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Record ID: NMGW-40A462
Object type: WHETSTONE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Top fragment of a perforated whetstone. The stone has a bevelled end and straight sides. The perforation is oval and has an hour glass profile. Both faces are smooth and dished from use. One face has a facet running along one of the sides.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-3CC177
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Small square sectioned perforated lead weight. The weight is difficult to date but may easily be of Medieval or Early Medieval date.
Created on: Tuesday 15th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-07268F
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval, Viking weight of 9th or 10th century date
The weight comprises a cut fragment of ornamental enamelled copper alloy metalwork set into a lead base and is near-complete, missing much of the enamel (with a weight of 116.3g). The lead base is flat and sub-oval (36.5mm x 27.5mm) and the sides are slightly concave and convergent to the top face with a sub-rectangular section (19.0mm thick). A decorated enamelled copper alloy mount, now of sub-triangular form is surmounted into the lead (27mm long and 19mm wide). The mount is decorated with geometric motifs. The lower mo…
Created on: Friday 27th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-E9F623
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The object comprises the hilt and upper blade of an iron sword (overall length 235mm). The surviving blade length below the lower guard is 109mm; the blade is straight and two-edged, with a width of 52mm at top, tapering to 47mm at the break. To judge from the other blades (80-95cm long: Evison 1967, 189, Appendix), about 75% of its original length is missing. The blade profile cannot, therefore, help determine the form and date, which is reliant on the guard and pommel.
The pommel is constructed in two sections, the upper pommel cap being of broad flat, trilobate form. It is fa…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-0969C1
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy sword pommel of late lobed form, probably of 10th or 11th century date. The base of the pommel curves upwards at both ends and would have rested upon a concave pommel bar. The interior of the pommel has a central oval opening, with an internal rounded step narrowing to a sub-rectangular aperture to accommodate the sword tang, and extending through the top of the pommel. The exterior is decorated with a larger central lobe flanked on each side with two smaller lobes. The pommel is somewhat irregular, with the smaller terminal lobe on one end being more substantial tha…
Created on: Thursday 11th September 2003
Last updated: Saturday 17th March 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-0D50A3
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Recorded at the Hidden Treasure Finds Day at National Museums & Galleries of Wales. Copper alloy Saxon strap end, probably dating to the 9th Century AD, and belonging to Thomas' Type A. The strap end is made on a strip of sub-triangular copper alloy sheet, with a single copper alloy rivet employed to secure the strap. The face is decorated with an eroded zoomorphic terminal before a panel, split along its length by an incised line, each side containing two short arcs. The greater part of the face is made up of panel containing an incised diagonal cross, the arms of which are in-filled…
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2003
Last updated: Saturday 1st March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-E94356
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy strap end of Early Medieval date, probably dating to the Anglo-Saxon period and of 9th to 10th century date. The strap end is of slightly unusual form and does not easily fit into Thomas' classification. The strap end was attached to the strap by means of a sawn opening (7mm deep) and secured by a single protruding iron rivet, which is still present. The strap end tapers to its terminal with converging sides, which expand at the terminal. On either side, below the strap slot are rounded knops. The face is decorated with a moulded triangular panel before a raised deba…
Created on: Wednesday 21st January 2004
Last updated: Sunday 4th May 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-3457EA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Silver strap-end with incised 'vine-scroll' interlace motifs, interwoven with harps and set around a centrally placed equal-arm cross with circular terminals. There are traces of niello, and of further decoration at the break, where the split attachment would have had two circular rivet holes (missing). The strap-end terminates in a stylised animal head with large rounded ears and small circular eyes, with incised lines on brow and to represent snout/mouth.
The back is plain, apart from the suggestion of a single incised line border beneath the terminal head. The strap-end reflects…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th November 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-C988AA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval, late Anglo-Saxon copper alloy (or ?silver) strap-end of 9th century date. Metallurgical testing required to determine if silver.
