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Record ID: NMGW-70B382
Object type: MACE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic partially polished stone mace head dating to 3rd millennium BC (c. 2800 – 2100BC)
The polished mace-head is complete or near-complete (with a length of 98.8mm and a weight of 395.2g) and is of unusual form with a well-defined blade at one end. The butt is rounded and convex (61mm wide, 9mm deep and approximately 20mm thick) but is battered and irregular, possibly resulting from its use as a hammer. Both sides are near-straight, slightly concave across their lengths (83mm and 76mm) and rounded across their widths. The mace head is widest at the blade (with a width of 7…
Created on: Tuesday 21st July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-84C8DA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Two silver coins of Edward III of England (1327-77):
1. Groat, London, Series D, c.1352-3, North 1152; weight: 4.36g (67.2 grains);
2. Groat, London, Series E, c.1354-5, North 1163; weight: 4.25g (65.6 gr), a small chip of metal missing.
The first of the coins shows some signs of wear; the second is fairly fresh. Both are of fairly full weight. The finding of two contemporary coins of relatively high value in close proximity suggests that it is likely that they were originally associated in the ground and therefore treasure.
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-EDBBA3
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Two silver coins of Edward III of England (1327-77):
1. Groat, London, Series D, c.1352-3, North 1152; weight: 4.36g (67.2 grains);
2. Groat, London, Series E, c.1354-5, North 1163; weight: 4.25g (65.6 gr), a small chip of metal missing.
The first of the coins shows some signs of wear; the second is fairly fresh. Both are of fairly full weight.
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-ED838D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Half of the frame from an annular silver brooch with cut from sheet metal.
The external face bears engraved lettering in crudely cut Lombardic style, which appears to read:
I S H [reversed h of N] A - (horizontal 'I' unless a dash)
The 'S' being on its side, and the motto may be garbled. There is evidence for a restriction in the frame for a pin (now missing). The back is plain.
External diameter 28mm; inner diameter 19mm; maximum thickness 1mm; weight 1.47g.
The ring, which has a highly worn outer surface, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation.
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-DBE3D3
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Middle to Late Bronze Age bronze rapier of Group IV and possibly of Type Appleby, variant Lakenheath (as defined by Burgess & Gerloff 1981, p. 74-6) but possibly with a reworked butt and of Penard metalworking Industry
The rapier is near-complete, with some damage to the shoulders and butt (with an overall length of 328mm and a weight of 94.3g). The butt end is arched and rounded (with a width of 20.3mm and a thickness of 1.6mm) with two side notches to accommodate rivets beneath (with a depth of 3.5mm and 2.8mm, giving a minimum width of 14.3mm at 10mm beneath the top of the butt). …
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 5th October 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-12F469
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The find comprises two groats (4d pieces) of Edward III (1327-77), minted at London:
1. Series C, c.1351-2, North 1147; 4.16 g / 64.2 grains
2. Series D, c. 1354-5, North 1163; 4.30g / 66.3 grains.
The two coins are in fairly fresh condition and likely to have been deposited within a few years of going into circulation.
A series of other objects found in the same general area (see Treasure Receipt Form) were submitted for consideration as associated objects. In my opinion, none is likely to have been associated in the ground with the two coins. A silver penny of Elizabeth I …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th November 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-11D242
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
The find comprises sixteen silver coins: thirteen English groats, 1352/3-1526/9; one half-groat of Henry VII (1485-1509); and two double patards from the Burgundian Netherlands (1467-74). No associated items were reported.
The latest coins in the group (nos 11-14) all belong to the early years of Henry VIII's second coinage, struck between 1526 and 1529, giving a consistent terminus in the late 1520s. With one exception, the English coins are all groats (4d) and apart from the survival of one heavier coin of Edward III, all have weights in keeping with the standard current at the t…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-038729
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~The ingots are all silver and comprise three complete and one fragmentary finger-shaped metal ingots with rounded ends, of silvery-grey appearance. The combined weight of this component of the hoard amounts to 115.09g, representing some 90% per cent of the total surviving weight of the hoard (127.77g). This points to a primary purpose of silver storage. The ingots are described individually:
Ingot 1: thin finger shaped ingot with rounded underside and flatter top (slight central indent, probably an assaying nick). One end of the ingot has been chopped off. Maximum length 55.8mm; …
Created on: Monday 21st September 2015
Last updated: Saturday 21st November 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-A67EA6
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age bronze socketed spearhead of Greenwell and Brewis (1909) Class IV side-looped (socket -looped) type, or Davis' (2012) Type 6C Developed side-looped, probably of Taunton-Penard metalworking phases, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 5, c. 1500 - 1150BC.
The spearhead is incomplete and fragmentary, with a combined surviving length of 135.0mm and a combined weight of 39.6g. The lower of the three fragments would have been near the original socket rim and would have had a diameter of approximately 15mm. The sides of the socket are straight and converge towa…
Created on: Thursday 20th December 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-0969C1
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy sword pommel of late lobed form, probably of 10th or 11th century date. The base of the pommel curves upwards at both ends and would have rested upon a concave pommel bar. The interior of the pommel has a central oval opening, with an internal rounded step narrowing to a sub-rectangular aperture to accommodate the sword tang, and extending through the top of the pommel. The exterior is decorated with a larger central lobe flanked on each side with two smaller lobes. The pommel is somewhat irregular, with the smaller terminal lobe on one end being more substantial tha…
Created on: Thursday 11th September 2003
Last updated: Saturday 17th March 2012
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Record ID: NMGW3325
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age basal-looped spearhead. Length 220mm and 32mm wide across the widest part of the leaf-shaped blade. The socket, encircled by three lightly engraved lines, is 50mm and 16-17mm in diameter at the mouth where it is approximately circular in cross section; further up, the section is sharply angular. Because part of the wooden shaft remains firmly wedged in place it is not possible to known how far the hollow socket extends. There are two neatly formed loops at the base of the blade, one a little larger and lower than the other. The two halves of the mould have been very s…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW342
Object type: FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy perforated oval mount. One side is decorated with a moulded beading set around the edge of a recessed hollow in which the sub-rectangular perforation is set. The reverse of the mount contains a rebated hollow. Possibly, a mount set at the end of a knife handle which accommodated a tanged blade. Diameter 18-20mm, thickness 7.5mm, dimensions of perforation 5mm x 6mm. Date uncertain.
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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