Record ID: SOM-D953CF
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy medieval lead pilgrim's ampulla dating to the period c.AD 1350 - 1530. The object is flask-shaped with an oval lower part and wide trapezoid neck above ending in an old, irregular, torn break at the top. It is hollow, with one side loop and small traces of a second. The object's lower portion has one side which is smooth and plain and the other side bears traces of a possible pattern. On one side the pattern is a type of elaborated cross or flower with probably a central equal armed cross, the upper arm is unclear, the side and lower arms end in ovals with …
Created on: Tuesday 14th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nynehead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C50BF9
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast one-piece lead alloy button with an integral shank dating to c 17th century. The button is circular with a convex domed front and flat back. The central pellet is encircled by an asymmetrical moulded decoration divided into quarters. One contains a pointed oval with a line running to its cnetre from th e cnetral knop, two have a single central line startng from a circle adjcent to the centre with two pairs of lines extending out at angles to the main line and the fourth has a shap like a B with a pellet in the spandrel between the B and the edge. The very short int…
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 3rd February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oake', 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-EA9683
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval lead alloy (pewter) spoon bowl that is probably mid to late 17th century in date. The bowl is broken across the outer edge and at the junction with the handle with an old break/ The bowl itself is a broad oval with its point of maximum diameter being offset closer to the handle. It also thickens slightly towards the break at the joint with the handle.. The spoon's bowl is relatively deep with a convex reverse and concave upper surface providing a depth of 12.0mm. This becomes more shallow towards the outer end. The bowl has an irregular diagonal break ac…
Created on: Thursday 22nd August 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bitton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-F3B4A4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a Medieval or post medieval cast lead alloy cup weight from a set of nested weights, dating to c. AD 1300-1600. The weight was originally open in profile, having a circular base with the sides flaring up to a wider rim. It has been compressed and one side is now folded inwards, although the original base area remains relatively unaffected. The flat rim surface itself is decorated with a motif of repeated raised circles, which continue around the full circumference. No other decoration survives, but a possible attachment point is visible on the flat side, where two circular…
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-FD1746
Object type: HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead-tin (pewter) dress hook probably dating to cAD1500 - 1600. The plate is formed of three lobes arranged in a triangle with a central pellet and raised lines between them, defining each lobe. Each lobe is domed with a convex front and flat back and decorated with a saltire with a pellet in each quarter. The oputer edge of the lobes are decorated with a row of pellets which project slightly to create a wavy border. The backplate has the remains of two projections at the top, each near the centre of a lobe and aligned along a casting seam. Starting in the centre of th…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 31st December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lavington', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-048FFE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a lead alloy object, possibly the base and attachment for a handle on a large lead-tin (pewter) jug, possibly of Roman date. The piece has a sub-rectangular shape for 65 mm in length and gradually widen from 13.5 mm on the base to 20.5 mm near the top. From this point of maximum width it tapers again for 21 mm in length to a rounded, broken and worn, tip. The base is thinner and turned out at 20 degrees angle, moulded with a raised edge. The lower part of the piece is convex on the front and reaches the maximum thickness of 10.6 mm at the point of maximum width. It is sligh…
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-F76167
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead vessel repair (pot mend). It is roughly oval in plan and bullet-shaped with two irregularly shaped outer pieces of oxidised, white-patinated lead, one larger than the other, sandwiching a fragment of the original ceramic pot. The larger lead piece is slightly concave while the smaller piece is domed. The pottery has a bright orange fabric, possibly due to reheating with the mend with abundent coarse sand temper, patinated chert inclusions up to 1mm and occasional rounded ironstone suggesting a greensand derived fabric of local type . The pot mend is 19.6mm long by 18.5mm wid…
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsburi Episcopi CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1BA4DA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval to post-medieval cast lead-alloy circular unifaced token of Powell type 1 (c. AD 1250-1800). The token has a raised design of a petalled flower with the 8 petals reaching the rim. Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date. Class: Powell Class 1
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shepton Beauchamp', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F85DEC
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval lead alloy cloth seal probably dating to c. AD 1500 - 1800. The seal consists of two discs joined by a connecting strip. There is an integral rivet on one disc pushed through a central hole on the other and with the two then stamped flat. A partial privy or merchant's mark is visible on the obverse, with a central longitudinal line flanked by the initials I D. The line is possibly topped by a transverse cross bar, although this is unclear, whilst at the base it splits to form a broad chevron, overlain by an opposed chevron creating the appearance of a pair of Xs. The r…
Created on: Thursday 13th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 25th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-81CB22
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy Russian bale seal dating to AD1809. Both sides have raised Cyrillic lettering. On the obverse it reads ЛД/CYЛb/ЯHOB/HIO and on the reverse NP/[...]V12H/1809. A slot passes horizontally through the oval disc from side to side. It has a cream patina on both sides. It has a diameter of 22.33mm and weighs 10.3g. Following http://peacehavens.co.uk [accessed 22/09/2016] his can be interpretted as meaning: obverse: ЛД = LD = L'nyanoy Dosmotr = Flax Inspector, CYЛb = (first part of the name), ЯHOB = (second part of the name), H10 = the post number. Reverse: NP = …
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2016
Last updated: Monday 1st July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shepton Beauchamp', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-D5D7B8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: MODERN
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A four-part lead cloth seal dating from the early modern period, probably George I's reign, c. 1714-1727. Side 1: A bust facing right possibly of George I Side 2: A unicorn facing left, rampant, with a 2 below This is an alnage seal, that is a seal to show tax had been paid on the cloth. There is a close parallel in Egan (fig. 28 no.161) which is also George I. The number below the unicorn is the subsidy (tax) rate in pence paid on the cloth. Presumably the rate relates to the size and quality of the cloth.There is a wide range of designs and legends used on these and there…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hincaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F6B526
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval incomplete and damaged lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla. It has a rounded base curving in to a neck where it is irregularly torn across. The tear is both across the width and down the length a third of the way across. It is now squashed flat with part of the sides of the neck folded inwards slightly, and a section at the back torn off. One face of the ampulla is decorated with a raised line design of a crown with a hatched lining. The crown is depicted from below with the ends of the curved front edge meeting the curved base of the ampulla to each side with the lining in the p…
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ruishton', 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-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-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-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-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-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.