Record ID: CORN-52AE0A
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rim fragment from a cast copper alloy cauldron. The fragment is 75 mm in width, 41 mm in height and 3.5 mm thick, widening to 6 mm thick at the rim and a weight of 57.3 g. The rim is out-turned and bevelled on its inner edge with the upper face flat, so that it is triangular in section. The curvature of the rim suggests that it would have been 280 mm in diameter which falls comfortably within the normal range for a cauldron and suggests a vessel with a capacity of between 4½ and 6 gallons. The exterior surface is rough and has patches of black burnt organic matter encrusted on…
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th April 2023
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Record ID: CORN-DB2A92
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver finger ring dating from the Medieval period, c.1200-1400. The ring is inscribed on the outer face of its hoop with the Lombardic letters +A+G+L+A+A with each letter separated by a cross potent. The inscription has amuletic significance representing the words, translated from Hebrew: Atha Gebri Leilan Adonai, meaning 'Thou art mighty forever, O Lord'. It was invoked as a charm against fever during the Middle Ages. See O. M. Dalton, Catalogue of Finger Rings (London, 1912), pp.135-6. This ring has an extra 'A' at the end of the inscription which may not represent a…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ottery St. Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-234546
Object type: SICKLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy socketed sickle dating from the Early Iron Age, c.800-700 BC. The crescentic blade is 120 mm long, 35 mm wide and 2 mm thick and has a flat mid-rib on both faces defined by a pair of grooves that are 14 mm apart near the socket and taper to a point 12 mm in from the end of the blade. The outer edge of the sickle blade is thinner at 1 mm and sharper, though damaged, than the internal edge which is 1.5 mm thick, but the internal edge is usually considered to be the cutting edge on sickles so this would appear to be a double-bladed tool. The socket is at right angles to…
Created on: Thursday 12th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2019
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Record ID: CORN-26783B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver groat of Henry VIII (1509-47), Second coinage (1526-44), mintmark arrow (1526-1544), London mint, Spink 2337E with Laker bust D, larger, squarer face with roman nose and fluffy hair; crown arch does not break inner circle.
Created on: Thursday 13th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2019
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Record ID: CORN-268981
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and clipped silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third and fourth issues (1561-77) with date of 156? above shield on reverse. Small flan with inner beaded circle 17.5 mm diameter. Very large bust 3E, with rose behind head so issued between 1563 and 1565. Spink 2561B.
Created on: Thursday 13th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2019
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Record ID: CORN-269ED4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver half groat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth issue (1582-1600), mintmark escallop (1584-86) with no rose or date, two pellets behind bust, Spink 2579.
Created on: Thursday 13th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 19th June 2019
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Record ID: CORN-E878CA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Edward III (1327-77), Fourth Coinage (1351-1377), Pre-treaty period (1351-61), Series G (1356-1361), mintmark cross 3, with closed E, reverse-barred Roman N, tall, trifoliate crown with broken right ornament, annulet on breast and annulet stops and extra annulet in first quarter of reverse, London mint, Spink 1588.
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
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Record ID: CORN-E880B1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A damaged silver penny of Henry VI, First Reign (1422-61), Annulet issue (1422-27) with extra annulets in first and third quarters of reverse, Calais mint, Spink 1845.
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th November 2018
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Record ID: CORN-52C395
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy rim fragment from a bowl or cooking vessel with a 15 mm wide internally bevelled rim that is triangular in profile and flush with the upper edge of the vessel. The body of the vessel curves downwards slightly, in profile, to suggest a shallow straight-sided bowl, and the curvature of the rim, in plan, suggests a diameter of about 300 mm. The bevelled rim itself is 6 mm thick which then tapers to the body which is 5 mm thick. The interior surface of the fragment is pitted from the sand casting process and the exterior surface has many parallel horizontal lines which a…
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2018
Last updated: Sunday 22nd April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-4571B2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third and Fourth Issue (1561-1577), mintmark pheon (1561-1565), dated to 1561 on reverse, with small bust 1F and smaller flan with inner beaded circle 17.5 mm in diameter, Spink 2561.
Created on: Monday 16th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 20th April 2018
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Record ID: CORN-E26668
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third Issue, dating to 1562 on the reverse, with smaller flan (inner circle 14 mm) and regular bust, Spink 2565.
