Record ID: NMGW-00E085
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead fragment probably the base of medieval pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to 16th century date The probable ampulla comprises a corroded edge fragment (with a surviving length of 25.8mm, a surviving width of 36.3mm, a maximum surviving thickness of 5.8mm and a weight of 12.6g). One face is more complete and had a cast design, now difficult to interpret. Very little survives of the other face. While there are shallow grooved marks on both faces there is no clear surviving evidence for the scallop shell decoration, often seen on one face of the ampulla. The fragmentary and corr…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-E8BA22
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to early 16th century date The ampulla is near-complete, missing the side loops and with a distorted mouth (with a length of 55.2mm and a weight of 52.5g). The expanded and distorted mouth (with a width of 22.0mm) is partially open. The neck has straight parallel sides and is of oval section (21mm wide and 9.9mm thick). Stubs from the side loops begin 2 – 3mm above the body and have a length of 11mm (3.8mm internal). The body has a maximum width of 38.3mm and a thickness of 11.4mm. The obverse face is convex and is decorated with the scallop…
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EB6520
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to early 16th century date The ampulla is incomplete and distorted, missing some of the mouth and the side loops (with a distorted length of 60.2mm and a weight of 55.4g containing some sediment). The expanded mouth (with a width of 27.8mm) is damaged and is partially open. The neck has straight parallel sides and is of oval section (19-22mm wide and 10mm thick). Stubs from the side loops begin 4 - 6mm above the body and have a length of 11 - 13mm (3 - 5mm internal). The body has a maximum width of 37.6mm and a thickness of 9.6mm. The obverse …
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW3355
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Circular-shaped base of a possible, lead, or lead alloy, pilgrim ampulla. One side of the casting is plain, while the other may have been decorated with a simple design set within a circular border. The top of the casting is open having a deep concave mouth. The opening is not the result of modern damage; however, it is uncertain whether it is an original feature (in which case the tentative identification as an ampulla is incorrect) or the result of careful cutting. The casting was damaged during recovery. Diameter 31.5mm, thickness 8.5mm. Possibly medieval.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-5A97B1
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval lead ampulla or miniature phial, probably of 13-15th century date. The ampulla is near complete; missing both handles, and both faces have also suffered some recent damage. The ampulla has a comparatively long neck (c. 30mm) with a short body (c. 27mm). The remnants of the side loops are discernible on the neck, positioned above the body. The obverse is decorated with a scallop-shell motif; the scallop being the badge of St James in addition to being the symbol of pilgrimage. The scallop is composed of bold radiating ribs producing a corrugated surface and a notched edge, …
Created on: Monday 15th September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-160969
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 15th or 16th century date The ampulla is fragmentary, represented by the basal half only (with a surviving length of 29.0mm, a maximum width of 30.3mm and a weight of 19.8g). The surviving surface is heavily corroded and little of the detail now survives. The obverse face is convex (giving a maximum depth of 10.4mm) and may have been decorated with fine ribbing, producing a corrugated surface, of Spencer’s (1990, p 59)[1] Type II and indicating the scallop shell, the emblem of Saint James and representing pilgrimage. Few of the ribs now surv…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3DE85D
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to 16th century date The ampulla is near-complete missing one loop and part of the mouth (with a length of 46.1mm and a weight of 41.0g). The expanded mouth is open (with a width of 28.0mm and a depth of 9mm) but has a groove from pressed-closing on the obverse face. The neck is oval sectioned with concave sides (with a width and thickness of 18mm and 10.8mm respectively), there is no decoration evident on the neck. One of the loops survive, now folded against the neck and is comparatively short (with a length of 9mm). The ampulla is wide…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A7BB63
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead ampulla of 14th to 16th century date The ampulla is incomplete, missing one side of the neck and the loops (with a length of 60.4 and a weight of 53.4g). The surviving side of the neck are concave, flaring to the mouth (with a surviving width of 15mm and a depth of 7.9mm) which is open. Near the base of the neck is the stub of the suspension loop, with the lower stub below the top of the side of the body. The base of the neck is decorated with double ribbed moulding, infilled with hatches on both the faces, although not at corresponding heights. The reverse face has…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED70E6
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
~~Medieval lead pilgrim's ampulla of 15th or 16th century date The ampulla is incomplete, missing much of the neck on one face (with a length of 47.9mm and a weight of 26.2g). The mouth is damaged and not present on one face (with a width of 25.6mm). The neck appears to have had straight sides, slightly converging towards the body. No decoration is evident on the surviving neck. One of the suspension loops survive, now distorted and is angular, with a perpendicular return positioned between the top of the body and the lower part of the neck (with a length of 9.3mm). The body of the a…
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-514FAB
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim's ampulla of 14th to 16th century date The ampulla is complete (with a length of 56.0mm and a weight of 39.8g) with a closed mouth. The mouth is flat (with a width of 30.8mm and a thickness of 3mm). There is evidence of the closing of the mouth with crimping marks beneath the mouth. There is no decoration on either face of the neck. The sides of the neck are straight and divergent to the mouth. The angular loops are positioned near the top of the body and base of the neck and are comparatively slight (with a height of 6.1mm, a thickness of 2.0mm and a length o…
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-A4119D
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and damaged lead ampulla of Medieval date (c.AD 1350-1550). The ampulla comprises the circular base, which is damaged, missing the neck and mouth with surviving dimensions of 30.3mm diameter x 8.7mm thick and weighs 12.08g. Traces of a design in shallow relief preserve – on the more complete side, the design depicts an arc with a vertical line through the centre and a cross-hatched base below. Damage has removed the rest of the design but was likely a crown with a cross-hatched base. The hatch design continues on the other side, but most of the face is lost to old dama…
Created on: Monday 14th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-3A36B9
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete cast lead pilgrim’s ampulla of Medieval date (AD 1300-1600). The ampulla is missing one loop and has a total length of 49.7mm. The expanded mouth is closed and sealed with a width of 26mm and 2.7mm thick at the seal (8.3mm thick before the seal) and appears to be complete. The neck is straight with small rounded loops projecting from side of the neck (one is missing in old damage) and connecting to the body. The body is curved with a max width of 34.7mm and max thickness 7.5mm. The obverse design is a scallop shell with fine ribbing at the base of the neck which…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2022
