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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Record ID: NMGW-ED3240
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, missing the leg pin and head-plate (with a surviving length of 37.8mm, a surviving depth of 17.5mm and a weight of 18.9g). The missing spring employed a ferrous axis bar, secured around a central, pierced D-shaped lug at the rear of the head (12.2mm long, 4.5mm thick and 5.7mm high). The head is now sub-oval (21.4mm long and 15.8mm wide) but has been eroded at the edges. Above the head are the remains of an integral head-plate, probably surmounted with a chain-loop, now lost. The base of the he…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED2EED
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill Type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and catch-plate and has a distorted bow (with a surviving length of 44.3mm, a surviving depth of 13.3mm and a weight of 6.9g). The spring remains in place, secured between perforated end lugs (with a width of 19.1mm and a diameter of 4.6mm – 5.6mm) and with the chord-tensioned by a lug at the head. The fronts of the wings were enhanced with a vertical groove near the terminals. The bow is heavily-worn and is now of sub-circular diameter (with a diameter …
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED2049
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of oval framed with roller type and of 13th or 14th century date The buckle frame is complete but any plates are missing (with a length of 19.6mm and a weight of 5.8g). The outside edge protrudes slightly (with a width of 17.3mm) between which is a sheet roller (7.0mm long and 7.3mm diameter); the roller was decorated with transverse grooves. The sides are oval sectioned and are convex (giving the buckle a maximum width of 21.0mm). The bar is offset and narrowed. The pin is present (with a length of 17.9mm and a loop diameter of 5.8mm) and is square-s…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED12A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet-headed type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary and heavily-corroded, represented by the head, spring and upper bow (with a surviving length of 25.3mm, a surviving depth of 11.3mm and a weight of 5.1g). The brooch has a corroded iron spring, secured around an iron axis bar and attached between end (lateral) lugs at the rear of the head. The trumpet head was of D-shaped form with an integral chain-loop at the apex, now lost with only a stub surviving (giving a surviving length of 14.5mm and a width of 12.8mm). Benea…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED0B4A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the leg (with a surviving length of 30.5mm, a surviving depth of 20.8mm and a weight of 3.0g). The bow has broken below the top of the catch-plate and is ova section (3.8mm thick and 2.8mm wide). The sides are straight and convergent to the foot. There is no decoration evident on the front of the bow. The catch plate is as wide as the leg and is decorated with a circular aperture (3.5mm dimeter). The foot is slight with a transverse rib. The surface is corro…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ECFB7C
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint Hollow-Based arrowhead The arrowhead incomplete, missing the tip (with a surviving length of 31.6mm and a weight of 3.0g). The arrowhead is made on a flake with the bifacial retouch confined to one side and the concave base (where the arrowhead has a width of 21.3mm). The arrowhead has a maximum thickness (of 4.9mm) midway along the retouched edge. The flint is non-cortical has differential patination. The missing tip may indicate that the arrowhead has impacted while being used.
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ECBBF3
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Iron Age terret fragment of 1st century BC to 2nd century AD date The possible terret is cast and is now fragmentary, represented by part of the bar and one side of the hoop (with a surviving width of 25.2mm, a surviving length of 27.0mm and a weight of 6.2g). The bar (with a surviving length of 12.8mm) is of sub-rectangular section, widest near the terminal (5.5mm x 4.1mm) and is level with the base of the terminal. The terminal is oval (8.8mm x 8.0mm) and there is the suggestion of a moulding at the base of the hoop, now worn and corroded. The hoop is of sub-oval secti…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ECA086
Object type: BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy button-and-loop fastener of late 1st or 2nd century date The cast fastener is fragmentary, missing much of the shank, part of the head and is heavily-corroded (with an overall depth of 8.9mm and a weight of 4.9g). The head is now rounded, of sub-square form (16.4mm long, 7.4mm wide and 3.2mm thick). There are remnants of a moulded design on the head, now difficult to interpret but appears to have comprised a diagonal rounded rib, wider at the corners and narrowest at the centre. All other detail has been lost. The shank emerges from adjacent to the edge of the …
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EC9AAB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early medieval silver cut halfpenny of Æthelred II (978–1016), 'Second Hand' type (c.AD 985-91; North 768; BMC iid), moneyer: Beornulf, mint: London (probably). Ref: North 1994: 158. The coin is missing a small fragment from one end. weight: 0.57g
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EC8609
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin of uncertain date, possibly Early Medieval, c. 8th or 9th century The pin is incomplete, missing much of the shaft and is heavily corroded (with a surviving length of 35.4mm and a weight of 8.9g). The pin head is now worn and rounded (19.9mm long and 15.1mm maximum width) but may originally have been of faceted polyhedral form. The pin head was enhanced with circular indentations in a zig-zag arrangement across the midsection of the head. The indentations may have been within an incised ring or possibly infilled with a setting but no trace now survives. At the ap…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EC7E0C
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy dagger chape of late 15th or 16th century date The chape comprises the cast front plate (with a length of 33.4mm and a weight of 6.8g) and is of convex, flask-shaped form with open-work decoration. The top of the chape is castellated (22.1mm wide, 0.9mm thick and 6.7mm deep). The sides of neck are straight and slightly convergent before the rounded base (with a maximum width 26.0mm). The chape is decorated with a heart-shaped opening on the neck, flanking a transverse rib at the base of the neck. Below the transverse rib is a trefoil opening with radiat…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EC639A
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy fitting, probably of 14th century date The cast fitting is possibly a zoomorphic book mount and comprises an open lozenge frame with integral arm terminating in a lug fitting (with an overall length of 46.7mm and a weight of 12.9g). The lozenge frame is vertical sided (with a length of 24.4mm, a width of 23.8mm, a depth of 8.2mm and a thickness of 2.2mm). The rear of the frame is not broken and has no decoration. There is a moulding on the front of the frame, probably the ears of the beast projecting forward. The beast’s head is of subtriangular section (w…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EC617E
