50 Finds From Somerset: Objects from the Portable Antiquities Scheme

Somerset has a varied landscape, from upland Exmoor to the low-lying wetland Levels and Moors; the mineral rich Mendips to the agricultural land of South Somerset. This diversity has shaped, and been shaped by, our predecessors – millions of people who have lived and worked in the area. Often, the only traces of these people’s lives are the small objects they left behind, from the stone tools of prehistoric people to the remains of Roman trade and fashions and Medieval and post-Medieval obj...