Record ID: NMGW-1391B7
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances of discovery and reporting A hoard of 37 Roman silver coins was discovered by David Henry Moss and Tom Taylor on 20th-21st December 2018 and 19th January 2019 in Caerhun Community, Conwy. The coins were found while metal detecting on cultivated land that was under pasture at the time. The findspot (a National Grid Reference) of the coins and addresses of interested parties are given on the Treasure Receipt Form. The coins were discovered scattered in shallow rocky ploughsoil at depths of approximately 3-4 inches. Mr Moss and Mr Taylor discovered another coin hoard of Ro…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caerhun Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-0EA045
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances of discovery and reporting A ceramic pot containing 2733 Roman silver and copper alloy coins was discovered by David Henry Moss and Tom Taylor on 22nd December 2018 in Caerhun Community, Conwy.  The hoard was found while metal detecting on cultivated land that was under pasture at the time. The top of the pot was discovered at a depth of about 30cm below the surface of the field, at the top of a slight mound. The finders carefully excavated the pot themselves, wrapped the pot in bandages and left the coins inside the pot. The rim of the pot had been struck by a ploug…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caerhun Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-7BF09B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Plain gold posy-ring. The thin, slightly misshapen hoop is of flattened-D cross-section, and the outer surface is cast and plain. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: Wheare this I give I wish to live, in italic script. External hoop diameter 17.5 x 18.4 mm; maximum band width 2.8mm; maximum band thickness 0.6mm; weight 0.93g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Conclusions The same motto Where this I give I wish to live has been recorded on a seventeenth-century enamelled gold posy ring from Old Beaupre, Vale of Glamorgan (Treasure Case 04.13…
Created on: Monday 31st January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abergele', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-A6B0FB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Polden Hill brooch of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 33.7mm, a surviving depth of 15.1mm and a weight of 12.6g). The pin was sprung within tubular wings, now eroded and with around a copper alloy axis bar. The fragmentary loop of the pin and axis bar are present but are now loose. The wings are slightly truncated and had expanded terminals (with a width of 20.2mm and a diameter of 7.2mm). No applied decoration is evident on the wings. There is the suggestion of a damaged lug oat the head …
Created on: Monday 15th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 19th April 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-8377C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Roman coper alloy bow brooch of Wirral type and of 2nd century AD date. The brooch in incomplete, missing the pin, lower leg and top of the head-plate (with a s length of 47.0mm, a surviving depth of 19.3mm and a weight of 17.2g). The missing pin was hinged between semi-tubular lugs on the rear of the head (with a width of 12.6mm). The lugs and rear of the head has adhering iron corrosion, suggesting an iron axis bar and/or pin was employed. Above the head is a head-plate (giving the head a surviving height of 18.7mm) and the remnant of a truncated integral chain-loop (with an in…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WREX-B4FA5B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances and context of discovery The object was discovered by Mr Hughes whilst metal detecting. The object was under pasture at a depth of approximately 6-8 inches. The finder reported that a 1797 silver half penny of George III and a Victorian Penny were found close by but are not considered to be associated with the find. The names and addresses of the finder and landowner are provided on Treasure Act Receipt Form, along with a ten-figure OS grid reference of the findspot. Description and identification (including metal content) A cast, flat silver decorative object, trifol…
Created on: Monday 5th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crafnant', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-354744
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Gold fede or fidelity ring. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section. The outer face is plain. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: After consent ever content, in vertical italic script. Internal hoop diameter 15.8 x 16.6mm; external hoop diameter 17.5 x 18mm; band width 4.5mm; band thickness 0.8mm; weight 2.86g.
