Record ID: NMGW-A9701E
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to early Post-Medieval copper alloy chafing dish handle of 15th to 17th century date. The handle is incomplete, represented by the attachment missing the outside end of the handle (with a surviving length of 59mm and a weight of 29.1g). The handle would have been looped and probably of bifurcating form. The handle (with a surviving length of 38.4mm and a surviving width of 57.0mm) is of rectangular section (3.7mm -2.2mm wide and 3.7mm - 4.9mm thick) with divergent sides. The longer side appears to have broken at the turn to the outside end. The attachment lug (24.1m…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A89A97
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age bronze palstave of Group I, Primary Shield Pattern type as defined by Schmidt & Burgess (1981)[1] and of Acton Park 1 metalworking Industry corresponding to Needham’s (1996)[2] Period 4 and probably spanning the end of The Early Bronze Age and the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600 – 1400BC). The palstave is near-complete but heavily corroded and eroded at the edges (with a length of 124.2mm and a weight of 245.4g). The butt (with a width of 24.6mm and a thickness of 4.8mm) is damaged and its original form uncertain. The sides are straight and near-parall…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th 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-A7F0B2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Polden Hill Type of 5.b4 and of late 1st or 2nd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, missing the leg and spring (with a surviving length of 28.0mm, a surviving depth of 12.4mm and a weight of 9.0g). The missing spring was secured behind comparatively long wings, now damaged (with a width of 34.2mm and a length of 6.2mm). It is likely that the spring was secured with a ‘Polden Hill’ type arrangement. The fronts of the wings were decorated with vertical ribbing defined by flanking grooves. There is the suggestion of a recess at the head, sugg…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-A7CAD8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval cast copper alloy brooch of Early Anglo Saxon saucer type and of 5th or 6th century AD date The brooch is near-complete missing the pin and fittings and with the rim somewhat distorted (with a maximum diameter of 48.5mm, a maximum surviving overall depth of 8.1mm and a weight of 16.4g). The rim is angled to the face (at approximately 135°, 0.5mm thick, giving a depth of 4.2mm and with a height of 3.3mm) and distorted flat against the face in one area. Inside of the rim is an angular ribbed border, inside of which is a loosely-repeating, zoomorphic chip-carved mot…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-83A247
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper alloy strap looped mount or strap-fitting, probably of first to early 2nd century AD date The mount was of quadrangular or sub-lozenge form and is incomplete, missing one side (with an overall height of 22.7mm, a length of 32.5mm, a surviving width of 19.2mm and a weight of 13.7g). At the centre of the mount is a raised oval boss (13.5mm x 10.6mm) defined by encircling groove. Around the boss each of surviving lobes is concave, projecting upwards at their terminals. No other applied decoration is evident on the mount. The underside is concave and dished. The integral…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-838A84
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy domed thimble, probably of mid-14th or 15th century date The thimble is near-complete with slight damage to the rim (with a length of 20.5 and a weight of 8.7g). The mouth is near-circular (with a diameter of 19.0 mm - 20.5mm and with a rim thickness of 0.5mm - 0.7 mm). Above the rim is plain band before the indentations with no incised border or groove. The sides of the thimble are very gently convex and converge towards the domed top. The thimble has fifteen rows of hand-punched indentations, 12 rows on the sides before continuing to the domed top and…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-8377C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Roman coper alloy bow brooch of Wirral type and of 2nd century AD date. The brooch in incomplete, missing the pin, lower leg and top of the head-plate (with a s length of 47.0mm, a surviving depth of 19.3mm and a weight of 17.2g). The missing pin was hinged between semi-tubular lugs on the rear of the head (with a width of 12.6mm). The lugs and rear of the head has adhering iron corrosion, suggesting an iron axis bar and/or pin was employed. Above the head is a head-plate (giving the head a surviving height of 18.7mm) and the remnant of a truncated integral chain-loop (with an in…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-830817
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric pottery sherd The fragment is irregular (28.2mm long, 22.4mm wide and up to 11.2mm thick, with a weight of 5.7g). Two of the breaks are old, while the other appears to be more recent. The fabric has a buff oxidised exterior surface but the interior is grey and appears reduced. Frequent angular quartz inclusions are present within the sherd of small and medium size. There is the suggestion of a linear decorative line on the surface, although uncertain. The sherd is a wall sherd and is likely to be of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2000 – 1500BC). The wall thickn…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
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-82CB5B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy looped mount with suspension ring of 16th or 17th century date The mount is near-complete but is very-heavily corroded and comprises a mount with separate ring (with an overall length of 47mm and a weight of 3.5g). The mount is folded sheet metal (30.5mm long, 8.1mm wide, 0.6mm thick and 5.4mm deep) and was attached by a single rivet at the attachment end. Corrosion has removed detail of the decoration but appears to have been moulded, possibly with vegetal or floral scrolls. The sides are irregular and undulate, probably fitting the decoration. The rin…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-82B1CB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of 8th to 11th century The strap-end is incomplete, missing the attachment end of the front face (with a 42.7mm, and a weight of 2.5g) and appears to be of Thomas’s Class B type 1-2 (2003, p 4-6)[1]. The attachment end is widest and is forked to accommodate the strap (with a width of 6.8mm, a slot length of 12 – 13mm and a surviving depth of 2.3mm). Near the attachment end are two circular perforations (of 2.4mm diameter), one of which cuts the side. The strap-end is of sub-rectangular section (2.2mm thick) with straight sides, gradually …
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-829B27
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of mid-14th to late 15th century date. The buckle has a separate folded plate and the frame is oval with narrowed and offset bar and is near-complete missing the pin (with an overall length of 34.7mm and a weight of 3.5g). The oval frame is comparatively small (11mm long, 13.2mm wide and 2.5mm thick) and is of rounded D-shaped section, widest at the outside edge (2.9mm wide). There is no notch for the pin on the frame or any decoration discernible. The loop of the pin survives but the rectangular-sectioned shaft has been lost. The folded sheet plate (…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 6th April 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-825710
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy plate brooch probably of Middle Anglo-Saxon, c. 8th century date The brooch is of one-piece construction and is incomplete, missing the leg (with a surviving length of 34.7mm, a depth of 10.4mm and a weight of 2.6g).The integral spring is of a consistent circular-section (1.3mm diameter) and coils twice (of 7mm – 8mm diameter) and is without a chord. The pin is distorted but appears to be complete (with a distorted length of 32.5mm). The bow is of lozenge form and flat-sectioned (31mm long, 10.6mm wide and 0.6mm - 1.0mm thick), slightly convex across …
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-8229D0
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, possibly Trumpet derivative and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and top of the bow only (with a surviving length of 29.8mm, a depth of 19.0mm and a weight of 5.6g). The brooch employed a copper alloy spring mechanism, secured around a central, pierced lug and copper alloy axis bar. The head has a plate (15.0mm long and 1.5mm thick), sub-rectangular at its base (9.0mm wide and 6.1mm long) below an integral sub-triangular chain-loop with central perforation (3.4mm diameter). An indent…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as '"Near Cirencester"', grid reference and parish protected.

