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| Image | Object Type | Find number | Broadperiod | County | Actions |
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Ring | NMGW-218BE3 |
Bronze age | Pembrokeshire |
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| A plain penannular gold 'lock-ring' with biconical section and a now hollow interior, which has been crumpled and distorted in the ground. The small ring, originally around 30mm in diameter, comprises two circular sheet face-plates with a thin gold wire fused to the plate join, to form an outer r... | |||||
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Axe | NMGW-A4E598 |
Bronze age | Vale Of Glamorgan |
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| Early to Middle Bronze Age bronze axe, probably either a Developed Flat axe or of Later Short-flanged type and of second millennia BC date. The axe is incomplete missing the butt (with a surviving length of 59.2mm and a weight of 64.7g). The axe is of sub rectangular section and is comparatively ... | |||||
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Socketed axehead | NMGW-7FE7D1 |
Bronze age | Vale Of Glamorgan |
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| Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe of uncertain type and probably of Ewart Park metalworking tradition corresponding to Needham’s (1996) Period 7, dated to c. 950 - 750BC The socketed axe is fragmentary, represented by only a blade side fragment (with a surviving length of 41.3mm, a surviving ... | |||||
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Scraper (tool) | NMGW-2D2436 |
Bronze age | Vale Of Glamorgan |
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| Early Bronze Age flint scraper The scraper is of ‘thumbnail’ type (with a length of 17.2mm, a width of 21.3mm, a thickness of 5.7mm and a weight of 2.6g). The retouch arcs around all of the edge apart from the straight proximal end. The dorsal surface has a large proportion of cortex. The scr... | |||||
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Axe | NMGW-466DC7 |
Bronze age | Vale Of Glamorgan |
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| Small mouth fragment of a socketed bronze axe, representing one upper face and part of one upper side. The axe has a prominent mouth moulding, the top of which is heavily eroded, removing any trace of runner stubs. Three converging ribs descend from the mouth moulding. The width and contours of t... | |||||
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Armlet | NMGW-09A1A5 |
Bronze age | Vale Of Glamorgan |
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| A plain and elongate gold strip with near parallel sides. One terminal survives, while the other has been torn around 4-7mm from the end. The surviving terminal is loosely folded over, with an external width of 3.5-5mm. The terminal tapers gradually beyond the fold-over, with a flat but slightly ... | |||||
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Penannular ring | NMGW-093625 |
Bronze age | Vale Of Glamorgan |
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| A small and creased fragment of gold foil. The foil is folded over in half and has jagged tear edges on three sides. | |||||
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Bracelet | NMGW-A93765 |
Bronze age | Wiltshire |
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| CORONER'S REPORT Description of object 1. Twisted gold penannular gold bracelet fragment. The bracelet is made on a rectangular-sectioned (4.1mm x 3.1mm) bar and has a plain unexpanded terminal. The edges and corners of the terminal are sub-rounded. The bracelet is twisted, giving the b... | |||||
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Bead | NMGW-99E8C7 |
Bronze age | Wrexham |
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| A biconical bead made of sheet gold with a central perforation for suspension. The bead is damaged and misshapen, with a snag and a tear evident (maximum diameter 13.5mm, maximum height/width 8.0mm, thickness of sheet <0.1mm, weight 0.84g). The gold wire is sub-rectangular in cross-section, wi... | |||||
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Hoard | NMGW-440A24 |
Bronze age | Monmouthshire |
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| This hoard contains 19 metalwork fragments, representing 15 artefacts, 2 casting jets and 1 ingot or cake fragment. It comprises:- 9 socketed axes: 6 South Wales type socketed axes 1 ribbed socketed axe 1 South-eastern type (Class A) plain socketed axe 1 Plain slender socketed axe Too... | |||||
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Palstave | NMGW-98C821 |
Bronze age | Vale Of Glamorgan |
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| Middle Bronze Age bronze palstave The palstave is looped and is of (group III) low-flanged (broad-blade) form, probably of Type Sleaford (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, pp 136) , belonging to the Taunton or the corresponding Cemmaes tradition in Wales. Taunton / Cemmaes metalworking falls within Need... | |||||
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Chisel | NMGW-889B08 |
Bronze age | Vale Of Glamorgan |
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| Bronze object of uncertain function and date, probably a simple tanged chisel of Middle Bronze Age date, c.1,500 – 1,000BC The chisel is comparatively small, with a distorted length of 50.83mm (c. 54mm undistorted). The artefact is thickest at its middle (at 3.18mm) and thins to the blade and ... | |||||
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Spear | NMGW-8E8085 |
Bronze age | Swansea |
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| Socketed spearhead of socket looped (side looped) type and dating to the Middle Bronze Age, of Acton Park 2, Taunton (Cemmaes) or Pennard metalworking, corresponding to the beginning of Needham’s (1996) Period 5 (c. 1500 – 1150BC). The spearhead is complete and is 149.4mm long and wei... | |||||
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Spear | NMGW-E250E6 |
Bronze age | Gloucestershire |
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| Socket fragment from a Middle Bronze Age socket-looped or side-looped spearhead, probably of Acton Park 2 metalworking tradition, dated to c. 1600-1350 BC. The spearhead is represented by the socket only and none of the blade survives. The socket tapers gradually to the break. The two side loops ... | |||||
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Palstave | NMGW-543D28 |
Bronze age | Carmarthenshire |
