Record ID: NMGW-857132
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy single-runner casting jet of uncertain date, possibly Middle to Late Bronze Age, c.1500-750BC The jet is irregular and conical-oval in shape, with a length at the top of 34.8mm and a width of 23.3mm. The jet has a weight of 35.0g and an overall depth of 17.4mm. At the base of the jet is a projecting stub or single-runner (19mm x 12mm x 7mm), which would have fed into the mould. The jet has an irregular surface with a dark green patina.
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-D5E546
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Final Early Bronze Age bronze cast-flanged axe (Early Short-flanged axe) of Type Kirtomy (Schmidt & Burgess; 1981, p 82-83) , of Acton Park metalworking and corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 4 dated to 1700 - 1500BC. The axe is complete with an overall length of 136.4mm and has a weight of 380.3g. The butt is slightly convex and has a width of 24.5. The sides are straight and parallel as far as the blade. The axe may be seen as comparatively slender with a width of 27mm. The flanges are of sub-lozenge form and are highest near the start of the blade (45mm from the butt), with a…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-9CB1D2
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy awl of uncertain date, possibly Late Bronze Age The awl is of tanged form and is complete with a distorted tang. The awl has a weight of 17.0g and has a distorted length of 77.6mm, originally having been approximately 98mm long. The tang had an undistorted length of 62mm and is of rectangular section (8.7mm x 5.8mm at the base of the tang) and gradually tapers to a point. There is no collar or moulding between the tang and the point. The point of the awl has a length of 36.2mm and is of circular section (11.1mm diameter at the apex), gradually thinning to the point. The a…
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2D78C6
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged chisel, c.1150-700 BC. The chisel is fragmentary and eroded, represented by the blade and the remnants of the tang, with a surviving length of 37.2mm and weighs 7.5g. The tang has a surviving length of 15mm and is eroded, but is likely to originally have been of rectangular section with straight sides. The chisel has a maximum thickness at the top of the blade of 5.3mm. No lugs or collar are discernible between the blade and tang. The blade has straight sides diverging towards the blade edge, areas of surviving surface on the sides of the tang an…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-A97564
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Middle to Late Bronze Age bronze dirk of Group IV type, damaged weapon with reworked butt (Burgess & Gerloff, 1981, p 99) and probably of later Penard or Wilberton metalworking industries, corresponding to Needham’s (1996) Periods 5-6, possibly dated to c.1200-900BC The dirk has a damaged butt and is eroded (with a surviving length of 87.7mm and a weight of 22.5g). The butt has been formed by hammering to thin the end (with a minimum thickness of 1.5mm) and to define a sub-triangular facet, with hammer-marks discernible on both faces. The sides of the butt have been hammered from …
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-08D917
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age hoard of two socketed axes. 1. South Wales-type socketed axe Length 102.0mm, blade width 54.0mm, weight 354.0g. This is a complete bronze axe with an outsplayed mouth moulding and a high loop. The axe has a sub-rectangular shaped mouth in plan, with four runner stubs, indicating a four runner casting technology. The axe has slightly divergent and concave sides, expanding slightly near the blade edge. Three near parallel longitudinal ribs descend from the mouth moulding down both faces of the axe. Prominent casting flashes down the sides and around the loop i…
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-093625
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A small and creased fragment of gold foil. The foil is folded over in half and has jagged tear edges on three sides.
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-09A1A5
Object type: ARMLET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A plain and elongate gold strip with near parallel sides. One terminal survives, while the other has been torn around 4-7mm from the end. The surviving terminal is loosely folded over, with an external width of 3.5-5mm. The terminal tapers gradually beyond the fold-over, with a flat but slightly convex shaped end and rounded corners. An offset crease, parallel to the terminal-end is visible 2.2-2.5mm from the edge, the strip terminal also being pinched and thinned beyond the crease. Approximately 4mm from the terminal, a pin-hole approximately 0.8mm in diameter perforates the strip. D…
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-466DC7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Small mouth fragment of a socketed bronze axe, representing one upper face and part of one upper side. The axe has a prominent mouth moulding, the top of which is heavily eroded, removing any trace of runner stubs. Three converging ribs descend from the mouth moulding. The width and contours of the face suggest the axe was slender with a sub-rectangular section with rounded corners. None of the loop or casting seams survives. The fragment has worn edges with light green patches of corrosion. The fragment surfaces have a green patination except between the ribs, where the surface is black.
Created on: Monday 18th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW187
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Barb and tanged arrowhead. Tip and one barb missing. Length 25.9mm, breadth 16.0mm, thickness 4.6mm, weight 1.7grams.
