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Record ID: NMGW11
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete, cast copper alloy rowel spur. The horizontally straight sides, D-shaped in section, taper from the neck of the spur towards the terminal. One arm is broken halfway along its length, the other is complete but has a damaged terminal. Enough of the terminal remains to suggest that it was originally formed by two rings, set like a figure-of-eight, equally above and below the front of the spur side. The neck is short, starts horizontal and then tapers towards the downward bent rowel box. The back of the spur is decorated with an elongated lozenge motif made up of cast lines. Cor…
Created on: Friday 23rd July 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Manorbier', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW16
Object type: CONTAINER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy outer case for a set of nested weights. Circular, with six external vertical ribs on cup and similar projections (poorly preserved) on lid. Maximum external diameter 40mm; internal diameter 36mm; internal depth of cup 17mm; maximum height 24mm. In its present condition (with corrosion around lid) it weighs 96.07g. There is ring-and-dot decoration around the rim top, and it is likely that the missing weights were similarly decorated. Probably fourteenth century in date.
Created on: Monday 26th July 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near to Llanfallteg', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW348
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval knife handle cast in the form of a monk. The figure is robed, and may be holding a rosary; the circular slot for the tang is small (diameter 4mm), suggesting it in the handle of a small implement: either knife fork or spoon. Length 63mm
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW349
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Thursday 12th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW387
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Curved tapering cast copper alloy rod which is broken at its thickest end and terminates in a near spherical boss at the other. At its widest point the rod is sub-rectangular in section but it becomes circular in section towards the terminal. Length 86mm, diameter of terminal c.18mm, weight 53.5 grams. The piece is probably the cross-hilt, inner guard or quillon of a dagger, rapier or sword, however not enough of the casting survives to be certain or suggest exactly what type of hilt this may have been part of. Suggested finder send object to the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds.
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 12th September 2013
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Record ID: NMGW389
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative mount. Figurative copper alloy mount with two integral rivets. Length 41mm, width 20mm, weight 6.1grams. The quality and shape of the mount suggests it is possibly sixteenth or seventeenth century in date.
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3166
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy vessel foot. The foot has a rib on its external surface and tapers to a rounded point. The upper part of the casting is missing. Vessel feet are not uncommon detector finds (Bailey 1997, 36). Although examples which terminate in turned-out bases or paws are the most common type, examples with rounded tips are not unknown. Surviving length 79mm, max width (surviving) 35mm, max surviving thickness 16mm. Fifteenth to seventeenth century probably [i.e. Late Medieval - Early Post-Medieval]. Parallels: Lewis 1978, 36, no.45 (skillet); and Lewis 1978, 32, no.38 (Cauldron)
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3181
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Looped copper alloy clasp, mount or fitting. It is decorated with an incised line set transversely across the central plate. It is possibly an unusual form of eighteenth or nineteenth century shoe clasp but its narrow waisted form suggest that this is unlikely. Instead I think that it is probably the top of a post-medieval dress hook which has lost its hook. Dress hooks are a type of fitting which are usually considered to have been used for fastening separate items of clothing. How such items were used is not certain. They are presumed to have been sewn into a garment, through the re…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3198
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy pin with a spherical head embellished with globular bosses. The stem is bent through a right-angle 29mm below the decorative head and its end is missing. The stem has a thickened shoulder set 12mm below the head (diameter of shoulder 3.5mm); below the shoulder the stem tapers and is square in section, above the shoulder it is probably circular in section. Microscopic examination suggests that the pin was gilded; fragments of gilding survive on both the head and the stem of the pin. Length (min.) 40mm, maximum diameter of head 9mm, weight 3.3 grams. Dating the pin is diffi…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3200
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Enamelled, shield-shaped horse harness pendant. Type I (Ward Perkins 1940, 118, fig.38). The pendant is cast in copper alloy (probably bronze) with an integral suspension loop, which is now slightly twisted. It is decorated with a heraldic device of a lion rampant possibly with a double tail on a background of blue enamel. Although ancient enamels can change their colour as a consequence of burial, microscopic study shows that blue was the enamels original colour. Microscopic examination also indicated that the unenamelled surfaces of the pendant were probably gilded. Traces of this p…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3201
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Probably part of a cast copper alloy strap-type box mount. The mount is cast in copper alloy (probably bronze) with a central perforation and what appears to be a tapering terminal or knop but is where the mount has been broken. It is gilded on its upper surface and decorated with four probably white glass, rather than pearl, beads inset into the four corners of the main plate. Microscopic examination suggests that the underside of the mount was not gilded. Length 34mm, width 11mm, thickness 3.5mm, weight 3.9grams. Although it has not been possible to find a close parallel in the arch…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3215
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Pot mend of a steeply sided vessel, crudely cast. Unusual metal type - microscopic examination suggests that it is a heavily leaded copper alloy which may have a tinned surface. Most pot mends are made from straight lead alloys and that this example has been made from a leaded copper alloy suggests that it may be a mend for a copper alloy vessel rather than a ceramic pot. Close dating is not possible but a medieval or post-medieval date is most likely. Dimensions 100m x 44mm x 4-8mm.
Created on: Monday 18th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3222
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy halfpenny token, 1795. Obverse: A profile bust of the Duke of York in naval uniform, facing right. Beneath is HALFPENNY 1795 in two lines. Legend: FRED. K DUKE OF YORK. Reverse: A first-rate ship-of-the-line sailing to the right. Legend: THE WOODEN WALLS OF ENGLAND. Edge: PAYABLE IN DUBLIN OR LONDON.+.+. Struck anonymously, for general circulation. Probably made in Birmingham. The original surfaces have largely been lost through corrosion.