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Saturday 29th February 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WREX-F9C9B3
Object type: FIREARM
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Complete post-medieval copper alloy ram-rod terminal from a musket or other firearm, dating c.1650-1850AD.The object is circular in cross section for approximately half of its length and is formed from a hollow cylinder.At one end of this cylinder there is a flaring projection, that tappers to a point.The other end of the cylinder is straight. There is an integral attachment loop on with a small circular hole on the underside of the object.The object is undecorated save for two very simple raised bands - one at either end of the cylindrical section.The object has a dark green patina.F…
Created on: Monday 19th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abergele', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-C2ADAA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy 'petalled knop' from a Roman trumpet dating to the late 2nd to early 3rd century AD. The object takes the form of a flower consisting of 26 petals around a central ring with a rounded projection at the centre.The rear of the object is largely plain with a shallow grooved around the outer edge.In the centre is a sub-rectangular projection with three circular openings.The object has a dark green patina. Diameter: 22.63mm; thickness: 16.61mm; weight: 10.4g
Created on: Monday 27th November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abergele', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B9E031
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy pegged leaf-shaped spearhead dating from the late Middle or Late Bronze Age, probably 1100-800BC. The spearhead has a leaf shaped blade that is lozenge shaped in section. The shaft is broken but is circular in section. The socket is packed with a fibrous material. The surviving original surface has a mid brown patina but is pitted and scratched. The tip of the spearhead is missing and the edge of the leaf-shaped blade are damaged Length: 101.49mm; width at widest point: 32.88mm; thickness of blade: 5.36mm; thickness at the mid-rib: 13.85mm; socket diameter…
Created on: Monday 10th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Henryd', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5C10CC
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
A stone bead of uncertain date, possibly made of slate. The object is circular in plan and has a small central perforation. The internal diameter of the perforation measures 1.95mm in diameter. The object has a mid-brown and mottled patina. Dimensions: 11.59mm in diameter, 3.10mm thick, 2.1g.
Created on: Wednesday 27th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Henryd', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-84C360
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Four bronze coins found before 1990 "in or about Marl Wood" with a brooch and harness ring. Fragments of leather were also found and are thought to be part of a container (Guest and Wells 2007, 914).
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Esgyryn', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-745A0F
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Record of a single nummus of the House of Constantine that was said to be part of a hoard of at least 100 coins found in a bog in the parish of Llangwm Dinmael.
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llangwin', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-33AA03
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
A report of a hoard found in a garden at Penrhyn Bay In 1924. The hoard was found in a box. No coin details were available.
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penrhyn Bay', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-99223D
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Coins metal-detected from a spring. Not a hoard but an accumulation.
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llys Awel', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-74A508
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
68 base metal radiates to AD 292. There was some question of this hoard being an addenda to Little Orme RBCH 867 (hoard 281), but E Besly believes them to be two distinct deposits (2010, 137). Objects listed here "found in the same locality".
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Orme III', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-500B79
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 213 no. 869: "During excavations, 1965-9: Six ant. "were found close together and at the same level near hut floor 18": Ant. Gallienus (sole reign) 1 Victorinus 2 Tetricus II 1 Carausius 2 6 (1 b., cast) (1 b.) -H.N. Savory, Excavations at Dinorben, 1965-9 (1971), 33, cp. 37f. -C. N. Shiel, The Episode of Carausius and Allectus, BAR 40 (1977), 41, no. 12, types, some mints"
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dinorben', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-8BD2F5
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 327 no. 1353: ""Between November 1982 and February 1983, Mr. D. Rippingale found fifty-one Roman coins in the shallow topsoil of an area about 3 m. square on the steep slope adjoining the east side of the ramparts of Dinorben, a little to the north of the north of the east corner [sic]. " The 51 coins were 2 ant. and 49 AE, of the period AD 348-55. "Probably, therefore, the two Dinorben radiates did not belong to what one may take as a scattered hoard." Ant. AE Claudius II (deified) 1 Tetricus II 1 Constantius II, Aug. 5 Constans, Aug. 9 Magnentius 29 Dece…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dinorben', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-4C74C3
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 342-343 no. 1405: "In the College Museum, Bangor, "associated with the cabinet containing the silver (i.e. the denarii from the Abergele (1842) hoard) [no. 383], is a small collection of 34 Roman bronze coins, which has always been supposed to be from Abergele. In the Museum also, but not definitely associated in the same manner, is another bronze collection of 22 coins. These two collections agree exactly in type and range of date (c. AD 260-c.380), the only difference being in condition and legibility. It is, therefore, considered certain that they are portions of…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abergele', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-872959
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 81 no. 383: "3 Feb. 1842 "Crowther (agent to Sir John Hay Williams) gave me a very large collection of silver coins with pieces of the earthen vessel that contained them. They were found in a field of mine of Bron-y-Berlan farm by some men who were digging a ditch. The men kept back a great many of them and would doubtless have done so with them all, but they were so incrusted with dirt and so stuck together they looked like buttons in copper. Crowther contrived to clean them and they were in excellent condition." -Ms. Journal of Sir John Hay Williams, of Bodelwyd…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abergele', grid reference and parish protected.