Record ID: SOM-1B5A88
Object type: KILN FURNITURE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible piece of ceramic kiln furniture of unknown date. The fabric is an oxidised mid-orange with a slightly less oxidised buff-coloured core and patchily reduced mid-grey surfaces. The fabric is fairly fine with moderate fine sand and sparse iron oxide. Dimensions: 59.9mm by 39.7mm by 19.1mm Weight: 67g
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mells', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EF9711
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight (probably). A rectangular bar of lead, which may have been used as a weight. The sides taper in a little from the base to the top. There are numerious scratches and dents but no sign of a purposeful marking. Date unknown.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corfe Castle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-372D02
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified iron object. The small object is very similar to an early Roman brooch in form, with a 'T' shaped head, and curved body. However, the foot is formed where the end of the object is rolled inwards, almost in a spiral. There is no sign of a catchplate or similar. This, and the fact that the object is made from iron, suggest that it is unlikely to be a brooch of this date, despite the other similarities. However, due to heavy errosion it is difficult to see any features of the object apart from its basic form, making it difficult to identify it further. Length: 33.1mm, Wid…
Created on: Tuesday 6th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bawdrip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6160B1
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four irregular lumps of copper alloy. All varying in size and shape. Probably the result of metal working. Undatable. 1. Length: 16.6m, Width: 13.3mm, Thickness: 6.6mm, Weight: 4g 2. Length: 1mm, Width: 20.7mm, Thickness: 3.7mm, Weight: 5g 3. Length: 3.9mm, Width: 19.7mm, Thickness: 8.8mm, Weight: 11.6g 4. Length: 23.9mm, Width: 12.6mm, Thickness: 6.6, Weight: 4.5g
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C54395
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of an unidentified iron (coated with copper alloy) object. It consists of a long bar, circular in profile, which goes upwards slightly at the very tip before culminating in a teardrop section, which extends downwards at a slight angle. Through this section is a very regular circular hole. The upper half of the other end appears to have attached to something else. Close to this break an integral, roughly semi-circular, loop extends downwards. The metal is brownish-red in colour with a few small patches of greenish copper alloy in places on the surface. A similar object can also …
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near East Lydeard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EDF2F4
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large lump of copper alloy metal working debris. Lumps such as this are not easily dateable as they are the result of metal working from the Bronze Age to the present day. Length: 39.72mm, Width: 32.06mm, Thickness: 26.52mm Weight: 72.16g
Created on: Friday 20th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EE10F3
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small lump of copper alloy metal working debris. Lumps such as this are not easily dateable as they are the result of metal working from the Bronze Age to the present day. Length: 20.31mm, Width: 15.14mm, Thickness: 6.20mm Weigth: 8.61g
Created on: Friday 20th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B770D7
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment of copper-alloy, possibly from an axe or similar implement. The fragment is wedge shaped, with a sharp, rounded edge on one side and straight, rough, blunt edges on all other sides, suggesting that it has indeed broken away from a larger object, which may well have been an axe. However, beyond such suggestions, its small size makes it impossible to draw any definite conclusions about what this object may have been and to what period it dates from. Length: 18.50mm, Width: 7.87mm, Thickness: 3.46mm Weight: 1.50g
Created on: Thursday 26th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOM-79ED26
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A conical cast lead alloy weight of uncertain date with flat base, tapering slightly faceted sides and a circular hole through the centre from top to base. The central perforation measures 4.6mm at the top to 6.4mm at the base. The height is 34.2mm, diameter 28.2mm at the bottom. It weighs 110.3 grams. Plain weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards for a wide variety of uses and are hard to date precisely although most are late Medieval - Post Medieval
Created on: Thursday 2nd December 2010
Last updated: Thursday 2nd December 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Otterhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-724911
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead item, probably a one off item made locally to meet a specific need. It has an expanded flattened roughly circular 'head' at one end which is 35.6mm in diameter. Projecting from the back of the head is a large lug with two straight sides alternating with convex curved sides and a rounded end. Through the lug from straight side to straight side is a hole, circular at one end and oval at the other. It is 34.8mm long and weighs 118.8 grams. Such items are hard to date or identify, one suggestion is that, as a parallel to lead vessel repairs such as SOM-6E8BB6 it would be …
Created on: Friday 7th January 2011
Last updated: Monday 10th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tatworth and Forton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-35B890
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A conical cast lead alloy weight of uncertain date with flat base and rounded point. In indent near the point does not appear to develop into a hole. It is 19.6mm by 16.3mm at the base and 33.5mm tall; it weighs 45.38 grams. Plain weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards for a wide variety of uses and are hard to date precisely although most are late Medieval - Post Medieval
