Record ID: DEV-8F79AE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken medieval silver penny of Edward I or II dating to AD 1307 to 1309. Probably Edwardian class 10cf3. Mint of London. North (1991, 32) no. 1042. The coin has been folded in half and broken along the fold.
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 16th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Awliscombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-FBF027
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian dating to AD 367 to 375 (Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory walking left with palm and a wreath. Mint of Arles. LRBC Vol II 521-2
Created on: Thursday 30th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 22nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yeovilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-43A306
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post medieval half groat of James I (1603-1625) dating to 1603-4. North (1991: 144) no. 2076. Thistle initial mark above shield. Tower Mint. Measurments: Diameter: 16.8 mm Thickness: 0.5 mm Weight: 0.59 g
Created on: Thursday 9th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: DEV-AC0B06
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of a medieval or post-medieval cast copper alloy pot leg and foot. The leg is sub-trapezoid in section with a narrower, slightly convex back and flat front. It is broken off just above the foot. It widens to terminate in a flat, extended foot, which, when placed on a flat surface, sets the object at an angle and has a D-shaped imprint with a straight front edge. The object has a worn green-brown surface. The broken edge is abraded. The object is 46.7mm in length, 39.4mm in width and 23.3mm in thickness. It weighs 96.5g. Crudely made cast copper alloy vessels were widely used f…
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2019
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2019
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Record ID: DEV-16DCAF
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete small silver spoon dating to the post-medieval period. The remaining portion comprises the bowl and adjoining length of handle; any terminal knop to the handle is missing to an old, patinated break. The bowl is an elongated oval with a rounded outer edge, which appears distorted and possibly worn. The stem has a D or trapezoid cross section, wider at the back than the front and tapers slightly in width away from the bowl before starting to widen again before the break. The joint of the bowl and stem are extended on the back with a rounded drop and elongated triangul…
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sparkwell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-B6377E
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a silver spoon dating to the Medieval to Post-medieval period. The remaining portion comprises a length of the shank and a fragment of the bowl where they join. The stem has a lozenge shaped cross section and tapers distally. At the distal end the stem terminates in an old break. The stem creates a 'V' shape on the underside of the spoon bowl, where it joins. The bowl may well have been fig-shaped but too little exists to be certain. While the cross-section size at the break end is small the strength and rigidity of the material suggests the shank might have extende…
Created on: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Musbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-9B5D4E
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval copper alloy clasp, probably from a folding strap clasp for a belt, or possibly a book fitting. The object consists of a flat sheet of metal folded in half at the midpoint, with the fold creating a circular effect in cross section. The two sides remain folded close together, although they flare slightly away from one another at the now open end. This was once held closed by two circular rivets which survive, but are no longer holding the clasp together. On the upper surface, each of the rivets is emphasised by two incised circles surrounding the rivet itse…
Created on: Friday 1st March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2019
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Record ID: DEV-8ABE00
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy harness pendant dating to the medieval period, c. 1250-1400. The object is shaped as a square topped shield with convex sides meeting at a point at the base, and is flat in cross section. There is the stub of a suspension loop slightly to the right of centre on the upper edge. This tapers to a narrow point where the break has occurred, with the loop missing. The pendant is slightly bent, with the pointed bottom of the shield curving upwards slightly. The shield is marked by three evenly spaced horizontal grooves, approximately 2mm in width. No clear metal coating …
Created on: Monday 4th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th February 2019
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Record ID: DEV-5965A6
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pommel from a sword or dagger in the shape of a human bust dating to the later Iron Age (150-1 BC). The bust is moulded in three dimensions, with the lower edge of the shoulder line demarcated by an incised groove which runs around both sides of the object. The bust ends here, at approximately the point of the clavicle. Iron staining on the sides of the shoulder appear to be from the end of the sword rather than expansions at the sides. Directly below this is a sub-rectangular attachment, much marked by iron decay, where the pommel would once have attached to the sw…
Created on: Saturday 2nd February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fitzhead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-593706
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver half groat of Charles I (1625-49) dating to AD 1639-40. Group D, triangle initial mark. Tower of London mint. North Type 2258 (North 2006: 161).