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The seal matrix was of circular form and is incomplete with edge damage, wear and corrosion (with a dimeter of 27.1mm - 29.4mm and a weight of 20.9g). The rear of the seal has a perforated D-shaped lug (17mm long, 6mm thick at the base and 3mm at the apex, 7mm high and with an internal diameter of 2.7mm). The rear of the matrix is bevelled towards the central axis but there does not appear to have been a rib below the loop. The seal die has lost nearly all of the incised design by either wear and corrosion or edge damage. The…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EC25B9
Object type: EWER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy ewer spout, probably of 15th century date The cast zoomorphic ewer spout is in the form of a dog’s head with the damaged spout protruding from the open mouth. The spout is otherwise near-complete, with some damage to the attachment end (with an overall length of 63.8mm and a weight of 51.9g) and would have been soldered to the body of the ewer at the curved and convex oval attachment end (with external dimensions: 40.8mm long and 13.8mm wide). The dog has oval ears, drooping at the side of the head, rather than protruding above the head. The pointed-oval e…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EC109A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy penannular ring, possibly a hoop from an Early Medieval penannular brooch The hoop is incomplete, missing one terminal, the pin and is distorted with a stripped surface (with a weight of 6.6g). The surviving terminal has a flattened end (1.6mm thick, 2.7mm wide and 5mm long) before a slight, rounded knop on the outside face (up to 4mm diameter and 1.2mm high). The frame is now distorted (with a width of 40.1mm and a length of 43.0mm) and is circular-sectioned (2.4mm – 3.1mm diameter) with No applied decoration. The damaged end of the hoop is differentially eroded t…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EC025E
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead papal bull of mid-14th century date The cast circular bulla is near-complete, with some edge damage, evident on the reverse face (with a diameter of 35.7mm – 36.5mm, a thickness of 4.5mm and a weight of 33.1g). The bull is of Pope Clement VI (papacy: 1341-52). The obverse face depicts the heads of the two Patron Saints, Paul and Peter within beaded frames and beneath the legends: SPA and SPE. There appears to have been a cross patée on a staff between the saints. The reverse face has the legend: CLE MENS PP VI There is an omega over the …
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EBFCB6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval copper alloy penannular brooch of 5th to 6th century date The brooch is near-complete but with a stripped surface and is distorted (with a weight of 7.5g). The brooch frame has faceted cuboid terminals (7mm long, 4mm wide and 3mm thick). The front of the brooch has a ribbed border before a decorative moulding, before narrowing to the hoop with a curved step (with a length of 6mm and giving a diameter of 2.5mm – 3.0mm). The mouldings are likely to have been zoomorphic, with the beast’s snout protruding over the hoop.  Dot indentations on the front of the…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 22nd July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EBDF21
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper tanged gouge of uncertain date possibly Bronze Age The cast tanged gouge is complete (with a length of 86.2mm and a weight of 24.7g). The tang is pointed at its apex ad below is square to rectangular sectioned, with straight sides gradually diverging towards the blade (reaching a maximum thickness of 5.6mm at the top of the blade, where the gouge has a width of 9.8mm). The sides of the blade are also straight and diverge more markedly to the blade edge. There are no lugs or mouldings on the sides. The blade edge is straight (with a width of 23.4mm and, a depth of 4.2mm). …
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EB860B
Object type: TOY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy toy gun of 17th – 18th century date The gun is incomplete missing the butt, trigger guard and is truncated through corrosion (with a surviving length of 54.3mm and a weight of 8.9g). The barrel is of faceted, sub-oval section, with straight sides and is widest at the stock (at 7.4mm and 5.0mm x 5.mm at the damaged end of the barrel). The bore of the gun is 3.1mm. There are decorative grooves evident along the barrel. The vent is small and is closed by corrosion with a rounded moulding beneath the pan, which may have served to hold the match (Egan & F…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EAA410
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age bronze blade fragment from an axe of indeterminate type, probably of Early or Middle Bronze Age date The axe is fragmentary, represented by the blade end only and has broken across its width in addition to its length (with a surviving width of 51.1mm, a surviving length of 31.5mm, a maximum surviving thickness of 10.7mm and a weight of 73.0g). The break occurred in antiquity and there is no socket base evident on the sub-rectangular body section. The surviving side fragment is convex, widening to the blade tip, now truncated but indicating an expanded blade edge. The origin…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EA5EA7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy ewer spout of 14th or 15th century date The cast spout is fragmentary, represented by the zoomorphic end of the spout in the form of the head of a water bird, probably a duck (with a length of 41.8mm and a height of 24.2mm and a weight of 22.0g, including sediment). The neck has broken below the head and is sub-circular sectioned (with an external diameter of 11.1mm – 11.9mm and internal diameter of 7.0mm). The fragmentary spout is widens and deepest at the head (with a width of 14.2mm and a depth of 16.8mm). The bird is depicted with short incised marks c…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EA53BB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is fragmentary, with only the head and top of the bow surviving (with a surviving length of 18.1mm, a surviving depth of 10.2mm and a weight of 5.7g). The missing pin was hinged within tubulars, now truncated (with a surviving width of 25.8mm and a diameter of 4mm – 6mm). The top of the bow is of D-shaped section, with straight but eroded sides converging to a break on the narrow bow (2.9mm wide and 2.2mm thick). There is the suggestion of a midrib on the bow but all other detail on…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EA21CB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy buckle frame of D-shaped form and probably of Medieval date The buckle is complete (with a length of 22.6mm, a width of 35.5mm and a weight of 5.8g) but any associated sheet plates are not present. The outside edge and sides of the frame are of trapezoidal section (3.8mm – 5.2mm wide and 2.2mm thick). The bar is of rectangular section. There are deep diagonal striations evident on the frame, possibly decorative or possibly from finishing. The pin is present (26.8mm long) loped around the bar (9.6mm external diameter). The end of the loop is slightly open and is fla…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EA1682
