Record ID: NMGW-182ED5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver groat of Edward III (AD 1327-1377) minted in London, dating to 1354-1355. Fourth coinage, pre-treaty series E (North 1163) Obverse: Crowned bust facing within a tressure of nine arches. Trefoils on each arch cusp, barring top and bottom arches. Obverse legend: ✠EDWARD◦D G◦REX◦ANGL◦◦ [F]RANC◦ D h[YB] Reverse description: Long cross pattee dividing the legend held within two concentric circles, three pellets in each quadrant. Reverse legend (outer) +POSVI DEVM◦A DIVTOR EMMEV (inner): CIV TAS LON DON  The coin appears to have had some clipping…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Gower', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-0F16BD
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy and enamel Medieval harness pendant dating from 1200 to 1400 AD. The harness pendant is shield-shaped with an integrally cast loop; the front is decorated in relief blue enamel depicting a unicorn rampant.  The suspension loop is 8.5mm long with a loop hole (2.6mm in diameter) which is set 90 degrees from the shield. The suspension loop is positioned at the top center of the shield. The shield has a flat top, and sides which curve steeply to a point, it measures 25.08mm wide across its top and 29.65mm in length. The shield varies in thickness, me…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gower', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-8FE098
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete pierced Post Medieval copper alloy Taunton farthing trade token, dated 1667. Obverse description: A capital letter T under a tun/cask, two roses flanking the base of the T. Obverse inscription: A • TAVNTON • FARTHING Reverse description: Taunton castle. Reverse inscription: BY • THE • CONSTABLES • 1667 • A hole measuring 2.5mm in diameter is punched through from the reverse (castle side) to the obverse. The token is a shiny brassy colour (caused by the coastal mud) and has a worn and pitted surface.
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-7C273D
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast copper alloy weight, dating from c. 1500 AD to 1800 AD. The coin weight is disk shaped with two flat faces. One face has been stamped X X at the centre. Above this is a stamped letter D. Below the initials is another unclear oval shaped stamp. On the other face X X is again stamped, due to corrosion it is not clear if the other stamps are also repeated. The weight is dark grey-brown in colour with small areas of green corrosion. Some of the original surface is lost to corrosion.
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-3A90AA
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age bronze dirk, probably of Group III weapons with a damaged butt The dirk is near-complete with some peripheral damage to the butt (with a length of 121.3mm and a weight of 31.0g). The apex and shoulders of the butt are corroded and rounded (with a width of 31.1mm and a thickness at the apex of 0.8mm). There are the remains of a rivet hole on one side (with a diameter of 5.9mm) and probably the corroded remains on another on the opposite side.  It is now unclear whether the butt has significantly eroded around the rivet holes or whether the dirk has a reworked but…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-3A7AD0
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed chisel The chisel is complete (with an overall length of 103.5mm and a weight of 43.5g). The socket mouth is oval (with external dimensions of 19.6mm x 15.9mm and internally 16.4mm x 12.3mm) and there is no collar or mouldings and there are no attachment holes on the sides of the socket. The sides are near-straight, or slightly concave and the socket faces are straight and convergent to the blade (with a socket depth of 48.2mm). The blade is of rectangular section (15.1mm wide and 5.6mm thick beneath the socket) and the sides are gently convex and divergent to…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-CE8D4F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Description and identification The reported object is a cast gold finger ring with stone setting. It has an octagonal hollow bezel tapering upwards to form an oval aperture for the stone. Inside the bezel are the remains of a dark red cabochon stone, now sunken.  The band is flat, plain and slightly D-shaped in cross section. There is a small panel on each shoulder, decorated with a series of horizontal chased grooves. The band is misshapen, and the back of the bezel is plain and flat. Louise Mumford, Senior Conservator-Archaeology and Tom Cotterell, Senior Curator: Mineralogy …
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Port Eynon Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-6582F1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy umbonate brooch, dating from c. 100 to 250 AD. The brooch is elliptical or oval in plan, and measures 26.70mm long, 19.14mm wide and is 1.65 mm in thickness (excluding the hinge). The front of the brooch is domed and is decorated with inlayed concentric rings of red enamel triangles, which increase in size from the centre to the outer edge of the brooch. The central ring of enamel decoration is made up of nine inwards pointing red triangles around 1mm in height. Surrounding this is a second ring of red inward pointing triangles, many of which are pa…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-6571D4
Object type: SCISSORS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval copper alloy fragment, likely from a pair of scissors or possibly a candle snuffer or tongs. Dating from c. 1600 to 1800 AD The object consists of the central joint or hinge, and a small portion of possibly a blade and handle. The central joint comprises of two flat circular plates, 13.7mm in diameter, it is decorated with a central punch surrounded by two incised concentric rings. The plates are now fused together but would have swivelled around a central rivet or pin.  From opposing points of the joint extend the lower parts of the blade and han…
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-957E86
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval silver groat of Mary (1553-58). Dated to 1553-54. North 1960 The coin is very worn to the obverse. It has breaks to the edges and is possibly lightly clipped. Obverse: extremely worn, with the only remnant of the bust being a small section of beading from the dress. Inscription [ANG] F[R]A [Z] [HIB] [REGI] Reverse: Long cross fourchée over royal shield. Inscription VERITA[S] [TEMPORIS] FILIA. Due to damage the mint mark is not visible.
