Record ID: NMGW-3324A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: small copper-alloy penannular brooch with cast hoop of circular cross-section and tinned spatulate terminals. The pin-head is barrel moulded, of a type found on fifth- and sixth-century penannular brooches such as the example from Porth Dafarch, Anglesey. The hoop is decorated with four groups of fine ribbing (two at the junction with the terminals). The terminals are covered with fine silver plate and decorated with punched ring and dot, the pairs at the terminal ends being smaller that the single ring-and-dot motifs and the narrow junction with the hoop. Thin incised lin…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-FEEBD1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
1.0 Discovery & reporting A Late Bronze Age hoard comprising a bronze socketed axe fragment and a bronze sword blade fragment was discovered on 2nd April 2021 by Peter Griffiths (finder of the axe) and Luke Harris (finder of the sword blade) while metal-detecting on a field under improved pasture in Llanover Community, Monmouthshire. The two artefacts were reported as being found within 60cm (2 feet) of each other, each at depths of 25cm (10 inches). Full details of the findspot (NGR) and the addresses of the finders and the landowner are provided on the Treasure Receipt form for…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanover Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-FA7F3F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy and iron sprung Birdlip type brooch of Late Iron Age to Early Roman date (c. 30-60 AD). The brooch is undoubtedly of Birdlip Type but is not well paralleled in Mackreth (2011) and appears to lack the typical upturned “beak/tongue”. The brooch is in good condition and nearly intact- the only missing element is the iron pin and spring mechanism, attested solely by iron corrosion product left on the lug. The now absent spring was secured by a single sturdy (3.3mm wide by 8.2mm long) perforated lug, now both partially covered and filled by iro…
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th October 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-49AB5D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an unidentified cast copper alloy object, likely a buckle of uncertain date. The object is plano-convex in section, with a flat reverse and convex obverse. The object terminates in a break at both ends, one across what is likely the 10.4mm wide centre of the buckle frame, the object curves from this point to the other break at the side of the frame. The obverse face is decorated with an incised groove running parallel to the outer edge. The object has a smooth dark green patina covered with speckled brown and green pitting and concretions. The object is relatively undia…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gobion fawr community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-4977A4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper alloy and enamel zoomorphic vessel mount of probable late Iron Age to early Roman date (c. 50 BC to 100 AD). The object is zoomorphic, cast in the form of the stylised head of a beast with the lower jaw cut away in order to fit onto a vessel rim. The head is 21.3mm long, 12.1mm thick and 12.3mm wide, with an 8.4mm long snout with a flared, flat tip similar to a pig or boar. The lower 6.8mm of the jaw is cut out to a dept of c. 3.2mm. The rounded head has two 2.8mm diameter circular drilled eyes and is decorated on top of the cranium by two symmetrical comma shape…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gobion fawr community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-491E13
Object type: BUTTON COVER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy and white metal probable button of Post Medieval date (c. AD 1700-1800). The button is circular in plan, with a central 14.8mm diameter domed boss in the centre, with a flat circular rim 1.1mm thick. The reverse of the button is undecorated and flat with a mass of probable solder in the hollow of the boss. The front of the button is decorated with three concentric rings of repeated punch decoration on the rim, using at least two different punches. The front is also covered by white metal surface treatment, though it has flaked off in the centre of the boss. …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gobion fawr community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-7B75B5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman plate brooch of Umbonate type dating to the 2nd century AD. The brooch is missing the pin large portions of the circumferential plate as well as the lug/loop at the head and catch plate in old damage, with overall surviving dimensions of 43.1mm long x 26.9mm wide x 13.3mm deep. The central boss is circular in plan and domed/sub-conical with long and narrow triangular recessed cells converging to a central circular domed knop (4.3mm diameter). Traces of alternating yellow and red enamel preserve in some of the cells. A pair of incised grooves encirc…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-BFF82B
Object type: WATCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy fragment representing the back case of a pocket watch of probable late 17th-early 19th century date. The watch fragment is sub circular in plan, with a domed external surface made of a single piece of copper alloy c. 1.8mm thick. The centre of the case is destroyed, leaving a jagged edged uneven hole in the centre of the plate. At the top of the case the remains of the pendant are still fixed through the case, with an incomplete length of 7.1mm, and diameter of 4.6mm. The knobbed head of the pendant retains the projecting stubs of the pendant loop. A small button can be…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-AAFFD2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy nummus coin of Constantine I dating to AD 319 (Reece Period 16). VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP reverse type. Mint of Trier, as RIC VII Treveri 214/21. The coin has been misstruck on the reverse and much of the edge is missing. The coin retains a slight trace of silvering. Obverse: Bust of Constantine I, laureate, helmeted, cuirassed, left, possibly holding spear over shoulder. Legend: [IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG] Reverse: Two Victories, winged, draped, standing facing each other, holding a shield inscribed VOT/PR supported by an altar. Legend: [VICTORIAE LAET]A…
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd April 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-FB5647
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy vessel mount, possibly a bucket escutcheon of (probably later) Iron Age to early Roman date (c. 150 BC-AD 100). The object is incomplete, missing part of the left attachment lobe and an uncertain length of the hooked rear projection. The integrally cast object has a broadly trilobed form in plan, with two symmetrical comma-shaped perforated attachment lobes at the base (the left lobe is incomplete) and a larger upper lobe forming a suspension loop (maximum internal diameter 8.mm). The attachment lobes are thinner (c. 2.7mm thick) and set slightly at an …
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-F96461
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy stock jetton of Tournai dating to c. 1415-1497. Obverse: three lys on a rectangle (probably a variant of the "three lys in a field" design, or a blundered shield of France modern), illiterate legend. Reverse: triple stranded straight cross fleury in a quatrelobed tressure. 