Created on: Friday 18th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 18th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cossington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-39BB2E
Object type: OVEN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
56 pieces of burnt clay of total weight 800 grams, possibly from an oven of uncertain date. The clay is amorphous with only a few voids from organic inclusions or imprints as one sees on daub. There is no evidence of layering as one might expect in a kiln, furnace or cob. Occasional small rounded iron stone inclusions and very small chalk or limestone inclusions almost certainly reflect natural inclusons in the clay rather than temper. The pieces are all amorphous and friable with angluar fractures on all faces. Only two have small areas of surface, smoothed but poorly finished with c…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-C48B15
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark blue glass bead of uncertain date. The bead is sub-oval in plan with one rounded end and one more conical end, and circular in section. It has a rough sided hole 2.5mm in diameter running though it. It is 11.9mm long and 9.6mm in diameter and weighs 1.68 grams. Irregularity in the shape and the number of air bubbles suggest it was made by being wound on a pontil. Although cobalt blue beads were popular in the later Iron Age and Roman period, those examples are usually more globular, wider in diameter than they are long. Guido (1978:70) comments that stray examples of such beads…
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ston Easton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-036B75
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy ring of uncertain date, but most likely Medieval or Post-Medieval. It has a pointed oval cross section with a slightly convex inner side and more convex outer side. The ring has an external diameter of 18.3mm, and an internal diameter of 12.1, with a width that varies between 3.7mm and 2.9mm wide and is 5.7mm to 4.4mm thick; it weighs 4.23 grams. Functional rings such as this one may have had various uses such as harness fittings or loops affixed to other type of straps.
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mudford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-BF6EC7
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl or possibly weight. It has a slightly domed top and flat base with a tapering circular hole running through it, slightly off centre. It is 27.1mm in diameter, 7.5mm thick and weights 27.07g, the hole is 9.7mm in diameter at the base, 7.3mm at the top. Plain spindle whorls and weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards and are hard to date precisely although most are late Medieval - Post Medieval.
Created on: Friday 5th August 2011
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BDDF94
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rectangular cast lead alloy weight of uncertain date with flat base, tapering to a rounded point. There is a hole in the indent near the point. It is 23.1mm in length, 13.1mm in width, 8.7mm in thicknes and weighs 18.71g. Plain weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards for a wide variety of uses and are hard to date precisely although most are late Medieval - Post Medieval
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2011
Last updated: Thursday 18th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chilton Polden', 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-F32DC7
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead weight in the shape of a truncated square based pyramid. The sides are upright at first then change direction with a distict carination to slope inwards to the flat top. It is plain with no decoration. There is an indent in one side which may be mis-casting or damage. It is 28.9 by 28.4mm at the base and 10.3mm tall, it weighs 49.68 grams. Roman and Medieval sub-pyramidal weights are catalogued in Biggs and Withers (2000:27-29) but all the examples have raised cast designs, a larger central square and much more steeply sloped sides than this example. Plain lead weights wer…
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-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-D64126
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two circular cast lead alloy disc weights of uncertain date. Both weights have an incised cross with smaller diagonal lines projecting the same direction from each arm on one face, possibly representing windmill sails and an incised 'V' on the other. 1) 30.6mm in diameter, 3.9mm in thickness and 18.27g, 2) 28.6mm in diameter, 2.9mm in thickness and 13.44g. Weights sych as these were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards for a wide variety of uses and are hard to date precisely although most are late Medieval - Post Medieval
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2011
Last updated: Friday 14th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Pennard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-840EC0
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone sphere. Across the circumference are faint striations, probably from being turned. The purpose of the sphere is unclear. Made from limestone, possibly blue lias. 37.8mm in diameter, 75.29g.
Created on: Friday 14th October 2011
Last updated: Friday 18th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9B8C85
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete whetstone which is likely to be of Roman to post-medieval date. The surviving section of the whetstone is broadly cuboid-shaped. The stone is a micaceous fine-grained sandstone (Dennis Parsons, pers. comm.). Dimensions: 78mm by 51mm by 42mm Weight: 295g
Created on: Saturday 1st March 2008
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mells', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9BA9F5
Object type: SLAG
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A piece of slag. Dimensions: 60mm by 52mm by 46mm Weight: 291g
Created on: Saturday 1st March 2008
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mells', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0FCD23
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible quern fragment of unknown date. The fragment measures 74mm by 54mm by 48mm and weighs 192g. The stone is a gritty quartz and feldspar rich sandstone (pers. comm. Dennis Parsons, Curator of Natural History, Somerset County Museum).
