Record ID: GAT-F6083E
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman melon bead in blue faience. The bead would have originally been sub-spherical when complete with a central circular aperture. Roughly half of the bead now remains, along with half of the aperture. The bead is decorated with raised vertical ribs as well as a well preserved glaze. The find likely dates from the mid-1st Century – mid 2nd Century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 1st September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 15th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llannerch-y-Medd', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-032288
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
A Scottish medieval silver cut halfpenny of William I of Scotland (1165-1214)/Alexander II of Scotland (1214-49), Short Cross and Stars type (Phase B; Spink 5029), uncertain bust type, dating to c.1205-c.1230, moneyer: Hue and Walter, mint: Edinburgh or Perth. Ref Spink 2015, pg 14 The coin has been cut in half and has been badly worn. On the obverse there are slight traces of the portrait and outer legend. The legend is no longer legible. On the reverse is a short cross with a star with five points in each of the remaining quadrants. The legend has been badly worn and is…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 4th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beaumaris', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-6A47EB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver Scottish halfgroat of James III (1460-88) Stewart group IV (Spink 5282A; Burns, 1887, fig 607), dating to c.1482-84, mint: Edinburgh. Ref. Spink, 2015, pg 44 and Burns, 1887, Vol II, pg 124. Obverse: crowned bust facing with four lis to crown, within a tressure of seven arches. The legend reads +IACOBVS DEI GRA REX SCOTORm. Reverse: Long cross with a five-pointed mullet in the first and third quarters and three pellets in the second and forth quadrants. The outer legend reads as DnS PT/ECTORm/S Z LIBEA/TVRmS and the inner reads as VILL/A EDE/nBEO/VRGE.
Created on: Friday 14th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 4th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanddyfnan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-481730
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper-alloy Roman sestertius of Trajan (AD 98-117), probably dating to the period c.AD 103-111 (Reece period 5). Unclear reverse type possibly depicting Pax standing left holding branch and cornucopiae? Mint of Rome. cf. RIC II no. 503.
Created on: Tuesday 7th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 8th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maesgeirchen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-CF592B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold quarter noble of Edward III (1322-77), Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period, transitional series (1361-3; North 1224iii). Ref: North 1991: 54. The coin has been lightly clipped removing parts of the outer edge and its inscription although this is not entirely clipped away.
Created on: Monday 15th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2019
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Record ID: GAT-854B64
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy decorative fitting of Roman date. It is a fairly flat plate with a rectangular hole in the centre and knobs on each corner and triangular projections on each side. The projections are decorated with impressed circles with dots in the centre. There is a raised lip around the central hole. The back is fairly flat and even but there is a shallow circular hollow on one side which may have fit into a stud. A similar, but 'fancier' mount SOMDOR-D208C5 is noteworthy. In this mount which may have been a lock plate, the opening is not at all diagnostic - it is neither the di…
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2017
Last updated: Monday 1st March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caim', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GAT-2716B3
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Stone axe hammer. Appears to have been made of a granitic pebble, perhaps from the nearby beach. The hourglass perforation has been neatly and competently made. Both ends have been slightly damaged but the surfaces were originally pecked smooth, though the pebble has not been radically modified.
