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
- Simple Name
- faunal bone
- Full Name
- dog skull
- Collector / Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Collection Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Common Name
- dog skull
- Material
- bone (animal)
- Period Classification
- Post Medieval (1500-1750)
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Contintent
- Europe
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collection Town
- Exeter
- Collection County
- Devon
- Collection Site Name
- Trichay Street (1972-4)
- Family Group
- Dimensions
- whole length 145 mm; whole width 95 mm; whole depth 60 mm
- Created At
- 2016-10-13 15:45:41
- Updated At
- 2020-01-28 11:42:50
There are 2 comments
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