Record ID: SOMDOR-D0DBB0
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
6 flint waste flakes dating from the Neolithic to Bronze Age. The largest of the group is a core rejuvination flake measuring 56.19mm x 25.08mm x 11.60mm (14.29g). The remainder of the group measure betwen 28.56 x 8.98 x 6.92mm (1.54g) and 39.85 x 30.10 x 8.14mm (12.63g). The total weight of the assemblage is 45.83g.
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-CF7781
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small flint core possibly dating from the Neolithic. The surfaces have become re-patinated to a blueish-white colour. These surfaces have been damaged recently in a number of places to reveal the dark-greenish-grey flint colour beneath. Some of the removals are small and parallel sided suggesting a possible origin in the Neolithic industries. It measures 33.80mm x 32.19mm x 21.18mm and weighs 22.64g.
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-CF5582
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large multi-directional flint core possibly dating from the Neolithic. The flint is light greenish-grey in colour and has a small patch of cortex remaining on one side. Some of the removals are small and parallel suggesting a possible origin in the Neolithic industries. It measures 38.38mm x 38.43mm x 33.58mm and weighs 67.04g.
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-CEBCB1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small base angle sherd from a medieval cooking pot dating from the 11th-12th century AD. The fabric is oxidised patchy orange-brown in colour with a grey internal slip. Inclusions consist of frequent fine rounded quartz (<0.5mm), moderate larger sub-rounded to sub-angular quartz (<2.5mm), occasional angular flint and sub-rounded oolitic limestone (<4mm). Probably of local origin and similar to some Ilchester fabrics. It measures 41.62mm long x 24.28mm wide x 5.78mm thick, and weighs 7.69g.
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-CE7643
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Black Burnished Ware rim sherd possibly dating from the 1st century AD. The rim is upright and plain with an internal groove or seating, probably for a lid, and may derive from a Greyhound Yard type 13 round bodied bowl. The fabric is dark grey/black with frequent fine rounded quartz and occasional iron ore and flint (<0.5mm). The surfaces are wiped. It measures 46.54mm long x 30.86mm wide x 6.66mm thick and weighs 14.80g.
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-68CA21
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small broken waste flint flake dating from the Neolithic period. It is a core rejuvination flake taken from a core in order to improve the striking platform. it measures 26.45mm long, 22.85mm wide, 5.88mm thick and weighs 3.92g. The surfaces have become slightly patinated to a light grey/ blueish white colour.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rimpton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-68AC04
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A chert gun flint dating from the 17th-19th century. It is approximately square in plan and wedge shaped in section. The ventral surface is flat and the dorsal surface rises into a low wedge shape. It has been re worked on three edges to create the square shape. It measures 28.00mm x 25.62mm x 7.78mm thick and weighs 6.31g.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rimpton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-174546
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small abraded sherd of Roman Samian ware, possibly deriving from the East Gaul Region in 2nd-3rd century AD. The fabric is light orange in colour with an orange-brown internal surface. The external surface is missing. Inclusions consist of occasional fine white particles. The sherd measures 26.08 x 22.39 x 3.38mm thick, although the original thickness of the vessel would have been greater, and weighs 2.33g.
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-170785
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very small abraded sherd of Roman Mortaria, possibly deriving from the Rhineland region in the 2nd century AD. The fabric is fine but slightly sandy to the touch. It is light orange throughout with a thin slight purplish core. core. Inclusions consist of moderate very fine white mica and occasional iron. The trituration grits are sub angular white and red quartz (<3.5mm). The sherd measures 14.41 x 12.56 x 5.74mm thick and weighs 1.01g.
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-16BB16
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An abraded base sherd of post-medieval South Somerset ware probably dating from the 17th-18th centuries. The fabric has a light orange core with buff surfaces and margins. Inclusions include frequent very fine quartz (0.1mm), and occasional iron. The surfaces may have originally been glazed (although no trace survives) or wiped. It is probably of Donyatt fabric DPT7 and derives from a vessel with a low pedestal base. The sherd measures 47.56 x 48.19 x 9.36mm thick and weighs 31.57g.
