Record ID: NMGW-7222BE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The reported object is a decorative gold posy ring. The ring consists of a thin gold band, D-shaped in section, with a tightly set repeating pattern of tooled S-shaped indentations on the external surface, possibly for enamel, although none appears to have survived. The internal surface in engraved with an inscription which reads ‘Though absent yet constant’ in italic letters in sentence case. The ring profile is slightly misshapen.  Measurements  External diameter: 19.5 x 18.7 mm Internal diameter: 17.5 x 16.5 mm Depth: 2.4 mm Ba…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanddyfnan Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-605466
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The reported object is a small silver annular brooch with integral pin (frame misshapen. The frame is decorated with continuous transverse incised bands or ridges on the front surface, some of which are inlaid with a darker material, possibly niello. On the reverse frame are four groups of evenly spaced bands. The dagger-like pin is attached by a wraparound head, decorated with three irregularly spaced parallel grooves. A stirrup at the junction of the pin shaft and head has two corresponding arms, each tapering to a point at the tip. The stirrup is cur…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penllyn Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-5FA7C6
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Published
Author: Dr Sian Iles  Description & identification Small silver seal matrix with an oval face. It is engraved with a motif of crested and plumed bird, walking right and in side profile. it’s the bird’s beak is open, holding a leafed branch which extends over its head and back. The motif is set within a single cabled oval border. The face is slightly misshapen with some damage to the right side.  The hexagonal handle tapers upwards to a large circular suspension loop with a transverse perforation, above a transverse collar. It is surmounted by a decorative sph…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nantcwnlle Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-5F2A77
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Author: Dr Sian Iles Description & identification The object is a small complete silver seal matrix. It has an oval face and an octagonal facetted openwork handle. The octagonal handle tapers to a banded collar, above an openwork trilobed handle with flourishes. There is a small chip on the top left edge of the face.  The face is engraved with a heater shield containing a coat of arms, within a single beaded border. The design of the arms consists of the upper section or ‘chief’ which is indented and decorated with three (3) five-point stars (mullets), in negative…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llawhaden Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-CF4403
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description and identification Two halves of a decorated silver annular brooch frame. It is misshapen, with each part forming an elongated ‘U’ shape, which was once likely circular. The level of distortion obscures the form of the decoration on each ‘face’. There are regular, equally spaced notches infilled with niello across one ‘face’, with intermittent groups of four or five incised or stamped dots.  The other ‘face’ is largely plain with occasional groups of notches visible in one area. The two halves join at one break but do n…
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wiston Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-CEF428
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification A complete silver thimble of apparent one-piece construction (no visible join or solder line). The body and crown are decorated with regular repeated indentations, possibly the result of knurling during manufacture. There is a wide band of moulded floral/ scrolled decoration, worn in parts, on the lower portion of the body, interrupted by a bearded moustachioed face (front facing, upside down). At the front of the thimble is a plain rectangular panel or cartouche, containing engraved seriffed initials ‘MN’ in Roman capitals, upside down. Th…
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mathern Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-CE8D4F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Description and identification The reported object is a cast gold finger ring with stone setting. It has an octagonal hollow bezel tapering upwards to form an oval aperture for the stone. Inside the bezel are the remains of a dark red cabochon stone, now sunken.  The band is flat, plain and slightly D-shaped in cross section. There is a small panel on each shoulder, decorated with a series of horizontal chased grooves. The band is misshapen, and the back of the bezel is plain and flat. Louise Mumford, Senior Conservator-Archaeology and Tom Cotterell, Senior Curator: Mineralogy …
Created on: Thursday 9th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Port Eynon Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-BC1D42
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances and context of discovery The object was discovered by Mr Davies whilst metal detecting in a field under pasture at a depth of 5-6 inches. Further details including the find spot and landowner details can be found on the Treasure receipt. Description and identification The reported object is a complete silver double-sided oval medallion or pendant. On the obverse is a side profile bust of Charles I, facing right with a Latin abbreviated inscription in Roman capitals ‘CAROLVS. D. G. MAG. B[RI. FR.]ET. HIB. RX’ along the outer edge; a cut mark obscures part o…
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llansteffan Community', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-39083C
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Welsh Treasure Case: T21:36 Description & identification The reported object is a flat silver ‘swivel’ fob seal matrix. It is formed of an irregular flat C-shaped frame with a decorated handle and integral suspension loop. A double-sided decorated octagonal bezel rotates within the frame. The handle is decorated on both sides with crude scroll-work engraving. The two bezel faces bear a different motif design, formed of engraved and stamped elements. One motif is a crudely executed hand, emerging from a cuff holding three stemmed flowers. On the opposing face are two st…
Created on: Wednesday 29th September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gwersyllt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-389853
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Description and identification The object is small fragment (upper part) of a plain silver dress pin of bodkin-type form. The head tapers to a rounded point and is surmounted by a small, rounded knop. At the opposing end of the fragment (broken end) are the remains of an elongated rectangular aperture. Above the aperture are two small circular holes set one above the other. The bodkin is rectangular in cross-section and there is no maker’s mark present. Measurements Length: 7.7mm, max. width: 4.8mm, thickness: 2.2mm, weight: 1.5g Metal content To judge from its colour and …
