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-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-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-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-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.