Record ID: NMGW-5F29DF
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy token Halfpenny token of George Drwry, Tingewick, 1669 The obverse is illegible Rev.: [T]INGEICKE.1669 BW Buckinghamshire 135 1.27g, corroded
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-5F4F12
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy jetton Nuremburg, probably Hans Kranwinckel (c. 1565-1635) GOTT ALLEIN DIE EHRE (To God alone be glory) 1.44g, Corroded
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-62111D
Object type: ROWEL SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post medieval copper alloy rowel from a spur, probably of 15th to 18th century date The rowel is near-complete, with some peripheral damage to some of the points (with a maximum surviving diameter of 35.3mm, a thickness of 2.7mm and a weight of 7.0g). The rowel comprises seven points, which gradually taper to the tips. Each of the points was separated from the next by a groove as far as the central perforation and is evident on both faces. The perforation is oval (5.6mm x 4.5mm) and is placed off-centre. The rowel is slightly thicker at the centre. The surface has a dar…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-6300C9
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy knife handle terminal of 17th or 18th century date The terminal is complete (with a length of 13.6mm and a weight of 8.6g) but no other part of the handle or knife is represented. The attachment end is gently convex and has a slot to accommodate the end of the knife tang (1 mm wide and 5mm deep). The sides are straight and divergent towards the apex (giving the terminal a maximum width of 17.4mm). The faces are convex across their widths and are slightly thicker at the base (with a maximum thickness of 6.8mm). The faces are decorated prominent incised cro…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 27th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-6322BD
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The seal matrix is of shield-shaped form and is comparatively small (with a length of 20.0mm, a width of 15.5mm and a weight of 2.9g), and is incomplete, with a missing loop and peripheral damage. The loop stubs are evident on the apex of the rear (giving a maximum surviving depth of 4.3mm, a length of 6.2mm, an internal diameter of 2.7mm and a width of 3.0mm). There is the suggestion of a rib extending from the base of the loop but now corroded. The seal die is sub-triangular (2.9mm thick) with a central device depict…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-6337A6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy vessel mount of uncertain date, possibly Roman The mount is of looped form, probably representing the inner part of a hinge (with an overall length of 41.9mm and a weight of 13.6g). The attachment plate is of elongated lozenge form (with a length of 35.3mm, a width of 14.7mm and a thickness of 2.5mm - 3.7mm), which is slightly wedged, thinnest opposite the hinge. The mount was attached to the vessel by a single iron rivet, which is partially preserved (giving a surviving depth of 6.3mm). The opposite face has carefully bevelled edges and the iron rivet does not appear …
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-471B5A
Object type: CANDLESTICK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy candlestick, probably of 15th or 16th century date The candlestick is distorted and fragmentary, missing both the socket and separate base (with a surviving, distorted length of 166mm and a weight of 107.4g). The candlestick was of composite form with a circular sectioned plug (12.9mm diameter and 10.8mm long) to fit into the base. Above the base-plug is a flanged moulding (16.4mm diameter), with a bevel to the shaft at its top. A similar flanged moulding is present beneath the mid-point of the candlestick but with the bevel towards the base. Between moul…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-69481F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin House of Constantine I nummus GLORIA EXERCITVS; One-standard type Probably irregular (c. AD 335-45) 0.62g, corroded
Created on: Wednesday 14th January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 14th January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-33001B
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy jetton Nuremburg, Wolf Lauffer II (c. 1612-32) FESTINA[LENTE] WOLF[LAVFER] [ASSIDUUITATE ET] TOLERANTIA Corroded fragment
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-3325B4
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy jetton Nuremburg (c. 1500-35) 1.48g, Corroded
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-33A563
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy finger-ring of 3rd century AD date The finger-ring is near-complete, missing the setting but with a distorted hoop (with a distorted length of 18.9mm and a weight of 9.2g). The hoop is of rectangular section and narrowest at the underside (with a minimum width and thickness of 4.2mm and 1.0mm respectively). The hoop widens at the shoulders which have pyramidal mouldings to define a keeled form (giving the ring a width of 27.9mm). The bezel has a raised oval (4.9mm deep) surrounded by a flat border (0.5mm thick and giving the ring a width at the bezel of 17.7mm). …
