Rights Holder: The Portable Antiquities Scheme
CC License:

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

BEAD

Unique ID: NMGW-2EF4C2

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Cast near-spherical copper alloy bead, probably of Post Medieval date. No excavated Late Medieval base metal beads have been found in Britain apart from two small irregular tin beads (Nos. 1584-5; Egan & Pritchard 1991) in the Museum of London collections. The bead is plain apart from a small circular mark, possibly the resulting from the

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 14.5 g
Diameter: 17.1 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2002

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: Wales (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Swansea (Unitary Authority)
District: Swansea (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Port Eynon (Community)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SS4588
Four figure Latitude: 51.569507
Four figure longitude: -4.237881
1:25K map: SS4588
1:10K map: SS48NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Egan, G. and Pritchard, F.	1991	Dress Accessories, c.1150-c.1450 (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London 3) (1991)	London	Stationery Office Books		Nos. 1584-5

Similar objects

Find number: SOMDOR-D1AE12
Object type: PIN
Broadperiod: POST MEDIEVAL
A small silver dress pin with bent wire shaft and near-spherical head comprising two hemispheres, each with applied filigree roundels contain…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: ESS-D58D7E
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: MEDIEVAL
A complete annular brooh dating to the Medieval period. The object features four plain knobs on the frame, pin is missing. Similar brooches r…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: NMGW-E2C2AB
Object type: BEAD
Broadperiod: UNKNOWN
A near-complete cast tin alloy bead of unknown date. The bead is roughly circular in plan and sub-oval in section with external diameter of 1…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Report a mistake

Audit data

Recording Institution: NMGW
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.