Record ID: SOMDOR-610C01
Object type: KEY (WINDING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a probable cast copper alloy clock key of post-medieval date. About two-thirds of the bow survive; the remainder of the bow, the stem and bit are missing. The flat bow comprises two unequal loops with cast decoration in the form of a border around the edge of the larger roundel and a number of wedge shapes. A similar but complete example features in 'Medieval and Post-Medieval Finds from Exeter' (1984, pp. 344-5, fig. 193, no. 190). This example was discovered in a late 17th century context.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2007
Last updated: Friday 8th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-60CD81
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy strap end of early-medieval date. The Thomas Class B strap-end measures 43.2mm by 9.3mm (a width to length ratio of 1:4.5) by 4mm and weighs 4.6g. It has a split proximal end, a gently tapering shaft and a zoomorphic terminal. The split end is flatter and wider, and contains the remains of two attachment holes. The strap-end is very worn and the decoration cannot be easily discerned. However, it is possibly a Thomas Type 4 (multi-headed) and may have originally been decorated with further animal heads.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2007
Last updated: Saturday 22nd February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-604420
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy La Tene 1B brooch of Iron Age date. The surviving portion of the one-piece La Tene type I brooch measures 27.1mm by 13.8mm by 5.1mm and weighs 3.5g. It comprises the bow and one twist of the spring. The pin, catchplate and terminal are missing. The bow's cross-section is broadly D-shaped with the flatter side facing inwards. The exterior face of the bow is decorated with a longitudinal line of stamped triangles, set close together with points inwards to form a zig-zag design. Several similar (although undecorated) brooches are illustrated in Hattatt's 'V…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-6003B5
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Five flint waste flakes of probable Neolithic to early Bronze Age date. One is secondary and the others are tertiary. All show signs of having been struck but have not been further worked. Total weight: 6g
Created on: Monday 30th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-5FDA33
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken flint waste flake of probable Neolithic to early Bronze Age date. At the proximal end of the tertiary flake is the striking platform and below this on the ventral surface is a slight bulb of percussion. Ripples radiate down the ventral surface. There are several flaking scars on the dorsal surface at the flake has broken at a length of 23.9mm. The notch in one lateral side does not appear to be deliberate. The greyish black flint has a low-gloss patina. Dimensions: 23.9mm by 18.5mm by 4.8mm Weight: 2.6g
Created on: Monday 30th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-5F8181
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An enamelled cast copper alloy buckle of medieval date. The oval simple frame buckle measures 24.8mm in length, 31.2mm in width, it is 5.8mm thick and weighs 13.1g. The strap bar is narrowed and offset, with cube-shaped terminals. The frame has a thickened outside edge with a marked triangular pin rest (the pin is missing). The front of the outside edge is decorated with traces of blue enamel, set into four cells on each side. The two pairs of cells adjacent to the pin rest are roughly rectangular and the others are more triangular, to fit with the narrowing frame. Geoff Egan (pers. co…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-5EE5E7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch (flat wing ends type, Western Group), cf. Mackreth 2011, 5.b1a. Plate 50. The brooch measures 42.7mm in length, 30.1mm in width and weighs 15.5g. The semi-cylindrical wings would have concealed the spring and axis bar for the pin. These are almost entirely missing, other than the short section of the chord which is threaded through the perforated crest. The wings are decorated with two circumferential ridges on each side, which are flanked by smaller less well-defined ridges. The bow projects forwards and slightl…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 27th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-43C100
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn Roman copper alloy coin, probably a late 4th century nummus to judge by its size.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-438C11
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn Roman copper alloy coin, probably a late 4th century nummus to judge by its size.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-4332A7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn Roman copper alloy coin, probably a 3rd century radiate or a 4th century nummus.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-423012
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Radiate of Gordian III minted in Rome between AD 241-3. RIC vol. IV part III, no. 95 (p. 25).
Created on: Monday 4th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-41D390
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An copper alloy barbarous radiate coin. Possibly imitating Tetricus II.
Created on: Monday 4th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-5D61A1
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable flint scraper only datable to between 3500-800 BC (Neolithic-Bronze Age). It is hemispherical in shape with a clean vertical break along the flat edge and slight evidence for retouch along the curved edge. The upper surface is a largely natural frost shattered surface with a small amount of human flaking to reduce the size slightly. The lower surface has a large bulb of pertussion with a small amount of cortex remaining at the striking platform. It measures 43.25 x 30.09 x 11.49mm (15.43g).
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-5D13A5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four sherds of Romano-British Samian Ware dating from the 1st to mid-3rd centuries AD. Two of the sherds are well fired with a well formed orange-brown glossy slip and orange fabric, possibly from the South Gaul region of La Graufesenque. The rim sherd derives from a hemi-spherical bowl with beaded rim and plain undecorated upper section (Webster, 1996, 47, type 37). It measures 43.55 x 38.03 x 6.32mm thick (12.19g). The body sherd is plain and measures 27.47 x 25.51 x 6.00mm thick (5.86g). The other two sherds are of a much softer fabric (fired at a lower temperature) and lighter ora…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-59CE96
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead weight, possibly Roman by association with other finds in the vicinity. The weight is flat and circular measuring 36.26 in diameter, 7.22mm thick and weighing 67.87g. The edges are faceted suggesting that the weight had been cut to size.
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-5994B7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lead pot mends, probably dating from the Roman period. They have the typical shape of two lead discs joined by an integral column of lead formed by pouring molten lead into a hole in the vessel to plug it. No vestige of the original vessel remains although the pot mends were found in association with a large assemblage of Roman pottery and they may be of Roman date. One (probably external) disc is typically larger than the other. They measure 22.44mm diameter (external disc), 12.02mm diameter (internal disc) and 12.32mm thick overall (20.81g); and 21.99mm, 15.88mm and 7.41mm thick …
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-597A76
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two rim sherds of probable Romano-British grey wares datable from the 1st to 4th centuries AD. Both sherds have light grey cores and oxidised buff or pink-buff surfaces. Otherwise the two sherds have very different fabrics. One is comaparatively thin walled with a sandy texture derived from abundant white or clear quartz inclusions up to 1mm but generally less then 0.5mm. Ocassional iron oxide (
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-58BD22
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four abraded body sherds of late Iron Age shell tempered pottery datable from 300BC to 43AD. They are generally buff pink to orange in colour throughout, although one sherd is reduced grey with an orange-pink external surface. One sherd is up to 18.5mm thick, the others range from 8-5mm in thickness. They are generally small sherds ranging from 18 x 22.5mm to 33.65 x 34.77mm in size. The total assemblage weighs 36.96g.
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-580ED3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three rim sherds of Roman Samian Ware datable from the late 1st to mid-3rd centuries AD. Two of the sherds may be from the same vessel but are not conjoining. They both have trailed leaf decoration on the upper surface of their overhanging rims, although this has mostly been removed by abrasion to leave the 'ghost' of the pattern as patches without slip. They probably derive from a form 35 or 36 cup or dish datable to the 1st or 2nd century AD (Webster, 1996, 46). They have dull orange-brown slip and brown fabric containing frequent white flecks and probably derive from the central Gau…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-F69246
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy nummus of Constantine I or Licinius I dating from c. 310-7 (Reece period 15). SOLI INVICTO COMITI reverse type depicting Sol standing left with whip and globe. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Monday 6th November 2006
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.