Category: Archaeology

Jaye Jones at Highfield House found this fragment of a clay tobacco pipe (first of the images below) “A piece of clay pipe found under our hazel hedge. I expect there are many more pieces around the village, but I love the image of somebody working in the coppice then sitting down to have a…

Linda Blanchard was quite taken by an old homemade gate latch on the path from Parracombe down to the Heddon Valley, just where you come from the last field to join the steep track. It looks as if it has been put together from old bits of ironmongery and may had a little bit of…

These were all found while digging in the garden. Many of us find small objects in the garden but these, found by Lesley Wilson are especially interesting. There is a small animal trap, a horse rider’s spur, a small glass bottle and a branding iron with the initials JS which Lesley suggests maybe John Sainsbury…

“Small finds” is a term used by archaeologists to describe small objects found on excavations. These are often fragments of items which have been discarded or lost such as personal or domestics items. These became mixed with with other compostable waste or night soil from the privy which in time would have been used to…