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: 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-A405FA
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy purse bar of Medieval date (early to mid 16th century AD). The purse bar is of Ward-Perkins (1940: 167-9, fig.52 no.B5) type and is near complete with a surviving length of 65.0mm. The central loop is squared in plan (22.4mm long x 14.9mm high) and the neck is decorated with a pair of moulded collars above and below a central sub-rectangular moulding. The loop perforates the bar through the central block and terminates in a sub-cylindrical knop (9.2mm diameter x 4.9mm thick). The overall height of the pin is 40.2mm. The central block (8.8mm thick) is …
Created on: Monday 14th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-A40EAB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead object, likely a weight or a uniface token, of post Medieval date (c.1500-1850). The object is circular in plan (diameter 32mm) with max thickness of 6.4mm. The obverse of the object has moulded letters I S (or S I) with a circular moulding between. Traces of a further moulded circumferential design preserve above and below the central legend, and may have been a further legend, but cannot be discerned due to surface corrosion. The obverse is a mottled medium patina, the reverse is mostly light grey/buff. The object weighs 40.03g.
Created on: Monday 14th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-A3FE09
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman sestertius of an uncertain ruler dating to c.AD 41-100.
Created on: Monday 14th February 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-833C07
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval farthing of Edward I (1272-1307), Edward II (1307-1327) or Edward III (1327-1377), North Class 10-15, Withers class 28-32, minted in London, 1300-1344 (North . The coin is worn and missing many details required to narrow down the identification.
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Last updated: Saturday 12th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-7CCD14
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A near-complete cast copper alloy zoomorphic mount in the design of an ox-head, probably a vessel escutcheon, of late Iron Age to early Roman date (c.100 BC – AD 100). The escutcheon depicts a stylized ox-head that is sub-rectangular in plan and profile (head length 37.4mm) with a circular loop (also rectangular in profile) extending from the top of the flattened head (17.4mm external diameter, 7.8mm internal diameter, 5.0mm thick). The ox head has two short horns that project from the forehead and curve inwards and upwards, one which is broken with the end missing in old damage. Th…
Created on: Monday 31st January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 9th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-4732CA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval threehalfpence or penny of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), possibly long cross initial mark, minted at the Tower of London, possibly 1581 (North 2000 or 2001). The coin has been roughly pierced from the reverse to the obverse.
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th January 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-BC6CB0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy vessel fragment of Medieval or Post Medieval date (c.1300-1700). The fragment comprises the foot of a pot leg, likely for a cooking vessel (38.8mm long, 50.8mm at the bottom of the foot, 13.9mm max thickness). The foot is sub-trapezoidal in section with a raised central ridge running the length. Traces of black coating preserve on the surface. The object is a mottled green patina with patches of orange corrosion suggesting iron was present in the deposition environment and weighs 99.22g. Similar objects are recorded on the PAS database e.g. SWYOR-…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 20th December 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-BCEC75
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead cloth seal of Post Medieval date (c.17th or 18th century AD). The seal comprises two sub-circular discs joined at one end by a folded strip. One side bears the relief of a lion passant reguardant (stepping left), 1 ½ above, 88 below. The other side depicts a low relief image of a monarch, possibly Charles II bust facing right with a legend reading [OF ENGL]AND around the edge. Similar cloth seals are illustrated in Egan 1994: 63, ref: 136. The object is a pale buff patina and measures 13.9mm x 16.6mm x 4.1mm, weight 2.63g. Similar objects are recorded in th…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 20th December 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-BC1DD4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver post-medieval probable threepence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), unclear initial mark, minted in the Tower of London, 1561-1582 (North 1998). THe coin has been clipped and is also broken along part of its edge. It has also been partly folded.
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-BBDB68
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval sixpence of Charles I (1625-1649), Group D, crown initial mark, minted at the Tower of London, 1635-1636 (North 2241). The coin has a slight bend through its centre.
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-BCD264
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy possible Roman sestertius, dupondius or as of an uncertain emperor, dating to the period AD 41-c.250. Uncertain reverse type. Unclear mint.
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-507D55
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead or lead alloy button of Post Medieval date (c. AD1500-1700). The Button was likely originally sub-discoidal with a flat back and low conical front. The front of the button is decorated in crude moulded relief with four lines radiating from the centre. The rest of the design is less clear due to damage but includes pellets and lines intersecting with the radiating lines. The surviving section of rim is thickened to form a border. The reverse is undecorated and bears two irregular attachment scars where the loop would have joined. The button is incomplete, …
Created on: Monday 29th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-212AE3
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead pencil or writing lead of medieval to post medieval date (c. 1200 to 1800). The object is sub-circular in section and tapers to a point at one end and flares slightly at the other, with one side flattening to form a sub-rectangular sectioned end.
