Record ID: SOM-122072
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a broken polished stone adze originally thought to be of Neolithic date, now thought to be a modern, Ethnographic, example. The fragment comprises of part of the blade end of the adze. It is now 'D' shaped in plan with a straight break along the width of the head and a convex curved cutting edge. It is pointed oval in section with convex faces and slightly flattened points at each side, one face is flatter than the other suggesting iit is an adze rather than an axe. The fragment also tapers in thickness from the break to a point forming the cutting edge. There are two sm…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-11CBE8
Object type: AMPHORA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman amphora handle fragment. Hard fired mid-orange fabric with c.15% angular quartz temper up to 1mm across. The fragment is the upper part of the handle where it attached to the vessel and is highly curved. White marks go across the breaks and appear to be later deposits. It is 48mm in diameter and weighs 245 grams. The form suggests it is a Dressel 20 or related type. While the fabric is similar to Dressel 1 the form is very different and it is probably a later Dressel 20 as these tend to have a hard fired orange fabric unlike the earlier buff fabric (Tyers 1996:87-9). Such vess…
Created on: Friday 20th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 20th April 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nynehead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6D45D3
Object type: AMPHORA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of the rim and body of a Gauloise 1 flat-based amphorae. The rim fragment is refitted from three sherds and the body from two. The rim has a flared collar with a flat top and angled outerside so it is triangular in section. the inner side of the rim is slightly recessed to create an inner lip for the lid. The fabric is a reasonably hard pale buff with fine inclusions of limestone, quartz and rock and possibly slightly micaceous. The five pieces together weigh 83 grams. Gauloise 1 amphorae are first produced in the early first century AD, other types are developed in the later f…
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2012
Last updated: Thursday 11th October 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-B0FB0B
Object type: AMPHORA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undiagnostic roman body sherd, probably from an amphorae, dating to the first to third centuries. The sherd is sub-trapezoidal in plan with a flat cross section, of the five breaks two are worn with the rest fresh. The fabric has a pink-orange outer surface with a pale grey core and has been sand tempered. There are also regular (c.5%) inclusions of rounded ironstone up to 2.5mm across and occasional inclusions of possible rounded limestone and angular grey rock or chert up to 2mm across, with the temper visible both in the breaks and in the surfaces of the vessel. The interior sur…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston Seymour CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3D32A7
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval incomplete and damaged lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla. It has a rounded base from which a rectangular, neck protrudes, expanding in width to the top. It is now squashed flat, with a large indent on one face. The top of the neck is torn across with an irregular edge. There are stubs of suspension loops on either side at the junction of the neck and body and casting lines running down each side and around the base. One face of the ampulla is decorated with a raised line design of flower or four leaf motif with four pointed oval leaves each bisected by a midline running from the c…
Created on: Tuesday 8th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 8th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milverton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C5A5F2
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead ampulla of fourteenth to fifteenth century date. The bag or flask-shaped ampulla measures 46.1mm by 28.9mm by 11mm and weighs 32.4g. It is near complete, with the exception of the damaged opening and its missing side lugs, only the stubs of which remain. One side of the lower (circular) part is decorated with moulded vertical lines, in imitation of a scallop shell. The other side has a cross-hatched circle with a central ring or U. There is a short crack on this side of the ampulla which has possibly obscured part of this motif.
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B4C778
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead ampulla of medieval date. The flask-shaped ampulla measures 53.9mm by 33.5mm by 11.9mm and weighs 61.6g. It has a slightly expanded neck and a small pointed suspension handle projecting from each side. On one face are the letters 'S.B', surrounded by moulded cross-hatching within a roundel. The other side is decorated with moulded vertical lines, in imitation of a scallop shell. Brian Spencer (pers. comm. to finder, 1988) suggested that 'S.B' might refer to Saint Bridget of Sweden, as her cult (based as Sion Abbey, Isleworth, Middlesex) was popular during the second half o…
Created on: Tuesday 8th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B73081
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead ampulla of medieval date. The flask-shaped ampulla measures 43.9mm by 31.2mm by 8mm and weighs 31.6g. One one face there is a moulded shield with a cross on it and a semi-circle of pellets below. The other face is decorated with moulded vertical lines, in imitation of a scallop shell. The ampulla has no suspension handles and the mouth is slightly damaged.
Created on: Tuesday 8th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawnby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-943561
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead ampulla of probable fourteenth to fifteenth century AD date. The bag or flask-shaped ampulla measures 52mm by 28.5mm by 7.6mm and weighs 36.2g, including the earth which remains inside. It is incomplete having sustained some damage to the opening. It has also lost its side lugs, only the stubs of which remain. The more complete side of the lower (circular) part is decorated with a four-petalled flower. There is a hatched motif on the other side but it is too indistinct to identify with certainty.
Created on: Friday 6th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Williton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5255B7
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead ampulla of medieval date. The near complete bag or flask-shaped ampulla measures 47.2mm by 34.2mm by 12.9mm and weighs 49g. It has a flat circular body with a pointed lug on each side. The mouth is damaged and distorted. One side of the circular section is decorated with a heraldic shield with a single chevron. The other side has a star of David with a probable shield in the centre. This has a single pellet in the middle but any further detail is too worn to discern. Both sides' motifs have borders comprising three or four concentric circles.