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-EE065C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy fragment, possibly of Late Medieval date (c.15th-16th century AD). The fragment is a piece of a rim from a large cauldron measuring 11.6mm long x 7.9mm wide x 27.4mm-25.4mm thick. The rim has a very slightly expanded lip on the inside surface before tapering slightly to the edge and the outer surface is flat with no traces of decoration surviving. Two rivets hold a sheet of copper alloy in place (surviving length 27.1mm, max surviving width 15.6mm) likely repairing a crack on the inside surface of the cauldron. These types of rivets are common in Medieva…
Created on: Friday 30th December 2022
Last updated: Friday 30th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D88414
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end of Medieval date (c.AD 1390-1410). The object is a belt chape consisting of half of the plate, waist and damaged ‘lyre-shaped’ openwork terminal (overall length 55.5mm, max width 39.3mm, thickness 5.7mm). The plate is sub-rectangular in plan and rectangular in section. The obverse is decorated with a moulded border enclosing an incised linework motif, probably representing the monogram ‘ihs’ (abbreviation for Jesus Christ). Two rivet holes are at the base of the plate and one has iron corrosion suggesting the rivets…
Created on: Thursday 29th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-93AB65
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester Derivative Polden Hill (CD PH CD PH, 4.l.c Plate 49) type and 2nd century AD date. The brooch is missing much of the wings and spring, foot and catchplate with an overall surviving length of 53.5mm and max width of 24.1mm at the wings. The more intact wing is warped by iron corrosion (with a remaining diameter of 9.5mm) from the iron axis bar. The stump of a small backwards-facing hook or perforated lug is preserved on the back of the head would have held the spring chord. The head of the brooch is bulbous and humped cha…
Created on: Monday 7th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 20th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-91C84C
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy suspension fitting of Medieval to Post Medieval date, possibly from a sword belt (Mark Redknap, Pers. Comm.). The loop is cast in one piece, which has been bent in half so that the two perforations line up to allow a now missing part to pass through. The perforations are through an expanded circular section of the fitting, with simple mouldings on the inner side of each, terminating in simple lobed knops. There is a casting line running centrally along the length of the bar and traces of white metal surface treatment visible. The metal surface is brown in colour and…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-F57082
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy post-medieval farthing token issued by the city of Bristol in 1652. Obverse: a ship sailing from a port in the tower of a castle, * THE • ARMES • OF • BRISTOLL. Reverse: C B / 1652, * A • BRISTOLL • FARTHING. Williamson (1889: 241)
Created on: Monday 12th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-60FC37
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete copper alloy buckle and plate of Medieval date (c.AD 1250-1400). The buckle is cast and the plate is of sheet manufacture with a total length of 41.8mm. The frame is a single loop D-shaped type (measuring 19.4mm long x 18.1mm wide x 4.1mm thick) with two lobed knops with an oval section constriction/pin rest between them. The frame has a narrowed recessed bar and the the pin is missing, and it would seem likely that there was originally a roller on the outside edge between the two knops. The plate is constructed from a single piece of sheet copper alloy bent around the…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-39C896
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
A near-complete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of Developed T-shaped type and subclass of Hull type T105-111, T119-120, T122, T126-129, T132, T141-142; Mackreth 2011, CD H 2.a2. no. 2215; Bayley and Butcher 2004, 167, fig. 138. The brooch is mostly intact with an overall length of 44.6mm. The sub-cylindrical wings span 21.4mm in width and are 3.9mm diameter at the ends and widen towards the head (where the dimensions are 6.3mm deep x 5.0mm thick). The wings are decorated with three equidistant incised grooves along the front but do not extent to the top, botto…
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-7EFFA1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy mount of late Early Medieval to Medieval date, likely dating from the 11th to earlier 13th century in date. The mount is complete apart from the two non-integral rivets, which survive as stumps. The mount is flat in section (excepting the rivets) and roughly a wide shield shape in plan, with a near flat top and sides that curve smoothly down to the lowest point. The top edge of the mount is very slightly concave and measures 29.4mm between its rounded corners. The sides curve out slightly below the top corners giving the maximum width of the mount (30…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-7ECBDA
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy seal matrix of Medieval date (c.1300-1400 AD). The matrix is of conical form with hexagonal facets and is missing the rim of the die as well as the upper part of the handle. The central device is in the form of a stag, deer, or hart, standing or running left, roughly but competently carved with a tail, four and hind legs, and large branching antlers set within a circular field. The legend is largely obliterated, with a mullet initial mark at 12 o’clock. The only discernable characters of the inscription are the first and penultimate letter…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
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