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Record ID: SOM-419EA5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Cross on Steps type sceatta dating from c. 695-705. Series F, type 24b.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-47D056
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval silver cut halfpenny of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), PACX type, minted by Æthelwig at Wallingford, 1042-1044 AD, North 813. See EMC 1042.1137 , SCBI 42 - Southeastern: 1137 for a whole penny of the same type and moneyer.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-DE9532
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
One end of a gilded silver strap fitting with gold, garnet and blue glass inlays, dating to the first half of the seventh century AD. The piece consists of one end with attachment rivets, and the stub of one side of a broken probably rectangular plate with narrow sides around a probably rectangular hole in the centre. The breaks appear patinated and are probably not recent. At the complete end is a wide transverse strip with a row of six rivet holes through it (for this description numbered 1-6). Three of these holes (in positions 1, 2 and 5) contain the remains of silver rivets wi…
Created on: Thursday 7th April 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F5FBE6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete Early-Medieval gilded copper alloy 'axe-shaped' mount, probably from horse harness. The mount is trapezoidal in shape; the longest side curves outwards slightly, whilst the other three sides curve inwards. The reverse of the mount is flat and covered with iron corrosion. The outer face of the mount has engraved decoration, the lines of which are gilded. Helen Geake (pers. comm.), the Scheme's Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds Advisor, comments that the decoration appears to be Style I rather than the Style II common on this type of mount. She notes that the design is 'entir…
Created on: Wednesday 9th June 2010
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Lavington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4B0603
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Early Anglo-Saxon glass bead, opaque black with translucent white trails in a crossed wave pattern creating three pointed oval cells arround the side each containing a red dot in the centre, 21.2mm in diameter, the width varies from 6.3 to 7.2mm and the thickness from 9.0-11.2mm, it weighs 6.02 grams. Brugmann (2004) "Candy" type with translscent glass on opaque, form A1-A2, dating to 450-550 AD.
Created on: Friday 24th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 14th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Evercreech', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3D9955
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver sceat of Secondary Phase Series E (SEDE; type 89) divided by saltires with central saltire / coiled serpent with radiate lines down back protecting cross and biting pellet), c.AD 715-730. The SEDE type is probably an English variety. Ref: Abramson (2006:109) E700.
Created on: Tuesday 8th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 8th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milverton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C97807
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy bridle cheek-piece of 11th-century date. The fragment measures 52mm by 27.8mm by 5.6mm and weighs 36.9g. It is very worn but there is are two old breaks at one end; between these is part of the original central circular hole for the bit. There is a decorative circular opening. One face is decorated with the head of a Ringerike-style beast in profile, facing right, with a flowing mane. Such decoration suggests that this is a type 1 cheek piece (see for example BH-FEBCD7, a broad parallel from Ware, Hertfordshire). The reverse face, has two concave mouldi…
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0255E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval silver sceat, Series E (type G1, procupine and standard), c.700-710 AD, North: 48, similar to Metcalf 200 obverse /201 reverse.
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2011
Last updated: Monday 2nd July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FC3448
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy bit/rein link from a bridle, early medieval in date. It has a circular loop with steep angled sides integrally attached to a rectangular bar which widens to a circular boss at which point there is an old break and the opposing loop is now missing. The cross-section is D-shaped with a very flat base. It is 31.3mm long, the loop is 17.2mm in diameter and the bar is 6.2mm thick and the rounded boss is 9.2mm in diameter. At its thickest point (the boss end) the strap junction in 7.0mm thick. It weighs 7.20g. Strap junctions of this form have been identified as rei…
Created on: Monday 4th February 2013
Last updated: Friday 15th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-50B5A1
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy pin, probably of Middle-Later Early Medieval date, c.8th-9th centuries. The flat head and part of the shaft survives, the rest is lost to a patinated break. The head is flattened and the shape could be described as sub-oval, piriform or sub-triangular with an almost semi-circular top with a slightly straightened top edge and tapering sides which meet at a point where the head joins the shaft. The back of the head is plain and the front decorated with incised lines. The lines are all slightly wavy, formed of many closely spaced curves looking almost like rows of pellets…
Created on: Monday 20th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvesdiston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4B1C8A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval silver penny of Eadred (946-955), horizontal rosette type 1 (HR1), minted by Oslac probably in the East Midlands (North 707). Ref: North 1994:141. The coin was bent when found and has suffered some losses to the edge.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Deverills', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-07C798
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of an Early Anglo-Saxon gilded copper-alloy pendant, probably from horse harness, with Style I decoration, c. AD 530-560. The pendant was presumably circular although only about one-fifth now survives. The remaining part has old breaks on three sides and a complete curved upper edge from which projects a broken transverse suspension loop. The loop is rectangular in cross-section, level with the front of the pendant but projecting from the back and above the edge. The curved upper edge of the loop is worn and broken through. The back is otherwise undecorated. The front is d…
Created on: Thursday 5th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilve CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2F047C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2014 T440: Disclaimed, returned to finder Description: Incomplete early medieval silver disc with an incised design. Approximately 15% of the brooch is lost to a patinated break down one side. The rim is bent forward slightly, more pronounced in some places than others. Despite the broken edge, it is possible to see that the disc was not perfectly circular when complete. The front of the disc is incised with an equal-armed, saltire cross within a circle. The circle joins the terminals of the cross-arms with no division and provides the outer border of the design. I…
Created on: Thursday 19th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Deverills', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-33973E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval silver sceat, Series BIa (type 27b, diademed bust / bird on cross), c.AD 685-695, North (1994: 66) no.126.
