Record ID: SOM-3160CA
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded but complete shield-shaped cast copper-alloy harness pendant dating from c.AD1200 - 1400. Main body of the pendant is shield shaped with a flat top, and convex curved sides which converge to a point at the bottom. From the top edge a suspension loop protrudes centrally at ninety degrees to the pendant. This attachment loop ends in a worn, broken terminal that leave only half of original hole that would have been used to hang the pendant. The front of the pendant is decorated by the arms which can be blazoned Or, on a bar sable three horseshoes of the first; i.e. a gold shi…
Created on: Tuesday 1st October 2019
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E538C6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy single looped buckle frame. Part of one of the long edges of the brooch is missing as is the pin. The loop is rectangular with an elaborate wider outer edge and recessed and narrowed strap bar, which is stepped back behind the main frame. Only 9.0mm of the strap bar remains. On one side is a raised knop, which is smooth, with a double incised line above and a small knob at the base. The other side is plain and narrow towards the centre. The outer edge of the brooch is raised to form the head of a lion with a semicircular mane. The back …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Down', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E4ACA4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast copper-alloy single looped buckle frame it is only missing its pin. The loop is rectangular with an elaborate wider outer edge and a recessed and narrowed strap bar. The strap bar is oval in section. On the opposite side to the loop placed either side of the strap bar are knops with a central foliage pattern, a double incised line above and a small knob at the base. The sides of the brooch are plain and narrow towards the centre. The outer edge of the brooch is domed and is moulded to form the head of a lion with a semicircular mane. The back is plain …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Down', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E383F3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy hinged initial T-shaped brooch or possibly hinged Dolphin, probably dating to c. AD 50-150. Only the wings and part of the bow remain. The wings are open at each end revealing a rusty fill, They measure 38.56mm in width and 6.25mm in diameter. There is a central slot between the wings to allow for a hinged pin, only the base of which remains. The bow projects upwards slightly above the line of the wings before curving over back on itself, 5.59mm in thickness. It then tapers down to an old break at 30.59m from the wings Overall the brooch measures 38.56mm in w…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Last updated: Saturday 30th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bittadon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-18EF58
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy strap fitting, probably from a sword belt, dating to the 17th century. The hanger's main body is an ovoid plate with a flat reverse and slighlty convex front surface. At the top of this plate there is a trefoil knop. On the opposite end to this is a collared hook, which curves backwards to a rounded point. The plate has a hole in the centre of the upper part and the remains of a rivet project from the reverse in the centre of the hanger just above the hook. A futher rivot project from the reverse of the trefoil knop. The front of the plate is decorat…
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenn CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-189F2D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy sestertius or dupondius of unclear emperor dating to AD 1-200. Unclear reverse type, unclear mint.
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stockleigh Pomeroy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-18541D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper alloy pot leg, dating to the period c. AD 1500-1700. The leg is broadly triangular in cross section, the inner surface being flat and the outer surface formed of three conjoined convex ribs. The leg terminates downward in a flared, hoof-like foot, separated from the leg by a raised collar. The object has a grey-orange patina. The leg measures 47.48mm in length, 34.39mm in width, 21.19mm in thickness and weighs 99.10g. Butler et al (2009: 4) defines this type of pot leg as a type C, which was in use by the 16th century and almost universal during the 17th.
