Record ID: SOM-4EDCF6
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Translucent pale blue-green (aqua) glass bead of uncertain date. The bead appears to be oval in plan and oval in section giving a globular shape with slightly flattened top and bottom. There is a circular hole through the centre with a slight chip to one side. Spiralling indented lines are visible on the end and sides where the glass was wound around a pontil to make the bead. The glass indents into the the holes at the end visible from the photo. The hole is 3mm in diameter. The bead is 10mm long and 12mm in diameter. The spiral lines suggest the bead was hand made by winding bu…
Created on: Tuesday 14th July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-CC2754
Object type: POLISHER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A water worn, sub oval pebble, probably a beach pebble of a hard, fine grained rock. One side is completely worn flat, probably from use as a smoother, polisher or possibly whetstone. It is 54.6mm long, 43.6mm wide, 30.4mm thick and weighs 106 grams. The rock is a Devonian sandstone deliberately brought in to the area, possibly form the Quantocks (D. Parsons pers com). It is not closely datable as an object and may be Prehistoric to Post Medieval in date
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2017
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Seymour', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-5624F1
Object type: ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One fragment of burnt clay which is probably a piece of daub. Orangey-pink external layer with buff areas. Sand inclusions, c.5% of total and occasional soft orange inclusions, fired daub or plaster. Irregular shape with a shallow C shaped groove, probably an impression from the wattle to which this would have been stuck. 13.97 grams. Such material is hard to date out of context and could be Iron Age - Post Medieval but given other material found near by it is probably Roman.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Seymour CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4C6441
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy globular weight with the stubs of corroded iron suspension loops embedded at the top and bottom. The weight is now sub-spheircal with damaged areas at the base and top covered with iron corrosion. The stubs of loops appear to be made of circular sectioned wire which may run completely through the weight. The weight is 26.9mm in diameter, 22.3mm thick, excluding the loop, 26.1mm including and weighs 83.41 grams, just under 3 ounces. The loops suggest it or use with a steelyard. Similar bi-conical and globular lead weights with iron loops are usually dated to the Roma…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Seymour CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B03A02
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy T-shape brooch of early Roman date. The surviving part of the brooch measures 23.6mm in length and weighs 6.1g. One side of the cylindrical wings and part of the upper bow are missing. The wings would have held the axis bar for a hinged pin, which is also missing. The end of the surviving side of the wings is decorated with a single circumferential incised line. The forward projecting bow has a D-shaped cross-section. The upper part is decorated with four vertical ridges, two in the centre, which meet part way down the bow, and one along each edge. The b…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FEADB6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Tetricus II (273-4), possibly PIETAS AVGG/AVGVSTOR (Sacrificial implements) reverse type, mint unclear, AD 273-4
Created on: Friday 26th November 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-ED6B71
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy bracelet, possibly of Roman date or possibly Post Medieval. It is a thin bad rectangular in section with a moulded outer side. The moulding is worn but appears to be annulets containing small pellets or possibly flowers with opellet centre interspersed with raised lines with might be leaves. It has broken at one point and is now distorted. The current length of the bracelet is: 67.5mm, current width: 47.1mm, metal thickness: 1.9mm, cross section: 3mm and it weighs 5.22g. Decoration with flowers and leaves would suggest a later date wheras plain circles and lines …
Created on: Tuesday 25th January 2011
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Butcombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-117973
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eight body shards from Roman black burnished ware vessels, all found in the same field. Too small and abraded to determine the original vessel form. All have a hard, granular grey-brown fabric, some with a darker, burnished outer surfaces, whilst on others this has worn away. The fabric generally contains plentiful quartz inclusions (
Created on: Monday 17th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 17th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winscombe and Sandford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-11D122
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six rim shards from Roman black burnished ware vessels, all found in the same field. All have a hard, granular grey-brown fabric, some with a darker, burnished outer surfaces, whilst on others this has worn away. The fabric generally contains plentiful quartz inclusions (
Created on: Monday 17th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 17th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winscombe and Sandford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-154515
Object type: TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six shards of tile, probably of Roman date. All were found in the same field, together with a vessel shards of Roman and later date. However, all are abraded and small, making them fairly undiagnostic. They all have a fine, sandy, red-orange earthenware fabric. 1. Length: 56.40mm, Width: 30.25mm, Thickness: 29.79mm, Weight: 34.68g 2. Length: 35.51mm, Width: 15.96mm, Thickness: 12.78mm, Weight: 6.36g 3. Length: 49.47mm, Width: 30.03mm, Thickness: 11.46mm, Weight: 13.92g 4. Length: 28.51mm, Width: 15.53mm, Thickness: 9.26mm, Weight: 2.88g 5. Length: 19.65mm…
Created on: Monday 17th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 17th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winscombe and Sandford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-15EE87
