Record ID: DEV-0AC16B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Late medieval or Post-Medieval copper alloy plaque or fitting, probably dating to c. AD 1400-1550. The object comprises of a sub-rectangular sheet of copper alloy, intact along three of its edges and with a patinated break on its fourth (left) edge. The object is perforated twice, with a rivet hole in either right corner. An incised rectangular border, partially followed by the break on the left, defines a field containing a crowned IS, the two being entwined. A wavy incised line follows the median line of the S, terminating in an oval at either end. The I appears to hav…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2018
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Record ID: DEV-753CBF
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy toy cannon, probably dating to c. AD 1700-1900. The toy is cylindrical, flaring at the mouth and and terminating in a knop at the opposing end. Both trunions survive, expanding from a slightly thickened collar. A crude perforation thorugh a narrowed waist below the terminal knop forms the firign hole. There are two double-stranded incised collars along the length of the cannon's barrel. Dimensions: length 66.8mm; width 19.9mm; thickness 10.4mm; weight 15.29g. Forsyth and Egan (2005:80-81) discuss toy cannons and suggest those that actually fired were…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Record ID: DEV-35EAF5
Object type: TOOTH PICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post-medieval silver toilet article-pendant, with a partial copper alloy core. The surviving section comprises of a sub-rectangular sectioned bar of silver which tapers and arcs downwards slightly into an old break at the terminal. The bar is hollow, worked into shape and brazed along a longitudinal seam visible on the lower face. The other end is zoomorphic in form, with added detail cast in low relief, depicting sub-rectangular eyes and triple-stranded brows, the top of which is flanged and curves upwards, abutting an attachment loop. The head is similarly hollow, and p…
Created on: Monday 8th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Budleigh CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-F4A74B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval copper alloy trader's token halfpenny, dating to 1669. Issued by John Manning (Maninge) in Newton Abbot. Williamson (1967) Devon 215.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: DEV-0A6C03
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post-Medieval copper alloy thimble, probably dating to c. AD 1400-1550. The thimble is domed, with sloping sides and hand-drilled circular pits arranged in a series of longitudinal lines along its sides and in a spiral on the top, leaving a small bald tonsure a the apex. Dimensions: height 20.8mm; diameter 20.7mm; weight 5.86g. Holmes (1988) notes that bald tonsures are a feature of earlier thimbles, becoming less common with time and disappearing by c. 1650, whilst the arrangment of pits into a spiral from base to apex had become ubiquitous by 1500. The slightly i…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Record ID: DEV-B106A7
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Medieval to Post-Medieval copper alloy thimble, probably dating to c. AD 1400-1600. The thimble is cast, domed and with sloping sides. Circular hand drilled pits are arranged in a concentric spiral extending from the base, although leving a narrow plain rim, to the apex, leaving a small bald tonsure. Dimensions: Height 21.7mm; diameter 23.5mm; thickness of walls c. 1.8mm; weight 14.19g. Holmes (1988) notes that bald tonsures are a more characteristically early feature and cease to be seen on thimbles after c. 1650, whilst the spiral arrangement of pits was increasingly ub…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2018
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Record ID: DEV-C3EDA2
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval copper alloy 'seal-topped' spoon, probably dating to c. AD 1550-1650. The surviving portion comprises of the terminal and partially surviving handle, with the bowl missing. The handle terminates in a flat circular knop, with no traces of engraved initials, below which expands a balluster surmounting a second, more highly abraded, but tapering baluster flanked by collars. There is a casting flaw projecting from one side of the upper balluster. The stem of the spoon is sub-rectangular in cross section. Dimensions: diameter of knop 9.8mm; length 60.7mm;…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th May 2018
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Record ID: DEV-B23D2F
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Later Prehistoric flint scraper, probably of Later Bronze Age or Iron Age date, c. 1600-1 BC. A large sub-piriform secondary flake of mottled grey-brown flint, broadly sub-trapezoidal in cross section and retaining a layer of thin, sandy cortex on c. 20% of its dorsal face. A striking platform survives at the proximal end, with a large but unscarred bulb of percussion. A number of negative removal scars are present on the dorsal face, struck from at least four directions; the most prominent being a very large hinged removal struck from 45 degrees to the striking platform. The flake …
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2018
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Record ID: DEV-5CBB49
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post-Medieval copper alloy harness pommel, probably dating to c. AD 1500-1700. One half (divided along the longitudinal median line) of a domed, hollow cylinder, terminating in a small knop at its apex. At its base a small projecting arm, probably perforated, has been lost. The pommel is decorated with incised, double stranded bands which curve around the circumference from the apex, terminating in a double-stranded collar. Dimensions: Length 66.2mm; width 35.9mm; thickness (radius of cyinder) 16.3mm; weight 27.4g. A complete example can be seen illustrated by Read…
Created on: Saturday 3rd February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
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Record ID: DEV-45C56D
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small assemblage of copper alloy vessel fragments and casting waste, probably dating to c. AD 1500-1800. Part of a larger assemblage also recovered in the same area, see also DEV-7416D4. This record includes two irregular fragments of copper alloy working waste (weight: 74.8g; 16.8g), a vessel rim fragment with expanded, angular rim (77.1g) and a probable pot leg fragment of Butler, Green & Payne's type A (12.2g). The large amounts of similarly dated fragmentary copper alloy objects and casting waste may relate to recycling activities for a foundry, with examples known locally …
