Record ID: NMGW-66C176
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy bracelet fragment, probably of late Iron Age date, c. 1st century BC to 1st century AD The bracelet is fragmentary with a surviving length of 34.26mm and a weight of 7.0g. The curvature on the bracelet would suggest an original diameter of approximately 70mm. The bracelet is also damaged across it’s with and has a maximum surviving width of 13.85mm. The rear of the bracelet is flat and plain. The face is decorated with a number of weak ribs and grooves, enhanced by columns of punched dots.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-10FBC5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Edward II 1307-27, Penny, London. Class 10cf 36 c.1307-9, 1.31g.
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-F16A12
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy steelyard weight fragment, probably of late 13th or early 14th century date The weight is represented by a fragment of the copper alloy outer casing only and has a surviving height of 54.8mm, a surviving width of 57.3mm and has a weight of 47.3g.The casing has a thickness of 2.7mm. The casing has an embossed heraldic shield device (35.3mm long by 27.8mm wide) comprising three chevrons, the upper chevron abuts the top of the shield. Each chevron is enhanced with a central incised line. The cells surrounding the chevrons are unlikely to have held enamel. The copper…
Created on: Thursday 19th July 2007
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-75BE21
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead alloy smoking pipe or possibly a candle snuffer, probably of 18th century date The pipe has an overall length of 44.3mm and has a weight of 25.5g. The mouth of the piece is distorted and is now oval with an external length of 23.7mm and a width of 15.7mm (13.9 x 9.4mm internal). The mouth has moulded decoration comprising short vertical ribs. The outside of the bowl has four decorative horns and there is a single larger horn between the bowl and stem. The pipe would have been fitted with an organic or clay stem after a double-ribbed moulding. It is now unclear what…
Created on: Wednesday 25th July 2007
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-857132
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy single-runner casting jet of uncertain date, possibly Middle to Late Bronze Age, c.1500-750BC The jet is irregular and conical-oval in shape, with a length at the top of 34.8mm and a width of 23.3mm. The jet has a weight of 35.0g and an overall depth of 17.4mm. At the base of the jet is a projecting stub or single-runner (19mm x 12mm x 7mm), which would have fed into the mould. The jet has an irregular surface with a dark green patina.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-D5E546
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Final Early Bronze Age bronze cast-flanged axe (Early Short-flanged axe) of Type Kirtomy (Schmidt & Burgess; 1981, p 82-83) , of Acton Park metalworking and corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 4 dated to 1700 - 1500BC. The axe is complete with an overall length of 136.4mm and has a weight of 380.3g. The butt is slightly convex and has a width of 24.5. The sides are straight and parallel as far as the blade. The axe may be seen as comparatively slender with a width of 27mm. The flanges are of sub-lozenge form and are highest near the start of the blade (45mm from the butt), with a…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-D7F6B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Elizabeth I sixpence, A 1584, London, 2.450g clipped; worn.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-E7EC47
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Victorinus radiate, Virtus Aug, r. Mint I, much corroded.
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-9BEE04
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Curator's Report Description of object Rein-ring or harness ring (Found in association with Terret (NMGW-9B2D52) This is a substantial cast bronze ring with a circular cross-section. At one point, there is a slight casting imperfection, visible as a slight pitted thinning with a slightly bulbous or raised margin. This would not have compromised the structural strength of the piece. Slight thinning and smoothing of the internal surface on one side of the ring may represent a slight wear facet, created through pressure from straps or a bit-link. On one upper surface, there is a…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 11th December 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-9C3A27
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description The reported object is the body of a silver annular brooch; the pin is missing. The brooch has been created by filing down the rim of, and removing the centre from, a silver coin of King Henry VI of England (1422-61); this has created a flat annular brooch with inner diameter of approximately 9mm, outer diameter approximately 22mm, with a thickness of the order of 0.6mm and weight of 2.27g. The brooch survives in two pieces, having at some stage been bent and broken; it has not been cleaned. The 'host' coin is a groat (4d) of Henry VI, struck at the mint of Calais betw…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-9D9A68
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative gold ring with a projecting facetted rectangular bezel, set with a small uncut (cabochon) purple stone, probably rose quartz. There is a small transverse ridge on each side of the bezel at the junction with the hoop, decorated with transverse engraved lines. The underside of the bezel has buckled. The bezel measures 10.04mm (H) x 8.7mm (W; 10mm including ledges). The hoop is slightly misshapen. Metal Content To judge from its colour and weight, and visual comparison with other gold rings and brooches in the collections of the Department of Archaeology & Numismatics, the i…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rhoose', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-9DC905
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description Decorative gold ring with a projecting oval bezel of floriate form with 11 'petals', set with a small uncut (cabochon) almandine garnet. Each petal is engraved with a central dot. There is a small transverse ridge on each side of the bezel at the junction with the hoop, decorated with transverse engraved lines. The shoulders are engraved with short lines in a diaper pattern creating lozenges with central dots. The raised bezel measures 7mm x 5.6mm. The hoop is slightly misshapen, now measuring internally 14.6 x 23.7mm. It has a flattened D cross-section, and tapers slight…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-9DEB70
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Description of object: Gold finger-ring with a D-shaped cross-section. Externally undecorated, the flat inner face is engraved in Gothic textura (black-letter) script. The engraving appears inexpert (or corrected) in the centre, and so the reading is not clear. All interpretations agree on the first letter as i and the last two as lt. It seems most likely that it is in English and is to be read leelt, 'loyalty' (leelte is an attested Middle English spelling). It may be that the engraver perhaps intended to embellish the 'ee' with a truelove-knot, resulting in the untidiness in the…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Friday 21st October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dinas Powys', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW-9E6076
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description of objects The three coins are all silver issues of King Edward III of England (1327-77), described in standard numismatic classification as follows: 1. groat, London, series D/C, c.1353; 2. half groat, York, Series E, c.1354-5; 3. groat, London, Series F, c.1356. All of the coins are of reasonable weight and slightly worn.
