Record ID: NMGW-C5C30F
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Published
Two socketed axes (Cat. Nos. 1-2, below) were found together in the same metal-detector pit at approximate depths of 0.15-0.23m (6-9 inches) below the ground surface. A further socketed axe and a casting jet (Cat. Nos. 3 & 7, below) were also later recovered from the same metal detector pit, at approximate depths of 0.25-0.30m (10-12 inches). A socketed axe blade fragment (Cat. No. 4, below) was discovered approximately 17m to the east of the detector pit, whilst a palstave fragment (Cat. No. 5, below) was discovered approximately 2m to the north-north-east of the detector pit. &nb…
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coychurch Higher Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-83CC4B
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Late Bronze Age cast copper alloy blade, possibly of Ewart Park type, dating from c. 1000 to 800 BC. The blade fragment has a surviving length of 64.39mm, with a surviving width of 33.23mm across the top break, and 26.18mm across the lower break. It is broadly trapezoid in plan and is lenticular in cross-section. On one blade face there is evidence of a midrib approximately 12.0mm wide. The blade edges are heavily eroded leaving no original surface. The break surface at the wider end of the fragment is worn with green corrosion, suggestive of the blade being possibly b…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-7F876B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver penny of Cnut (r. AD 1016-1035) dating AD 1024-1030. Mint of York, as North Vol. 1. Moneyer: Fargrimr.
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coychurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-8D70AC
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval cast lead button, dating from around the 17th - 18th century. The button is broadly circular in plan and measures 28.62mm in diameter and 3.6mm in thickness (excluding the shank) The front decoration features a moulded relief design, consisting of an equilateral cross with two circular pellets on each arm. In the centre of the cross there is a single circular pellet within a larger circle. The back of the button is undecorated with an integrally cast shank, which is roughly placed in the centre. To either side of the shank is a raised mould line. The but…
Created on: Monday 19th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 9th November 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-9A820D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Published
A fragmentary cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch of AD 100-175. The brooch is represented by the head and upper bow (with a remaining overall length of 46.4mm, weight 20.72g) with the spring mechanism, pin, lower bow/leg and catch-plate missing in old damage. The head is sub-oval in plan with a small knop on the apex (21.4mm tall x 16.8mm wide) to accommodate a perforated lug on the reverse, now damaged (4.8mm wide x 16.2mm tall, internal diameter of surviving perforation 3.1mm), which would have held the spring mechanism. Concentric recessed rings on either side of the head…
Created on: Monday 27th June 2022
Last updated: Friday 28th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-9A7CFC
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy knife end-stop of Post Medieval date (c.AD 1500-1600). The object is in the form of a horse’s hoof, curved in side profile (overall length 17.3mm, max width 9.8mm, weight 10.63g), with a curved grooves along the body of the cap to delineate the horse’s hoof and fetlock and a circumferential groove to depict a horse shoe at the terminal. A small portion of the tang remains in a narrow rectangular slot on one end (11.1mm x 9.3mm). The horse-shoe terminal has seven punched holes representing rivets on the flat end (13.2mm x 8.6m). Two small spik…
Created on: Monday 27th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D7C6E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval Irish copper alloy halfpenny of Charles II (AD 1645-1685), Armstrong and Legge’s regal coinage, issued in AD 1683. Spink 6575, probably the issue with MAG BR FRA larger than the rest of the reverse legend. The coin is complete and badly corroded.
Created on: Monday 18th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EE2BD6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy post-medieval love token made from a halfpenny of William III to George III dating to 1695-1772. Almost all details of the original coin have been worn away, but it is possible to see a faint outline of the bust on the obverse. At the centre of the obverse is engraved an A with a heart above it. The token was found with two lead alloy discs.
Created on: Monday 24th January 2022
Last updated: Sunday 13th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-84374E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval halfgroat of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), probably key initial mark, minted at the Tower of London, 1595/6-1597/8 (North 2016).
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-840D27
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval shilling of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), martlet initial mark, First Issue, minted at the Tower of London, 1560-1561 (North 1985).
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-83A2B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval long cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), Class 3b, moneyer Henri, minted in London, 1248-1250 (North 987).
