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
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Record ID: HESH-B277B3
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MODERN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
FIND OF COINS, RHOS-ON-SEA (Wales 11.03) On 2 February 2011, Mr XXX reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme (Peter Reavill, Finds Liaison Officer for Herefordshire and Shropshire) the finding of two coins on the foreshore at Rhos-on-Sea, Conwy. The coins, provisionally identified by the undersigned on the basis of scanned images, were transferred to Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, for formal identification and a report to H.M. Coroner. Circumstances of Discovery The coins were found with the aid of a metal detector on the foreshore (NGR given on the Receipt Form). …
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 16th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Conwy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CCI-690114
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Sunday 21st March 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Orme', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-C5BC97
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Looped bronze palstave with some extant damage and in worn condition. The blade is plain and slightly flared. The cutting edge is curved and the blade is a pointed oval shape in cross-section. The u-shaped stop ridge is angular and pronounced. The sides run parallel between the squared butt and the stop ridge. The septum is long in relation to the blade, compared to similar palstaves. The palstave is complete, although the butt has been damaged and the stop ridge has been worn down, particularly on one side. The surface of the palstave is pitted and small air bubbles are v…
Created on: Thursday 18th May 2006
Last updated: Saturday 6th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pen yr Ole Wen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CPAT-6FCE17
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
An axe-hammer of igneous stone found in 1989 holding open the door of a shed in the rear garden of a house at Castle Place, Abergele. The finder Mr Nathan Roberts was undertaking renovation work on the house at the time. A fine example with overall pecking marks visible, blunted at the axe end, signs of damage at the butt end. One of the perforated sides is slightly concave. Shaft hole is towards the butt end, and is splayed at both ends suggesting that it was drilled from both sides (Spencer, J, pers comm, 2004). Thin section extracted and studied by Dr Richard E. Bevins of the Ge…
Created on: Friday 27th May 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Spatial data recorded.

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Record ID: CPAT-B571D6
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Stone hammer with central hole. Measures 0.12m x 0.10m with hole 45mm in diameter at surface. Sedimentary rock of light brownish-green with black inclusions.
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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.

Record ID: LVPL-2AD227
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy radiate of Carausius, (287-293AD). Obverse: IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: MONETA AVG; Moneta standing left. Mintmark: -//C RIC V, pt 2, no. 287 This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Colwyn', 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.

Record ID: CPAT-495E9E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.a-b, flat wing ends type). The axial rod is intact and the pierced top of the pin through which the rod passes, to create a hinge, is present but the majority of the pin is missing. While the axial rod lies within a tubular crossbar half of this part is also missing along with both end caps (if there ever were any) and the rod is liable to slide out. Part of the catchplate survives on the reverse of the bow. Some of the smooth original surface survives and is a dark green colour, but much …
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2017
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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
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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.