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-0F65B1
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete cast lead alloy ampulla of Medieval date (c.AD 1200-1400). The ampulla is closed at the mouth, which has a moulded rim (27.9mm wide). The sub-rectangular and slightly-flaring neck curves expands slightly again to the round body (32.8mm wide). The front is decorated with uneven and poorly executed incised lines mimicking a scallop shell. The other side was also likely decorated but the design has been damaged by surface corrosion. The metal is an uneven grey-buff patina with an overall thickness of 9mm and weighs 39.55g. Ampullae were used as a flask to hold holy wate…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-495495
Object type: ANNULAR BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch of 13th to 16th century date The brooch is of flat, annular form, represented by the complete frame but missing the pin (with an external diameter of 20.4mm, an internal diameter of 13.5mm, a thickness of 1.0mm and a weight of 1.0g). There is a restriction on the frame for the missing pin (with a length of 2mm and a bar width of 1.0mm). One face of the frame is decorated with incised chevrons, in-filled with opposing rows of punched triangles. The outside edge is also enhanced with punched chevrons. The rear of the brooch is undecorated with f…
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2015
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-09A1A5
Object type: ARMLET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A plain and elongate gold strip with near parallel sides. One terminal survives, while the other has been torn around 4-7mm from the end. The surviving terminal is loosely folded over, with an external width of 3.5-5mm. The terminal tapers gradually beyond the fold-over, with a flat but slightly convex shaped end and rounded corners. An offset crease, parallel to the terminal-end is visible 2.2-2.5mm from the edge, the strip terminal also being pinched and thinned beyond the crease. Approximately 4mm from the terminal, a pin-hole approximately 0.8mm in diameter perforates the strip. D…
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2015
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Record ID: NMGW187
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Barb and tanged arrowhead. Tip and one barb missing. Length 25.9mm, breadth 16.0mm, thickness 4.6mm, weight 1.7grams.
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ewenny', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW-4E18E5
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead measuring 16mm long, 18.4mm wide, 3.5mm thick and weighing 0.7g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th April 2005
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-08F7B1
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead measuring 21.6mm long, 17.4mm wide, 4.3mm thick and weighing 1.0g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2005
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-F43792
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Iron arrowhead, probably of Medieval date. The arrowhead is socketed, and narrows as it approaches the blade. The blade would have had upward sloping shoulders, as evidenced by the more intact side. This arrowhead corresponds to the ‘multi-purpose forms’ used for both hunting and warfare identified by Jessop (1996).
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-8EDBB1
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Near complete small Early Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead, probably dating from between 2300 to 1500BC. The arrowhead has patinated a pale blue-white colour. The tip is missing, and was broken in antiquity, as evidenced by patination over the break. The missing tip may be the result of impact through use of the arrowhead. The tang has a squared end and extends beyond the barbs. The barbs are pointed and one has suffered some recent damage.
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-8EFBF4
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic or Early Bronze Age flint leaf arrowhead, probably dating from between 3500 and 1500 BC. The arrowhead is small and squat and is triangular in form. It is made on an unpatinated pale grey flake, which is slightly curved along its length. The arrowhead has been bi-facially worked, but one face has only received only light working. Green's (1985) typology defines the arrowhead as a type 4A.
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-24C12C
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete knapped and pressure flaked barbed and tanged arrowhead Late neolithic to early bronze age (c. 2500 BC-1500 BC). Arrowheads such as this Sutton Type B arrowhead (Green 1980) are commonly associated with the emergence of the Beaker phenomenon in Britain. The arrowhead is made of grey semi translucent flint with cherty (likely fossil) inclusions. The arrowhead is missing its very tip and one barb (likely due to weakness in the cherty inclusion). The remaining barb is hollow based Length: 17.9mm Width: 15.7mm Thickness: 4.2mm Weight: 0.88g
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-9CB1D2
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy awl of uncertain date, possibly Late Bronze Age The awl is of tanged form and is complete with a distorted tang. The awl has a weight of 17.0g and has a distorted length of 77.6mm, originally having been approximately 98mm long. The tang had an undistorted length of 62mm and is of rectangular section (8.7mm x 5.8mm at the base of the tang) and gradually tapers to a point. There is no collar or moulding between the tang and the point. The point of the awl has a length of 36.2mm and is of circular section (11.1mm diameter at the apex), gradually thinning to the point. The a…
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW391
Object type: AXE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of axe blade with a straight front face while the rear face, although straight at first, sweeps back to from a wide cutting edge. The axe blade has a triangular longitudinal section. Part of the cutting edge, most of the socket and the poll are missing and the remaining portion of the axe is heavily corroded. It is not possible to identify with the naked eye the weld line where one side of the socket is joined to the blade. An example of Manning's Type 2 (1985, 15-16, fig.3); however, it is not certain that this axe is Roman in date. The form of many iron tool types are parti…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-26FB53
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Flake from a polished implement
Created on: Friday 31st October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-8DCE4C
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint polished axehead of c. 3,500 to 2,200 BC date. The axe is complete and is comparatively small (with an overall length of 125.9mm and weighing 112.3g), with some recent damage to a blade tip and to the butt. The butt is rounded and slender (with a width of 18mm) with some flaking scars evident, mostly patinated. The sides are moderately straight, slightly convex and gradually widening towards the blade edge (where the axe has a maximum width of 40.4mm). The faces of the axe are convex, giving it a pointed-oval section, reaching its maximum thickness (of 18.3mm) at …
Created on: Monday 9th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-155FEB
