Record ID: SOM-4DD785
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy French jetton of Tournai, dating from the Medieval period, AD1415 - 1500. The obverse carries a crown within a wire line circle, surrounded by the legend AV[E MA]RIA GRA[CIA L]. On the reverse is a double-voided cross fleuretty within a double tressure of four arches. In the centre of the cross is a voided quatrefoil and there is a flower of three petals in each of the angles. There is no reverse legend. The jetton is  22.42mm in diameter and 1.2mm thick. It weighs 2.03 g. Similar jettons are illustrated in Mitchiner, 1988, Jettons, Medalets and…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4DCC5D
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy French jetton of Tournai, dating from the Medieval period, AD1415 - 1500. The obverse carries a crown within a wire line circle, surrounded by the legend [AVE MARIA GRACIA L]. On the reverse is a double-voided cross fleuretty within a double tressure of four arches. In the centre of the cross is a voided quatrefoil and there is a flower of three petals in each of the angles. There is no reverse legend. The jetton is  22.42mm in diameter and 1.2mm thick. It weighs 2.03 g. Similar jettons are illustrated in Mitchiner, 1988, Jettons, Medalets and Tokens…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halberton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4DB923
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Pot Leg of Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1200-1700). The object has a sub-triangular cross section and sub-rectangular in plan. The lower end of the object is rounded and has a grooved line running around the base. The upper end is irregular point at which the leg would affix to the vessel body. There are two irregular grooves running down the length of the foot, possibly the remains of decoration that has since worn. This foot would likely have been attached to a cauldron/cooking vessel. The metal is dark green in colour with a slightly pitted and corroded pa…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4DB37B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Pot Leg of Medieval to Post-Medieval date (AD 1200-1700). The object has a sub-triangular cross section and sub-rectangular in plan. The lower end of the object is rounded/ the upper end is tapered at the point at which the leg would affix to the vessel body. The foot has grooved decoaration running from head to foot, and is well worn. Likely the foot of a cooking vessel. Similar objects on the PAS database include SUSS-531303. Length: 40.44mm, Width: 41.06mm, Thickness: 26.91mm, Weight: 183g See Green and Payne (2009: 6)
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4DA748
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment of probable Roman brooch of Aesica type dating to c 50 - 200 AD. The fragment consists of a shallow arched bow, which then flattens and widens to a lower area of the bow, or possibly if turned the other way up could be the head of the brooch. The object is well worn and has no visible decoration. See Hattatt (2000) pg 310 - 311
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4D9AF6
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy post-medieval dress fastener, c. 16th century AD (1500 - 1650 AD) . The fastener is the 'female' tag from pair of hooked tags; it has a sub-oval plate and would have had a large rectangular loop at one end, this has broken away. Either side of the plate would be two rounded attachment knops, the left is missing but the right remains. There is a third debased trefoil attachment knop at the base of the clasp. The eye section of the clasp is convex, with moulded relief, consisting of a hollow-dome bearing a wreathed iri…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-39AD19
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper-alloy brooch dating to the Roman period, typical of a 1st century dolphin fibula, most likely dating to the mid-1st century AD. The complete brooch would have had wings in the form of a cylindrical cross-bar running either side of the top of the bow, but most of the wings are now missing. The bow rises slightly from the top of the wings, before curving downwards towards the foot. Approximately just under half of the length of the bow remains; the width of the bow is the same from top to bottom and the bow ends in a worn break…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Tawton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-37C7E0
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy harness fitting terret ring of Late Iron Age to Early Roman date, c.100 BC - AD 100. The terret is of the 'simple' type, comprising a circular basal strap bar flanked by two circular collars. A D-shaped sectioned loop extends to either side of the collars. The metal is worn and has a light green patina.  Dimensions: Diameter 28 mm, Thickness 4.5 mm, Weight 10.61 g. Terret rings were used as rein guides on chariots or carts used during the Late Iron Age to Early Roman period. They were set in a line along the yoke and…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-3765A1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper-alloy Roman coin, probably an as or dupondius of uncertain 1st to 3rd century AD (c.AD 43-260). Both faces are illegible. Measurements: Diameter 22.2mm, Weight: 4.87g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Tawton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-3751BA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper-alloy Roman coin, probably an as or dupondius of uncertain 1st to 3rd century AD (c.AD 43-260). Both faces are illegible. Measurements: Diameter 20.95mm, Weight: 6.65g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Tawton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-3708B1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn copper-alloy Roman coin, probably an as or dupondius of uncertain 1st to 3rd century AD (c.AD 43-260). Both faces are illegible. Measurements: Diameter 25.4mm, Weight: 4.44g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Tawton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-A69052
