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-FB5647
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy vessel mount, possibly a bucket escutcheon of (probably later) Iron Age to early Roman date (c. 150 BC-AD 100). The object is incomplete, missing part of the left attachment lobe and an uncertain length of the hooked rear projection. The integrally cast object has a broadly trilobed form in plan, with two symmetrical comma-shaped perforated attachment lobes at the base (the left lobe is incomplete) and a larger upper lobe forming a suspension loop (maximum internal diameter 8.mm). The attachment lobes are thinner (c. 2.7mm thick) and set slightly at an …
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-8E49C2
Object type: LUG (HANDLE)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Attachment lug from a loop handle of a chafing dish and of late Medieval date, c. 15th or 16th century The attachment lug has lost the loop handle, which would have passed through the central perforation. The lug is has an overall length of 16.3mm and weighs 8.6g. The central perforation is oval (8.4mm x 6.4mm) and the sides of the loop are rounded (maximum width 16.0mm), while the outside-end is flat. The loop is of rectangular section (8.9mm thick). The integral attachment rivet is circular with a diameter of 8.6mm.
Created on: Wednesday 19th December 2007
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-EF1AEE
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Attachment lug from a loop-handle of a chafing dish, of late Medieval date, c. 15th or 16th century The attachment lug is near-complete (with an overall length of 28.6mm and a weight of 11.2g) but the loop handle, which would have passed through the central perforation, has been lost. The central perforation is now oval (8.5mm x 6.1mm), exaggerated through wear from the handle. The lug is of sub-rectangular section (with a maximum width of 16.0mm and a thickness of 8.7mm). The sides of the lug are convex with a flat outside end. The lug was attached by an oval integral rivet (8.6mm x …
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Saturday 23rd March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-113038
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver cut long-cross halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272), Class 1b/2 mule, moneyer Nicole, struck in London in 1248 (North 984-5).
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-FEEBD1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
1.0 Discovery & reporting A Late Bronze Age hoard comprising a bronze socketed axe fragment and a bronze sword blade fragment was discovered on 2nd April 2021 by Peter Griffiths (finder of the axe) and Luke Harris (finder of the sword blade) while metal-detecting on a field under improved pasture in Llanover Community, Monmouthshire. The two artefacts were reported as being found within 60cm (2 feet) of each other, each at depths of 25cm (10 inches). Full details of the findspot (NGR) and the addresses of the finders and the landowner are provided on the Treasure Receipt form for…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanover Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-CEF428
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification A complete silver thimble of apparent one-piece construction (no visible join or solder line). The body and crown are decorated with regular repeated indentations, possibly the result of knurling during manufacture. There is a wide band of moulded floral/ scrolled decoration, worn in parts, on the lower portion of the body, interrupted by a bearded moustachioed face (front facing, upside down). At the front of the thimble is a plain rectangular panel or cartouche, containing engraved seriffed initials ‘MN’ in Roman capitals, upside down. Th…
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mathern Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-37EC48
Object type: ANNULAR BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The reported object is a small annular brooch. The silver frame is of circular cross-section. One half of one face is decorated with wide niello-inlaid transverse grooves, with punched annulets between the niello bands; the other half of the front and the back are plain. The two sides of the wrap-around head, which is slightly wider than the pin shank, overlap at the top; the head swivels freely on the frame. The raise collar at the junction of pin-had and shank is decorated with three transverse punched grooves. The pin shank is of lozenge-shaped cros…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caerwent Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-2FC205
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Carefully constructed cast copper alloy decorative vessel escutcheon or mount in the form of a boar. The boar has its front legs extending forward beneath its mouth forming a V-shape, the mouth is open and contains a small circular hole. The snout end has signs of wear and is perforated through the side before a moulded tusk, possibly to house a ring attached to a handle. The hole in the mouth and the perforation through the snout do not meet. The eyes are incised and lentoid in form. The crest is erect and carries incised and possibly punched decoration to depict the hair. The crest a…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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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-1148D7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold posy ring. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section. The convex outer surface is undecorated. The flat inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: * feare god and loue mee x, in vertical italic script. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Dimensions: Internal hoop diameter 18.7 mm; external hoop diameter 22.15mm; band thickness1.5; band height 6.2mm; weight 9.7g. Discussion: The style of the lettering and decoration, and form of the ring, indicate that it is of 17th- or early eighteenth-century date (after AD 1650). Similar motto…