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th December 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-B93722
Object type: CANDLESTICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy candle-holder of Late Medieval or Post Medieval date (c.AD 1475-1600). The candle holder comprises part of the shaft, likely the bottom part of the shaft, missing the base and socket in old damage. The shaft is cylindrical and circular in section measuring 14.4mm in diameter and gradually expands from the break to a flared skirt-shaped collar measuring 21.3mm in diameter. A fragment (appx half) of a piece sub-square piece which would insert into the base survives measuring 18.8mm long and 3.5mm thick. The object is hollow with a sub-square opening at th…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 1st December 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-BC25BA
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy vessel handle from a pot or skillet, likely of Post Medieval date. The handle is cylindrical, circular in plan and measures 98.7mm in length. The handle is thickest at the end with a max diameter of 19.1mm. The end of the handle is smooth and flat with no evidence of percussion marks. The handle tapers gradually from the end and flattens slightly before curving towards the break resulting in a thickness of 12.8mm and width of 14.8mm. The broken end retains some original surface (4.8mm from external surface to break surface) which informs on the way the …
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 29th November 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-BBE096
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead Post Medieval decorative mount of probable 17th century date. The object is sub-circular in plan with iron corrosion product on two sides indicating it is probably perforated by a small iron rod, which suggests it may be related to a structure/building. The face is decorated with a central raised concentric moulding c.11.8mm in diameter and 8 spokes radiating from it to a raised outer border. Single raised pellets are between each of the spokes. The mount is likely to be an external decorative fitting e.g. for pipework or a window. The object measures 29.0 in d…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 29th November 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-221453
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant of 14th century date The pendant is of shield-shaped form and is complete (with an overall length of 34.8mm, a width of 18.8mm and a weight of 3.9g) but is missing the suspension mount. The hinged lug is distorted and is wider at the base but deeper at the apex to accommodate the perforation (with a length of 10.4mm, a maximum width of 3.8mm and a maximum depth of 5.0mm). The shield (24.6mm long and 18.8mm wide) is heavily-corroded but has the remnants of an heraldic device, seemingly a chevron across the mid part of the shield with two cr…
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6F8602
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver penny of Aethelred II 'the Unready' (978-1016). From mint London, Cambridge or Wilton; and the moneyer is probably Wulfgar.
Created on: Thursday 4th September 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 10th November 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6C42C5
Object type: HANGING BOWL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, corroded copper alloy and enamel escutcheon from a type B or C hanging bowl of Early Medieval date (likely mid-6th to mid-7th century AD). The object is slightly convex and was once presumably circular, missing less than half its surface area but the majority of the original rim, making the original circumference uncertain. The decoration on the front of the object consists of three trumpet-spiral “peltae”, all emanating from a shared central spiral. A probable fragment of red enamel indicates the object was likely inlaid with a red enamel field. The reverse i…
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-D53BCB
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete stone or ceramic spindle whorl, weight, or gaming piece of uncertain date, possibly Roman to Medieval. The object is circular in plan and convex in profile with a diameter of 25.9mm, height of 18mm and weighs 13.99g. The circular central perforation penetrates the object thickest part of the object (18mm) with an internal diameter of 6.7mm. The object is finely made and evenly polished with a smooth even surface. The surface is undecorated and lacks diagnostic features, so it is not possible to securely ascribe a date. A small pebble is wedged inside one side of the perfora…
Created on: Monday 18th October 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th October 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-33F10B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver early medieval penny of Aethelred II "the Unready" (978 - 1013). Crux type, moneyer Leofwine, minted in York, 991-997 (North 770).
Created on: Tuesday 28th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th October 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-F90EC4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy radiate coin of Carausius in Britain (AD 286/7-93) (Reece Period 14), PAX AVG, Pax standing branch and vertical sceptre. Mint of London, B (E) // (MLXXI), 1.49g, corroded. cf RIC V, pt 2, p. 272, 101. This coin has been considered for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Last updated: Monday 18th October 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-053B06
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin: Probably an early coin (radiate) of Carausius (AD 286/7-93) in Britain, reverse unclear. 2.57g, corroded. This coin has been considered for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 18th October 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-F13686
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead biconical spindle whorl of medieval date (c. 1200-1500 AD). The object is biconical in shape with a wide central perforation (10.6mm diameter). Both sides are decorated with a design of raised, radiating ribs with pellets between each rib. The number of pellets varies- one side has only single (or no) pellets between the ribs, while the other has one, two, or three pellets between each rib. The metal has white patina with patches of grey metallic lead showing through in places.
Created on: Thursday 7th October 2021
Last updated: Thursday 7th October 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-BF8AE9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Roman denarius of Tiberius (AD 14-37), dating to c. AD 14-37 (Reece Period 1). PONTIF MAXIM reverse type depicting a female figure seated right, holding a vertical sceptre and branch. Mint of Lyon. RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 95, no. 30.