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-33D956
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Constantine II Caesar (AD 317-37) nummus, London BEAT TRA-NQLITAS F B // PLON RIC VII Lon. 257 (c. 322-3) 2.88g
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-33EDBD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Constantinopolis nummus (c. AD 330-5) Rev.: Victory on prow //.BSIS. (= Siscia) RIC VII Sis. 241 1.80g, corroded
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-34028E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin Urbs Roma nummus, probably Trier (c. AD 330-5, or later) Perhaps irregular //TRP[ ] 1.12g, corroded
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-347DB5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gold coin Edward III (1327-77) quarter -noble, London Series G(F) reverse: pellets either side of upper lys (c. 1356-61) North 1191 1.88g, bent
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-34BD83
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy trade weight With a crowned 'C' for Charles I (1625-49) or II (1660-85); sword for London Probably originally a 2-ounce weight 46.42g, corroded
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-34DADA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin Elizabeth I (1558-1603) threepence, London Privy mark: Long Cross (and dated 1580) 1.51g
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-34F0C6
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy jetton Probably from Nuremburg (c. 1500) The design is copying Burgundian Court of Arms / naked female holding a watering can
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-35BBEC
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant of 13th or 14th century date The pendant is of figurative type, in the form of a bird and is complete, although the suspension mount is not attached (with a length of 32.7mm and a weight of 3.6g). At the apex is the single loop from the hinge, perpendicular to the axis of the pendant but now slightly distorted (with a length of 8.1mm, a width of 5.6mm, a thickness of 1.3mm - 2.3mm and a diameter of 1.5mm). There is the suggestion of iron staining around the perforation. The bird is likely to be an eagle displayed and has openwork decoration aro…
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-35E199
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix probably of 13th century date The seal is complete but is heavily corroded and is of circular form (with a diameter of 25.6mm, a thickness of 4.9mm and a weight of 16.4g). The rear of the seal has a central lug, probably originally of trapezoidal form (17.3mm long), now distorted and flattened (giving the seal a depth of 7.3mm). The lug has a circular perforation (of 3mm diameter). The seal die is corroded and some of the letters are now illegible. The central device is comparatively simple with a central cross, possibly of Potent form and four circular pe…
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-36323D
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim's ampulla of 14th to 16th century date The ampulla is incomplete, missing the mouth and loops (with a surviving length of 45.9mm and a weight of 32.2g). The neck is open (with a depth of 7.7mm) and the tear is damaged to one side (with an undamaged width of 18.1mm). There is some damage on the side of the neck, above the body suggesting the position of the missing loop. The obverse face was convex and has a linear groove, partially closing the neck. The reverse face is flat and both faces are without decoration. The body of the ampulla is curved (with a width …
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-364EE5
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim's ampulla of 14th to 16th century date The ampulla is near-complete, missing the loops (with a length of 50.8mm and a weight of 36.6g) and with some damage to the mouth. The mouth is expanded slightly (with a width of 26.8mm) and is closed. The sides of the neck are concave and the positions of the damaged loops are clear (with a length of 10-11mm). The obverse face has a linear groove running from the top of the body along the neck. The sides of the neck are faceted, producing an hexagonal section. There is the suggestion of double lateral ribs, possibly fill…
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-366725
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of annular type and of mid 13th to mid 15th century date The buckle frame is near-circular (24.5mm - 45.4mm external diameter, 34.2mm - 35.2mm internal diameter and weighing 16.9g) and is of faceted, sub-oval section (4.1mm - 5.3mm wide and 4.3mm - 5.2mm thick). Faceting on the frame may be the result of wear from a strap. There is no pin restriction on the frame. The pin is incomplete (with a surviving length of 30.5mm) and has an open loop around the frame, now truncated and is narrowest at the rear of the loop, gradually widening towards the shaft (w…