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-9F38B2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt ring in the form of a broad band with single beaded edges. The inner face is engraved with legend LEVE +TO +DYE ♣ in Roman capitals, with crosslets between words, and a trefoil at the end. The hoop, which has a fracture across it, has an internal diameter of 18.6mm. Weight 5.1g. Approx. metal content: silver, 98%; copper, 2%. The ring has a form and style of lettering typical of a 17th-century date. The inscription may be compared to mottoes such as 'Lets live & die in unity', 'Thee and i will louers die', 'thinke on me;' (Dalton 1912, nos 1234, 1300, 1302). The sty…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 9th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-B0C420
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gilt decorative roundel which once adorned the front of a dress-hook loop, to the back of which are soldered three sections of wire (which when complete formed the trefoil loop for the hook). The slightly domed silver gilt boss has a border of 'cable-twist' filigree wire, wound in a spiral to create two strands. Within this, there are five cable-twist 'filigree' wire circlets, and a small granulated pellet in the interspace. Metal content: silver, 96%; copper, 4%.
Created on: Thursday 5th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2013
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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-6685EC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman flat disc brooch (c. AD 75-300). The brooch is missing the pin. The body of the brooch is circular in plan and flat in profile (24.5mm in diameter, 2.1mm depth). Six peripheral knops (c. 3.7mm wide) decorate the outer circumference but all have been broken sometime in antiquity. The hinge mechanism is positioned on the reverse of the top knop, which is broken and missing appx. half of the height in an old break (surviving height is 7.7mm, 3.7mm wide). Directly across the plate is another knop which accommodates the catchplate on the reverse (survi…
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-A3B6C7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy buckle probably of 2nd to 3rd century date The buckle frame is complete but the pin is missing (with a length of 32.8mm and a weight of 5.7g). The strap was attached around a rectangular slot (16.4m long and 8.2mm wide, 11.0mm x 3.2mm internal) at the rear of the buckle of rectangular section (2.0mm thick). The buckle has a minimum width (of 11.5mm) before expanding to the curved outside edge (with a maximum width of 26.5mm). The frame is of sub-triangular section (3.0m thick) and has a decorative C-scroll in the interior, flanking either side of the bar. The bar…
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Friday 18th May 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-A52DB7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.b4, flat wing ends type, Western Group), of late 1st to early 2nd century AD date. The brooch is comparatively light and is near-complete but is distorted (with a distorted length of 63.3mm a depth of 16.8mm and a weight of 10.0g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism around a copper alloy axis bar and secured at the ends of the wings. The chord was tensioned above the head by a lug. The wing terminals are angled slightly inwards (and the wings have a width of 19.6mm). The fronts o…
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-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-FA5297
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Irregular nummus; Urbs Roma / wolf and twins type; c. AD 330-50
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-FA8D92
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Henry II (1154-1189) penny, 'Tealby' Type, c. 1158-80; Class A
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 24th June 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-FABA51
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy anthropomorphic plate brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is near complete, missing the pin and some peripheral damage (with a length of 33.7mm, a distorted width of 37.6mm and a weight of 6.9g). The brooch employed a hinge mechanism with twin lugs (6.9mm deep), positioned on the rear of one of the peripheral lugs on the side. The catch-plate is positioned on the rear of the opposing lug (9.9mm deep). The rear of the brooch is hollowed (with an overall distorted depth of 11.5mm). The peripheral lugs are sub-circular (7mm wide by 6-7mm long) and remnants of d…
Created on: Friday 28th May 2010
Last updated: Saturday 28th March 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-7A874C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Stephen (1135-54) cut halfpenny Type I ('Watford' type) Uncertain mint and moneyer, perhaps Edward +EDVI[ ] 0.58g
Created on: Monday 3rd November 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-9CB1D2
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy awl of uncertain date, possibly Late Bronze Age The awl is of tanged form and is complete with a distorted tang. The awl has a weight of 17.0g and has a distorted length of 77.6mm, originally having been approximately 98mm long. The tang had an undistorted length of 62mm and is of rectangular section (8.7mm x 5.8mm at the base of the tang) and gradually tapers to a point. There is no collar or moulding between the tang and the point. The point of the awl has a length of 36.2mm and is of circular section (11.1mm diameter at the apex), gradually thinning to the point. The a…
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMGW-2B27A1
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval lead alloy purse bar, c. 15th or 16th century The purse bar is complete with a length of 53.6mm and a weight of 7.1g. The terminals were pointed with a flange before a recess to secure the missing frame. The bars are of sub-rectangular section with attachment plates beneath. The bar widens (to 10.1mm) and thins (to 3.6mm) at the centre to accommodate a perforation (3.0mm diameter), through which the loop would have passed. No decoration is evident on the purse bar. The surface is poorly preserved and has a mid-grey colour.