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment, probably a blade edge fragment from a Bronze Age axe of undetermined type and date but possibly a fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe The axe is fragmentary, represented by a side fragment of a blade edge only (with a surviving width of 17.1mm, a surviving length of 25.5mm, a maximum surviving may possibly have broken across the base of a socket, possibly suggested by a depression on the break. Only a very short part of the blade edge survives (7mm). The casting seam is evident on the surviving side, with the suggestion that the sides are angled to t…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AAB3FD
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age bronze butt fragment from an axe of uncertain type but of Developed Axe or Palstave form The axe is represented by a butt fragment only, broken at one end (with a surviving length of 30.4mm and a weight of 28.3g). The butt end is damaged and jagged but may have been rounded and thins to the edge (with a width of 20mm and a thickness of 1.8mm). The sides are near-straight and divergent for their short lengths to the break (with a maximum width of 27.7mm and a thickness across the septum of 8.1mm). The sides are rounded and convex across their thicknesses, with the suggestion …
Created on: Friday 12th June 2015
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-6D1B04
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Blade end fragment of a Bronze Age axe; the fragment is worn with none of the original surface surviving. The broken end does not show any evidence of a socket. The surviving blade edge is gently curved. The blade width is slender, with the sides gently expanding to the blade. The slender dimensions of the fragment suggests the piece may have come from a late palstave or socketed axe, although some of the width may have been lost through erosion.
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-6C3EBB
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy axehead, probably a palstave or flanged axehead  of Middle Bronze Age date (c.1500-1100 BC). The fragment comprises the butt of the axehead, is sub-trapezoidal in shape and H-shaped in section. The edges expand from the butt with increasing thickness towards the break, which measures 4.6mm thick in the centre and 12.1mm thick at the larger surviving edge. The butt edge is The surface is a dark grey-green patina and measures 23.5mm long, 21.8mm wide, 12.2 thick and weighs 13.64.  Similar objects are recorded on the PAS database e.g. NMGW-FC4B96…
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-C2BF33
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead secular badge or pendant probably of Post Medieval date. The badge has a height of 24.5mm and is damaged on one side, giving a maximum surviving width of 13.9mm. The front is convex and depicts a heart within a ribbed border. At the damaged top is a possible attachment or suspension loop. The back is flat, with an intricate cast linear design comprising diagonal crosses, hatching, and a scroll. At the centre are the letters: . H V. The badge has a maximum thickness of 3.3mm and weighs 4.1g.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-7D99B1
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blue glass bead, of uncertain date, possibly Roman, c. mid 1st century AD to late 4th century The bead is of elongated-spherical form, wider at one end (with a length of 9.0mm and a weight of 1.1g, containing some sediment) and is pale-blue in colour. The faces are convex (giving a maximum diameter of 9.8mm) and the bead has a single, circular perforation, seemingly of uniform diameter (3.4mm diameter). There is a very slight difference in the length and diameter of the bead from one side to the other (7.8mm -9.0mm). The face is somewhat abraded and has slight pitting with encirc…
Created on: Thursday 15th January 2015
Last updated: Thursday 15th January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-3F537F
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy bead of Roman to Medieval date. The bead is approximately biconical in shape, with a large cylindrical central perforation (8mm in diameter). The outer surface of the bead is decorated with a central circumferential groove containing a smaller ridge. This central groove is flanked by multiple parallel grooves and ridges on either side. Traces of gilding or applied gold are visible on the rims of the perforation that presumably once covered the whole bead. The bead is largely covered with a pitted green patina. There are a number of examples of similar beads to this…
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Monday 17th May 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3D73E7
Object type: BELL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy bell probably of Viking type and of 10th century date The cast bell is of hexagonal form and is fragmentary, missing the mouth and much of the sides (with a surviving length of 27.7mm, a maximum surviving depth of 21.2mm and a weight of 3.9g). The loop is rectangular (17mm long, 6.9mm wide and 3.8mm thick) with a circular perforation (3.2mm diameter) with has adhering iron corrosion. There is the suggestion of a subtle moulding around the base of the loop. The bell is sheet metal (1.0mm thick) and was of faceted hexagonal form. There is no decoration d…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW180
Object type: BLADE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Patinated white flint blade. Length 42.5mm, breadth 17.4mm, thickness 6.5mm, weight 3.7 grams.
Created on: Friday 12th November 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Hilary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-E2D6C3
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Two co-joining blade fragments from a sword of Bronze Age date. None of the diagnostic features are present on the blade fragments, but the sword is likely to be a Ewart Park type sword of the Ewart Park metalworking tradition, c. 950 - 750BC. The sword blade is leaf-shaped and is widest at the centre of the fragment. The combined fragments (c. 300mm) probably represent a little over three quarters of the original blade length and approximately half the original length of the sword. The blade has a low lozenge shaped section, with a rounded mid-section and slightly concave outer secti…
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-F3B346
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy blade, probably a blade edge fragment from a Bronze Age axe of indeterminate type and date The axe is fragmentary, represented by the blade edge only (with a width of 46.5mm, a surviving length of 12.8mm, a maximum surviving thickness of 6.7mm and a weight of 9.6g). The break occurred in antiquity and there is no socket base evident. The blade is convex between the tips and the blade edge is asymmetric, possibly through wear at one end. There are a number of nicks along the blade edge, however it is unclear whether these are contemporary with the use of the axe or oc…
Created on: Thursday 26th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-254BA4
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PREHISTORIC
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Friday 31st October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-257780
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PREHISTORIC
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Friday 31st October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-270653
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Friday 31st October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-2751D4
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PREHISTORIC
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Friday 31st October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-2779E0
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PREHISTORIC
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Friday 31st October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-DF0AD3
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PREHISTORIC
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric retouched blade. Made on a cortical, unpatinated blade.