Created on: Tuesday 18th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-57D6D3
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete cast copper alloy ingot of possible Early Medieval date. The ingot is sub-oval in plan and section with straight sides and curved ends measuring 51.7mm in length and 12mm in width. Soft hammer marks are visible as irregularities in the thickness of the ingot. The thickest point of the ingot measures 5.8mm and tapers gradually towards the ends which measure 3.7mm and 4.1mm thick. The surface is plain and undecorated. The metal is a dark green patina with some spots of lighter green surface corrosion and weighs 20.32g. Similar objects are recorded on the PAS d…
Created on: Monday 19th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 7th September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3C5825
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman cast copper alloy trumpet derivative brooch of the Wroxeter type (c. 75-200 AD). The brooch is near-complete, missing appx. 1/3 of the pin. The brooch weighs 24.21g and measures 17.2mm wide across the bow head and 52.9mm long. The head-plate is D-shaped trumpet derivative with incised linework decoration on the sides. The head-plate is 17.2mm wide, 19mm long and 8.9mm thick. The back of the head-plate curves upwards and comes to a point suggesting that a chain loop may have been originally cast with the head-plate but is now missing. On the reverse the spring is he…
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-B9F0C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn silver Roman Republican denarius of Marcus Antonius issued between 32-31 BC, mint moving with issuer.
Created on: Tuesday 17th August 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 17th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A57A38
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Polden Hill type of 1st century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 24mm) and one of the wing terminals (with a surviving width of 15mm). The spring would have fit inside the wings and secured between perforated lateral lugs on each end. A hook at the top of the head, now damaged, would have secured the chord. The surviving wing is expanded and angled to the rear. The sides of the head are decorated with a curved moulding (with a head width of 10.25mm) and continues down the bow before terminating i…
Created on: Monday 16th August 2021
Last updated: Monday 16th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-193AB5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description: The silver object is a fragment of penannular brooch, one terminal and about 40% of the hoop surviving. The surviving terminal has a flat lozenge-shaped form, with rectangular cross-section, similar in thickness to that of the oval hoop, which has an oval cross-section. It is decorated on the external face with a central ring-and-dot motif, surrounded by four single punched dots. The terminal has bevelled edges on front and back faces. Gilding survives in the recessed decoration, suggesting that the terminals, if not the whole brooch, were once gilded. The original h…
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 15th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penllyn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-31E2F9
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy purse frame of early to mid 16th century date The cast purse frame is of Ward-Perkins (1940, p. 167-9)[1] Type B5 and is incomplete, missing one arm and the other purse components (with a surviving length of 39.5mm and a weight of 10.1g). The central block (8.5mm thick with an internal diameter of 5.0mm) is decorated with vertical grooves and has shoulders descending to the arms. The short arms (22.5mm long) had a plate with three perforations now damaged beneath the bars on each side and is decorated with lipped mouldings before the terminals. The sur…
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 5th July 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-D78039
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval halfgroat of Charles I (1625-1649), pellet/book initial marks (North 2342), minted at Aberystwyth in 1638-1642. The coin is a mule of a Tower of London obverse with the pellet initial mark with an Aberystwyth reverse with the book initial mark (North 1991, p. 172, no. 2342, see footnote 114).
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Glamorgan', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-F9CFEA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval groat of Henry VIII (1509-1547). Second coinage, rose initial mark, minted at the Tower of London, 1526-1529 (North 1797). The coin has a double bend but is not very worn. Coins with a double bend are sometimes referred to as love tokens but they may have been used for supposed amuletic properties. Manville (2014, p. 20) says of bent coins: “A twice bent coin might be carried in the pocket or wallet as a protection against the ‘evil eye’ or other witchcraft, hence the crooked sixpence of the children’s rhyme. Other so-called lucky pocket pieces might be …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-35CCE8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead suspension weight of uncertain date, possibly medieval or post medieval The cast lead weight is of sub-trapezoidal form and is complete or near-complete (with a length of 58.7mm). The weight has flat faces, producing a rectangular body section (11mm -12mm thick) and has straight sides, diverging towards the base (where the weight has a width of 31.5mm). The sub-circular perforation (5.5mm diameter) is positioned just below the rounded apex. There is no decoration evident on either face. The weigh currently weighs 141.53g, equivalent to 4.9923 ounces and it seems likely that…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-356042
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet derivative type, Wroxeter variant and of 1st to 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete missing the spring and catch-plate and with a heavily-distorted leg (with a distorted length of 53.1mm, a straightened length of approximately 83mm, a distorted depth of 24.4mm and a weight of 18.5g). The missing spring was secured behind the D-shaped head (18.1mm long, 16.4mm wide and) 8.4mm surviving depth), with the axis bar fixed within side perforations and the chord tensioned beneath. The top of the head is damaged but it is possible tha…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C36E51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy enamelled Plate brooch of Umbonate Type and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary represented by the lower third approximately (with a surviving length of 26.0mm, a surviving depth of 7.5mm and a weight of 3.50g). The brooch was of circular form with peripheral lugs, comprising a larger circular enamelled lug at the foot and probably a chain-loop at the apex (with an original length of approximately 44mm) and with six smaller knops around the edge. The flange (with an external diameter of c. 30mm) before the umbo is decorated with elongated D-shaped …
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
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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-23DC38
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman radiate of Divus Antoninus Pius, consecration issue under Trajan Decius (AD 249-251), dating to the period c.AD 249-251 (Reece period 12). CONSECRATIO reverse type depicting an Altar. Mint of Rome. RIC IV.3, p. 131, no. 90. Weight: 4.39g Belonging to a scarce series in the names of deified former emperors, issued during the reign of Trajan Decius (AD 249-51). Divo Pio = dative case ('to the divine Pius' = Antoninus Pius). They turn up in very small numbers in mid-third century hoards, and are rare as single finds in Britain.
