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| Image | Object Type | Find number | Broadperiod | County | Actions |
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Socketed axehead | LANCUM-EFCBA5 |
Bronze age | Lancashire |
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| Small mouth fragment of copper-alloy socketed looped axe. The axe had a double-mouth moulding and was decorated with thin rib, possibly terminating in small pellets, on both front and back. What remains of the ribs indicated that the axe was most possibly a Type Sompting axe of the earlier part o... | |||||
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Vessel | WMID-32D0F4 |
Roman | Staffordshire |
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| Four ceramic wheel-thrown base sherds of orange-coloured Derbyshire ware (thickness ranging from 8.1mm – 18mm; collective weight: 84.71g). These sherds have an extremely hard, gritty fabric with a pimply surface (‘like goose-flesh petrified’), with colour varying on most sherds from dark blue-gr... | |||||
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Fork (utensil) | GAT-5FC694 |
Post medieval | Isle Of Anglesey |
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| A silver, 2-pronged fork with figure decoration at the knop-end. The prongs of the fork are rounded at the point where they join the handle, and taper towards the end. They are quite corroded. The handle is considerably bent in a reverse S-shape. On the handle the following letters have bee... | |||||
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Vessel | WMID-88EE94 |
Roman | Staffordshire |
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| One ceramic wheel-thrown base sherd of possible Derbyshire ware (34mm x 31.1mm; thickness: 11.1mm; weight: 7.11g). The sherd has a small curve to the base, suggesting a vessel of a possible substantial size, and has a worn but hard gritty fabric, with a mostly brick-red colour and small areas or... | |||||
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Badge | NMGW-C2BF33 |
Post medieval | Vale Of Glamorgan |
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| Cast lead secular badge or pendant probably of Post Medieval date. The badge has a height of 24.5mm and is damaged on one side, giving a maximum surviving width of 13.9mm. The front is convex and depicts a heart within a ribbed border. At the damaged top is a possible attachment or suspension loo... | |||||
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Plough coulter | GAT-6C65C4 |
Roman | Isle Of Anglesey |
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| The object is a flat iron bar, one end of it has been fashioned into a sub-triangular blade. It is not regular in width or thickness, and has two sections on the shaft, roughly 100mm apart, which are narrower and thinner than the remainder, at a minimum of 3mm thick. The thickest part of ... | |||||
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Buckle | GAT-6D2247 |
Post medieval | Isle Of Anglesey |
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| Buckle with curved shape and single triangular prong fixed to widest point. The buckle appears to be made from copper alloy, and has rounded edges. The pin fitment is complete and may still contain traces of the pin. The buckle is narrowest at the pin fitment side. One side of the buckle ... | |||||
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Tankard | NMGW-EB2CB8 |
Iron age | Neath Port Talbot |
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| Late Iron Age copper alloy tankard handle fragment dating from the first century BC to the first century AD. The handle is represented by one terminal and a small part of the handle arc. The handle stands at a surviving height of 22.8mm and weighs 29.9g. The terminal is oval with a width of 45.0m... | |||||
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Quern | LIN-ED2837 |
Neolithic | Lincolnshire |
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| Saddle quern which may be made from a coarse grained quartzite erratic. The quern is a quatrefoil in plan with a worn concave upper surface. The base is smooth and rounded. Grain would be placed on the flat surface of the quern and ground into flour using the stone 'rubber' on top. A similar q... | |||||
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Holed stone | GAT-1302A5 |
Mesolithic | Conwy |
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| Sub-circular stone object with rounded edges and pecked-out circular depressions in either side. The approximate diameter of each depression is 20mm. There is an old fracture on one side of the object. | |||||
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Spindle whorl | GAT-1453F4 |
Iron age | Gwynedd |
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| Lead spindle whorl with rounded profile and sub-elliptical, straight-sided perforation (min. diameter of perforation 13.5 mm; max. diameter 15mm). | |||||
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Spindle whorl | GAT-14C3C3 |
Medieval | Gwynedd |
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| Small bi-conical lead spindle whorl, sub-circular in shape. The perforation has a diameter of 11mm, and has a circular depression in one side of the interior of the object. One side of the spindle whorl is thicker than the other. The surface is worn, but there may be traces of radial lines... | |||||
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Brooch | GAT-156380 |
Roman | Gwynedd |
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| Copper-alloy bow brooch of Wirral type with inlaid enamel dating to the 2nd century. The brooch is now broken and missing the pin and fittings, the catch-plate, and possibly also a loop on the end. A circular stud protrudes from the apex of the bow, although it is unclear whether there was or... | |||||
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Clothing accessory | GAT-15E576 |
Medieval | Gwynedd |
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| A probable copper alloy clothing accessory, with floral relief decoration. A crudely-cast, leaf-shaped item which has been worn and probably damaged – possibly as a result of ploughing as well as natural degradation of the fabric. It is rounded and patches of rust are visible on the edges. ... | |||||