Created on: Tuesday 9th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-DE801C
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Possible blade fragment of Bronze Age date The blade is fragmentary (with a surviving length of 24.7mm and a weight of 5.1 g) and appears to represent a fragment from the apex of the blade and beginning of the hilt. The suggested hilt part is wider and marginally thinner (with a maximum surviving width of 22.8mm and a thickness of 2.0mm). The blade edge does not survive on either side (with a minimum surviving width of 15.5mm, where it has a thickness of 2.8mm). A sub-circular notch may possibly be the remains of a rivet attachment hole. However, only one face only has a midrib (1…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7264F5
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy sword blade fragment, probably of Late Bronze Age date (c.1150-750 BC), possibly of Wilburton or Ewart Park metalworking industry of Needham’s (1991) Periods 4-5, dated 1150-750 BC. The fragment is rectangular in plan and lenticular in section with an overall surviving length of 59.4mm. The fragment has straight transverse breaks on each end and there is a slight bend in the length , suggesting deliberate breakage prior to deposition (‘ritually killed’). The blade has a shallow raised central midrib c.13.5mm wide on both faces (overall object dept…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-91F46E
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The object is a silver bodkin-type dress-pin with ear scoop on one end, and tapering to a point at the other end. The shaft has a flattened quadrangular cross-section, and engraved on both sides between the head and threading hole is a flower-head motif, with a flower repeated below the eye. The pin is bent, and has not received any conservation.
Created on: Friday 18th July 2014
Last updated: Friday 18th July 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-1DA363
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver bodkin-type dress pin. The object is the lower shaft and point of a silver bodkin-type dress-pin. The lower end of the slot on the bodkin survives, and it is likely that when complete it also had a perforation (eye) at one end. The shaft has a flattened quadrangular cross-section with bevelled edges, and is undecorated. The pin is bent, and has not received any conservation. Length (bent) 64.3mm; maximum width 4mm; maximum thickness 1.7mm; weight 3.08g.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-4A3713
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Rectangular flat book-clasp of Post-Medieval date. One end is expanded and serrated with two rivet holes near the end, one still retaining the iron rivet. The other end has a rectangular projection with a central hooked catch, and a single rivet still attached. The surface was decorated with incised lines around the rivets. Little of the surface of the mount survives, but there is the suggestion of gilding surviving on small areas.
Created on: Monday 9th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-724AEC
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval or early post-medieval copper alloy book-clasp, of Howsam type A.3, probably of 15th to 17th century date. The clasp is near-complete, with some peripheral loss (with a length of 67.9mm, a depth of 5.3mm and a weight of 15.8g). The clasp is made from two-pieces of sheet copper alloy, attached using three rivets. One larger rivet at the centre, towards the clasp and two smaller rivets at the attachment end. Between the two sheets traces of the leather book cover survive. The front plate (0.9mm thick) is decorative and has an expanded end (with a width of 23.1mm), enhanced…
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-7813F7
Object type: BOTTLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman glass vessel neck fragment, probably of late 1st or 2nd century AD date The vessel is incomplete and is represented by the neck only with a surviving height of 18.30mm. The rim is irregular and damaged; it curves outward to produce a rim diameter of 26.82mm. The neck is short (10.5mm) with a diameter of 17.91mm. The shoulder of the vessel is at a near-right angle to the neck. The rim and neck form would suggest a bottle. The glass is blue green and translucent, but not clear. The vessel neck weighs 6.2g.
Created on: Friday 13th January 2006
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-5B9F90
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Head fragment of a bow brooch, probably of T-shape type. The fragment consists of the top of the bow, which is straight sided, and is thinning at the break. The bow is angled at the head, before another break on the plate. The wings are tubular with a flat face at the front, and decorated at each end with two incised lines. The top of the pin survives, with the brooch employing a hinge mechanism.
Created on: Tuesday 10th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-D96EF8
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Dolphin type and probably of mid to late 1st century AD date The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow, with a surviving length of 29.26mm and weighs 20.4g. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism, set within tubular wings. The wings are comparatively wide with a width of 41.71mm. The front of the wings is decorated with vertical ribs flanking panels containing short incised marks, separated by U-shaped grooves. The bow has a curved moulding against the wings, enhanced at the edges by short incised marks. The moulding continue…
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2006
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-85A1F6
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped variant type and probably dating to the 2nd century AD The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and has a surviving length of 27.01mm and weighs 7.9g. The brooch employed a spring mechanism secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement around a copper alloy axis bar. The chord was tensioned through a perforated lug on the head. The wings have a width of 26.11mm. The ends of the wings are angled to the rear and the front is decorated with vertical mouldings. The perforated lug has a smaller decorative (solid) lug in front. The head projects horizo…
Created on: Monday 15th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-F38827
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy hinged T-shaped brooch with narrow rounded bow. Only the upper bow and tubular wings survive, with the catch-plate and pin missing. The brooch has eroded and little detail survives. There is the suggestion that the bow tapers from a central rib, and there is a central crest on the head.