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 29th December 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-2D78C6
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged chisel, c.1150-700 BC. The chisel is fragmentary and eroded, represented by the blade and the remnants of the tang, with a surviving length of 37.2mm and weighs 7.5g. The tang has a surviving length of 15mm and is eroded, but is likely to originally have been of rectangular section with straight sides. The chisel has a maximum thickness at the top of the blade of 5.3mm. No lugs or collar are discernible between the blade and tang. The blade has straight sides diverging towards the blade edge, areas of surviving surface on the sides of the tang an…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-55C328
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 6.b8, wavy ridge, flat wing ends type) of the Eastern Group, dating to the late 1st -early 2nd century AD. The brooch is near complete, missing the spring and catch and has a length of 55.3mm and a weight of 21.8g. The spring mechanism was secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement, with pierced lugs at the terminals of the wings. No claw or lug to tension the chord is evident on the head. The wings have a width of 30.8mm and are decorated near the terminals two vertical panels containing …
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-54B5A6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.f, flat wing ends type), of mid 2nd-mid 3rd century AD. The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 19.4mm and a weight of 4.3g). The missing spring was secured with a Polden Hill type arrangement with terminal pierced lugs to hold the axis bar and a hook employed to tension the chord. The wings have a width of 17.1mm and have expanded terminals defined by ribs. The sides of the bow at the head have a slight curved moulding (gi…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-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-A97564
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Middle to Late Bronze Age bronze dirk of Group IV type, damaged weapon with reworked butt (Burgess & Gerloff, 1981, p 99) and probably of later Penard or Wilberton metalworking industries, corresponding to Needham’s (1996) Periods 5-6, possibly dated to c.1200-900BC The dirk has a damaged butt and is eroded (with a surviving length of 87.7mm and a weight of 22.5g). The butt has been formed by hammering to thin the end (with a minimum thickness of 1.5mm) and to define a sub-triangular facet, with hammer-marks discernible on both faces. The sides of the butt have been hammered from …
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-A9D678
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped, applied hook type (Hull's Group 7) and probably of mid to late 1st century date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, wing terminals, foot and catch-plate (with a length of 59.3mm and a weight of 19.6g). The missing spring was likely to have been coiled around an axis bar and secured by lugs at the wing terminals (Polden Hill type arrangement) and with the chord secured by the copper alloy sheet at the head. The damaged wings (with a surviving width of 29.5mm) are decorated with vertical ribbing. The rear of the head has a V-shaped cu…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-490957
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy penannular brooch of Fowler’s (1960) Type B (or ‘omega’ / Iberian type) and of sub-type B3, probably of c. mid 1st to early 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, but is complete except for the missing pin (with a width of 45mm, a height of 44mm and a weight of 14.2g). The hoop is of quadrangular section (having a width of 6.0mm and a thickness of 4.0mm) with rounded faces, faceted on the interior edge. The terminals are composed of a crescent moulding opposing the hoop with a ‘tear-shaped’ device between the crescent and hoop. The brooch is erode…
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-DC91C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rome, Republic. Denarius issued by Mark Anthony, during campaign 32-31BC. Well worn 3.591g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-6E2371
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy simple terret, probably of 1st century BC to 1st century AD date The terret is complete with a weight of 65.0g. The bar is slightly curved and has a length of 44.3mm and expands at its centre (to a maximum width of 11.6mm) to produce a lozenge shape. The bar is of triangular section, becoming D-shaped near the hoop and has a thickness at the centre of 4.8mm (7.8mm near the hoop). Prominent collar mouldings divide the bar and the hoop; the mouldings are circular with a diameter of 13.7 and 14.5mm and are 5.2mm thick. Both collar mouldings are worn, but on th…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-12A821
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy pin-head or head of a button-and-loop fastener, probably of 1st BC to 1st century AD date The pin has broken at the top of the shaft, with a surviving length of 14.02mm and a weight of 12.0g. The shaft is of oval section (4.57 x 3.84mm) and broadens to end in a circular collar (9.1mm diameter) on the rear of the head. The head comprises three hemispherical lobes of 10.6mm diameter and of 8.1mm height. Between each of the lobes is a small raised tricorne enhanced with punched circles. Each of the hemispherical lobes has a moulded collar around its base. The l…
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-8EC6E8
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint assemblage, consisting of 55 pieces including a utilized blade, cooking pot body sherd, unfinished arrowhead, flakes, spalls, knapping debitage, natural flint, natural chert, gunflint, blades, retouched blade, core, scrapers, bifacially retouched flakes, leaf-shaped arrowhead, barbed and tanged arrowhead and knife or fabricator. Some of the flint is burnt.