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 5th March 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-20ACCD
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ‘Horse and Rider’ figure or statuette, probably of Roman date, possibly from the 2nd or 3rd century AD The figure appears to be complete except for a separate stand or base but is corroded (with a length of 77.0mm, a height of 74.4mm and a weight of 88.3g). The horse and rider are integral and cast in the round. The horse however is flat and rectangular sectioned (with a thickness of 5.8mm). The horse is crudely depicted in side profile and is walking forward. The horse is not able to stand without support and the leg terminals may have been secured to a base. Wh…
Created on: Friday 5th March 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th March 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3D42CC
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age socketed axe mouth fragment of undetermined type and probably of Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking industries, c. 1000 –600BC The axe is fragmentary, represented by a mouth and upper face and side fragment (with a surviving length of 27.1mm, a surviving width of 23.5mm, a surviving depth of 8mm and a weight of 13.5g) with all of the breaks occurring in antiquity. The mouth is rounded (6.5mm thick and 8mm long) with no casting runner stubs present on the mouth. Beneath the collar is a horizontal moulding on the mouth and side. The face (with a thickness of 4m…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd March 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-CF0D98
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman as of Hadrian (AD 117-138), dating to the period AD 125-127 (Reece Period 6). SALVS AVGVSTI // COS III (in exergue) // S C (in field) reverse type, depicting Salus standing left, holding patera and sceptre; to left, snake coiled around altar. Mint of Rome. RIC II, Part 3 (second edition) Hadrian 828.
Created on: Monday 1st March 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st March 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5AFC67
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Strap fitting, possibly associated with a sword. The mount has been cast and is composed of a circular lobed terminal, the ring has an irregular X-shaped hole in the centre, probably to engage a button or boss on a corresponding plate. There is a further smaller ring position at an angle along the edge. The body of the mount tapers to a rounded point and is concave and hollow. The body is composed of five rounded mouldings with two attachment holes, surrounded by iron corrosion.
Created on: Tuesday 10th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-525A7A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st to 2nd century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin with a slightly distorted bow (with a length of 58.3mm, a depth of 14.2mm and a weight of 12.5g). The spring is secured between perforated lateral lugs, around a copper alloy axis bar and with the chord tensioned by a hook at the head. The wings (with a width of 19.5mm and a diameter of 7mm – 8mm) are semi-cylindrical with expanded terminals. There is no applied decoration on the wings. The sides of the head (with a width of 9.2mm) are enhanced with curv…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 24th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3D9330
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant of 13th or 14th century date The harness pendant is of two-part form (excluding the suspension mount), comprising a frame and internal pendant and is complete but missing the suspension mount (with a length of 63.5mm and a weight of 38.3g). The inner lug of the hinge to the suspension mount (with a depth of 10.0mm, a thickness of 2.0mm – 3.9mm and a length of 11.8mm) now has a worn oval perforation (5.1mm long and 3.5mm wide). The bevelled outer frame is of quatrefoil form (with a width of 44.4mm and a thickness of 4.6mm) with projecting le…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 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: NMGW-3C487C
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval copper alloy trade weight of early 18th century date The circular weight (19.2mm diameter and 3.7mm thick) is stamped with the sword, as for the official mark for London, the ewer, to denote the Plumbers' Company and a crowned A, indicating the reign of Queen Anne (1702-7). The weight currently weighs 5.73g, equivalent to 0.201 ounces and was originally a quarter-ounce weight. The rear of the weight is flat.
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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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-3C068B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy strip, possibly a fragment of a bow brooch of Langton Down, Hod Hill or allied type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The possible brooch is fragmentary, represented by the bow only and is distorted (with a surviving length of 40.0mm and a weight of 2.2g). The strip was widest at one end and is torn (10mm wide) and with the suggestion of a rolled head or possibly even forming an integral spring on a one-piece brooch. A central strip (1.9mm wide, 0.6mm thick) of the apex is upturned and may have formed a spring coil. The sides are straight and gradually converge…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A7A33B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Initial T-shaped type and dated 50-150 AD. The brooch is fragmentary represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 11.6mm, a surviving depth of 12.1mm and a weight of 3.1g). The pin loop survives within the tubular wings, of sub-circular section (4.4mm diameter and 19.4mm wide) with a faceted front face. The fronts of the wings are decorated with grooves near the terminals. Above the head is an incomplete integral chain-loop (5.1mm wide and with a surviving height of 6.2mm). The very top of the bow is present and is of triangular section (4…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 16th 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-A7E7E8
