Record ID: SOMDOR-043CB6
Object type: BURNISHER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small and roughly shaped object of Greensand Chert with a flat underside worn smooth through use. The object was found in association with Roman domestic material and may be of Roman date. The object is sub-square in plan, with a raised point in the top which has been roughly shaped to allow it to be gripped by two fingers and a thumb. The grip is not good enough to enable the stone to be lifted and must have been used to polish objects lying flat on a surface. This is supported by the fact that the underside of the object is worn smooth and flat. The object is made from greensand Ch…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-BACB70
Object type: GRINDSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large polishing or rubbing stone recovered in assocation with a quantity of early Roman pottery and possibly dating from that period (AD50-250). The recrystalised sandstone stone measures 73.4mm long, 68.7mm wide, 35.9m thick and weighs approximately 339g. One corner is damaged. The remainder of the faceted surfaces have been worn smooth through use.
Created on: Monday 15th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-BA9D42
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of broken sandstone whetstone found in association with early Roman pottery and possibly dating to that period (c. AD 50-250). The whetstone is approximately square in cross-section, although it widens at one end to accomodate a perforation by which it could have been suspended. It is broken at a length of 41mm. It is 13.9mm wide, 11.4mm thick, and weighs 11.1g.
Created on: Monday 15th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-D10183
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible scraper made from Greensand Chert dating from the Neolithic to Bronze Age. The chert is orange in colour and, although the evidence for retouch around the edge is not conclusive, this type of stone is not native to the area in which it was found. It is likely that this is a crude scraper. The object measures 48.08mm x 41.58mm x 11.16mm and weighs 26.12g.
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rimpton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-39E582
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pair of oolitic limestone perforated objects probably used as fishing net weights. The perforations are probably too small for them to have functioned as loom weights and their shapes too irregular for them to have been spindle whorls. The underside of the objects have patterns of wear suggesting the string that passed through them was knotted underneath and attatched to a horizontal string for connection to other weights further along the net. The weights have been found in association with other Roman objects and may be of Roman date themselves. They measure 62.11 x 45.64 x 25.97…
Created on: Monday 16th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke Sub Hamdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-398B78
Object type: SLING SHOT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A collection of 12 rounded pebbles mainly of Greensand Chert, recovered from Ham Hill and possibly representing sling shot from the late Iron Age. The smallest example is a worn Ham stone bivalve fossil. The remainder are probably Greensand Chert. The size ranges from 38.43mm x 28.22 x 28.60mm (80.90g) to 20.49 diameter (11.75g).
Created on: Monday 16th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke Sub Hamdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-3688A7
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two small, white, Roman tesserae, probably made from White Lias Limestone. Their dimensions are: 15.63 x 15.05 x 11.22mm (4.07g in weight) and 15.12 x 13.98 x 10.74mm (4.34g in weight).
Created on: Monday 16th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Montacute', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-A62D71
Object type: TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
two large lias limestone slabs of size and shape similar to roof tiles. No attachment holes remain and may never have existed. The slabs have been shaped to have a squared lower portion and triangular upper. They may be roof tile rough outs which were never used or tiles that were held in place by the weight of others. They measure 248.67mm x 184.81mm x 16.63mm; and 241.25mm x 228.20mm x 17.42mm. Found in association with other Roman building material such as hypocaust tiles, box flue, and a single tessera.
Created on: Monday 9th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Chard', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-A49630
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A single white lias limestone Roman tessera. It measures 25.70mm x 20.18mm x 17.75mm and is regulary cut on two faces.
Created on: Monday 9th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tatworth and Forton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-55B1E4
Object type: TESSERA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
18 blue and white lias limestone and 1 ceramic tessera. the ceramic tessera has a fine orange fabric. the tesserae range in size from 32.30mm x 25.94mm x 16.32mm to 14.23mm x 13.41mm x 10.31mm. The total weight of the assemblage is 229.59g.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stallen', grid reference and parish protected.