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th October 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-A63695
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver penny of Edward IV (AD 1461-83). Minted at Dublin. Suns and roses/ roses on cross.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2006
Last updated: Monday 29th October 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-E80E34
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The cast bronze terret is incomplete and is slightly distorted, missing decoration at the apex, above the broken arms (as initially reported). The bar is of low oval section and the oval stops are enhanced with a central groove, worn on the interior. The hoop is of faceted tear-shaped section near the stops and thins to a D-shaped section at the apex. The top of the hoop has integral arms, which have both broken near the centre and it is was unclear whether the arms defined a sub-triangular shape or met and diverged again to define two opposing C arms. The arms are of triangular secti…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Monday 29th April 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-082308
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Approximately 2,315 coins (plus a possible 51 addenda). This comprises 484 'radiate' coins from the period A.D. 260-96; 288 nummi of the first, second and third tetrarchies (Diocletian, Maximian, colleagues and successors, 294/5 - 307); 184 reduced-weight nummi, c.307-10; and 1,359 nummi spanning further reductions in weight after 310, the large majority in the name of Constantine I ('the Great', 306-37). The latest coins were struck at London and Arles, c.318. The hoard was buried in a jar of local South Wales grey ware, probably late third - early fourth century A.D.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 9th July 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-085CE6
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
This is one of two hoards found on the same site in 2008. The other hoard (Wales 08.3; NMGW-082308) consists of approximately 2,315 Roman coins. This hoard consists of approximately 3,547 coins. It comprises 14 late-third century 'radiates' and 3,533 nummi, of which 875 were struck between 294/5 and 310 and 2,658 after 310. The latest coins were struck at London and Trier in 319-20. The hoard was buried in a 'Black Burnished Ware' jar, probably produced in south-western England, late third - early fourth century A.D. In summary: Date: Number of Coins …
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 10th July 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-08D917
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age hoard of two socketed axes. 1. South Wales-type socketed axe Length 102.0mm, blade width 54.0mm, weight 354.0g. This is a complete bronze axe with an outsplayed mouth moulding and a high loop. The axe has a sub-rectangular shaped mouth in plan, with four runner stubs, indicating a four runner casting technology. The axe has slightly divergent and concave sides, expanding slightly near the blade edge. Three near parallel longitudinal ribs descend from the mouth moulding down both faces of the axe. Prominent casting flashes down the sides and around the loop i…
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-093625
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A small and creased fragment of gold foil. The foil is folded over in half and has jagged tear edges on three sides.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-09A1A5
Object type: ARMLET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A plain and elongate gold strip with near parallel sides. One terminal survives, while the other has been torn around 4-7mm from the end. The surviving terminal is loosely folded over, with an external width of 3.5-5mm. The terminal tapers gradually beyond the fold-over, with a flat but slightly convex shaped end and rounded corners. An offset crease, parallel to the terminal-end is visible 2.2-2.5mm from the edge, the strip terminal also being pinched and thinned beyond the crease. Approximately 4mm from the terminal, a pin-hole approximately 0.8mm in diameter perforates the strip. D…
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-09E626
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a small ingot of gold, approximately circular and large 'button-sized' in plan view, but with slight circumference irregularities. The ingot has a convex under-surface, with marked surface irregularities. This indicates the gold was poured into a small dished mould 7.0-7.5mm deep, possibly clay, sand or stone, and solidifying to take on the reverse contours of the rough and cracked surface. The upper surface is flatter, though domes slightly at the edges, with slight upper surface concavities. In cross-section, the ingot is D-shaped. Dendritic structures in the metal, created …
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-0B1F12
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorative finger ring. The hoop is of flattened D cross-section, and has an internal diameter of 19mm. The outer surface is decorated with plain narrow diagonal bands separated by lines of beading. The band width is 4.7mm; weight 4.6g. The ring, which has unevenly worn inner and outer surfaces, has not undergone any cleaning or conservation.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-466DC7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Small mouth fragment of a socketed bronze axe, representing one upper face and part of one upper side. The axe has a prominent mouth moulding, the top of which is heavily eroded, removing any trace of runner stubs. Three converging ribs descend from the mouth moulding. The width and contours of the face suggest the axe was slender with a sub-rectangular section with rounded corners. None of the loop or casting seams survives. The fragment has worn edges with light green patches of corrosion. The fragment surfaces have a green patination except between the ribs, where the surface is black.
