Record ID: NMGW-66C176
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy bracelet fragment, probably of late Iron Age date, c. 1st century BC to 1st century AD The bracelet is fragmentary with a surviving length of 34.26mm and a weight of 7.0g. The curvature on the bracelet would suggest an original diameter of approximately 70mm. The bracelet is also damaged across it’s with and has a maximum surviving width of 13.85mm. The rear of the bracelet is flat and plain. The face is decorated with a number of weak ribs and grooves, enhanced by columns of punched dots.
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-9BEE04
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Curator's Report Description of object Rein-ring or harness ring (Found in association with Terret (NMGW-9B2D52) This is a substantial cast bronze ring with a circular cross-section. At one point, there is a slight casting imperfection, visible as a slight pitted thinning with a slightly bulbous or raised margin. This would not have compromised the structural strength of the piece. Slight thinning and smoothing of the internal surface on one side of the ring may represent a slight wear facet, created through pressure from straps or a bit-link. On one upper surface, there is a…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 11th December 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-6E2371
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy simple terret, probably of 1st century BC to 1st century AD date The terret is complete with a weight of 65.0g. The bar is slightly curved and has a length of 44.3mm and expands at its centre (to a maximum width of 11.6mm) to produce a lozenge shape. The bar is of triangular section, becoming D-shaped near the hoop and has a thickness at the centre of 4.8mm (7.8mm near the hoop). Prominent collar mouldings divide the bar and the hoop; the mouldings are circular with a diameter of 13.7 and 14.5mm and are 5.2mm thick. Both collar mouldings are worn, but on th…
Created on: Friday 23rd May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-12A821
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy pin-head or head of a button-and-loop fastener, probably of 1st BC to 1st century AD date The pin has broken at the top of the shaft, with a surviving length of 14.02mm and a weight of 12.0g. The shaft is of oval section (4.57 x 3.84mm) and broadens to end in a circular collar (9.1mm diameter) on the rear of the head. The head comprises three hemispherical lobes of 10.6mm diameter and of 8.1mm height. Between each of the lobes is a small raised tricorne enhanced with punched circles. Each of the hemispherical lobes has a moulded collar around its base. The l…
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-E80E34
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The cast bronze terret is incomplete and is slightly distorted, missing decoration at the apex, above the broken arms (as initially reported). The bar is of low oval section and the oval stops are enhanced with a central groove, worn on the interior. The hoop is of faceted tear-shaped section near the stops and thins to a D-shaped section at the apex. The top of the hoop has integral arms, which have both broken near the centre and it is was unclear whether the arms defined a sub-triangular shape or met and diverged again to define two opposing C arms. The arms are of triangular secti…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Monday 29th April 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-09E626
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This is a small ingot of gold, approximately circular and large 'button-sized' in plan view, but with slight circumference irregularities. The ingot has a convex under-surface, with marked surface irregularities. This indicates the gold was poured into a small dished mould 7.0-7.5mm deep, possibly clay, sand or stone, and solidifying to take on the reverse contours of the rough and cracked surface. The upper surface is flatter, though domes slightly at the edges, with slight upper surface concavities. In cross-section, the ingot is D-shaped. Dendritic structures in the metal, created …
Created on: Friday 15th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-7FAC90
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy bead from a beaded torc of 1st to early 2nd century AD date The bead is of cruciform or quatrefoil form (with a length of 24.6mm, width of 22.6mm and a weight of 3.4g) and has a central sub-square aperture (9.4mm x 8.4mm) through the central flat-sectioned plate (0.7mm thick) to accommodate the iron rod, on which the beads would have been 'strung'. The four lobes are oval and convex (with a length of 10mm and a width of 8mm) with flanges on both faces to accommodate adjacent beads. Only one of the lobes has decoration, comprising linear incised lines, seemi…
Created on: Friday 26th February 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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Record ID: NMGW3289
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy strap union consisting of two conjoined and perforated sub-triangular loops which form a figure-of-eight shape and are flanked on each side by a vertical bar attached to each loop. The back of the casting is flat, although the bars are slightly rounded in cross-section presumably through wear. The reverse of the fitting is marked by several fine scratches. Although the surface of the casting is pitted, there are faint traces of simple curvilinear motifs extending form the top of each loop towards their junctions with the vertical bars (these decorative motifs are para…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW395
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a bow brooch consisting of the lower part of a flat narrow tapering bow, slightly curved in profile, embellished with a shallow channel adjacent to each edge. Part of small catch-plate survives. Surviving length 36mm, surviving maximum width 6.5mm, weight 1.5 grams. The simple form of the flat bow and small catch-plate suggest that this was probably part of a Strip Bow brooch. Strip Bow brooches are a British hinged type, derived from the Aucissa and Hod Hill types, which date to the mid first century AD (Hattatt 1985, 68). Most examples of the type are manufactured from c…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-3F88F4
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy strap union formed by a raised reverse S-scroll, the back of which is flat, enclosing two circular bosses 11mm in diameter and with two vertical strap bars, of circular section, attached by oval shaped lugs. The entire surface of the strap-union is quite corroded and pitted. Although the figure-of-eight form flanked by two vertical bars fits into Taylor and Brailsford?s Type 1 strap union category, the use of the S-scroll motif is only paralleled on the larger and more elaborate examples from Seven Sisters and Chepstow. These are classified as Type 2 and date to the…