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-82B606
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Valentinian (AD 364-378), dating to the period AD 364-378 (Reece Period 19). GLORIA ROMANORVM reverse type, depicting the emperor advancing right, holding a standard and dragging a captive. Unclear mint.
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Last updated: Sunday 13th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-820D3E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman sestertius of Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180), dating to the period AD 177-178 (Reece Period 8). FELICITAS AVG IMP VIIII COS III P P S C reverse type, depicting Felicitas, draped, standing left, holding caduceus in right hand and sceptre in left hand. Mint of Rome. RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1227.
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Last updated: Sunday 13th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-576714
Object type: FOB
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy object, likely a fob seal holder/clasp for a watch, of Post Medieval (18th century) date. The fob seal is of openwork design featuring fleur-de-lis motifs. The object has distorted overall dimensions of 24.6mm long x 13.7mm wide x 10.9mm deep and weighs 2.33g. The metal is a dark grey patina with traces of white metal coating in the folds of the openwork.
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Saturday 12th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-5754D1
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast lead figurine probably neoclassical and post-medieval date (c.AD1750-1850). The figurine is represented by a bent leg broken above the knee and at the ankle with a surviving max length of 58.5mm, 18.6mm wide and max depth 26.6mm (from knee to break). The leg is hollow with a casting flash line on the back of the calf suggesting this figurine is Post-Medieval to Modern in date. A small lead plate c.24.2mm long x 11.3mm wide runs on the front of the leg from the middle of the shin to the break at the ankle and likely represents an attachment surface with the figurine …
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Saturday 12th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-574CF7
Object type: CHAPE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete copper alloy sheet metal chape of Late Medieval to Post Medieval date (c.AD 1400-1600). The chape was likely from the end of a leather dagger scabbard with four triangular flaps pressed together to close at the end, the end of one flap missing in old damage. The reverse bears an overlapping seam. The surface of the chape is plain and undecorated. The metal is a mottled medium green patina with patches of brighter green corrosion and areas of brownish staining, likely from the deposition environment. The object has a total length of 41.6mm, max width 22.1mm, max depth 6…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Saturday 12th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-57466B
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy axehead, probably a developed flat axe or palstave of Middle Bronze Age date (c.1500-1100 BC). The fragment comprises the narrow butt of the axehead, which is sub-rectangular in plan (overall length 32.6mm) and sub-triangular in profile that thins to the edge of the butt. The sides are straight and only slightly divergent (width at butt is 17.1mm, width at break is 20mm). The object is convex across the thickness beginning c.10mm from the butt edge and increasing gradually, reaching the maximum thickness (8.7mm at the edges, 6.2mm at the centre between t…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-5736E2
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy thimble of Medieval to Post Medieval date (c.AD 1350-1500). The heavy-duty thimble is conical in shape with a base diameter of 19.8mm and 20.8mm high and 1.5mm thick. The surface is covered in drilled or punched indentions that spiral up towards the apex. The apex is decorated with a solid diamond shape with slightly concave sides an incised starburst pattern. A c.3.5mm circumferential border runs around the bottom. The surface is a dark green patina and weighs 8.90g.
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Saturday 12th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D576C1
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy guard from a smallsword or dress sword of late post medieval date (c.AD 1650-1800). The guard is oval in plan with the remains of what would have been a rectangular slot where the blade tang would pass. The outside edges are raised with flat faces, both decorated with foliate designs and what appears to be a figure in the centre, possibly a variation of a pose seen on similar objects (e.g. HESH-189308). The object is a dull green patina and reddish brown on the moulded decorations and measures 61.7mm wide, 57.1mm wide, 4mm thick and weighs 36.40g…
Created on: Monday 18th October 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th October 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-32296E
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe fragment of indeterminate type and of Wilburton-Wallington, Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking industries dated to c. 1150 – 600BC The fragmentary cast axe is represented by a blade fragment (with a surviving length of 42.3mm, a maximum thickness of 12.2mm and a weight of 65.5g). The axe has broken in antiquity across one face and through the base of the socket on the other face. The socket is rectangular (33.4mm wide). The sides appear to be straight and gradually divergent to the blade edge. Corrosion has removed any casting seam on the s…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
Last updated: Friday 17th June 2022
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