9/2005/10/2
This was part of the legionary soldier’s armour.
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9/2005/10/1
24/2005/18/2
This object was found during excavations of the legionary bath-house.
853/1989/47
Strap ends were used on leather straps or belts to prevent the ends fraying.
300/1988/1208
This ceramic horse head is from a medieval water jug called an ‘aquamanile’, used for washing hands during meals.
262/1998/26
Scorpions use their powerful claws and stinging tail to capture their prey and defend themselves.
318/2007
Tail-less whip scorpions move about using their three pairs of walking legs.
22/2012
This spider was brought in to the museum after it bit a member of the public on the ankle in his sleep.
401/2005
This large spider has been preserved in formalin.
126/2008/1
This female house spider was collected on the 15th of July 1981 from Prospect Park in the St James area of Exeter.
127/2008/1
This female house spider was collected in 1981.
764/2007/286
Adult cave spiders prefer permanently dark and damp places including caves, sewers, cellars, tunnels and mines.
166/2000/3
A small assemblage of animal bone collected during a development-led project in Bonhay Road, an historic industrial area in Exeter.
7/2007/5
A small assemblage of animal bone and shell collected during a rescue project following a fire in the centre of Totnes, an historic Devon town.
1/2024
The Exeter Roman Bath-House Trust was formed in April 2002 to campaign for the revealing, preservation and display of Exeter’s Roman bath-house.
79/1995/105
A small assemblage of animal bone collected during a development-led project of a Roman site in Woodbury, near Axminster.
30/1993/205
A small assemblage of animal bone collected during the research excavation of Roman fort at Bolham, near Tiverton.
53/2005/21
An assemblage of animal bone collected during a large rescue excavation at Goldsmith Street in the centre of historic Exeter.
206/1990/105
A small assemblage of animal bone collected during development-led excavations on the site of medieval and post-medieval houses in Wolborough Street, Newton Abbot.
35/2005/10/2
A cattle skull collected during a rescue excavation at Queen Street in the centre of historic Exeter.
237/1990/205
A small assemblage of animal bone collected during a small-scale rescue excavation of a Roman fort and medieval settlement site in Woodbury near Axminster.
274/1990/105
Five pieces of Roman period bone collected during a rescue excavation on the site of a Roman villa near Seaton.
277/1990/105
A small assemblage of animal bone and shell collected during development-led excavations on the site of medieval and post-medieval houses and a medieval chapel in Exmouth.
284/1989/305
A small assemblage of animal bone, bird bone, fish bone, marine and terrestrial shell collected during research excavations of a Roman villa at Holcombe, near Uplyme.
616/1987/105
A small assemblage of medieval and post-medieval animal bone, fish bone and marine shell collected during a rescue excavation on the site of medieval and later townhouses in Exmouth.
64/1984/105
A small assemblage of animal bone and shell collected during the rescue excavation of a late Bronze Age settlement site in Dainton near Newton Abbot.
120/1975/205
A small assemblage of animal bone and shell collected during excavation of a Roman villa in Seaton.
14/1965/105
An assemblage of animal bone collected during excavations of a Dark Age coastal site near Sidmouth.
2/2004/5
A small assemblage of animal bone collected during a development-led project of a medieval site near Membury.
3/2004/6
A very small assemblage of animal bone collected during a series of watching briefs and excavations during the construction of the new A30 road.