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy openwork mount The one-piece cast mount is near-complete and of openwork form (with a length of 28.0mm, a width of 17.4mm and a weight of 1.2g). The mount a double-looped frame with internal oval loop and connecting central arm. The mount was symmetrical about both central axis. Both the sides and ends are of bifurcating to encompass the double-loop and internal loops. The frame is slender and of sub-rectangular section (1.3mm wide and 0.5mm thick) and is now damaged and broken at one of the ends. The mount was attached using four integral hooks, positioned at each c…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EA07E3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill Type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and is comparatively short (with a length of 35.5mm, a depth of 16.1mm and a weight of 11.7g). The missing spring was housed within semi-cylindrical wings (26.4mm wide and with a diameter of 6.4mm – 7.2mm). The chord was tensioned by a lug at the head and the perforated lug retains a part of the copper alloy chord. The front of the wings is decorated with two prominent grooves either side of the head. The grooves define terminal and central ribs …
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9B80F8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy mount or looped fitting possibly of Roman date The cast mount is complete but is now slightly distorted (with a length of 28.5mm and a weight of 7.2g) and was of flat profile and section, thickest at the terminal loop (at 3.3mm thick). The mount is widest along the upper edge (where it has a width of 32.2mm and a thickness of 1.7mm) and is decorated with projecting points flanking two perforation arcs. The mount was attached using two iron pins near the sides and each side of a central circular aperture (6.2mm diameter). The sides of the mount are straight and conver…
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9B610B
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Monmouthshire
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 head is fragmentary missing its upper part and is represented by approximately half of the original (with a maximum surviving length of 56.6mm and a weight (containing sediment) of 143.6g). The break across the axe occurred in antiquity (where the axe had a maximum surviving width and thickness of 42.3mm and 22.3mm respectively). The axe has a sub-rectan…
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9B4377
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of annular type, of mid-13th to mid-15th century date. The buckle frame is circular (with an external diameter of 38.5mm, an internal diameter of 31.4mm and a weight of 5.7g) but is heavily-corroded and with fragmentary pin. The frame is of oval section and is differentially worn and corroded (with a width of 1.6mm to 4.0mm wide and 1.0mm - 3.2mm thick). There is no pin restriction on the frame and no decoration is evident. The pin (with a surviving length of 24.0mm) has a moulding at its base and an open loop around the frame (10.1mm deep and 7.5mm …
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9B2FFC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch fragment of Trumpet type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 11.5mm, a surviving depth of 17.2mm and a weight of 5.1g). The missing spring was secured around a central circular loop at the rear of the head (7.0mm external diameter and 3.5mm internal diameter). There is no evidence for a plate on the head. The corroded trumpet-head is sub-circular (12.5mm x 11.5mm). There is a ridge running along the top of the bow and there is the suggestion of a grooved border along the edge of the…
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9B1D82
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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 dated to c. 1600 – 1450BC The palstave is near-complete, with some damage to the blade edge (with a length of 145.9mm and a weight of 475.5g). The butt is moderately straight and undulates slightly (with a width of 24.5mm and a thickness of 3.1mm). The flanges end just below the butt and rise to their highest point above the stop (with a maximum depth of 36.6mm and a ma…
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9B0A2C
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead steelyard weight of uncertain date, probably of Medieval to post medieval date The weight is of trapezoidal form, flattened at the top face and dished on its underside (with a height of 27mm - 28mm, a diameter on the upper face of 37mm and a maximum basal diameter of 48mm). The weight currently weighs 427.0g which is consistent with a pound weight Avoirdupois (99%). Iron corrosion at the centre of the upper surface marks the remains of the iron loop. The iron loop does not extend to the underside. The surface has a pale to mid-grey patina with negligible corrosion.
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9AF019
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Roman to Early Medieval copper alloy penannular brooch, probably of 5th to 7th century date. The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and the frame is now somewhat distorted and of oval form (with an external length of 72.8mm, an external height of 62.0mm and a weight of 20.1g). The terminals separated by a large gap (of 20.5mm) and are of oval form, of sub-rectangular section (9mm long, 6.4mm & 6.8mm wide and 3.7mm thick). The terminals were simply decorated with two to three punched dots on both faces. There is no evidence for any inlay within the dots. There is the possi…
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-9AB261
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch of T-shaped Type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by upper bow and partial head (with a surviving length of 26.6mm and a weight of 3.6g). The pin was hinged within tubular wings, one of which now survives (with a surviving width of 24.5mm and a diameter of 4.0mm). There is no evidence for a chain-loop at the head. The bow has damaged sides hut had a raised rim border (with a surviving width at the head of 14.4mm and a thickness of 2.6mm). The sides of the bow are straight and convergent to the break on the mid-bow …
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9A7E11
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval silver coin PENNY OF ÆTHELRÆD II (978 – 1016) Obv. +ÆÐELRED REX ANGL·ER; diademed bust l., four pellets to front, linked to shoulder by curved lines Rev. +ÆÐELVEARD MO NA; small cross pattée Weight: 1.49g; Die-axis: 0º First Small Cross type, c.978-9; BMC i; Hildebrand A; North 764. EMC 2016.0222 For initial discussion of this coin, see http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=51373 , which covers much useful ground. It is also worth noting that the only ‘Aethelweard’ recorded for Aethelraed II in First …
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-7072B3
Object type: HARNESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy zoomorphic harness hook The cast harness hook is near-complete but heavily-corroded and with some distortion (with a length of 71.1mm and a weight of 12.2g). The head of the fitting (18mm long, 12.8mm wide and 8.3mm thick) is zoomorphic, in the form of a beast’s head, probably a dog. The beast is depicted with a grooved mouth, slightly open. The end of the snout is ridged and appears to have had grooves, as possible whiskers and indentations as nostrils. The snout has a prominent recesses groove before the ridged brow. Ovals defined by grooves at the rear…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-70537B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet-headed type and of late 1st to  2nd century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow (with a surviving length of 28.7mm, a surviving depth of 20.4mm and a weight of 6.2g). The missing spring was open and secured between perforated lateral lugs, now damaged (with a width of 14.5mm). The trumpet head is D-shaped with an integral chain loop, now damaged (giving the head a surviving height of 17.4mm). The bow has a central ridge, giving it a convex-sided triangular section, with straight sides converging to the…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-703514
