Record ID: SOM-7F1702
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval cast copper alloy button with enamel decoration and integral shank of the 'Stuart enamel' type. The button is circular with a convex front and a concave back. The decoration on the front is moulded in relief and depicts a male, probably either Charles I or Charles II, facing forward, crowned, with long hair and wearing a cloak or robe decorated with a circle at the neck and a pellet on each shoulder. The background is decorated with pale blue enamel and the crown, neck ruffle and pellets either side of the head are picked out in white enamel. The face of the person is wo…
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Monkton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6D45D3
Object type: AMPHORA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of the rim and body of a Gauloise 1 flat-based amphorae. The rim fragment is refitted from three sherds and the body from two. The rim has a flared collar with a flat top and angled outerside so it is triangular in section. the inner side of the rim is slightly recessed to create an inner lip for the lid. The fabric is a reasonably hard pale buff with fine inclusions of limestone, quartz and rock and possibly slightly micaceous. The five pieces together weigh 83 grams. Gauloise 1 amphorae are first produced in the early first century AD, other types are developed in the later f…
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2012
Last updated: Thursday 11th October 2012
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Record ID: SOM-6CCF73
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One body sherd from a Medieval, 11th to mid 12th century, cooking vessel of developed greenstone ware. Mid buff fabric with sooted black surface. Sparse (c.5%) limestone temper up to 1.5mm across. Abundant greenstone chert temper, up to 20% of the fabric, poorly sorted with a range of sizes up to 2.5mm across. It weighs 23.76 grams.
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2012
Last updated: Thursday 11th October 2012
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