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-81A292
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age bronze palstave of Group III, Low Flanged, Broad Blade form and possibly of Sleaford variant type, as defined by Schmidt & Burgess (1981, p136) [1]. The palstave is near-complete, missing much of the loop the butt-end and a blade tip and is a small example (with a surviving length of 106.5mm and a weight of 173.1g). The butt is damaged (18.5mm wide and 3.7mm thick), now pointed at the centre but is unlikely to have been much longer. The sides are straight and near parallel to below the stop (where the axe has a width of 19.9mm below the loop). The sides of the b…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-8190C8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Iron finger-ring bezel of Roman date The probable finger-ring is fragmentary, represented by the bezel and shoulders (with a surviving length of 15mm, a surviving width of 25.4mm and a weight of 4.2g). The side with better preserved shoulder has broken just below a sharp turn (where the hoop has a width of 4.1mm and a thickness of 1.9mm), suggesting a carinated or ‘keeled’ form to the finger-ring. Ferrous corrosion has masked the detail over the ring but the hoop appears to have been rectangular-sectioned, gradually widening to the bezel. No decoration is now evident…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caudle Green', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-81836C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch probably of T-shaped, Trumpet or allied Types and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the leg only (with a surviving length of 31.6mm, a surviving depth of 12.3mm and a weight of 2 5g). The brooch has above the button where the bow is of rectangular section (3.7mm x 2.3mm). The button has transverse ribs and grooves. The leg is of D-shaped section with straight sides converging towards the foot. The leg is convex across its length, causing the foot to project forwards. The catch-plate is eroded and has lost the cat…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caudle Green', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-8177E5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet, Chester Type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is near-complete, missing the pin (with a length of 46.1mm, a depth of 20.0mm, and a weight of 8.5g). The spring remain in place, wound around a ferrous axis bar and coiled twice each side of a perforated single lug at the rear of the head and with the chord tensioned below. The trumpet head is sub-triangular (9.0mm wide, 11.6mm overall length and 7.5mm high, without the head plate) and has a flat border around the top of the bow. Above the head is an integral decorative plat…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caudle Green', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-816499
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age to Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester-One-Piece Type and of 1st century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing one side of the spring and the catch-plate (with a length of 46.4mm, a depth of 16.6mm, and a weight of 4.3g). The integral spring is represented by four coils on one side of the head and the chord above (with a surviving width across the fragmentary spring of 17.3mm and a diameter of 0.9mm), tensioned by an integral forward facing hook at the head. The spring is positioned behind short sub-rectangular wings (with a width of 12.5mm and a length…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caudle Green', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-80CE6F
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead weight, probably of medieval or post medieval date The weight is of sub-oval form and of sub-rectangular section (35.9mm long, 31.8mm wide and 12.7mm thick). The upper and lower faces are both dished but without surviving decoration evident. The weight currently weighs 103.53g, equivalent to 3.652 ounces or 0.228 ponds, suggesting that the weight was originally a quarter-pound avoirdupois weight of medieval or post medieval date.
