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Record ID: DEV-F5BCE3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pottery sherd, found during testpitting in garden. It is probably Totnes Ware and from a large jug. It has a micaceous fabric and some areas of glaze on the surface. It is late medieval, possibly 16th century in date. Other finds included a 100 year old pub token (the Three Tuns) and a clay pipe stem.
Created on: Saturday 21st May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-F46646
Object type: TILE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four pieces of medieval floor tile and one complete small square tile recovered from a garden. Four are glazed and of these, two are decorated. The largest fragment comprises a quarter of the tile, with an expanded fleur de lys pattern in yellow-brown slip on a brown-green glazed background. This is a typical design of tiles from an ecclesiastical site. The smallest fragment has two strips of yellow slip across a dark green-brown glaze. The complete tile is glazed with green which spills down the sides. All date to the 13th and 14th centuries. …
Created on: Saturday 21st May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-F38181
Object type: TILE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large fragment of tile, recovered during building work in Exeter. It is square, with an orange-red fabric and a bevilled edge. The pattern retains its yellow-green slip in places and comprises a quatrefoil with a square and dot in the centre. It is 13th to 14th century in date.
Created on: Saturday 21st May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-BBD504
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of fired clay or the remins of a pottery sherd, found close to Holwell Castle, a motte and bailey castle. It has a fine, light orange matrix with inclusions of flint or chert. It cannot be dated, but is probably medieval or post medieval.
Created on: Monday 17th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-567CB1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three sherds from the same vessel. The fabric is North Devon coarseware and they have a orange/beige colour, with inclusions of chert or flint. The curve of each sherd suggests a large vessel and it dates from the 13th to 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-566B26
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small sherd of Totnes-type ware. It has a light orange fabric and dates to around 1600.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-563FA8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd from a vessel of North Devon gravel tempered ware. It has green/brown speckled glaze on the inside surface and large inclusions of flint or chert. It has an orange fabric. As these vessels were made in North Devon over a large period of time, it can only be give a broad date from medieval into the post medieval period.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-561544
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of handle from a Totnes-type ware jug. It has a light orange fabric and an oval section. It dates to around 1600.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-55F026
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two sherds from the shoulder of Totnes-type ware vessels. Both are light orange in colour and have mica inclusions. There are large finger tip impressions across the front surfaces of both sherds. They date to about 1600.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-55C522
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four rim sherds from an assemblage found in a nursery garden near Totnes. All have rim diameters in excess of 500mm, so probably came from substantial vessels, such as cooking pots. One has a fluted rim edge, probably made by finger tips. Three have traces of a green/brown glaze on the inside surface and another has two deep grooves and a ridge, just below the rim. All have some mica and iron ore inclusions and are known as Totnes-type ware. All are post medieval in date, dating to around 1600.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-558C17
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rim sherd of a vessel made locally, in the Blackdown Hills on the upper greensand. It has a rim diameter of 340mm and probably served as a cooking pot. It is flint and chert tempered, with a light orange fabric and weighs 84g. It is 11th to 12th century in date.
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-AD57D2
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a jug handle, of North Devon gravel tempered ware. Of very coarse fabric, it has a circular section and a small patch of very dark brown glaze in one area. It weighs 34.42g and is 60mm in length with a diameter of 25mm. This pottery was in production from the medieval to post medieval period.
Created on: Thursday 23rd December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-8550F7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Forty-five sherds of pottery weighing a total of 154g. All are Totnes-type ware and 14th to 15th century in date. Most have an orange/brown fabric and all the sherds are quite small. The sherds comprise mainly jug body sherds, some rims and the shoulder of a cooking pot.
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-851DC8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large basal and body sherd of North Devon gravel tempered ware. It is orange/beige in colour with a darker interior. This type of pottery was in production for a long period of time, between the late 16th and 18th century.
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-83AB72
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sherd of South Somerset ware. It has a yellow green lead glaze with yellow hotspots on the reverse. There is a cream coloured glaze trailed in a curvilinear pattern on the front surface. This type of pottery was made in Donyatt, South Somerset in the mid to late 18th century. The curved profile of the sherd suggests it is part of a pot or jug.
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DEVON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-35CA60
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two large rim sherds of coarse pottery and part of a jug handle. One sherd is beige/orange in colour and has fingerprint decoration beneath the rim and the other has a dark grey fabric and incised lines beneath a rim. The rim is at right angles to the body of the vessel. They both have large rim diameters, so would have been substantial vessels. The jug handle piece has a cross incised on the surface, to help with the firing process, and is orange/red in colour. All are medieval in date.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-B661C6
Object type: CRUCIBLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Possibly a fragment of crucible with copper alloy metalworking debris attached. Date unknown.
Created on: Friday 5th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-BDB610
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of the handle from a jug. With a sandy fabric, it has two diagonal cuts on the top. It is orange/red in colour with a pale grey interior. The fabric is of East Devon/South Somerset ware and dates from the late 14th to early 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 12th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-C6CF04
Object type: POTTERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four sherds of North Devon gravel tempered ware, including the rim of a large bowl or pancheon and a sherd of lead glazed pottery, made locally in either Bideford, Barnstaple or Great Torrington. All are post medieval in date.
Created on: Monday 6th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DEV-C6B1C8
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Almost complete clay pipe bowl. It has a line of rilled decoration just below the mouth of the bowl. The heel is short and flat, with the initials 'P S' stamped on the underside. It is 17th century in date.
Created on: Monday 6th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 26th March 2020
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