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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: 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: 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: NMGW-C87BDD
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to post medieval lead weight, probably of 15th to 17th century date The lead weight is of 'nested' type and is complete with a sub-circular shape (with a maximum diameter of 33.0mm and a minimum diameter at the rim of 31.5mm)The mouth is flat-topped (2.6mm thick) and is not decorated. The sides are straight and angled outwards (giving the weight an external depth of 9.6mm and an internal depth of 6.5mm-7.8mm). The base is circular (of 21mm diameter) and there is no applied decoration on either the base or sides. The surface has a grey-brown corrosion. The weight weigh…
Created on: Monday 1st December 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th May 2019
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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-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-D44605
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete trade weight, of probable Medieval to Post Medieval date. The object is circular in plan, measuring 31.22mm in diameter. It has one decorated face, with an indistinct design, the reverse face has a circular depression which creates a raised rim. The sides are of variable height ranging from 6.27 mm to 7.61mm. The object has an overall light to mid-grey colour with some areas of cream patina. 
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd March 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-31D712
Object type: WEFT BEATER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Polished bone point, probably of medieval or post-medieval date. The implement is sub-rectangular in profile, with curved sides and flat faces. The tool tapers gently along its length, with a more pronounced taper and rounded profile near the tip. The end of the implement has been shaped to a diagonal. The point of the pin is missing, with a recent break. One of the faces displays a more porous bone structure, representing the inner face of the bone. The closest parallels to the implement are medieval bone pin-beaters used in textile manufacture similar to that found at Bedern, York (…
Created on: Friday 20th June 2003
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: NMGW393
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Wall fragment of a cast copper alloy vessel with horizontal ridge. Unfortunately, the fragment is not large enough to determine the original form of the vessel with certainty but it is possibly from a tripod cauldron or skillet. Dimensions 64mm x 51mm, thickness 2.5mm, weight 34.1 grams. Medieval or Post-medieval in date.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-6D3F16
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy cauldron or skillet leg of Medieval date, probably dating from 13th - 16th century. The front of the leg has a prominent central rib and the rear of the leg has two chamfered edges. The fragment widens to an expanded foot. The leg has broken before the body of the vessel. The leg exhibits heavy carbon deposits as a result of repeated burning, as would be expected on the surface of a cooking vessel.
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-C3C0B6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast foot, probably from a cauldron, skillet or similar of Late Medieval or Post Medieval date. The foot has an irregular cast underside. The foot is expanded and has three claw-like projections. The leg gradually diverges and has a D-shaped cross section with an additional high prominent rib on the wider face. The top of the leg is broken.
Created on: Wednesday 9th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-66C5E5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Rim fragment of a vessel, probably of Late Medieval date. The fragment is relatively thin and is suggestive of a vessel with a comparatively small rim diameter (originally approximately 70mm), possibly suggesting a fragment from a jug or tankard, similar to a mid 14th century tankard found at Caerphilly Castle (Lewis, 1978). The vessel has an incised or turned decorative band on the exterior, at the position of slight shoulder, two narrower incised lines flank the band.
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-1F6A1C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to early Post-Medieval copper alloy chafing dish handle of 15th to 17th century date. The handle is complete and of bifurcating form, with a stud for attachment to the dish (with an overall length of 62.3mm and weighing 42.7g). The looped handle (49.4mm long, 58.2mm wide at bifurcated end and 24.8mm wide at the attachment end) is of hexagonally faceted section (between 3.9mm and 5.1mm thick and between 4.6mm and 6mm wide). The attachment lug (22.6mm long) is of rectangular section (with a maximum width of 15.6mm and thickness of 9.0mm) with rounded sides, expanding …
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 13th October 2015
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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: 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: NMGW396
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Crudely cast, one-sided lead, or lead alloy (pewter) token. The decorated side contains a heavily worn radial wheel pattern (c.f., Dean 1977, 139, fig.2). Diameter 17-18mm, thickness 5mm, weight 7.8 grams. Although a fairly common find type little is known about the date, places of issue, function and extent of circulation of lead tokens. Lead tokens have been variously identified as trade tokens, counters, pilgrimage souvenirs, hop or farm tokens, tavern tokens, merchant seals and gaming pieces (Dean 1977, 141-142). It is not certain what this example was used for. Lead tokens are th…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-3E5952
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The thimble is made on sheet copper alloy and tapers gently inwards with a relatively flat top. There is the suggestion of an incised line border near the rim. The indentations are irregular oval and have seven rows making up the sides of the thimble, with a further three ‘rows’ at the top. The thimble is now distorted and has a small tear.
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2003
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: NMGW-4ABEA5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Small mount with larger central lobe, flanked by two small lobes. The mount is concave and all three lobes are pierced, one of the terminal lobes retains the attachment pin. The central lobe carries linear incised decoration running across the width of the mount.
Created on: Monday 9th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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