Record ID: NMGW-D28B2C
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hammered gold sheet of uncertain date. The sheet has a maximum length of 51.4mm, width of 39.3mm, 0.7mm thick and weighs 14.76g. The sheet is lacking any diagnostic features so the use and date cannot be determined. Small percussion marks on the surface indicate the sheet was intentionally flattened before being deposited, discarded, or lost. Due to the uncertainty of the date, the object is not considered Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-C87F84
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy object of uncertain date, use, and completeness. The object consists of a spike, square in cross section and tapering to a point, it is 65.5mm long.  The top of the object measures 8.51mm by 8.54mm, it is broadly flat but somewhat uneven, possibly suggestive of a break.   The object is a mid-brown colour with areas of uneven green corrosion.
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 5th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gower', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-BECBD3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rolled and folded lead sheet of uncertain dating, probably Roman to Modern (AD 43-1950). The object is roughly tubular in form but appears to have been an irregular shape prior to folding. The object is filled by lead carbonates and soil, and one corner has been folded over a segment of 0.5mm diameter copper alloy wire, with unidentified fibres present in some of the lead carbonate and soil fill. The outer surface of the object has tool marks- parallel lines likely representing the jaws of some pliers or tongs as well as some impressions that appear to be from twisted wire. The obj…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-9A852B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead disc of unknown function and date. The object is circular in plan measuring 18.1mm in diameter and weighs 879.1g. The object is 3.4mm thick in the centre and unevenly dished along the circumference reaching a maximum height of 22.3mm A similar object is recorded on the PAS database (NMGW-36A04D) although the present object does not have obvious hammer reticulation marks on the surface and was recovered as a single isolated find, rather than with a ‘lid’ as seen in NMGW-36A04D. Lead objects are difficult to date due to their lack of diagnostic features. A lead…
Created on: Monday 27th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-576028
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete ?copper alloy object likely of Post Medieval to Victorian date (c. AD 1700-1900). The object is fractured on both ends, leaving a globular bead-shape decoration (13.8mm long, 11.8mm diameter). The object is possibly a furniture handle with traces of white metal coating on the outside. The metal is a mid grey patina and weighs 5.86g.
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Saturday 12th February 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-3C35C5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy decorative pyramidal terminal of uncertain date The terminal is complete (16.8mm long) but the ferrous attachment bar is fragmentary (giving an overall surviving length of 17.8mm and a weight of 5.3g). The terminal has a near-square base (10.5mm x 9.7mm), with straight flat sides converging towards the apex, enhanced with a spherical knop (5.6mm diameter). Little decoration survives on the terminal but the domed head of an iron pin (4mm diameter and 0.4mm high) is evident on one face, to secure the terminal to the shaft. Beneath the iron pin is the suggestion of line…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A79324
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy collar fitting of uncertain date, possibly Iron Age The fitting comprises a comparatively substantial crude casting and appears to be complete but is a composite part, of U-shaped form (with a height of 27.3mm, an external diameter of 34.4mm, an internal diameter of 22.2mm and a weight of 62.5g). Both sides are straight and near parallel (with a width of 32.3mm at one end and 30.0mm at the other). The face has heavy ribbing, with a rib on each side and a midrib (giving a maximum thickness of 7.0mm). The terminals have integral lugs, which are likely to have enga…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A78182
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fitting, possibly a medieval damaged coin balance arm perhaps of 13th or 14th century date The fitting is fragmentary, distorted and heavily-corroded (with a length of 62.6mm and a weight of 10.9g). One end has worn and corroded to a point and is of sub-triangular section gradually widens to a moulding on the mid-section of rounded quadrangular section (6.8mm wide and 9.2mm thick). The moulding had a midrib on the sides and a loop or hinge on the base (8mm wide and 3mm internal) but with only the stubs surviving. On the top surface is a rectangular remnant of a furth…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-6A1DDC
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy annular fitting or possibly bead of uncertain date The cast fitting is complete and of annular form (with a diameter of 12.7mm and a weight of 4.4g) with a rectangular section (5.4mm thick). The perforation is positioned off-centre and is circular (with a diameter of 5.3mm). Both faces are decorated with nine punched ring-and-dot devices but with the encircling rings now largely worn. The edge is also decorated with ring-and-dots and has suffered even more wear. The positioning of the ring-and-dot decoration is somewhat irregular. The surface is pitted with a green-g…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-04CB62
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorated copper alloy rod of uncertain date The rod now forms an open, sub-oval ring but was of uncertain original from (with a length of 48.1mm, a height of 35mm, a straightened length of approximately 106mm and a weight of 5.5g) and is broken on one end. The complete terminal is flattened (with a thickness of 1.6mm and 4.0mm wide) but the loss of the surface has removed any decoration. The rod is of sub-square section (4.0mm wide and 3.5mm thick) and is decorated with closely spaced ribbing. The decoration covered all four sides of the rod but has worn away on the upper face, …
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6F7DE1