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2017
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2017
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Record ID: CORN-15EBD9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver voided long cross penny of Henry III (1247-1272), Long Cross Coinage (1247-1272), Class 3b (1248-1250) with neat round bust with beard in three pellets either side of a large central pellet and no neck, mintmark mullet 3, moneyer Nicole, London mint, Spink 1363.
Created on: Friday 15th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
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Record ID: CORN-83C2EF
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy rim fragment from a bowl or cooking vessel with an internally bevelled rim that is triangular in profile and flush with the upper edge of the vessel. The body of the vessel curves downwards slightly to suggest a reasonably deep straight-sided bowl or a deep straight-sided everted rim, as seen on cauldrons, and the curvature of the rim suggests a diameter of about 320 mm. The bevelled rim itself is 7 mm thick which then tapers to the body which is 6 mm thick. The surface of the interior and exterior is mottled black burnt organic material, which suggests that the vess…
Created on: Friday 15th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2016
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Record ID: CORN-3610F1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross penny of Edward II (1307-1327), Class 7, Type 9b (1312-1318) with retrograde 'N' on obverse and retrograde legend on reverse, Berwick mint.
Created on: Wednesday 11th November 2015
Last updated: Friday 13th November 2015
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Record ID: CORN-3C6872
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Four stamped copper alloy coin weights for the gold guineas and half guineas of George III (1760-1820) issued by Street & Pyke of Bridgwater (1773-1800), dated to 1775 on the reverses. The four weights all have 'STREET & PYKE' on the obverses, and 'NEW STAND' (for 'new standard') and 1775 on the reverses. Each weight has numerals below the letters 'P' (for pennyweight) and 'G' (for grain). One coin weight, which weighs 8.3 g, has the numerals '5 : 8' under these letters, which would equate to 5 pennyweights and 8 grains. One pennyweight equates to 24 grains (Withers, 1995, 53), so …
Created on: Wednesday 13th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2015
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Record ID: CORN-4EBC75
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver sixpence of Charles I (1625-1649), Group D, Fourth Bust, Type 3a with no inner circles, mintmark crown, c.1635-36, Tower Mint under Charles I, Spink 2813.
Created on: Thursday 14th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2015
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Record ID: CORN-9B2500
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of House of Constantine, c.AD 319-320, Reece Period 16, VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP type reverse, PLN in exergue so London mint. Cf.RIC Vol.VII, p.108, nos.170-3, 175-6.
Created on: Thursday 11th December 2014
Last updated: Sunday 14th December 2014
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Record ID: CORN-C55D33
Object type: TAP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy barrel tap missing its tap key, which would have slotted into the square socket or trunnion around the rectangular pin inside. The key would have originally turned in the trunnion to allow the liquid to flow through an opening to the spout. The key opened and closed a valve, and below the socket the projecting housing in which the valve turned was adjustable by a slotted screw head. The barrel tap has a circular sectioned spigot which tapers towards the end for fitting into the barrel. The end is capped by a circular element with one central perforation, 2…
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th October 2014
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Record ID: CORN-CE7C31
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy spur with a side that is hemispherical in section, with a lateral figure-eight terminal. One of the loops of the figure-eight terminal holds the hook of a stud chape which would in turn have attached to the undersole leather of the boot, to secure the spur. The hook expands into a circular plate which extends to a pointed terminal that holds the stud which is teardrop-shaped in plan and plano-convex in profile. There are patches of dark green patina on the surface of the side of the spur, but the chape is more corroded. Read (1988) illustrates a simi…
Created on: Monday 8th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th September 2014
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Record ID: CORN-B45DA6
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Solid cast lead handle from the butt end of a toy pistol with two circular apertures at the broken end, within an expanded collar, which would have attached to the body of the gun. The central aperture is 4 mm in diameter, and judging from a complete example recorded in SWYOR-4634F5, the aperture would have held an iron rod to attach it to the barrel of the gun. The complete example has another matching collar at the end of the barrel, and a trigger mechanism to enable the gun to be fired. The handle has been decorated on both sides with three moulded curved lines, defined by four rec…
Created on: Saturday 6th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th September 2014
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