Created on: Monday 8th September 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Stratford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BA8888
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead ampulla of medieval date. The bag or flask-shaped ampulla measures 50.8mm by 32.2mm by 8.4mm and weighs 45g. It is complete apart from some damage around the mouth. One of the curved side lugs has been squashed flat against the body of the ampulla. One side of the lower (circular) part is decorated with a cross-hacthed heart. On the other side there is a crown and the area below this is hatched.
Created on: Saturday 13th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Puddletown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-179013
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval lead ampulla. All that survives is the lower half of the body, the upper part is missing. The surviving part is in poor condition and it is difficult to make out any decoration. It is perhaps possible to discern the popular scallop shell design around the edges of one face, an emblem that was originally associated with St James the Greater and Canterbury, but eventually with the act of pilgrimage more generally (Spencer, 1998, 41). Spencer (1998, 3) suggests that ampulla were popular in England from the second half of the 12th century until the early 14th century, w…
Created on: Tuesday 9th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-51B658
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval cast lead ampulla (pilgrim souvenir). It has a sub-circular body, with a trapezoid neck extending from one end. Originally hollow inside, both faces have now been crushed together. One side of the neck is damaged with a few small pieces missing. The metal is greyish-white in colour and slightly pitted. One face of the body is decorated with the scallop shell design common on Medieval ampulla. The scallop shell was an emblem associated with St James the Greater and one that was so popular from the 11th century onwards that it eventually became a generic emblem for…
Created on: Monday 8th March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chewton Mendip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F6B526
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval incomplete and damaged lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla. It has a rounded base curving in to a neck where it is irregularly torn across. The tear is both across the width and down the length a third of the way across. It is now squashed flat with part of the sides of the neck folded inwards slightly, and a section at the back torn off. One face of the ampulla is decorated with a raised line design of a crown with a hatched lining. The crown is depicted from below with the ends of the curved front edge meeting the curved base of the ampulla to each side with the lining in the p…
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ruishton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6EB0B7
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval lead ampulla dating to the period c. AD 1350 - 1550. It has a rounded body, with a trapezoid neck extending from one end. Originally hollow inside, both faces have now been crushed together. The neck is damaged, it is now ragged where it has been torn across and there is a small piece missing at one corner. The stubs of the handles are visible on both sides of the neck, just above the point at which the body expands outwards. On one face is a relief design of a flower or four leaf motif with four large pointed oval leaves each bisected by a midline running from …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 25th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Cleve', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C60D70
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval incomplete and damaged lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla. It has a rounded base from which a rectangular, neck protrudes, expanding slightly in width to the top. The top of the neck is torn across with an irregular edge. There are integral suspension loops on either side at the junction of the neck and body, one squashed inwards and casting lines running down each side and around the base. The surfaces are very scratched and indented but traces of raised line designs remain. On one face is probably a crown, the details of which are unclear, and on the other a flower or four …
Created on: Tuesday 24th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 25th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milbourne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-054544
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval incomplete and damaged lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla. It has a rounded base from which a rectangular , neck protrudes, expanding in width to the top. It is now squashed flat, with the neck bent back over the body and 50% missing to old breaks. The top of the neck is very damaged with breaks and some loss of the original edge. There are stubs of suspension loops on either side at the junction of the neck and body. The front of the ampulla is decorated with a raised design of a crowned W. The back is part is decorated with moulded vertical lines raying out to the sides, in imita…
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wells', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1130D0
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla dating to c. AD 1350 to 1530. It is flask-shaped in plan with thinned elongated neck that expand slightly toward the mouth and a rounded lower body. The mouth measures 22.8 mm in width and is now squashed. The neck measures 16.4 mm in length. It is covered by multiple horizontal raised lines running across both sides, but more evidently on the front. A sub-triangular suspension loop projects from either side at the juncture of the body and the neck. On one side the loop is squashed backwards. The lower body is decorated on both sides. On the fr…
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-F8BCCC
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead pilgrim's ampulla dating to the period c.AD 1350 - 1530. Most of the neck, the upper part and one loop of the ampulla are missing with just a small part of the trapezoid neck and one loop remaining. The lower half is circular. On one face is a four leaved flower with central annulet. The leaves are pointed oval and divided in two by a central line; each has shading made of regularly spaced angled lines on one half of the leaf. There are curled tendrils between each leaf. The other side has traces of a saltire which crosses to the right of centre with possib…
Created on: Tuesday 11th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 31st December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Piddletrenthide', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-70D48B
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead ampulla, probably dating to c. AD 1350-1530 of design I.4 or 1.uncertain. The ampulla has a rounded base ending in distinct angular shoulders at the top of the sides. From the top of the base projects a slightly narrower, trapezoid, neck. The neck expanding slightly in width to the top. The top of the neck is squeezed closed and appears sealled although this maybe in part with mud. There were integral suspension loops on either side at the junction of the neck and body, the stubs only remain on each side. A casting line runs down each side …
Created on: Monday 30th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 1st November 2017
Spatial data recorded.