Created on: Saturday 2nd February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
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Record ID: DEV-30DE74
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy 'lyre shaped' strap end dating to the Medieval period (1375-1425). It consists of a box like upper and open work lower section, now mostly missing The body of the strap end is trapezoid in plan and rectangular in cross section. It is cast complete with front, back and sides all integral, the top is open. The front is decorated with incised lines probably forming a black letter M surrounded by a incised border. It appears to have once been gilded as a very small amount of gilding survives. The reverse is undecorated. At the open attachment end are tw…
Created on: Thursday 31st January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fitzhead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-2FB976
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy purse bar, probably of Class A, dating to between AD 1450-1550. The object consists of the suspension loop and the central part of the bar. The central block on the bar is sub-rectangular (cuboid) with rounded lower corners. It is decorated with incised double linee inlaid with niello forming cross hatching on the front and two pairs of parallel diagonal lines on the reverse. The two arms are cylindrical in shape, with debased animal heads adjacent to the cnetral block, mouth outwards. The heads are formed of two ridges, with the outer ridge closer to …
Created on: Thursday 31st January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Cleeve CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-F3B4A4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a Medieval or post medieval cast lead alloy cup weight from a set of nested weights, dating to c. AD 1300-1600. The weight was originally open in profile, having a circular base with the sides flaring up to a wider rim. It has been compressed and one side is now folded inwards, although the original base area remains relatively unaffected. The flat rim surface itself is decorated with a motif of repeated raised circles, which continue around the full circumference. No other decoration survives, but a possible attachment point is visible on the flat side, where two circular…
Created on: Wednesday 16th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2019
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Record ID: DEV-011E4D
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy pommel from a sword or dagger in the shape of a human bust dating to the later Iron Age (150-50 BC). The bust is moulded in three dimensions, beginning just below the shoulder line, with the point where the thick neck and shoulders meet emphasised with a cast thick line, possibly intended to represent the neckline of a garment. The neck tapers slightly but remains thick at the point where it meets the head. The chin is broad and bearded, with the point of the beard emphasised, giving the chin a somewhat bulbous appearance. The beard continues up to the ears on either…
Created on: Sunday 23rd December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Micheldever', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: DEV-D88B09
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two retouched flakes of a dark grey flint, both of which retain their original white-buff cortex over the distal end. They are both sub-rectangular in shape with numerous flake scars across the two dorsal faces. The larger of the two shows a natural break on the right dorsal margin, where the flint has sheered off forming an almost straight edge, there is an area of long scalar semi-abrupt retouch adjacent to the break, possibly an attaempt to create a notch that was abandoned. The smaller of the two has a distinctive grey spot of patina in the centre of its ventral face and short, sc…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th December 2018
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Record ID: DEV-9E61BB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver shilling of Edward VI (AD 1547-1553) dating to the third period, 1551-3. Tun initial mark, mint of London. North (1991, 123) number 1937. The coin is 32.5mm in diameter and 1.1mm thick. It weighs 5.75g.
Created on: Monday 12th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th December 2018
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Record ID: DEV-2F8F82
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A base fragment of a greyware ceramic vessel dating to the Roman period (c. AD 43 - 410). The base is almost flat, with wear marks and more recent scratches on the underside. There is very little of the vessel's body that remains adhered to the base, but there is enough to suggest an open profile vessel form, too little survives to estimate the diameter. The fragment is a blue-grey in colour, with brownish patina. The hard fired fabric is non-micaceous with abundant very fine sand temper and occasional rounded iron stone inclusions. The sherd measures 12mm in length, 49.3mm in width, …
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: DEV-5E90CD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probably Medieval copper alloy single looped buckle, probably dating to c. AD 1100-1250. The frame is D-shaped and internally beveled, with a thick convex outer edge. This is decorated with alternating thick and narrow raised ribs, the latter having transverse grooves to create a corded effect. The bar is recessed and circular in cross-section; the pin has been lost. Length: 35.8mm; width: 24.4mm; thickness: 7.7mm; weight: 16.73g. No parallel has been found in the usual sources. While the broad outer edges similar to 11th century buckles such as LIN-5E320A the unrecessed bar s…
Created on: Monday 23rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
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Record ID: DEV-097301
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Early Medieval to early Medieval copper alloy stirrup terminal, probably dating to c. AD 1000-1100. The object is now highly abraded, but is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross section, tapering into a sub-circular sectioned debased urnes-style crested animal head which curls around to meet the main body of the terminal and form a circular aperture. The interior (sub-triangular) face of the terminal is concave, and retains a significant amount of iron corrosion, although the outer edges (and possible face) have been lost. Dimensions: height 22.4mm; width 21.5…
Created on: Thursday 19th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
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Record ID: DEV-EB7A67
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval copper alloy heraldic horse harness pendant, dating to c. AD 1200-1400. The pendant is shield shaped, tapering to a point at the bottom and with a transverse attachment loop projecting from the top edge. The pendant is decorated with an inner shield, left reserved against a recessed border containing a series of raised pellets. This was probably originally inlaid with enamel, although it is now lost, with the raised pellets retaining traces of gilding (bezants). The central shield retains traces of a white metal coating, with three recessed diagonal channels retaining thier…
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
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