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DAGGER
Unique ID: DEV-1A8BE2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete Medieval-post-Medieval copper-alloy roundel (rondel) dagger pommel (c. 1350- c. 1600).
The object is broadly circular in plan and rectangular in cross section, but it is formed of an elaborate design of eight rounded protruding knops, between which are pairs of raised ribs, which create three grooves. there is a depressed circle in the centre, in the middle of which is the square shaped aperture for attachment.
Roundel daggers were long and thin with circular pommels and guards useful for stabbing through cloth or armour and were used for attack. They were carried by soldiers and also as probable self defence weapons by merchants. They first appear in the mid-14th century and remain popular into the 16th (Ward Perkins 1940: 42-47).
Although this example is particularly elaborate, there are parallel examples to be found on the PAS database.These include: NSM-390B47, NMS-73F2C6, SF-460208 and SF-56C0E
Measurements: 31.1mm diameter, 10.2mm thickness, weight 46.78g..
Class: Pommel
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1350
Date to: Exactly AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.1 mm
Thickness: 10.2 mm
Weight: 46.78 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2021 - Saturday 5th June 2021
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC Receipt 019506
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: North Devon (District)
To be known as: Tawstock CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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