Record ID: SOM-97D86D
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead alloy medieval lead pilgrim's ampulla dating to the period c.AD 1350 - 1530. The object is flask-shaped ie with an oval lower part and wide trapezoid neck above ending in an old, irregular, torn break at the top. It is hollow, with no side loops although small stubs and damage at this point suggest they were present. The object's lower portion is oval and decorated on one face with Spencer's (1990) type II scallop (clam) shell motif made of narrow, very closely spaced lines radiating from the curved bottom edge of the ampulla. The other side has been dented inwards …
Created on: Monday 13th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 31st July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wembworthy CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-3EFC8C
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Medieval or Post-medieval lead-alloy (pewter) spoon now comprising the knop and part of the stem. The style most closely approximates a proto-acorn type but it is unusual in its details. The knop and the remaining stem now form an angle of c60 degrees while the final c4mm of the stem is angled at c30 degrees further, bringing it at right angles to the line of the knop, this orientation is due to later damage and cracking. The remaining stem is c20mm in length and hexagonal in cross-section, the sides of the hexagon at the front and rear being longer to create an app…
Created on: Thursday 9th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenn CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4D029A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval uniface lead alloy token issued by I B at Exeter of Powell type 2, probably dating to AD 1550 to 1800. The token has a slight raised rim around the front and back. The front has the raised letters I B over EXON. The back is plain. It is 24.7mm in diameter, 1.8mm thick and weighs 5.00g. The grey shade and light weight suggests a lead-tin alloy. Lead tokens had a wide variety of potential uses such as tallies, gaming pieces, tickets, weights, etc. and are believed to have been locally produced; they are therefore difficult to date precisely. The decoration on this toke…
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halberton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E67DAB
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-tin alloy post-medieval dress pin dating to c AD 1500 - 1650. The head is solid and sub-spherical, 16.02mm in diameter. Only a small piece of the circular cross sectioned shaft remains, measuring 1.60mm. The base is flanked by two pellets and an embedded white quartz fragment, probably post-depositional. The head is decorated with cast, raised decoration. It is divided into two hemispheres by a line formed of conjoined pellets running from the pin to the top of the head and back. One hemisphere is slightly smaller or squashed, possibly from the mould slipping. Ea…
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Braunton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1130D0
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead-alloy pilgrim's ampulla dating to c. AD 1350 to 1530. It is flask-shaped in plan with thinned elongated neck that expand slightly toward the mouth and a rounded lower body. The mouth measures 22.8 mm in width and is now squashed. The neck measures 16.4 mm in length. It is covered by multiple horizontal raised lines running across both sides, but more evidently on the front. A sub-triangular suspension loop projects from either side at the juncture of the body and the neck. On one side the loop is squashed backwards. The lower body is decorated on both sides. On the fr…
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-BD0556
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead-alloy circular unifaced token of unclear Powell type (c. AD 1250-1800). The token has a raised design of confronting D shapes with further lines above and below, a annulet above the retrograde D which also has a cross line through the back line. It is difficult to interpret what the design originally represented. The back is plain. Diameter: 26.8mm, Thickness: 2.6mm, Weight: 8.15g Lead tokens had a wide variety of uses and were made locally; they are therefore hard to date precisely and could be Medieval or Post Medieval in date.
Created on: Tuesday 6th January 2015
Last updated: Thursday 8th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E02CA3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval lead-alloy one-piece button of c. 16th-century date. It is circular in shape with a convex front and flat reverse. The upper surface is decorated with a moulded ?wheel of ?six spokes springing from a central pellet (the device may be floral but wear and corrosion has rendered it unclear). It seems to sit within a plain line border around the outer edge. On the reverse the integral oval-section shank with loop has been bent to one side. Similar buttons can be seen in Read (2005, 57) where they are dated to c. 16th century.
Created on: Friday 14th February 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burlescombe CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-5408E1
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a lead-alloy toy 'horn book' of post-medieval date, representing around 25% of the original object. It is from the bottom right hand corner of a rectangular plaque, and reads OP in a line, above TV in a line, above YZ in a line, with decoration below, all in low relief. The omission of the letter U is not unusual (Lewis 2012, 99). The decoration at the base is indistinct but may consist of a central cross flanked immediately by a diagonal line, then by four or five upright strokes: possibly representing a numeral (see Lewis 2012, 100). The letters are within a border c…
Created on: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 2nd January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uplowman CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9FE1B8
Object type: POWDER MEASURE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast lead alloy cap from a Post Medieval powder measure (c. AD 1600-1700). It has straight sides, now squashed inwards with a almost circular base (probably also slightly squashed and distorted) and an open top. Where the sides meet the base there are were two attachment loops, one on each side, now lost to patinated breaks. It measures 16.1mm in height, 18.9 by 16.4mm at the base and 27.5 by 10.0mm at the top. The sides are 1.1mm in thickness and it weighs 11.89g. The powder cap is the most common find from Civil War sites, forming the cap to the powder holder or flask. The caps…
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 19th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kerswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-9FB093
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead weight or possibly spindle whorl. It is circular and has a slightly domed top and flat base with a large circular hole running through it. It is 21.4mm in diameter, 5.3mm thick and weights 9.35g, the hole is 10.5mm in diameter. Plain spindle whorls and weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards and are hard to date precisely although most are late Medieval - Post Medieval.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2012
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kerswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1CE463
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead spindle whorl or possibly weight. It has a slightly domed top and flat base with a tapering circular hole running through it, slightly off centre. It is 29.8mm in diameter, 8.2mm thick and weights 35.57g, the hole is 7.6mm in diameter at the base, 6.8mm at the top. Plain spindle whorls and weights were cast locally in lead from the Roman period onwards and are hard to date precisely although most are late Medieval - Post Medieval.
Created on: Friday 8th June 2012
Last updated: Sunday 10th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Membury', grid reference and parish protected.