Record ID: NMGW-0B312C
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy rotary key of uncertain date, possibly Roman or medieval The cast key is incomplete, missing the bit (with a surviving length of 87.5mm and a weight of 32.2g). The bow is circular (19.3mm diameter external and 12.3mm internal) and of sub-triangular section (4.6mm wide and 2.3mm – 3.5mm thick), with a mid-ridge on the interior. The bow is somewhat worn, particularly around the top possibly from suspension. The collar moulding is rectangular-sectioned (10.0mm wide and 6.0mm thick) and comparatively long (at 13.2mm) decorated on each face with a central wide rounded g…
Created on: Monday 20th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-CCF92B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Aucissa or derivative type and of 1st century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and catch-plate (with a length of 52.3mm, a depth of 8.9mm and a weight of 2.2g). The missing pin was hinged with in a rolled-head, now damaged (with a width of 13.7mm) and with a central slot for the pin. The head narrows at its base (to 4.1mm wide and 0.9mm thick) before widening to the bow (at 7.0mm wide). The sides of the bow were straight, now eroded and are slightly convergent to the top of the leg. The bow has a slight mid-ridge, giving a shallow…
Created on: Friday 17th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-525A7A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st to 2nd century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin with a slightly distorted bow (with a length of 58.3mm, a depth of 14.2mm and a weight of 12.5g). The spring is secured between perforated lateral lugs, around a copper alloy axis bar and with the chord tensioned by a hook at the head. The wings (with a width of 19.5mm and a diameter of 7mm – 8mm) are semi-cylindrical with expanded terminals. There is no applied decoration on the wings. The sides of the head (with a width of 9.2mm) are enhanced with curv…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 24th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-514BF3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of unusual type, probably a T-shaped derivative of later 1st or 2nd century date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 25.6mm and a weight of 8.9g). The hinged pin has broken below the loop and was secured within semi-tubular wings, now truncated (with a diameter of 4.2mm and a surviving width of 31.7mm). At the head is a flange (8.1mm wide and with a surviving height of 4.7mm above the bow) above a stepped moulding, possibly the remnants of a larger head-plate. The top of the rectangular-s…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3DADB6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy vessel handle, possibly from a jug of Roman date The handle is complete (with a length of 68.3mm, a depth of 19mm and a weight of 35.7g) but no part of the container vessel survives. The handle is of S-shaped form and has flattened attachment points on each end. The upper, oval attachment point (14.5mm long x 9.4m m wide) has an outward angle, whereas the lower, sub-triangular attachment point (12.5mm long x 12.5m m wide) is near-vertical. The handle is of oval section, widening to its furthest point (where it has a width and thickness of 12.5mm and 9.9mm respective…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3D15BA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 19.5mm, a surviving depth of 10.0mm and a weight of 5.2g). The missing spring was secured between perforated lateral lugs, now lost and the chord was tensioned with a lug on the head, now also lost. The surviving part of the wings (with a surviving width of 16.2mm) were decorated with grooves adjacent to the bow. There is the suggestion of curved mouldings on the sides of the bow at the head. The upper …
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 19th April 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3C068B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy strip, possibly a fragment of a bow brooch of Langton Down, Hod Hill or allied type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The possible brooch is fragmentary, represented by the bow only and is distorted (with a surviving length of 40.0mm and a weight of 2.2g). The strip was widest at one end and is torn (10mm wide) and with the suggestion of a rolled head or possibly even forming an integral spring on a one-piece brooch. A central strip (1.9mm wide, 0.6mm thick) of the apex is upturned and may have formed a spring coil. The sides are straight and gradually converge…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EA09CE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy composite plate brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by a back plate only (with a surviving, distorted length of 24.4mm and a weight of 1.4g). The missing pin was hinged between twin lugs (4.4mm deep) and the copper alloy axis bar remains in place. At the opposite end is a short catch-plate, missing the catch (4.1mm long and 4.4mm deep). Both are integral to the rear of a circular sheet (21.3mm diameter and 0.5mm thick) with a central circular aperture (3.8mm diameter). The front of the hinge projects slightly beyond the circumfe…
Created on: Thursday 18th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-E9B7E7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy enamelled roundel or circular mount, probably of 1st to early 2nd century AD date The roundel is sub-circular and with a concave face (with a diameter of 28.2mm – 30.6mm, a depth of 5.7mm and a weight of 12.1g). The face is decorated with a whirligig motif comprising ten sub-triangular cells of alternating red and blue enamel. The blue enamel has survived significantly better than the red, which only survives as a remnant adhering to the base of the cell. The centre of the roundel is circular (of 8mm diameter) and is not decorated and with a perforation at it…
Created on: Thursday 18th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-E991DB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill / T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin (with a length of 67.1mm, a depth of 21.4mm and a weight of 23.7g). The copper alloy spring remains in place, secured between lateral, perforated lugs around a copper alloy axis bar with the chord tensioned by a hook at the head. The oval-sectioned wings (with a width of 27.2mm and a diameter of 7.1mm x 8.5mm) are corroded with no decoration now evident. The sides of the head are decorated with curved mouldings (giving the head a width of 13.…
Created on: Thursday 18th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th March 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A75506