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-2EF8CB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy cup weight from a nested set, probably of 16th to 18th century date The weight is complete (with a basal diameter of 20mm, a rim diameter of 29mm, a height of 16.6mm and a thickness of 2.5mm) and now weighs 28.02g, equivalent to an avoirdupois ounce (28.35g). The base has two stamped marks, now worn: one appears to be a letter ‘D’, the other is possibly a rampant lion. On the rim are the letters ‘R’ and ‘I’, which may be a ‘1’, indicating a one-ounce weight. It is unclear what the remaining marks signify. The letter forms are consistent …
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-2EE6FC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy circular brooch of disc type and Early Anglo Saxon date, c. mid 5th to mid 6th century date The cast brooch is sub-circular and is near-complete, missing the pin and with some peripheral damage (with a diameter of 37.8mm – 40.1mm, an overall depth of 13.3mm and a weight of 16.4g). The rear of the brooch is near-flat, slightly dished with less finishing at the centre. The missing pin was secured around a single perforated lug (9.9mm high, 8.5mm long and 2.9m thick at its base with a perforation diameter of 3.0mm). The catch-plate has broken at the cat…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-2ED342
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and top of the bow only (with a surviving length of 28.7mm, a surviving depth of 4.4mm and a weight of 10.3g). The brooch is a Polen Hill, and employed a spring mechanism, now lost. The spring was secured between lateral lugs and behind semi-cylindrical wings (with a width of 25.3mm and a diameter of 7.5mm). The wings are damaged and heavily-corroded with no surviving evidence for decoration. The globular head appears to have had curved moulding on the sides (giving a width of 13.2mm) but no other features are now evident. The top of t…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-2EB845
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of ‘Eye’ type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the side of the foot with a recent break and is somewhat distorted (with a length of 59.3mm and a weight of 13.0g). The brooch is of one-piece construction with the chord tensioned by a forward-facing hook (3mm wide) above the head and the spring (with a width of 18.9mm) coiled two to three times each side of the pin and appears to be broken on the shorter side. The spring is of rectangular section as it coils from the bow and becomes circular sectioned on the pin (with…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-2E8EC1
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age bronze butt fragment from an axe of uncertain type but of Developed Axe or Palstave form The axe is represented by a butt fragment only, broken at one end (with a surviving length of 15.6mm and a weight of 8.4g). The butt end is comparatively straight with some damage and thins to a blunt edge (with a width of 19.0mm and a thickness of 1.5mm). The sides are straight and slightly divergent for their short lengths to the break (with a maximum width of 24.4mm and a thickness of 4.7mm). The sides are rounded and convex across their thicknesses with the suggestion of a fin…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-2E314A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy zoomorphic mount terminal or fitting of uncertain date, possibly Late Iron Age or Early Roman The cast mount appears to be complete or near-complete (with a length of 19.7mm and a weight of 8.2g) and comprises the head, body and fore limbs of a beast, possibly a bear or similar. The mount was attached using a fixing within the sub-circular sectioned, hollowed end (of 9.8mm – 10.4mm diameter), which is angled at an approximate 45° angle to the axis of the body. The fixing appears to have been ferrous but is now heavily corroded with no magnetic trace of iron surviv…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 28th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1D56C4
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age socketed axe of South Wales (Stogursey) Type and of Ewart Park metalworking, dated to c. 1000 – 750BC The axehead is near-complete, missing the loop (with an overall length of 107.5mm and a weight of 436.0g, including some sediment in the socket). The flat-topped mouth is sub-oval (56.8mm x 50.3mm) with a sub oval socket (36.9mm x 32.4mm and with a maximum depth, containing sediment of 41mm). Three of the four casting runner stubs are evident on the face but have been carefully removed. The mouth moulding has a prominent lip on most of one face but the other fac…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1D28F3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle probably of 11th to 13th century date The buckle comprises a trapezoidal frame and sheet metal pale and is near complete but heavily-corroded (with an overall length of 32.1mm and a weight of 6.0g). The frame is near-rectangular, slightly trapezoidal, widest at the outside edge (with a length of 10.2mm, a width of18.7mm and a thickness of 3.8mm). The frame is bevelled and of triangular section, with no applied decoration evident. The bar is circular-sectioned and narrowed. The pin remains in place and is of sheet metal, looped around the bar before n…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1D1C42
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The seal matrix is of circular form with a hexagonally faceted handle and is near-complete, missing some of the loop and the edge of the die (with a length of 19.0mm and a weight of 4.7g) but is heavily-corroded. The loop is damaged on one side and of oval section (3.0mm thick, 6.5mm long and with an internal diameter of 2.8mm), narrowed from the handle with no discernible moulding between the loop and handle. The seal die was circular (with a maximum diameter of 16.9mm). The central motif is uncertain but appears to…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1D0772
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame fragment of 13th to 15th century date The buckle is represented by the fragmentary outside edge (with a surviving length of 20mm, a surviving width of 38.0mm and a weight of 4.5g) of ‘ornate type’, possibly from an oval buckle. The outside edge is oval-sectioned (6.5mm wide and 4.4mm thick) with a narrower central section, which possibly held a sheet roller. There is a decorative groove, extending the line of the sides on the outside edge. The sides are narrowed and circular-sectioned (2.5mm diameter). The surface is corroded with a dark-gre…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1CFDBC
Object type: BELL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy bell of 13th or 14th century date The bell is near-complete, missing the top of the loop (with a surviving length of 31.4mm and a weight of 10.8g). The loop was position on the end of a comparatively long integral stem (with a surviving length of 16mm and a perforation diameter of 3.6mm). The stem is rectangular sectioned and widens towards the loop (with a width of 3.9mm - 6.8mm and a thickness of 1.3mm – 2.5mm). The bell is of rounded sub-cuboid form (20mm square by 16mm high) and is formed by the four basal tabs folded in to close the bell, leaving aper…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1CD116
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of 13 to 15th century date The cast buckle frame is missing any folded sheet plate it may have had and it’s pin and is of oval from (with a length of 20.7mm, a width of 23.8mm and a weight of 3.1g). The outside edge of the frame is widened with a notch for the pin. The frame is of rounded sub-rectangular section (with a thickness of 2.5mm – 3.1mm and a width of 2.3mm – 4.3mm). The rounded bar is off-set and of sub-rectangular section (2.7mm x 3.8mm). The min pin has left ferrous corrosion staining on the bar and outside edge of the frame. …
