Record ID: SOM-4DBF21
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
119 pieces of lead ball shot. Found over a period of two years. When plotted on a graph, the shots can be roughly divided into five groups based on weight with clear breaks between the groups and a few outliers. The majority (62) weigh close to 30 grams and this group had a tight distribution, 23 shots cluster between 22.5 and 25.5 grams, there is a smaller cluster of 5 shot between 19.25 and 18.75 grams, and further small clusters of 12 shot between 12 and 9.5 grams and 4 shot between 5 and 4.5 grams. The majority of shots (89) have a diameter ranging between 15.5-20mm but the diamet…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BD9F67
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Crude broadly conical lead weight of unknown date. It has a central hole running from top to bottom with a recessed ring around the hole on the base. Covered in heavy pitting. It measures 20.9mm tall; the base is 23.4mm wide by 21.3mm thick and it weighs 48.16g. Plain weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards for a wide variety of uses and are hard to date precisely although most are late Medieval - Post Medieval.
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 16th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogursey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BD4BB1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Modern silver crown of George III (1760-1820), mInted at London, dated 1820 on the coin, Spink 3787. Edge inscription: DECUS ET TUTAMEN. ANNO REGNI LX.
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 16th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogursey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BCDCE5
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tertiary waste flake of mid grey flint with a heavy off-white patina. It has a small striking platform and diffused bulb of percussion. The distal end is broken. There are two flaking scars on the dorsal face. It measures 32mm long, 26mm wide, 7mm thick and weighs 7g. It dates from the Neolithic period to the Early Bronze Age, 2150-1500 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogursey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-BC7E70
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy hanging weight, possibly for a steelyard, probably of Medieval to Post-Medieval date. The weight is a truncated cone with an integral squared pierced attachment loop at the top. The hole for attachment is sub-circular. There is a circular indentation on the base. The weight measures 20.2mm in length. The diameter at the bottom is 14.3mm and it is 12.2mm at the top. It weighs 19.29 grams. Lead weights were used for a long period and lack many diagnostic features, so are difficult to date precisely although most are Medieval or Post medieval in date.
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 16th November 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stogursey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A46195
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy single looped buckle. The pin is missing. The frame is cast, rectangular in plan with a rectangular section on three sides and a sub-triangular section on the outer side. The outer edge is widened and tapers in thickness to the slightly pointed in section outer side. There are three incised transverse grooves on the front of the outer edge in the centre, a wider one which the pin would have rested flanked by two narrower ones. There is a slight notch in the centre of the strap bar and two small transverse ridges on the outer faces of the upper and lower sides, on…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A45AF2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame. The frame was double looped but one of the oval loops has been lost to an old break. It is D shaped in section with a flat back and a decorative outer edge. The decoration consists of an asymmetrical moulded pattern of four folded leaves running around the outer edge, the lobed of one overlapping the base of the other. The strap bar has a slight curve due to damage and a lobed knop at each end. The frame measures 21mm long, 23.4mm wide, 2.8mm thick and weighs 3.08 grams. The frame appears to be part of a large group of double …
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-A45081
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame with integral plate, pin missing. The buckle fame is 90% missing, broken off with an old break, the small section remaining suggests it was oval. The plate narrows slightly after the junction with the loop before widening slightly to the widest point just before the rounded attachment end. It has four holes along a central line. The largest and most worn is next to the loop and would have held the pin. there are then three rivet holes, one by the pin hole, the other two close to the attachment end. There are traces of gilding on the f…
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-112B07
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy spoon knop. The bowl and stem are missing due to an old break across the width after the knop end slightly after where the stem starts. The knop begins with a much worn rounded collar around the small fragment of remaining stem. Following this collar the knop tapers out for half of the length before tapering back in ending in a point, forming a lozenge shaped end. It measures 21mm in length, 11.9mm in width and 8.7mm in thickness. It weighs 6.05g. The knop is a possible proto-acorn style, a Homer type 'f' variant (1975: 25), which is dated to the 14th Century o…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-10E497
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver halfgroat of James I, third coinage, initial mark: thistle, minted at London, c. 1621-1623 AD, North 2127.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1053D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), initial mark:1, minted at London, 1601-2 AD, North 2016.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1002D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver halfgroat of Henry VI, 1st reign (1422-1461). Annulet issue, minted in Calais between 1422-7 AD. North no. 1429.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carhampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7D9C23
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval cast copper alloy double loop oval buckle. The frame is D-shaped in section with a flat back and rounded outer face. The outer edges of both loops are decorated with a row of seven lobed knops. The strap bar is narrowed with small oval knops protruding at each end. The length is 28.4mm, width 28.5mm, 1.9mm thick and weighs 2.24 grams. The general design is similar to no.384 in Whitehead (2003: 63) but this one is much smaller and thinner in size.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 1st February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moorlinch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7D7DA8
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval sword belt mount dating to the 16th century. The mount has a tri-lobed end with a narrowed waist underneath. This waist then expands forming rounded shoulders before tapering in width. The mount is broken in the middle and the lower part is missing. The front of the mount has floriate decoration. The reverse of the fitting is plain and flat. There is a rivet hole in the centre of the tri-lobed end. It measures 29.5mm long, 21.3mm wide, mm 2.6mm thick and weighs 5.34g. This is one of usually three fittings that together formed a hanging arrangement for a sword. Read (20…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7D3E03
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval foot and fragment of a leg from a cast copper alloy cooking vessel. It is D-shaped in section with a concave back and curving front. The front is formed of four convex ribs which run down the length of the foot and leg. The leg terminates in a flared, hoof-like foot, separated from the leg by a raised collar decorated with five knops. The top of the leg is broken off just above the collar with an old break. It measures 41mm long, 28.8mm wide, 15.9mm thick and weighs 60.97grams. Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1200-1700 for serving and coo…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7CC7C7
Object type: STRAINER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a copper alloy late Medieval to early Post- Medieval skimmer or strainer plate. Originally a circular piece of copper alloy sheet, part of the curved edge remains and the other edges have old breaks. Eight holes were punched into it from one side in a seemingly regular pattern. All but two are full of soil or metal corrosion products. It has broken across two other holes. The length is 26.1mm, width 20.8mm, thickness 1.6mm and weight 2.07 grams. Similar to no. 440 in Egan (1998, 158) where they are dated to the 14th to 16th century AD. Skimmers were used in cooking to re…
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7C38C1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame with ornate outer edge. The strap bar is narrowed and offset. The outer edge curves outwards in a continuation of the oval shape. It is decorated by two projecting rounded knops seperated by narrow collars. The frame is D-shaped in section. The pin is missing. The frame is 19.6mm long, 25.3mm wide and 4.5mm thick; it weighs 4.34 grams in total. This is a Meols type 8 frame, smilar to Egan (2008:89), no.527 which is dated to the mid 13th to 14th centuries AD.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-023C97
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval cast copper-alloy double-loop buckle frame with rectangular loops. The loops are rectangular in cross section. It has flat, trefoil projections at the corners and bilobed knops in the centre of the outer edges of the loops and at the ends of the strap bars. The knops in the cnetre of the loops have an incised transverse line across the front to act as a pin rest. One corner is now bent up 45 degrees in profile. The pin is missing. It is 34.8mm long, 30.0mm wide and 1.9mm thick; it weighs 4.89 grams. Whitehead (2003: 79) illustrates a very similar frame, no.488, which …
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Wells', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-014E21
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead ball shot. Evidence of casting line. 14.73mm diameter, 17.75grams.
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wells', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-011466
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead ball shot. No evidence of casting line. 12.6mm diameter, 9.56 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Cuthbert Out', grid reference and parish protected.