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-F3C7C1
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy hinged T-shaped brooch. The brooch is near complete, with only the pin absent. The wings are short and tubular and appear to hold an iron axis bar. The upper portion of the bow holds a rectangular panel with central triangular and lozenge shaped cells, the enamel no longer survives, but the remnants suggests a blue enamel. The remainder of the rectangular panel, outside the central cells is now pale grey colour. Beneath the panel is a pair of ‘leaves’. The lower area of the bow gently narrows to a delicate foot. The lower bow tapers from a slight central rib to a…
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-85FD35
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman bow brooch of unusual form and type. The brooch has a hinge mechanism enclosed within short wings. The head of the bow is arched with a D-shaped cross section, which gradually thins as it approaches an integral moulding of circular cross section with slight side knobs. The bow after this is gently concave in profile and gradually tapers in before expanding back out at a rounded moulded foot. The bow is flat except for the catch plate, which begins as a low rib. The pin is present and of circular cross section with a flattened head. Decoration on the bow is both cast and incised,…
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-AA4E05
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Upper fragment of a cast Roman bow brooch of unusual type. The brooch was hinged and the upper portion of the pin survives. The wings are wide with a flat upper surface and a rounded back. The wings carry low curved moulding near the terminals, which are now fairly eroded. The surviving area of the bow suggests a rounded cross design, with the apex of the bow running into the wings defining an arc across the wings and forming two curving triangular cells on the wings above the bow. Near the top of the bow is a slightly protruding copper alloy pin (c.1mm diameter), which can also be see…
Created on: Tuesday 8th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-AA8452
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Upper fragment of a cast copper alloy dolphin brooch, probably of 1st century AD date. The brooch has a hinge mechanism, with the upper portion of the pin surviving. The wings have a circular cross section with no decoration evident on the surviving remnants. The bow is wide and flat with a pronounced central moulding resembling a chord. The bow edges carry two low decorative grooves on each shoulder. The sides are eroded and the brooch broke above the position of the catch plate.
Created on: Tuesday 8th July 2003
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-D259B3
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman bow brooch, probably a slender trumpet type of Late 1st or 2nd Century AD date. The head comprises of the housing for the missing spring with the remains of the perforated lugs on each side. There are the remnants of a loop to accommodate a chain at the head. The top of the bow is plain with a series of decorative cornice mouldings near the bottom of the fragment. At the moulding, the bow weeps inwards sharply.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A54661
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch of late 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch is near complete, missing only the spring, pin and foot. The sprig mechanism was secured by means of a singly pierced lug around an iron axis bar. The trumpet head is roughly circular with a slight surrounding plate border and no chain loop. The upper bow has a circular cross section before the central device consisting of a pair of lentoid mouldings either side of a rounded button. The lower bow is plain with a D-shaped cross section and tapers to the missing foot. The catch-plate rib begins near the top …
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A5C022
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy headstud bow brooch, probably dating from the late 1st to the 2nd century AD. The brooch is near-compete, missing only the catch-plate and chain loop, but has corroded and little of the surface detail survives. The brooch has a hinge mechanism of semi-tubular type. The short wings are decorated with vertical flutes. The head has the remains of the missing solid chain loop. The headstud is wide, covering the full width of the upper bow and was decorated with a moulded cross motif. The bow is of sub-rectangular section with a raised central vertical rib, possibly serra…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A5D9D6
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, but stylistically probably of 2nd century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the lower bow, the pin and the chain loop. The brooch utilised a hinge mechanism with a semi-tubular hinge type, where the tubes do not extend beyond the width of the bow. Above the head is a moulding before a panel which is likely to have incorporated the chain loop. The upper bow has concave sides and a decorative panel with cells for enamel with. The panel has two columns of chevrons separated by a central division and would have been enamelled both …
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A5EFD5
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type and probably of 1st or 2nd century date. The brooch is incomplete and corroded, with little detail surviving. The remnants of one of the wings survive on one side, and it is likely the brooch had a spring mechanism, probably with a pierced lug or claw above the head.
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E958A4
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Head fragment from a cast copper alloy Roman brooch, probably of 1st century AD date. The brooch is represented by the upper bow and one of the wings only. The brooch fragment is likely to be of the Aesica Type. The brooch employed a spring mechanism secured by a Polden Hill lug type arrangement. The surviving wing is decorated with an encircling diagonal incised line. The lug to tension the chord forms part of a continuous rib running along the bow, possibly decorated on the crest with a hatched motif. Either side of the rib is a slender panel with incised chevrons. The sides of the b…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-DE11F3
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism with tubular wings enclosing a copper alloy axis bar. The wings have not been cast at a right angle to the bow, and also slope towards the rear of the head. The wings are decorated with vertical mouldings. The top of the head has a simple chain loop, which is now broken. The upper bow is of sub-triangular section, and was decorated with short irregular incised lines. The button is unusual and is composed of a flat oval panel with an incised border defining a cen…
Created on: Tuesday 9th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-3A6B41
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, possibly a Trumpet or allied type of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the leg, foot and catch-plate only (with a surviving length of 21.5mm, a surviving depth of 14.4mm and a weight of 2.3g). The leg is of D-shaped section at the break (4.5mm wide and 2.1mm thick) with straight, near-parallel or slightly convergent sides towards the foot. Above the foot the leg has a sub-triangular section. The sides of the leg have a fine incised border. No other decoration is evident on the leg. The foot is of co…
Created on: Friday 31st October 2014
Last updated: Friday 31st October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-FD2D46
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, missing the head and foot (with a surviving length of 53.6mm, a surviving depth of 12.4mm and a weight of 5.4g). The brooch is broken near the top of the bow, which is of sub-rectangular section (4.5mm wide and 5.7mm thick. The sides of the bow are straight and convergent towards the break, just above the missing foot. The bow is heavily-corroded with little surviving detail but a central groove is discernible and there is the suggestion of a groove on one s…
Created on: Thursday 16th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 21st October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-A51F75
Object type: BOX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast and forged copper alloy weight box lid. This is the lid to a box which would have housed a nest of lead weights in the Late Medieval period (16th -17th century. The simple drilled hinge plate is complete with a recess on the opposing side of the lid. The lid is gently concave and carries no surface decoration. The lid is roughly circular with flatter area at the hinge and recessed end, and two side knobs which would have helped in raising the lid when attached. The back of the lid shows a number of hammer marks.