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: GAT-0FE28F
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Three legged round bottomed cauldron fitted with two 'L' shaped handles. Made of eight separate pieces of bronze and then joined together. The cauldron was made in sand cast in two halves and then joined along a central seam. An everted rim, made of a single piece of metal is then added to compete the jointing of the two halves. A circular thickening plate was added to the base of the cauldron is order to provide additional strength during the heating and cooling process of cooking within it. Three legs, each of a tapering rectangular profile, are spaced approximately 120° apart. Two…
Created on: Monday 27th June 2016
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2018
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Record ID: GAT-EDB5C4
Object type: MICROLITH
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Narrow blade microlithic point. 18 x 5 x 2. Buff coloured flint. Straight, rod shape, with short abrupt retouch on two edges. Assessment: Later Mesolithic. (George Smith, Gwynedd Archaeological Trust)
Created on: Monday 15th June 2015
Last updated: Sunday 17th September 2017
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Record ID: GAT-921C33
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Maximinus Daia, AD 310-313 (Reece Period 15). Reverse: GENIO POP ROM. Mint of Trier. RIC VI, p. 226, no. 845a. It is a very irregular almost 'teardrop' shaped with at least one very straight edge, possibly indicating it was cut from a strip. The coin is very well preserved, evenly worn, but with all details still clearly visible and very limited patches of green corrosion. Obverse: Laureate, cuirassed bust facing right Inscription: IMP MAXIMINVS P F AVG Reverse: Genius standing left, head towered, loins draped, holding patera & cornucopiae Inscripti…
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2016
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Record ID: GAT-BEE797
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy rectangular plate with two projecting prongs midway along one long side. The prongs are very slightly curved. There are four circular holes through the plate, two at each end. These are chamfered and were probably meant to take fixing rivets. On one face, the central area of the plate is slightly recessed and appears to take the form of a shield. There are signs of possible decoration here with two parallel diagonal raised lines running across the shield shape. The two ends of this face of the plate are slightly raised and also contain decoration comprising a network of r…
Created on: Monday 13th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 20th January 2016
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Record ID: GAT-79B088
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Iron socketed arrowhead. The object is quite corroded and mostly dark grey in colour with patches of orangey brown iron oxide. One edge of the head has notches taken out of it and there is a large hole in one side of the socket. The grey colour may be the result of the application of some sort of surface stabiliser(?). the head is a long triangular shape in plan and measures is 44.84mm long and 19.31mm wide. In longitudinal section it narrows very slightly from the base to the point and in cross section it is lenticular. There is no distinct spine. From the base of the head there are …
Created on: Tuesday 29th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th July 2018
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Record ID: GAT-F56A22
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Body sherd of a mortarium. The fabric is orange on the exterior while the centre is dark grey, moderate very small and occasionally quite large voids. Mainly quartz grits are impressed into the concave inner surface. The carination between the base and body survives. The outer surface is smooth but irregular and undulating. No decoration or marks visible. The base is 13.91mm thick thinning to 8.99mm towards the top of the sherd.
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2015
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Record ID: GAT-3B9AE6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy mount. The main body is lozengiform with a narrow projection extending from one point, and a more bulbous projection extending from the opposite point. The front shows an irregular sinuous design probably zoomorphic, though it is difficult to interpret.The design incorporates an irregular series of circular perforations of various diameters. The majority are 2.37mm in diameter, with two 3.56mm and the largest 4.5mm. There is also a smaller hole of 1.99mm diameter at the end of the narrow projection and one in the middle of the more bulbous projection. These appear unrelat…
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2016
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Record ID: GAT-03AF25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
1st century Roman cast copper alloy wheel plate brooch. It has a raised inner and outer rim between which is a recessed surface which is slightly convex in section forming a slight rounded central ridge. Four opposed spokes which are triangular in section attach the rim to a central hub which is circular and cylindrical. It has a raised outer rim and a recessed area surrounding a central rounded knop. The fixing method was by pin located between two upstanding perforated lugs cast with the brooch body; these survive though one of the lugs is partially broken away. The pin was locke…
Created on: Friday 15th July 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2019
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Record ID: GAT-0AE3F0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93), PV[ ], Pax standing left holding branch and vertical sceptre. Unattributed Mint or Contemporary Copy. PVAX AVG coins have been recorded in Sam Moorhead's corpus. Coin is worn. This coin is recorded in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Monday 28th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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Record ID: GAT-0A4E03
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloyh radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), [ ], Fides standing left with two standards. Probably Unattributed Mint. Condition: very worn. This coin has been considered for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Monday 28th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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Record ID: GAT-0A3673
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), SAECVLI FELI[ ], Emperor walking right with globe and transverse spear. Unattributed Mint. Condition: very worn. RIC V, pt 2, p. 541, cf. 977-9. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Monday 28th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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Record ID: GAT-5C6255
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Probable 'smooth-collared' mortarium rim sherd in buff fabric of consistent colour throughout.Some small voids are visible in the fabric suggesting organic temper although there may also be traces of a very fine grit inclusions.The profile of the rim appears similar in form to that depicted in Casey, Davies and Evans 1993, Fig 17.31, no 26.
Created on: Monday 26th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2015
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Record ID: GAT-7BDCD2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), HILARITAS AVG, Hilaritas standing left holding palm branch and cornucopiae. C Mint, -//C. RIC V, pt 2, p. 485, cf 243 for this reverse type at C Mint with different obverse legend. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
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