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Record ID: NMGW164
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead, or lead alloy, disc perforated by two centrally set holes. Either nineteenth or twentieth century in date. Diameter 25mm, thickness 2.5mm, Diameter of perforations c.1.5mm, weight 11.9 grams.
Created on: Thursday 14th October 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monmouthshire', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW165
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Crudely cast lead, or lead alloy, perforated cylindrical weight. External diameter 14.5mm-15.5mm, internal diameter 6.5mm-7.5mm, thickness/height 10mm, weight 9.7 grams.
Created on: Thursday 14th October 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monmouthshire', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW166
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Slightly domed lead, or lead alloy, discoidal casting with boss-like feature on underneath. Possibly a crudely cast pot mend. Diameter 22-24mm, thickness 7mm, weight 18.4 grams.
Created on: Thursday 14th October 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monmouthshire', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW167
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead, or lead alloy, casting. Lentoid in shape and plano-convex in section. The surface of the object appears to have been deliberately smoothed and contains a circular indentation (diameter 15mm) on the curved side. Weight 337.9 grams.
Created on: Thursday 14th October 1999
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monmouthshire', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW168
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Flat bow of small curvature expanding towards the missing foot. The bow is decorated with fluted reeding, which runs along its entire length and terminates at the moulded transverse rib located at the bow’s junction with the spring-cover. The catch plate is deformed and partly missing but contained a single perforation of indeterminate shape. The cylindrical spring-cover is open along a slit on the back of the brooch and at either end. Only two incomplete fragments of the brooch survive. The bow has been bent through ninety degrees, although it is uncertain whether this occurred…
Created on: Friday 15th October 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW178
Object type: CLOTHING ACCESSORY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Outwardly curving, cast copper alloy, hook and integral, rebated attachment plate. Only a triangular-shaped fragment of the attachment plate survives. No evidence for either fixing holes or intact rivets remain on the attachment plate fragment. The original surface has largely been removed by harsh cleaning. Surviving length 42mm, maximum width 10mm.
Created on: Monday 25th October 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW1174
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead, or lead alloy, token decorated on one side with a linear geometric design. Diameter 12mm, weight 1.461 grams. Sixteenth to eighteenth century in date.
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monmouth', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW312
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn 6d of William IV
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW311
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Perforated, conical, lead (or lead alloy) weight. Both sides decorated with radiating panels embellished with bosses (cast decorations). Flashing marks unworn/not removed. Internal diameter 12mm; external diameter 28-28.5mm; thickness 13mm.
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW322
Object type: CROSS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Aluminium straight-armed cross; the upper arm terminates in a now broken suspension loop. Copper corrosion products adhere to the surface of the cross suggesting that it was originally plated in a copper alloy (such as bronze). A modern pendant. Length 57mm, width 30mm, thickness 3.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW338
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
White metal ( abase alloy containing a high proportion of tin or pewter) Edwardian souvenir medal commemorating both the Coronation of Edward VII and the laying of a foundation stone of an unknown building on 13th May 1902. The medal has been perforated so that it can be worn on a ribbon. Diameter 39mm, thickness 4mm.
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW339
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Stamped copper alloy (bronze or brass) buckle of sub-rectangular shape with a wide frame. The frame is decorated with stamped impressions of small tokens which imitate ancient coins. There are four types of token/coin impression including: a pious pelican, a horse and rider, a male classical bust looking right and a female classical bust looking left. The buckle is fitted with an open rectangular-shaped chape and three short tongues. It is a knee buckle of eighteenth century date. Tight fitting breeches that were buttoned or buckled below the knee were the fashion for men between about…
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW340
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Modern figurine - the figure is in a reclining pose with the legs in a sinuous form. There is a hole between the head and arm which suggests that the figurine was suspended, perhaps as an element of a key-ring or possibly as a pendant.
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW346
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead token. Probably 16th - 18th century
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW355
Object type: CANDLE SNUFFER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Conical white metal (probably pewter) candle snuffer or extinguisher. The top of the snuffer is embellished with a knopped terminal. The surface is encrusted with concreted estuarine deposits. Late 19th or early 20th century in date. Height 68mm, maximum diameter 34.5mm
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW356
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy (probably brass) cylindrical weight with a copper alloy (probably brass) suspension loop. The base of the weight is apparently filled with a lead, or lead alloy, plug. The top of the weight and the suspension loop are encrusted with concreted estuarine deposits. Possibly for use with a steelyard. Twentieth century. Height 41mm.
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW357
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Stone ball. Diameter 33mm. The function of the ball is uncertain; however, it is possibly a baking ball used to hold down empty pastry cases to stop them rising in the oven. Dating is problematic but if it is a baking ball then it may be relatively recent in date.
Created on: Wednesday 18th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW385
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver finger-ring of keeled form with triangular shoulders, which form the upper part of the hoop, projecting at an angle to the bezel. The circular bezel is plain and does not contain a setting; the shoulders are decorated with delicate linear moulding. The lower part of the hoop is plano-convex in section. The ring is worn, possibly as a result of cleaning. External diameter 21-23mm; internal diameter 14-18mm; weight 4.51grams. An example of Henig's Type VIII (1978, 38-39, fig.1) and Taylor and Scarisbrick's Type 33 (1978, 26, 39). Third or fourth century AD.
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW390
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy rim fragment from a steep-sided vessel. The large diameter of the vessel suggests that it was used for cooking. Minimum depth of vessel 26mm, thickness 4mm. Probably medieval or post-medieval in date.
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3137
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small gold, or gold alloy, ring of keeled form with notched shoulders, which form the upper part of the hoop, projecting at an angle to the bezel. The bezel contains a plain, sub-circular boss and, on one side only, a perforated sub-semicircular flange, which gives the bezel a decidedly asymmetrical appearance. The lower part of the hoop is plano-convex in section. The ring is distorted and worn, possibly as a result of cleaning. There are no discernible hallmarks or other features. External diameter 15-16mm, internal diameter 11-12.5mm, weight 2.8 grams. The ring is too small to be a …
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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