Created on: Monday 25th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3225
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Derivative trumpet-headed brooch of the disc and trumpet type. The bilateral, six coil, spring is accommodated in a recessed hollow set in the rear of the head while the axis bar is held in place by two perforated lugs on either side of the head (type N cf. Hattatt 1982, 49). The bow is straight, with a raised disc set mid-way along its length and terminates in a pseudo-penannular loop. The brooch is incomplete: the chord, pin, part of the solid catch-plate, the lugs set either side of the mid-bow disc and the fixed chain loop surmounting the head of the brooch are missing. The surface…
Created on: Monday 25th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3226
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Spherical cast copper alloy button with integral loop. Diameter 13mm, thickness 16mm. Sixteenth to seventeenth century in date.
Created on: Monday 25th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3233
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Romano-British, copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch of the Polden Hills type. The brooch contains a bilateral spring of ten coils whose overhead chord is held in place by a simple rearward-facing hook. A copper alloy axis bar passes through the coils of the spring and is held by pierced circular plates at the ends of the wings (cf. Type L Hattatt 1982, 49, table 2). The wings are semi-cylindrical and both accommodate and hide from view the spring mechanism. The ends of the wings are decorated with moulded "knurled" ribs set adjacent to the pierced circular plates. Flat circular …
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3234
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Oval, copper alloy (probably bronze) seal matrix with a broken perforated lug for suspension. There is considerable wear or corrosion around the edges of the seal resulting in incomplete letter forms. Dimensions 28 x 15.2mm. The image is of the lamb of God (Agnus dei) with pellets on the body representing the fleece, and a tall cross bearing banner (unclear) which are all symbolic of Christ the sacrificial lamb. The matrix is inscribed S. henrici---na-dis (Lombardic script, with some Roman letters, for example N), reading "The seal of Henry..". The matrix probably dates to the mid or …
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3250
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper farthing of George IV. The date is illegible, 1826-1830. The coin is heavily worn and corroded.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3279
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy quatrefoil mount which was fixed by four rivets, one set in each corner of the mount. Two of the separately cast copper alloy rivets remain intact. The surface of the mount is quite corroded and only traces of the presumably heraldic enamel design which was applied to it survive. The design apparently consisted of a passant lion on a coloured background which extended to the edges of the mount. Traces of a V-shaped motif rising from the lion's back are visible; however, it is not certain what this motif originally represented. The loss of much of the original surface, comb…
Created on: Monday 30th July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3393
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Plain ring which is cast from a copper alloy and has a near plano-convex section with its inner edge being flat while its outside consists of a raised central cordon with a distinct medial ridge and short flanged edges. The flanged edges of the ring are badly damaged but show no sign of preferential wear which could be expected of the ring was an item of harness. It is large for a finger ring, having an internal diameter of 21.5mm and an external diameter of 28mm; however, the inside is worn smooth in a manner consistent with the wear on a finger ring which has been removed and replac…
Created on: Thursday 8th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-C8DB58
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bezel from a gilt or silvered copper alloy finger ring of Early Post-Medieval date. The raised cast design depicts a cuffed hand emerging from each side of the hoop and gripping a central heart. Two flowers emerge from the top of the heart and are flattened by a crown. The remnant of the hoop has the beginnings of an incised design, but not enough survives to determine if it represented decoration or an inscription. Traces of gilding or silvering survive on areas over the surface of the ring.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-199966
Object type: CAULDRON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy cauldron or skillet leg of Medieval date, probably dating from 13th – 16th century. The front of the leg has a prominent central rib and two side ribs near the top of the leg, where the leg joins the vessel. The rear of the leg has two chamfered edges. The interior of the vessel is present at the apex of the leg, which shows ancient breaks around its edge. One half of the front of the leg has been recently cleaned by the finder, the remainder of the leg exhibits heavy carbon deposits as a result of repeated burning, as would be expected on the surface of a cooking vessel.
Created on: Thursday 19th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-71A711
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy cauldron or skillet leg of Medieval date, probably dating from 13th - 16th century. The front of the leg has a prominent central rib and two side ribs near the top of the leg, where the leg joins the vessel. The rear of the leg has two chamfered edges. The interior of the vessel is present at the apex of the leg, which shows ancient breaks around its edge. One half of the front of the leg has been recently cleaned by the finder, the remainder of the leg exhibits heavy carbon deposits as a result of repeated burning, as would be expected on the surface of a cooking vessel.
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-95AB75
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-95BAF2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-95C762
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-95D542
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
3 x halfpennies of George III
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-961B06
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-96B351
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-972BC1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two rim fragments - one fragment has a rim form that is slightly expanded and rounded internally, the fragment is heavily sooted on the exterior, as is consistent with use as a cooking vessel. The other fragment has a more angular internal rim with less sooting evident on the exterior. Short and stumpy straight ridged leg, with central rib and two less pronounced side ribs. The top of the leg has an area of the vessel body attached. The leg has evidence of sooting, with an addition thick carbon deposit on the interior of the body.