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
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Record ID: DEV-D00C64
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to Post-Medieval copper alloy composite knife terminal, probably dating to c. AD 1400-1600. The object comprises of a single piece of copper alloy sheet folded around to meet at a soldered join, although it has now broken to the left of this, creating a hollow, sub-rectangular body, with a slightly flared lip at the top edge. A probable cap, originally closing the terminal, has been lost. The sides of the terminal are faceted, creating a hexagonal cross section and with each longitudinal face bearing engraved decoration. The two flanking facets on each side are decorated wi…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
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Record ID: DEV-85654B
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy finger ring of Guiraud's type 5 ('ring-key'), probably dating to c. AD 200-410. The hoop is D-shaped when seen from the side, with a flattened and slightly projecting rectangular bezel, of equal width to the hoop. The hoop is plano-convex in cross-section and undecorated. From one corner of the bezel, and perpendicular to the hoop, projects a sub-circular-sectioned hollow stem with an extremely simple sub-triangular bit projecting from its inside edge near to its base. The bit projects so that it is parallel to the bezel and the ring can still be worn on the fi…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th August 2019
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Record ID: DEV-0A1669
Object type: INKWELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval lead container, probably an inkwell or candlestick holder, probably dating to c. AD 1600-1800. The object is circular in plan, with slightly sloping sides and a central depression, U-shaped in cross section, at the apex. The walls of the container are decorated by a triple-stranded, circumferencial band, in low relief, with the central line being wider and more pronounced. The base, walls and central depression appear to be made of separate pieces of lead. Dimensions: length 75.4mm; width 72.4mm; thickness 39.7mm; weight 286g. A number of lead containers identif…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
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Record ID: DEV-863A98
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A coiled copper alloy finger ring of probable Roman date, probably dating to c. 43-410. The ring consists of a narrow strip of copper alloy, 3.8mm wide and 2.0mm thick coiled around itself twice; sub-rectangular in cross-section and terminating in a worn break at one end tapering into a rounded point at the other. The finger ring has now been slightly deformed. Dimensions: across hoop 18.4mm; width 7.8mm; thickness 2.1mm; weight 3.61g. Although largely undiagnostic the ring is from a site producing large amounts of Roman material and a similar date range can be assumed likely in…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th March 2018
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Record ID: DEV-C41A0F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late medieval inscribed gold finger ring. The ring consists of a plain band with beaded edges on the exterior face defining a slightly recessed central band. This is inscribed in black letter with the words de bon coer (of good heart), with the words alternating with engraved floral motifs. The interior of the band is plain, with no maker’s or hall marks present on the ring. Oman (1974: 39) notes that black letter inscriptions are popular on love rings from the mid-14th century onwards, with examples from the 15th century onwards typically being plain bands, as opposed to ge…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 15th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shute CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-F4184C
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Roman figurine, probably depicting Cupid, and dating to c. AD 43-410. The figurine is incomplete, missing below the knees and with both wings incomplete. The figurine is naked with its legs bent and knees thrust forward, probably in a flying pose, but resembling a squat. Its left arm is raised whilst its right rests on the corresponding thigh, with hand open. Both hands are simplistically rendered and mitten-like. The face is relatively crudely detailed, with mouth and eye sockets engraved into the surface of the metal and creating a scowl-like effect, with gaze an…
Created on: Monday 29th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2020
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Record ID: DEV-74543C
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric flint flake of debitage, possibly of Neolithic date, c. 4000-2400 BC. An incomplete tertiary flake of orange/brown flint. A diffuse bulb of percussion survives at the proximal end of the ventral face, a series of sub-parallel removal scars survive on the dorsal face, with probable use-related chattering along the left mesal edge. The right mesal edge is lost to a break, although this may have been an intentional attempt to blunt this edge. Dimensions: length 63.4mm; width 28.4mm; thickness 7.3mm; weight 14.53g. It is impossible to date an undiagnostic flake such as…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Record ID: DEV-0992C8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval silver penny of Elizabeth I (AD 1548-1603), dating to AD 1560-1561. First coinage, Cross-crosslet initial mark. London mint. North (1991: 133) no. 1988.
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
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Record ID: DEV-8E0A44
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval silver halfgroat of Charles I (AD 1625-1649), dating to AD 1639-1640. Group D, Triangle initial mark. London Mint. A variant not listed by North, combining the Triangle initial mark with an inner circle on the obverse only. Potentially a mule of North (1991: 162) no. 2258 (obv.) and no. 2257 (rev.)
Created on: Friday 12th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
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Record ID: DEV-8B3906
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and abraded Roman copper alloy Sestertius probably of Marcus Aurelius as Augustus (AD 161-180, Reece period 8). Uncertain reverse type, depicting a figure advancing left holding a raised patera left, left arm at side but detail unclear. Rome mint.
Created on: Friday 12th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2018
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