Created on: Tuesday 19th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wedmore CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0651B9
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2014 T587: disclaimed as Treasure and returned to finder. Description: An early-medieval or medieval terminal from a pin or lace-tag, in the form of a tapering, circular shaft with a polyhedral head. The head is in the form of a cuboid with corners cut off (7.4 by 5.9 by 5.6mm). Each lozengiform facet of the head is engraved with a quatrefoil with lozengiform leaves, a design enhanced with a surrounding niello inlay. The triangular faces are decorated with a V-shaped inlay in niello. Below the head is a raised collar. The hollow shaft flares from the collar to the …
Created on: Friday 29th August 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wembdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2C8D86
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2016 T1058: Donated by finder and landowner Description: An early medieval silver strap end fragment. Only the terminal survives, with three old breaks at its top. The central break is higher than the others and a small rectangular section of the body extends out from the terminal. Between these three breaks there are unbroken curves which are likely the remains of openwork decoration. The terminal itself is zoomorphic, depicting an animal's head and is a rounded-triangle in plan and flat in section. Two indentations on either side give the animal a distinct head and …
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Bagborough CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7C0D84
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2012 T70: Acquired by Bristol City Museum Description: Early Medieval silver strap-end of Thomas Class A, Type 1. The strap end is a flat plate, split at the attachment end with two rivet holes to hold the strap, now both broken through. It has convex sides and a slightly convex terminal. The front is decorated with incised lines and indented areas but is quite crudely executed. It begins below and between the rivet holes, with an incised pelta- or fan-shaped design divided into three. Below this, the long edges each have a grooved border, outside which are very worn …
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cold Ashton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5DB584
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete late early-medieval (to medieval, possibly) copper-alloy mount probably dating from the 11th century. The mount is sub-oval with rounded ends, each with a hole for a rivet; the long edges are angled outwards at their centres. The object is decorated in an abstract Ringerike style with a centrally engraved lozenge outlined by a border which broadly echoes the angles of the lozenge and angled sides. Each terminal is rendered as a trefoil of fleur-de-lis, with small, outcurving side fleurs delineated by engraved lines an a double transverse fillet connecting the side fleurs ar…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9E34D4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
2017 T957: Submitted for valuation Description: An Early Medieval cast gilded silver mount, probably a strap-slide, decorated in the Winchester Style. The mount is sub-hexagonal in plan, with a flat reverse. The design on the front is moulded in high relief, comprising a symmetrical pair of addorsed birds looking backwards. Their wings curve downwards into the mouth of an inverted animal mask, before passing out of its ears to terminate in a volute at each lower corner of the mount. A trilobed acanthus frond issues from the animal mask's mouth, filling the space between the bir…
Created on: Friday 20th October 2017
Last updated: Friday 13th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Manston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FA6C66
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval cut halfpenny of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), expanding cross type (heavy issue, North 823) dating to c. AD 1050-1053, mint: Shaftesbury, moneyer: unknown. North 1994: 179-80.
Created on: Friday 5th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th July 2019
Spatial data recorded.