Created on: Wednesday 25th June 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-3E3FB1
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small copper alloy figurine of classical style in a battered state. Right arm appears to be raised with the left lowered or forward pointing, but both are broken. Head area is badly damaged, with no trace of any features surviving and even its original shape is unclear. It appears to be a female figure in a long skirt, either bare chested or with a tight fitting top. The long pointed nature of the head could indicate a helmeted figure which could suggest that the figurine was of Minerva, an identification supported by the apparently raised right arm which would fit with holding a spe…
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-D513A1
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a blade end fragment of an indeterminate Middle or Late Bronze Age axe. The broken section has eroded, making it difficult to determine if the axe has fractured at the bottom of the socket of a socketed axe of Late Bronze Age type, or through a solid palstave of the Middle to Late Bronze age. The axe fragment has the remnants of a single rib running down one of the faces. The other face is irregular with large pitting, which may have been a feature of the axe, rather than a corrosion effect. The blade edge has been lost through corrosion but was originally expanded. The axe wou…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd July 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-D53460
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy leg from a medieval or post-medieval cooking vessel, perhaps a cauldron or skillet. This is a short rectangular-sectioned leg with a bevelled base resulting in the bottom of the leg forming a narrow edge. The leg has broken at the junction with the body of the vessel, and rises to become expanded, with a concave upper surface. The patina and corrosion of the fragment suggests burning, as would be expected with a cooking vessel.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-8D97F2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Dolphin or Polden Hill type and dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch is incomplete, missing the lower bow, the majority of the wings and the spring. The brooch employed a spring mechanism secured by either a rearward claw or a Polden Hill arrangement, since the wing terminals no longer survive it is now difficult to determine which type of arrangement was used. The head of the bow is comparatively large (12.5x14.5mm) and was decorated with a central raised V-shaped crest, possibly covered in punched marks. The bow has a D-shaped section and emerges…
Created on: Thursday 29th January 2004
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-A83295
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant probably dating from the late 13th to 14th century. The pendant is shield-shaped and in profile, is slightly convex across the width. The suspension loop is present and, as is usual for the type, is at right angles to the axis of the pendant. The surface of the pendant has been lost, but a series of eight raised horizontal mouldings survive. The mouldings may have been gilt, while the areas between, may have held enamel.
Created on: Friday 30th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A83AB2
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy thimble of conical shape, and probably dating from the later Medieval or early Post Medieval period. The thimble is domed with converging sides and is comparatively thick walled. Near the mouth is a double incised line, above which columns (rather than a spiral arrangement) of irregular indentations, which continue to the apex. Some of the mouth of the thimble has been lost.
Created on: Friday 30th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A84458
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy post-medieval S-shaped 'snake belt' fastener, probably of 16th or 17th century date. The fastener is decorated on both faces with animal-head terminals and with moulded scale-like decoration before a central circular floral motif.
Created on: Friday 30th January 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-22B071
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze palstave axe dating to the early Middle Bronze Age, and probably of Taunton or Cemmaes metalworking tradition, Needham et al. (1996) Period 5; c. 1500-1150 BC. The palstave is of an early type and is unlooped, and is also without either a shield pattern or a mid-rib on the blade. The palstave would appear to belong to Group III palstaves of Low-Flanged (Broad-Blade) form, the lack of cast blade decoration on this example makes it difficult to categorise to a specific type, but would appear to be dated to c. 1350-1200BC. The palstave is relatively slight, compared to the more…
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-F57734
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Charles II half penny for Ireland, date is illegible, but early 1680's.
Created on: Friday 27th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-F58113
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Charles II copper farthing, date is illegible
Created on: Friday 27th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-F58F06
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
George II half penny for Ireland
Created on: Friday 27th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-87E225
Object type: HALBERD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
This is a symmetrical slender halberd blade of cast copper or bronze. Down the centre of the blade is a straight midrib. This is wide and angular in cross-section, at the top end tapering with a straight line into the haft-plate. The blade edges have been entirely removed, thus also removing any traces of bevelling originally along the edge. Whilst much of this damage is due to erosion of fragile edges, it is possible that some edges were notched through use wear or mutilation prior to burial. The erosion seems particularly deep and severe, with concave eroded depressions side by side…
Created on: Wednesday 17th March 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7E53B5
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Blade-end fragment from a Bronze Age axehead of uncertain type and date. The axe is represented by the end of the blade only and no evidence survives on the broken section for the bottom of a socket. The blade edge and the blade tips have also been lost. The sides of the axe are diverging, possibly resulting in a recurved blade edge. The faces are slightly convex, resulting in an oval section. The axe would have been comparatively slender, probably suggesting the fragment was from a palstave or socketed axe.
Created on: Friday 14th January 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-774626
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medial fragment from a Bronze Age copper alloy palstave. The fragment has broken in antiquity and has a surviving length of 74.6mm and weighs 139.8g. The fragment encompasses the upper end of the blade, the stop and the majority of the septum. The septum has a surviving length of 45mm and is broken at an angle. It is possible that the position at the end of the septum is the butt of the palstave, although this can not be demonstrated. The septum is comparatively flat and has a thickness of 6-7mm. Both of the sides are straight for the length of the fragment. The flanges are eroded,…
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-CE9434
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy terret, probably of 1st or 2nd century AD date The terret is fragmentary and is from the covered-loop type. Both loops are missing and the terret is represented by a portion of the saddle-shaped 'skirt' and the pedestal beneath the upper loop. The skirt has a maximum surviving length of 32.90mm and is rising at both ends towards the terminals. The skirt has a maximum surviving width of 22.42mm and is decorated with oblique incised lines from the sides. The underside of the terret displays the two stubs from the lower ring with diameters of approximately 6mm. The stu…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-7D2077
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Valentinian (AD 364-378), dating to the period AD 364-378 (Reece Period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type, depicting Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm. Unclear mint.
