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Record ID: SOM-D57660
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy Late Iron Age to Roman strip brooch. The pin, part of the head, the foot and catch plate are missing. The majority of the head is missing, one incomplete wing survives. The head continues seamlessly into the bow. The bow consists of a strip of metal, tapering slightly towards the break before the foot. The front of the bow is decorated with parallel incised grooves running down the front with fine pellet decoration. There is a central vertical ridge which runs down the length of the bow. At the end is an old break which has removed the bottom of the foot, The …
Created on: Tuesday 19th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2015
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Cheddar', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-8396B3
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy spoon dating to the second or third centuries AD. The fragment comprises the pear-shaped bowl and a short length of the offset handle. The bowl is pear shaped in form, making it a Type 2 spoon in Crummy's (1983, 69) classification. It is plain with some abrasions to the rim and some accretions and losses of patina as a result of corrosion. At the narrow end are the vestiges of the junction with the handle, triangular in cross-section.
Length: 36.9mm, Width 24.45mm, Thickness 3.9mm, Weight: 8.33g
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2012
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Cheddar', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-7FEA06
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete long nail cleaner from a toilet set probably of Roman date. The object consists of a long, flat strip of metal with a 'V' shape cut into one end. The artefact is incomplete due to an old break, there is a central V shaped vertical incision running down the length of the surviving object.
Length: 22.80mm, Width: 6.0mm, Thickness: 1.35mm Weight: 0.86grams
Created on: Friday 15th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Cheddar', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-5B69A2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An extremely worn and corroded copper-alloy 3rd-century Roman radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), unclear reverse and mint. This coin has been considered for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Friday 1st April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Somerton', grid reference and parish protected.
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