Record ID: NMGW-9A852B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead disc of unknown function and date. The object is circular in plan measuring 18.1mm in diameter and weighs 879.1g. The object is 3.4mm thick in the centre and unevenly dished along the circumference reaching a maximum height of 22.3mm A similar object is recorded on the PAS database (NMGW-36A04D) although the present object does not have obvious hammer reticulation marks on the surface and was recovered as a single isolated find, rather than with a ‘lid’ as seen in NMGW-36A04D. Lead objects are difficult to date due to their lack of diagnostic features. A lead…
Created on: Monday 27th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-5A8008
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver penny of Edward I (1272-1307), probably Spink 1411, possibly North (Vol. II) class 10cf2. The coin seems to have been clipped on two sides, but the inscriptions are intact on both sides. Mint of London.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EDB10B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval sixpence of William III (1694-1702), minted in Bristol, 1696 (Spink 3521).
Created on: Monday 24th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EB7945
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval penny of the Commonwealth (1649-1660), minted at the Tower of London, 1649-1660 (North 2729).
Created on: Monday 24th January 2022
Last updated: Saturday 12th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-576BCD
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast lead weight or spindle whorl of unknown date. The object is circular in plan and plano-convex in profile (external diameter 21.6mm, 5.7mm thick) with a slightly off centre perforation (7.1mm internal diameter). The surface of the object is corroded and there are no traces of decoration. The metal is buff and mid-grey in colour and weighs 10.57g. Lead spindle whorls are difficult to date as examples are found from contexts spanning Roman to Post Medieval periods, but the majority are typically dated to the Medieval period c.1100-1500.
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 7th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-576A02
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead spindle whorl of probable Medieval date (c.AD 1200-1500). The object is biconical measuring 17.8mm tall and 23.8mm max diameter external. The central perforation is irregular in shape and off centre, with an internal diameter of c.10.2mm. The surface of the spindle whorl is decorated in a moulded geometric pattern of parallel longitudinal lines crossed by circumferential bands forming rows of irregular rectangular cells (checkered design) that are smaller toward the aperture and enlarge towards the central ridge. The object is a buff colour and weighs 25.79g. Lead…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Saturday 12th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-576028
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete ?copper alloy object likely of Post Medieval to Victorian date (c. AD 1700-1900). The object is fractured on both ends, leaving a globular bead-shape decoration (13.8mm long, 11.8mm diameter). The object is possibly a furniture handle with traces of white metal coating on the outside. The metal is a mid grey patina and weighs 5.86g.
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Saturday 12th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-5759D5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy ringed pin of Irish/Welsh type and Early Medieval date (7th-8th century AD). The pin is comprised of the head and upper shaft with a surviving length of 59.3mm. The shaft is circular in plan with a diameter of 3.9-4.1mm. The head is sub-rectangular in plan and profile (13.0mm long x 6.8mm wide x 5.1mm thick) and perforated with a circular hole 2.3mm internal diameter. The surface is badly corroded, but the head appears to have a moulding at the top and bottom. A similar ringed pin is illustrated in Knight 1996 (p.50, fig.7 no.4) from Caerwent, den…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 25th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-574356
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MODERN
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy figurine, probably of neoclassical form and post-medieval (AD 1750-1850). The figurine is represented by a foot, likely from a reclining female. The foot itself is 35.5mm long and 14.9mm wide. The bottom of the foot has the remnants of a ?lead attachment 15.8mm x 13.8mm, which may have extended the length of the foot, but the other half is missing in old damage. The angle of the foot suggests the figure was in a reclining posture. The leg measures 12.7mm x 10.9mm at the break and the indention suggests the leg was hollow. The object is a mottled dark gr…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Saturday 12th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-C205E8
Object type: CHAIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy chain of Post Medieval to Early Modern date (c.AD 1700-1900). The chain is comprised of three sections with four circular links (21mm in diameter x 2.5mm thick) connected by smaller grooved strip links (13.4mm long x 6.6mm wide x c.8.0mm deep). Two sections have 4 strip links and the longer section has 5. The circular links are a medium-light green patina and the connecting strip links are light reddish brown. Traces of gold gilding preserves on some of the links indicating the surface of the chain was covered in gold gilt. The three pieces together wei…
Created on: Monday 10th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 10th January 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-5C3487
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver post-medieval halfgroat of James I (1603-1625), unclear initial mark, minted at the Tower of London, 1604-1619 (North 2104-5/1). The coin has been clipped.