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Gower', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-C87F84
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy object of uncertain date, use, and completeness. The object consists of a spike, square in cross section and tapering to a point, it is 65.5mm long.  The top of the object measures 8.51mm by 8.54mm, it is broadly flat but somewhat uneven, possibly suggestive of a break.   The object is a mid-brown colour with areas of uneven green corrosion.
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 5th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gower', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-230AA9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete medieval copper alloy Portuguese ceitil of Alfonso V (1438 -1464) Obverse: features a castle with three turrets, sitting on a three arched bridge with waves beneath, surrounded by a beaded border. The legend reads ALFONQ EDOMINO CEP Reverse: Shield, legend unclear.
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 1st May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-D7A66E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead object, possibly a cap or a ferule, of probable Medieval to Post Medieval date. The object is cup or cap shaped in form. It has a flat top which is broadly circular in plan measuring 17.1mm in diameter. The top features an impressed brown decoration, depicting a bishop’s mitre. The mitre features a design of an elongated cross flanked by two crozier shaped symbols.  The sides of the object are of an uneven length, between 9.3mm and 11.0mm, they slope gently outwards from the top to a diameter of 21.5mm at the base. The walls of the object are 2.6mm thi…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-D7745D
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A prehistoric flint knife, possibly dating from the Neolithic period c. 4000 – 2351 BC. The knife is incomplete, with a surviving length of 46.67mm, a maximum surviving width of 18.16, a maximum thickness of 4.86 mm. It has been worked with scalar retouch along the left dorsal margin, it has a stepped fracture resulting in the loss of most of the right margin. There is retouch on the remaining left ventral margin towards the knife tip. The flint is brown-grey in colour, unpatinated, and non-cortical.
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-685596
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, Medieval lead ampulla dating from around the 13th to 15th century (c. 1200-1400AD) The body of the ampulla is circular, measuring 31.3mm in diameter and is decorated on one side with incised radiating lines representing a scallop shell. The reverse has a raised circular feature, measuring 25.1mm in diameter. This side appears to be undecorated although the surface is heavily pitted which may obfuscate any design once present. The neck of the ampulla is funnel shaped and measures 24.3mm long, with a neck opening 22.8mm wide and 15.2mm deep. The surface patina of the ampull…
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Gower', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-DEB8F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver roman coin, possibly a denarius dating to AD 41-c.250. The obverse features a right facing bust. The reverse has no extant detail. Only a the bust portion of the coin remains and the legends have been lost.
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2022
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-B3D9C3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy post medieval sailmaker's palm guard, or palm iron. The object is circular in plan (33.4mm diameter) with three drilled lugs protruding 5.4mm from the edge. The back of the object is flat, and the front has a flat rim with a central area that is slightly recessed and gently concave. The lugs are roughly equidistant. One of the lugs has a notch along the length of the front. There is a 26.3mm distance between the notched lug and each of the two plain lugs. There is 28.1mm between the two plain lugs. The lugs join to a rim (5.5mm high, and variable in w…
Created on: Sunday 16th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-B37292
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Post Medieval sword belt fitting, dating from around the 16th - 17th century. The object consists of a flat plate with a tri-lobed top and a foliate incised design to the surface. At the bottom of the plate is a hook with a rounded terminal. Hanging from the hook is a suspension loop which has a horizontal break under the hole. The top of the fitting features a tri-lobed design, the side lobes being longer than the central lobe. Under the central lobe is an iron rivet (4.7mm in diameter). Below is a narrowed waist (9.6mm in width) which then expands (t…
Created on: Sunday 16th October 2022
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-8B6363
Object type: CANNON BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron cannon ball, most likely of a post medieval date. The object is spherical with areas of concretion. There is corrosion and pitting to the surface, which is orange-brown in colour. The diameter and weight could be suggestive of the type of cannon ball used in a Demi-Culverin cannon. Similar examples can be seen here GLO-531670 WMID-8748EC and LANCUM-B87E37
Created on: Monday 19th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-8A5C25
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe, of likely class 2D Halberton type (Needham 2017) dating to 2400BC - 2200BC. The axe is near-complete but with significant surface losses, and some corrosion. It has a surviving length of 96.2mm. The original blade edge has been lost and is now moderately rounded, with a surviving width of 51.28mm. From the blade edge the body of the axe gradually narrows in shape and curves inwards. The axe gradually gets thicker in the centre (with a maximum thickness of 9.94mm) and tapers off towards the butt, creating a broadly lentoid profile with sli…
Created on: Monday 19th September 2022
Last updated: Saturday 3rd June 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-A24593
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MODERN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete lead alloy toy pocket watch, dating from c.1800 to 1900. The object consists of a lead alloy (pewter or spelter) case, which is circular in plan with an attached hanging loop. Mounted into the front of the object is a circular glass disk which is surrounded by a concave border. The reverse features a design of concentric ridged circles. The toy watch is dark grey in colour, the glass is sea worn and has a frosted appearance. This example broadly falls into Forsyth and Egan's Type 12 (Forsyth and Egan, 2005, pages 380 to 383). Similar examples on the PAS Database…
Created on: Monday 27th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swansea Bay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-6B55DA
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy knife end cap/terminal/pommel from a scale tang knife, dating to the late Medieval or early Post-Medieval period (15th to 16th centuries AD). The object is corroded but near complete. The design is irregular- a flattened oval sectioned base (which would have attached to the handle) bifurcated into two near symmetrical knops. Each knop is sub-rectangular in section and tapers slightly to flat ends. The outside edge of each end is upturned and projects outwards. Both ends are also decorated by four circular holes with square sectioned copper alloy rods inserted…
Created on: Tuesday 18th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 21st January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-EF3B50
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: MODERN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy locket of Victorian/modern date (1856-1922). The locket is circular in plan with a diameter of 26mm and a remaining thickness of 5.0mm. The locket is in poor condition comprising a thin copper alloy sheet loosely fitting within the larger, thicker locket base. The thin sheet is badly damaged, missing the original edges, and the surface is covered in corrosion. An engraved love heart enclosing letters W&H above letters CO preserves in the centre on one side. This indicates the locket was manufactured by Wightman & Hough Co. (W & H CO), established in AD 1856 …
Created on: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 17th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-C6EEF7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval farthing of Edward II (1307-1327), Class 11, Withers Type 30, minted in London, 1310-1314 (North 1070/1).