Created on: Monday 18th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-9E75E1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of 9th to later 10th century date The strap-end is incomplete and slightly distorted, missing the outside edge and possibly the attachment edge (with a surviving length of 35.6mm and a weight of 7.0g). The form of strap-end corresponds with Thomas' (2004, p 4) Class F. The strap-end is widest at the attachment end (with a width of 16.9mm) and may have been attached using two circular holes (2.0mm and 1.5mm diameters) near the corners, although there is no slot to accommodate the strap. The sides are straight but irregular and converge towards the …
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-2E6C15
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable nummus of an uncertain ruler, dating to the period AD 330-402 . Uncertain reverse type. Unclear mint.
Created on: Friday 29th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-326815
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Poland, Sigismund August (1547-72), four groschen for Lithuania; 1567 Presumably passed as a sixpence
Created on: Friday 29th January 2010
Last updated: Sunday 20th October 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-7C8871
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch probably of trumpet derivative type and 2nd century date The brooch is fragmentary and distorted, represented by the upper bow (with a length of 25.6mm and a weight of 2.5g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, now missing. The spring was likely to have been secured within lateral lugs, which have also been lost (giving the wings a surviving 13.7mm). Above the head are the remnants of an integral chain loop. The top of the bow is flat (with a width of 9.8mm and a depth of 7.5mm). The bow has a hollow rear (U-shaped section, with a depth of 3.6mm and a…
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Friday 28th February 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-7FAC90
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy bead from a beaded torc of 1st to early 2nd century AD date The bead is of cruciform or quatrefoil form (with a length of 24.6mm, width of 22.6mm and a weight of 3.4g) and has a central sub-square aperture (9.4mm x 8.4mm) through the central flat-sectioned plate (0.7mm thick) to accommodate the iron rod, on which the beads would have been 'strung'. The four lobes are oval and convex (with a length of 10mm and a width of 8mm) with flanges on both faces to accommodate adjacent beads. Only one of the lobes has decoration, comprising linear incised lines, seemi…
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7FB5E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver coin Lucilla dating to the period AD 164 to 169. VESTA reverse. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 276, no. 789.
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-7FDDE7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman nummus (maiorina) of Magnentius (AD 350-353), dating to the period AD 350-353. FELICITAS REI PVBLICE reverse type, depicting Magnentius, draped, cuirassed, standing left, holding Victory on globe in right hand and standard with Chi-Rho on banner in left hand. Mint of Trier. RIC VIII, p. 258, no. 264.
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-A70171
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy coin Carausius (AD 286-93) (Reece Period 14), VIRTVS [AVG], Mars standing right holding spear and leaning on shield. Probably unmarked. RIC V, pt 2, p. 544, cf. 1038. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Friday 12th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-A72074
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.a2, flat wing ends type, Western Group) of early 2nd to mid 3rd century AD date. The brooch is near complete, missing the pin (with a length of 57.4mm and a weight of 13.8g). The spring mechanism was secured within a Polden Hill type arrangement, with lugs at the terminals to secure the missing axis bar and a lug at the head to tension the chord. The chord and spring remnants survive. The wings (with a width of 27.0mm) are of oval section (7.4mm x 6.8m) and are decorated near the termin…
Created on: Friday 12th March 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW3120
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine (AD 307-361), dating to the period AD 330-335 (Reece Period 17). Wolf and twins [VRBS ROMA] reverse type. Possibly mint of Trier. Details not recorded. Original record: "Constantinopolis, Wolf & Twins, mint uncertain (Trier?) c.AD330-5." This could indicated this coin is a mule with the obverse of CONSTANTINOPOLIS with the reverse of VRBS ROMA.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW3121
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantius II (AD 323-361) as Caesar (AD 323-337), dating to the period AD 330-335 (Reece Period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type, depicting two soldiers and two standards. Unclear mint. Details not recorded.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW3122
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman nummus possibly of Constantius II (AD 323-361), dating to the period AD 353-360 (Reece Period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type, depicting a soldier spearing a fallen horseman. Unclear mint. Details not recorded. Original record: "Reduced size, mid 350s or contemporary copy."
