Record ID: NMGW-0D0CE1
Object type: TAP KEY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy barrel tap key of Post Medieval date, likely 19th century. The key has an oval handle with two circular perforations, an oval sectioned stem that tapers towards the handle, and a three lobed bit with a rectangular guide bar and a triangular hole. Such keys would be used to restrict the use of a barrel to only those with a suitable key. PUBLIC-C5C166 is a close comparison already recorded on this database.
Created on: Tuesday 16th March 2021
Last updated: Friday 18th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-F7F1A2
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end of Medieval date (c. AD1400-1500). The object consists of the font plate, crescentic in plan with two arms curving upward before terminating in old breaks. One of the arms is bent and traces of gilding preserves on the bend. A large trefoilate knop (4.5mm x 19.6mm) projects from the base of the plate and is decorated in incised linework to form a floral motif. Incised linework also decorates the arms - 5 equidistant sets of three incised lines, with the sixth set apparently being the point at which arm is bent. The plate is perforated by two i…
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st April 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-F79E0D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval halfgroat of Charles I (1625-1649). Uncertain initial mark, Group D, minted at the Tower of London, 1632-1633 (North 2255-6).
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st April 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-F77075
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a silver post-medieval sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603). Uncertain initial mark, minted at the Tower of London, 1574 (North 1997).
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st April 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-F73C87
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval groat of Mary I (1553-1554). Pomegranate initial mark, minted at the Tower of London, 1553-1554 (North 1960).
Created on: Monday 15th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st April 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-3E0688
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron socketed arrowhead, possibly of medieval date The arrowhead is near-complete, heavily-corroded and is comparatively large (with a length of 92.2mm and with a weight of 38.3g). The socket is circular and widest at the mouth (with a diameter of 16.4mm – 18.2mm and a thickness of 1.8mm). The sides of the socket are straight and convergent, reaching a minimum diameter (of 9.5mm x 12.8mm) beneath the blade. There no obvious attachment holes through the socket. The blade is of leaf-shaped form (51.2mm long and reaching a maximum width of 19.8mm) and appears to have had an oval s…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-678237
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blue glass bead, of uncertain date, possibly Iron Age to Roman, c. 1st century BC to late 4th century AD The bead is near-complete with a crack evident across the face and with surface flaking around the crack and around the perforation (with a length of 8.9mm and a weight of 1.5g). The bead is of slightly irregular flattened-spherical or globular form and is sub-circular in diameter (with a minimum diameter of 11.5mm and a maximum diameter of 12.4m) with a bright, pale-blue colour. The faces are convex and the bead has a single, sub-circular perforation, of uniform diameter (4.5…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-C2CD99
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Later Neolithic flint arrowhead The arrowhead is incomplete (with a surviving length of 34.9mm, a basal width of 25.5mm, a maximum thickness of 4.2mm and a weight of 2.6g), missing a barb and appears to have been of oblique type The arrowhead is made on a partially patinated and non-cortical flint with the patination confined to the upper (tip) half. The arrowhead has been carefully and skilfully pressure-flaked on both faces but with more peripheral working on the ventral surface. The basal edge is retouched and gently concave.
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-AA9AC4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy domed thimble, probably of mid-14th or 15th century date The thimble is near-complete with a little peripheral damage and a perforation below the apex (with a length of 20.6 and a weight of 10.8g). The mouth is sub-circular (with a diameter of 20.9mm – 21.4mm and internal diameter of 18mm). The rim appears to have been plain, not thickened and without a border (with a rim thickness of 1.0mm – 1.3mm). There is some damage to the rim but much of the edge appears to be near-complete. The sides of the thimble are gently convex and near-parallel but slig…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-AA6F65
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age flint barbed and Tanged arrowhead The arrowhead is incomplete, missing the tang (with a length of 21.7mm, a surviving width of 16.4mm, a thickness of 4.2mm and a weight of 1.2g). The arrowhead is bifacially worked, with extensive pressure flaking on the convex dorsal surface and with edge retouch (scaled and stepped) on the flat ventral surface. The dark-grey flint is non-cortical and largely unpatinated.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-044C87
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hil, Western Group. 70-110 AD). The brooch is fragmentary, missing the leg and spring (with a surviving length of 23.2mm, a surviving depth of 6.6mm and a weight of 4.0g). The missing spring was positioned behind semi-tubular wings (with a width of 22.5mm and a diameter of 6.4mm) with the axis bar secured between perforated end lugs. The chord was tensioned by a lug at the head, now damaged. The wings appear to have been decorated with vertical grooves near the ends, now worn and corroded. The bow is of sub-rectangular section, with stra…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-0431CC