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 12th or 13th century date The seal matrix is of pointed–oval form and is complete but heavily damaged (with a length of 34.2mm, a width of 20.6mm and a weight of 19.6g). The rear of the matrix has a loop at the apex (giving an overall depth of 11.6m, 6.4mm wide and with an internal diameter of 3.7mm). Beneath the loop, a rib descends to the base. The seal die is damaged and now difficult to discern. The central device depicts a fleur-de-lys at the apex, with an uncertain motif beneath, possibly a cross. The beginning of the encircling legend has be…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-7008C6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and leg and has a distorted bow (with a surviving length of 44.1mm, a surviving straightened depth of 8.0mm and a weight of 5.4g). The missing spring was secured between perforated lateral lugs (with a width of 22.0mm and a diameter of 6.2mm) and the chord was tensioned by a lug at the head. The wing terminals were decorated with a pair of vertical incised lines. The bow is of D-shaped section with straight sides, gradually converging towards the break …
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6FEE88
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, missing the upper bow and head (with a surviving length of 39.5mm, a depth of 19.8mm and a weight of 5.5g). The brooch has broken near the top of the leg, where it has a D-shaped section and appears to have broken through a transverse groove (5.5mm wide and 2.0mm tick). Beneath the break, each side is enhanced with a decorative raised moulding, below which the sides are straight and convergent to the foot. At the centre of the leg is a V-profile groove, which was enhanced …
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6FD7BC
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Zoomorphic copper alloy terminal possibly a strap-end The terminal is near-complete, and is very small (with an overall length of 13.4mm and a weight of 1.4g) and depicts an ox-head. The terminal comprises four plates (with a thickness of 4.4mm), secured by a single rivet (of 3mm diameter) through the centre. The two inner plates have a straight attachment edge (with a width of 5.8mm) and have straight near-parallel sides before the rounded end. There is a slight space between the two inner plate, possibly to accommodate a strap, or similar. The top plate is convex across its wid…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6FAC44
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper ally bow brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow (with a surviving length of 23.2mm, a surviving depth of 12.2mm and a weight of 7.1g). The missing spring was secured between perforated lateral lugs (with a width of 19.9mm and a diameter of 18.5mm) and the chord was tensioned by a damaged lug at the head. The ends of the wings are decorated with pairs of incised lines. The top of the bow had curved mouldings on the side, now worn (giving a width of 9.0mm). The top of the bow is of D-shaped…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6F7DE1
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy anthropomorphic cast head of uncertain date The solid cast head is complete but has broken around the neck (with a surviving length of 39.5mm and a weight of 112.6g). The head is crudely but skilfully moulded and was clearly cast from a clay or wax pattern, as evidenced by the soft ‘plastic’ moulding marks. The head is of an older male and is depicted without hair and the ears are evident as curved raised wedges. The raised brows are particularly prominent as is the wide and clearly defined nose. The recessed eyes are outlined with grooves and with a central ind…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6F656E
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant of 13th or 14th century date The harness pendant is near-complete and includes the hinged suspension mount (with an overall length of 34.6mm and a weight of 6.3g). The suspension mount was attached using a single square-sectioned tapering integral rivet (with a length of 2.0mm and an overall depth of 8.9mm). The front of the mount is domed (with a diameter of 7.4mm) with the hinge beneath. The hinge beneath is also of globular rounded form. The pendant is shield-shaped and is comparatively small (with a length of 29.2mm, a length of the shiel…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6F4B2A
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy blade, probably corroded remnants of an Early Bronze Age dagger The leaf-shaped blade is truncated and heavily-corroded (with a surviving length of 47.9mm and a weight of 6.1g). The butt is evenly-rounded, giving the blade a maximum width at the base of the blade of 18.9mm). There are small rounded indents beneath the start of the blade edge, possibly remnants of rivet notches to secure the handle. The butt is thinned (with a minimum thickness of 0.8mm) and reaches its maximum thickness (of 2.5mm) near the midpoint of the blade. The butt is flat across its width, whi…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6F1C18
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the catch-plate (with a length of 61.3mm, a depth of 23mm and a weight of 12.8g). The pin is hinged, secured between tubular wings (with a width of 29.4mm and a diameter of 3.8mm – 4.9mm). The pin head has an expansion at the rear to tension the pin against the bow and the pin shaft is circular-sectioned (51.4mm long and 2.4mm diameter). At the centre of the head is a simple integral chain-loop (7.7mm wide and 3.9mm internal diameter). The ends of the wings were…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6EF08D
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bone or possibly horn spoon probably of post medieval date, c. 17th or 19th century date The hand-carved spoon is complete and is comparatively small (with a length of 91.7mm and a weight of 4.4g). The bowl is of irregular sub-circular form (26mm long, 23.1mm wide, 4.5mm overall depth and with a thickness of 0.8mm – 2.2mm) and the outside edge and sides of the bowl are slightly straightened. The interior of the bowl is polished while the underside is faceted from its carving. At the junction with the bowl, the stem is V-shaped. The stem is square-sectioned above the bowl (4mm s…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6EC6B2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead cloth seal probably of 17th or 18th century date The seal is of circular, two-disc type (with a maximum diameter of 26.5mm, a thickness of 5.2mm and a weight of 11.9g). One face comprises a central cross flanked by two stars each side of the upright. The reverse disc has the central legend: 20 within a beaded border. There is a further device at the base of the cross, now difficult to discern, possibly BI. The seal is likely to be a clothier’s, weaver’s or searcher’s personal seal and is difficult to attribute.
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6EBB5A
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead cloth seal probably of 17th or 18th century date The seal is of circular, two-disc type (with a maximum diameter of 19.6mm, a thickness of 3.1mm and a weight of 6.0g). The complete disc comprises a legend: S / B.S above a decorative scroll. The reverse disc is blank. The seal is likely to be a clothier’s, weaver’s or searcher’s personal seal and is difficult to attribute.