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-1CC958
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of 13 to 15th century date The cast buckle frame is missing any folded sheet plate it may have had and is of oval from (with a length of 24.5mm, a width of 30.8mm and a weight of 8.6g). The outside edge of the frame has a notch for the pin on a protruding V-moulding. The frame is of robust sub-rectangular section (with a thickness of 4.2mm – 5.6mm and a width of 2.7mm – 5.0mm). The rounded bar is off-set and narrowed (with a diameter of 3mm). The pin (29.0mm long) is loosely looped around the bar and is rectangular-sectioned (3.2mm wide and …
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1CC1F2
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant of 13th or 14th century date The harness pendant is near-complete but heavily-corroded and missing the hinged suspension mount (with a length of 43.4mm and a weight of 9.6g). The suspension loop is complete (with a length of 9.0mm, a depth of 5.0mm, a thickness of 1.0mm – 4.8mm and a diameter of 2.9mm). The pendant is shield-shaped (with a length of 35.1mm, a width of 26.6mm and a thickness of 1.8mm – 2.4mm) and is gently convex across both its length and width. Corrosion has removed much of the detail from the pendant but there is a trac…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th April 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1CA89E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy  brooch of Trumpet type and of late 1st to 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is fragmentary, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 26.2mm, a surviving depth of 11.5mm and a weight of 3.5g). The missing spring was secured around a single, perforated D-shaped lug on the rear of the head. The trumpet head is sub-circular (with a diameter of 10.0mm). There is the suggestion of a stub above the head, possibly from an integral chain-loop. The upper bow is eroded and of rounded D-shaped section, widening to the button on the mid bow (with a width …
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 20th September 2023
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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-1C82A7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age socketed axe of South Wales (Stogursey) Type and of Ewart Park metalworking, dated to Needham’s (1997) Period 7, c. 950 – 750BC The socketed axe is incomplete, missing the upper part of one face and side and the loop and is comparatively small (with a length of 52.6mm and a weight of 56.9g). The mouth is incomplete, with a little less than half surviving and appears to have been sub-rectangular (with surviving external dimensions of 33.0mm x 24.5mm and internal 22.6mm x 14mm, with socket depth of 40.0mm). The surviving part of the top of the mouth is irregular…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1B247C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, probably of Polden Hill type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, catch-plate and with truncated wings (with a surviving length of 37.1mm, a surviving depth of 14.5mm and a weight of 7.2g). The missing spring was likely to have been secured by lugs at the ends of the wings, now lost (with a surviving width of 21.8mm, a length of 5.8mm) and the chord was tensioned by a lug at the head. The wings are convex and decorated with vertical ribbing, probably enhanced with notches. The bow is oval sectioned, with s…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1B0224
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Initial T-shaped type of Hull T130 of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the end of the pin (with a length of 40.3mm, a depth of 13.3mm and a weight of 6.2g). The pin is hinged within tubular wings of section (with a width of 23.0mm and a diameter of 3.1mm – 3.7mm). The wings have a vertical groove near each terminal. The bow is of shallow U-shaped section with straight sides, converging slightly towards the mid-bow (with a width, depth and thickness at the head of 9.3mm, 2.5 and 1.5mm respectively). The bow is decor…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 11th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1ABB27
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper / tin alloy pin head or stud of uncertain date, possibly Roman The cast pin is fragmentary, represented by the head and top of the shaft (with a surviving length of 12.8mm and a weight of 4.7g). The head is domed, of flattened biconical form (8.6mm long and of 11.2mm maximum diameter). There is no applied decoration evident on the head. The shaft fragment (with a surviving length of 2.4mm) is of sub-circular sectioned (2.9mm – 3.5mm diameter), flattened one part but probably a localised facet. There is no collar moulding at the base of the head. The surface is dull-grey …
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 27th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-1A8A24
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age bronze butt fragment from an axe of uncertain type but of Flat or Developed Axe form The axe is represented by a butt fragment only, broken at one end in antiquity (with a surviving length of 28.1mm and a weight of 23.1g). The butt end is rounded at the corners and is moderately straight (with a width of 25mm and a thickness of 2.7mm). The sides are straight and divergent for their short lengths to the break (where the axe has a width of 30.5mm and a thickness of 6.0mm).  The axe butt has a sub-rectangular body section, thickest at the centre and with no suggest…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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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-1585CD
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval, Anglo Saxon copper alloy hooked tag of mid-7th to 11th century date The hooked tag is of sub-triangular form made from sheet copper alloy and is near-complete, missing the end of the hook (with a surviving length of 25.5mm, a thickness of 0.6mm and a weight of 0.5g). The plate is irregular, with a near-straight but angled attachment end, where the plate is widest (at 11.1mm). The sides are straight and convergent towards the hook. The plate was attached through two circular perforations (2.9mm – 3.2mm diameter) and is decorated with a double punched ring-and-do…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 6th May 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-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-053AC5
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to early Post-Medieval copper alloy chafing dish handle of 15th to 17th century date. The handle is fragmentary, with only the outer end present, which is of bifurcating form and is broken at both ends (with a surviving length of 23.2mm and weighing 11.2g). The looped handle (56.5mm wide at the bifurcated end) is of sub-hexagonal section (between 3.2mm and 4.5mm thick and between 4.8mm and 6.2mm wide). The surface is corroded with remnants of a dark-green patina and with file marks evident on one face. The handle is likely to been attached to a lug riveted through the di…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-0520FC
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 15th or 16th century date The ampulla is fragmentary, missing the neck and mouth (with a surviving length of 25.5mm and a weight of 18.1g). The ampulla has broken across the widest part of the body (with a width of 26.0mm and a maximum width of 30.2mm). The obverse face is decorated with fine ribbing representing the scallop shell, of Spencer’s (1990, p 59) [1] Type II, The face is now slightly dished but would have been comparatively flat (giving a maximum thickness of 5.6mm). The reverse face has a bevelled side decorated with hatching bef…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-0508C5