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW3123
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Uncertain. This could be a very worn/corroded as or dupondius from the middle to late 1st century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3124
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Maximinus II AD309-13. Nummus, GENIO POP ROM T F// PTR. Trier c.310-13. RIC VI Tr.845e.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW382
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy purse bar. The perforated shield-shaped central block is decorated with a lattice pattern on one side and a rudimentary scallop-shell pattern on the other. The side bars are circular in section and gripped by stylised animals' heads at their junction with the central block. The upper surface and sides of the side bars are decorated with a lattice pattern. Microscopic observation suggests that the decorative motifs on both the central block and the side bars are inlaid with niello. The ends of both bars are missing beyond the first perforation of the attachm…
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW383
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy rotary key. The angles of the lozenge-shaped bow are embellished with lugs. The collar between the bow and stem consists of two three mouldings. The octagonal-sectioned stem widens towards the bit. The solid stem is bored at the end to form an off-centre conical socket (depth of socket 24mm, maximum diameter of socket 5mm). The bit is preferentially worn on one side and is cut by one longitudinal and two transverse clefts. Probably fourteenth to fifteenth century in date. An example of Ward Perkins Type VI (1940, 140-141, fig.42, pl. XXIX). Length of key 82.5mm, lengt…
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW384
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Two piece strap-end with a hinged copper alloy sheet plate and cast copper alloy loop. The undecorated plate is perforated by three copper alloy rivets, two set in the corners furthest from the hinge and one in the centre. The semi-circular loop has a flat back and a central hole (diameter 3mm). It is decorated with a series of punched dot motifs crudely arranged into rows. The central part of the loop is slightly recessed and relatively free of the punched decoration. The end of the loop is furnished with a terminal perforated (diameter 3mm) in the opposite plane to the perforation of…
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW151
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
William III, copper alloy halfpenny. 1700. Probably a contemporary cast counterfeit. Weight 6.8 grams.
Created on: Friday 24th September 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peterston-super-Ely', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW152
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Victorian, gold half sovereign, possibly dated 1859. Very curious surfaces suggesting the coin is a possible counterfeit. Weight 3.9 grams.
Created on: Friday 24th September 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Peterston-super-Ely, The Vale of Glamorgan', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW153
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a copper alloy purse frame with a cast copper alloy rotating suspension loop fixed to the horizontal bar by a rove. Both arms of the short, sub-rectangular sectioned horizontal bar are broken close to the rectangular-shaped central boss. The elongated suspension loop is plano-convex in section with the flat side facing inwards. One side of the central boss is decorated with two diagonal moulded lines arranged to form a "V" shape (cf. Ward Perkins 1967, fig.52.B1). Probably late fifteenth to mid sixteenth century in date. Type B1 (Ward Perkins 1967, 167-168, fig.52). Lengt…
Created on: Friday 24th September 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Peterston-super-Ely, The Vale of Glamorgan', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW154
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a lead, or lead alloy (pewter), spoon handle. The terminal is decorated with a set of double concentric ring and dot motifs. Enough of the terminal remains to suggest that it was of the dog-nose form typical of the eighteenth century. Length (minimum) 37mm, width (maximum) 26mm, thickness 3mm, weight 12.3 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 28th September 1999
Last updated: Tuesday 4th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Peterston-super-Ely, The Vale of Glamorgan', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW155
Object type: SHOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead spherical shot. A roughened area at one point on the ball indicates where the molten metal entered the mould. Diameter 15mm, weight 21.5 grams.
Created on: Monday 4th October 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Peterston-super-Ely, The Vale of Glamorgan', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW156
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Domed perforated lead disc. The flat side of the disc is marked with several linear incised lines. Probably a spindle whorl although it may have been used as a general weight for such tasks as holding down fishing nets or textile hangings. Diameter 27-30mm, thickness (maximum) 8mm, weight 29.2 grams.
Created on: Monday 4th October 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Peterston-super-Ely, The Vale of Glamorgan', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW179
Object type: FLAKE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Unpatinated grey flint flake. Length 23.8mm, breadth 16.2mm, thickness 4.2mm, weight 1.4 grams.
Created on: Friday 12th November 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Hilary', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW180
Object type: BLADE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Patinated white flint blade. Length 42.5mm, breadth 17.4mm, thickness 6.5mm, weight 3.7 grams.
Created on: Friday 12th November 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Hilary', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW185
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy hooked mount with a rectangular-shaped plate which contains a scalloped outer edge and four fixing holes. Two of the fixing holes are small (diameter c.2.5mm) and set centrally on the plate, the remainder are larger (diameter 5mm) and are set in the inner corners of the plate. An outer corner of the plate is missing. Length 42mm, width 17mm, thickness of plate 1mm.
