Record ID: CPAT-33AE27
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval mill-token. Fairly crude. Lead with a stylistic image of waterwheels, windmill sails and/or a millstone on the obverse, the reverse is plain.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-FF57D8
Object type: STAFF WEAPON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of an iron staff weapon, or badge of rank, probably a cornet staff head. Similar to a large spearhead, with a rough, pitted surface. The socket is formed of two tongues of metal between which the wooden handle would have been held in place and secured with 2 rivets. The tip and cutting edges are blunt, or have been blunted in the past. The blade widens along its length from 15mm at the tip to 69mm at the base. The blade wings are bevelled to form a single mid-rib on either side of the blade. The blade shoulders (where they sweep from the maximum width to form the socket) are asymm…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-39EFD3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval strap fitting. The fitting is circular with radiating spiral grooves, each filled with a line of punched dots. On the concave back, and on the edge of the rim, is a pair of extensions, each with an iron rivet.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-98B4E5
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead, or lead-alloy pendant in the form of a daffodil flower. The image appears on both sides. The suspension loop is missing and one of the petals is damaged.
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-9B27A2
Object type: PIPE TAMPER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is an interesting lead-alloy Post Medieval personal object, most likely a pipe tamper. It takes the form of a smiling female figure in an erotic pose with her hands holding her skirt above her waist. The dress and head-dress are typical of the 16th century but the artefact is more likely to date to the 17th or 18th century. At some point in the distant past the figure has lost that part below the knees that would have served as the tamper. The artefact is a brown-grey colour with spots of light grey corrosion, where small areas of the surface have been lost mid-grey coloured me…
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-C5CAF3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver, half groat, Charles I (1625-49), Tower Mint under the King (probable), King's bust type, 1625-42. Seaby 34th edition 1999 pp259. This is a fragment of a silver Charles I half groat with the damage having been caused in the ground rather than it being a ‘cut’ coin. The damage and wear prevent full identification of the coin, however, it is probably of the 'Tower Silver' type.
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-D70676
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This lead alloy object of trapezoidal form has a hollow core and is probably a strap end. There is a notch on the reverse side to the topmost edge. The facing side is fashioned with a female head, perhaps of the goddess Diana the Roman goddess of hunting. Linked to this, on the reverse of the object there is a representation of mistletoe, this too has links to Diana and or the Greek Goddess, Artemis. The head appears to be wreathed. The iconography is suggestive of a hunting theme. The object is finely cast but the surface is in part corroded and pitted.
Created on: Friday 16th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-DCC744
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This lead alloy fragment has a suspension hole on one edge. The fragment is trapezoidal in shape, broken at the narrow end. The design has a central image within concentric circles and possible Fleur-de-lis in the upper corners. There is iron staining around the fixing/hanging hole and evidence of a black substance in the recessed areas. The back has a crudely incised name of ‘ANNETTA’ next to the suspension hole. The name Annetta has Irish and Welsh links and is often used as a nickname for Hannah. The picture includes an enlarged version of the reverse inscription above …
Created on: Friday 16th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-404AB7
Object type: CANDLESTICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This copper alloy object is most probably the finger loop from a post medieval candlestick. The loop has three decorative bands and an attached tongue shaped thumb piece with conical protrusions to the top edge. These protrusions are decorated with three bands. The loop has become detached from its dish. The object has a green/brown patina and there is some evidence of tinning on its surface.
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 18th May 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-40BB45
Object type: CUP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This copper alloy object is most probably a post medieval drinking flask cup. It is roughly cylindrical in shape, with a flat base (26mm diameter) and sides that flare out towards the rim. The cup has a rounded ‘screw thread’-like spiral decoration running from the base to about 15mm from the rim. There is an overall greenish colour to it with traces of a black substance on the base and in some of the grooves. It is difficult to gauge the diameter at the rim as the cup has been crushed, bent and torn.