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy anthropomorphic cast head of uncertain date The solid cast head is complete but has broken around the neck (with a surviving length of 39.5mm and a weight of 112.6g). The head is crudely but skilfully moulded and was clearly cast from a clay or wax pattern, as evidenced by the soft ‘plastic’ moulding marks. The head is of an older male and is depicted without hair and the ears are evident as curved raised wedges. The raised brows are particularly prominent as is the wide and clearly defined nose. The recessed eyes are outlined with grooves and with a central ind…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-346C2E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy socketed and looped fitting of uncertain date The cast fitting appears to be near-complete but corroded and worn (with a length of 32.8mm and a weight of 15.4g) and is comparatively crude casting. The socket interior is of trilobed form (13mm both wide and long and 13mm – 17mm deep), open at both ends and with a break at the rear. There are decorative mouldings on the outside of the socket, comprising opposing arcs on the concave edges, with one face deeper than the other. There is an integral loop (12mm long, 4.5mm -6.8mm thick with an internal diameter of 7.6mm) …
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-3263D2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The strip is broken at one end but appears to be complete on the other (with a surviving length of 108.2mm and a weight of 2.6g). The complete end has a straight terminal (6.0mm wide and 0.3mm thick) and the sides are straight and near-parallel for their surviving length. The strip is decorated on one face with a central row of hand-punched dots and the terminal has a border of punched dots. The decoration is interrupted near the centre (55mm from the terminal and 43mm from the broken end) where there is an undecorated but has three ridges across its width. The surface is worn with as…
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-46BC53
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified copper alloy object of unknown date. The object is curved on one end with an old transverse break. The other end is rounded and no attachments or terminals are visible. The top of the object has three raised conical lumps cast as part of the object and another right before the break. The object is a medium green patina and measures 47.4mm in length, 14.3mm wide, 6mm thick and weighs 21.68g
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-3114A4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary copper alloy object, potentially a furniture fitting or brooch, of uncertain date. The object is curved in profile, presumably to allow use as a handle and tapers unevenly from the moulded thicker end to a thinner (5.5mm by 2.6mm) d-sectioned strip terminating in a break. The front face of the thicker end of the object appears to bear moulded decoration, although the extremely abraded nature of the object makes it difficult to define what the moulding depicts. The reverse of the moulded end bears a longitudinal channel flanked by lugs perforated perpendicular to the obje…
Created on: Tuesday 29th September 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 29th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gwent Levels', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-B18079
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead cuboid, possibly a stand of uncertain date The cast lead object appears complete and comprises a cube (23.4mm x 23.1mm, 15.0mm thick and weighing 61.8g). One face has a V-profile cut (17mm long, 13mm wide at the top and 6.8mm deep) and does not extend into the sides. There are no other markings now evident on the surfaces. The surface is heavily-corroded.
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-F8FE8E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy object of unknown function and date. The object is broken from one face to the other, bisecting an internal channel. The outer surfaces consist of two parallel unmarked faces and three surfaces covered by three continuous deeply moulded parallel channels.
Created on: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-550E2B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary copper alloy object of unknown function, purpose, and date, although a Roman origin is suspected. The object is made from a single piece of copper alloy, sub rectangular in plan with convex sides and squared off ends, one tapering. In profile the object has curving, flattened S-shaped profile and is much thicker (c. 6mm) at one end than the other (c.2.3mm). One face bears crude incised linear decorations that broadly match the plan of the object with two transverse lines at the widest point of the face. The surface has mostly corroded, with areas of rust coloured and gre…
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Glamorgan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-738029
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy decorative terminal, possibly from a pin of Roman date The object is fragmentary, represented by the damaged terminal; a shaft fragment (with a surviving length of 33.4mm and a weight of 3.4g). The top of the terminal was conical (with a basal diameter of 7.0mm) and is heavily corroded, with a differential corrosion, beneath which the terminal is of faceted-globular form before a moulding above the top of the shaft. The shaft is circular sectioned and gradually widens (from a diameter of 2.8mm to 5.0mm) before narrowing slightly towards the break. The surface has a d…
Created on: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-7384A9
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy object, possibly a surgical implement of Roman date The object is fragmentary, broken or cut on one end and is slightly distorted (with a distorted length of 118.6mm and a weight of 2.4g). Approximately half of the abject is circular-sectioned (1.6mm diameter) and the other half is flattened with a subtle midrib on one face and flat on the opposite face (with a width of 2.7mm and a thickness of 1.2mm). The midrib ends before the break, where the object is slightly thicker (at 1.9mm) possibly because of cutting with a pliers or similar tool. The surface has been strip…
Created on: Friday 20th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 20th February 2015
Spatial data recorded.