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6EA9BD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st to 2nd century AD date The brooch is heavily-corroded and incomplete, missing the spring, catch-plate and lower leg (with a surviving length of 47.2mm, a surviving depth of 17.7mm and a weight of 10.9g). The missing spring was secured around a central lug on the rear of the head, now lost. The head is oval (13.8mm long and 10.1mm wide). Corrosion has removed all the detail from the head, there is the suggestion of a horizontal moulding at the apex, possibly indicating the presence of a chain-loop. The bow narrows before wid…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6E0AD4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead suspension or pendant weight of medieval to early Post Medieval date The weight is complete of sub-square form with a corrugated face and has an integral suspension lug at the apex (with an overall length of 29.3mm) and currently weighs 73.0g. The rectangular-sectioned loop narrows towards the top and has a circular perforation (11mm long, 5mm thick and 4.2mm diameter). The weight widens slightly towards the base. The underside has an indentation near the centre and has a bevel. The current weight of 73.0g is equivalent to 2.575 ounces and is broadly equivalent to 2 ½…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6DF44D
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy probable medieval padlock of 12th or 13th century date The padlock has broken through a perforation in the arm and is missing the bar (with a length of 34.3mm, a height of 31.8mm and a weight of 18.4g). The cylinder is faceted on the exterior, with an opening on the underside and a groove at the top of the sides. The interior has an oval opening, now distorted at the mouth (10.6mm x 8.2mm and 0.6mm - 1.3mm thick). Within the mouth is a plate (4mm inside), with a vertical bar, dividing the cylinder. Above the cylinder is an integral, rectangular-sectioned flange (3.0m…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6DDD87
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 of circular, two-disc type (with a maximum diameter of 20.5mm, a thickness of 2.6mm and a weight of 6.0g). The complete disc is stamped T D. The reverse disc is somewhat difficult to discern and comprises a central cross of 4 form and flanked by two stars each side of the upright. Outside of which are the letters W [ ] / W Y or possibly I. At the base of the cross is a letter W. There is the suggestion f further stars defining a border. The seal is likely to be a clothier’s, weaver’s…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6DC63B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval to Post medieval copper alloy trapezoidal buckle of 15th - 17th century date, The buckle is fragmentary and incomplete, missing one side and broken in a similar place across the opposite side (with a length of 39mm, a width of 52.6mm and a weight of 18.6g). The outside edge of the frame is rectangular sectioned (9.1mm wide and 4.5mm thick), decorated with notched edges outside of a grooved border and central column of pellets. There is a central transverse groove for the pin. The sides and bar are sub-circular sectioned (2.4mm – 4.0mm diameter). The surface is cor…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5C8955
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy vessel handle from a jug, probably of 1st to 3rd century AD date The handle is fragmentary, missing the handle grip (with a surviving length of 37.0mm and a weight of 18.2g). The handle was originally fitted with a lid, hinged between twin open lugs on the upper part of the handle, now damaged (with a width of 11.1mm, an opening 4mm wide and a height of 7.2mm). Beneath the hinge are two curved arms, now damaged and truncated (with a surviving width of 23.9mm). The arms would have been soldered to the rim of the vessel (suggesting a rim diameter of approximately…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5C70E8
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Roman copper alloy jug lid of 1st to 4th century AD date The cast lid is fragmentary and with only a very short length of original edge surviving (with a surviving length of 36.7mm, a surviving width of 32.4mm and a weight of 16.0g). The plate lid is thinnest around the edge (with a thickness of 1.3mm) and has a cast raised circular boss (of 22.3mm diameter, where the lid has a thickness of 3.0mm – 3.5mm). At the centre of the circle is an integral circular-sectioned handle lug (10.1mm diameter at its base, 11.9mm high and with an overall depth of 14.9mm). The top face…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5C50BA
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy harness pendant of 1st or 2nd century date The cast pendant is incomplete and eroded, making its original shape uncertain but was possibly of lozengic form (with a surviving length of 33.4mm, a surviving width of 27.3mm and a weight of 5.5g). The loop is damaged and broken before the turn (with a surviving length of 8.2mm, a width of 3.0mm – 5.0mm and a thickness of 2.4mm). The shoulders are horizontal and flat (with a width of 16.7mm) before widening to a point, surviving on one side and narrowing again to the base, now rounded. The pendant is has a droplet…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5C4115
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Socketed fitting of Roman date, possibly a furniture fitting The cast fitting is incomplete, mossing the mouth and is of circular form (with a surviving maximum length of 27.5mm and a weight of 83.2g). The circular socket rim has no original edge surviving (with a consistent internal diameter of 35.4, an external diameter of 39.2mm and a thickness of 1.3mm – 2.4mm).The sides of the socketed are straight and parallel (with a maximum surviving internal depth of 18.0mm). There is the suggestion of a damaged perforation through the sides at one point (suggesting a diameter of c. 4…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5C2BE7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman enamelled copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type and of 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the mid bow only (with a surviving length of 29.5mm and a weight of 4.0g). The possible fragment of upper bow (but possibly top of the leg) is of rounded triangular-sectioned at the break (4.9mm both wide and thick). There is no suggestion of a catch-plate on the rear. The bow was decorated with enamelled cells each side, probably of concave-sided triangles, possibly with a linear cell extending up the bow. No trace of enamel survives in the cell. The bu…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5C1832
