Record ID: PUBLIC-C84340
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of North Devon Gravel-tempered ware. The fragment includes part of the base of a bread platter. The fabric is oxidised on the exterior of the vessel and reduced to its interior. The coarse components include rounded/sub-rounded quartz inclusions (1mm-4mm), sandstone inclusions (up to 4.5mm) and inclusion of tiny (max 1mm) ceramic pellets. The interior of the vessel is glazed, green in colour with the exterior being unglazed.
Created on: Friday 23rd March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Granogwen Road', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A5C6B7
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead alloy pilgrim's badge, probably of 15th century date The pilgrim badge depicts the bust of Saint Thomas Becket and is complete with some peripheral damage (with a length of 61.0mm and a weight of 7.0g). Thomas is depicted wearing a mitre with a cross patée at the apex. The mitre is decorated with a ring-and-dot motif in cast relief and the front has a vertical panel containing saltire crosses with pellets between the arms and a ring-and-dot between crosses. Thomas is depicted full-face with his hair flanking the sides of his face, which has bent behind on one …
Created on: Thursday 4th August 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-924E02
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorative copper alloy terminal or handle of uncertain date, possibly post medieval The item is part of a composite object (with a length of 35.9mm and a weight of 8.4g). The object is hollow and contains remnants of a shaft, probably of wood. The mouth is now distorted and closed (with a length of 14.2mm and a compressed thickness of 4.2mm). The object then narrows before flaring out at the rounded and thickened end (with a maximum thickness of 10.6mm). The object has a corroded perforation on one side and one face has a decorative incised border, now worn. The surface is dark grey…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-923241
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a Roman Copper alloy bow brooch of Crossbow type and of 3rd to 4th century date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the crossbow and top of the bow only (with a surviving overall length of 20.4mm and a weight of 14.3g). The corrosion and encrustation of the surface makes it difficult to identify features, although there is a suggestion of a corroded and filled slot at the rear of the head. The slot would have accommodated a hinged pin. The crossbar is distorted (with a length of 52.2mm) and has circular sectioned arms (with a maximum diameter of 6.2mm and a minimum dia…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9217D6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Late Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy stirrup-strap mount of 11th century date The stirrup-strap mount is of Williams' (1997, p 89-91) Class B, Type 2 and Group 3; and is incomplete, missing the apex (with a surviving length of 34.8mm and a weight of 13.9g). The mount is decorated with openwork and cast relief depicting a heavily-debased head or mask with flanking beasts. The mount has broken across two perforations below the apex and presumably beneath a fixing point (Where it has a width of 24.9mm) before widening (to produce a maximum width of 32.4mm). There are raised ro…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Last updated: Friday 4th August 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6EA0D6
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy harness fitting or terret of strap-mounted type of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The terret is of simple, double-looped form (strap-mounted) and is complete, but eroded (with an overall length of 41.5mm and a weight of 21.2g). The rein loop is oval (with an external width of 36.5mm and an internal width of 28.2mm and internal height of 24.7mm). The loop is of oval section near the base, becoming circular and thinning at the apex (with a maximum diameter of 6.9mm and minimum diameter of 1.8mm). It is unclear whether the loop has narrowed because of wear through rubbin…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 4th July 2016
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6E70E3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap-end, probably of later 13th to mid 15th century date The strap-end is of sheet metal with a separate forked spacer type and is incomplete, missing one of the sheet plates (with a length of 59.7mm and a weight of 7.7g). The strap-end is widest and thickest near the attachment end (where it has a width of 18.4mm and a thickness of 4.12mm). The sides are straight and converge slightly towards the outside edge (with a width of 16.7mm and a thickness of 3.2mm). The outside edge is concave and is decorated with an open aperture (4.5mm diameter) cutting the edge.…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6E4763
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant, probably of 13th or 14th century date The harness pendant is of two-part form, comprising a frame and swivelling pendant and is near-complete, missing the suspension mount and one terminal (with a length of 47.7mm and a weight of 11.7g). The suspension mount was hinged through a lug (3.1mm thick 6.0mm wide), which has broken through the central perforation (2.8mm diameter). The quatrefoil frame (with a width of 29.2mm) is open and an arm projecting outwards from between each of the four lobes (giving the pendant a maximum width of 34.0mm). The…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6DA0F3
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy button of uncertain date, probably medieval or early Post Medieval The button is complete (with an overall depth of 12.1mm and a weight of 14.6g). The head is sub-circular (with a diameter of 28.6mm - 29.6mm and 5mm thick). The face is slightly convex and is decorated with three cast concentric ribs around a central knop. The underside has a comparatively heavy attachment loop (6.8mm thick, 13.7mm long and 6.8mm high) of D-shaped section. The perforation (3.3mm diameter) has been cast by inserting a rod into the mold, which has formed the parallel ribs, or guides running i…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st July 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D7ADE2
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy decorative knife fitting (end stop) probably of late 16th or 17th century date The fitting is complete (with a length of 10.6mm, a thickness of 6.1mm and a weight of 4.6g). The underside has a V-shaped groove to accommodate the top of the knife tang (2.8mm deep). The fitting is of bifid form, with a curving arm projecting from each side (giving a width of 19.1mm) and thinning to the terminals. The terminals are enhanced with grooves. The base of the fitting also has decorative grooves near the base. The knife fitting is unpatinated with a golden-bronze su…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D77F20
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early post-medievall tin alloy (pewter) spoon, probably of 16th century date. The spoon is incomplete, missing part of the bowl and has a slightly distorted stem (with a length of 155.4mm and a weight of 33.9g). The terminal knop is of flattened spherical form with a protruding nipple. The knop is decorated with a whirligig device in cast relief. The rear of the knop may also have been decorated with a similar motif but is now worn. There is a rib moulding at the top of the stem, before the knop. The stem is of sub-hexagonal section (5mm wide and 4mm thick), becoming D-shaped near the…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-6C62F1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix, probably of late 13th or 14th century date The seal matrix is near complete, with some peripheral damage to the die (with a length of 17.6mm and a weight of 4.5g). The handle has a suspension loop (2.8mm internal diameter) before a collar molding leading to the hexagonally faceted stem, with sides diverging towards the seal die. The die is circular (with a diameter of 18.4mm) and has suffered peripheral loss. The central device is heraldic and depicts a shield with an intersecting horizontal band (fess), the band contains three crosses with floriat…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C883C5
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to post medieval copper alloy looped fitting The fitting is complete (with a length of 25.2mm, a depth of 8.0mm, a thickness of 1.5mm and a weight of 2.2g). The fitting resembles a fish shape with a sub-triangular terminal (giving the fitting a maximum width of 12.3mm) and is gently convex across its width. On the rear (near the pointed end) is an integral, circular sectioned loop (8.2mm wide, 1.8mm diameter and 6.4mm high) defining a circular aperture (4.4mm diameter). Little of the original surface survives on the fitting and no applied decoration is discernible. The s…
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2011
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: PUBLIC-C35906
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver denarius of Vespasian (AD 69-79), dating to AD 70 (Reece Period 4), COS ITER TR POT, Pax seated left with branch and caduceus. Mint of Rome. RIC II (2nd ed), p. 60, no. 29.