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coper alloy Zoomorphic mount, probably from a vessel The mount is in the form of a sitting or swimming duck and is near-complete, with some peripheral damage (with an overall length of 40.4mm, a height of 18.6mm and a weight of 25.3g). The body of the duck is sub-triangular (with a length of 35.1mm and a maximum width of 22.3mm). Both the upper and under face are convex tapering from the tail (with a thickness of 3.0mm at the tail to 10.2mm at the neck). The wings are depicted by three to four incised straight and parallel lines on each side. Two incised lines also decorate…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-564AA1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch of uncertain type and probably of 1st to 3rd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the bow and leg (with a surviving length of 39.7mm, a surviving depth of 20mm and a weight of 6.6g). The arched bow is of D-shaped section with straight and near-parallel sides (7.6mm wide and 4.0mm – 4.7mm thick). The bow is faceted on the sides before a decorative moulding at its base and appears to be mirrored at the break, on the top of the bow. No other applied decoration is evident on the bow. Below the bow is a square plate (12.3mm wide and 1.…
Created on: Thursday 11th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-4125B7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Roman copper alloy belt fitting, probably a strap-end of 4th or 5th century date The cast fitting is complete (with a length of 21.9mm, a width of 40.2mm and a weight of 3.5g) and has openwork decoration. One end has a linear bar (3.4mm wide, 3.7mm long and 1.5mm thick) from the centre of which springs two opposing C-scrolls, with internal knop and defining two sub-circular or kidney-shaped apertures. At the apex is a flaring central feature with an incised central line. No applied decoration is evident elsewhere on the fitting. The fitting was attached using an integral squ…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-411705
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger-ring of c. mid-1st to 3rd century AD date The finger ring is incomplete, with a fragmentary and distorted hoop (with a height of 13.5mm and a weight of 2.5g) and was of oval form. The hoop is of D-shaped section and was narrowest at the base (with a width and thickness of 1.8mm and 1.5mm respectively). The hoop gradually widens to the shoulders which have no surviving applied decoration. The oval bezel is now eroded on one side (11.5mm wide and 2.0mm deep) and is comparatively less finished on the rear. The decoration on the bezel comprises three circula…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-4103A5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy terminal fitting, from an uncertain object probably of Roman date The terminal is of spherical form with a basal moulding and has a short fragment from the integral connecting rod at the base (with an overall length of 13.6mm and a weight of 3.5g). The sphere (with a maximum diameter of 9.6mm) has no applied decoration but a slight casting flaw is evident. The waist (with a minimum diameter of 6.2mm) is grooved before the rounded basal lobe. The integral pin is circular-sectioned (2.2mm diameter and with a 1.6mm surviving length). The surface is worn with a mid-green…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-40F32B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy disc brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, with approximately half represented (with a diameter of 34.5mm, a depth of 10.2mm and a weight of 5.4g). The brooch had a spring mechanism secured around a single lug and with an iron axis bar or spring suggested by the iron corrosion. The opposite end has catch-plate surviving. The brooch face had an outer ring (8.7mm wide), with a raised border and decorative concentric rib, positioned off-centre. There is no surviving evidence for enamel within either concentric ring. A deeper rib (3.5mm deep) de…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-40DECB
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy lozenge plate brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin (with a length of 34.7mm, a width of 32.4mm and a weight of 6.8g). The missing pin was hinged between twin lugs (giving an overall depth of 12.0mm) and secured with a ferrous axis bar, which remains in place. At the base is the remains of the catch-plate, which has lost the catch. The rear has a recessed circular panel. The face has a two-stepped border to the lozenge cell (23mm square). The border is damaged but no side lugs are discernible. The lozenge cell contains blue and…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-40D70B
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy lozenge plate brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and leg (with a surviving length of 29.9mm, a surviving depth of 4.1mm and a weight of 2.1g). The missing pin was hinged between twin lugs now truncated. The hinge is on the rear of a trefoil head-plate, now eroded (7.2mm wide and 6.8mm long). No applied decoration is evident of the plate. The end of the plate is defined by a transverse rib, before a raised step to the lozenge plate (20mm long 19.2mm wide and 1.6mm thick). The plate has a raised border and raised central ring.…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-40BFE2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Developed T-shaped type, of 50-150 AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin and with a distorted, flattened bow (with a surviving length of 44.2mm, a distorted depth of 8.4mm and a weight of 5.3g). The missing pin was hinged within semi-tubular wings on the rear of the head (with a width of 13.0mm and a depth of 4.7mm). Remnants of the copper alloy axis bar remain within the hinge. The head-plate has an open, rounded cut-outs each side and at the centre is the apex is concave and may have defined a chain-loop. There is a decorative t…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 19th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-40B5F5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 22.5mm, a surviving depth of 8.4mm and a weight of 3.6g). The missing pin was hinged within sub-circular sectioned, tubular wings (with a width of 23.0mm and a diameter of 4.0mm - 4.7mm). The axis bar is missing and corrosion suggests it was made of iron. The ends of the wings were enhanced with three grooves. Pairs of diagonal grooves, define a central rib to decorate the centre of the head and mark the area where the bow …
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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