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-367821
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval silver coin Elizabeth I (1558-1603) shilling, London Privy-mark crosslets (1560-1) 5.65g
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-45A67E
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy zoomorphic strap-end possibly of Early Medieval, 11th century date The strap-end is complete (with a length of 27.5mm and a weight of 11.8g) but is heavily-corroded. The strap-end depicts a beast's head, cast in the round with narrowed snout, a central groove on the brow and conjoined C-shaped mouldings for ears (giving the strap-end a maximum width of 10.9mm, where it has a thickness of 8.9mm). There is the suggestion of an incised eye, on one side but is now corroded and all other detail has been lost. The underside is undecorated and gently concave. The attachment e…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th August 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-46D749
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead-tin alloy, possibly a fragmentary medieval pilgrim's badge The possible badge is fragmentary (with a surviving length of 19.9mm and a weight of 5.6g). The base of the fragment appears to thin to the break, possibly suggesting a step. There is a convex moulding near the base, above which there are two lateral grooves suggesting a band. The sides are straight and convergent towards the base (with a maximum width of 17.0mm). The fragment is of D-shaped section (with a maximum thickness of 5.0mm), enhanced with a central vertical rib and flanking smaller ribs now worn and corroded…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-479308
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy buckle of 13th or 14th century date The buckle is near-complete, missing the pin and is of concave, rectangular form with central bar (with a length of 35.5mm, a width of 45.4mm, a depth of 10.4mm and a weight of 25.5g). Both outside edges are circular-sectioned (6.7mm diameter) with four deep and regularly spaced grooves cut from the outside (3.1mm deep). The frame is enhanced with a cross-hatched design between the grooves. The sides are of sub-rectangular section (4.5mm wide and 3.2mm thick) and are decorated with a circle of pellets with a central pel…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-47ACD3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy buckle of mid-14th to mid-15th century date The buckle is incomplete, missing the sheet plates and one of the side forks (with a length of 8.1g). The frame is oval with a central, pointed lip (5.0mm wide) and a probable notch for the pin, now worn. Otherwise the frame is of consistent with and thickness and of triangular section (2.5mm wide and 2.4mm thick). There are rounded ribs behind the frame (giving the buckle a maximum thickness of 4.6mm and with a length of 5.6mm) suggesting that separate sheet-metal plates were employed. There is a rabbet (3.3mm …
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-47E4BE
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post medieval copper alloy rotary key probably from 13th to 17th century date The key is incomplete, missing the bow (with a surviving length of 72.5mm and a weight of 24.7g). The bow is incomplete but is likely to have been of circular to oval form (with a surviving width of 9.6mm) and appears to have been of triangular section. There is a V-shaped moulding at the base of the bow. The shank is of faceted oval section, becoming D-shaped at the tip (7.6mm x 8.7mm below the bow and 4.1mm x 5.0mm at the tip). The end of the shank is solid. The bit has two clefts on each si…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-48EC34
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy trade weight Charles I / II (1625-49 / 1660-85), indicated by a crowned-C, Sword and ewer for the London marks, possibly a worn 'A' at the centre for 'avoirdupois' 6.0g approximately equal to quarter-ounce weight avoirdupois (correct weight, pre-corrosion = 7.1g)
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-4932F2
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 is near-complete but is heavily corroded, with peripheral damage and is of oval form (with a length of 29.4mm, a width of 23.0mm and a weight of 12.8g). The rear has a loop at its apex, now damaged (with a length of 1.6mm, a thickness of 4.8mm and giving the seal a depth of 7.4mm) and the loop appears to project beyond the apex. The rear is slightly dished but is without a central rib. The seal die is corroded and poorly preserved. The central device depicts a stylised fleur-de-lis, reflected beneath itself. The encirc…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-49787D
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Torfaen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary copper-alloy mount from a book of medieval date. It is 43.6 mm long, and of a surviving width of 25.0mm and a weight of 16.5g; it probably represents a little under half of the original. The mount was attached using two peripheral lugs (7.5mm long, 8.5mm wide and 3.2mm thick) on the two surviving corners and would have had a further two loops. One of the attachment loops is complete (with a diameter of 3.3mm) and the other is damaged with iron staining, suggesting iron rivets were employed. The edge between the loops is not straight but gently convex, suggesting that the…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-49A742