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head only (with a surviving length of 22.7mm, a surviving depth of 13.0mm and a weight of 9.8g). The missing spring was secured behind semi-cylindrical wings (26.8mm wide and 8.2mm diameter) with the axis bar fastened through perforated end lugs. The chord may have been tensioned by a lug at the head but has been removed by corrosion. The fronts of the wings were decorated with vertical ribbing, flanked by grooves. The top of the bow is heavily-co…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5BD65C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy plate brooch of 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and catch-plate (with a surviving overall depth of 3.5mm and a weight of 1.8g) and is also distorted and heavily-corroded with no surface surviving. The brooch is of disc form (with a diameter of 18.1mm and a thickness of 1.0mm) and is now dished, possibly because of post depositional impact. The edge has a thinned border but no other detail or decoration is discernible on the face. The rear of the brooch has the stub, probably from a hinged, twin lug. At the base is a narrow catch-pl…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5BA0AF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age silver unit 1.03g; maximum surviving diameter: 16.8mm
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-5B8619
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bracelet terminal fragment, probably of 3rd or 4th century date The cast bracelet is represented by the hooked terminal and start of the band and is now distorted (with a surviving length of 26.8mm, a surviving depth of 24.8mm, a surviving straightened length of 31mm and a weight of 2.3g). The hooked terminal (2.6mm long and 4.9mm deep) has a pointed end and has four transverse grooves at the start of the band. The sides of the band are straight and gradually divergent to the break. The band is of sub-rectangular section and is decorated with a central groove …
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5B682E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Hod Hill type and of 1st century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing the pin (with a length of 34.5mm, a depth of 9.1mm and a weight of 1.9g). The missing pin was hinged within the rolled head (with a 10.5mm and a diameter of 2mm) with some remnants of the iron axis bar remaining in place. The head narrows and is thin to the bow (with a minimum width of 3.7mm where it has a thickness of 0.6mm). The top of the bow is of D-shaped section (6.3mm wide and 3.1mm thick) with concave sides as far as the leg. The bow is decorated with a promine…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5AEEA0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval pottery handled jar neck The sherd comprises one handle and approximately half of the rim (with an overall width of 190mm, a rim diameter of 163mm and a weight of 281.4g). The rim is out-turned from the neck and the handle joins at the level of the rim. The handle (with a length of 107.6mm) has broken across the position of its lower return and is sub-triangular section with a central ridge on its upper surface. The exterior surface is decorated with a moulded rib around the neck (with an internal diameter of 110mm). The vessel has broken across a rounded shoulder (…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 13th July 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5ADA97
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch fragment of uncertain type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is represented by the corroded head only (with a surviving length of 10.5mm, a surviving depth of 5.7mm and a weight of 2.8g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, possibly in a Polden Hill, hook type arrangement but the wing terminals or hook are no longer present (with a surviving width of 17.1mm). The projecting head is of rectangular section (8.0mm wide and 5.4mm thick) and has broken at the turn to the bow. No decoration survives on the broch fragment. The surface has a d…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5ACA14
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of decorative metalwork of uncertain function, possibly a vessel mount of late Iron Age to early Roman date, c. 1st century BC to 2nd century AD The fragment (with a weight of 104g) is very-heavily corroded and of uncertain original form. One end has a sub-oval face, seemingly broken in all directions (with a surviving length of 22.6mm and a surviving width of 12.1mm), slightly domed that was decorated with enamelled cells of curvilinear form. Two of the surviving cells are sub-circular and contain pale-blue enamel, another two surviving cells were perhaps of droplet for…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5AB6F2
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed axe of Ewart Park Metalworking Industry, dated to c. 950 – 750BC The axehead is complete and is a comparatively small example (with a length of 62.6mm and a weight of 86.6g, including sediment in the socket). The mouth is oval (33.0mm wide and 27.4mm deep external and 23.8mm x 17.8mm internal). The top of the mouth has a lip-ridge from casting and appears to have been a four-runner casting, now with two stubs evident. The collar is rounded and bevelled to the face. The loop springs from the base of the moulding and is of rounded, sub-lozenge section (wit…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-5A8E7B
Object type: BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead The bifacially worked arrowhead is incomplete, missing one barb, which has broken in antiquity (with a length of 23.6mm, a surviving basal width of 20.9mm, a maximum thickness of 4.2mm and a weight of 1.4g). The flint has patinated white and is non-cortical. Found 320m to the north of the arrowhead at ST 4975 9063 were three pieces of debitage, two bladelets and a spall, all unpatinated and non-cortical. One of the bladelets is a proximal fragment with utilisation scars along one side edge
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5A6000
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy looped fitting, possibly a Roman nail cleaner of 1st or 2nd century AD date The fitting appears to be complete but a little distorted (with a length of 50.1mm and a weight of 0.8g). At the apex is a loop with out-turned terminal (4.6mm deep and 3.0mm internal diameter), which contains a central slot around from the terminal to where the loop returns. The slot contains a fragment of circular-sectioned wire abutting the interior of the strip. The strip or shaft below the loop is of consistent rectangular section (2.8mm wide and 0.6mm thick) with no surviving decoration…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5A3DB1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver finger-ring of mid to late 18th century date The sub-circular finger-ring is complete (with an external diameter of 20.7mm – 21.9mm, an internal diameter of 17.9mm – 18.6mm, a thickness of 1.3mm, a width of 7.5mm and a weight of 5.8g). The hoop has a raised border on both sides flanking a recessed band decorated with triangles composed of pellets in cast relief. The triangles are arranged in alternating orientation with an undecorated area between. There is a neatly soldered join on the band. The surface has a tarnished, silvery-brown patina. Th…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5A25A8
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint knife, probably of Neolithic date The flint is cortical and has patinated pale brown grey, made on beach pebble flint. The knife is complete made on an oval flake (47.3mm wide, 34.8mm long, 2.1mm thick and weighing 16.3g) which is retouched all along the edge except for the cortex on the dorsal face and also retouched ay the proximal end, to the side of the bulb of percussion on the ventral face. Flaking at the bulb may have been an attempt to thin the flake.