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-A32297
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy harness mount probably of 11th century date The harness mount or strap distributor is of four-arm, cross form (four-way harness link) and is incomplete, missing one of the arms and the loop from another arm (with a surviving length of 61.5mm, a surviving width of 50.1mm and a weight of 43.7g). The arms are of D-shaped section (6.1mm wide and 5-6mm thick) with concave sides. The harness strap loops are circular to oval (9mm diameter) and are bevelled towards the rear. The loops are enhanced with three rounded knops (5-6mm wide, 5-6mm thick and 4-5m high).…
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-4FCA62
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age associated flat axes 1. Flat axe - Type Migdale, probable Variant Biggar (Class 3F) Dimensions: surviving length 142.9mm; surviving blade width 58.6mm; surviving butt width21.1mm; maximum thickness 8.2mm; surviving weight (prior to conservation) 253.9g. This is a largely complete but severely corroded bronze flat axe with no surviving original surfaces. It has a narrow, tapering and rounded butt and the axe has a slender profile, whose sides are not markedly concave and curved. One side is irregular to slightly concave and the other now appears slightly conv…
Created on: Friday 9th August 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-8DF0B0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth 2011, Part 5, Group 2.a2, enamelled panel on upper bow, lenticular elements cast below, flat wing ends type) and of 2nd century AD date (130-160 AD). The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, catch-plate and foot (with a surviving length of 50.5mm, a surviving depth of 16.6mm and a weight of 15.4g). The missing spring was secured between perforated lateral lugs and the chord was tensioned by a lug at the head, in a 'Polden Hill, lug type' arrangement. The wings are semi-cylindrical (with a width of…
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A609B5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment, probably the outside edge fragment of a medieval buckle The probable buckle is fragmentary, distorted and is incomplete (with a surviving length of 57.7mm and a weight of 14.7g) and was likely to be of oval or D-shaped form. The frame was of oval section, widest on the outside edge (with a width of 11.0mm and a thickness of 6.3mm). The rear of the outside edge was bevelled. There is a prominent notch to accommodate the pin on the widest part of the frame. The frame has corroded and tapered to a point on both ends and one end has distorted to form a loop. No a…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 24th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-A71580
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth Part 3, Group 4a-4.b, flat wing ends type) and probably of late 1st - early 2nd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head only and was comparatively substantial (with a surviving length of 27.5mm, a surviving depth of 16.1mm and a weight of 15.4g). The missing spring was secured between lateral perforated lugs and the chord was probably tensioned by a hook at the head, in a Polden Hill, hook type arrangement. The wings are truncated but both ends appear to be near to the te…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-646658
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy token City of Bristol farthing token CB; date illegible (c. 1652-70) Corroded
Created on: Wednesday 14th January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 14th January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-B2F337
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe, possibly a reworked axe or an axe blank probably dating to c. 2,200 - 1,900BC The axe is comparatively short with a wide thick butt (with a length of 82.2mm and a weight of 202.8g). The butt is straight and flat (with a width of 39mm and a thickness of 8.5mm) possibly suggesting the axe may have been reworked from a larger axe. The sides are straight and divergent for a short distance from the butt (approximately 20mm) before becoming concave and diverging to a moderately expanded blade edge (with a surviving width of 61.2mm). The sides are rounded…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-B31642
Object type: HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age socketed tool, probably a hammer, probably of Late Bronze Age date c. 1000-700BC. The tool is incomplete missing the mouth (with a length of 65.5mm and a weight of 101.1g) and has broken in antiquity. At the break, the socket mouth is of oval form (with an internal dimensions of 12.4mm x 11.1mm and with a surviving depth of 28.9mm). The tool is thicker on the more complete side (with a thickness of 3.6mm compared to 1.7mm). Each side had at least two linear stepped mouldings along its length (with a depth of up to 2.5mm). The sides are convergent, with the stepped m…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2015
Last updated: Thursday 8th November 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-062843
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy jetton Probably of French or Tournai origin and of early 15th century date VIVE LE ROI . VIVE AMOVRS Long live the king . Long live love
Created on: Friday 27th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-063EB0
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy trade weight, probably of late 17th century date The weight is stamped with a crowned W, probably over the letter M, probably for William III and Mary II (1689 -1694), a sword and ewer indicating London. The weight now weighs 25.3g, equivalent to 0.8924 ounces and would originally have been a one-ounce weight. The surface is worn and has a mid to dark green patina.
Created on: Friday 27th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-066ED6
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy sword guard of 18th century date The guard is of fragmentary, represented by approximately half (with a surviving length of 40.2mm and a weight of 26.2g) and has broken through the central rectangular aperture. The guard was of concave double-oval form with a rectangular slot (14.6mm long) to accommodate the tang. Both faces are decorated with elaborate motif in cast relief. The motif on both faces depict a winged-figure in three-quarters profile, depicted with weapons in a radiating design, probably of mythical origin, possibly influenced by Assyrian o…
Created on: Friday 27th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 27th February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-7399CD
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe probably of Type Portree or a variant, possibly Variant Kalemouth, as defined by Schmidt & Burgess (1981, p. 184-90) possibly dating to the transition of the Wilburton-Wallington and Ewart Park metalworking phases corresponding to Needham's (1996) Periods 6 to 7, c. 1150 -750BC. The axe is of 'Baggy' form and is incomplete, missing the mouth and loop (with a surviving length of 55.5mm and a weight of 74.8g with the wood in the socket and 73.3g without). The top of the axe has broken or is eroded, probably just below the mouth. The mouth is oval…
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 5th October 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-73ABA2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy belt or strap mount of 16th or 17th century date The mount is complete and of figurative form with a trefoil terminal (with a length of 19.2mm and a weight of 1.8g). The mount is widest at the trefoil terminal (with a width of 11.9mm) and has concave sides below, before narrowing at the base. The mount was attached using two integral, oval-sectioned rivets, closed around a strap (with a height of 6.1mm and giving an overall depth of 8.1mm). The surface has a black patina.