Object type: SPADE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Spade Iron probably of medieval to post medieval date The Spade iron is of U-shaped form and is near-complete, missing one securing lug and part of the blade (with a length of 274mm, a thickness of 7mm and a weight of 579.9g). The spade iron was secured to the wooden spade with a groove, now damaged running on the interior of the iron and by the inward-facing lugs (22mm long) at the apex (where the spade has a width of 174mm). There is no suggestion of attachment rivet holes on the side arms. The interior of the spade iron suggests the dimensions of the wooden spade blade (197mm…
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
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Record ID: NMGW-A748AC
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal The seal is near-complete missing the handle (with a surviving depth of 11.9mm and a weight of 24.0g). The handle stub is circular sub-sectioned (5mm – 6.mm diameter and with a surviving height of 7.5mm), turning at the break and appears to have been cut. The rear of the seal is gently convex without a rib. The seal die is circular (8.1mm – 8.6mm diameter). The central device comprises an incised diagonal semicircle with a perpendicular diagonal line forming a T with the semicircle, perhaps representing a bow and arrow or perhaps a boat incised at the wron…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3D67F6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy rear-hook brooch of 1st century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and leg (with a surviving length of 31.1mm, a surviving depth of 10.0mm and a weight of 3.2g). The missing spring was secured behind convex wings, now truncated (with a surviving width of 19.0mm and a height of 5.3mm). The chord was tensioned by a hook at the head but it is unclear whether an axis bar was secured by perforated terminal lugs, now lost. The fronts of the wings are decorated with vertical ribbing, defined by grooves and enhanced with incised marks on the sides of…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-68BFB7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age copper alloy zoomorphic vessel mount or cup handle of 1st or 2nd century AD date The mount depicts a bird, probably a goose and is incomplete, broken at one end (with a surviving length of 28.5mm, a surviving depth of 23.0mm and a weight of 17.5g). The terminal of the mount is in the form of a bird’s head, with a protruding pointed beak of subtriangular section (3.6mm long). The start of the beak was defined by grooves, now corroded. The head of the goose is globular (with a maximum diameter of 11.5mm) and the eyes are inset with bright blue glass spherical beads (of 1…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-689F2D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, probably of Trumpet or allied type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the leg and foot only (with a surviving length of 29.9mm, a surviving depth of 20.7mm and a weight of 6.3g). At the break, the leg is of fluted-rectangular section (3.0mm wide and 4.5mm thick) with straight sides converging towards the foot. Prominent grooves are evident running along both sides and a weaker groove along the front. The frontal groove is enhanced with punched marks, forming chevrons. The foot is of grooved…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-688F43
Object type: TANKARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy tankard handle, probably of Roman period date, c. 1st or 2nd century AD The cast handle is fragmentary, represented by a little less than half of the original length (with a surviving length of 50.0mm, a surviving height of 32.8mm and a weight of 28.6g). The handle terminal or attachment plate is of trapezoidal form, longest at its attachment end (at 29.7mm, 23mm wide adjacent to the handle, 16mm long and 3.6mm thick at the side contrasting with a thickness of 4.4mm at the centre). The plate has two circular perforations (3.0mm diameter) for attachment to the tankard…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-0557A7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Polden Hill type CD PH 5.a4 and dated 50-100 AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, missing the pin and leg (with a surviving length of 21.0mm, a surviving depth of 9.0mm and a weight of 4.7g). The missing spring was positioned within semi-tubular wings (with a width of 23.0mm and a diameter of 5.9mm) and the axis bar secured through the perforations in the end lugs. The chord was tensioned by a missing lug at the head. The fronts of the wings had mouldings or expanded terminals, now corroded and worn. The bow is of rectangular section (8.7mm wide and 3.…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9AB261
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch of T-shaped Type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by upper bow and partial head (with a surviving length of 26.6mm and a weight of 3.6g). The pin was hinged within tubular wings, one of which now survives (with a surviving width of 24.5mm and a diameter of 4.0mm). There is no evidence for a chain-loop at the head. The bow has damaged sides hut had a raised rim border (with a surviving width at the head of 14.4mm and a thickness of 2.6mm). The sides of the bow are straight and convergent to the break on the mid-bow …
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3E344C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Polden Hill, of Transitional Type, Grp 2.a and of 1st or 4th century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 31.2mm, a surviving depth of 11.3mm and a weight of 9.5g). The long copper alloy spring is secured behind convex wings (36.0mm wide and 8.5mm diameter) by a ferrous axis and held between end lugs. The chord is tensioned by a wide hook above the head (4.5mm wide). The fronts of the wings are decorated with vertical grooves, enhanced with diagonal punched marks. One side has a circular perforation con…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3E43C7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy belt or strap mount, of 16th or 17th century date The cast mount is near-complete and is of quatrefoil form, comprising a cross with open circles between the arms (with a length and width of 24.2mm – 24.5mm, a thickness of 2.2mm and a