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-168CA1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small abraded body sherd of Romano-British Black Burnished Ware datable only to the 1st-3rd centuries AD. The fabric is dark grey in colour with a brown-grey internal and brown external surface. Inclusions include frequent fine quartz, moderate angular flint (<3mm), and occasional iron. The surfaces may have a patchy dark grey slip. It is probably of Greyhound Yard variant fabric 1Bi, possibly deriving from the East Devon/South Somerset region during the 1st-3rd centuries AD. The sherd measures 30.23 x 20.80 x 5.67mm thick and weighs 4.68g.
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sandford Orcas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-150174
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small flint core datable only to the Neolithic-Bronze Age. It is heavily patinated on all surfaces to give a blueish white colour. There is also some plough damage. It measures 36.77 x 34.16 x 19.10mm and weighs 29.99g
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rimpton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-14D3C7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small abraded body sherd of Romano-British Black Burnished Ware datable only to the 1st-4th centuries AD. The fabric is light grey in colour with frequent fine quartz temper. The external surface is burnished or slipped black in colour. The sherd measures 16.86 x 16.58 x 6.77mm thick and weighs 2.18g.
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rimpton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-D76CB8
Object type: TILE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two small sherds brick or tile, possibly of Romano-British origin considering that they were recovered in association with a large quantity of Roman coarseware pottery sherds from a small 1.5m square patch of garden. The fabric is light orange in colour with moderate very fine quartz grains (invisibe to naked eye) and iron oxide. They measure 26.89 x 16.10 x 5.59mm thick (2.13g) and 21.80 x 15.10 x 4.99mm thick (1.66g)
Created on: Monday 11th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westbury-Sub-Mendip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-D705D8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small abraded sherd of Romano-British sandy grey ware, recovered in association with a large quantity of other Roman coarseware sherds from a small 1.5m square patch of garden. The fabric is relatively fine but sandy to the touch, with a light grey core and slightly darker grey surfaces. The external surface may be slightly fire blackened. Inclusions comprise abundant very fine quartz grains (
Created on: Monday 11th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westbury-Sub-Mendip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-D6B8D1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2 sherds of Roman Samian ware, probably of South Gaulish origin and dating from the late 1st to early 2nd century, recovered in association with a large quantity of Roman coarseware sherds from a small 1.5m square patch of garden. The fabric is slightly micaceous, hard and orange-brown in colour with a thick glossy brown slip. The sherds measure 50.80 x 32.68 x 5.75mm thick (13.15g) and 22.10 x 20.24 x 4.41mm thick (2.13g)
Created on: Monday 11th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westbury-Sub-Mendip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-D593A7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
1 small and abraded sherd of Romano-British sandy grey ware, recovered in association with a large quantity of other Roman coarseware sherds from a small 1.5m square patch of garden. The fabric is coarse and sandy to the touch, the surfaces are light blueish-grey with a light grey-buff core. Inclusions comprise abundant fine quartz grains and occasional grog and angular grey limestone. Little can be said about the origin of this sherd except that sandy grey wares tend to date from the 2nd-3rd centuries AD and are of fairly local origin. The sherd measures 27.92 x 22.54 x 7.25mm thic…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westbury-Sub-Mendip', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-990165
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small abraded sherd of Romano-British Black Burnished Ware. The fabric is buff-grey with brown internal surface and black external surface. Probably of Greyhound yard variant fabric 1B. It measures 23.42 x 19.60 x 6.32mm thick (3.19g).
Created on: Friday 8th December 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rimpton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-98D707
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large Neolithic-Bronze Age flint waste flake. Although large enough to function as a core, having been removed from its own core it was discarded and not struck again. There is a lot of plough damage around all edges. One facet retains the cortex. The flint is dark grey in colour, with buff patches. It measures 42.94mm long, 39.33mm wide, 30.05mm thick and weighs 51.79g.
Created on: Friday 8th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rimpton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-9891C7
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint waste flake of Neolithic-Bronze Age date. The edges show some plough damage and a patch of cortex survives on one edge. the flint is brownish grey in colour. The flake measures 36.61mm long x 19.69mm wide, 7.68mm thick and weighs 7.31g.
Created on: Friday 8th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rimpton', grid reference and parish protected.