Object type: EWER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy ewer spout, probably of 15th century date The zoomorphic ewer spout is in the form of a dog’s head with the spout protruding from the open mouth. The spout is complete (with an overall length of 80mm and a weight of 82.6g) and would have been soldered to the body of the ewer at the curved and convex oval opening (with external dimensions: 61.7mm long and 18.7mm wide). The dog has oval and upright ears, protruding above the head and concave across their widths. The snout is defined by a concave depression on the sides and there is a mid-ridge across the top…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-04F833
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy Strap end of Late Anglo Saxon type and of late 8th to 12th century date The strap-end is of Thomas’ (2003)[1] Class B, Type 1 and is near complete, with minor damage to the terminal (with a length of 51.9mm and a weight of 12.8g). The strap-end is widest at the attachment edge and has a slight curve (with a width of 11.4mm and a thickness of 4.5mm). The strap was secured by two rivets, which remain in position positioned close together near the centre and just below the edge. The end has a V-shaped split to accommodate the strap (11mm long). The side…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-04E165
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type and of late 1st to early 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 20.5mm, a surviving depth of 13.2mm and a weight of 5.5g). The iron spring remains in place behind adhering corrosion and is secured within semi-tubular wings between perforated end-lugs (with a width of 17.8mm and a diameter of 7mm) and with an iron axis. The lug or hook at the head to tension the chord has been lost. The sides of the head have a curved moulding, enhanced with punched marks (giving a width o…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-04CB62
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Decorated copper alloy rod of uncertain date The rod now forms an open, sub-oval ring but was of uncertain original from (with a length of 48.1mm, a height of 35mm, a straightened length of approximately 106mm and a weight of 5.5g) and is broken on one end. The complete terminal is flattened (with a thickness of 1.6mm and 4.0mm wide) but the loss of the surface has removed any decoration. The rod is of sub-square section (4.0mm wide and 3.5mm thick) and is decorated with closely spaced ribbing. The decoration covered all four sides of the rod but has worn away on the upper face, …
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-04BB8B
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy toy cannon probably of 18th century date The gun is complete but has lost the surface to corrosion and was cast in one-piece (with a length of 40.4mm and a weight of 5.1g). The gun has a rounded cascabel and a prominent concave vent field (7.5mm diameter) with a small vent. The barrel is mostly plain with a reinforce ring positioned at the trunnions. The muzzle is of concave, spool (with a maximum diameter of 6.8mm) and with a bore of 4.5mm. The trunnions are comparatively long and slender (25.0mm long with a diameter of 2.6mm). The surface is heavily-c…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-04ABEA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of early 14th to mid 15th century date The buckle is incomplete missing the both sheet metal plates and the pin (with a length of 25.5mm and a weight of 1.5g). The frame is oval or near-circular (with a width of 14.3mm) and is of triangular section (2mm – 3mm wide and 2.0mm thick). There is the suggestion of a central notch on the outside edge, now eroded. There is a circular ident on the rear of the frame, where the missing pin was positioned. The rear of the frame narrows to the integral forked spacer. The forked spacer (12mm long and 1.8mm …
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-049713
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant of late 13th to 15th century date The shield-shaped harness pendant is near-complete, missing the suspension mount but is heavily-corroded and distorted (with a distorted length of 37.3mm, a straightened length of approximately 47mm and a weight of 5.8g). The hinged lug is sub-oval (11.8mm long, 8.2mm deep, 1.5mm – 4.1mm thick and with a perforation of 4.0mm diameter). Although the pendant is heavily-corroded the device appears to depict the Arms of England, the three lions. Traces of gilding are evident at the apex and remnants of red ena…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 16th April 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-048634
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The circular seal matrix is fragmentary, represented by approximately half (with a diameter of 23.5mm and a weight of 4.2g). The rear of the matrix is flat with a loop at the apex, now damaged and truncated (with a surviving depth of 6.0mm, a surviving height of 3.6mm, a width of 3.2mm and an internal diameter of 5.4mm). The area beneath the loop does not survive, making it unclear whether there was a rib. The seal die is heavily-worn and corroded with little surviving detail. The central device depicted a five-pointed star o…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-04767F
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 12th to 13th century date The seals matrix is near-complete but is heavily-corroded. The handle is of hexagonally-faceted form with a loop at the apex (with an overall length of 18.7mm and an internal diameter of 3.5mm). The loop is now worn but appears to have been of sub-lozenge form and rectangular sectioned (2.9mm thick) with a shelf before the handle. The seal die was circular with erosion of the edge (with a diameter of 17.7mm). The central device is unclear and perhaps resembles a beast with tail. However the suggested beginning of the …
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-044C87
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hil, Western Group. 70-110 AD). The brooch is fragmentary, missing the leg and spring (with a surviving length of 23.2mm, a surviving depth of 6.6mm and a weight of 4.0g). The missing spring was positioned behind semi-tubular wings (with a width of 22.5mm and a diameter of 6.4mm) with the axis bar secured between perforated end lugs. The chord was tensioned by a lug at the head, now damaged. The wings appear to have been decorated with vertical grooves near the ends, now worn and corroded. The bow is of sub-rectangular section, with stra…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-0431CC
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age stone axe-hammer; c. 2300 – 1800BC The axe-hammer has been shaped by pecking and appears to be complete (with an overall length of 148.0mm and a weight of 1055.7g) but has an irregular facet adjacent to the hammer end. Both faces are near-flat for most of their lengths (with a thickness at the blade end of 39mm and a thickness at the perforation of 41mm), before having a curved divergence at the hammer end (with a maximum thickness of 46.9mm). Both sides of the axe have a smooth curve, reaching their maximum width (of 88.1mm) across the perforation, nearer the …
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-040846
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy saddle pommel of 16th or 17th century date The pommel is fragmentary, represented by an incomplete half (with a length of 53.1 mm and a weight of 21.2g). The pommel was of two-piece construction, soldered across its midsection. The domed pommel is hollow and of sub-circular section (with a diameter of 28mm, an internal diameter of 25mm and is up to 2.1mm thick). The sides are gently convex and near-parallel before becoming more rounded at its domed apex. The basal attachment lug has been lost and there is another attachment hole before the break. The po…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-03E7DE