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Love token | GAT-163424 |
Post medieval | Gwynedd |
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| An extremely worn silver coin, deliberately bent in two places to make an S-shaped profile. These are known as ‘love tokens’, which usually date to roughly 1500-1700 AD. There are some spots of corrosion visible which appear to be centred on the points at which the coin was bent. The indenta... | |||||
| Arrowhead | NMGW-2A91E6 |
Neolithic | Monmouthshire |
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| 2 Neolithic flint leaf-shaped arrowheads. One measures 33.5mm in length, 20.3mm in width, 4mm in thickness and 2.3 grams in weight. The other is 31.3mm long, 15.5mm wide, 4.7mm thick and 2.1 grams in weight. | |||||
| Coin | NMGW-4F2F66 |
Medieval | Vale Of Glamorgan |
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| Long cross cut halfpenny weighing 0.648g of the reign of Henry III or Edward I. Mint and class uncertain. [l-c] cut halfpenny | |||||
| Coin | NMGW-4F5AF5 |
Medieval | Vale Of Glamorgan |
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| Long cross cut farthing weighing 0.305g and dating to the reign of Henry III, 1247-1272AD. [l-c] cut farthing | |||||
| Blade | HESH-E41646 |
Mesolithic | Powys |
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| Segment of a snapped flint blade of probable late Mesolithic date (6500BC - 3500BC). The flint tool is sub-rectangular in plan and profile and consists of the upper part of a blade. It measures ??? length, ??? width, and is ??? thick. The blade weighs ???. The bulb of percussion is clear on the r... | |||||
| Blade | HESH-E439F6 |
Mesolithic | Powys |
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| Small segment of a snapped flint blade of probable late Mesolithic date (6500BC - 3500BC). The flint tool is sub-rectangular in plan and profile and consists of the lower part of a blade. It measures ??? length, ??? width, and is ??? thick. The blade weighs ???. The bulb of percussion has been sn... | |||||
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Axe | NMS-237223 |
Iron age | Norfolk |
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| Iron socketed axe partly covered and filled with chalky gravel concretions. Length 152mm, width 58mm, thickness 38mm, aperture of side-loop 18mm x 5mm. Such objects are characteristic of the Halstatt culture of the earliest Iron Age of central Europe. They are rarely found in the British Isles, ... | |||||
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Bulla | HESH-F307A6 |
Medieval | Powys |
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| An incomplete and damaged cast lead or lead alloy circular papal bulla of Pope Boniface IX (VIIII) dating from the medieval period November 1389 - October 1404. The bulla measures 33.6mm length, 35.8mm width and is 5.4mm thick. It weighs 36.99 grams. The front (recta) side of the bulla depi... | |||||
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Vessel | SWYOR-329A28 |
Medieval | South Yorkshire |
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| Copper alloy fragment of a cast vessel handle dating to the Medieval period. The object is the terminal collar of a cast right-angled drop handle. The collar would have been attached to the end of the handle which would have passed through suspension loops so that the handle could swing freely.... | |||||
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Socketed axehead | LANCUM-8C75B6 |
Bronze age | Lancashire |
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| Copper-alloy socketed looped axehead of Irish Late Bronze Age Type. Due to the short, stocky body of axes of this type, they is referred to as 'bag-shaped' or 'purse-shaped'. The axe's exact measurements are: 57mm in length, the blade width is 43mm, the width of the socket is 31-37mm (inner-out... | |||||
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Coin | NMGW-B45F06 |
Early medieval | Neath Port Talbot |
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| Silver, penny of William I (1066-87), PAXS type (probably crown 1), c.1083-6, Mint: St Davids?, moneyer: uncertain. In very poor condition, and now surviving only as a fragment. Fortunately, the fragment has the full mint name. | |||||
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Socketed axehead | WMID-5C9D92 |
Bronze age | Staffordshire |
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| A fragment of a cast copper alloy late Bronze Age socketed axehead dating from 1000-800 BC. Only the lower blade is represented. It is 34.9mm in length, 49.2mm wide and 14.8mm thick at the blade and weighs 64.94g. There are casting flashes on both sides extanding to the blade edge. The cutting ed... | |||||
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Axe hammer | CPAT-6FCE17 |
Bronze age | Conwy |
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| An axe-hammer of igneous stone found in 1989 holding open the door of a shed in the rear garden of a house at Castle Place, Abergele. The finder Mr Nathan Roberts was undertaking renovation work on the house at the time. A fine example with overall pecking marks visible, blunted at the axe... | |||||
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Palstave | HESH-C3EF55 |
Bronze age | Shropshire |
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| A cast copper alloy flanged palstave with central rib, possible shield shaped pattern below the stop ridge, and raised flange facets. On both sides of the axe are linear ribs which extend from the butt to the cutting edge. These ribs are likely to be scars from the two part mold used to cast it. ... | |||||
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Unidentified object | CPAT-EBDB07 |
Post medieval | Powys |
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| Flattened lump of lead with central raised knob on which traces of leather remain. Similar but larger examples have also been found by Mr Pugh at Llanyblodwel and in Shropshire. Suggested as being associated with leatherworking or for mending a pot or pan. Possibly a lead weight or alternatively ... | |||||
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Coin | NCL-EE9DA7 |
Roman | Tyne And Wear |
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| Denarius of Trajan. | |||||
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