Created on: Monday 10th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-C6A68D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval penny of Edward I (1272-1307), Class 10cf3(a), minted in London, 1307-1309 (North 1042/1-2).
Created on: Monday 10th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-C653DB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval penny of Henry VII (1485-1509), "Sovereign" type, minted in York under Archbishop Rotherham, 1485-1509 (North 1727-1729). The coin has been slightly folded, probably as a result of movement in the ploughsoil.
Created on: Monday 10th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-C5BB2E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval groat of Mary I (1553-1554), minted at the Tower of London, 1553-1554 (North 1960). The coin has creases on it suggesting that it was folded and has been unfolded and flattened by the finder. It is unclear if this folding was intentional or caused by movement in the plough soil.
Created on: Monday 10th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 21st January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-C519D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval sixpence of Charles I (1625-1649), star initial mark, Group F, minted at the Tower of London, 1640-1641 (North 2246).
Created on: Monday 10th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-C27587
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead decorative object of Post-Medieval to Early Modern date (c. AD 1800-1900). The object is sub-oval in plan measuring 47.6mm x 41.2mm x 6mm. The front of the object is decorated in a stamped armorial decoration of the royal shield with traces of the legend [HONI SOIT] QUI MAL [Y PEN]SE which translates to ‘May he be shamed who thinks badly of it’. This was the motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter (founded in AD 1438). Much of the surface has been lost to old damage and erosion, but the detail was clearly fine and traces of black enamel preserve in th…
Created on: Monday 10th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 10th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5C7835
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead or lead alloy medieval token dating to c. 1400 - c. 1500. The obverse depicts a cross with a pellet in each angle (Powell Type 14), probably influenced by the reverse design of a medieval penny. The reverse is undecorated. It has been slightly bent out of shape. There are traces of four casting sprues near the end of each cross arm. Overall, the token measures 15.4mm in diameter and 2.4mm thick. It weighs 1.62g.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5BDB27
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), eglantine initial mark, minted at the Tower of London, 1574 (North 1997).
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-FAD704
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn silver Medieval penny of Edward III, probably Treaty Period of 1361-1369. Annulet stops on the obverse, no crozier on reverse. Durham mint.
Created on: Monday 1st November 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st November 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-E58541
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a socketed axehead of later Bronze Age date. The fragment comprises the blade and front portion of the axehead, which is 30.05mm in length, with a maximum width of 38.09mm. The cross section is subrectangular, the side profile is triangular and the blade edge is curved. The rear end reveals the hollow interior of the casting. The fragment is heavily abraded and corroded and the cutting edge has been lost.
Created on: Sunday 31st October 2021
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-8A3D04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post medieval halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), sixth issue, minted at the Tower of London, 1582-1584 (North 2016). The coin has been slightly clipped.
Created on: Monday 20th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-925146
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval long cross penny, probably of Edward I and class 10cf dating to 1305-1310. Canterbury mint.
Created on: Thursday 22nd July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 22nd July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-DEB916
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An uncertain object of uncertain date - most probably made in the medieval or post medieval period (1200-1800). In form the artefact is similar to a thimble being a domed sheet of lead which has subsequently been crushed in the soil. The artefact is crudely decorated with a series of opposing triangular cut out shapes positioned irregular around the lower edge. The lower edge / base is decorated with incised / filed irregular sized dog-tooth pattern. At the top of the dome is the remains of an iron rivet. The artefact is a mid grey colour with a deep incised scar on the upper edge. No…
Created on: Thursday 1st July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 7th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gower', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-DE547F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy, single loop buckle cast with an integral plate, dating from the medieval period c. AD 1250 - 1400. Only the plate remains as the frame of the buckle is lost due to old damage. In form the buckle is very small and would originally have had an oval frame. The plate is broadly rectangular in plan and D shaped in cross ection. It is decorated with a series of three bosses seperated by double transverse ribs. Two of these bosses are pierece by iron headed rivets that would have attached the plate to the leather strap. There is no evidence of gilding, athoug…
Created on: Thursday 1st July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 7th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gower', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-B58E6A
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy circular guinea coin weight dating from the Post Medieval period, being used after 1773 until about 1800. The obverse is heavily eroded and the surface design is lost - originally it would have contained the weight of a full guinea being 5 penny weights and 6 grains or 5 penny weights and 8 grains. The reverse is inscribed GUINEAS / COINED / BEFORE / 1772 over four lines arranged vertically. The weight has a diameter of 20.4mm, and is 4.2mm thick. It has a mass of 6.40 grams. Information below taken from record: SWYOR-80FFA8 Around this time (17…
Created on: Tuesday 29th June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 7th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gower', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-B48D7A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn silver groat of Phillip and Mary (AD1554-8), initial mark: lis; struck at the tower mint: London. North: 1973
Created on: Tuesday 29th June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 7th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gower', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-B44F0A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) initial mark: eglantine (AD 1574-8), date above the shield on reverse that is heavily worn. Struck at the tower mint: London. North: 1998
Created on: Tuesday 29th June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 7th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gower', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-B386C7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver sixpence of James I (1603-1625) Second Bust - initial mark: Thistle, date above the shield on reverse - 1603. Struck at the tower mint: London. North: 2075
Created on: Tuesday 29th June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 7th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gower', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-CC3DDB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), coronet initial mark and dated to 1570. London Tower mint. As North 1998.