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The seal matrix is of circular form and is complete but heavily-worn and slightly distorted (with a diameter of 24.7mm, an overall depth of 6.1mm, a die thickness of 1.9mm – 2.6mm and a weight of 9.5g). At the apex of the rear is a loop (8.5mm long, 3.7mm high, 2.4mm wide and with a diameter of 3.1mm). The rear is otherwise flat with no evidence for a rib descending from the loop. The seal die has a central geometric eight-pointed star. The encircling legend is now difficult to read, with many of the letters lost. It is pos…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-03D082
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch of La Tène III Type and probably of 1st century AD date The brooch is of one-piece construction and is fragmentary, missing the pin and leg (with a surviving length of 25.2mm, a surviving depth of 16.6mm and a weight of 1.79g). The circular-sectioned pin (with a diameter of 1.0mm) has broken just before the spring and is distorted. The spring coils twice either side of the bow (with a width of 10.8mm and a diameter of 5.7mm) in a bilateral small spring arrangement and has an internal chord. There appears to be solid corrosion within the spri…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-039649
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead cloth seal probably of late 16th or 17th century date The seal is circular and only one incomplete discs now survives (with a maximum surviving diameter of 20.7mm, a thickness of 2.4mm and a weight of 3.8g). The disc present is the reverse disc and is somewhat difficult to discern and comprises a shield device containing a possible central monogram of combined letter forms: IMP, above which is a cross of ‘4’ form with a loop at its apex. At the base of the shield is a possible W, cut by an inverted V. Outside of the shield are single devices, there appear…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-0322B4
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Romano-Celtic bronze figurine, possibly dating from the late Iron Age to the Early Roman period, c. 1st century BC to 2nd century AD The figurine was picked-up from the surface within Culver Hole Cave[1]; the finder stated that that he believed that recent encroachment by the sea had resulted in erosion of deposits. The finder had entered the cave previously and collected a bone (radius), later identified as human remains, which was subsequently reported to South Wales Police. The Police, accompanied by the finder and Paul Huckfield[2] visited the cave but did not enter because o…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gower Caves', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-0147A4
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy anthropomorphic folding strap clasp, probably of late 13th to early 15th century date The clasp is of two-part type and is lacking the folding end (with a length of 28.4mm and a weight of 4.3g) with a decorative outside edge depicting a crowned head. The frame is recessed for the plate. The bar (with a width of 2.8mm, a length of 14.8mm and thickness of 2.0mm) is flat on both its outside and underside faces but otherwise rounded. The sides of the frame are slightly convex across their lengths and of flat section (giving the clasp a width of 18.8mm). The …
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-012BC2
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age bronze Developed Flat axe probably of Needham’s Class 4 axes and of uncertain sub-type, possibly an axe-chisel and probably of metalworking Stage IV; dated to c. 2050 – 1700BC The flat axe is incomplete with considerable peripheral damage surface loss and likely truncation at the butt (with a surviving length of 89.7mm and weight of 121.98g). Although damaged the axe appears to have a lozengic long-profile. The original butt does not survive (but with a surviving width of 15mm). The better preserved side is unusually straight for its preserved length (of 43m…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-010E6C
Object type: ANNULAR BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lead-tin alloy (white metal) annular brooches of modern date imitating medieval annular brooch styles; one found in 1997 at SS 6277 8955 the other found 2016 at SS 6463 9123, 3.38km apart. The annular brooch finds are sub-circular and have an oval sectioned frame. The front of the frame is decorated with six integral alternating floral /vegetal devices: eight-petalled flower and a lozenge containing four moulded leaves, the leaves are in-filled with central orientated chevrons. Between the leaves are tear-drop devices. Alternating petals in the floral devices also contain che…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-00FA9E
Object type: ANNULAR BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lead-tin alloy (white metal) annular brooches of modern date imitating medieval annular brooch styles; one found in 1997 at SS 6277 8955 the other found 2016 at SS 6463 9123, 3.38km apart. The annular brooch finds are sub-circular and have an oval sectioned frame. The front of the frame is decorated with six integral alternating floral /vegetal devices: eight-petalled flower and a lozenge containing four moulded leaves, the leaves are in-filled with central orientated chevrons. Between the leaves are tear-drop devices. Alternating petals in the floral devices also contain che…
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-F00919
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman Copper alloy leg fragment from a bow brooch of uncertain type but of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the leg and foot only (with a surviving length of 23.6mm, a surviving depth of 10.0mm and a weight of 2.0g). The leg is of oval section at the break with straight sides to the globular foot. The catch-plate is incomplete but its upper edge is present. The catch-plate is positioned at the centre of the rear of the leg. The surface is worn, corroded and pitted with a dark-green patina. The fragmentary condition of the object toget…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EFF6D3
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy plate brooch of hexagonal form and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the pin and catch (with a length of 33.1mm, an overall depth of 15.5mm and a weight of 4.1g). The pin is hinged within twin lugs with an iron axis bar, positioned on the rim and beneath a lug at the apex. The catch-plate is truncated and positioned on the rear of a linear protruding lug. The rear has a hemispherical hollowing (17.0mm diameter and 5.9mm deep). The knop at the apex is decorated with a ring-and-dot on its front face but no decoration is evident on the li…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EFE39C
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bird figurine of uncertain date, possibly Roman The cast zoomorphic figurine is of a bird, perhaps an eagle with splayed wings and is near-complete. Missing part of the base or attachment pin (with a surviving length of 39mm and a weight of 24.8g). The bird is depicted with head with its head facing to one side. The truncated beak is open and the eye is depicted with an incised ring-and-dot. The neck (with a length of 10mm) widens to breast. The outstretched wings (with a thickness of 2.0mm – 2.8mm and giving a width of 40.0mm) are axe-shaped. The tail expand to it…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EFD231