Created on: Monday 31st March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buckland Dinham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4BD3C3
Object type: MOULD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Twelve fragments of clay mould fragments of unknown date. Five fragments appear have clear traces of the internal surfaces of the mould and the other pieces are all made from the same material. Their surfaces are lumpy and pitted. It is not clear what the mould(s) were used for although four of the five fragments which preserve traces of the internal surfaces of the mould have parallel lines on. The clay is very friable. Total weight: 397g
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton St Philip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-22CE2A
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One end of a whetstone made of well cemented and sorted medium grain sandstone. The whetstone is sub-square to D-shaped in section with rounded corners, particularly two adjacent corners, and a bar shape with irregular broken ends. The more rounded corners are probably from use. It is 38.7mm long, and a maximum of 26.7mm by 24.1mm; it weighs 37.0 grams. It is not a local rock but maybe Devonian (D. Parsons pers comm) and traded fairly locally. Whetstones are known to have been used from the Bronze Age onwards and continued to be used for scythes and other tools into the 20t…
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2017
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wincanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6BD922
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2010 T277: Not Treasure, returned to finder A small incomplete gold ingot of uncertain date. The object is sub-rectangular in shape, though crudely formed. It is rounded at one end, with a rough break at the other. It survives in fairly good condition apart from a few scratch marks on each face. B ecause of its undiagnostic nature, the find cannot be securely dated to pre-1710 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996. Length: 27.42mm, Width: 7.93mm, Thickness: 4.12mm, Weight: 8.33g Anna Booth Finds Liaison Officer for Somerset
Created on: Tuesday 27th April 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 1st February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Queen Camel', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-ED5524
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy object of possible Roman date. The object consists of a pointed drop-shaped element with a tip turned out at 30 degrees angle. The tip and the opposite side are now missing due to old breaks. Both the front and the reverse side are decorated: half of the face has three longitudinal grooves which leave three thin raised lines; the other half is concave on both sides. The object has a brown-green patina with traces of corrosion. It measures 25.8 mm in length, 15.4 mm in width, 4.8 mm in thickness and weighs 4.68 g. Without knowing what the object is, it …
Created on: Monday 30th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-928A86
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified copper alloy object, with tinned outer surface. The object is roughly ‘V’ shaped, with two ‘arms’ extending upwards. At the base of these is a break. The object is slightly concave below and convex above. It has a rounded ridge running along the edge of the inner part of the upper surface. Below this and just above the break is a small oval groove containing three dots and a little line. The metal is in poor condition, with brown and green pitted sections in places. Length: 24.46mm, Width: 28.62mm, Thickness: 6.02mm, Weight: 9.76g
Created on: Thursday 11th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crewkerne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-22AB88
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One end of a whetstone made of well cemented and sorted fine grain sandstone. The whetstone is sub-square in section with rounded corners and an bar shape with one angled end and irregular broken end. Three sides seem smoother from use. It is 88.4mm long, and a maximum of 30.2mm by 25.5mm; it weighs 121 grams. It is not a local rock but maybe Devonian (D. Parsons pers comm) and traded fairly locally. Whetstones are known to have been used from the Bronze Age onwards and continued to be used for scythes and other tools into the 20th century. A Roman, Medieval or Post Medieva…
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2017
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wincanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CFBD69
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete high zinc or tin copper alloy object of unknown date. The object consists of a circular loop with an attachment end. On the top of the loop is a protusion circular in plan and sub-rectangular in cross section. An irregular and chipped ridge runs from the circular protusion on top along the sides of loop and it is more evident on one side. The loop measures 22.4 mm in diameter and 8.7 mm in thickness. The loop rests on a base with an attachment end. The base is sub-rectangular in plan and oval in cross section and measures 12.8 mm in length and 16.4 mm in width. The attac…
Created on: Monday 3rd September 2018
Last updated: Saturday 15th September 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-E8CE93
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A solid copper alloy ring of unknown date and function, possibly a suspension ring or part of a chain for suspension. The ring is very regular in form and has a maximum diameter of 66.2mm that varies little across the ring. The hoop is similarly regular. In cross section it is an an isosceles ​​​​​ triangle with the short straight edge being the inner edge of the ring. From the top and bottom of this inner edge the upper and lower surfaces taper to a rounded point marking the ring's exterior edge. The hoop has a maximum thickness of 4.8mm and is 8.8mm wide . The …
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-589D34
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy ring with a hexagonal section. It has flat sides and points at the centre of the inner and outer edges. The points are worn in places and rounded and in others are more pronounced, possibly form mis-alignment of the mould in casting. It is 27.4mm in external diameter, 3.8mm wide by 3.1mm thick and weighs 4.80 grams. Such rings are very hard to date and had a variety of uses, most are suspension rings of some form from straps and harnesses. Geake (2001, 74) suggested rings of this type are medieval or post-medieval harness ring.