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim shard from a Roman samian ware vessel. The rim is straight. The fabric is hard, very fine and pinkish in colour, with few visible inclusions and patches of glossy reddish slip remaining on both faces. It is likely to be of South Gaulish (La Graufesenque) manufacture, which was primarily exported to Britain between AD c.40-c.100 (Tyres 1996, p.112). Length: 30.36mm, Width: 23.74mm, Thickness: 4.54mm, Weight: 1.59g
Created on: Monday 17th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 17th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winscombe and Sandford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-15F984
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Slighty everted rim. Hard orange fabric with sparse quartz, iron ore and mica inclusions. Patches of red-brown, fairly coarse, slightly glossy slip remaining on both surfaces. Laminar fracture. Possibly of Central Gaulish, standard Lezoux, or East Gaulish, Trier, fabric, which would indicate a date range of c.120-c.250 (Tyres 1996, p.112-113). Length: 44.34mm, Width: 24.24mm, Thickness: 8.43mm, Weight: 7.13g
Created on: Monday 17th May 2010
Last updated: Monday 17th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winscombe and Sandford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2574F1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six body shards from Roman greyware vessels, found in the same field. All have a fairly similar hard, fine, thin-walled fabric, with a pinkish-brown core, showing streaks of grey in the centre, and darker grey outer surfaces. The fabric is tempered with varying quantities of poorly sorted rounded quartz (
Created on: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winscombe and Sandford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2693C4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three rim shards from Roman greyware vessels, from the same field. All have a fairly similar hard, fine, thin-walled fabric, with a pinkish-brown core, showing streaks of grey in the centre, and darker grey outer surfaces. The fabric is tempered with varying quantities of poorly sorted rounded quartz (
Created on: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winscombe and Sandford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-27B4E1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eleven rim shards from Roman greyware vessels, from the same field. All have a medium/coarse, sandy, but fairly hard fabric. This varies in colour from light grey to orange-brown, though all are of a similar colour. Some have grey outer surfaces and brownish cores. Most are grog tempered and also contain, to varying levels, black and red iron ore, quartz, occasional calcareous material and sparse fine mica. However, the fabric varies considerably, even within the same shard, hugely making it difficult to describe each individually. All of the rims are similar in form. They are everte…
Created on: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winscombe and Sandford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-27C588
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five base shards from Roman greyware vessels, from the same field. All have a medium/coarse, sandy, but fairly hard fabric. This varies in colour from light grey to orange-brown, though all are of a similar colour. Some have grey outer surfaces and brownish cores. Most are grog tempered and also contain, to varying levels, black and red iron ore, quartz, occasional calcareous material and sparse fine mica. However, the fabric varies considerably, even within the same shard, hugely making it difficult to describe each individually. All are small in size, making it impossible to determ…
Created on: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winscombe and Sandford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-27CE83
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thirty-six undiagnostic body shards from Roman greyware vessels, from the same field. All are farily small in size and extremely worn. All have a medium/coarse, sandy, but fairly hard fabric. This varies in colour from light grey to orange-brown, though all are of a similar colour. Some have grey outer surfaces and brownish cores. Most are grog tempered and also contain, to varying levels, black and red iron ore, quartz, occasional calcareous material and sparse fine mica. However, the fabric varies considerably, even within the same shard, hugely making it difficult to describe each…
Created on: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winscombe and Sandford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2A9E86
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A shard of a Roman greyware vessel that appears to have been deliberately shaped, perhaps to make a vessel lid. The other two edges are straight, but probably represent later breaks. The fabric is medium grained and hard. It is mid-grey in colour and tempered with plentiful rounded quartz (<1mm), plentiful poorly sorted dark iron ore (<3mm), rare mica (<1mm), and occasional small chalky pieces (<1mm). Length: 59.70mm, Width: 41.01mm, Thickness: 6.87mm, Weight: 20.21g
Created on: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 19th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winscombe and Sandford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2ABBC5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A shard of a Roman Oxfordshire Ware vessel. The shard forms part of the body and curved outer flange from a flanged bowl. It has an orange oxidised outer surface and a reduced grey core. The fabric is fine, sandy and fairly soft and is tempered with occasional quartz pieces (
Created on: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 19th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winscombe and Sandford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-95CF52
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete coiled copper alloy snake-form ring. The ring is formed from a single piece of wire coiled four times. The outer face of the ring has a textured surface, presumably intended to look like 'snake-skin'. One end of the wire culminates in a snakes head, the other curls around the outside and then inside of the ring, before tapering to form a 'tail'. The precise function of the object is uncertain, as the 'tail', which curls inside the ring, would make it uncomfortable to wear as a finger ring. The ring is most likely to be of Roman date, when snake form jewellry was popular. …
Created on: Tuesday 11th May 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 27th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winscombe and Sandford', grid reference and parish protected.