Record ID: SOM-D322BE
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy probable gaming piece of Medieval to Post-Medieval or date (410 - 1700 AD). The object is of a flattened, smooth lead ball that although is difficult to date, most likely dates to the Roman to Post Medieval period. Measurements: Diameter: 15.66mm, thickness 8.47mm, Weight: 8.76g.
Created on: Monday 15th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Curry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CC29CA
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval lead disc with a design of a horse and rider, probably a gaming piece or toy or possibly a weight. The disc has a raised cast design on the front wihin an indented circular line border. The back is rounded as though it was cast face down or cast and struck. The horse is galloping left with tail steaming behind them. The rider holding a vertical item in front of them, a sword or standard. The disc is 28.9mm in diameter, 6.8mm thick and weighs 37.6g. The proportions of the horse and rider suggest a later 18th to 19th century date. Like many lead pieces it is hard to dat…
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-6E0D12
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead hexagonal object that could be a weight or gaming piece. The object was cast and is complete. It is hexagonal in plan and trapezoidal in cross section with a slightly narrower upper surface compared to its lower surface which has rounded corners. The centre of the object is pierced by a small circular hole that is narrower on the upper surface (c. 2.1mm diameter) than the lower surface also (5.3mm diameter) and is surrounded by a raised border. The upper surface is decorated with nine raised, cast, curved lines that radiate from the centre of the object to the outside edge. …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barrington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B3D0B8
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A roughly cast lead alloy artefact, possibly a gaming piece, possibly dating to the Early Medieval period. The object is sub rectangular in plan with two curved and two straight sides and highly domed in cross section with a flat base. At each of its 'corners' it has a raised ridge running to meet each the others at the apex of the dome. Between these lines are further smaller raised ridges running vertically from the base of the object to its top. The base of the piece is is slightly concave with a deeper sub-oval impressed recess at its centre (diameter c. 1mm by 2mm), other than…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-EFBABA
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circular lead piece of uncertain function, possibly a gaming counter of uncertain, Roman - Post Medieval date. The piece is disciodal with straight sides and a raised design of four ovals arranged in a square with an indented concave sided cross between them and indented border. Each raised oval has a slight central indent. On the back there are oval depressions corresponding to the raised areas on the front. The pice is 32.4mm in diameter, 6.9mm in thickness and weighs 31.8 grams. The piece appears to large to be a token and has no obvious markings as a weight although it could …
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-2DDDA4
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A glass Roman gaming counter dating to the period c. AD 43 - 410. The counter is oval in shape and convex. The reverse is slightly dished. The counter is a very dark opaque blue/black colour. The underside of the gaming counter exhibits a number of air holes from the manufacture process. Similar pieces have been found at Silchester, and Colchester and are discussed in Crummy, N, 1983, Colchester Archaeological Report 2, p.92 - 93, fig. 95. A number of comparable exampes have been recorded on the PAS database including: WILT-713199; WAW-0AF7A1; LON-6DEFB6; NARC-CAD195 & HESH-…
Created on: Tuesday 16th August 2016
Last updated: Monday 9th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8D5A73
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman ceramic gaming piece, made from a re-worked sherd of pottery probably 4th century in date. The gaming piece is circular in shape with smooth edges where the ceramic sherd has been worn and smoothed. The external surface has been particularly abraded and the surface mostly worn off. The fabric of the gaming piece is not entirely clear although due to the fine quartz inclusions and the finished surfaces it may be from a black burnished ware vessel which was exposed to oxidising kiln conditions turning the fired vessel brown rather than black. This is not unusual for the locally …
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2012
Last updated: Thursday 15th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wincanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-988015
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast lead alloy gaming piece, weight or token. it is circular with a flat front and back and angled sides so the front is larger than the back. On the front is a raised design of a crowned facing bust, similar to coin designs of the 14th and 15th century. In the centre of the otherwise plain back is a raised pellet. It is 16.8mm in diameter, 3.0mm thick including the design and weighs 4.74 grams, (0.166 or 1/6th of an ounce). It has a thick white patina with the original grey colour showing through in chips. The design clearly suggests a later Medieval, probably 14th or 15t…
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2012
Last updated: Monday 2nd April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2F18F7
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead gaming piece of Roman to Post Medieval date. It measures 22.1mm in length, 16.7mm in diametre and weighs 39.18g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Pennard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F2FC45
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead disc which has an incised design on the top, possibly a gaming piece or a weight. The sides slope away from the front slightly so the front is smaller than the back. The front is decorated with an incised design of two concentric ovals with a central dot; the three concentric rings are crossed by lines radiating from the centre to the edge. It is 24.6mm in diameter, 5.3mm thick and weighs 22.87 grams. Plain lead items like weights and gaming pieces were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards for a wide variety of uses and are hard to date precisely although mos…
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AC6865
Object type: GAMING PIECE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small glass roundel of possible Roman date. The dark blue plano-convex roundel measures 11.5mm in maximum diameter by 5.3mm thick and weighs 1.1g. On the curving side there are three impressed parallel lines. It was perhaps used as a counter for a game.
Created on: Thursday 7th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock', grid reference and parish protected.