The cast strap-end is of Thomas' (2003) Class A, Type 1 and is near-complete, missing the attachment end (with a surviving length of 46.1mm and a weight of 7.1g). The attachment end was forked to accept the strap but has broken at the base of the split. Below the split is a solid collar (8.8mm wide and 2.7mm thick) with a transverse moulding. The central panel of the strap-end is widest near its top (with a width of 11.7mm and a thickness …
Created on: Tuesday 8th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th November 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-F2B0E5
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup strap mount, probably of 11th century date. The mount is of Williams (1997) Class B and likely to be of type 3, and possibly Group 4. The mount is openwork with a devolved zoomorphic design, which is now little more than a perforated central dome. The mount is trapezoidal with a height of 35.7mm and a maximum width at the top of 30.5mm (minimum width at the flange of 24.0mm). The openwork decoration along the sides has broken through at the edges. The flange is angled (Williams Type C) and has the remnants of two iron rivets in situ. Two further attachm…
Created on: Monday 9th May 2005
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-6A0D70
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete Late Saxon cast copper alloy stirrup-strap mount, of class A, type 7 (Williams 1997), probably dating from 11th to 12th century. The mount is sub-triangular in shape with two pairs of lugs on the sides. The apex is rounded and pointed, and has suffered from erosion. These terminals typically incorporate a zoomorphic design, and a number of low ridges visible on the terminal are likely to be the remnants of facial features. Below the upper fixing hole, the raised border defining the sides, flare out forming scrolls. The interior of the mount displays the characteristic central…
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-A7B175
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Anglo Saxon stirrup-strap mount, probably of 11th century date. The stirrup mount is copper alloy with a zoomorphic design. It has only one perforation through its upper apex, and in this respect, is unusual. While the mount could still be attached as a stirrup mount, it would be unstable, and may not have utilised a fitting behind the stirrup strap. The piece has a pentagonal design with the upper end rising in a sharp curve to a point, which surrounds the perforation. The bottom flange is narrow and at a right angle to the body of the mount - type A (Williams 1997). The design …
Created on: Friday 1st August 2003
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-E8F8A8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
A loop-headed ringed pin, with slightly pitted, stripped surface and golden colour (typical of some beach finds). The ring has a dark corrosion layer on the surface, remnants of which also survive on the shaft. The ring is of 'fixed' type, with a constriction where it fits through the loop head of the pin; the pin can therefore swing, but not move freely around the ring. The ring is of lozenge cross-section, and is decorated with five groups of transverse incised lines. The pin has a raised transverse moulding at the junction of the loop head with the shaft. The shaft changes in cross…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2009
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EA7D22
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
The copper-alloy mount, which is now in four fragments, is of cruciform shape (one arm absent)and has cast ornament over all of its front face, which bears traces of gilding. Two opposing arms are smaller than the third intact arm, each having two groups of four ridges, each representing the tail of a bird are in a single border outline, with ropework infill. A 'Z' shaped moulding separates body from head, which has a small eye and curved beak, in profile. In each case, a forward bent leg has bent feet, claws pointing backwards. The wide arm is parallel sided, and has an expanded …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-2A73A3
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron knife consisting of a blade and tang. The blade has a triangular cross-section and the back is parallel to the blade near the handle and is angled near the point, of Ottaway & Rogers’ (2002) form A1. The tang is of rectangular cross-section with the bottom edge in line with the blade edge. The top edge is stepped to the back of the blade.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-799430
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Published
The reported object is a complete finger-shaped metal ingot with rounded ends of silvery-grey appearance. The underside and a slightly rounded profile, and two indents may assaying nicks. The upper surface is slightly convex, with a small area of pitting, consistent with the ingot having been cast in an open mould (stone, ceramic or earth). There is further evidence for nicking on the side of the ingot - an interventions sometimes undertaken in antiquity to test purity. Length 47.1mm; width 9.4-12.4mm; depth 6.3 - 9mm; weight: 20.01g.
As simple moulds for such ingots are found on s…
Created on: Friday 7th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-A96F63
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete silver Anglo-Saxon hooked tag.
Description of find
The tag has a flat, circular plate from which extends the complete integral hook, which tapers and curves back to the rear of the object. The circular plate is decorated with a lightly-incised floral motif of irregularly sized, sub-oval segments radiating from a central circle and surrounded by a narrow border at the edge of the plate. This gives the pattern a flower-like appearance. The reverse of the circular plate is plain. The plate has two circular perforations for attachment, positioned on the opposite end to the ho…
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-65466B
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy fragmentary mount, probably an Early Medieval harness mount of c. 11th century date
The mount is fragmentary, represented by a fragmentary loop, an arm with decorative boss and fragmentary plate (with a surviving length of 25.8mm and a weight of 7.4g). The loop edge is curved, suggesting a circular or oval loop. The sides of loop were of oval section (5.0mm x 2.0mm). Adjacent to the loop is an arm of D-shaped section (8.4mm wide and 4.4mm thick) which is undecorated. The arm expands to a decorative, rounded boss (11.1mm wide and 7.0mm thick). The boss is decorated with…
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th October 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-B45F06
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Published
Silver, penny of William I (1066-87), PAXS type (probably crown 1), c.1083-6, Mint: St Davids?, moneyer: uncertain.
In very poor condition, and now surviving only as a fragment. Fortunately, the fragment has the full mint name.
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-B023F0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Last(?)Small Cross type; cut 1/4d
Created on: Thursday 26th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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