East Coker mosaic
This mosaic panel shows two hunters returning home after a successful day with a deer slung on a pole. Below them is their hunting dog. The mosaic comes from a...
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Figurine of Mars
This Roman bronze figurine depicts Mars (god of war) nude apart from plumed helmet, raising his right arm. It dates from AD 300-400 and was found in the Roman temple...
Low Ham mosaic
This Roman mosaic is the oldest object in Britain to tell a complete story. It was made for the bath complex at Low Ham Roman villa in about AD 350....
Allerton Cope
A cope is a long cloak worn by a priest or bishop. The Allerton cope is made of silk and decorated with English embroidery in silver gilt and silk thread....
Carved panel
This panel was probably made for Taunton Priory. It includes the arms of Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester, and the initials of William Yorke, Prior of Taunton. Yorke was nominated...
Helmet
This steel 'pot' or helmet was found at Nunney and was probably used there by a pikeman in the Parliamentary army. It features a horizontal ridge, and furrow and ridge...
Carved church screen
This sculptured limestone panel is part of a reredos or screen carved in about 1500. The reredos probably stood behind the high altar of St Johnês Church in Wellington and...
Figurine of Minerva
This Roman bronze figurine depicts Minerva (goddess of wisdom and healing) in aegis (protective cloak) and tunic with her right arm raised. It dates from AD 300-400 and was found...
Banwell Bear
This is the skull of the Banwell Bearê. In life the animal stood about 2.5 metres tall and was a hunter-killer. Bison and reindeer provided the perfect diet to satisfy...
Lead pig ingot
The Romans took control of lead mining on the Mendip Hills shortly after the conquest in AD 43. Once smelted, the lead was cast into rectangular blocks, now known as...