Record ID: SOM-A4C4F3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval French copper alloy liard of Louis the XIV (1643-1715) dating to AD 1693 to 99. Minted at Poitiers.
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Enmore CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-A4AA81
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of unclear emperor dating to AD 300-402. Unclear reverse type. Unclear mint. The coin is broken down one side with one quarter missing to an old break.
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goathurst CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A47DBA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy trade token farthing issued by William Goodridge of Bridgwater, Somerset dating to 1669. Williamson Somerset 58. Ref: Williamson 1891, 974.
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Goathurst CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A30F4A
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One part of a two link late Iron Age to early Roman bridle bit of Polden Hill type, c.AD 1-100. This piece is won and broken at both ends. There are extensive remains of a thick black coating on all parts of the bit but concentrated on the central section. This may be the remains of soot deposit from burning. At one end is an oval loop, now broken and worn so the outer edge is narrowed to a point and one side is completely missing with a second, very worn break at the base. The remaining side of the loop is thick and circular cross sectioned. Adjacent to this oval loop is a narrow …
Created on: Friday 6th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 26th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-904574
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper-alloy single-looped buckle with integral plate. The frame is oval, with a protruding lip at the centre of the outer edge. This lip has a deep transverse groove for the pin. The plate has a collar attached to the loop then a short rectangular section tfrom which projects a long arm, narrowing slightly away from the loop before it ends in a pointed oval terminal the base of which is flanked by small triangles. There is a hole for the pin through the collar at the start of the plate but the pin is lost. There are two holes through the plate, one in the rectangular…
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staple Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8FED1A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver penny of Charles I dating to 1632 to 1640. Group D or E. Minted at London. North 2270 or 2272. The coin has been pieced at 2 o'clock on the obverse, 5 o'clock on reverse, near the edge with a circular hole drilled from both sides (raised metal both faces). The position on the obvese avoids the kings head. The coin is also bent but it is not clear if this is deliberate.
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staple Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8E2B84
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Portugeuse medieval silver chinfrão (half-real) of Alfonso V of Portugal dating to 1438 to 1481. Such coins are not uncommon finds in Britain and may have circulated here.
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8DF065
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver cut halfpenny of John dating to AD 1205-1207. Short cross class 5bi. Minted by Roberd or Roberd T at Northampton. North (1994, 221) no. 970i.
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kentisbeare CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8DA29E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver penny of Edward II dating to AD 1307-1309. Edwardian class 10cf3b1. Minted at Durham. Possibly cross moline initial mark. North (1991, 32) no. 1042/2.
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kentisbeare CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-85354E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VI (first reign) dating to AD 1422 to 1427. Annulet issue. Cross unclear. Minted at Calais. North (1991:74) no.1429. The coin has been heavily clipped, almost to the inner circle on the obverse, removing almost the entire outer inscription on the reverse.
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staple Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8527AE
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval copper alloy shield shaped mount with an integrally cast rivet on the reverse. The front of the mount is flat and the shield has a straight top with curved sides meeting at a point at the bottom. The front of the mount is decorated with an enamelled coat of arms: barry of twelve argent and azure an orle of six martlets gules, i.e. horizontal stripes in blue and silver with an outer ring of red birds. The rivet is circular at the base, narrowing and become square in cross section towards the tip. The mount is 31.2mm long, 26.4mm wide at the top, and 1.9mmm thick, exclud…
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staple Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-84F3CE
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval (1600-1800) high-tin copper-alloy composite two-piece button, consisting of the domed front plate only. It is circular in shape with a highly convex front and hollow to the reverse with traces of iron corrosion. The front is decorated with pairs of grooves forming a central triangle, the points of which are filled with numerous parallel grooves leaving an undecorated triangle at the centre. Two pairs of angled grooves create further triangles of isoceles form using the edges of the central triangle as their base, forming a hexagon; the outer corners of thes…
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staple Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-84D3E0
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but broken lead alloy harness mount, probably a bridle boss, of post-medieval (c AD 1700-1800) date. The complete harness mount is sub-circular in shape with damages edges around the entire circumference. At its centre is raised circular region. In the centre of this is a moulded five petalled flower. Encircling the raised 'boss' is a flatter 'flange'. This has elaborate moulded decoration consisting of a double beaded ring around the boss then a repeating laureate patten that serves to surround the central boss with a wreath.The edges are chipped on all sides but at t…
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staple Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-84AC87
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy spherical animal bell (crotal) of post-medieval date, AD 1700-1850. The bell comprises two hemispherical domes with a raised circumferential join. The upper hemisphere has two sub-circular sound holes with a rectangular loop projecting from the top between them. The loop is formed of an angular, slightly irregular, U-shaped bar with square outer corners. The curve of the bell continues under the loop aperture suggesting it was made using a detachable 'sprue-piece'; this method was introduced in the 17th century. The upper hemisphere is worn, but seemingly …
Created on: Thursday 5th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 19th August 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staple Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8483D6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or Post Medieval copper alloy pot foot fragment, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1650. Only part of the foot and a small section of leg survives. The leg is trapezoid in cross section with a wider, flat front face and narrower back. It is broken across the top and relatively thin, 15.8mm thick at the break. At the base it expands out into the foot with the front projecting forward in a concave curve. The foot is damaged, particularly along the front edge, but it was probably also trapezoid with wear to the corners making it more D-shaped. Both areas of damage are old and p…
Created on: Wednesday 4th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staple Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-846395
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval or Post Medieval copper alloy pot foot fragment, probably dating to c. AD 1200-1650. Only a small portion of the foot survives. The foot is D-shaped in cross section with a flat front face and convex back. It is broken across the top, just above the base and relatively thin. There is also damage to one of the front corners. Both areas of damage are old and patinated. There are traces of a central ridge running down the middle of the front face. The back of the leg is slightly more complete and rises at c.70 degrees to the base. It is approximately 16.4mm high, 49.5…
Created on: Wednesday 4th December 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staple Fitzpaine CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-696A82
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to AD 355 to 361 (Reece period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type depicting a soldier spearing a barbarian who has fallen from a horse. Mint unclear.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Othery CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-695D8E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to AD 355 to 361 (Reece period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type depicting a soldier spearing a barbarian who has fallen from a horse. Mint unclear. The coin is chipped with c. 40% missing from one edge.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Othery CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-694C41
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of the House of Constantine dating to AD 350-353 (Reece period 18). Probably GLORIA ROMANORVM reverse type depicting a soldier on horsenack riding down a captive on the left, broken spear and sheild below horse. Uncertain mint. The edges are badly chipped.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Othery CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-692565
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to AD 341-346 (Reece period 17). VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN reverse type, depicting two victories facing each other each holding a wreath. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Othery CP', grid reference and parish protected.