Created on: Monday 9th August 2021
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
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Record ID: GLO-9871DE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification Gold ring in the form of a plain narrow band of flattened D cross section. The inner face is engraved with legend: Love & live happy in italics. The hoop has an external diameter of 19.7mm; width 3mm; thickness 1mm; weight 2.37g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. It is complete. To judge from its colour and weight, and visual comparison with other gold rings and brooches in the collections of the Department of History & Archaeology, the item is gold (over 10%). Conclusions The form and lettering of the ring are cons…
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-FA7F3F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy and iron sprung Birdlip type brooch of Late Iron Age to Early Roman date (c. 30-60 AD). The brooch is undoubtedly of Birdlip Type but is not well paralleled in Mackreth (2011) and appears to lack the typical upturned “beak/tongue”. The brooch is in good condition and nearly intact- the only missing element is the iron pin and spring mechanism, attested solely by iron corrosion product left on the lug. The now absent spring was secured by a single sturdy (3.3mm wide by 8.2mm long) perforated lug, now both partially covered and filled by iro…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-945A78
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative gold ring with a small circular bezel (stone missing). There is bevelling on the underside of the bezel at the junction with the hoop. The slightly raised bezel has a diameter of 3mm; thickness 1.4mm. The misshapen hoop has an internal diameter of 12.2 x 22.1mm. The hoop cross-section varies, but has a flattened oval cross-section (flatter on the inside); it tapers slightly from the bezel: band width 1.8-2.1mm; band thickness 0.5mm. Weight 1.13g. Another decorative medieval gold ring was found at Llanbadoc Community, Monmouthshire, by Mr P. Wilde of Treorchy while metal de…
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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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-94E626
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch of Chester variant dating to the late 1st-2nd century AD. The head is oval in plan and measures 9.7mm wide and 9.0mm high. The head is flat on the reverse, missing the spring and pin, with a singe D-shaped lug containing the remains of a spring or pin (lug is 6.5mm high and 6.7mm wide with the spring fragment). The bow protrudes outwards from the head in a sub-oval flange and is flat on the reverse. A sub-pentagonal button (8.3mm wide, 5.5mm high) is moulded between two sets of transverse ribs above and below the button. The leg tape…
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-95626A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near-complete cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch of Chester Type variant dating to the late 1st-2nd century BC. The head of the brooch is sub-oval in plan with a flat border and measures 11.7mm wide. A small flat knop (4.1mm wide, 1.4mm thick) projects from the top of the head giving an overall head height of 13.3mm. The head is flat on the back with a spring and a broken pin coiled around a copper alloy axis bar secured by a D-shaped lug. The remaining pin is 34.0mm in length. The upper bow is sub-oval in plan and undecorated, projecting from the front of the head and tapering b…
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-4977A4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy and enamel zoomorphic vessel mount of probable late Iron Age to early Roman date (c. 50 BC to 100 AD). The object is zoomorphic, cast in the form of the stylised head of a beast with the lower jaw cut away in order to fit onto a vessel rim. The head is 21.3mm long, 12.1mm thick and 12.3mm wide, with an 8.4mm long snout with a flared, flat tip similar to a pig or boar. The lower 6.8mm of the jaw is cut out to a dept of c. 3.2mm. The rounded head has two 2.8mm diameter circular drilled eyes and is decorated on top of the cranium by two symmetrical comma shape…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gobion fawr community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-49AB5D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an unidentified cast copper alloy object, likely a buckle of uncertain date. The object is plano-convex in section, with a flat reverse and convex obverse. The object terminates in a break at both ends, one across what is likely the 10.4mm wide centre of the buckle frame, the object curves from this point to the other break at the side of the frame. The obverse face is decorated with an incised groove running parallel to the outer edge. The object has a smooth dark green patina covered with speckled brown and green pitting and concretions. The object is relatively undia…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gobion fawr community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-491E13
Object type: BUTTON COVER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and white metal probable button of Post Medieval date (c. AD 1700-1800). The button is circular in plan, with a central 14.8mm diameter domed boss in the centre, with a flat circular rim 1.1mm thick. The reverse of the button is undecorated and flat with a mass of probable solder in the hollow of the boss. The front of the button is decorated with three concentric rings of repeated punch decoration on the rim, using at least two different punches. The front is also covered by white metal surface treatment, though it has flaked off in the centre of the boss. …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gobion fawr community', grid reference and parish protected.