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5A15AC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of late 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and was comparatively massive (with a surviving length of 32.8mm, a surviving depth of 23.3mm and a weight of 18.3g) and was elaborately decorated. The brooch utilised a spring mechanism, now lost. The spring was secured around a central D-shaped lug (6.5mm high, 13mm long and 3.2mm – 4.2mm thick), perforated to accept a copper alloy axis bar, which is retained in the lug. The rear of the head is slightly dished to accommodate the internal chor…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-59FD6B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to Roman copper alloy penannular brooch of Fowler’s (1960)[1] Type D1, of 1st century BC to 4th century AD date The brooch is near-complete missing the pin (with a weight of 3.0g). The ring is sub-circular (28.8mm wide and 26.8mm long) and the frame is of sub-square section near the terminals to circular section near the top (2.0mm diameter). The ring has no applied decoration. The terminals are folded back on themselves (with a return length of 4.5mm and a depth of 4.2mm and 5.0mm) and each terminal is decorated with two transverse grooves. There is a discreet pa…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th March 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-59B9CB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin Charles I (1625-49) half groat, Aberystwyth (1639-42) Privy mark: Book North 2342
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-59A913
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy shield-shaped harness pendant of 13th or 14th century date The shield-shaped pendant is near-complete but heavily-corroded (with an overall length of 39.6mm and a weight of 6.8g). The pendant was hinged to a missing suspension mount by the oval loop at the apex (with a length of 8.8mm high, a depth of 4.6mm and 2.3mm – 3.7mm thick) with a sub-circular perforation, containing the iron corrosion from the hinge pin. The shield-shaped pendant (31.4mm long, 23.5mm wide and 1.0mm – 2.0mm thick) was convex but has been distorted. The heraldic device included a …
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-59A3AB
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead The arrowhead is near-complete, missing the tip and is slightly asymmetric with near-straight and gradually convergent sides. The arrowhead has been bi-facially pressure flaked, equally on the two faces. One face is more convex, presumably the original dorsal surface of the flake. The flint is non-cortical and has patinated white. Surviving length of 21.9mm; maximum width across the barbs of 18.8mm; a maximum thickness above the tang of 4.7mm and a weight of 1.3g
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-598318
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy blade fragment, probably a Bronze Age reworked blade, possibly of Middle Bronze Age date The weapon is fragmentary, represented by the lower part of the hilt and the top of the blade (with a surviving length of 67.1mm and a weight of 11.9g). The hilt has broken through a rivet-hole, positioned off-centre (with a diameter of 4.2mm). The hilt has a lenticular section at the break (2.0mm thick at the break and 3.2mm thick at the shoulders), becoming lozengic at the shoulders. The sides of the hilt are moderately straight and diverge slightly towards the shoulders (with …
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-596C1B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of 13th to 16th century date The cast buckle is of rectangular form and is comparatively small (10.1mm long, 14.4mm wide and weighing 1.3g) missing its pin and any plates that it may have had. The frame is of faceted hexagonal section (2.5mm thick and 1.4mm – 1.8mm wide). The outside edge is decorated with notches defining ribs on both faces. The surface has dark-green-patina. The small frame, slightly unusual but closely paralleled with a slightly larger example (2017.39.12) found in the proximity may suggest a specialised function f…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-595FB9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle frame of 13th to 16th century date The cast buckle is of rectangular form and is comparatively small (13.0mm long, 15.0mm wide and weighing 1.8g) missing its pin and any plates that it may have had. The frame is of faceted hexagonal section (2.4mm thick and 2.0mm – 2.5mm wide). The outside edge is decorated with notches defining ribs on both faces. The surface has green-brown patina. The small frame, slightly unusual but closely paralleled with a smaller example (2017.39.13) found in the proximity may suggest a specialised function for the …
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5957A5
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age bronze early palstave or Early Short-Flanged axe, sharing features with Bar-Stop axes (Stegbeile) as defined by Schmidt and Burgess (1981, p.89-90)[1] and of Acton Park 1 metalworking industry, straddling the end of the Early Bronze Age to the beginning of the Middle Bronze Age; c. 1600 – 1400BC The axe is near-complete but is heavily-corroded (with a length of 144.5mm and a weight of 321.7g). The butt appears slightly eroded and is of irregular shape (with a width of 20.4mm and a thickness of 4.5mm). The sides are straight and near-parallel as far as the top of the …
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-595043
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal finger-ring probably of 12th to 15th century date The cast finger-ring is incomplete, missing part of the slightly distorted hoop (with a length and width of 23.8mm and a weight of 5.1g). The hoop is of D-shaped section, narrowest at its base (at 2.0mm wide and 1.7mm thick), widening to the shoulders. The shoulders are faceted producing a rounded trapezoidal section. The bezel is oval (16mm long and 10.0mm wide) and has an incised motif, arranged around double grooves at the centre. The design is possibly of vegetal form, depicting the foliage and sta…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5942EB
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age developed flat axe of Needham’s Class 4 but of uncertain sub-type, probably dating to Willerby assemblage (Metalworking Assemblage V), the later part of Needham’s (1996)[1] Period 3 to c. 1900 – 1600BC The axehead is near-complete but has lost all of its surface, except at the blade edge and is a comparatively small axe (with a length of 80.5mm and a weight of 101.8g). The axe is likely to have had a lozengic long profile but the surface loss has eradicated any median bevel. The butt (with a width of 18mm and a thickness of 1.7mm) is straight and angled to …
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-59415E
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fitting, probably an Early Medieval stirrup mount of 11th century date The cast mount is incomplete, missing the end with the projecting ledge (with a length of 40.8mm and a weight of 6.0g). The mount is hollowed, of U-shaped section (with an internal diameter of 4.8mm), probably to enclose the arm of the stirrup. The interior of the mount has iron corrosion around the broken end and traces of silver-coloured solder around the intact end. The complete terminal has a bulbous collar (8.5mm x 7.3mm and 2.8mm thick) before a raised curtain moulding. There is a decorative…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-591C1F