Created on: Friday 1st August 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 10th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-66C176
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy bracelet fragment, probably of late Iron Age date, c. 1st century BC to 1st century AD The bracelet is fragmentary with a surviving length of 34.26mm and a weight of 7.0g. The curvature on the bracelet would suggest an original diameter of approximately 70mm. The bracelet is also damaged across it’s with and has a maximum surviving width of 13.85mm. The rear of the bracelet is flat and plain. The face is decorated with a number of weak ribs and grooves, enhanced by columns of punched dots.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW3389
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy two strand cablework armlet or bracelet fragment. The bracelet is made up of two oval-sectioned (diameter 1.5-2.0mm) strands (total thickness 2.5-3.5mm). At the intact end, one strand has been flattened and turned back upon itself to form a hook, while the other has been flattened and wrapped around the hooked strand to form a collar. It is uncertain whether the broken end has been cut or sheared off. It is not possible to reconstruct the original diameter of the armlet or bracelet. Surviving length 42.5mm, weight 2.1 grams. For a close parallel, recovered from a fourth to…
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-EF7643
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy bracelet of Late Roman date, probably dating to the 3rd or 4th century AD. The bracelet is of flat section of between 2.0 and 2.5mm thickness and has a surviving length of approximately 100mm when straightened. The bracelet has one terminal depicting a lozenge snake head and punched decoration with dots for the beast’s nostrils and the eyes defined by two circular arcs, with a smaller arc inside the larger. The decoration along the body continues to utilise the two punches with the arcs joining or nearly joining to form a scroll motif. There are dot punched ma…
Created on: Friday 25th February 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-E48854
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A terminal fragment of a Late Bronze Age gold bracelet. It has a surviving length of 38.95mm, probably representing approximately one third of the original length. The 'buffer' terminal is flat and circular with a diameter of 9.66mm to 10.30mm and has a length of 5mm. The bracelet fragment has a minimum width beneath the flaring terminal of 5.79mm. The terminal displays numerous facets, presumably resulting from forging the circular-sectioned terminal. The sides of the bracelet are straight and diverge to the break where the bracelet is comparatively wide for the type at 12.56mm. The …
Created on: Friday 6th January 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-74B20A
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman bracelet (c. AD 100-400). The fragment is crescentic in plan and kidney-shaped in section representing less than half of the original bracelet with a surviving length of 48.8mm, width 6.6mm and 4.8mm thick. The top of the bracelet is decorated with a double row of slightly alternating punched dots forming a zig-zag pattern between them. The fragment terminates in an old break on one side (where dimensions are 6.3mm wide x 4.7mm thick). On the other end, four transverse grooves decorate the top of the bracelet and terminates in a blunt edge (where d…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-814DAB
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, slightly distorted copper alloy child’s bracelet of probable broad Roman date (c. 43-410AD). The bracelet comprises a single rectangular strip of 4.5mm wide, 2mm thick D-sectioned copper alloy bent into a flattened penannular hoop. The bracelet is twisted in the middle, pushing the terminals of the hoop out of alignment, but otherwise appears to be in its original configuration, with a height of c. 22.5mm, and an external diameter of 34.8mm and an internal diameter of c. 30mm. The bracelet is estimated to have length of c. 70mm if flattened into a straight line. The…
Created on: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-D05AE6
Object type: BRIDLE BIT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Lead alloy decorative bridle boss of Post Medieval date, probably 17th or 18th century. Cast circular boss, decorated around the rim with a chain motif, with a floral or fleur-de-lis pattern every alternate link. The sides of the raised boss are decorated with a linear design. The top of the boss appears to have no decoration. The reverse of the boss shows the remains of the two attachment loops.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd July 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 20th September 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-9C3A27
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description The reported object is the body of a silver annular brooch; the pin is missing. The brooch has been created by filing down the rim of, and removing the centre from, a silver coin of King Henry VI of England (1422-61); this has created a flat annular brooch with inner diameter of approximately 9mm, outer diameter approximately 22mm, with a thickness of the order of 0.6mm and weight of 2.27g. The brooch survives in two pieces, having at some stage been bent and broken; it has not been cleaned. The 'host' coin is a groat (4d) of Henry VI, struck at the mint of Calais betw…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-6685EC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman flat disc brooch (c. AD 75-300). The brooch is missing the pin. The body of the brooch is circular in plan and flat in profile (24.5mm in diameter, 2.1mm depth). Six peripheral knops (c. 3.7mm wide) decorate the outer circumference but all have been broken sometime in antiquity. The hinge mechanism is positioned on the reverse of the top knop, which is broken and missing appx. half of the height in an old break (surviving height is 7.7mm, 3.7mm wide). Directly across the plate is another knop which accommodates the catchplate on the reverse (survi…
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-A52DB7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.b4, flat wing ends type, Western Group), of late 1st to early 2nd century AD date. The brooch is comparatively light and is near-complete but is distorted (with a distorted length of 63.3mm a depth of 16.8mm and a weight of 10.0g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism around a copper alloy axis bar and secured at the ends of the wings. The chord was tensioned above the head by a lug. The wing terminals are angled slightly inwards (and the wings have a width of 19.6mm). The fronts o…
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-FABA51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy anthropomorphic plate brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is near complete, missing the pin and some peripheral damage (with a length of 33.7mm, a distorted width of 37.6mm and a weight of 6.9g). The brooch employed a hinge mechanism with twin lugs (6.9mm deep), positioned on the rear of one of the peripheral lugs on the side. The catch-plate is positioned on the rear of the opposing lug (9.9mm deep). The rear of the brooch is hollowed (with an overall distorted depth of 11.5mm). The peripheral lugs are sub-circular (7mm wide by 6-7mm long) and remnants of d…