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-73B7B0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy coin Elizabeth I (155-1603) penny for Ireland dated 1601 1.29g, corroded
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-73CC41
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy token Probably a penny token of Charles Huddle (or Huddel), Wexford (c. 1650-70) CHARL[ES ]HVDDEL.IN; annular [W]EXFORD.IN.IRELAND BW Ireland 746 0.59g, corroded
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-1564D4
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age hoard of ten objects. 1. Carp's Tongue sword blade fragment Surviving length 41.0mm; surviving width 27.7mm; maximum thickness 9.5mm; surviving weight 35.2g. Small blade fragment with a rounded midrib, approximately 11.8mm wide, with edge defined by single grooves to either side and on both faces. The outer sections of the blade are highly corroded, with no original blade edge surviving. The blade fragment is bent towards one end, as viewed side on, indicating it was forcibly broken in antiquity. The fragment has a green patination, with areas of ligher green …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Thursday 5th October 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-C6E489
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One hundred and five Roman coins of the third century A.D., with a date range c. 255-286. The coins have not been cleaned: for the most part they are corroded and cannot be catalogued in full detail. The coins are all of the type known today as 'radiates' (from the form of headgear of the imperial portraits). A summary list by reign can be seen below. Several other objects submitted by the finder were all found in the same general area. These have been examined by Mr Evan Chapman of AC-NMW. The copper-alloy vessel appears to have been placed in the ground upside-down, surviving o…
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DA579E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
The cast brooch frame is near-complete but the pin is missing and the frame is comparatively insubstantial (with an overall length of 57.6mm, an overall width of 62.2mm and a weight of 10.6g). The oval hoop (58.8mm external width) is of flattened-oval section (3.4mm wide and 1.9mm - 2.4mm thick), widening slightly as it approaches the terminals. There is no decoration evident on the hoop but there is an impact groove near the left terminal, possibly from a hammer blow. There is a slight step from the hoop to the integral terminals extending as far as an incised border, giving the impr…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 11th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-AE3574
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Possible Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy looped toggle of 1st century BC to 1st century AD date The cast toggle is of biconical form and is incomplete, missing the loop (with a length of 25.4mm and a weight of 18.7g). The terminal are sub-circular (17.8mm x 16.3mm and 16.2mm x 15.0mm). The smaller terminal has a very crudely incised cross and the other terminal has a prominent raised rib, probably a casting seam and corresponds to the seam along the midsection of the toggle. There is a single crude incised line perpendicular to the casting seam, possibly to define a cross.…
Created on: Wednesday 7th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 25th February 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-575E12
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy terret fragment of indeterminate type and probably of 2nd century BC to 1st century AD date The cast fragmentary terret is heavily-corroded and represented by the bar and basal part of the hoop or ring in two fragments and is a comparatively large example (with a surviving length of 92.6mm and a weight of 38.6g (33.6g & 5.0g)). The bar is of trapezoidal section with bevelled sides (with a length of 57.7mm, a width of 7.4mm - 12.8mm and a thickness 5.6mm). The bar is distorted and torn near its centre. The terminals or collars are oval sectioned and one collar is…
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-578950
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy spoon The cast spoon is fragmentary, represented by the proximal part of the bowl and a stub of the stem (with a surviving length of 21.6mm and a weight of 3.6g). The remaining stem fragment is perpendicular to the bowl indicating that the handle was off-set and is of sub-circular section (4.2mm diameter and giving an overall surviving height of 9.0mm). The sides of the bowl are gently convex and divergent to the break, across the bowl (with a maximum surviving width of 19.0mm, where it has a depth of 3.6mm and a thickness of 1.3mm). The rim or edges of the bowl ha…
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-57A3FD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, probably of Polden Hill / T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the incomplete head only (with a surviving length of 12.5mm, a surviving depth of 8.7mm and a weight of 2.4g). The missing spring was probably secured between lateral, perforated lugs, although the truncated wings now survive as a single stub (with a surviving width of 16.0mm). The head is now heavily-corroded and globular with no surviving decoration discernible. The very top of the bow survives as a stub of oval-section (1.9mm long, 2.7…
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-57C5DC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment, probably from a bow brooch of indeterminate type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The fragment appears to be a comparatively small button from the mid-bow of a brooch (with a surviving length of 12.7mm, a surviving depth of 7.1mm, a width of 6.5mm and a weight of 1.3g). The button is corroded and appears to be of disc or possibly acanthus form and does not continue onto the rear of the bow. The button was flanked on each side with grooves. It is unclear which side was the upper bow and which was the leg and there is no surviving evidence for the beginning of …
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-59B71B
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin of uncertain date, with possible zoomorphic terminal The cast pin is near-complete but is heavily-corroded (with an overall length of 43.5mm and a weight of 3.4g). The terminal is asymmetric and of undulating form, possibly representing stylised opposing birds (with a width of 19.6mm and a thickness of 3.7mm). There is a slight protrusion at the centre of the apex and may be a damaged stub. Beneath the protrusion is a circular perforation through the pin head (of 2.8mm diameter) and retaining the remnants of a fixing, possibly the link from a chain. The head narrows…
