands on a shield, a vertical sword with a cross pattee avove and four stars arramged two each side. Above the shield is a six petalled flower made of pellets flanked by single pellets. There is a suggestion of lettering to the left of the shield but the broken and folded edges have rmoved most of the legend. …
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 17th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-141A7D
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy post-medieval dress fastener with a large circular central plate. This is the eye section of a hook and eye fastener, with a rectangular loop for the eye extended to one side of the plate. The circular plate is slightly convex and moulded in low relief on the front with a central six-petalled flower and a narrow border at the edge. Around the flower are four mouldings in the form of pairs of curled lines that start on the outer border of the circle and curve away form each other as they go towards the centre. There are holes between the pairs, curls and edge and cu…
Created on: Tuesday 24th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Silverton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-40249F
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper-alloy trade token farthing issued by John Clothier in Montacute, Somerset dating to AD 1655, Williamson (1891: 984), Somerset 195.
Created on: Thursday 26th March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-689AF0
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy purse bar of early Post Medieval date. The bar has a central rectangular block with a slightkly rounded lower face and corners and a circular perforation running through it on the vertical axis. Through this perforation is threaded a vertical copper alloy bar which is circular in section and rotates freely in the hole. The bar ends in a globular terminal below the block and expands into a loop above it; this loop would ahve been used to hang the purse from the belt. The loop has three collars at the base, oval in section and just the stubs of the sides…
Created on: Thursday 9th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-320408
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval cast copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame. The frame has two oval loops which are D-shaped in section with flat backs and slightly widened outer edges. The strap bar is narrowed. The pin is missing but there are traces of iron corrosion on the strap bar and one loop. The frame is 23.0mm long, 18.8mm wide and 2.5mm thick, it weighs 1.74 grams. A similar example is illustrated in Margeson (1993:30, no.164) from a 17th century context , although with an incised line for a pin rest in the centre of each loop, it is likely similar simple forms were in use …
Created on: Wednesday 13th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8F6E99
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy post-medieval double-looped buckle frame, missing most of one of its loops as well as its pin. The strao bar extends beyond the meeting point of the loops ending in rounded lobes. The reverse surface ia flat, and the upper surface is convex. At the centre of the remaining loop is a lobes expansion with the front moulded into crude flower. The broken off loop is a short stub along one edge (6mm), and broken at the moulding along the other. The breaks are old and the frame is bent slightly. The remaining section is 28.4mm long, 28.9mm wide and 2.7mm thick…
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2015
Last updated: Thursday 30th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stawell', grid reference and parish protected.