Created on: Monday 25th April 2011
Last updated: Monday 2nd May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Micheldever', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EE0DC1
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy woodworking tool of uncertain date. It is a bar, broadly rectangular in plan and circular in section at one end. The opposite end tapers to a narrow edge, creating a broadly triangular cross section. It measures 70.4mm in length, 16.2mm in diameter and weighs 78.5g. The faces are flat and there is no concave face which would indicate that this is a gouge and is therefore more likely to be a chisel, although the tapering end is quite thick and blunt. Copper alloy woodworking tools are known from the Bronze Age but it is not a typical form such as a gouge. Such tools …
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 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-ED5238
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment iof a cast copper alloy item, possibly a buckle frame. The fragment is of a flat, rectangular sectioned strip which is slightly curved in plan with old breaks at either end. On the front are five punched ring and dot motifs and part of a sixth (the rest lost to the break) arranged 1-2-1-2 followed by part of a larger double ring and dot design (again part is lost to the break). It is 16.4mm long, 6.1mm wide and 1.7mm thick; it weighs 0.93 grams. Such a small fragment is hard to identify with any certainty but the design may suggest a Roman to Medieval date.
Created on: Monday 31st October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bawdrip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-423953
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy mount or brooch in the shape of a horse and rider going right with an integral attachment on the back. The horse's head is short, only ears and nose detail are clear. The legs are now incomplete due to an old break. The tail can be distinguished from the body and it hangs parallel to the back of the horse. The rider is wearing a helmet or hat with a brim which comes to a rounded point at the top and a long cloak or coat which flows over the back of the horse. The rider's arm, which stops at the neck of the horse, and bent leg are both clear details. The back is fl…
Created on: Monday 14th January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Montacute', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E7D1C5
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman or Post Medieval cast copper alloy circular mount. The mount has a raised border and inner circle both emphasised with an incised line running around their inner side with a concave border between them. Within the inner circle the mount rises gradually at first then more abruptly to a domed centre. The back is plain but rough and concave with the deepest point in the centre. The edges are damaged at several points with old breaks that have distorted the shape slightly. There is no evidence of attachments. It is 36.4mm in diameter and 7.4mm thick, 1.4mm thick at the edge and weig…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Martock', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-26B5E6
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Amorphous lump of copper alloy metal working debris, either casting waste or slag, showing a bubbly structure typical of high temperature working. 29.7mm long, 24.4mm wide, 7.9mm thick and 10.82 g in weight. Material such as this is undatable due to its undiagnosic nature but may indicate specialist metal working in the area at some point.
Created on: Friday 25th January 2013
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7AE765
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lump of solidified melted copper alloy material from of high temperature working. The lump has numerous solidified air bubbles suggesting it was brought to a full molten heat. However in less fully melted sections their appears to be the remains of circular copper alloy disks which were melted to create the lump. The designs on the disks are not clear. Most are only visible in the sides as the remains of stacks but a few could be measured and range from 13.8 to 11.2mm in diameter and are 1.0 to 1.2mm thick. The lump is 46.4mm by 32.7mm by 18.1mm and weighs 52.91 grams. It is clea…
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7D3F25
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, cast lead alloy spindle whorl. The spindle whorl is flattened biconical with a broad central ridge around the centre. The hole through the object is large (11.6mm diameter) and off-centre. The spindle whorl has a small break on one edge due to the metal corroding and laminating. The diameter of the spindle whorl is 26.6, and it is 14.3mm thick and weighs 31.02g. Plain spindle whorls and weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards and are hard to date precisely although most are late Medieval - Post Medieval.
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 31st January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.