Created on: Monday 1st March 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-91B8B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily corroded and incomplete Roman cast copper alloy trumpet brooch of later 1st to 2nd century date. The head is D-shaped with a stump for a projecting loop at the front of the head and flanking depressions, one on each wing, which may be the remnants of cells once infilled with enamel. The brooch employed a spring mechanism, now missing, secured around a single, central pierced lug. The bow is sub-rounded in section with a bend at the mid point and a moulded decorative button, possibly originally of acanthus form. The foot and catchplate are lost.
Created on: Friday 26th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-7C8726
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), long/Latin cross initial mark and dated to 1580. London Tower mint. As North 1998.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st March 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-7C64EA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver cut half short cross penny of John (AD 1199-1216), Class 5b2 dating to AD 1205-1210. Mint and moneyer uncertain.
Created on: Thursday 25th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-A5E7E7
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead - tin alloy boss possibly a medieval badge of 14th to 16th century date The boss appears to be complete (with a weight of 10.3g) and comprises a basal circular flange (4.1mm diameter) with a raised border and around a hemispherical centre (17.6mm diameter and 7.9mm deep). The central boss has cast decoration comprising a six-pointed star or flower, with a pellet in each of the lobes, near the top. Any moulding at the apex has been lost. The boss is solid and the rear is semi-finished with a depression around the centre. There is a clear casting seam running along the rear an…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-16767F
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy anthropomorphic mount of uncertain date, possibly Roman The oval domed mount depicts a human head and appears to be near-complete but is now heavily corroded (with a length of 22.3mm, a width of 17.3mm, an overall depth of 13.2mm and a weight of 7.3g). The corrosion has removed much of the facial features although what remains is finely and carefully worked. The hair remains clear, defined by curvilinear grooved lines above and to the side of the brow. At the base of the brow a delicate groove appears to depict the eye brow and is above oval depressions with a raise…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-161C0E
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy trade weight The weight is heavily corroded and the marks are now difficult to distinguish. The sword and ewer are discernible but the crowned letter is uncertain, possibly a letter G (George). The weight currently weighs 12.79g, equivalent to 0.451 ounce, probably originally a half-ounce weight, possibly under the Avoirdupois system. The weight is corroded with a dark-green patination.
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-15F4F9
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead alloy frame, probably representing a miniature window frame The miniature window is a component of a larger object (with a surviving length of 26.5mm, a surviving width of 19.9mm and a weight of 1.8g) and is sub-rectangular with stubs to missing elements on three of the edges. The window is depicted with three straight sides and a bifurcating top edge. Within the frame is a central cross. Stubs to connect the damaged adjacent parts are evident across the bifurcating top edge and on both sides. The frame is of D-shaped section (2 – 3mm wide and 1.2mm – 1.8mm thic…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-15CF26
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead alloy heart pendant, probably of 17th century date The pendant is heart shaped and complete with an integral loop at the apex (with a length of 32.1mm, a width of 19.0mm and a weight of 5.1g). The heart is flanked by a flat border, filled with cast decoration comprising curved ribs and with a roundel at the centre. The central heart is raised and convex (giving a thickness of 2.7mm) with no markings evident. The integral loop is oval (10.1mm long, 7.5mm wide) and with an irregular central perforation (6mm x 3mm). There is the suggestion of possible makings on t…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: HAMP-149349
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A double-struck silver Medieval penny of Richard I or John, class 2-4b, dating to AD 1189-1204. Moneyer STI[VENE], London mint.