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Saturday 28th March 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-55C328
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 6.b8, wavy ridge, flat wing ends type) of the Eastern Group, dating to the late 1st -early 2nd century AD. The brooch is near complete, missing the spring and catch and has a length of 55.3mm and a weight of 21.8g. The spring mechanism was secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement, with pierced lugs at the terminals of the wings. No claw or lug to tension the chord is evident on the head. The wings have a width of 30.8mm and are decorated near the terminals two vertical panels containing …
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-54B5A6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.f, flat wing ends type), of mid 2nd-mid 3rd century AD. The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 19.4mm and a weight of 4.3g). The missing spring was secured with a Polden Hill type arrangement with terminal pierced lugs to hold the axis bar and a hook employed to tension the chord. The wings have a width of 17.1mm and have expanded terminals defined by ribs. The sides of the bow at the head have a slight curved moulding (gi…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-A9D678
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped, applied hook type (Hull's Group 7) and probably of mid to late 1st century date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, wing terminals, foot and catch-plate (with a length of 59.3mm and a weight of 19.6g). The missing spring was likely to have been coiled around an axis bar and secured by lugs at the wing terminals (Polden Hill type arrangement) and with the chord secured by the copper alloy sheet at the head. The damaged wings (with a surviving width of 29.5mm) are decorated with vertical ribbing. The rear of the head has a V-shaped cu…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-490957
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy penannular brooch of Fowler’s (1960) Type B (or ‘omega’ / Iberian type) and of sub-type B3, probably of c. mid 1st to early 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, but is complete except for the missing pin (with a width of 45mm, a height of 44mm and a weight of 14.2g). The hoop is of quadrangular section (having a width of 6.0mm and a thickness of 4.0mm) with rounded faces, faceted on the interior edge. The terminals are composed of a crescent moulding opposing the hoop with a ‘tear-shaped’ device between the crescent and hoop. The brooch is erode…
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-7C8871
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch probably of trumpet derivative type and 2nd century date The brooch is fragmentary and distorted, represented by the upper bow (with a length of 25.6mm and a weight of 2.5g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, now missing. The spring was likely to have been secured within lateral lugs, which have also been lost (giving the wings a surviving 13.7mm). Above the head are the remnants of an integral chain loop. The top of the bow is flat (with a width of 9.8mm and a depth of 7.5mm). The bow has a hollow rear (U-shaped section, with a depth of 3.6mm and a…
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-A72074
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.a2, flat wing ends type, Western Group) of early 2nd to mid 3rd century AD date. The brooch is near complete, missing the pin (with a length of 57.4mm and a weight of 13.8g). The spring mechanism was secured within a Polden Hill type arrangement, with lugs at the terminals to secure the missing axis bar and a lug at the head to tension the chord. The chord and spring remnants survive. The wings (with a width of 27.0mm) are of oval section (7.4mm x 6.8m) and are decorated near the termin…
Created on: Friday 12th March 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW3290
Object type: BROOCH
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast copper alloy brooch. Only the upper part of the bow, part of the flat plate that forms the head of the brooch and the central lug which accommodated the spring mechanism survive. Most of the surviving part of the bow is decorated with a wide, longitudinal groove which contains two way ridges that skeumorphically imitate stitching. The uppermost part of the bow immediately adjacent to the head of the brooch is decorated with an incised St Andrew's cross motif. There is no surviving trace of enamel. The edges of the flat plate which forms the head of the brooch are los…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3318
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Romano-British copper alloy hinged trumpet brooch with an integrally cast fixed chain-loop and dummy. The bow is embellished with an acanthus moulding which does not extend around the back of the bow. Moulded transverse knurled ribs are set above and below the acanthus. The bow is also decorated with a narrow longitudinal knurled rib which extends from the dummy clip to the moulded rib above the acanthus and then from the moulded rib below the acanthus to the foot knob. The foot knob consists of two separate knurled mouldings. The head is decorated by a knurled border and the du…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3386
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a flat, equal-ended type of plate brooch consisting of a symmetrically arranged, lozenge-shaped plate and one moulded terminal of 'acorn' form. The lozenge-shaped plate is divided into five separate panels; that is a wide central rib, flanked on either side by a narrow strip, which is in turn flanked by a triangular panel. Presumably these five panels originally contained enamel, none of which now survives. Part of a small catch-plate remains on the reverse of the terminal. Surviving length 25.5mm, width of lozenge-shaped plate 22mm, weight 3.0grams. Probably second century…
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3387
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The upper part of a copper alloy, T-shaped bow brooch of the Lower Severn sub-type (Hull's type 109) consisting of the upper part of a tapering bow, one short and undecorated cylindrical wing, a hinged pin mechanism and the lower part of an integrally cast chain loop with a relatively small perforation. In profile the upper bow turns down at a sharp angle. The upper bow is decorated with a near rectangular panel divided into a series of moulded lozenge-shaped cells which would originally have contained enamel. Part of a crude acanthus moulding which divided the surviving part of the bo…
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3388
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Hinged, copper alloy T-shaped bow brooch, possibly an example of a Lower Severn sub-type (Hull's type 104). The brooch has wide tubular rings which taper towards their ends. The wings are decorated with transverse and diagonal grooves as well as a waisted moulding towards their ends and a terminal moulding embellished with transverse incised lines. The wings accommodate a pivot for the hinged pin mechanism. Flat, comma-like mouldings or "appendages" are present either side of the bow adjacent to the wings. The bow, which is widest at the head and tapers to a point, forms one continuous…