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-5B89B8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval shilling of James I (1603-1625), third coinage, lis initial mark, minted at the Tower of London, 1623-1624 (North 2125).
Created on: Wednesday 5th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-C26E90
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle to Late Bronze Age bronze tanged chisel, known as a trunnion tool, probably dating from 1500BC to 800BC The trunnion tool is near-complete, heavily corroded with peripheral erosion (with a length of 164mm and a weight of 119.4g). The butt is narrow, thin and rounded (with a width of 9mm and a thickness of 3.9mm). The sides are straight and gradually divergent to the two trunnions. The chisel is thickest at the position of the trunnions (63mm - 78mm from the butt, where it has a maximum thickness of 10.3mm). The trunnions are now of rounded form (giving a maximum width to …
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-F311C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval sixpence of William III (1694-1702), unclear mint, 1695-1700. The coin is very worn and is bent. The coin appears to have been bent twice, but is now partially straightened, possibly by the finder or as a result of movement within the ploughsoil. Coins with a double bend are sometimes referred to as love tokens but they may have been used for supposed amuletic properties. Manville (2014, p. 20) says of bent coins: “A twice bent coin might be carried in the pocket or wallet as a protection against the ‘evil eye’ or other witchcraft, hence the crooked sixpen…
Created on: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 16th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-F295B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy post medieval Irish farthing of James II (1685-1691), minted in Limerick in 1691. Limerick was beseiged by William of Orange's troops in 1690-1691, during the Williamite War. Coins like this were struck over earlier 'gunmoney' shillings, which were official token coins issued by the Jacobites. Gunmoney was intended to be exchanged for sterling silver once the war was won.
Created on: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Last updated: Monday 16th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-169595
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval, Late Anglo-Saxon copper alloy strap-end of Thomas' (2004) Class E, possibly Type 4 and of 10th century date The cast, tongue-shaped strap-end is incomplete, missing the attachment end and is now distorted (with a surviving distorted length of 38.9mm and a weight of 13.4g). The strap-end was thinner at the attachment end, now lost but has the discernible remnants of the integral flange (2mm thick). The strap-end is also widest at the attachment end (with a width of 25.7mm and a thickness of 3.2mm) with straight sides below, gradually narrowing to the rounded terminal.…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-5A7761
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin 15th century penny, York, probably local dies 0.68g, Worn and incomplete
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-F2DE53
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Edward II (1307-27) penny, Durham Bishop Kellowe (trace of crozier and to cross on reverse) Class 11 (c. 1311-14) 1.12g, incomplete
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 26th February 2015
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Record ID: IARCH-BA60DF
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 233 no. 949: ""In April-May, 1919, during the erection of the Oil Refinery for the Anglo-Persian Oil Co. at Skewen, between Swansea and Neath, Glamorganshire, an old quarry was re-opened to obtain building stone. This had not been worked within living memory, but, at some period, had been cut in a series of steps between four feet and five feet wide and high. The steps were covered with an accumulation of loose stones and debris to a depth of about two feet. In clearing this accumulation, coins were discovered in a hollow covered by two flat stones. Although no deca…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-BE098A
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy coin weight 18th century English brass coin weight for a Portuguese two-escudos or 'half-Joe', current at eighteen shillings 4.88g, comparatively light because of corrosion
Created on: Tuesday 6th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th January 2015
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