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy looped socketed hammer dating to the late Bronze Age, c. 1600-800 BC. The hammer is broadly rectangular in plan, but does taper slightly from the socketed end to the tip. In profile the tapering is more evident. In section it is square. The socketed end has a raised but flat collar. The socket is sub-square in shape with rounded internal corners. A fragment of the collar is broken and missing. The tip of the hammer is rounded and assymetrical. There is a D-shaped loop on one side with an oval hole. A casting seam is evident o…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-A60894
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified copper-alloy object of unknown date. The object is a narrow bar, with a rounder upper surface and a flattened, slightly wider, reverse surface. The cross-section is D-shaped.There is a fresh break at one end and a rounded terminal at the opposing end. The sides are roughly parallel, but they taper inwards slightly towards the broken terminal. The surface is corroded and shows a green patina, with an area of black patina on the reverse. The patina suggests age. There is a short diagonal line across the reverse surface at&…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-A3662A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmented cast, copper-alloy, double-looped buckle of post-medieval date (c. AD 1500-1700). The buckle has trapezoidal loops and consists of a narrowed pin bar with a copper-alloy pin still attached. The outer face is undecorated with knops at the corners and small lobes at the ends of the pin bar. The reverse is flat and undecorated. One of the loops remains intact and the other loop has been broken with a fragment missing. Measurements: The length of the larger fragment is 26mm and the smaller fragment is 12mm. The width of both the f…
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-A2EFE4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy, symmetrical, double-loop buckle, of post-medieval date (c. 16th century), incomplete as the pin is missing. The buckle consists of a pair of oval loops with single knops located at the sides. The buckle is undecorated but has been bent inwards at the central frame.  Measurements: 34mm in length, 22mm in width and 2.24g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-7C31CE
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy bracelet fragment, probably dating to the Roman period c. AD 250 - 410. The fragment consists of a flat, parallel sided strip of copper alloy with a flattened oval section near one end. Both ends terminate in old breaks. One edge of the bracelet is decorated with a series of punched dots, with the other edge undecorated. There is a ring-and-dot punch decoration at either end of the object. Each ring also consists of tiny dots which are smaller versions of the design on the edge. Dimensions: Length 34 mm, width 9.5 mm, Thickness 2.5 mm, Weight 3.15 g Parallels…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-EB5A72
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a probably post-medieval cast copper-alloy cooking vessel - a leg/foot (c. AD 1500-1700), consisting of the flared foot. The front has a prominent, raised medial rib flanked by an additional rib either side. The object has a D-shaped foot and a five faceted back whilst the front consists of the three ribs which splay at the foot. The foot is uneven. Measurements: Height: 43.14mm, Width: 51.37mm, Thickness (terminal): 15.85mm,  Thickness (at base): 28.84mm,  Weight: 180g
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Torridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-E9557A
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy frame from a purse bar, of late medieval to early post-medieval dating (c. AD 1450 to AD 1550). Around 5-10% of the purse frame is present. The rest is missing, presumed lost in antiquity. The purse frame is C shaped in cross section and curved in shape. One incomplete circular hole is present on one side. The top surface exhibits a grooved zig-zag decoration with residule blue enamel inlay. The purse frame is a mid green colour, with an even surface patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted i…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-E8F050
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy probable horse bit or terret ring, dating to the Iron Age c. 150 BC - 0 AD. The object consists of a globular body with two faces exhibiting high-relief designs. Three arms protude from the body, two transversely and one from the underside. The underside arm is missing completely with remnants of the other two curving downward from the body. The shorter of the two limbs extant has an arched design on one edge, each side. On one face, the high-relief design depicts a simple triskelion with a raised central dot. There is a small…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-E83DD1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast alloy brooch dating to the Roman period, typical of a 1st century dolphin fibula, most likely dated to AD 50-90 because of the hinged pin mechanism (Hattatt, P. 66). The complete brooch would have had wings in the form of a cylindrical cross-bar running either side of the top of the bow, but one of the wings is almost completely missing and the remaining wing is now a broken stump. Approximately just under half of the length of the bow remains - and this ends in a worn break towards the foot. The bow rises slightly from the top of t…
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ogwell', grid reference and parish protected.