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C256C0
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age fragmentary bronze flat axe of uncertain type perhaps contemporary with Type Migdale axes as defined by Schmidt & Burgess (1981, p 35-44)[1], of Metalworking Assemblage III, corresponding to Needham’s (1996)[2] Period 2 -3 and probably dating to c. 2,200 – 1,900BC. The axe comprises a worn blade fragment (with a surviving length of 39.7mm and a weight of 63.6g). The break has occurs in antiquity across the thickest surviving part of the axe (where the axe has a width of 27mm and a thickness of 7.3mm). The sides are worn and corroded but appear to have been s…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C23670
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead ampulla of 13th to 15th century The ampulla is incomplete, missing the neck and mouth (with a surviving length of 42.1mm and a weight of 56.9g) and is heavily corroded. The ampulla has broken across the top of the neck (with a minimum width of 22mm and vessel thickness of 1.5mm). There is a stub below the break on one side, probably the remains of the lower loop attachment. The body is globular and comparatively large and deep (with a maximum width of 38.3mm and a depth of 14.7mm). The obverse face is domed and is heavily corroded but there is the suggestion of rad…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-C1D0C7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 12th or 13th century date The seal matrix is complete but slightly distorted and corroded (with a weight of 17.4g). At the apex of the rear is a perforated, D-shaped lug (16.7mm long, 3.0mm thick and with a diameter of 3.4mm) now folded against the rear (with a distorted height of 5.1mm and a depth of 8.5mm). Otherwise the rear is flat, with no rib extending from the base of the lug. The seal die is sub-circular (with a diameter of 25.4mm – 26.9mm and a thickness of 2.7mm). The central decorative device on the seal is a geometric or floral motif or …
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Field 312, Reynoldston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-1CD116
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of 13 to 15th century date The cast buckle frame is missing any folded sheet plate it may have had and it’s pin and is of oval from (with a length of 20.7mm, a width of 23.8mm and a weight of 3.1g). The outside edge of the frame is widened with a notch for the pin. The frame is of rounded sub-rectangular section (with a thickness of 2.5mm – 3.1mm and a width of 2.3mm – 4.3mm). The rounded bar is off-set and of sub-rectangular section (2.7mm x 3.8mm). The min pin has left ferrous corrosion staining on the bar and outside edge of the frame. …
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-1CC958
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of 13 to 15th century date The cast buckle frame is missing any folded sheet plate it may have had and is of oval from (with a length of 24.5mm, a width of 30.8mm and a weight of 8.6g). The outside edge of the frame has a notch for the pin on a protruding V-moulding. The frame is of robust sub-rectangular section (with a thickness of 4.2mm – 5.6mm and a width of 2.7mm – 5.0mm). The rounded bar is off-set and narrowed (with a diameter of 3mm). The pin (29.0mm long) is loosely looped around the bar and is rectangular-sectioned (3.2mm wide and …
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1CC1F2
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant of 13th or 14th century date The harness pendant is near-complete but heavily-corroded and missing the hinged suspension mount (with a length of 43.4mm and a weight of 9.6g). The suspension loop is complete (with a length of 9.0mm, a depth of 5.0mm, a thickness of 1.0mm – 4.8mm and a diameter of 2.9mm). The pendant is shield-shaped (with a length of 35.1mm, a width of 26.6mm and a thickness of 1.8mm – 2.4mm) and is gently convex across both its length and width. Corrosion has removed much of the detail from the pendant but there is a trac…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th April 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1CA89E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy  brooch of Trumpet type and of late 1st to 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is fragmentary, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 26.2mm, a surviving depth of 11.5mm and a weight of 3.5g). The missing spring was secured around a single, perforated D-shaped lug on the rear of the head. The trumpet head is sub-circular (with a diameter of 10.0mm). There is the suggestion of a stub above the head, possibly from an integral chain-loop. The upper bow is eroded and of rounded D-shaped section, widening to the button on the mid bow (with a width …
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-1C82A7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age socketed axe of South Wales (Stogursey) Type and of Ewart Park metalworking, dated to Needham’s (1997) Period 7, c. 950 – 750BC The socketed axe is incomplete, missing the upper part of one face and side and the loop and is comparatively small (with a length of 52.6mm and a weight of 56.9g). The mouth is incomplete, with a little less than half surviving and appears to have been sub-rectangular (with surviving external dimensions of 33.0mm x 24.5mm and internal 22.6mm x 14mm, with socket depth of 40.0mm). The surviving part of the top of the mouth is irregular…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-04BB8B
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy toy cannon probably of 18th century date The gun is complete but has lost the surface to corrosion and was cast in one-piece (with a length of 40.4mm and a weight of 5.1g). The gun has a rounded cascabel and a prominent concave vent field (7.5mm diameter) with a small vent. The barrel is mostly plain with a reinforce ring positioned at the trunnions. The muzzle is of concave, spool (with a maximum diameter of 6.8mm) and with a bore of 4.5mm. The trunnions are comparatively long and slender (25.0mm long with a diameter of 2.6mm). The surface is heavily-c…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-04ABEA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of early 14th to mid 15th century date The buckle is incomplete missing the both sheet metal plates and the pin (with a length of 25.5mm and a weight of 1.5g). The frame is oval or near-circular (with a width of 14.3mm) and is of triangular section (2mm – 3mm wide and 2.0mm thick). There is the suggestion of a central notch on the outside edge, now eroded. There is a circular ident on the rear of the frame, where the missing pin was positioned. The rear of the frame narrows to the integral forked spacer. The forked spacer (12mm long and 1.8mm …