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age stone axe-hammer; c. 2300 – 1800BC The axe-hammer has been shaped by pecking and appears to be complete (with an overall length of 148.0mm and a weight of 1055.7g) but has an irregular facet adjacent to the hammer end. Both faces are near-flat for most of their lengths (with a thickness at the blade end of 39mm and a thickness at the perforation of 41mm), before having a curved divergence at the hammer end (with a maximum thickness of 46.9mm). Both sides of the axe have a smooth curve, reaching their maximum width (of 88.1mm) across the perforation, nearer the …
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5C8955
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy vessel handle from a jug, probably of 1st to 3rd century AD date The handle is fragmentary, missing the handle grip (with a surviving length of 37.0mm and a weight of 18.2g). The handle was originally fitted with a lid, hinged between twin open lugs on the upper part of the handle, now damaged (with a width of 11.1mm, an opening 4mm wide and a height of 7.2mm). Beneath the hinge are two curved arms, now damaged and truncated (with a surviving width of 23.9mm). The arms would have been soldered to the rim of the vessel (suggesting a rim diameter of approximately…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5C70E8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Roman copper alloy jug lid of 1st to 4th century AD date The cast lid is fragmentary and with only a very short length of original edge surviving (with a surviving length of 36.7mm, a surviving width of 32.4mm and a weight of 16.0g). The plate lid is thinnest around the edge (with a thickness of 1.3mm) and has a cast raised circular boss (of 22.3mm diameter, where the lid has a thickness of 3.0mm – 3.5mm). At the centre of the circle is an integral circular-sectioned handle lug (10.1mm diameter at its base, 11.9mm high and with an overall depth of 14.9mm). The top face…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5C50BA
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy harness pendant of 1st or 2nd century date The cast pendant is incomplete and eroded, making its original shape uncertain but was possibly of lozengic form (with a surviving length of 33.4mm, a surviving width of 27.3mm and a weight of 5.5g). The loop is damaged and broken before the turn (with a surviving length of 8.2mm, a width of 3.0mm – 5.0mm and a thickness of 2.4mm). The shoulders are horizontal and flat (with a width of 16.7mm) before widening to a point, surviving on one side and narrowing again to the base, now rounded. The pendant is has a droplet…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5C4115
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Socketed fitting of Roman date, possibly a furniture fitting The cast fitting is incomplete, mossing the mouth and is of circular form (with a surviving maximum length of 27.5mm and a weight of 83.2g). The circular socket rim has no original edge surviving (with a consistent internal diameter of 35.4, an external diameter of 39.2mm and a thickness of 1.3mm – 2.4mm).The sides of the socketed are straight and parallel (with a maximum surviving internal depth of 18.0mm). There is the suggestion of a damaged perforation through the sides at one point (suggesting a diameter of c. 4…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5C2BE7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman enamelled copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the mid bow only (with a surviving length of 29.5mm and a weight of 4.0g). The possible fragment of upper bow (but possibly top of the leg) is of rounded triangular-sectioned at the break (4.9mm both wide and thick). There is no suggestion of a catch-plate on the rear. The bow was decorated with enamelled cells each side, probably of concave-sided triangles, possibly with a linear cell extending up the bow. No trace of enamel survives in the cell. The bu…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5C1832
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 22.7mm, a surviving depth of 13.0mm and a weight of 9.8g). The missing spring was secured behind semi-cylindrical wings (26.8mm wide and 8.2mm diameter) with the axis bar fastened through perforated end lugs. The chord may have been tensioned by a lug at the head but has been removed by corrosion. The fronts of the wings were decorated with vertical ribbing, flanked by grooves. The top of the bow is heavily-co…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-5BD65C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy plate brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and catch-plate (with a surviving overall depth of 3.5mm and a weight of 1.8g) and is also distorted and heavily-corroded with no surface surviving. The brooch is of disc form (with a diameter of 18.1mm and a thickness of 1.0mm) and is now dished, possibly because of post depositional impact. The edge has a thinned border but no other detail or decoration is discernible on the face. The rear of the brooch has the stub, probably from a hinged, twin lug. At the base is a narrow catch-pl…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-081697
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval gold finger-ring of mid to late 18th century date Description The gold band is near-circular but has been recently reshaped and is of D-shaped section. There is a linear join across the band and there is no decoration on the exterior surface of the band. The interior of the band has an inscription in italic script reading: Success to our fleet Before the inscription there are two sub-rectangular stamps, the first is a maker’s mark: PB, the second is a lion passant, facing left. Dimensions: External diameter: 20.0mm – 20.9mm, inter…
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ystradfellte', grid reference and parish protected.