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 16th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stockleigh Pomeroy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-17D3EC
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy hooked mount. The tip of the hook is now missing, lost to an old break. The mount has a circular mid-section, domed with a convex front and concave back. At one end there is a round ended projecting knop, convex in front and flat backed, divided from the dome by a collar and with a central circular hole within which are the corroded remains of an iron rivet, the head of which is flush with the outer surface of the fitting. At the bottom of the domed section there is a short projection, D-shaped in cross section and rectangular in plan divided by an indented …
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kentisbeare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-17233E
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy spherical crotal bell of post-medieval date. The bell comprises two hemispherical domes with a slightly raised circumferential join. The upper hemisphere has two circular sound holes, one slightly larger than the other, with a rectangular loop projecting from the top between them. The loop is formed of an angular bar of rectangular cross-section and is 4.55mm high, 10.23mm wide and 4.76mm thick. The curve of the bell continues under the loop aperture. The lower hemisphere has a wide, slightly damaged, sound slit with circular holes at the ends. This is set at right…
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-16CBE4
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy spherical crotal bell of post-medieval date. The bell comprises two hemispherical domes with a raised circumferential join. The upper hemisphere has two sound holes, one slightly larger and more oval than the other circular hole, with a rectangular loop projecting from the top between them. The loop is formed of an angular bar of rectangular cross-section and is 4.85mm high, 10.37mm wide and 3.72mm thick. The curve of the bell continues under the loop aperture. The lower hemisphere, has a long, very narrow sound slit with circular holes at the ends. This is set at …
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-E7BE48
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy horse harness pendant with enamelled heraldic decoration. The pendant is in the shape of a square topped shield with straight top and convex sides meeting in a point at the bottom. There is only a small section remaining of a transverse suspension lug projecting from the centre of the top of the shield. The shield appears to be decorated with enamel making heraldic decoration, this can be emblazoned: gules three cinquefoils pierced sable (or Or) arranged two and one and in chief an unclear charge Or, possibly a lion passant guardant. The red enamel survives …
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colyton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2B5B85
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The upper part of a Medieval copper alloy ring seal dating to the 15th century AD. The band is D shaped in cross section with flat inner side and convex outer and terminates in an old break on either side of the bezel at 12.80mm. The portion of the band expands evenly at the shoulders to meet the bezel which is oval in plan. The bezel is decorated with an incised design of an oval frame containing a letter R with a simple crown above and small lines or possible leaves around the sides of the R. The R is incised in reverse as the ring would have been pressed into a wax seal, leaving an …
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wembworthy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-2AC285
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy fragment from a two-part handle from a drinking vessel (probably a tankard) of probable post medieval date (cAD1600 to 1800). The fragment consists only of the thumb rest. One end is a round based straight sided flat plate with a central hole with the broken copper alloy rivet still in place. Above this, along the straight top edge, is the groove for the thumb rest bar. The piece then has a rectangular flat tab which widens out symmetrically into two 'wings' at the upper corners. The wings are slightly convex on the front and flat backed and in plan are curved endi…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-29CE45
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two adjoining pieces of a cast copper alloy Medieval to Post Medieval cauldron dating from cAD1200 to cAD1700. The two pieces form part of the upper rim of a vessel with the remains of an angular lug handle in situ, measuring 19.25mm, with an old break at the turn of the angle. The rim is narrow and ends at an old break where it would have angled out on to the main body of the vessel. There are small white inclusions in the metal which would have been formed during firing. The pieces have a brown/green patina and there are no indications of a pattern. The length is 41.32mm and the thi…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burrington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-494206
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative developed T-shaped brooch, probably dating to c. AD 80-160. Only the head and upper part of the bow of the brooch survive. The wings measure 20.98mm in width and are rectangular with an integral projecting cylindrical bar across the back to hold the hinge (now mostly missing and abraded) and a sub-rectangular slot cut into the centre of the reverse to accommodate a hinged pin. Areas of iron corrosion suggest the hinge bar and possibly the pin were iron. The bow is D-shaped in section. There are worn traces of a broken integral headloop at …
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-47FF61
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small medieval copper alloy rotary key, probably dating to c. AD 1100-1500. The key has a sub-circular shank with a hollow end which has a worn and possibly broken terminal at the bit. The bit itself has two vertical projections, one of which curves outwards 90 degrees at the end, the other having an old break before the end. The shoulders are expanded into a collar, behind which the key is cast into a lozengiform bow, with a three lobed knop at each angle. Dimensions: length 47.28mm; width 24.09mm; thickness 7.42mm; weight 21.24g. Egan (1998: 111, nos. 294-298) publishes a nu…
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 9th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buckland-Tout-Saints', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-18D6E8
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy coin or jetton or token of uncertain state, possibly the Low Countries or Germany, dating to 1566. The piece has an unclear, possibly nonsense legend on the obverse with the figure of a standing archer. The reverse has a cross fleuretty and an unclear legend with the date 1566. The general style seems similar to 16th century jettons of Nuremburg and to some low denomination coins of the Low Counties and adjacent terrirories but it is not currently possible to identify it from the books to hand.
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 20th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ottery St. Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1452A8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval to post-Medieval leg/foot from a cast copper-alloy cooking vessel. The leg is trapezoid in cross-section throughout its length, wider at the front than the back and becomes gradually wider and thicker from the top to the foot. On the front there is a central vertical rib ending in a thick projection at the foot. The base is concave and the top is very irregular and worn. Together with air bubble holes in the back and base this sugegst a crude casting or possible mis-casting. It measures 95.39mm in length, 61.51mm in width, 41.04mm in thickness and weighs 429g. Crudely ma…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pennsylvania', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-0B6277
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval silver sixpence of Queen Anne dating to the period AD 1704 - 1705. Mint of London. The coin is bent into an S shaped love token. See Spink p. 350, no. 3591.
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2016
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holcombe Rogus', grid reference and parish protected.