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-01A334
Object type: NUT CRACKERS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper-alloy nut crackers hinged at one end of the arms. A c.20mm long area of horizontal ridges on the internal face of each arm serves to grip the nut. The upper 30mm of each arm is simply decorated with raised horizontal bands and there also appears to be small spots of rusty iron decoration on one of them. The lower 28mm of one arm of the nut crackers is missing and the colour is an overall green-brown.
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-2E6A18
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Here we have an example of a hammered silver threepence of Elizabeth I (1588-1603). The coin is dated 1582 and the mintmark of a sword corresponds to that date and coin. The obverse has the bust facing left with a rose behind. The reverse has the shield with date above on the long cross fourchée. The coin is rubbed at the edges and has been lightly clipped.
Created on: Saturday 25th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-2EBF26
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The coin recorded here is a very nice example of a hammered silver Half Groat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). The coin is from the sixth issue without rose and date and has the typical two pellets behind the portrait of the monarch. The initial mark is a figure '1' indicating a date of 1601. The coin has been lightly clipped.
Created on: Saturday 25th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 30th October 2014
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Record ID: CPAT-4321A7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a large (76 mm) two-piece rectangular Georgian shoe buckle with openwork and moulded decoration. The buckle is of the ‘Artois’ style, so named after the Comte d’Artois who introduced them whilst he was the Ambassador to England in the late 18th century. The frame is drilled at the centre of each long side for the pin, now corroded away, thus the chap and pin are missing.
Created on: Sunday 26th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-4330E1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Here we have a copper alloy strap fitting/buckle, probably Post Medieval in date and it is the third one of this type and size to be found locally. The buckle is square in form with twelve lobes decorating the outer edge. The inner form is also square and has a set back central bar. The bar and frames show evidence of an iron pin, now missing, and corresponding surface damage on the frame where the pin may have rested.
Created on: Sunday 26th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-435531
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Here we have an example of a small sub-rectangular two piece shoe, or knee buckle dating perhaps from the beginning of the 18th century. The frame is now all that remains, the ferrous pin and thus the chap, are now missing. The frame seems to be in pewter or a base metal and still has the casting edges as if it had not been fully finished. It has concave sides and moulded pin rest at each end of the frame with a moulded scroll decoration to the central spindle holes.
Created on: Sunday 26th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-4390E7
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a Post Medieval copper alloy Antwerp coin weight, probably from the 16th century. (A similar weight is recorded on the PAS at SF-192F14) The weight is an irregular rectangle, with slight curvature to the sides. On one side (obverse?) there is a stamped design of double eagle within a crowned shield, akin to the Austro Hungarian coat of arms with extended fleur de lis to sides and bottom of shield, all within a beaded circle. The other side (reverse?) has a central hand (right hand, palm facing). There is a letter 'S' or figure '8' above a letter 'C' to the left of the ha…
Created on: Sunday 26th October 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: CPAT-893B74
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a copper alloy strap fitting/buckle, probably Post Medieval in date and it is the fourth one of this type to be found locally. This time, whilst being of identical design, it is about 30% larger than the others. As with the smaller buckles, it is square in form with twelve lobes decorating the outer edge. The inner form is also square and has a set back central bar. The bar and frames show evidence of a pin, now missing, and corresponding surface damage on the frame where the pin may have rested. The fittings are corroded and have been ‘cast’.
Created on: Monday 10th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-FDFAA3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hammered silver Half Groat of Charles I dated from 1636-8 based on the mintmark of a tun (probable). There are no inner circles to the obverse or reverse, suggestive of type 3a1 under the Tower Mint. The coin has been clipped and the portrait is rubbed out.
Created on: Sunday 16th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: CPAT-699CF1
Object type: MUSKET BALL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a cast lead musket ball of post medieval origin found near a second ball CPAT69AC70. As a general rule, musket balls are undateable by themselves, however, if found in context, some better concept of age may be guessed at. In this case, the ball was found just to the north of Montgomery Castle. It may then be reasonable to place this ball with the action that took place as part of the English Civil War in 1644. The ball appears to have been fired. A second ball was found nearby.
Created on: Friday 21st November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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