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of Thomas’ (2004)[1] Class E, probably Type 2 and of 9th or 10th century date The cast, tongue-shaped strap-end has open-work decoration, probably of anthropomorphic form and is near-complete (with a length of 48.8mm and a weight of 13.2g). The attachment end is straight and stepped (with a width of 21.8mm, a step length of 7.2mm and a thickness of 2.9mm and 1.8mm to the step), missing the top attachment plate. One of the attachment holes is circular, while the other is rectangular. The openwork design is symmetrical about the vertical centr…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-590BC1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of Thomas’ (2003)[1] Class B Type 2 and of late 8th to 11th century date The cast strap-end is near-complete (with a length of 44.9mm and a weight of 6.0g). The strap-end is widest at the attachment end (at 10.4mm) and is forked (with a thickness of 3.2mm and a fork length of 10mm) with a central bifurcation on the attachment edge, around the two missing attachment rivets. The end is flat sectioned with straight sides converging towards the midsection. The strap-end has a gentle s-shaped long profile, with the curve positioned at the juncti…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-58F8C3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy decorated strip, probably a fragment of a bow from a Roman brooch of uncertain type but probably of 1st century AD date The brooch fragment is from the mid bow, missing the head and leg (with a surviving length of 19.5mm and a weight of 1.1g). The strip is flat-sectioned (1.6mm – 2.0mm thick) and one face is slightly convex and decorated with four vertical ribs, enhanced with transverse notches. The ribs are bounded on one end by a transverse rib, only partially preserved. The sides are largely eroded and truncated (with a surviving maximum width of 9.5mm) but appe…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-58ED0C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is fragmentary, represented by the leg only (with a surviving length of 20.2mm, a surviving depth of 13.9mm and a weight of 3.1g). The leg has broken just below the top of the catch-plate and is of D-shaped section, with straight near-parallel sides. There is no discernible decoration on the front of the leg. The Catch-plate is positioned to one side of the rear of the leg and has a curving upper edge. The catch is mostly preserved (with a length of 3.5mm). The flat-bottomed foot is …
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-58E293
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Aucissa, Hod Hill or allied type and of 1st century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing the head (with a surviving length of 46.5mm, a surviving depth of 9.5mm and a weight of 3.1g). The bow is flat sectioned with straight sides gradually converging before narrowing more sharply above foot (with a width and thickness at the break of 8.0mm and 1.3mm respectively). The front of the bow is decorated with a raised midrib, enhanced with a central groove. The sides of the bow appear to have had raised edges but are now corroded and damaged. T…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-58D455
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Hod Hill or allied type and of 1st century AD date The broch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin with a surviving length of 30.5mm, a distorted surviving depth of 11.3mm and a weight of 2.2g). The missing pin was hinged within the rolled head (11.8mm wide and 4.3mm diameter), with a slot to accommodate the missing pin. Iron corrosion within the rolled head suggest a ferrous axis bar. The bow is flat-sectioned with straight sides (9.3mm wide and 1.2mm thick at the head), converging gently to the break across the leg. The bow appears to have been…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-58C8B1
Object type: MIRROR CASE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Merthyr Tydfil
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy cased mirror of late 13th or 14th century date The mirror case is fragmentary, represented by less than half of one of the discs, with the hinge present but the single lug missing (with a surviving length of 30.6mm, a diameter of approximately 29mm, a depth of 4.0mm and a weight of 2.7g). The hinge has a double lug (5.5mm long, 4.6mm deep, 0.9mm thick and with an internal diameter of 2.7mm) one of which has broken through the perforation. The edge has a flange (1.6mm high and giving a depth of 3.0mm) and the face was convex (0.5mm thick at the break), now di…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-58C3C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Headstud variant type and 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg (with a surviving length of 23.0mm, a surviving depth of 9.3mm and a weight of 5.2g). The incomplete pin us hinged within tubular wings (24.9mm wide and of 2.7mm – 4.5mm diameter) in an arrangement typical of T-shaped brooch types. There is the suggestion of vertical grooves near the ends of the wings. At the head are the remains of an integral chain-loop (with a surviving height of 5.7mm and a width of 9.5mm), surmounted on a rectangular panel with no discer…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-58AEC3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing the leg, spring and one side of the head (with a surviving length of 34.6mm, a surviving depth of 13.5mm and a weight of 8.5g). The missing spring was secured within semi-cylindrical wings (with a surviving width of 19.0mm, an original width of 28mm and a diameter of 7mm) with the missing axis bar held by perforated end lugs. The chord was tensioned by a lug at the head. The wings were decorated near their terminals with two bold vertical ribs and with a weak…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-58ADCF
Object type: SURGICAL INSTRUMENT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Merthyr Tydfil
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy blade of uncertain date, possibly a Roman surgical implement The object has a leaf-shaped blade and protruding incomplete and distorted tang (with a surviving length of 46.9mm and a weight of 3.5g). The blade-end of the tang has straight and parallel sides (5.1mm wide and 0.8mm thick) and is truncated and bent with little original surface surviving. The blade is leaf-shaped (39mm long and 20.3mm wide) and has a clear central ridge on both faces giving a low lozengic section to the blade (with a maximum thickness of 1.4mm). The original blade edge has been lost but th…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-58A358
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age socketed axe mouth fragment of uncertain type and of Wilburton, Ewart Park or Llyn Fawr metalworking industries of c. 1150 – 600BC date The axe is represented by a mouth fragment from the top of one face only (with a surviving length of 17.1mm, a surviving width of 30.8mm and a weight of 7.3g). There is a rounded protrusion on the top of the mouth where the mouth is also thicker (at 5.0mm, compared to 3.9mm), possibly the remnants of a casting runner stub, which has been well-finished. One end of the mouth has a slight curve and is likely to be approaching the a…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-589749
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Merthyr Tydfil
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy mount, probably a clasp fitting possibly from a harness of late 2nd or 3rd century date The cast mount has openwork decoration and is near-complete (with a length of 42.4mm, a thickness of 2.1mm and a weight of 11.3g). The mount was attached using two iron pins, secured at the corners of the outside edge (through attachment holes of 2.7mm diameter) and also with a central separate copper alloy rivet (3.5mm diameter). The attachment edge (29.8mm wide) undulates around the frame of two open decorative circles (of 6.6mm and 7.1mm diameter) with slight trefoil proj…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-587A08
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age blade fragment of uncertain type, probably from a rapier or sword of Middle to Late Bronze Age date c. 1500 – 750BC. The blade is fragmentary, represented by a slender fragment, broken at both ends in antiquity (with a surviving length of 31.9mm and a weight of 18.1g). The blade has no clearly defined midrib and is of lenticular section of consistent thickness (of 5.8mm – 6.3mm). The blade is comparatively slender and both original blade edges have been lost. The blade edges were straight and convergent to one end (with a maximum surviving blade width of 20.4mm and…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-586522
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age gold stater of the Western Region / Dobunni, dating to the period c.20 BC-AD 40, issued by Comux (c.AD 1-15?), Comuc Tree type. Obverse: Dobunnic tree symbol, pellet at base, on plain field. Reverse: Triple-tailed horse right with six-spoked wheel below, COMVX (upside down) above. ABC, p. 105, no. 2054; BMC nos. 3061-3063. Diameter: 18.0 – 18.6mm; depth: 3.1mm, 1.6mm – 2.0mm; weight: 5.09g
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-584564
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval to post medieval copper alloy purse bar probably of 16th century date The purse is represented by the base of the loop and the bar and is heavily-corroded (with a weight of 14.2g) and was probably of Ward Perkins (1940, p 168)[1] Type B1. The loop was likely to have been oval (with a basal width of 10.6mm, 8.5mm internal). The loop has a globular, sub-spherical fitting below the central block. The shank has been peened over the basal globular fitting (of 5.0mm diameter) to secure it. The central block is sub-rectangular (15.9mm wide, 12.0mm high and 9.5mm thick). T…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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