Record ID: SOM-1CE894
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four sherds of abraded wheel made New Forest slipped ware pottery dating from c. 260-370. Three of the sherds have a reduced grey core and a purplish-black slip. These are all body sherds. The largest sherd appears to be from a beaker and it has a small white painted decoration consisting of five short lines. The other sherd is a rim sherd from a bowl with a small external bead. It has a creamy white reduced fabric and a dark grey slip. A small area of decoration is present at the lowest point of the sherd. It comprises two incised parallel horizontal lines with an incomplete stamp bel…
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-1D15F0
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An abraded rim sherd from a mortarium of probable late Roman date. The sherd includes one half of the spout. The fabric is an oxidised pinkish-orange with a slightly more reduced buff-coloured core. It contains moderate fine sand and mica, and sparse iron oxide. It may be a product of the Oxfordshire industry. Dimensions: 100.1mm by 67mm by 23.5mm Total weight: 101g
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mells', 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-45B8E7
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The incomplete carved bone handle and part of the wrought iron blade of a knife of probable early post-medieval date. The surviving portion measures 106mm by 18.1mm by 11.1mm and weighs 25.3g. A short length of the narrow tapering blade survives. The handle is rivetted onto the tang using three iron rivets. It is made from two matching bone panels, both of which have been carved to define three sections. The section adjacent to the blade is in the form of a tapering quadrangle, the central section is tear drop-shaped and the third is cuvilinear with a rounded end. At the end of the han…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chilton Trinity', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-558FC1
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete quarter angel (two shillings and six pence) coin weight issued during the reign of of Elizabeth I. The coin weight is rectangular (10.2mm by 9.2mm by 1.6mm) and appears to have been deliberately clipped. Its current weight is 0.88g but it would originally have weighed 1.3g. On the obverse there is a faint crown above 'IIs', Below this, VId is too worn to make out. On the reverse there is an angel. The quarter angel denomination was issued between 1554 and 1601, so this weight must date from between 1558 (the start of the reign of Elizabeth I) and 1601 (Withers and Wither…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stockland Bristol CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6B1635
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy hooked tag of early post-medieval date. The hooked tag measures 22.6mm by 18mm by 3.9mm and weighs 2g. It comprises a heart-shaped back plate with a frilled edge, an incomplete domed front and the stub of a hook at the pointed end of the plate. On the back of the plate are two stubs which are all that remain of the attachment loop. Adjacent to the stub of the hook, the dome is decorated with a three-petalled flower, but the rest of the decoration cannot be discerned due to the damage to the domed part. This is a cheaper version of the silver gilt dress hooks which …
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Monday 18th November 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Mackrell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6B8E22
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy hooked tag of probable tenth to eleventh century date. The hooked tag measures 24.9mm by 11.6mm by 1.4mm and weighs 1.1g. It comprises and oval plate with two projecting rounded sewing holes at one end and a sharp curving hook at the other. The hook has a slight 'collar' adjacent to the plate. It is undecorated.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Mackrell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6BB778
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint thumbnail scraper of probable early Bronze Age date. The scraper has been made froma tertiary flake. At the proximal end on the ventral surface is a bulb of percussion and a marked bulbar scar. Ripples radiate down the ventral surface. On the dorsal surface there are a number of flaking scars and the distal end has been abruptly retouched. The mid to dark grey flint has a mid-gloss patina. Dimensions: 32.4mm by 29.2mm by 9.3mm Weight: 9.9g
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over Compton', 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-6D0A27
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead of late Bronze Age date. The fragment measures 42.3mm by 28.5mm by 5.4mm and weighs 27.7g. It comprises part of two sides of the socket, which has a thickened edge and an adjacent transverse linear moulding, and a short length of the axhead itself. There is a further longitudinal moulding in the centre of one of the surviving sides. A smaller fragment of copper alloy was found nearby. Although it does not appear to join with the larger fragment, the thickness, general appearance and patina are consistent and the two fragments may we…
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Overcompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6D7E72
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axehead or socketed chisel of late Bronze Age date. The fragment measures 32.3mm by 32.9mm by 8.6mm and weighs 12.8g. It comprises the straight cutting edge and a short length of the tapering axehead. One side survives more intact than the other. The socket reaches almost to the cutting edge. In the centre of each side there is a longitudinal casting seam.
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maiden Newton', 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-6FE3C7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, mint uncertain, 318-24.
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-6FFE00
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine, BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, mint uncertain, 318-24.
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-7029B1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine, GLORIA EXERCITVS, Trier, 330-5.
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-705A33
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine, GLORIA EXERCITVS, mint uncertain, 330-5.
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-D4C651
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Gratian, GLORIA NOVI SAECVLI, Arles, 364-75.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.