Record ID: NMGW-3324A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: small copper-alloy penannular brooch with cast hoop of circular cross-section and tinned spatulate terminals. The pin-head is barrel moulded, of a type found on fifth- and sixth-century penannular brooches such as the example from Porth Dafarch, Anglesey. The hoop is decorated with four groups of fine ribbing (two at the junction with the terminals). The terminals are covered with fine silver plate and decorated with punched ring and dot, the pairs at the terminal ends being smaller that the single ring-and-dot motifs and the narrow junction with the hoop. Thin incised lin…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-6A67E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Cnut the Great (AD 1016-1035) dating to AD 1024-1030. “Pointed helmet” type (HILD.F). Short voided cross united at base by two circles, in centre a pellet; in each angle a broken annulet enclosing a pellet reverse type. Moneyer Wynstan, London mint. North 787.
Created on: Friday 29th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-DD6B17
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy object, probably a hanging-bowl escutcheon of Early Medieval date, broadly dating from the 6th to early 8th century AD. The object consists of a flat plate once circular with an original diameter of c. 26.6mm, now with damaged edges, and has the 13.7mm wide broken stump of a projection (with a maximum incomplete length of 3mm). The obverse of the object is flat in profile, rising slightly at the thickened lowest point on the plate. The reverse is slightly concave from the projection to the base, which are opposite one another. The projection is a small…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-1585CD
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval, Anglo Saxon copper alloy hooked tag of mid-7th to 11th century date The hooked tag is of sub-triangular form made from sheet copper alloy and is near-complete, missing the end of the hook (with a surviving length of 25.5mm, a thickness of 0.6mm and a weight of 0.5g). The plate is irregular, with a near-straight but angled attachment end, where the plate is widest (at 11.1mm). The sides are straight and convergent towards the hook. The plate was attached through two circular perforations (2.9mm – 3.2mm diameter) and is decorated with a double punched ring-and-do…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 6th May 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EC9AAB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver cut halfpenny of Æthelred II (978–1016), 'Second Hand' type (c.AD 985-91; North 768; BMC iid), moneyer: Beornulf, mint: London (probably). Ref: North 1994: 158. The coin is missing a small fragment from one end. weight: 0.57g
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-583281
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval, Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy prick spur fragment of 11th century date The cast spur is fragmentary, represented by the incomplete neck and goad point (with a surviving length of 42.3mm and a weight of 13.9g). The point (11mm long) is square sectioned and widens towards the goad, with a bevel before the goad. The square goad (14.0mm x 15.4mm) is decorated on its point side with closely spaced grooves. The neck is sub-circular-sectioned (5.6mm x 6.4mm) and incorporated a decorative moulding, broken at its apex. The moulding (17.4mm long, 9.7mm wide and 7.7mm thic…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-08658C
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval, Anglo-Saxon copper alloy harness mount, probably of 7th or 8th century date The cast mount is of rectangular form and is incomplete, missing the integral loop (with a length of 24.6mm, a width of 14.9mm, a surviving depth of 7.7mm and a weight of 6.1g). The mount has geometric decoration in cast-relief, probably of Style II. The decoration is arranged around a central vertical rib, which undulates over raised mouldings at each terminal and incorporates a central oval boss (giving the mount a maximum thickness of 5.2mm). The rib is enhanced with three fine grooves. The …
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-BD99AF
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small corroded fragment of copper alloy, possibly part of an openwork strap end of Early Medieval date. The object is flattened in cross section. It consists of a roughly shield shaped terminal that bifurcates into two broken projections from its top. One of these is c.8.5mm long, while the other is broken at its base. There is a cross design incised off centre on the upper surface of the terminal, while the reverse is undecorated and slightly flattened. The original surface is lost to corrosion, and the object has a dark green pitted surface as a result. While this object is …
Created on: Thursday 6th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llantilio Crossenny', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-2DE06C
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy harness mount consisting of a bar that has an expanded central panel. On one side is a short semi-circular cross section arms that terminate in a loop that has three evenly spaced outwardly projection knops running around its circumference. The opposite side of the bar is truncated but looks to have formed a larger panel that probably contained at least two loops.
Created on: Monday 20th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monmouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-FF3CA7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Probable Early Medieval bucket mount fragment, made from thin copper-alloy sheet, and roughly rectangular. The fragment is slightly curved in profile and this may be intentional. The fragment is decorated with repoussé dots arranged in two lines with a zig-zag of dots in between. The dots are convex on the exterior and concave on the reverse. One edge of the object is parallel to one of the lines and may be original; all the other edges are broken. In the centre of the zig-zag, towards the edge, there is a incomplete circular perforation, probably for attachment to the wood of the bu…
Created on: Monday 4th August 2014
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-9A4808
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early-medieval silver sceat of Primary Phase Series E, VICO type 1 or 1b, c.690-710.. Obverse: stylised bird, with the appearance of a porcupine, comprising a series of curved lines with pellets ends above a thick curved line; below, four pellet-ended lines, the first two joined by a single stroke to give the appearance: NII Reverse: a square panel created from pellets and solid lines; within this, the characters V I C O [the I marginally off-flan] and three added pellets. Outside the square, part of an 'inscription' of uncertain characters. Weight: 1.14g. Ref: Closely paralleled b…
Created on: Wednesday 19th March 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-D7AF23
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy D-shaped buckle of 11th century date The buckle is incomplete, and is represented by a little over half of the outside edge of the buckle frame, and has a surviving length of 26.94mm and a surviving width of 33.45mm. The buckle frame is convex, giving the frame a surviving depth of 10.3mm, while the frame has a thickness of 4.45mm and weighs 10.5g. The buckle frame carries openwork decoration with cast ornament in high relief of late Anglo-Saxon or early Romanesque style. The decoration comprises a winged beast with a long snout biting a central device, pos…
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A7BF76
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper-alloy link from a bridle or other horse-harness. The artefact has fractured around one of the loops, which appears to originally have been oval. The piece is asymmetrical with a thickened boss next to the incomplete loop and a shaft running from this to the other loop. This is oval internally but lozengiform externally, with three lobes around the edge. The artefact has a clear front and reverse to the object, with the front having a rounded profile and showing the moulding along the shaft, while the reverse is flat and does not show the moulding. The reverse…
Created on: Friday 1st August 2003
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-A7B175
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Anglo Saxon stirrup-strap mount, probably of 11th century date. The stirrup mount is copper alloy with a zoomorphic design. It has only one perforation through its upper apex, and in this respect, is unusual. While the mount could still be attached as a stirrup mount, it would be unstable, and may not have utilised a fitting behind the stirrup strap. The piece has a pentagonal design with the upper end rising in a sharp curve to a point, which surrounds the perforation. The bottom flange is narrow and at a right angle to the body of the mount - type A (Williams 1997). The design …
Created on: Friday 1st August 2003
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-40A462
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Top fragment of a perforated whetstone. The stone has a bevelled end and straight sides. The perforation is oval and has an hour glass profile. Both faces are smooth and dished from use. One face has a facet running along one of the sides.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-2A73A3
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron knife consisting of a blade and tang. The blade has a triangular cross-section and the back is parallel to the blade near the handle and is angled near the point, of Ottaway & Rogers’ (2002) form A1. The tang is of rectangular cross-section with the bottom edge in line with the blade edge. The top edge is stepped to the back of the blade.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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