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-049713
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant of late 13th to 15th century date The shield-shaped harness pendant is near-complete, missing the suspension mount but is heavily-corroded and distorted (with a distorted length of 37.3mm, a straightened length of approximately 47mm and a weight of 5.8g). The hinged lug is sub-oval (11.8mm long, 8.2mm deep, 1.5mm – 4.1mm thick and with a perforation of 4.0mm diameter). Although the pendant is heavily-corroded the device appears to depict the Arms of England, the three lions. Traces of gilding are evident at the apex and remnants of red ena…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th April 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-048634
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The circular seal matrix is fragmentary, represented by approximately half (with a diameter of 23.5mm and a weight of 4.2g). The rear of the matrix is flat with a loop at the apex, now damaged and truncated (with a surviving depth of 6.0mm, a surviving height of 3.6mm, a width of 3.2mm and an internal diameter of 5.4mm). The area beneath the loop does not survive, making it unclear whether there was a rib. The seal die is heavily-worn and corroded with little surviving detail. The central device depicted a five-pointed star o…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-04767F
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 12th to 13th century date The seals matrix is near-complete but is heavily-corroded. The handle is of hexagonally-faceted form with a loop at the apex (with an overall length of 18.7mm and an internal diameter of 3.5mm). The loop is now worn but appears to have been of sub-lozenge form and rectangular sectioned (2.9mm thick) with a shelf before the handle. The seal die was circular with erosion of the edge (with a diameter of 17.7mm). The central device is unclear and perhaps resembles a beast with tail. However the suggested beginning of the …
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-03E7DE
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The seal matrix is of circular form and is complete but heavily-worn and slightly distorted (with a diameter of 24.7mm, an overall depth of 6.1mm, a die thickness of 1.9mm – 2.6mm and a weight of 9.5g). At the apex of the rear is a loop (8.5mm long, 3.7mm high, 2.4mm wide and with a diameter of 3.1mm). The rear is otherwise flat with no evidence for a rib descending from the loop. The seal die has a central geometric eight-pointed star. The encircling legend is now difficult to read, with many of the letters lost. It is pos…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-0322B4
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-Celtic bronze figurine, possibly dating from the late Iron Age to the Early Roman period, c. 1st century BC to 2nd century AD The figurine was picked-up from the surface within Culver Hole Cave[1]; the finder stated that that he believed that recent encroachment by the sea had resulted in erosion of deposits. The finder had entered the cave previously and collected a bone (radius), later identified as human remains, which was subsequently reported to South Wales Police. The Police, accompanied by the finder and Paul Huckfield[2] visited the cave but did not enter because o…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gower Caves', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-010E6C
Object type: ANNULAR BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lead-tin alloy (white metal) annular brooches of modern date imitating medieval annular brooch styles; one found in 1997 at SS 6277 8955 the other found 2016 at SS 6463 9123, 3.38km apart. The annular brooch finds are sub-circular and have an oval sectioned frame. The front of the frame is decorated with six integral alternating floral /vegetal devices: eight-petalled flower and a lozenge containing four moulded leaves, the leaves are in-filled with central orientated chevrons. Between the leaves are tear-drop devices. Alternating petals in the floral devices also contain che…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-00FA9E
Object type: ANNULAR BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lead-tin alloy (white metal) annular brooches of modern date imitating medieval annular brooch styles; one found in 1997 at SS 6277 8955 the other found 2016 at SS 6463 9123, 3.38km apart. The annular brooch finds are sub-circular and have an oval sectioned frame. The front of the frame is decorated with six integral alternating floral /vegetal devices: eight-petalled flower and a lozenge containing four moulded leaves, the leaves are in-filled with central orientated chevrons. Between the leaves are tear-drop devices. Alternating petals in the floral devices also contain che…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-6DC63B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval to Post medieval copper alloy trapezoidal buckle of 15th - 17th century date, The buckle is fragmentary and incomplete, missing one side and broken in a similar place across the opposite side (with a length of 39mm, a width of 52.6mm and a weight of 18.6g). The outside edge of the frame is rectangular sectioned (9.1mm wide and 4.5mm thick), decorated with notched edges outside of a grooved border and central column of pellets. There is a central transverse groove for the pin. The sides and bar are sub-circular sectioned (2.4mm – 4.0mm diameter). The surface is cor…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-5AEEA0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval pottery handled jar neck The sherd comprises one handle and approximately half of the rim (with an overall width of 190mm, a rim diameter of 163mm and a weight of 281.4g). The rim is out-turned from the neck and the handle joins at the level of the rim. The handle (with a length of 107.6mm) has broken across the position of its lower return and is sub-triangular section with a central ridge on its upper surface. The exterior surface is decorated with a moulded rib around the neck (with an internal diameter of 110mm). The vessel has broken across a rounded shoulder (…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 13th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-072B2B
