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: 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-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: 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-632296
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy palstave, probably of Type Guilsfield. The palstave is complete and has an overall length of 147.6mm and is comparatively heavy at 477.1g, implying a heavily-leaded bronze. The butt is straight (23mm wide) and is angled slightly towards the unlooped side. The septum is thick, as is typical for the type, with a thickness at the butt of 6mm and 14mm at the base of the stop. The septum is slightly concave across its width. The flanges are concave and end well before the butt (18mm). The sides before the stop are straight. The stop is rounded, suggesting th…
Created on: Wednesday 19th October 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-759FC0
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy palstave, probably of Type Guilsfield. The palstave is complete and has an overall length of 141.0mm and is comparatively heavy at 483.7g, implying a heavily-leaded bronze. The butt has a width of 24.7mm and is irregular, appearing to have suffered from casting problems with the bronze at the surface appearing to be porous, there is also some hollowing on both sides of the septum adjacent to the butt. This damage may be a result of insufficient bronze when casting. The butt was likely to have been straight and angled slightly towards the unlooped side. …
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-75C4F7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe of faceted form and of Type Gillespie (follow Schmidt and Burgess 1981, 191f.). The axe is complete, although the blade edge has been lost and the axe has an overall length of 87.6mm and weighs 129.2g. The mouth is oval with an external width of 35.7mm and an external thickness of 33.2mm (internal - 27.8mm x 24.7mm). The socket has a depth of 74mm and becomes sub-rectangular in section c. 25mm from the mouth. The rim has been carefully finished and no evidence of the casting runner stubs survives. The pronounced flaring, trumpet-shaped mout…
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-75FE70
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed gouge. The socketed gouge is near-complete and has broken in antiquity at the mouth. The gouge may be judged slender with a maximum external diameter at the mouth of 20.2mm (15.6mm internal). The gouge has an overall length of 86.0mm and weighs 46.0g. The mouth is simple and has no mouldings around it. The gouge has a subtle collar 12mm deep. The sides of the gouge are gently concave and converge towards the blade edge. The casting seams are high and have undergone minimal finishing. The gouge groove begins 31mm from the mouth. The blade edge h…
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-7621D3
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age copper alloy blade fragment from an uncertain artefact. The implement is incomplete and has broken in antiquity before the blade and has a surviving length of 54.6mm. The piece has been cast in a simple one-piece mould and has undergone no further finishing. At the break the piece has a width of 16.4mm. The sides are curved and diverge sharply to define an expanded blade with a crescentic edge. The implement is flat with a thickness at the break of 4.2mm and 3.2mm at the blade, and weighs 40.1g. Both faces are irregular as would be expected, given that the piece is from …
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-7642E7
Object type: BRIDLE FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to Early Roman cheek ring or side ring from a derivative three-link bridle bit (Spratling, Group II), probably of mid 1st century to mid 2nd century AD date. The cheek ring is complete and has an overall length of 71.9mm and weighs 104.0g. The loop at the apex of the ring has an internal diameter of 6-9mm and is of sub-rectangular section. At the head of the loop is an irregular malformed trumpet moulding on one side only, but appears to be conjoined to the other side of the loop at the top, and may be miscast. It is likely that the bridle link and ring were cast onto eac…
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2005
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-A87A61
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Near complete copper alloy matrix. The matrix is pointed oval in shape and is flat with a pierced lug stemming from a raised central tapered rib. The seal matrix is of an ecclesiastical type. The central motif depicts the Virgin Mary with child at the apex, above a double towered church front with a finial either side of the tower. The base of the motif depicts a kneeling cleric. The inscription on the outside of the matrix is corroded and much of the inscription is now missing. The ‘+’ is legible at the summit of the matrix, the next legible letters are rising from the base, these…
Created on: Tuesday 8th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-4B403A
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic stone axehead, complete (with a length of 142.8mm and a weight of 536.3g) and has a consistent polish which has removed all the shaping, presumably through pecking. The butt is blunt and has an even curve (45mm wide). Both sides are straight and gradually divergent to the blade. The axe has a pointed elliptical body section and reaches a maximum thickness (of 35.3mm) approximately one third of the length from the blade (53mm from the blade). The blade is moderately rounded (and has a width of 80.4mm). The blade retains its edge and has a number of small nicks. Geological …
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 4th December 2014
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: 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-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: 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: 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: LVPL-734321
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Silver penny of Edward the Confessor, North no.818, dating to 1048-50, Small Flan type.
Created on: Monday 6th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LVPL-727723
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
In a generally corroded condition and incomplete. The unusual feature of this particular example is the rectangular or square head plate from which the circular trumpet head emanates. The head plate is incomplete but is assumed to have supported an integral head loop. At the back of the trumpet mouth are the corroded remains of what appears to be a hinge mechanism. At the junction of the bow and the leg is a large plain swelling or flattened bead. The bead is defined by a transverse groove above and below and does not extend around the back of the bow. On the leg just beneath the bead…
Created on: Wednesday 11th June 2003
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-2AB9D0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy radiate of Carausius, (287-293AD) (Reece Period 14) Obverse: IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG; Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: PAX AVG; Pax standing left. In exergue: FO//M(L) RIC V, pt 2, p. 472, no. 101 The coin is substantially polished and abraded due to water movement, having been found on a beach. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 17th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Colwyn', grid reference and parish protected.