Dog skull
- Description
- This dog skull was found with several others in a medieval rubbish pit in Exeter.
- Accession Loan No.
- 51/2005/15/4/2
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Common Name
- dog skull
- Simple Name
- faunal bone
- Full Name
- dog skull
- Dimensions
- whole length 145 mm; whole width 95 mm; whole depth 60 mm
- Period Classification
- Post Medieval (1500-1750)
- Family Group
- Material
- bone (animal)
- Collector / Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Collection Site Name
- Trichay Street (1972-4)
- Collection Town
- Exeter
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Continent
- Europe
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It would be nice to have some measurements included in the details – I was really checking as I’d like to base a novel in medieval Exeter and wanted to know what ‘type’ of dog this may have been. As it stands, this is just a ‘dog skull’, but I’d really like to know what kind of dog – terrier-type? Guard (Mastiff) type? Some kind of crossbred mongrel? With no sizing I can’t guess – even better would be for you to tell me what kind of dog it was!
Dear Jane,
We will look into this for you and get back to you.
Best wishes
Holly