Record ID: SOM-D092A1
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy seventeenth century trade token, issued by the constables of Taunton, dated 1677. OBV: A.TAVNTON.FARTHING - Rebus: A T and a tun. REV: BY.THE.CONSTABLES.1677 - A castle Williamson vol.II, p.987, no.226 Diameter: 20.98mm, Thickness: 1.29mm, Weight: 1.76g
Created on: Friday 14th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 4th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C22B03
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Helena, PAX PVBLICA (Pax holding branch and transverse sceptre), mint unclear, AD 337-41. Diameter: 15.59mm, Thickness: 2.05mm, Weight: 1.18g
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C15193
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy contemporary copy of a radiate of Tetricus I, possibly copying VICTORIA AVG (Victory with wreath and palm), mint I, AD. 271-4. Norm c.f.1949. Diameter: 12.77mm, Thickness: 1.03mm, Weight: 0.51g
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C11A32
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus probably of the House of Theodosius, possibly a contemporary copy, reverse type and mint unclear, AD 388-402. Diameter: 11.55mm, Thickness: 1.27mm, Weight: 0.66g
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C08F87
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Constans, VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN, Rome, AD 340-8. RIC vol.VIII, p.253, no.84. Diameter: 15.73mm, Thickness: 1.42mm, Weight: 1.39g
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-C06207
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy barbarous radiate of uncertain emperor and reverse type, AD 275-85. Diameter: 10.19mm, Thickness: 0.53mm, Weight: 0.26g
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BF3324
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine, CONSTANTINOPOLIS (Victory on prow reverse), probably Trier, AD 330-5. Diameter: 16.66mm, Thickness: 1.85mm, Weight: 2.28g
Created on: Thursday 13th May 2010
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F72B78
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three rim shards from Roman Central Gaulish Samian Ware vessels, probably dating from the mid 1st to mid-3rd century. All were found together and have very similar fabrics. Their smooth, fine fabric is light orange in colour with a ‘satin’ gloss orange-red slip on both the inner and outer surfaces. The fabric has abundant fine mica frequent fine limestone and fairly frequent larger red and brown iron ore inclusions. The shards are too small to determine the original diameters of their vessels. Main phase of production and export to Britain of this ware was between c. AD 120-199. …
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F69BF0
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable flint microlith, of probable Mesolithic to early Neolithic date, BC c.8300-2900. The object is slightly curved, with breaks at both ends. A single ridge runs along the centre of the dorsal face. The flint is light grey in colour, with a slightly milky patina. Length: 24.70mm, Width: 12.40mm, Thickness: 4.71mm Weight: 1.51g
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-F68820
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim shard from a Roman greyware vessel. Everted rim, slightly thickened on the outside, with a groove running around the outside edge. Two indentations, which appear to be deliberately made on the inner surface, just below the rim. Probably from a large storage jar or similar vessel. The coarse fabric has a light bluish-grey inner and outer surface, with a buff core. It is tempered with sparse mica, frequent, poorly sorted fragments of white and clear quartz, sparse black and less frequent red/brown iron ore, numerous rounded voids. Fractures slightly laminar in places. Rim diameter…
Created on: Monday 22nd June 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-331264
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pewter Post-Medieval spoon. The bowl is oval. A very small portion of a strap form handle remains attached, but the rest is missing. There are no marks on the spoon to aid dating. However, given the form of the spoon it is likely to date from the second half of the seventeenth century onwards. The bowl is completely flattened and the metal is fairly pitted.
Created on: Friday 30th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-93E8A5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy sub-rectangular shoe buckle, c.1690-1720. The frame has bevelled inner edges, but is otherwise undecorated. It has two drilled holes through the centre of each of the longer sides to hold a seperate spindle. This spindle, along with the pin, stud chape and tongue remain in situ. The spindle appears to be iron, which has become badly corroded. The buckle frame is greenish-brown and survives in good condition. The pin, stud chape and tongue are slightly lighter green-brown in colour and show greater signs of errosion. Similar to Whitehead, p.102, no.660. Length: 44.3…
Created on: Friday 5th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-19C702
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint thumbnail scraper, made from a retouched tertiary waste flake. The ventral face is very slightly convex and the bulb of purcussion appears to have been removed by a recent break. The dorsal face has three flaking scars, surrounded on three edges by semi-abrupt to abrupt retouch. The distal end has a slightly rolled edge resulting from later damage probably through ploughing or similar action. There is a large flake missing at the proximal end, which appears to have occured naturally following deposition. The flint is green-grey-whitish in colour, with a milky patina which has o…
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-192254
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine, VRBS ROMA, mint of Trier, 330-331, RIC (vol.VII, p.215, no.529)
Created on: Monday 17th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D19CF4
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A probable copper alloy nail cleaner which has been fashioned from a broken bow brooch, of Roman date. The nail cleaner measures 46.4mm by 9.1mm by 1.9mm and weighs 2.8g. The broken bow has been straightened and adapted to make it suitable for this use. The notched end suggests that it was originally a Hod Hill or similar type. There is no surviving decoration.
Created on: Friday 28th March 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-65C991
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
CURATORS REPORT Description of find Late Saxon hooked tag with triangular headplate, two rivet holes along the top edge and intact hook. The front of the object is left plain except for a simple, incised line running along each of the long sides of the triangle. A deep notch separates the lower edge of the triangle from the hook. The back of the object is plain. Discussion Hooked tags are all-purpose fasteners, used to secure small bags or purses and also clothing. They occur in various forms from the late 8th century onwards, but those with triangular head plate seem to beco…
Created on: Friday 5th October 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A79CB3
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable broken flint end scraper/piercer of Neolithic to early Bronze Age date. The surviving portion appears to be approximately just under half of the original scraper. At the proximal end on the ventral surface is part of the bulb of percussion and a bulbar scar. Faint ripples radiate down the ventral surface. The proximal end has been coarsely retouched. After the scraper had snapped it appears that the broken distal end was retouched to form a piercer. Dimensions: 53.3mm by 26mm by 13.6mm Weight: 13.1g
Created on: Wednesday 26th September 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-A78BF7
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four flint waste flakes of probable Neolithic to early Bronze Age date. Two of the flakes are secondary (with some remaining cortex) and two are tertiary (with no cortex). All four show signs of having been struck but have not been further worked. Total weight: 26.8g
Created on: Wednesday 26th September 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-D31C40
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast gold posy ring of probable early 18th century date. The flat gold band is inscribed on the inside 'content hath noe want'. The script could be an 18th century hand. The maker’s mark (TH) written in black letter is most likely identified with one of two smallworkers, the first of which entered his mark in 1711 and the second in 1717 (Grimwade, nos. 2800, 2801). As the find probably dates to later than 1706 it falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996 (N. Awais-Dean, The British Museum, 16.04.07).
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 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-FA3D08
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold mourning ring dating from 1753. The ring's outside diameter is 21.6mm, the band's width is 3.3mm, its thickness is 2.1mm and it weighs 4.2g. The band is divided into five curvilinear scrolls, which contain a legend in gold, highlighted by black enamel. The legend reads WM BYSHOP OB:24 JULY.1753 AE:40, i.e. the ring commemorates a William Byshop who died on 24th July 1753, aged 40. The parish registers for Milborne Port record that a William Byshop married a Sara Hallet on 23rd October 1739 (Hugh Vincent, pers. comm.). This ring presumably belonged to Sara, who had it made after …
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.