Record ID: SOM-7FB454
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead alloy (pewter) spoon dating to c.AD 1650-1770. It consists of an incomplete bowl and a short part of the handle, the rest is missing to old breaks. The bowl is oval shaped and tapers towards the handle. It is relatively deep with a convex reverse and concave upper surface, becoming more shallow towards the outer end, and has a slight ridge running along the edge. The top of the bowl is broken to an irregular diagonal old break, so that the tip is now missing. On the back, at the junction with the handle and bowl, there is an elongated triangular…
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 28th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fiddington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-84BC06
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval lead alloy (pewter) spoon bowl probably dating to the 17th century. The bowl is broken at the junction with the handle to an old and worn break. The bowl is fig-shaped and has a slight ridge running along the edge. The bowl is relatively deep with a convex reverse and concave upper surface, becoming more shallow towards the outer end. An irregular diagonal break crack, more prominent on the left side, runs across the bowl, which is slightly folded upwards. Place centrally below the joining point with the handle, there is a stamped maker's mark. The sta…
Created on: Thursday 15th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Muchelney', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7706CE
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments from a lead alloy spoon probably of Post-Medieval date. The spoon consists of the terminal of the handle, surviving for 51.7 mm in total. It has a medium grey patina with white areas of corrosion. One piece survives for 15.5 mm in length and measures 20.0 mm in width. It consists of the tip of the handle, D-shaped in plan with straight sides and rounded and raised front upper edge. From the raised edge a casting ridge runs down the stem. The bottom edge is broken and connects to the second piece. The second fragment survives for 35.8 mm in length and 17.9 mm in wid…
Created on: Friday 5th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashcott CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1130D0
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla dating to c. AD 1350 to 1530. It is flask-shaped in plan with thinned elongated neck that expand slightly toward the mouth and a rounded lower body. The mouth measures 22.8 mm in width and is now squashed. The neck measures 16.4 mm in length. It is covered by multiple horizontal raised lines running across both sides, but more evidently on the front. A sub-triangular suspension loop projects from either side at the juncture of the body and the neck. On one side the loop is squashed backwards. The lower body is decorated on both sides. On the fr…
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-2F3754
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy unidentified object, possibly a casting waste. The object consists of a central circular body and two lateral bar. It has a convex front and a flat back. The central body has a high dome with a flat tip. It measures 13.3 mm in diameter. Two bar project out from the base of the dome on opposite sides. Both bar measure 5.4 mm in length and 3.9 mm in width. At the outer end of each bar is a circular domed knop that measures 4.9 mm in thickness. The object has a dark grey patina. It measures 32.7 mm in length, 13.4 mm in width, 8.9 in thickness and weighs 6.11 g. …
Created on: Tuesday 14th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th October 2018
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Record ID: SOM-0818DD
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of lead alloy of unknown date. The piece is sub rectangular in shape with irregular surfaces and has a grey-brown patina all over. It measures 84.9 mm in length, 69.1 mm in width, 38.2 mm in thickness and weighs 1208 g. The object is probably a piece ready for processing and may suggest lead processing activity of unknown date on the site of the discovery. It was found in association with a large group of lead and copper alloy material of different ages, from the Roman up to Modern Age.
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd August 2018
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Record ID: SOM-048FFE
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a lead alloy object, possibly the base and attachment for a handle on a large lead-tin (pewter) jug, possibly of Roman date. The piece has a sub-rectangular shape for 65 mm in length and gradually widen from 13.5 mm on the base to 20.5 mm near the top. From this point of maximum width it tapers again for 21 mm in length to a rounded, broken and worn, tip. The base is thinner and turned out at 20 degrees angle, moulded with a raised edge. The lower part of the piece is convex on the front and reaches the maximum thickness of 10.6 mm at the point of maximum width. It is sligh…
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd August 2018
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Record ID: SOM-027FA7
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of lead and copper alloy, probably casting waste. The piece is trapezoidal in shape with irregular surfaces. It is mainly composed of lead with a high percentage of copper alloy. it has a grey-brown patina with traces of dark grey lumps mostly on one side of the piece. It measures 63.4 mm in length, 62.0 mm in width, 19.5 mm in thickness and weighs 321 g. The piece may suggest an activity of re-use of materials on the site of the discovery. It was found in association with a large group of lead and copper alloy material of different ages, from the Roman up to Modern Age, t…
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2018
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Record ID: SOM-9D6952
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fifteen cast lead vessel repairs (pot mends). Twelve of them have the characteristic H-shaped section with two irregularly shaped outer sides, one larger than other, joined by a smaller central section. Three of them consists of only one side with a central plug projecting from the rear. Only one of them contains surviving ceramic material in the groove created between the outer sides, but it is too small to date. The lead vessel repairs weigh in total 226.86 g. Pot mends of this form are found in both Roman and Medieval periods, as a common way to repair broken pottery vessels. Th…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2018
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