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| Single-looped, narrow-bladed and slender palstave of cast bronze. Part of the butt-end of the palstave is missing, whilst the loop has broken off in antiquity. This narrow palstave form exhibits waisting below the stop, the upper sides above the stop being very slightly convex. The sides below th... | |||||
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Palstave | NMGW-53F626 |
Bronze age | Norfolk |
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| Middle Bronze Age Transitional palstave of Type Shelf, (midribbed variant), dating to the end of the Middle Bronze Age. The palstave is of the Penard metalworking tradition, falling into the later part of Needham’s (1996) Period 5 (c. 1500 – 1150BC). Characteristically for the type, the palst... | |||||
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Gouge | NMGW-52C2A3 |
Bronze age | Vale Of Glamorgan |
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| Late Bronze Age socketed gouge, probably of Ewart Park (c. 950 - 750 BC) or Llyn Fawr (c. 750 – 500 BC) metalworking tradition. The gouge is of circular mouth section and has a low-raised collar, which is very slightly concave and is 10mm deep from the mouth. The casting seams are prominent on ... | |||||
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Socketed axehead | NMGW-2AA743 |
Bronze age | Rhondda Cynon Taff |
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| Three ribbed South Wales Type socketed axe of cast bronze. One upper face and most of the mouth top has broken away, whilst the loop is broken. This medium sized axe is slender in form, with slightly divergent sides, widening near the blade end to form an expanded blade with slight recurving at t... | |||||
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Halberd | NMGW-87E225 |
Bronze age | Pembrokeshire |
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| This is a symmetrical slender halberd blade of cast copper or bronze. Down the centre of the blade is a straight midrib. This is wide and angular in cross-section, at the top end tapering with a straight line into the haft-plate. The blade edges have been entirely removed, thus also removing any ... | |||||
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Arrowhead | NMGW-713837 |
Bronze age | Pembrokeshire |
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| Barbed and tanged flint arrowhead made on unpatinated grey flint. The arrowhead is missing the tip and possibly a barb, although no break is evident above the missing barb. | |||||
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Spear | NMGW-DF8A10 |
Bronze age | Wiltshire |
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| Bronze Age socketed spearhead tip fragment, of uncertain type and of Middle to Late Bronze Age date (c. 1450 – 600BC). The spearhead has broken at the bottom of the socket, with the last 1.5mm evident near the side of the fragment. The spearhead is likely to have been comparatively slender and ... | |||||
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Palstave | NMGW-C905E7 |
Bronze age | Monmouthshire |
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| Unlooped Early Palstave of Group II, probably an example of the Early Midribbed palstaves of Type Coed Llan and belonging to the later Acton Park metalworking stage of the Middle Bronze Age. Needham (1996) grouped Acton 2 metalwork with Taunton and Penard as his Period 5 (c. 1500-1150BC), It coul... | |||||
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Socketed axehead | NMGW-B6E9A2 |
Bronze age | Gloucestershire |
xml | csv json |
| Blade end fragment from a Late Bronze Age socketed axe of indeterminate type. The fragment has little of the original external surface surviving and the blade edge has been lost. The axe would have been comparatively slender with the sides gently diverging at the blade ends. The blade edge was li... | |||||
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Spear | NMGW-B67A91 |
Bronze age | Herefordshire |
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| Bronze Age spearhead fragment of socket-looped type and of Middle Bronze Age date, and likely to belong to the Acton Park or Cemmaes metalworking traditions (c. 1500-1100BC). The spearhead is broken at both ends and would have been short with a leaf-shaped blade. The circular socket becomes lozen... | |||||
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Cauldron | NMGW-A60BD5 |
Bronze age | Wiltshire |
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| Curved cast bronze fragment, possibly a strap handle from a later prehistoric cauldron or metal vessel. The strap fragment has a little of the attachment plate surviving before two wide and rounded ribs. The strap is curved and would have secured the circular ring handle. | |||||
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Strap fitting | NMGW-A0EC15 |
Bronze age | Wiltshire |
xml | csv json |
| Small cast ring with loop, probably an inner piece from a composite strap fitting of Late Bronze Age date, and probably of Ewart Park (c. 950 – 750 BC) or Llyn Fawr (c. 750 – 500BC) metalworking tradition. The ring is D-shaped with an integral rectangular delicate loop on the straight... | |||||
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Palstave | NMGW-22B071 |
Bronze age | Pembrokeshire |
xml | csv json |
| Bronze palstave axe dating to the early Middle Bronze Age, and probably of Taunton or Cemmaes metalworking tradition, Needham et al. (1996) Period 5; c. 1500-1150 BC. The palstave is of an early type and is unlooped, and is also without either a shield pattern or a mid-rib on the blade. The palst... | |||||
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Arrowhead | NMGW-B66C51 |
Bronze age | Newport |
xml | csv json |
| Very finely flaked to a clear point, some damage to the tang and one of the barbs. Made on grey unpatinated flint. | |||||
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Socketed axehead | NMGW-718725 |
Bronze age | Powys |
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| Late Bronze Age socketed axe of Ewart Park metalworking tradition (c. 1000–800 BC). The axe is of South Wales (Stogursey) Type and is typical of Ewart Park axe heads found in south east Wales. The axe is comparatively short and squat. The socket is sub-rectangular, within an irregular mouth... | |||||
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Socketed axehead | NMGW-388961 |
Bronze age | Monmouthshire |
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| Complete, but damaged Late Bronze Age plain socketed axe-head. The axe is comparatively long and slender in form. The mouth is somewhat circular, but the socket profile is sub-square and the axe has a sub-rectangular body section. The collar is simple and flared with no mouldings. The mouth-edge ... | |||||
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