weight of 4.6g). The terminals of the cross arms are expanded with a central knop. The centre of the mount is decorated with an incised, concave-sided lozenge. The grooves cross and extend onto the terminals. The rear of the mount has two integral attachment pins, now truncated (giving a maximum surviving depth of 5.4mm)…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th 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-3DBB91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 30.1mm, a surviving depth of 9.3mm and a weight of 12.6g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings (with a width of 45.0mm and a diameter of 4.2mm – 6.0mm). Corrosion around the slot for the pin suggests that the pin was made of iron and iron is also evident at the ends of the wings, suggesting an iron axis bar. The fronts of the wings are decorated with vertical grooves and ribbing, now worn. The bow is of shallo…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3D87F8
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to Roman copper alloy button-and-looped fastener of 1st century BC to mid-2nd century AD date The cast fattener is of trilobed or trefoil form and is incomplete, missing the loop on the rear (with a length of 15.2mm, a width of 18.6mm and a weight of 6.3g). The trilobed fastener comprises three sub-hemispherical knops (of 7.4mm – 8.0mm diameter and 8.0mm – 8.2mm thick). The surface is heavily-corroded but there is the possible suggestion of mouldings near the junction of the lobes. The rear is flat but the stubs of the loop are evident on the rear of two of the …
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-8B0905
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy nummus of Crispus (AD 317-326), dating to AD 320-1 (Reece Period 16), (VIRTVS EXERCIT, two captives seated under trophy). Mint unclear. [Original record suggested Mint of Lyon or irregular - mintmark is unclear, and coin is probably regular]
Created on: Friday 21st October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-165DD6
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval enamelled copper alloy shield-shaped harness pendant of 13th or 14th century date The shield-shaped pendant is near-complete but very heavily-corroded (with an overall length of 37.0mm and a weight of 4.1g). The pendant was hinged to a missing suspension mount by the oval loop at the apex (with a height of 9.0mm high, a depth of 4.4mm and 1.4mm - 3mm thick) with a circular perforation, containing the remnants of the iron axis pin. The shield-shaped pendant (28.0mm long, 23.0mm wide and 1.0mm - 1.9mm thick) is slightly truncated and battered. The decorative device was her…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Field 233', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-164DC3
Object type: CANDLESTICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
ate medieval to post medieval copper alloy candlestick of 15th to 17th century date The candlestick is fragmentary, missing the base and candle socket (with a surviving length of 178mm and a weight of 142.6g). The base of the stick has the circular-sectioned plug (7.0mm long and 14.0mm diameter) for attachment to the missing base. The stick has a decorative ridge above the basal shoulder and is decorated with a concentric groove, which is mirrored in a ridge on the upper most moulding (giving a maximum diameter of 18.9mm). A chevron rib is midway between the two lateral mouldings…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Field 233', grid reference and parish protected.

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-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-EE9617
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Initial T-shaped type, of Hull T104 and of 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg, one side of the head and the pin (with a surviving length of 31.0mm, a surviving depth of 11.6mm and a weight of 9.1g). The pin is hinged within tubular wings, only one of which now survives (with a surviving width of 32.8mm and a diameter of 4.6mm – 6.0mm). Interestingly, the rear of the wings were decorated with vertical ribbing, seemingly intended to imitate a spring mechanism, bounded at the top with a horizontal groove to imitat…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C1F836
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper pendent loop of 13th or 14th century date The pendent loop is complete but the attachment bar mount is lost (with a surviving length of 15.4mm and a weight of 0.6g). The loop is of quatrefoil form (13.2mm wide) and the frame is rectangular-sectioned (1.5mm wide and 2.1mm thick). The bar at the apex is of sub-rectangular section and has adhering iron corrosion, perhaps suggesting an iron bar mount. The surface has a dark-green patina. The pendent loop can be closely paralleled with an example excavated in London from mid to late 14th century context (Egan …
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Field 224', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-AEA43C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Langton Down type and 1st century AD date The cast brooch is near-complete (with a length of 40.8mm, a depth of 13.4mm and a weight of 8.0g) and has been repaired in antiquity, replacing the sprung pin with hinged pin. The brooch originally employed a spring mechanism behind semi-cylindrical wings, open at the ends and on the rear (with a diameter of 6.8mm and a width of 17.9mm). The spring is wound around a copper alloy axis bar with three to four coils each side of the centre and the pin has broken where it emerges from the spring. A secondary p…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AE5053
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy belt or strap mount of 16th or 17th century date The cast mount is complete (with a length of 21.0mm, a maximum width of 8.1mm and a weight of 1.7g) and is of sub-oval form, with an elongated knop at the apex and a spherical knop at the base. The sides are straight and convergent to the base and the mount is convex across its width and flat along its length. There is no decoration evident of the surface of the mount. The mount was attached using two integral pins, which have been neatly folded over the missing strap (giving the mount a depth of 6.6mm).
