Record ID: NMGW-C221D3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable lead pan weight of late medieval or post medieval date The weight is complete but corroded and is of sub-cylindrical form (21.9mm long). The sub-circular base is flat (with a diameter of 13.5mm – 14.4mm) and has a central indentation. The sides are straight and near-parallel, slightly convergent to the apex (with a diameter of 12.7mm – 13.4mm). The sides are crudely decorated with an incised cross and punched marks elsewhere. The top surface is slightly domed. The weight now weighs 31.50g, equivalent to 1.11 ounce, perhaps equivalent to one twelfth of a pound Troy (3…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C20E14
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Polden Hill type and 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and catch-plate (with a length of 49.5mm, a surviving depth of 15.7mm and a weight of 11.5g). The missing spring was probably secured between lateral, perforated lugs, now truncated with the terminals lost (with a surviving width of 16.6mm) and the chord was probably tensioned by a hook at the head, now lost. The sides of the head were enhanced with curved mouldings, now largely worn (giving the head a width of 11.4mm). The upper bow is of oval section with st…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C1F836
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper pendent loop of 13th or 14th century date The pendent loop is complete but the attachment bar mount is lost (with a surviving length of 15.4mm and a weight of 0.6g). The loop is of quatrefoil form (13.2mm wide) and the frame is rectangular-sectioned (1.5mm wide and 2.1mm thick). The bar at the apex is of sub-rectangular section and has adhering iron corrosion, perhaps suggesting an iron bar mount. The surface has a dark-green patina. The pendent loop can be closely paralleled with an example excavated in London from mid to late 14th century context (Egan …
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Field 224', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-C1E423
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy saddle pommel of 16th or 17th century date The pommel is fragmentary, represented by an incomplete half (with a surviving length of 57.4 mm and a weight of 23.1g). The pommel was of two-piece construction, soldered across its midsection. The domed pommel is hollow and of sub-circular section (with a diameter of 35.1mm, an internal diameter of 31.7mm and is up to 2.1mm thick). The sides are gently convex and near-parallel before becoming more rounded at its domed apex. The basal attachment lug has been lost. The pommel is decorated with two pairs of prom…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C1D0C7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 12th or 13th century date The seal matrix is complete but slightly distorted and corroded (with a weight of 17.4g). At the apex of the rear is a perforated, D-shaped lug (16.7mm long, 3.0mm thick and with a diameter of 3.4mm) now folded against the rear (with a distorted height of 5.1mm and a depth of 8.5mm). Otherwise the rear is flat, with no rib extending from the base of the lug. The seal die is sub-circular (with a diameter of 25.4mm – 26.9mm and a thickness of 2.7mm). The central decorative device on the seal is a geometric or floral motif or …
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Field 312, Reynoldston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-C1BF39
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant of 12th or 13th century date The harness pendants is incomplete, missing most of the pendant part and is hinged closed (with a length of 40.0mm and a weight of 13.5g). The suspension mount is near-square (29.4mm long, 27.2mm wide and 1.8mm thick) and was attached using four separate rivets, positioned near the corners. At the centre of the mount is a circular recessed field containing a cross with trefoil knops on each of the arms. The interior of the cross is recessed: The cross of Toulouse. It is not clear whether there was enamel in any of…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C1A589
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of Thomas’ (2003, p 2)[1] Class A, Type 1 and probably of late-8th to 9th century date The strap-end is near-complete, missing the attachment end but is heavily worn and corroded (with a length of 36.0mm and a weight of 4.2g). The attachment end has broken through the two perforations to take the attachment rivets (with a width of 8mm and a depth of 2.9mm) with a V-shaped split (8mm long) to accommodate the strap and secured with rivets, now missing. The sides are convex with a maximum width (of 12.2mm) near the end of the slot. Much of th…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C18F4E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate probably of 11th to 12th century date The buckle is missing the frame and is represented by the distorted plate (with a length of 26.6mm and a weight of 4.4g). The plate is of folded type with two strips to secure the missing frame (4mm wide, 5.6mm long and 3.5mm deep). The front plate is rectangular (21.9mm long and 18.5mm wide), domed at the centre with Romanesque openwork zoomorphic decoration. There is a plain border around the ends and sides with two domed attachment rivets (1.4mm high) near the corners of the attachment end. The plate has …
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AE04A7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy cooking vessel handle from a posnet or skillet of 16th to 17th century date The cast handle is from a cooking vessel and is near-complete, eroded at the terminal and includes a fragment of the vessel rim (with an overall length of 183mm and a weight of 240.8g). The handle is of D-shaped section with straight sides converging towards the terminal (with a width of 13mm – 32.0mm and a thickness of 6.1mm - 10.6mm). The top of the handle is decorated with a grooved border and there is the suggestion of applied decoration on the interior but the detail is n…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADEC61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is fragmentary, represented by the incomplete head only (with a surviving length of 14.3mm, a surviving depth of 6.2mm and a weight of 2.9g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings, only one of which now survives (with a surviving width of 17.7mm, an original approximate width of 26mm and a diameter of 3.7mm – 4.5mm). There is no surviving decoration evident on the wing. The bow (8.7mm wide, 2.9mm deep and 1.1mm – 1.8mm thick) is gently convex across its width and hollowe…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADE13E