Created on: Friday 19th November 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW187
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Barb and tanged arrowhead. Tip and one barb missing. Length 25.9mm, breadth 16.0mm, thickness 4.6mm, weight 1.7grams.
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ewenny', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW3111
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Discoidal perforated stone. Diameter 24mm, thickness 14mm, internal diameter 5mm, weight 12.5 grams. Although conventionally identified as spindle whorls, perforated stone weights like this example could have been used for other functions such as fishing or net weights (Manning et al. 1995, 251). Roman spindle whorls are usually made from sherds of pottery; however, examples made from lead, brass coins, jet, bone and stone are also known (cf. Wheeler 1930, 106-107; Manning et al. 1995). A close parallel is recorded from Roman Aldborough (Bishop 1996, 32, no.173, fig.17); however, alth…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3112
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Irregular discoidal perforated stone. Diameter 22.5-24mm, thickness 12mm, internal diameter 5.5mm, weight 8.9 grams. The slightly irregular form of this example suggests that an identification as a spindle whorl may be somewhat problematic and this perforated stone could have been used as a fishing or net weight (cf. Manning et al. 1995, 251).
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3136
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver, or silver alloy, finger-ring. Made up of five soldered bands, the central and outer bands consisting of wire twisted into a cable pattern. Modern. Found prior to the Treasure Act.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3149
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Silver penny, Edward I 10cf3, London mint, weight 1.33grams worn.
Created on: Thursday 3rd May 2001
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2013
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Record ID: NMGW315
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast late Bronze Age probably bronze socketed axe with a splayed and curved blade. The fragment was apparently broken and distorted in antiquity. Microscopic examination suggests the fragment is encrusted with ferrous and manganese oxide corrosion products presumably derived from the burial environment. Original blade width c.51mm, surviving height of fragment 40.5mm, maximum surviving thickness 13.5mm, weight 66.2 grams. Unfortunately, the fragment is not large enough to determine the specific type of the socketed axe. Socketed axes are a Late Bronze Age type and t…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3159
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Circular lead, or lead alloy, non-heraldic personal seal matrix, diameter 28mm, thickness 3mm, weight 19.3 grams. The surface condition is poor, despite cleaning, however it appears that the design consists of a central motif of a bird looking backwards with a circumscribing legend, apparently consisting of both Roman capitals and Lombardic letter forms which reads: S' .ANA..he. The loop on the back of the matrix is slightly distorted. Dating of the matrix is difficult because of the poor condition and the difficulties in reading its legend; however, it is probably not unreasonable to …
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3183
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Lead seal matrix, bevel on back edge and half of simple lug surviving. Twelfth to thirteenth century, circular, diameter 23mm. An axe and two annulets. +S'. WIL'MIPERIS.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3184
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Thirteenth century, lead, incomplete (surviving size 35 x 17mm). Papal Bulla, URBAN IV (1261-64). N]VS // I] III. Reverse: usual arrangement - St Peter (sin.) Originally recorded as a seal matrix, this sounds more like a papal bulla.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 6th February 2019
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Record ID: NMGW3185
Object type: INTAGLIO
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Glass intaglio in copper alloy setting, probably part of a fob-seal. Oval, clear glass intaglio of a male bust, with beard, classical helmet and part of a shield, facing left. The surface is abraded but otherwise complete. The copper alloy (probably bronze) setting is also oval and incomplete, the conical handle and suspension loop are missing. No trace of gilding remains. Diameter 21mm - 18mm. The wearing of fob-seals became popular from the late eighteenth century onwards. They were worn conspicuously on a ribbon or a split-ring hanging from the fob-pocket. Copper alloy fob-seals wer…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3206
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy spur fragment. The end of a tapering horizontal arm, plano-convex in section, which terminated in two rings set like a figure of eight projecting equally above and below the arm of the spur. One complete and one fragmentary looped stud attachment for spur leathers survive in the terminal rings. Seventeenth century. Length of arm (minimum) 29mm, length of complete stud attachment 21mm, weight 7.0 grams.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3207
Object type: FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy circular, domed mount with two integral rivets. The mount is decorated with three concentric rings of different thickness and a central boss. Slightly distorted. Diameter 32mm, height of domed mount c.7mm, weight 9.5 grams. Mounts like this example were attached to leather straps or textiles and would have been mainly decorative in function. Dating them is difficult, some mounts of this type were in use as early as the thirteenth century; however, this example is likely to be significantly later and possibly dates to the sixteenth or seventeenth century.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3208
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Crudely cast, freestanding lead, or lead alloy, discoidal weight. The upper side is inscribed with the letter "H" in a crude Roman capital; while the underside is inscribed with a linear design which may represent the letter "T" in a crude Roman capital. It is uncertain whether the letter forms are cast features or were incised after the weight was cast. Both sides of the weight have a raised rim. Diameter 34mm, maximum thickness 7mm, weight 46.1 grams. Lead weights such as these could have performed a variety of functions such as unofficial weights and measures used by traders and mer…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3209
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Perforated lead, or lead alloy, discoidal weight.. One side of the weight is decorated with a concentric circle and a series of radiating lines; the other side has been damaged, probably in antiquity, by two linear incisions. Diameter 33mm, maximum thickness 6mm, diameter of perforation 7mm, weight 43.0grams. Again, lead weights such as these are difficult to date and assign a specific function to. Excavated weights similar to this example date from the medieval period until the nineteenth century and a date at some point in this long range for this example is likely. Conventionally, p…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW321
Object type: MORTAR (VESSEL)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy mortar with flared open mouth, two rectangular handles and lattice-shaped incised decoration centred on the handles. The rim of the mortar has been repaired and at one point bears evidence of having been damaged by heat/fire. Eighteenth or nineteenth century. Dimensions height 111mm, max. diameter (or rim) 111mm.
