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Record ID: SOM-171F61
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a Post Medieval cast copper alloy pot leg. The remaining section appears to be just be the foot which is D-shaped in section and very worn, with traces of five evenly spaced raised ribs running down the front. The foot narrows and thins towards the top where it ends in an old break where it attached to the leg. It is 31.5mm long, 30.9mm wide and 17.3mm thick; it weighs 69.72 grams.
Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1100-1800 for serving and cooking. Butler et al (2009, 4) suggest there were four main types of leg used. This is possibly a type B…
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cullompton CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-17075A
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy spherical animal bell (crotal) of post-medieval date. The fragment comprises half of the lower of two hemispherical domes, the hemisphere naturally divided in two by the sound slot, and vestiges of the upper hemisphere broken around a sound hole, together with a raised circumferential join. The upper hemisphere would have had two circular sound holes with a rectangular tab projecting from the top between them.
The upper hemisphere is seemingly plain from the small amount that survives. The sound slit on the lower hemisphere is flanked by an indente…
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 30th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Halberton CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-170157
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a Post Medieval cast copper alloy pot leg and foot. The leg is D shaped in section with a flat back; it is broken off just above a transverse collar with an old break. The prominent collar is rounded in section. The foot is also D shaped in section and very worn, with only a rounded stub remaining below the collar. It is 29.9mm long, 27.9mm wide and 13.3mm thick; it weighs 37.93 grams.
Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used from c.1100-1800 for serving and cooking. Butler et al (2009, 4) suggest there were four main types of leg used. This is a type C which…
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Thursday 3rd July 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Cullompton CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SOM-14BBC1
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and corroded post-medieval copper-alloy trader's token farthing issued by Richard Strangar, tallow chandler of Tiverton, Dorset, 1648-1672, Williamson (Devon) 331.
See also SOMDOR-D06333 on this database
Created on: Monday 30th June 2014
Last updated: Monday 30th June 2014
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Halberton CP', grid reference and parish protected.
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