Record ID: HESH-78CEA3
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pendant found at Barmouth Beach by a metal detectorist was reported to Mr Peter Reavill, Finds Liaison Officer for Shropshire and Herefordshire, Portable Antiquities Scheme. H M Coroner for North-West Wales was notified and the find transferred to Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales in December 2009 for formal identification as potential treasure. Circumstances of discovery The pendant was found with the aid of a metal detector on Barmouth beach on 21 August 2008. Description of find A crude, cross-shaped pendant, pierced for suspension. The pendant has been cas…
Created on: Monday 21st September 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barmouth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-1D8817
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy penannular finger ring decorated with snake head terminals of Roman date (100-300 AD). The hoop of the finger ring is broken at the back of the hoop, suggesting that the snake head terminals are fused together (possibly soldered or more likely cast in one piece). The hoop is broadly sub-circular (slightly oval) in plan and D shaped in cross section. The hoop is regular in thickness but expands in width from the thinnest part (at the reverse of the hoop) to the relatively wide snakehead terminals. The hoop of the ring in plan measures 22.3mm length, 23.1mm width; it is 3…
Created on: Thursday 31st July 2008
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-473406
Object type: CRUCIBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ceramic crucible of probable later Medieval or early post medieval date (1200-1600 AD). The crucible is incomplete and been abraded by flowing water creating smooth rounded edges to the profile. In plan the crucible is irregular; originally it would have been broadly circular, now it is an irregular ellipse. In profile it is an irregular sub-rectangular shape with a relatively narrow base which expands to an open mouth. The water worn damage present has affected one edge more than the other and so diameter of the base and mouth cannot be truly estimated. The fabric is extremely hard wi…
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ganllwyd', grid reference and parish protected.