Record ID: NMGW-F6BB9D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy fitting Post Medieval Date (AD 1500-1700). The object may be a dress hook or, since it is decorated on both sides, a watch winder. The face is decorated in a floral motif framed by incised lines forming an elongated crown shape. Both lateral points of the ‘crown’ terminate in sub-rectangular knops (5.9mm wide) with the central point terminating in a hexagonal knop (5.1mm wide) with a central recessed circular cell (2.5mm diameter). The bottom of the ‘crown’ is decorated with incised linework in the shape of a fan or floral motif with pointed en…
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 5th May 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A661D8
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 12th or 13th century date The seal matrix is incomplete, missing the terminal loop and with peripheral damage and is heavily-corroded (with a surviving length of 18.6mm and a weight of 7.1g). The missing loop was surmounted on a circular-sectioned handle with a rounded swelling below the loop (9.3mm diameter and 4.5mm diameter below). There appears to have been a circular perforation (1mm diameter) through the widest part of the handle and containing iron, perhaps indicating a chain loop was attached to the handle, possibly as a repair after t…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ABF22D
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead cloth seal of late 15th or 16th century date The seal has circular discs (of 19.0mm maximum diameter) and appears to have been of two disc type (with a thickness of 4.3mm and weighing 4.5g). The obverse face is comparatively intact and depicts a forward facing seated king on his throne and holding a sword in his right hand and a sceptre in his left. The Arms of England appear to have been depicted on the king’s chest. The depiction of the king extends beyond a beaded border at the top and probably also at the base but the design is now lost. There was a legen…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ABC844
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The matrix is of circular form, with an hexagonally faceted handle and is near-complete but with damaged edges and is now heavily-corroded (with a length of 22.7mmand a weight of 5.2g). The loop (3.0mm internal diameter) at the apex of the handle is damaged, missing one side but appears to have been of unusual lozenge form. Beneath the loop, a moulding defined the top of the faceted handle, which expands to the truncated circular seal die, now with eroded edges (of 18.0mm maximum diameter). The central device on the s…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ABA9BE
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The seal matrix is of pointed-oval form and is near-complete but is now heavily corroded and worn (with a length of 31.0mm, a width of 19.5mm and a weight of 10.4g). The rear of the matrix is flat except for the loop (10.0mm long, 5.1mm wide, 4.0mm high, 3.3mm dimeter and giving the matrix an overall depth of 7.8mm), positioned below the apex. There is the suggestion of a possible rib descending from the base of the loop. The seal die (3.1mm thick) is heavily corroded with little of the encircling legend surviving. The centra…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EDF0CB
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade core, probably of Mesolithic date The blade core (weight 30.2g) is a double-platform core made on a beach-pebble, with platforms at each end. The blades have all been removed from one side, with the other side being cortical. There is evidence of core preparation grinding on both platforms. The flint has patinated pale-grey to white.
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EDE2EB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead suspension weight of uncertain date, Roman to Post medieval The weight is complete and of faceted conical form (with a length of 45.5mm). The top of the weight is of sub-rectangular section (15.0mm wide, 7.7mm – 9.1mm thick and 12.2mm long), through which the weight has a sub-circular perforation near the apex (5.5mm diameter) for suspension. The body of the weight is of faceted, sub-circular section, diverging towards the flat-bottomed base (with a diameter of 24.9mm - 26.8mm). There is an incised X within a square incised border above the base on one side. The weig…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EDD684
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy domed thimble, probably of mid-14th or 15th century date The thimble is near-complete with some peripheral and surface damage (with a length of 19.1 and a weight of 8.7g). The mouth is sub-circular (with a diameter of 19.7 mm – 21.0mm and internal diameter of 18mm). The rim appears slightly thickened (with a rim thickness of 1.3mm) and is without a border. There is damage to the rim but other notches may been residual from the manufacture of the thimble. The sides of the thimble are near-straight, subtly convex and gently convergent before the domed t…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EDC9DA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin and is heavily-corroded (with a surviving length of 31.5mm, a surviving depth of 14.3mm and a weight of 6.0g). The missing spring was secured around a lug at the centre of the rear of the head. The lug is damaged and corroded but appears to have been of unusual, U-shaped form with a cavity in the interior and no surviving evidence of the perforations.  The base of the lug is raised suggesting a hinge was unlikely but the arrangement of the spring is uncert…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-EDC291
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal of 13th or 14th century date The seal matrix is of circular form and is near-complete, with a truncated lug on the rear (with a diameter of 21.5mm, a thickness of 3.6mm and a weight of 10.5g). The rear of the matrix is slightly convex with a lug at the apex (9.4mm long, 4.7mm thick, with a surviving height of 4.5mm and giving the matrix a maximum surviving depth of 7.5mm). There is the suggestion the lug has broken through the perforation, now worn and the lug may have extended along the rear as a low rib. The seal die has a central device, comprising four pet…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bosherton', grid reference and parish protected.