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-19F764
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy trade weight English one-ounce weight; crowned 'C' mark for Charles I (1625-49) or Charles II (1660-85). Sword mark for london.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-0ABF52
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy belt mount probably of late medieval date The mount is complete and is of lozenge form (with a length of 21.7mm, a width of 16.1mm an overall depth of 8.0mm and a weight of 3.4g). The mount is decorated with a cross in cast relief; between the arms of the cross are triangles, incorporating trefoils or pellets along the sides running parallel with the edges. At the centre is a circular pellet. The rear of the mount is hollowed. The mount was attached by two integral pins positioned near the top and bottom. Traces of gilding survives in recessed areas and elsewhe…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-0AACF8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy belt mount probably dating to the later half of the 14th century. The belt mount is complete and is of bar-mount form and has two smaller terminal lobes, flanking a central lobe (with a length of 23.9mm and a weight of 1.9g). The two smaller terminal lobes (5.1 & 5.3mm wide and 2.3 & 2.6mm deep) are perforated to take separate attachment rivets for securing the mount. The rear of the terminal lobes is flat. One of the copper alloy attachment rivets remains in place (with a length of 3.7mm and a diameter of 1.5mm). The central domed lobe (with a width of 12.5mm …
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-0A9B73
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval tin-lead alloy pilgrim souvenir, probably of 14th to 15th century date The pilgrim souvenir is fragmentary, broken on all sides (with a surviving length of 23.5mm, a maximum surviving width of 17.4mm, a thickness of 1.2-1.7mm and a weight of 2.3g). The fragment depicts a female figure within a rectangular openwork frame. The figure's face is cast in relief and she is wearing a beaded headdress and is bearing her breasts. The figure is flanked on both sides with near vertical ribbing, possibly representing hair or part of the headdress. The rear has a vertical lug, now folde…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-0A5C65
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy looped fitting, probably from a vessel of uncertain date. The loop is cast and is complete (with an overall length of 31.2mm and a weight of 25.2g). The loop is oval (with a height of 26.4mm and a width of 30.6mm; 13.9mm x 17.4mm internal) and is comparatively substantial with a sub-oval section (7.9mm wide and 6.7mm thick). Wear facets are now difficult to discern on the interior of the loop. The loop was attached by an integral rivet, which has been peened-over on the face. The inside end of the rivet also has a linear incised line, perpendicular to the axis of the lo…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-096647
Object type: PIN
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age copper alloy cup-headed pin The pin is complete (with a distorted length of 237mm, a straightened length of approximately 270mm and a weight of 32.7g). The head has a slightly oval mouth (13.4mm - 14.3mm external diameter, 12mm internal diameter and 3mm deep). The sides of the cup-head are straight and parallel before curving sharply to the shaft. The interior of the cup-head contains no discernible decoration and is filled with corrosion. The pin shaft is of circular section and has a prominent swelling beneath the head (positioned 20mm beneath the head and producin…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2011
Last updated: Friday 15th July 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-0919A7
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age bronze socketed spearhead, of pegged type and of Greenwell and Brewis' (1909, 458-460) Type V. Class V spear heads are ascribed to the Wilburton and Ewart Park phases of the Late Bronze Age, corresponding with Needham's (1996) Periods 6 and 7, dated to 1150 - 750BC. The spearhead is complete (with a length of 113.8mm and a weight of 67.3g). The socket is near circular (with an external diameter at the mouth of 23.5-24.1mm, an internal diameter of 18mm and a thickness of 2.6mm). The sides of the socket are straight and convergent. The shaft was attached through two ci…
Created on: Tuesday 21st June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F51026
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval silver coin James I (1603-25) half groat, London Second coinage, 1604-19; privy mark - probably coronet (1607-9)
Created on: Monday 20th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd June 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: PUBLIC-E35A11
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Short Cross penny; Class 7c (Henry III) c. 1237-42 London, Nicole 1.00g, clipped
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-CA7087
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric retouched flint flake The flake has two areas of cortex surviving on corners. The retouch is crude and confined to two of the tree edges. The grey brown flint is unpatinated
Created on: Monday 6th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2011
Spatial data recorded.