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AE42C1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 16.0mm, a surviving depth of 8.0mm and a weight of 2.7g). The missing spring was secured around a pierced lug (5.5mm long, 6.2mm wide and 3.1mm thick with a diameter of 1.2mm) on the rear of the head. The trumpet-head is oval (7.9mm wide and 9.7mm long) and has a flat border before the bow of sub-triangular section. The bow has broken just beneath the head. The surface is corroded with a dark-green patina.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AE04A7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy cooking vessel handle from a posnet or skillet of 16th to 17th century date The cast handle is from a cooking vessel and is near-complete, eroded at the terminal and includes a fragment of the vessel rim (with an overall length of 183mm and a weight of 240.8g). The handle is of D-shaped section with straight sides converging towards the terminal (with a width of 13mm – 32.0mm and a thickness of 6.1mm - 10.6mm). The top of the handle is decorated with a grooved border and there is the suggestion of applied decoration on the interior but the detail is n…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADEC61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is fragmentary, represented by the incomplete head only (with a surviving length of 14.3mm, a surviving depth of 6.2mm and a weight of 2.9g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings, only one of which now survives (with a surviving width of 17.7mm, an original approximate width of 26mm and a diameter of 3.7mm – 4.5mm). There is no surviving decoration evident on the wing. The bow (8.7mm wide, 2.9mm deep and 1.1mm – 1.8mm thick) is gently convex across its width and hollowe…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADDDE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy enamelled bow brooch, probably of Trumpet-derivative; disc-and-trumpet type and of 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is fragmentary, missing both the head and leg (with a surviving length of 23.2mm, a surviving depth of 6.0mm). The top of the bow is expanding at the break, where it is oval-sectioned (5.6mm x 3.9mm) and angled to the rear. The mid-bow has a the characteristic enamelled circular disc (of 16.4mm diameter and 3.1mm thick) that would have had four peripheral lugs, now mostly lost. The disc was decorated with two concentric recessed discs that woul…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AC8D19
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint bifacial tool of composite type and probably of Neolithic date The tool is incomplete, missing the proximal end (with a surviving length of 62.0mm, a maximum width of 35.5mm, a maximum thickness of 13.4mm and a weight of 31.1g). Although no obvious grinding striations are evident on the surface, two facets on the dorsal surface appear to have been polished, suggesting that the tool has been made from a broken Neolithic flint axe. It is also possible to suggest that the steep facet on the distal end is the blade edge or approaching the edge. There is steep retouch on the sid…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AA86E7
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ingot of uncertain date, possibly Roman The ingot appears to be incomplete (with a surviving length of 120.1mm and a weight of 154.2g). The crudely cast ingot is of irregular D-shaped section and is inconsistent in both its thickness and width, broken at the smaller end in antiquity (with a maximum width and thickness of 18.4mm and 19.5mm respectively and a minimum width and thickness of 11.2mm and 10.0mm respectively). The top face (as cast) is comparatively flat, slightly concave across its width and shows a limited element of finishing, with minimal file marks p…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A81DD8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Zoomorphic mount, possibly a Romanesque lion mount from a processional cross of 12th or 13th century date The cast mount is incomplete, missing the front leg, tail and eyes (with a length of 37.1mm, a depth of 15.6mm and a weight of 12.1g). The lion mount is depicted in the round, in side profile, with the head turned to the side and projecting outwards. The sub-spherical head is disproportionately small (with a diameter of 8mm) and has small ears, projecting upwards slightly, one of which is now lost. The eyes are depicted by circular recesses, which may have held glass settings…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A2FE5A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin, an as of Domitian IAD 81-96), dating to AD 87 (COS XIII), VIRTVTI AVGVSTI S C, Virtus standing right, holding parazonium and spear. Mint of Rome. RIC II.1, p. 302, no. 551. 7.66g, corroded
Created on: Friday 24th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-82E4EA
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 14th or 15th century date The seal matrix is of rounded-oval form (26.4mm long, 22.4mm wide, 3.0mm thick and weighing 8.3g) and is complete. The rear of the matrix has a D-shaped lug at the apex (8.2mm long, 3.1mm thick, 6.4mm high and giving a depth of 8.9mm) with a circular perforation (3.5mm diameter). There is a low, subtle rib extending from the base of the lug to base of the matrix. Otherwise the rear is flat and undecorated. The seal die has a central device depicting the Virgin and Child. Mary is depicted in a facing or three-quarters …
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-81C2E4
Object type: WEDGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead axe-shaped wedge, possibly a miniature votive axe of uncertain date, possibly Bronze Age to Roman The axe-shaped object has been hammer-shaped and is complete (with a length of 28.7mm and weight of 8.1g). The butt is thickened and of rectangular section (8.4mm wide and 5.2mm thick). The sides are straight and divergent before flaring to the expanded blade edge (with a blade width of 16.6mm and a thickness of 0.8mm). The faces are somewhat irregular but generally flat and gradually convergent from the butt to the blade. There is no applied decoration to the object. The w…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1C9A14
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Headstud type and of 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, catch-plate and chain-loop (with a surviving length of 45.3mm, a surviving depth of 13.5mm and a weight of 5.4g). The pin was hinged within sub-tubular wings, now truncated (with a surviving width of 14.5m and a diameter of 5mm). The fronts of the wings are bevelled towards the rear and decorated with vertical ribbing. At the head is the basal remnants of an integral chain-loop (with a surviving width of 7.9mm, a thickness of 2.6mm and an internal diameter of …
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-0943D4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger-ring. The cast finger-ring is fragmentary, missing the base of the hoop and the setting (with a surviving height of 11.3mm, a width of 21.0mm, an internal diameter of 17.6mm and a weight of 2.8g). The hoop has broken beneath the shoulders, where the hoop is of triangular section (2.4mm wide and 1.2mm thick). The sides are divergent to the bezel (with a maximum width and thickness of 10.2mm and 4.3mm respectively) and have a flanged border. The shoulders have a pronounced mid-ridge, which extends to the setting on the bezel. The bezel setting is oval (8.9…