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3210
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Perforated lead, or lead alloy, conical weight. The upper surface of the weight is embellished with, now worn, cast decoration apparently consisting of a series of radiating panels and boss motifs. Probably a Tudor spindle whorl. Maximum diameter 31mm, thickness 12mm, diameter of perforation 8mm, weight 40.3 grams.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3211
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead, or lead alloy, one-sided token decorated with a six petal flower design. Diameter 23mm, thickness 2mm, weight 5.1 grams. Although a fairly common find type little is known about the date, places of issue, function and extent of circulation of lead tokens. They have variously been identified as trade tokens, pilgrimage souvenirs, hop tokens, farm tokens, tavern tokens, communion tokens, merchants seals, counters and gaming pieces; they could have fulfilled all these, and more, functions. Lead tokens are thought to have circulated from the medieval period until the eighteenth …
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3212
Object type: FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Circular copper alloy mount decorated on one side with a central six petal flower motif and an outer border of radiating petals. The design has been emphasised by the application of red enamel. The reverse of the mount shows no indication of how the piece was fixed or attached. Probably post-medieval. Diameter 30mm, thickness 1mm.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3216
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early mid-rib palstave - unlooped with a slight single median rib along each face. The rib is not defined by hollows near the stop, as on some early palstaves. The blade is relatively narrow but has a deeply curved edge. The flanges are leaf-shaped and do not extend along the blade. The stop ridge is undeveloped and is only marginally higher than the surface of the blade. The stop is concave with a shallow 'V' shaped profile. Casting problems have led to damage around the butt resulting in a 'V' shaped intrusion, which should not have effected the usefulness of the axe. The casting sea…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3242
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Perforated, domed, irregular-shaped lead weight. Diameter 25-27mm, thickness 18mm, weight 25.4 grams. Crudely cast weights like this example are difficult to date. Excavated examples range in date from the medieval period until the nineteenth century.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3243
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a crudely cast lead alloy (pewter) pot leg from a vessel such as a skillet, ewer or cauldron. The fragment consists of the upper part of the leg. Pot legs of this type were used during the medieval and post-medieval periods. Length (minimum) 53mm, width 47mm, weight 81.2 grams.
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2001
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2019
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Record ID: NMGW3244
Object type: FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of flat, figurative copper alloy mount with one integral rivet. The surviving part of the mount forms a symmetrical motif, probably either a shell or fleur de lis. The rivet is broken, it is uncertain whether originally the mount would have contained more than one rivet. The surface of the mount shows no evidence of tinning. Dating is difficult, mounts of this type were used from the thirteenth century onwards (Egan and Pritchard 1991, 162) but this example is likely to be later in date; probably post-medieval or later. Mounts such as this would have been attached to leather s…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3264
Object type: LACE TAG
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy lace tag. The tapering fitting is undecorated and contains no rivet holes. Length 61.5mm, maximum external diameter 10mm. Close dating of individual lace tags is problematic. The type remained in vogue from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century (Bailey 1997, 64) and it is not possible to more closely date this example.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3269
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman Empire. Vitellius AD69 (19 April - 20 December). Denarius. XV VIR SAGR FAC tripod with raven.
Created on: Thursday 5th July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3283
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy single loop D-shaped buckle with a frame embellished with an ornate outer edge, and a narrowed and offset strap bar. The outer edge of the frame has a notched lip flanked on either side by a pair of transverse knops. Egan and Pritchard have published a close parallel, recovered from excavations in London, which dates to c.AD1350 to c. AD 1400 (1991, 73, no.297). A broadly comparable date for the St Nicholas buckle is not unreasonable.
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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