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead alloy button of 17th century date The cast button is of domed form with an integral square loop and is complete (with a weight of 15.8g). The domed head (with a diameter of 30.3mm – 34.8mm and a thickness of 5.7mm) has a ribbed border flanked on each side with a groove and at the apex is a raised knop. There is the suggestion of a decorative motif on the button now corroded, possibly a geometric floral motif, now corroded and lost. The rear has an integral square loop (13.0mm long, 4.8mm thick, 8.4mm high and giving an overall depth of 13.8mm) enclosing an ov…
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-07119B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead-tin alloy decorative mount, probably of late medieval date, c. 14th or 15th century The cast mount is of annular, ring-form (with an external diameter of 15.0mm, an internal diameter of 15.4mm and a weight of 3.9g). The ring is of U-shaped section (with a width of 4.9mm and a maximum thickness of 5.2mm), hollowed on the rear. The face is decorated with a series of raised cast pellets. There are no obvious attachment holes on the ring mount and it is possible that there were integral rivets, now damaged and lost. The surface is corroded with a dark-grey patina. Similar …
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-F14218
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age bronze socketed spearhead of Davis’ (2012)[1] Group 6: Developed side-looped, unclassified (Greenwell and Brewis (1909)[2] Class IV (or socket -looped)) spearheads and of later Arreton, Acton Park, Taunton or early Wilburton metalworking (c. 1500 – 1100BC), of Needham’s (1996)[3] Periods 4-5 The spearhead is near-complete missing one loop and with some damage to the socket mouth (with a length of 94.0mm and a weight of 39.2g). The incomplete socket is sub-circular (with a maximum internal diameter of 13.5mm and an external diameter of 14.5mm - 15.9…
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-ED6C1C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy trade weight, possibly of 16th – early-17th century date Cast circular weight with a raised rim (18.0mm diameter and 4.1mm thick), now weighing 6.01g, equivalent to 0.212 ounces, originally a ¼ ounce weight Avoirdupois. The central stamp has a crown over indistinct letters, possibly ‘ER’, indicating Elizabeth I (1558-1603) The trade weight has a dark-green patina
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED411B
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three pieces of copper alloy casting debris found together of uncertain date The casting waste comprises a casting jet and two pieces of dross. The casting jet is of conical form (with a maximum diameter of 26.0mm, a length of 14.0mm and a weight of 28.5g) The underside of the jet has three runner stubs, now truncated but appear comparatively slender (with a diameter of 4mm). The upper surface is concave and undulating. The dross is irregular (weighing 19.1g and 16.0g) and one of the pieces is wedge-shaped and may be a fragment but has lost all the original surface. Th…
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DB6A15
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy decorative mount, probably of Medieval date, c 13th to 15th century The cast mount is of annular form and is near-complete, (with a diameter of 34.9mm – 35.4mm and a weight of 10.0g). The circular frame is of rectangular section (2.4mm thick and 5.4mm – 7.2mm wide, producing an internal diameter of 22mm). One face of the mount is decorated with six integral and raised pellets (2.7mm diameter and 1.0mm high), some now corroded and worn. The pellets are within slightly raised sub-circular platforms. Midway between the platforms are subtle concave mouldings. The mo…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DB52F3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead-tin alloy brooch probably of 13th to 15th century date The cast brooch is of annular type and is near-complete, missing the pin but is now slightly distorted (with a diameter of 41.6mm – 42.6mm and a weight of 16.2g). The frame is of rectangular section (2.1mm – 2.6mm thick and 10.1mm – 11.3mm wide, producing an internal diameter of 19.8mm). One face of the brooch is decorated with somewhat irregular incised decoration comprising a double-segmented grooves resembling twisted cord decoration. The double-grooves define a central rib and are arranged in conjoined…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-C26761
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Medieval short cross penny of John (1199-1216), class 5b. dating to the period c.1204-1209. Uncertain moneyer, London Mint. As North (1994) no.969-970.
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C941DB
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy saddle pommel of 16th or 17th century date The pommel is fragmentary, represented by an half, now distorted (with a length of 55.6 mm and a weight of 21.3g). The pommel was of two-piece construction, soldered across its midsection. The domed pommel is hollow and of sub-circular section (with a slightly flattened diameter of 25mm, an internal diameter of 22mm and is up to 2.0mm thick). The sides are gently convex and near-parallel before becoming more rounded at its domed apex. The basal attachment lug (giving a basal width of 34.6mm, a length of 3.0…
Created on: Wednesday 30th December 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 30th December 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-3F96A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval 4 reales coin of Phillip III to Phillip IV of Spain, dated shield type, minted in Potosi 1617-1652.
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-3F6ACC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval 4 reales coin of Phillip II to Charles II of Spain, shield type, minted in Mexico 1572-1700.
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-3F5D2B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval 4 reales coin of Phillip II to Charles II of Spain, shield type, minted in Mexico c. 1572-1700.
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-3F3277
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval 8 reales coin of Phillip II to Charles II of Spain, shield type, minted in Mexico c. 1572-1700.
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-C13E49
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman sestertius of Hadrian (AD 117-138), dating to the period AD 121-123 (Reece Period 6). P M TR P COS III // VIRT AVG / S C (in field) reverse type, depicting Virtus standing left, resting foot on helmet, holding parazonium and spear. Mint of Rome. RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 652.