Created on: Monday 14th April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-43E1D4
Object type: FOB
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age copper alloy fob or dangler, probably of 1st to early 2nd century AD date The hanger is complete and has a length of 28.12mm and weighs 14.0g. The shank has an oval perforation of 5.45mm by 4.64mm dimension. The perforation is heavily worn through use at the top of the loop. The loop is expanded around the perforation with a width of 9.95mm and a thickness of 4.47mm. Beneath the loop the shank is of oval section (4.77mm x 6.55mm), becoming circular at its base with a diameter of 6.8mm. The shank overlaps a little with the openwork design, perhaps suggesting the shank is attac…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-EFAFA3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy bow brooch of Middle Iron Age date, of La Téne I and Hull’s Type 1A and dating from c. 400 – 300BC. The brooch is near complete, missing only c. 30mm from the end of the pin. The brooch has a wide spring with an external diameter of between 18.5 and 19.0mm. The spring has an external chord made with wire of 2.2mm diameter and loops twice either side of the bow. The bow is curved and is of near circular (with a flat back) section and has a diameter of 6.9mm. The bow is decorated with ribbed decoration on each side and has a central panel with fine incised decoration co…
Created on: Friday 25th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-2EFBB4
Object type: FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy fitting of uncertain date and function. The fitting has broken at one end and the upper surface near the sides appears unfinished. The fitting is oval at 25.6mm long, 30.7mm wide and has a surviving depth of 18mm. The fitting weighs 19.6g. The patina is consistent and dark green in colour. It is possible the fitting is a spout for a vessel, possibly of Iron Age date, where the piece may have slotted into the rim (around the ‘unfinished’ side slots). A close parallel for this piece could not be found at the time of reporting. A very similar, but more complete fi…
Created on: Monday 28th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-DA9283
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy terret fragment probably of 1st century AD date The terret is fragmentary, represented by the top of the hoop and integral decoration at the apex only (with a Surviving height of 37mm, a maximum surviving width of 37.4mm and a weight of 10.4g). The hoop is of D-shaped to oval section (with a width of 4.0mm and a thickness of 3.4mm and suggested hoop diameter of approximately 35mm). The hoop is surmounted by a decorative moulding comprising two opposing concave arcs terminating in rounded knops and leaving an open triangle at the centre. The arms are of tria…
Created on: Monday 16th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 16th July 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-44EAC7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type. This would appear to be the bow from a brooch which has been constructed to fit together in two parts. The head does not appear to be broken, but has two grooves, possibly to accommodate the wings and spring or hinge mechanism. The bow is slender and has been carefully decorated with a single column of raised square dots within a linear border. The cross section of the bow varies from flat at the foot to tear-shaped above the catch plate to sub square near the head. The catch plate is damaged but would have carried a comparatively intrica…
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-DEDA73
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy end-looped mortar from a cosmetic set of early Roman date, probably from the 1st or 2nd century AD. Little of the surface survives on the mortar, and no decoration is evident. The end loop is complete and integral, and is positioned beneath the bow. The loop has a circular to oval section, and is thinnest at the point opposite the bow. The groove is now U-shaped and shallow (1.5mm).
Created on: Tuesday 9th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-FA4AB5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age coin debased silver stater; South-Western uninscribed ('Durotriges'); late 1st century BC Cf. BMCA 2525 ff 4.13g, diam. 17.6mm - 18.9mm, th. - 3.1mm; some corrosion
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 21st January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-61805A
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age copper alloy terret probably of 1st century AD date The terret is near-complete but has a distorted hoop (with an overall length of 52.4mm and a weight of 34.0g). The integral bar of the terret has a sub-triangular tang (27.5mm wide, 14.8mm long and 2.7mm - 5.7mm thick), which is gently convex across both its length and width. There is a moulded step on both faces to define the beginnings of the hoop. The hoop is of oval (with a maximum external width of 45.9mm, height of 38.6mm and internal dimensions of 32.3mm x 24.8mm) and is of sub-circular to D-shaped section. The hoo…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 21st November 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-21A789
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy brooch of Langton Down Type and of 1st century AD date. The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and part of the spring only (with a surviving length of 21.4mm, a surviving depth of 11.5mm and a weight of 4.9g). Much of the spring remains in place, enclosed within an open cylindrical head of curved sheet, now truncated (with a surviving width of 20.2mm). The terminals were enhanced with vertical grooves and there is a double horizontal groove at the top of the head. The upper bow has a curved grooved border at the head and pro…
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-B54A83
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age bronze Sword fitting, hilt-end of Piggott's 'Crown' type and of 1st BC to 1st century AD date The near-complete cast hilt guard is of Stead's (2006, p 13-4) Type viii and is of oval form (with a maximum length of 59.6mm, a maximum width of 27.2mm and a weight of 33.2g). Both faces and sides have an upper edge of convex arcs, producing the characteristic 'crown' form (with a height of 18mm and a thickness at the edge of 0.5mm - 1.5mm). The lobe on each face of the hilt-end splay outwards, while the sides diverge only slightly to their top edge. One face has two perfo…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 11th February 2015
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