Created on: Tuesday 28th September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rossett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-1167BA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Object description Gold posy ring, with flattened D-shaped cross-section. The external band is plain with a highly polished, reflective surface. The internal flat surface is engraved with the motto ‘be Constant to the End’ in italic font. There is a small, sub-rectangular mark or indentation following the inscription. The ring is complete and in good condition. Weight: 4.07 g Maximum diameter: 19.7 mm Width: 4.8 mm Thickness: 0.9 mm Summary and conclusion The style of lettering is consistent with posy rings of seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century date. Similar…
Created on: Monday 9th August 2021
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WREX-B4FA5B
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances and context of discovery The object was discovered by Mr Hughes whilst metal detecting. The object was under pasture at a depth of approximately 6-8 inches. The finder reported that a 1797 silver half penny of George III and a Victorian Penny were found close by but are not considered to be associated with the find. The names and addresses of the finder and landowner are provided on Treasure Act Receipt Form, along with a ten-figure OS grid reference of the findspot. Description and identification (including metal content) A cast, flat silver decorative object, trifol…
Created on: Monday 5th October 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crafnant', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-4BC96E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Small annular decorative silver brooch. The frame is decorated with beading in the form of enlarged filigree. There is no restriction in the frame for the pin which has a flat plain shaft and wrap around head. External diameter 215.4 x 15mm; inner diameter 13 x 12.4mm; maximum frame thickness 1.4mm; weight 0.96g. Surviving pin length 11mm; thickness 1.4mm (some of shaft and head missing). The surviving pin is in three fragments (recent breaks, associated with discovery). In terms of size and design, the brooch is of thirteenth- to mid-fourteenth-century form.
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-D87FB1
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Post-Medieval silver pedestal type or fob seal matrix. The face is oval with a tapering fluted handle, crowned with a circular suspension loop. The engraved motif on the face comprises a heart surmounted by a series of radiating rays. The heart is pierced with a single flighted arrow pointing right (left in wax impression). Beneath the heart are a pair of clasped hands with stylised cuffs above a bed of three flowers. The flowers are comprised of five stamped petals and a stem. The motif is set within a beaded border, following the outline of the die face. The handle is octagona…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-C477CA
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Two Post-Medieval silver cuff links. Two cuff links of identical design. Each is formed of two circular discs with bevelled sides and a lipped rim, joined together by an oval wire link. The face of each disc bears a raised, stamped design of a pair of hearts side by side, surmounted by a jewelled and arched crown set against a faint stippled field, within a raised circular border. At the back of each disc are traces of a corresponding recessed design, obscured by solder for rounded attachment loops. Illegible makers' marks (observable using a microscope) are present at the apex of …
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-F26735
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, broadly ovate Acheulian (Lower Palaeolithic) handaxe, with thick butt and part of cortex remaining. The object is not symmetrical. It is dark grey in colour. It has dark brown staining on part of the cortex and is well worn, indicative of being rolled on beach.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-D600B1
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Probably a roughout for a Neolithic polished stone axe. It was initailly described as 'A lithic implement considered to be of Acheulian date (Lower Palaeolithic) and also thought to be a handaxe, of ovate form and very regular. It is quite rounded, probably as a result of wear during burial, although a large amount of the creation process is still visible through the removed flake pattern. The flint is of a light fawn colour, but is so patinised that it is hard to estimate its true colour. This noted, it is reckoned that the fawn is the underlying base colour, overlaid by a yellow …
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2007
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-D5DD15
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lithic implement which is considered to be a handaxe of Acheulian date (Lower Palaeolithic). The blade part at the proximal end is regular and symmetrical, while the distal end is quite irregular, forming a shape akin to a scalene triangle. The flint is of a grey colour with some areas covered by a creamy patina, spread over both the dorsal and ventral faces. It is in fair condition, with flake removals remaining clearly visible despite some wear and relatively recent scarring.
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-D57282
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: City of Southampton
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small tertiary flint flake, undiagnostic, and so given a general prehistoric date. It is of a grey brown colour, with some patinisation resulting in a lighter grey patch on both faces, and a darker surround on the dorsal face. There is some edge damage which is estimated to have occured in antiquity, but the flake is in otherwise good condition.
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-D4E2D3
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint cordate handaxe of Acheulian (early Palaeolithic) date. The handaxe is in excellent condition, and flake removals can still be clearly seen. The flint itself is of a dark grey colour, although there is some patinisation on both the dorsal and ventral faces - of slightly different colours. The patina on the dorsal face presents itself as two distinct creamy patches which are surrounded by a light brown, almost fawn colour. This brown shade extends over onto the ventral face, although it does not cover more than around a third of the surface, as opposed to almost the whole of th…
Created on: Thursday 23rd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.