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Record ID: NMGW3176
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Perforated conical lead weight. Grooved base. Diameter of base 19-20mm, height 17mm, diameter of perforation 5mm, weight 35.4g. Post-medieval
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3177
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Perforated conical lead weight. Diameter of base 31-32mm, height 39mm, diameter of perforation 6-7mm, weight 161.4g. Medieval to post-medieval.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-F1E9A6
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Probably originally half-ounce, with marks: crowned EL (Elizabeth I) Sword and ewer (London)
Created on: Thursday 5th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: IARCH-13975D
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Found "in a grey pottery jar, several shards of which were recovered stained by its contents. The rim is not represented, and it was probably ploughed off long ago".
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanedeyrn II', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-1BBBEF
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
"remains of amphora"
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cardiff Castle B', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-535BC5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
"An earthenware crock". The vessel was of black ware, unornamented. "A tiny chip of the pot which contained it enough to show that it was a black-burnished ware cavetto cooking jar."
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanedyrn I', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-830817
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric pottery sherd The fragment is irregular (28.2mm long, 22.4mm wide and up to 11.2mm thick, with a weight of 5.7g). Two of the breaks are old, while the other appears to be more recent. The fabric has a buff oxidised exterior surface but the interior is grey and appears reduced. Frequent angular quartz inclusions are present within the sherd of small and medium size. There is the suggestion of a linear decorative line on the surface, although uncertain. The sherd is a wall sherd and is likely to be of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2000 – 1500BC). The wall thickn…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5A5215
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval copper alloy ewer spout, probably of 15th century date The zoomorphic ewer spout is in the form of a dog's head with the spout protruding from the open mouth. The spout is fragmentary, represented by the terminal (with a surviving length of 52.3mm and a weight of 50.4g). The dog is portrayed with oval and upright ears, protruding above the brow (by 1.2mm) and are concave across their widths. The snout is defined by a concave depression, flat along the upper surface and terminating in a raised projection. There is a subtle central ridge across the top of the dog's head, …
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW3274
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy hooked fitting. The main body of the fitting consists of an oval plate bordered by transverse bars at either end. One end of the fitting terminates in a tapering strip which is folded over to form an elongated hook, while the other contains the broken remains of a loop. The end of the hook is missing. The transverse bars are both decorated with two incised grooves. Traces of possible tinning are visible on parts of the fitting. Much corroded. Minimum length 52.5mm, maximum width 19.5mm. The fitting is closely paralleled by an unprovenanced example published by Bailey …
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-18AEC5
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Silver thimble, missing its dome, which would have been made separately and soldered into place. There is an open vertical split. The upper part of the thimble bears an incised stepped design with pecked dot background, above a band around the rim bearing the legend. * I AM YOVRS in Roman capitals Maximum height 19.7mm; thickness 0.03mm; weight 3.54g. Summary and conclusions: The thimble can be dated to the 17th century on the basis of style and the form of the seriffed capital letters, a form popular in the 1650s (compare that on a posy ring fr…
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pentyrch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-03EEE8
Object type: TANKARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age copper alloy tankard handle of 1st century AD date The tankard handle is fragmentary, represented by one disc terminal and the fragment of the handle stem (with a surviving depth of 23.0mm and a weight of 37.7g). The terminal is oval (45.7mm wide and 40.5mm long) with moulded decoration. The decoration comprises a crescent at the apex with a raised border. The border at the top of the crescent edge of the handle terminal is now heavily-corroded and damaged. As the crescent arcs away from the edge of the terminal the lipped moulding becomes more pronounced (with a maximum dep…
Created on: Friday 25th August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-587A08
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age blade fragment of uncertain type, probably from a rapier or sword of Middle to Late Bronze Age date c. 1500 – 750BC. The blade is fragmentary, represented by a slender fragment, broken at both ends in antiquity (with a surviving length of 31.9mm and a weight of 18.1g). The blade has no clearly defined midrib and is of lenticular section of consistent thickness (of 5.8mm – 6.3mm). The blade is comparatively slender and both original blade edges have been lost. The blade edges were straight and convergent to one end (with a maximum surviving blade width of 20.4mm and…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-99C671
Object type: STUD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy decorative spherical or globular-headed stud, probably of Roman date The cast stud is fragmentary, missing the lower part of the shaft (with a surviving length of 24.0mm and a weight of 13.5g). The head is near-spherical (with a diameter of 14.0mm - 15.3mm and a height of 13.2mm) with flat facets on both the apex and base. No applied decoration is evident on the head. The integral shaft is of sub-rectangular, faceted section with straight and near parallel sides for their surviving length (4.7mm wide and 3.6mm thick with a surviving length of 10.7mm). The surface has…
Created on: Friday 6th March 2015
Last updated: Friday 6th March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW157
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Circular or irregularly sexfoil, flat, copper alloy mount with two integral rivets. The rivets are broken. Corrosion prevents a definite identification of the decorative device but it appears to be either a rosette or a variation of this common motif. Diameter 19-20mm, weight 3.9 grams.
Created on: Monday 4th October 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cardiff', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-8F3A72
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Simple sword- belt fitting consisting of a parallel sided plate with two drilled attachment holes, one of which cuts the side. The upper end of the plate has a gentle curved wave. The hook curves back upon itself and has a circular cross-section, which gradually narrows in diameter. The plate originally carried decoration, which is now difficult to discern, but may have been a floral motif.
Created on: Monday 19th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-3A0FB5
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Small copper alloy strap end composed of two pieces of sheet copper alloy riveted with two pins (still intact) near the attachment edge. The strap end has parallel sides, with the outside edge tapering to a point. The attachment edge has a V-groove between the rivets on the front sheet, and is now plain elsewhere, any possible original decoration has been lost. The rear sheet is plain. On the Inside surface of both sheets near the outside edge is a relatively thick corrosion product, possibly suggesting the use of a spacer.
Created on: Thursday 15th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-8E86F7
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Back plate probably from a composite strap end with a forked spacer. The plate is flask-shaped, having a circular lower portion with a flat outside edge and a parallel-sided upper portion ending in a concave attachment edge. The face is plain and has two rivet holes near the attachment edge, with one pin still in place. The inner face of the plate shows the remnants of attachment of a forked spacer with a circular end. File marks are visible on the inner surface and there is the suggestion the strap end was tinned or silvered.
Created on: Monday 19th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-83DADD
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy strip of probable Medieval to early Post Medieval date (c.AD 1300-1500). The strip is flat and sub-rectangular in plan (46.4mm long x 16.9mm max width x 1.5mm thick) with four crudely incised grooves at one end that are pierced by a single large globular rivet (c.7.1mm diameter). The other end terminates in an old break. No other traces of decoration survive. On the reverse, a small square piece of leather textile (13.4mm x 9.4mm) is preserved between the strip and the flattened rivet (max depth 6.4mm). It is unclear what the object formed part of, but it wa…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW3175
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Ornamental cast lead, or lead alloy, spindle whorl. Post-medieval / probably Tudor. Crudely cast. Weight 39.2g, diameter of perforation 10mm, diameter 27-29mm, height 16mm.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3286
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Crudely cast lead, or lead alloy, biconical spindle whorl. The spindle whorl is decorated with a series of curved radiating lines which form a swirling pattern. Post-medieval, probably Tudor. Maximum diameter 34mm, diameter of perforation 10mm, height 19mm.
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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