Created on: Wednesday 11th November 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-B2A3EB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle of D-shaped type probably of late medieval or early post medieval date, c. 15th -16th century The cast buckle frame is complete and is comparatively large (with an overall length of 60.1mm, an overall width of 53.4mm and a weight of 38.3g) but the pin and any associated plate is missing. The frame is convex and of flat to shallow D-shaped section (2.8mm -3.2mm thick), which gradually widens towards the outside edge (with a width near the bar of 9.2mm and a maximum width of 18.6mm). The centre of the outside edge and the ends of the bars are decorated with prot…
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swansea Bay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-510BBA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and with zoomorphic and inlaid decoration, probably of 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and catch (with a length of 47.2mm, a depth of 20.4mm and a weight of 6.3g). The missing spring mechanism was secured around a single pierced lug at the centre of the rear of the head (5.0mm high), now eroded to widen the perforation (with a diameter of 4.0mm). At the apex of the head is an integral retaining pin for the spring. The trumpet head is sub-triangular (11.8mm wide and 10.6mm long, including the retaining …
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-94C54B
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval copper alloy jetton French (Danphiné) of late 15th to early 16th century date but probably of German manufacture Cf Barnard pls VI.58 and VII.59 Corroded
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 14th November 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-94A0A3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin Edward I (1272-1307) penny, London Class 10ab6 (c. 1305) 1.37g, has been folded
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-935CBC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver coin Short Cross penny, mis-struck but probably Class 7; mint and moneyer uncertain 1.27g 1967 2016.103.3 Glamorgan, West Ilston SS53679110 Short Cross penny 7? uncertain 1.27 mis-struck S. Sell (Steve Rees) 9.v.16 HMDC 2/16
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-933B55
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval copper alloy coin France: Principality of Dombes; Gaston (1627-50) copper double tournois (1641) Cf Poey d'Avant III, p. 105, 5202 (but of a different date) 3.00g 1707 2016.103.2 Glamorgan, West Swansea Bay Dombes Gaston double tournois 1641 cf. P d'A III, p.105, 5202 3.00 S. Sell (Gary May) 9.v.16 HMDC 2/16
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-932BC4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval copper alloy coin Spanish Netherlands, Brabant copper liard, 16[ ] Either Philip IV (1621-65) or Charles (1665-1700) 1.60g, corroded 1706 2016.103.1 Glamorgan, West Swansea Bay Brabant Philip IV/Charles liard 16[ ] 1.60 corroded S. Sell (Gary May) 9.v.16 HMDC 2/16
Created on: Monday 11th November 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th November 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-837CE6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Description The reported object is a silver decorative ring with a circular bezel with retains three small fragments of pink stone set in mastic. The band is decorated with a transverse band of decoration (?floral, very worn) at junction with the bezel, and pairs of incised lines on each side of the hoop flanking a worn single pellet line around its circumference In terms of design and style of the iconography, the ring belongs to the late fifteenth- to early sixteenth century (the shoulder design being typical). The drum-shaped bezel occurs as early as the twelfth century (…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Saturday 29th February 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-34C32C
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Descriptions Socketed axe fragment Dimensions: surviving length 24.5mm; surviving width 50.8mm; width at break 42.0mm; thickness at break 12mm; weight 54.8g. This is the lower blade and cutting edge of a socketed axe, broken across the internal socket aperture in antiquity. The cutting edge is worn and damaged so the original edge no longer survives, but curved shape and the curved expanding nature of the sides suggest it may have originally possessed slightly flared tips. The incomplete nature of this axe means it cannot be definitely assigned a type. The break has occ…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-4811C9
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age dirk of Penard or Wallington metalworking Industry, dated to c. 1300 - 1000BC The cast dirk is complete but now distorted across the mid blade (with a distorted length of 282mm, a straightened length of approximately 288mm and a weight of 94.4g). The butt is flat-topped, slightly angled (23.0mm wide and 1.8mm thick). There are two rivet notches beneath the butt and on the sides (of 8.5mm diameter, with their midpoints 9.6mm beneath the butt and giving a minimum butt width of 17.5mm). There is no clear hilt mark but there is the suggestion of a curving mark from the …
Created on: Thursday 27th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 27th June 2019
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Record ID: DYFED-CC4BA7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete decorated shoe buckle made from pinchbeck. The buckle is sub rectangular in shape, and is curved in order to fit a shoe. The central pin of the buckle is missing. The reverse of the buckle is smooth with no decoration. The buckle is highly decorated with lozenge shapes, curves and groups of 4 pellets. Overall the buckle is in good condition. Date is thought to be 18th or 19th century. The buckle weighs 14.3g and is 50mm in length by 39mm in width.
Created on: Friday 21st June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lougher', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-C7C1EC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver short cross penny of John (AD 1199-1216) struck by Abel at the mint in London - most probably class 6c1 (1215-1216) North: 976/1
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 28th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gower', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-C78EB7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy post medieval belt hook / strap fitting AD 1450 - 1650. The plate is heavily corroded and eroded and much detail has been lost. The strap fitting is broadly triangular in form - from the lower edge projects a blunt ended hook which has been cast in one piece and rolled to shape its current form. The external edges of the plate of the mount are segmented with a series of small rounded knop-like projections. At the upper edge is a single D shaped pierced hole (6.2,, x 3.3mm). From the upper edge a small tab like projection extends - this may have formed another sligh…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Port Eynon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-C6E050
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blade fragment from either a spear or possibly a rapier of middle-late bronze age date (c. 1450 - 800 BC). The blade is relatively undiagnostic and is most likely from a spear. It is triangular in plan with a lentoid cross section across the blade. Remains of a high mi-rib is present and this would have given strength to the blade when used. The fragment has been rolled in the ploughsoil and the long edges have been removed. It is possible that across the break on the lower edge the remains of a slight depression can be seen - this is possibly the top of the socket (a naturally weak p…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Reynoldston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-C5EF28
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver groat of Mary (1553-1554) North 1973
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 27th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gower', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-73DF9D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) struck at the tower of London, Initial Mark: unclear
Created on: Friday 5th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 27th May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gower', grid reference and parish protected.