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-331B1E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver short-cross penny of John (1299-1216) or Henry (1216-1272), Class 6b2-6d, moneyer Henri, struck at Canterbury in 1213-1218 (North 975/2-977). The coin is heavily encrusted with a thick layer of silver chloride, which obscures many of the details.
Created on: Monday 21st August 2023
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-BB8EA3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stuck silver Venetian soldino of Duke Michele Steno dating to 1400-1413.
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 17th August 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-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-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-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.

Record ID: NMGW-ED8AA6
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to 16th century date The ampulla is complete (with a length of 51.2mm and a weight of 50.8g). The expanded mouth (with a width of 26.4mm) is closed and the sides of the neck are straight and convergent to the body of the ampulla. Both loops are present but one is now distorted (giving a width of 32.4mm, with a length of 12.4mm, a height of 7.5mm and an internal dimensions of 5.4mm x 4.0mm) and span the top of the body to above the base of the neck. The neck of the ampulla is of oval section (giving the ampulla a maximum depth of 13.0mm) a…
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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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-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-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-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-33F8AD
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead ampulla of 14th to 16th century date The ampulla is fragmentary, represented by basal body section. The obverse face appears to have been convex and was decorated with a compass-drawn floral device, with one of the petals or leaves survives and approximately half of a second. The leaves contain a central midrib and probably flanking diagonal ribs but is the now heavily-worn. The area outside of the leaves is enhanced with crosshatching. The reverse face is now concave, probably as a result of damage. Cross-hatching is evident near the edges and the central device is…
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-33DAF7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The cast seal is of pointed oval form and is incomplete, missing some of the edge and the rear-loop (with a surviving length of 28.6mm, a surviving width of 17.5mm, a thickness of 3.4mm and a weight of 8.1g). The loop at the rear of the matrix is placed comparatively low beneath the apex (7mm below) and is damaged, missing the top of the loop (with a length of 10.5mm, a width of 5.1mm, surviving height of 4.2mm, an internal diameter of 3.2mm and giving the matrix a maximum surviving depth of 7.8mm). The seal die has a central…
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 4th 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-AB87A1
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead ampulla of medieval date, likely 13th to 15th century. The ampulla has 22.5mm long neck with poorly cast and damaged suspension loops and is hollow to a depth of 24.5mm. There is a “flap” of lead attached to one side of the top the neck, possibly the remains of a cap. The body of the ampulla is expanded to the sides and decorated on one face with deep curving lines to form the appearance of a scallop shell. The reverse side is flattened and apparently undecorated, although this may be due to post-depositional damage obscuring any decoration. Circumferential f…
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-481D23
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 near-complete but worn and corroded of circular form with a domed rear (with a diameter of 20.3mm – 21.2mm, a thickness of 5.0mm and a weight of 11.4g). There is a perforated sub-triangular lug on the rear (11.8mm long, 4.5mm high, 2.9mm thick and giving an overall depth of 8.3mm) for the loop. The seal die is heavily-worn and difficult to interpret but appears to have been crudely incised. The central device comprises a cross but is possibly a simple stylised bird. The encircling legend has largely been …
Created on: Thursday 25th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-6B5862
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: The object is a silver spoon, now in two parts, comprising a bent handle junction with bowl, and the remaining bowl, folded twice. The stem is hexagonal at the base, becoming circular in cross-section mid-way along the shaft up to the simple devolved conical ‘diamond knop’ terminal with a small transverse moulding at the junction with the stem. The underside of the bowl at the junction with the handle bears what appears to be a quincunx motif (aka ‘cross-in-square’), but which can be interpreted as an equal armed cross with central boss within a square …
Created on: Monday 27th April 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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