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy decorative anthropomorphic mount, probably of medieval to post medieval date The cast mount is complete and is comparatively small (with a length of 35.1mm and a weight of 7.5g). The mount is cast in the round (with a maximum thickness of 5.7mm) and appears to be of anthropomorphic form with a head depicted on each end. There is no detail or applied decoration on either head. The figures are depicted differently around the body, where one figure appears swathed in garments forming a swirl around one of the two attachment holes (2.5mm diameter). The other figure appears…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-49CF8F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver coin Henry VI (1422-61) groat, London mint; annulets issue (1422-7) 3.41g
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-4A9EAB
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead ingot of uncertain date, possibly post medieval The ingot is of irregular trapezoidal form (119.1mm, long, 77.3mm wide and 48.7mm deep) and is complete with a weight of 3239.8g, which is equivalent to 7.1425 pounds or 0.510 stone. The top face has the letter 'S', seemingly cast within it. The ingot has few diagnostic attributes making it difficult to date. The weight of 3239.8 grams broadly corresponds to a 7 pound weight (6.943 ounces) of the Mercantile system, in use from the medieval period.
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-4ABDDE
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap-slide, for holding down the free end of a strap. Probably of late 13th or 14th century date The strap-slide is a trapezoidal frame with external rivet (with a length of 16.2mm and a weight of 1.6g). The trapezoid (with a width at the apex of 16.1mm, at the base of 13.9mm and with internal dimensions of 13.5mm x 8.9mm) has an expanded top edge (with a width of 4.6mm), while the rest of the frame has a consistent rectangular section (2.8mm wide and 1.5mm thick). The attachment rivet is circular-sectioned (1.9mm diameter and 3.9mm long) and appears to be in…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-4AE24F
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint scraper, probably of Neolithic date The scraper appears to be incomplete, missing one side and would have broken in antiquity (with a length of 49.1mm, a surviving width of 34.7mm, a thickness of 14.1mm and a weight of 24.1g). The retouch is present on all of the presumed original edge, up to the striking platform. The flint is non-cortical and unpatinated, mid-grey.
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 4th December 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-4B09F6
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy strap-end of 13th to 15th century date The strap-end is of riveted, double sheet-metal type, without a spacer and is fragmentary, missing the attachment end and the break appears to have occurred relatively recently (with a surviving length of 21.4mm, a thickness of 1.7mm and a weight of 1.5g). At the break (with a width of 9.2mm), the sheet plate (with a thickness of 0.5mm) has distorted. The sides of the surviving part are straight and slightly convergent towards the terminal. The terminal is of trefoil form (with a length of 7.8mm). The two plates are sec…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-4B6DC8
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Torfaen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy decorative mount of uncertain date, possibly post medieval, c. 16th or 17th century The mount is of open-work zoomorphic form, cast in the round and is incomplete (with a surviving length of 33.6mm, a maximum thickness of 4.7mm and a weight of 7.4g). The mount depicts a long-necked bird, possibly standing in a nest at the base of the mount. The bird has its head within the nest and may be feeding its young and a downwards-turned tail (giving a maximum width of 22.0mm). Incised linear grooves defined the detail of the nest and bird's wings but corrosion and wear has rem…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-4B87D0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Torfaen
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy hooked belt mount of 17th century date The belt mount is incomplete, missing the hooked end (with a surviving length of 41.9mm, a surviving depth of 7.8mm and a weight of 6.0g). The mount has a trefoil apex and was attached using two rivets, secured through two holes, countersank at the rear. The front was decorated with an intricate floral-vine motif but now corroded. The damaged hook appears is now bent towards the rear. The surface is corroded and has a green to black patina.
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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