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Trumpet type and of AD 100-200. The brooch is fragmentary missing the lower part of the leg, catch-plate and spring (with a surviving length of 42.2mm, a surviving depth of 16.0mm and a weight of 9.4g). The missing spring was secured around a single lug behind the head, now truncated. The oval trumpet head (13.0mm long and 10.5mm wide) is corroded at the edges and may have ben of sub-triangular form. The sides of the upper bow are concave and widen to the button. The button is now worn and corroded but may have been of acanthus form. The leg is of D-shaped…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-EFBE71
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Wroxeter type and 75-200 AD. The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and catch-plate (with a length of 59.4mm, a surviving depth of 19.2mm and a weight of 14.8g). Two coils of the spring survive abutting one of the side terminals behind the semi-tubular wings (with a width of 23.4mm). The terminals are expanded (with a diameter of 7.9mm). At the head is a lug, probably from a hook to tension the chord. The top of the head has a flat square panel, decorated with an incised diagonal cross. The sides of the bow were expanded with a curving side…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 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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Record ID: NMGW-EF7143
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap loop of late 13th or 14th century date The strap has a trapezoidal (or sub-rectangular) frame with external integral rivet (with an overall length of 15.5mm and a weight of 1.8g). The trapezoidal frame is widest at it outside end (with an external width of 15.4mm and internal dimensions of 11.7mm x 7.5mm) narrowing slightly to the attachment end (with a width of 13.4mm). The frame is of rectangular section, widest on the outside edge (4.0mm wide and 3.0mm wide elsewhere). The attachment rivet is circular-sectioned (2.6mm diameter and 4.8mm long) and pl…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EF5F9D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy terminal probably of Roman date The cast terminal is of flattened, sub-spherical form (with a length of 13.8mm, a diameter of 5.2mm – 5.8mm and a weight of 14.4g). There is a collar moulding at the base and the underside is flat. The terminal was secured by a square-sectioned iron fitting (3.7mm square), placed off-centre and the perforation for the attachment penetrates the top surface as a circular perforation (3.7mm diameter). There is no applied decoration on the terminal. The surface is corroded and pitted with a pale to mid-green patina.  The missing co…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 13th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-EF5105
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow of Developed T-shaped type of T108 and of 2nd century AD date. The brooch is near-complete, missing the end of the pin (with a length of 45.5mm, a depth of 18.5mm and a weight of 12.4g). The copper alloy pin is hinged within tubular wings (with a width of 23.0mm and a diameter of 4.2mm) probably around an iron axis bar. The ends of the wings have a decorative vertical rib. At the head is a un perforated ‘chain-loop’ (5.6mm high, 6.8mm wide), with a circular cell infilled with a grainy red-brown deposit. The upper bow is of sub-rectangular section and…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-EF1AEE
Object type: CHAFING DISH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Attachment lug from a loop-handle of a chafing dish, of late Medieval date, c. 15th or 16th century The attachment lug is near-complete (with an overall length of 28.6mm and a weight of 11.2g) but the loop handle, which would have passed through the central perforation, has been lost. The central perforation is now oval (8.5mm x 6.1mm), exaggerated through wear from the handle. The lug is of sub-rectangular section (with a maximum width of 16.0mm and a thickness of 8.7mm). The sides of the lug are convex with a flat outside end. The lug was attached by an oval integral rivet (8.6mm x …
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Saturday 23rd March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-EEFAFA
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age socketed axe of uncertain type but probably South Wales (Stogursey) Type of Ewart Park metalworking Industry, dated to c. 950 – 750BC but possibly of Wilburton-Wallington through to Llyn Fawr Industries, dating to c. 1,150 – 600BC The axehead has been damaged and is incomplete missing its mouth and loop (with a maximum surviving length of 88.9mm and a weight of 232.8g). The break across the axe occurred in antiquity (where the axe had a maximum surviving width and thickness of 43.0mm and 27.6mm respectively, a surviving socket depth of 60.9mm; a face thickness…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EEDC22
Object type: AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic stone axehead roughout The axehead is complete (with a length of 204mm and a weight of 419.4g) but has a little recent damage at both the blade edge and the butt. The butt is straight (with a width of 23mm) and the sides are moderately straight, gently convex and gradually divergent to the blade, reaching a maximum width (of 65.8mm) just above the blade (39mm from the blade edge). The blade edge (with a width of 61mm) has a deep and even curve (26mm deep). Both faces have a different profile, one has a clear convexity across its with and a gentle convexity across its le…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EEB9C8
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Berkshire
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 missing the top of the loop but is distorted and heavily-corroded (with a distorted length of 27.2mm, a straightened length of approximately 51mm and a weight of 6.2g). The pendant was hinged to a missing suspension mount by the truncated loop at the apex (with a surviving height of 11.0mm high, a surviving depth of 4.8mm and a thickness of 1.1mm – 6.7mm). The shield-shaped pendant (34mm long (as straight), 22.7mm wide and 1.0mm – 1.8mm thick).…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 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-EE5F53
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age socketed axe of indeterminate type probably of Ewart Park metalworking Industry, dated to c. 950 – 750BC but possibly of Wilburton-Wallington through to Llyn Fawr Industries, dating to c. 1,150 – 600BC The axe is represented by one corner of the blade (with a surviving length of 20.0mm, a surviving blade width of 28.8mm and a weight of 13.1g). The axe has broken in antiquity, at a position just above the base of the socket (with a surviving depth of 6mm, where the axe has a thickness of 9.9mm, the faces have a thickness of 2.8mm and the side if 5.5mm thick). A…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EE2AD9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval gold finger-ring of Posy type of 18th century date The finger-ring is complete but now somewhat distorted (with an external diameter of 19.0mm – 21.5mm, an internal diameter of 18.1mm – 20.4mm and a weight of 3.38g). The band is of shallow D-shaped section (with a width of 5.1mm and a thickness of 0.4mm). The exterior surface has no decoration. The interior carries an inscription in italic script and reading: No bond to vertue S. S There is a maker’s mark of a capitol Roman letter R with a shield The inscription would read ‘No bound to vir…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EDF0CB
Object type: CORE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint blade core, probably of Mesolithic date The blade core (weight 30.2g) is a double-platform core made on a beach-pebble, with platforms at each end. The blades have all been removed from one side, with the other side being cortical. There is evidence of core preparation grinding on both platforms. The flint has patinated pale-grey to white.