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 31st March 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3144A3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to Roman copper alloy anthropomorphic vessel escutcheon, handle mount probably from a bucket and of 1st Century BC to 3rd century AD date The cast looped mount is near complete but heavily corroded (with an overall length of 58.5mm and a weight of 40.0g). At the apex is an integral loop of sub-circular section (l6.7mm high, 16.3mm wide, 9.3mm internal diameter and 2.9mm – 5.4mm sectional diameter). The interior of the loop has wear facets discernible on the upper part of the loop interior, presumably the result of rubbing from the missing handle. Beneath the loop …
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-31ADEA
Object type: LID
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman enamelled copper alloy vessel lid, probably of 2nd or 3rd century AD date The lid is of two-piece construction comprising a basal circular disc and elaborately enamelled funnel-shaped upper part, now crushed and distorted (with a diameter of 54.1mm, a distorted height of 20.4mm and a weight of 46.5g). The domed, upper part has a gilded flat rim border (2.2mm wide and 1.0mm thick) enhanced with a simple repeating floral design comprising a ring of punched dots, each with a central dot. The near-vertical base of the domed lid is also similarly decorated, before a repeating ba…
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-31DE9D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval Copper alloy hinged mount of c. 13th -15th century date The mount is of rectangular form and is missing the hinged component (56.3mm long, 12.8mm wide, 1.7mm thick and weighing 8.1g). The hinge is formed by folding the sheet plate, with an iron axis bar (5.0mm deep) and slot to accommodate the corresponding part of the hinge. A separate dome-headed rivet secured the end of the folded hinge and protrudes further, probably a fixing to secure the mount (6.6mm long). The sides of mount are now slightly concave, probably from corrosion and wear. The mount terminal is perforat…
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-342386
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle to Late Bronze Age bronze palstave fragment of indeterminate type The cast looped palstave fragment has lost the blade, butt and loop and is represented by the stop fragment (with a surviving length of 46.6mm and a weight of 106.4g). The sides of the palstave are straight for their short lengths, either side of the breaks. The butt end is sub-rectangular sectioned at the break (17.8mm x 12.2mm), slightly concave across the width of the septum and has lost the flanges. One side has a prominent raised stub (giving a maximum surviving width of 26.4mm) from the remains of the…
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-345D0B
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant of late 13th to early 14th century date The cast and enamelled harness pendant is shield-shaped and near-complete, missing the suspension mount and top of the loop but is heavily-corroded (with a surviving overall length of 38.3mm and a weight of 7.0g). The suspension loop has been truncated through corrosion (with a surviving length of 9.7mm and a surviving depth of 4.8mm). The shield-shaped pendant (with a length of 29.3mm and a maximum width of 23.7mm) is heraldic with an enamelled device, now largely corroded. The shield has five or six h…
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-346C2E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy socketed and looped fitting of uncertain date The cast fitting appears to be near-complete but corroded and worn (with a length of 32.8mm and a weight of 15.4g) and is comparatively crude casting. The socket interior is of trilobed form (13mm both wide and long and 13mm – 17mm deep), open at both ends and with a break at the rear. There are decorative mouldings on the outside of the socket, comprising opposing arcs on the concave edges, with one face deeper than the other. There is an integral loop (12mm long, 4.5mm -6.8mm thick with an internal diameter of 7.6mm) …
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-449E7D
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blade fragment from a Bronze Age axehead of uncertain type, probably of Early Bronze Age date, c. 2000 – 1500BC The cast axehead is fragmentary, represented by the blade and is comparatively small (with a surviving length of 32.3mm and a weight of 18.2g).The body is rectangular-sectioned at the break (with a width of 17.8mm and a thickness of 5.1mm) and the sides are straight and moderately divergent, before diverging more sharply to the expanded blade edge, now worn (with a blade width of 26.6mm). The sides are heavily-corroded and pitted but there is the suggestion of a cast…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-44E6F1
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy socketed fitting of uncertain function and date, possibly Bronze Age The fitting is cast and is fragmentary broken in antiquity at one end (with a surviving length of 39.5mm and a weight of 38.6g). The mouth is irregular and sub-circular (with an internal diameter of 15mm – 18mm and a maximum thickness of 3.2mm) before a bulbous collar (with a maximum diameter of 26.3mm). The fitting gradually narrows before being near-parallel sided, gently convergent to the break (with a diameter of 16mm – 177mm). Immediately beneath the break are integral lugs now truncated (8…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-455AE4
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Butt fragment from a Bronze Age blade, possibly a rapier or dirk, and possibly dating to c. 1600 – 1300BC The blade is fragmentary, represented by the incomplete butt and top of the blade (with a surviving length of 61.5mm and a weight of 40.0g). The butt is of irregular trapezoidal form and is thinnest at the end (with a maximum width of 45.6mm and a minimum thickness of 2.3mm). There are no obvious rivet holes surviving on the butt although a slight recess near the centre of the top edge may possibly be the remnants of a rivet hole. A central ridge is evident just before the …
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-457F5C
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe of uncertain type, probably an axe-blank perhaps related to Type Migdale, c. 2,100 -1900BC The cast flat axe is incomplete somewhat truncated and with considerable peripheral damage (with a maximum surviving length of 141.3mm and a weight of 356.0g) and has no developed features, comprising a sub-triangular bronze slab. The damaged butt is narrow and arched (with a width of 20mm and a thickness of 5.2mm). The sides are somewhat damaged but appear to be near-straight and divergent or gently concave, before widening more sharply near the blade (with…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-45CE91
