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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wrinstone Farm', grid reference and parish protected.

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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Malthouse Lane', grid reference and parish protected.

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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bosherton', grid reference and parish protected.

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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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
No spatial data available.

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
No spatial data available.

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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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
No spatial data available.

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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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-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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