A pirate's chest has been put on display in Pill's school telling the story of the village's maritime past.

The box was made and filled as part of a project between St Katherine's School and North Somerset Museum.

Students started a lunchtime history club, led by head of history, Michelle Cave, to decide which items should be placed inside.

The treasure chest contains replica 18th century costumes for role play, two replica flintlock pistols with a powder horn, original gun flint and musketballs from an 1805 shipwreck.

It also includes various historical items including a 19th century naval hat and brass telescope.

Children made recordings based on stories written up from historical events and added them to the collection, as well as pieces from the Somerset Voices oral history archive.

There is also a collection of images and documents related to Pill's history, supplied by the school and Pill Local History Society and a Treasure Island activity, based on a news cutting from 1995 when a local man marooned himself on Denny Island in the Bristol Channel to raise money for charity.

The box also includes a marine chart, photos of the island and a box of treasure, as well as a smugglers interview game and a mariners' kit made up of a set of signalling flags to make coded messages.

People will also be able to learn rope skills with a sailors' knot game.

The museum hopes the box will be kept at Pill Library to be used by local schools and community groups.