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age bronze palstave of Group I, Primary Shield Pattern type as defined by Schmidt & Burgess (1981)[1] and of Acton Park 1 metalworking Industry corresponding to Needham’s (1996)[2] Period 4 and probably dated to c. 1600 – 1450BC The palstave is near-complete, missing the top of the flanges and with some surface damage (with an overall length of 157mm and a weight of 316.0g). The butt (with a width of 24.0mm and a thickness of 5.0mm) is straight and is slightly angled. The sides are straight and near-parallel to a point below the stop (with a width at the stop of 26.2mm…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-45E3DD
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blade fragment from an axehead of uncertain type and date, probably a Developed Flat Axe of Early Bronze Age date. The axehead is fragmentary and heavily-corroded (with a surviving length of 52.5mm and a weight of 72.7g). The break occurred in antiquity and at the break, the axe body is slender and of sub-rectangular section (with a width of 22.3mm and a thickness of 8.9mm). The sides diverge moderately (for 24mm) before expanding sharply to produce an expanded blade edge (with a width of 50.0mm and an expanded edge length of 17mm). The faces are flat across their widths and also thei…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-4619AD
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe fragment of indeterminate type and of Wilburton-Wallington, Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking industries dated to c. 1,150 – 600BC The fragmentary cast axe is represented by a blade fragment only (with a surviving length of 27.3mm, a blade edge width of 50.6mm, a maximum thickness of 12.3mm and a weight of 44.6g). The base of the socket is evident at break and is rectangular form (38.7mm x 7.0mm and with a maximum surviving depth of 14.6mm). The axe has broken above the blade tips with no surviving blade side remaining on the fragment. &nbs…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-5942EB
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age developed flat axe of Needham’s Class 4 but of uncertain sub-type, probably dating to Willerby assemblage (Metalworking Assemblage V), the later part of Needham’s (1996)[1] Period 3 to c. 1900 – 1600BC The axehead is near-complete but has lost all of its surface, except at the blade edge and is a comparatively small axe (with a length of 80.5mm and a weight of 101.8g). The axe is likely to have had a lozengic long profile but the surface loss has eradicated any median bevel. The butt (with a width of 18mm and a thickness of 1.7mm) is straight and angled to …
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5957A5
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age bronze early palstave or Early Short-Flanged axe, sharing features with Bar-Stop axes (Stegbeile) as defined by Schmidt and Burgess (1981, p.89-90)[1] and of Acton Park 1 metalworking industry, straddling the end of the Early Bronze Age to the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age; c. 1600 – 1400BC The axe is near-complete but is heavily-corroded (with a length of 144.5mm and a weight of 321.7g). The butt appears slightly eroded and is of irregular shape (with a width of 20.4mm and a thickness of 4.5mm). The sides are straight and near-parallel as far as the top of the …
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-59A913
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy shield-shaped harness pendant of 13th or 14th century date The shield-shaped pendant is near-complete but heavily-corroded (with an overall length of 39.6mm and a weight of 6.8g). The pendant was hinged to a missing suspension mount by the oval loop at the apex (with a length of 8.8mm high, a depth of 4.6mm and 2.3mm – 3.7mm thick) with a sub-circular perforation, containing the iron corrosion from the hinge pin. The shield-shaped pendant (31.4mm long, 23.5mm wide and 1.0mm – 2.0mm thick) was convex but has been distorted. The heraldic device included a …
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-59FD6B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to Roman copper alloy penannular brooch of Fowler’s (1960)[1] Type D1, of 1st century BC to 4th century AD date The brooch is near-complete missing the pin (with a weight of 3.0g). The ring is sub-circular (28.8mm wide and 26.8mm long) and the frame is of sub-square section near the terminals to circular section near the top (2.0mm diameter). The ring has no applied decoration. The terminals are folded back on themselves (with a return length of 4.5mm and a depth of 4.2mm and 5.0mm) and each terminal is decorated with two transverse grooves. There is a discreet pa…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th March 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5A15AC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of late 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and was comparatively massive (with a surviving length of 32.8mm, a surviving depth of 23.3mm and a weight of 18.3g) and was elaborately decorated. The brooch utilised a spring mechanism, now lost. The spring was secured around a central D-shaped lug (6.5mm high, 13mm long and 3.2mm – 4.2mm thick), perforated to accept a copper alloy axis bar, which is retained in the lug. The rear of the head is slightly dished to accommodate the internal chor…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5A6000
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy looped fitting, possibly a Roman nail cleaner of 1st or 2nd century AD date The fitting appears to be complete but a little distorted (with a length of 50.1mm and a weight of 0.8g). At the apex is a loop with out-turned terminal (4.6mm deep and 3.0mm internal diameter), which contains a central slot around from the terminal to where the loop returns. The slot contains a fragment of circular-sectioned wire abutting the interior of the strip. The strip or shaft below the loop is of consistent rectangular section (2.8mm wide and 0.6mm thick) with no surviving decoration…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EBDF21
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper tanged gouge of uncertain date possibly Bronze Age The cast tanged gouge is complete (with a length of 86.2mm and a weight of 24.7g). The tang is pointed at its apex ad below is square to rectangular sectioned, with straight sides gradually diverging towards the blade (reaching a maximum thickness of 5.6mm at the top of the blade, where the gouge has a width of 9.8mm). The sides of the blade are also straight and diverge more markedly to the blade edge. There are no lugs or mouldings on the sides. The blade edge is straight (with a width of 23.4mm and, a depth of 4.2mm). …