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW395
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a bow brooch consisting of the lower part of a flat narrow tapering bow, slightly curved in profile, embellished with a shallow channel adjacent to each edge. Part of small catch-plate survives. Surviving length 36mm, surviving maximum width 6.5mm, weight 1.5 grams. The simple form of the flat bow and small catch-plate suggest that this was probably part of a Strip Bow brooch. Strip Bow brooches are a British hinged type, derived from the Aucissa and Hod Hill types, which date to the mid first century AD (Hattatt 1985, 68). Most examples of the type are manufactured from c…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-D8FB76
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch of 13th or 14th century date The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin and settings. The frame is circular with an external diameter of 47.3mm (30.3mm internal). The brooch frame comprises a plain outer bevelled edge, leading to the central ring with eight raised collets. The collets are irregular and oval (up to 8.7mm by 6.2mm) and give the brooch a maximum thickness of 7.34mm. All but one of the collets contains a white calcium deposit. Between each collet, the frame is decorated with five rows of punched ring-and-dot decoration. There is some…
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2006
Last updated: Monday 24th April 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-5F0CD6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.a, flat wing ends type), dating to the late 1st -early 2nd century AD The brooch is fragmentary and is represented by the head and upper bow only and has a surviving length of 35.44mm. The spring was secured with a Polden Hill arrangement. Only one of the wings survives, with a width of 22.12mm, suggesting an original width of approximately 29.3mm. The surviving wing is poorly preserved, but suggests an expanded terminal. The head is comparatively substantial with a width of 12.98mm. There …
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-F1E8A3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, probably of Polden Hill Type and dating to the late 1st - early 2nd century AD. The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, one wing and the catch plate. The brooch has a length of 58.40mm. The surviving wing suggests that the brooch employed a spring mechanism with a Polden Hill type arrangement. The brooch currently has a width across the wing of 15.29mm, but would have been approximately 21.5mm. The wing is decorated with vertical grooves. The upper bow is of sub-square section with a rounded upper face. The sides of the bow are straight and converge t…
Created on: Wednesday 8th March 2006
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-D8B956
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy T-shaped brooch of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and leg and has a surviving length of 24.82mm and weighs 5.3g. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism, secured around a copper alloy axis bar set within tubular wings. The wings have a width of 27.77mm and are decorated with a pair of vertical grooves near the terminals. The bow has a width of 14.84mm at the head and is convex across its width and is hollow on the rear. The sides are straight and converge towards the leg. The edges of the bow have a raised border or flange. The bo…
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2006
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-6600C7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman cast copper alloy disc brooch of wheel type and dating to the 2nd century AD. The pin on the brooch has lost its end, but otherwise the brooch is in very good condition. The brooch employed a hinge mechanism with twin lugs and an iron axis bar. The outside rim of the brooch projects above the surface and has no peripheral lugs. The outside ring or felloe is wide (6.5mm) with a central ridge, and is slightly concave on either side of the ridge. The inner edge of the felloe also has a raised rim, but is smaller than the outer rim. The brooch has four arms of sub triangular to recta…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-EFAFA3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy bow brooch of Middle Iron Age date, of La Téne I and Hull’s Type 1A and dating from c. 400 – 300BC. The brooch is near complete, missing only c. 30mm from the end of the pin. The brooch has a wide spring with an external diameter of between 18.5 and 19.0mm. The spring has an external chord made with wire of 2.2mm diameter and loops twice either side of the bow. The bow is curved and is of near circular (with a flat back) section and has a diameter of 6.9mm. The bow is decorated with ribbed decoration on each side and has a central panel with fine incised decoration co…
Created on: Friday 25th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-174E11
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Fine Medieval cast open frame brooch, probably dating to the 13th – 14th century. The brooch frame is composed of an eight-pointed star, each sub-triangular component of which has two perforations. Between each segment is a raised circular collet containing a now white chalky substance. The settings have been analysed using a scanning electron microscope, indicating they are composed of calcium carbonate (M. Davies, pers. comm.). The settings originally would have been domed and the analysis implies that the collets were probably inset with mother of pearl or similar. The pin is of D…
Created on: Thursday 19th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-82C370
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy plate brooch, possibly of Roman date. The brooch is oval in shape with an oval recess, probably for a conical glass setting. The brooch is gilded and carries two zones of decoration divided by a raised rib. The outer area is decorated with S-shaped scrolls and the inner area with lozenges between chevrons. The back of the brooch is flat and has a damaged perforated plate to house the spring and a catch plate, which has been bent against the back. Much of the surface has eroded, but the gilding survives comparatively well.
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2003
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-44EAC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type. This would appear to be the bow from a brooch which has been constructed to fit together in two parts. The head does not appear to be broken, but has two grooves, possibly to accommodate the wings and spring or hinge mechanism. The bow is slender and has been carefully decorated with a single column of raised square dots within a linear border. The cross section of the bow varies from flat at the foot to tear-shaped above the catch plate to sub square near the head. The catch plate is damaged but would have carried a comparatively intrica…
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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