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-12DD54
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy penannular brooch of 7th or 8th century date The cast brooch is fragmentary, represented by one terminal and part of the hoop (with a surviving length of 23.6mm, a surviving width of 18.5mm and a weight of 2.5g). The surviving terminal (14.6mm wide, 14.4mm long and 2.0mm – 2.4mm thick) is rounded with a straight inner edge and is flat. It is possible that the inner edge was connected to the missing terminal as seen on pseudo-penannular brooches. The decoration on the terminal is corroded but is of geometric form and has a raised border defining an inn…
Created on: Wednesday 29th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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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
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Record ID: NMGW-584299
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of enamelled Trumpet-derivative, Wroxeter type and of 1st or 2nd AD century date The cast brooch is fragmentary, represented by the damaged head and top of the bow (with a surviving length of 28.3mm, a surviving depth of 17.1mm and a weight of 5.1g). The missing spring was secured within a D-shaped recess at the rear of the head (13.8mm wide and 10.2mm long) with the axis bar secured within the sides, now damaged. Above the D-shaped head is an integral head plate (with a surviving height of 8.4mm and a thickness of 2.0mm) which has broken at the…
Created on: Monday 20th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-582765
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of enamelled T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd AD century date The cast brooch is incomplete and distorted, broken at the top of leg (with a surviving length of 34.5mm, a surviving depth of 8.6mm and a weight of 7.0g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings, now damaged (with a surviving width of 27.9mm and a diameter of 4mm). The copper alloy axis bar is evident within the wings. At the head is the damaged stub of an integral chain loop. The head projects forward creating a flat rectangular platform (10.6mm wide, 6mm long and 1.8mm thick…
Created on: Monday 20th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-57BB32
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st or 2nd AD century date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing the catch-plate and pin and has a distorted bow (with a length of 46.4mm, a surviving depth of 17.8mm and a weight of 11.7g). The copper alloy spring remains in place, secured within semi-tubular wings (with a width of 24.1mm and a diameter of 6mm – 7mm). The spring coils four times each side of the pin and the chord is tensioned by an open lug at the head. The wing terminals are angled inwards slightly and the fronts are decorated with two vertical incise…
Created on: Monday 20th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-18C4AD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, probably Polden Hill and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, missing the leg, spring and wings (with a surviving length of 25.5mm, a surviving depth of 11.0mm and a weight of 5.8g). The missing spring was secured behind the concave head and remnant stubs on the sides suggest missing wings. The sides of the head are enhanced with curved mouldings (giving a width of 12.6mm). The bow is decorated with a midrib, probably extending from a lug or hook to tension the chord. The rib continues along the bow to the break…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-18BD45
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy pin, probably of mid-3rd or 4th century date The cast pin is fragmentary, missing much of the shaft (with a surviving length of 24.8mm and a weight of 4.2g). The polyhedral pinhead is of cuboid form (9.9mm long, 7.8mm wide and 6.7mm deep) with triangular faceted corners. The faces are decorated with a ring-and-dot motif, comprising a central punched dot with two concentric rings around it. Each of the faceted corners is decorated with a dot within a single ring. The top of the pinhead is also decorated with a dot and double ring. There is no collar at the base …
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-15D427
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete and the bow is heavily-distorted (with a distorted surviving length of 29.7mm, a distorted surviving depth of 12.1mm and a weight of 5.1g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings, now damaged on one side (with a surviving width of 29.0mm and a diameter of 4.4mm). The surviving wing was decorated with three diagonal incised grooves. The bow is flat-sectioned, with straight sides converging to an eroded point on the leg (with a width at the head of 14.5mm and a th…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-056F0D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy composite mount probably of post medieval date The cast mount is one of a pair of composite form, linked through the integral loop to a second mount of similar design and decoration (with an overall width of 33.4mm and a weight of 4.6g). The mount comprises an open circular ring (of 23mm diameter) with flanking attachment loop (of 8.5mm external diameter and 6.0mm internal diameter). The ring frame has an undecorated, rectangular-sectioned border (3mm wide and 2mm thick). On the interior, adjacent to the loop is an anthropomorphic crescent moon and on the opposite si…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-046423
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate or strap-end of 13th to 15th century date The sheet plate is of single sheet, folded widthways type (with a length of 32.3mm and a weight of 2.7g). The sides of the plate are straight and parallel (with a width of 14.3mm). Near the attachment end are two dome-headed attachment rivets (with a length of 4.2mm). The front of the plate is decorated along the sides and attachment end with a double linear border of rocker-arm decoration which respects the attachment rivets. The space between the double border is infilled with diagonal lines, which are…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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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-EF832E
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead cloth seal of late 16th century date The cloth seal is English and was probably of four-disc type but is now heavily-truncated (with an overall with of 14.8mm, a thickness of 2.8mm, a maximum diameter of 11.7mm and a weight of 2.6g). One face has a portcullis and the other face has the Arms of England (quartered with opposing three fleurs and three lions; pre 1603). The encircling legend does not survive but ity is possible to suggest: ] C E O R [ The top of the portcullis does not survive, with no surviving evidence for a crown.
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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