Record ID: SOM-43EE12
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a strap handle from a large jug of medieval date. The abraded sherd is from the junction between the jug's rim and one end of the handle. There are several deeply scorely slashes on the exterior surface. The sandy fabric is a reduced light grey with oxidised orange surfaces. There is a trace of glaze on the exterior face of the handle. Dimensions: 62.7mm by 42.9mm by 27.5mm Weight: 53g
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9D33C1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap fitting of probable late fifteenth to sixteenth century date. The fitting measures 28.8mm by 13.7mm by 2.3mm and weighs 3.9g. It consists of a sub-rectangular plate with a shallow pointed identation at the wider end. The other end is broken, but it would have terminated in a backwards curving hook, which would have held a cast copper alloy ring. The main part of the fitting is perforated by two equally spaced central rivet holes, one of which contains iron corrosion. The front of the fitting is slightly convex and the back slightly concave. Similar…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B15CA3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six pottery sherds of medieval date. All six sherds are body sherds and one is externally glazed. The fabric is a reduced light grey with orange oxidised surfaces. It is sandy with moderate angular quartz (up to 2mm), flint (up to 5mm) and sparse sub-rounded iron oxide (up to 2mm). The fabric of the glazed sherd is finer with smaller inclusions. Total weight: 40g
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C3BE02
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An English sterling bust jetton dating from c. 1302-50. As Mitchiner's no. 153 (1988, p. 105).
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bawdrip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-42A6C4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic body sherd of probable late medieval or early post-medieval date. The earthenware fabric is fairly hard fired and largely oxidised with small area of reduction in the centre of part of the sherd. It contains sparse very small white inclusions (less than 1mm), possibly limestone. The sherd is both externally and internally glazed. Dimensions: 38.5mm by 30.4mm by 10.3mm Weight: 10.7g
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4416C6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic base sherd of probable late medieval or early post-medieval date. The earthenware fabric is largely reduced with an oxidised external surface. It contains abundant fine sand, sparse white inclusions (up to 1mm), possibly limestone, and sparse iron oxide (up to 2mm). The sherd is internally glazed and probably formed part of a bowl. Dimensions: 30.1mm by 29.4mm by 7.9mm Weight: 9.3g
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-445487
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy finger ring of late medieval or post-medieval date. The slightly distorted hoop measures 19mm in diameter, it is 4.7mm wide and 0.9mm thick. It weighs 1.4g. The hoop has a rectangular cross-section and its width and thickness are consistent all the way round. On the exterior of the hoop there is a stamped pattern formed from diamonds with in-curved sides and a floral motif in the centre, alternating with groups of three transverse linears. A very similar finger ring features in Bailey's 'Detector Finds 3' (1997, p. 24). This is thought to be late medieval in date, b…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogumber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6BE638
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy buckle of probable late medieval or early post-medieval date. The asymmetrical double loop buckle measures 56.1mm by 19.4mm by 4mm and weighs 7.2g. The strap bar is narrowed and off-set and at each end of it the frame has a small external knop. One side of the rounded frame is larger than the other and there is a large projection from the centre of the outside edge on both side of the frame. These appear to be loosely zoomorphic, with one side moulded to represent a stylised head and shoulders and the other side a flared, possibly feathered, tail. In the centre of t…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Stour', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6C8EB5
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An English copper alloy jetton of medieval date. The obverse is of the enthroned king type, which dates from c. 1350-1400, although the reverse does not feature in Mitchiner (1988, p. 124).
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddlehinton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6F49D5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sheet copper alloy mount of probable Medieval date. The small rectangular mount measures 18.9mm by 11.5mm by 0.9mm and weighs 1.1g. The mount is pierced by four holes, one close to each corner, and part of three copper alloy rivets survive in situ. The front is decorated with single and double transverse lines of incised dots.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-42F9D5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five sherds of abraded coarseware pottery of probable medieval date. Two of the sherds are rim sherds and three are body sherds. Three are reduced with buff/orange oxidised surfaces and the remaining two are more consistently reduced. The fabric contains abundant fine sand, moderate larger quartz pieces (up to 2mm) and sparse limestone (up to 3mm). Total weight: 33g
Created on: Monday 4th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D526B7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An abraded rim sherd of medieval date. The fabric is a reduced dark grey with oxidised orange/buff surfaces. It contains abundant fine sand and sparse sub-rounded black inclusions which are possibly iron oxide (up to 2mm). The rim is plain with a faint incised line around the exterior. Dimensions: 46mm by 21.4mm by 8.5mm Weight: 9.3g
Created on: Monday 11th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tatworth and Forton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-000BD1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Penny of Edward I minted in London between 1299-1301. Class 9b2. North no. 1037/1.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-105D23
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of a cast copper alloy swivel of medieval date. The incomplete swivel is in the form of a D-shaped loop which measures 25.1mm by 26.1mm by a maximum of 5.8mm and weighs 8g. The loop has an oval cross section and thickens towards the swivelling part, both sides of which are moulded to represent stylised animal heads (possibly dogs). The swivelling part is semi-spherical with a flat top containing a circular socket. The other half of the swivel would have been similar, but it would have had a pin instead of a socket (see for example DENO-8FAF42, from Sedgebrook, Lincolnshire).
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-15BEA3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy pendent loop and bar mount of medieval date. The quadrilobate loop and the adjacent mount measure 20.5mm by 11.8mm by 4mm and weigh 1.2g. The plain rectangular bar mount has a narrowed backwards-curving loop at its base. This has an expanded terminal to the rear which is rivetted to the front section, so it could be attached to a strap. The loop upper lobe is straight, so it can be suspended from the bar mount. A similar example is illustrated in Egan and Pritchard's 'Dress Accessories' (1991, pp. 219, 221, no. 1189).
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2007
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6AA065
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ceramic sherd from a jug of medieval date. The sherd is a reduced light grey with a buff/orange internal surface. The fabric contains a very mixed temper including rare rounded pinkish quartz (up to 2mm), rare grog (up to 2mm), moderate limestone flecks (up to 1mm) and other stone pieces (possibly shale). The external surface has applied decoration, possibly a representation of a face and patches of a green glaze. Dimensions: 42.4mm by 31.9mm by 10.5mm Weight: 14.9
Created on: Monday 18th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-3D2756
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy drop handle lug which probably formed part of a chafing dish of late medieval or post-medieval date. Similar handle lugs were also used for small chests and casks. The lug measures 20.7mm by 14.8mm by 8.7mm, and weighs 12.7g. It is in the form of a flat oval cylinder, which has a central circular perforation (diameter 7.5mm) and a flared end from which projects the remains of an integral rivet. The lug would have been riveted to the main body of the dish and its perforation would have contained a drop handle. This handle lug probably comes from a vessel of Lewis's …
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3D8894
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Groat of Edward III minted in London between 1356-61. Series G. North no. 1194b (1991, p. 53).
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-413271
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A long cross penny of Edward I, minted in Canterbury between 1301-7. Class 10cf1. North no. 1040 (1991, p. 32).
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-4F1364
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The base of a leg of a cast copper alloy cooking vessel (such as a cauldron, a posnet or a skillet) of medieval or post-medieval date. The leg measures 53.6mm by 39.5mm by 14.6mm and weighs 127g. It has a D-shaped cross-section with a flat front and rounded back. The leg widens towards the flat but uneven D-shaped base. It would have been one of three on a complete vessel.
Created on: Friday 29th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wembdon', grid reference and parish protected.