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EBFCB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy penannular brooch of 5th to 6th century date The brooch is near-complete but with a stripped surface and is distorted (with a weight of 7.5g). The brooch frame has faceted cuboid terminals (7mm long, 4mm wide and 3mm thick). The front of the brooch has a ribbed border before a decorative moulding, before narrowing to the hoop with a curved step (with a length of 6mm and giving a diameter of 2.5mm – 3.0mm). The mouldings are likely to have been zoomorphic, with the beast’s snout protruding over the hoop.  Dot indentations on the front of the…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EC109A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy penannular ring, possibly a hoop from an Early Medieval penannular brooch The hoop is incomplete, missing one terminal, the pin and is distorted with a stripped surface (with a weight of 6.6g). The surviving terminal has a flattened end (1.6mm thick, 2.7mm wide and 5mm long) before a slight, rounded knop on the outside face (up to 4mm diameter and 1.2mm high). The frame is now distorted (with a width of 40.1mm and a length of 43.0mm) and is circular-sectioned (2.4mm – 3.1mm diameter) with No applied decoration. The damaged end of the hoop is differentially eroded t…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EC25B9
Object type: EWER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy ewer spout, probably of 15th century date The cast zoomorphic ewer spout is in the form of a dog’s head with the damaged spout protruding from the open mouth. The spout is otherwise near-complete, with some damage to the attachment end (with an overall length of 63.8mm and a weight of 51.9g) and would have been soldered to the body of the ewer at the curved and convex oval attachment end (with external dimensions: 40.8mm long and 13.8mm wide). The dog has oval ears, drooping at the side of the head, rather than protruding above the head. The pointed-oval e…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EC639A
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy fitting, probably of 14th century date The cast fitting is possibly a zoomorphic book mount and comprises an open lozenge frame with integral arm terminating in a lug fitting (with an overall length of 46.7mm and a weight of 12.9g). The lozenge frame is vertical sided (with a length of 24.4mm, a width of 23.8mm, a depth of 8.2mm and a thickness of 2.2mm). The rear of the frame is not broken and has no decoration. There is a moulding on the front of the frame, probably the ears of the beast projecting forward. The beast’s head is of subtriangular section (w…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EC8609
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin of uncertain date, possibly Early Medieval, c. 8th or 9th century The pin is incomplete, missing much of the shaft and is heavily corroded (with a surviving length of 35.4mm and a weight of 8.9g). The pin head is now worn and rounded (19.9mm long and 15.1mm maximum width) but may originally have been of faceted polyhedral form. The pin head was enhanced with circular indentations in a zig-zag arrangement across the midsection of the head. The indentations may have been within an incised ring or possibly infilled with a setting but no trace now survives. At the ap…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ECA086
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy button-and-loop fastener of late 1st or 2nd century date The cast fastener is fragmentary, missing much of the shank, part of the head and is heavily-corroded (with an overall depth of 8.9mm and a weight of 4.9g). The head is now rounded, of sub-square form (16.4mm long, 7.4mm wide and 3.2mm thick). There are remnants of a moulded design on the head, now difficult to interpret but appears to have comprised a diagonal rounded rib, wider at the corners and narrowest at the centre. All other detail has been lost. The shank emerges from adjacent to the edge of the …
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED3240
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, missing the leg pin and head-plate (with a surviving length of 37.8mm, a surviving depth of 17.5mm and a weight of 18.9g). The missing spring employed a ferrous axis bar, secured around a central, pierced D-shaped lug at the rear of the head (12.2mm long, 4.5mm thick and 5.7mm high). The head is now sub-oval (21.4mm long and 15.8mm wide) but has been eroded at the edges. Above the head are the remains of an integral head-plate, probably surmounted with a chain-loop, now lost. The base of the he…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED6A68
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age socketed axe of (Class B) Southern English ribbed type and of Ewart Park metalworking, dated to Needham’s (1996)[1] Period 7, c. 950 – 750BC The socketed axe is fragmentary, missing the mouth and one face (with a surviving maximum length of 104.0mm and a weight of 234.0g) and was damaged in antiquity. The more complete face is likely to have broken just below the mouth but with no mouth moulding surviving. The socket has a moderately consistent rectangular profile (29mm x 19mm and with a surviving depth of 67.5mm). The longer side has the stub of the loop surv…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED790B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the fragmentary head only (with a surviving length of 17.8mm, a surviving depth of 10.5mm and a weight of 6.2g). The head is truncated but employed a hinge mechanism within tubular wings (with a surviving width of 17.8mm and a maximum diameter of 6.7mm). No decoration survives at the head but there is the suggestion of curved moulding at the sides (with a width of 9.6mm). The top of the bow appears to have been of D-shaped section, now worn and rounded and ta…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED8A03
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix The cast seal matrix is of circular faceted handle form and is near-complete, missing the terminal loop and the edge of the seal die (with a surviving length of 21.1mm and a weight of 7.3g). The damaged loop was above double or triple ribbed mouldings before the hexagonally-faceted handle widening to the circular seal die, now eroded at the edges (with a maximum surviving diameter of 19.1mm). The central device depicts ‘the pelican in her piety’ with the pelican extending across the top of the field with the head to the left (as seen on the …
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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