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EDE2EB
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead suspension weight of uncertain date, Roman to Post medieval The weight is complete and of faceted conical form (with a length of 45.5mm). The top of the weight is of sub-rectangular section (15.0mm wide, 7.7mm – 9.1mm thick and 12.2mm long), through which the weight has a sub-circular perforation near the apex (5.5mm diameter) for suspension. The body of the weight is of faceted, sub-circular section, diverging towards the flat-bottomed base (with a diameter of 24.9mm - 26.8mm). There is an incised X within a square incised border above the base on one side. The weig…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EDD684
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy domed thimble, probably of mid-14th or 15th century date The thimble is near-complete with some peripheral and surface damage (with a length of 19.1 and a weight of 8.7g). The mouth is sub-circular (with a diameter of 19.7 mm – 21.0mm and internal diameter of 18mm). The rim appears slightly thickened (with a rim thickness of 1.3mm) and is without a border. There is damage to the rim but other notches may been residual from the manufacture of the thimble. The sides of the thimble are near-straight, subtly convex and gently convergent before the domed t…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EDC9DA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin and is heavily-corroded (with a surviving length of 31.5mm, a surviving depth of 14.3mm and a weight of 6.0g). The missing spring was secured around a lug at the centre of the rear of the head. The lug is damaged and corroded but appears to have been of unusual, U-shaped form with a cavity in the interior and no surviving evidence of the perforations.  The base of the lug is raised suggesting a hinge was unlikely but the arrangement of the spring is uncert…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-EDC291
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal of 13th or 14th century date The seal matrix is of circular form and is near-complete, with a truncated lug on the rear (with a diameter of 21.5mm, a thickness of 3.6mm and a weight of 10.5g). The rear of the matrix is slightly convex with a lug at the apex (9.4mm long, 4.7mm thick, with a surviving height of 4.5mm and giving the matrix a maximum surviving depth of 7.5mm). There is the suggestion the lug has broken through the perforation, now worn and the lug may have extended along the rear as a low rib. The seal die has a central device, comprising four pet…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EDADE3
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished stone axe The axe is fragmentary, represented by approximately half with the blade-end present (with a surviving length of 108.3mm and a weight of 310.6g). The break occurred in antiquity but a further flake has been detached from the broken end and blade more recently. The axe has an oval body section, with a flat facet on each side (with a width at the break of 65.2mm, a thickness of 30.6mm and a side facet width of 4mm – 6mm). The surviving lengths of the side are near-straight, slightly convex (reaching a surviving maximum width of 66.4mm, 42mm from the b…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED8AA6
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to 16th century date The ampulla is complete (with a length of 51.2mm and a weight of 50.8g). The expanded mouth (with a width of 26.4mm) is closed and the sides of the neck are straight and convergent to the body of the ampulla. Both loops are present but one is now distorted (giving a width of 32.4mm, with a length of 12.4mm, a height of 7.5mm and an internal dimensions of 5.4mm x 4.0mm) and span the top of the body to above the base of the neck. The neck of the ampulla is of oval section (giving the ampulla a maximum depth of 13.0mm) a…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED8A03
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix The cast seal matrix is of circular faceted handle form and is near-complete, missing the terminal loop and the edge of the seal die (with a surviving length of 21.1mm and a weight of 7.3g). The damaged loop was above double or triple ribbed mouldings before the hexagonally-faceted handle widening to the circular seal die, now eroded at the edges (with a maximum surviving diameter of 19.1mm). The central device depicts ‘the pelican in her piety’ with the pelican extending across the top of the field with the head to the left (as seen on the …
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED790B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the fragmentary head only (with a surviving length of 17.8mm, a surviving depth of 10.5mm and a weight of 6.2g). The head is truncated but employed a hinge mechanism within tubular wings (with a surviving width of 17.8mm and a maximum diameter of 6.7mm). No decoration survives at the head but there is the suggestion of curved moulding at the sides (with a width of 9.6mm). The top of the bow appears to have been of D-shaped section, now worn and rounded and ta…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED6A68
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age socketed axe of (Class B) Southern English ribbed type and of Ewart Park metalworking, dated to Needham’s (1996)[1] Period 7, c. 950 – 750BC The socketed axe is fragmentary, missing the mouth and one face (with a surviving maximum length of 104.0mm and a weight of 234.0g) and was damaged in antiquity. The more complete face is likely to have broken just below the mouth but with no mouth moulding surviving. The socket has a moderately consistent rectangular profile (29mm x 19mm and with a surviving depth of 67.5mm). The longer side has the stub of the loop surv…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED5968
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe probably of Needham’s Class 3 axes but of uncertain subtype The axehead is incomplete, missing the butt end and with some truncation to the blade tips and edge (with a surviving length of 93.6mm and a weight of 199.2g). The axe is rectangular-sectioned (with a width and thickness at the break of 28mm x 10.0mm), with no suggestion of hammered flanges or developed edge features on the intact areas of the edges. The sides are straight and divergent before expanding more sharply to the blade tips, now damaged and truncated (with a surviving width of…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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