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy book-mount, probably of late 16th or 17th century date The mount is near-complete but slightly damaged, missing part of the attachment end (with a length of 40.8mm and a weight of 5.2g). The clasp is made from sheet copper alloy (1.3mm thick) riveted to a back plate, now lost with adhering iron corrosion (giving a maximum depth of 3.4mm). The expanded terminal on the front plate (with a surviving width of 16.4mm) appears to have had a straight edge, decorated with punched chevrons. The sides of the clasp converge and are near-parallel and straight (12.…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADD446
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, probably of Hod Hill, Aucissa or allied type The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the damaged head and upper bow only and is flattened (with a surviving length of 25.7mm, a depth of 3.8mm and a weight of 1.9g). The missing pin was hinged, within a rolled head (with a surviving width of 17.2mm and a diameter of 3.2mm). The head narrows to the rectangular sectioned upper bow and is then near-parallel sided, slightly convergent to the break (with a width of 9.4mm – 11.2mm and a thickness of 1.0mm). The upper bow is decorated …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADC381
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead steelyard weight with iron suspension loop, probably of Roman date The cast weight is of flattened biconical form and is near-complete, missing part of one end loop (with a surviving length of 42.5mm) and currently weighs 86.7g. The surviving iron loop (10.4mm high and 10.5mm wide), defines a circular loop (with internal diameter of 6.8mm) and is of circular sectioned wire (2.5mm diameter). The lead weight is irregular (26.8mm long and with a diameter of 26.2mm - 27.9mm). The wire loop at the other end is incomplete and is slightly wider (with a surviving width of 12.2mm). N…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADB1A9
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy folding strap clasp, probably of late 13th to early 15th century date The clasp is missing the plate but retains the damaged folding end (with a closed length of 13.1mm, an open length of 18.1mm, a width of 10.9mm and a weight of 1.1g). The exposed bar is of rectangular section (1.1mm thick and 1.4mm wide). The sides are of also rectangular sectioned and have ribs near both ends. The folding end is of sheet plate but has some damage and the transverse rib catch is present (3.1mm wide and 1.5mm thick and giving the clasp an overall depth of 3.7mm). The surfac…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AD9BA4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy oval-framed buckle with ornate outside edge of 13th or 14th century date The buckle frame is near-complete but is missing the pin (with a length of 19.7mm and a weight of 2.8g). The outside edge is wider than the rest of the frame (5.5mm wide and 2.7mm thick) and has a bevelled top face, enhanced with ribbed and grooved decoration. One of the outside knops has been lost. The sides are arched (giving the frame a width of 27.1mm) and is of sub-triangular section. The bar is narrowed and offset with extensive wear on one end. The surface is heavily corroded wi…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AD8545
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy military buckle of Varian type with internal scroll and iron strap connector of probably of 1st century AD date The buckle is near-complete, missing the pin and iron bar (with an overall length of 23.2mm and a weight of 3.2g). The outside edge of the frame is of D-shaped section (4.6mm wide and 2.9mm thick) and is decorated with central mouldings with an internal groove to accommodate the missing pin. Either side of the mouldings are rounded rectangles containing a central dot. Transverse grooves decorate the rest of the outside of the frame. The sides of the frame…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-AD61BA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the foot and pin and is fragmentary, broken across the bow (with a length of 49mm, a surviving depth of 19.3mm and a weight of 14.8g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings of D-shaped section (28.1mm wide and 6.2mm high) and with a copper alloy axis bar. The fronts of the wings are decorated with pairs of V-shaped grooves, enhanced with punched dots with a wide, U-shaped groove between. The upper bow is of triangular section (11.0mm wide and 4.5mm thick at the…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AD514E
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy annular ring of uncertain function and date The cast ring is circular (26.2mm diameter, 13.6mm internal diameter and weighing 17.3g) and is flat on one face and bevelled on the other (8.2mm thick), rounded across the outside. The ring is decorated with concentric incised grooves, with three on the convex face and one on the flat face. No other decoration is evident. The surface has a pitted, dark green-brown patina with areas of green surface loss. The ring is of uncertain function but may have been a spindle-whorl or weight, although a spindle whorls in co…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AD3FB9
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy mini terret of 2nd century BC to 1st century AD date The mini-terret is complete but is heavily-corroded (with a weight of 6.0g). The hoop is oval (22.7mm long and 25.0mm wide, with internal dimensions of 13.5mm x 14.6mm) and is of D-shaped section, with a flat underside. The hoop is damaged at its apex but appears to both widen and thicken towards the base (with a width and thickness at the apex of 4.5mm and 3.5mm respectively and 5.5mm and 4.5mm respectively before the bar). There were mouldings either side of the bar, now damaged (giving a maximum width a…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-AD1E33
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, double-lug type and of 1st century AD date. The brooch is complete and has a distorted pin (with a length of 60.6mm, a depth of 21mm and a weight of 21.1g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, secured around a central, pierced lug with a copper alloy axis bar and coils six times either side of the lug (with a length of 32.0mm). One of the coils is broken, suggesting that the brooch was repaired. The chord is tensioned by a lug at the head. The wings are convex and are a little shorter than the spring (with a length of 28.9…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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