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW315
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a cast late Bronze Age probably bronze socketed axe with a splayed and curved blade. The fragment was apparently broken and distorted in antiquity. Microscopic examination suggests the fragment is encrusted with ferrous and manganese oxide corrosion products presumably derived from the burial environment. Original blade width c.51mm, surviving height of fragment 40.5mm, maximum surviving thickness 13.5mm, weight 66.2 grams. Unfortunately, the fragment is not large enough to determine the specific type of the socketed axe. Socketed axes are a Late Bronze Age type and t…
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3216
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early mid-rib palstave - unlooped with a slight single median rib along each face. The rib is not defined by hollows near the stop, as on some early palstaves. The blade is relatively narrow but has a deeply curved edge. The flanges are leaf-shaped and do not extend along the blade. The stop ridge is undeveloped and is only marginally higher than the surface of the blade. The stop is concave with a shallow 'V' shaped profile. Casting problems have led to damage around the butt resulting in a 'V' shaped intrusion, which should not have effected the usefulness of the axe. The casting sea…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW33
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age looped socketed axe with a facetted decagonal (ten sided) section and a trumpet-shaped collar defined by two pronounced mouldings. The loop is on the level with the lower edge of the collar. There are several minor casting flaws on the surface of the axe. The flashing marks which extend up both sides of the axe have been burred over where they cross the collar and on the inside of the loop. Surface scratching adjacent to the edge suggest that the axe has been used or sharpened. Length 107.5mm, width of blade edge 45mm, external diameter of socket 35-36.5mm, width 147.7 …
Created on: Monday 12th March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3340
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
This is a small unlooped palstave of slender form without any form of decoration or ribbing on the upper blade surfaces. Well-defined ledge stops, characteristic of palstaves, are present at mid point along the length of the artefact. Pronounced and asymmetric cast flanges rise at the point of the stops and continue to the butt end. Near to the stop, two notches in the flange profile suggest differential wearing in antiquity, possibly caused by a haft binding. On one side of the axe, one flange is markedly higher than the other, making the palstave sit on an angle when placed upside d…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-CBE825
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a cast copper alloy (probably bronze) socketed axe with a splayed and curved blade. The fragment was apparently broken and distorted in antiquity. Microscopic examination suggests the fragment is encrusted wuth ferrous and manganese oxide corrosion products presumably derived from the burial environment. Original blade width c.51mm, surviving height of fragment 40.5mm, maximum surviving thickness 13.5mm, weight 66.2g.
Created on: Wednesday 11th October 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 5th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-DF6846
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This bronze casting jet represents the by-product of the manufacture of a socketed axe. The jet is of a roughly circular form and displays all four runners. The four runners together with its geographic location strongly hint at the jet being removed from an axe of type Storgursey or 'South Wales Type'. The patina on the casting jet varies from a brown to light green and the jet now displays a sheen due to polish or lacquer applied by the finder. The external diameter of the jet is 39.2mm - 45.3mm, with an internal diameter of 16.4mm - 19.3mm. The jet has a maximum thickness of 15…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2006
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-7C6BF2
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Windmill Farm Hoard 950-750 BC found in 1998, 1 bronze South Wales Type Socketed Axe and 1 socketed axe.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7CFB43
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Brigam Farm Hoard 950-750BC, One complete casting jet, two incomplete South Wales type socketed axes, one incomplete plain socketed axe, 2 ribbed sockecketed axe fragments, one intermediate socketed axe fragment, one sword fragment and 2 blade fragments.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7D3137
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
St Nicholas Hoard 950-750BC, five complete South Wales Type Socketed Axes, one complete plain slender axe, one complete Gouge, one complete lanceolate spearhead, one complete eliptical spearhead, one complete casting jet for a South Wales Type socketed Axe, one complete casting jet. Two incomplete South Wales Type Socketed Axe, one incomplete South Wale Variant Socketed Axe, one incomplete Southern English ribbed socketed axe, one incomplete undiagnostic axe, one incomplete Thorndon knife, three incomplete Ewart Swords, one incomplete bracelet, one incomplete Jet for South Wales axe. …
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-7E5F81
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Tal Y Garn 1 Hoard 950-750BC, one incomplete South Wales type socketed axe, one incomplete socketed axe, four ribbed socketed axes three incomplete and one fragment, one Southern English Type B ribbed socketed axe fragment, one South-Eaton Type Class A1 plain socketed axe, one plain socketed axe fragment and one incomplete ribbed late Palstave.
Created on: Tuesday 19th December 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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