Record ID: NMGW-6E41E4
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead weight possibly a line fishing weight similar to those used in Viking Dublin (Wallace 1999). The weight resembles a Dublin type 1 or 2 (ibid.), the piece does not have perforations at either end, as would be required for a hand fishing line, although there are suggestions of marks at these points. The weight may be a counter weight from a tool such as a woodworking plane, possibly of 19th century date. The weight has a flat base with domed top at the centre and flat ends.
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-6528AA
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy token Cronebane, Co. Wicklow Irish Mine Company halfpenny token, possibly dated 1795 Corroded
Created on: Monday 26th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-0EFC9D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy token Charles I (1625-49) farthing token; Rose type 4 (c. 1639-43) 0.79g
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-D9CA3B
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy toggle fitting, possibly of Roman date The cast toggle appears to be complete and has a knop on each side of a slotted panel (with a length of 32.0mm and a weight of 4.0g). The terminal knops are of flattened, sub-spherical form (with a length of 5.2mm and a diameter of 7.4mm). No decoration is now evident on the knops. The central section is flat sectioned (2.5mm thick), with convex sides, one of which is more elongated than the other (producing a maximum width of 13.0mm). Near the centre is a rectangular slot (5.9mm x 3.7mm). The central area is also not decorated. The…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-3F745D
Object type: SWORD BELT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy sword belt fitting of 16th to 17th century date The fitting is near-complete, missing one terminal (with a surviving length of 66.8mm, an overall height of 43mm and a weight of 27.1g). The plate mount (2.5mm thick) has trefoil terminals with a perforation at the centre (3.0mm diameter). The damaged end has broken through the perforation. The mount is decorated on its face with moulded vegetal scrolls. The top edge is of undulating form while the base has three integral suspension loops, each of which contains the separate hooked mounts (21.5mm long). The…
Created on: Tuesday 7th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 8th October 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-67968D
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy sheet plate from a composite medieval strap end (c. AD 1230-1450). The plate is tongue shaped and has two holes for rivets at its squared-off end. One of the corners is missing. File marks are visible on both faces as well as traces of soldering on the terminal edges of the inside face. This object would have formed one plate on a two piece strap end or a three piece (with a spacer).
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-C9F386
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy stirrup of Late Medieval date, probably dating from the late 14th to the 16th century. The stirrup is incomplete, missing the footrest and approximately half of one of the side arms. The side arms are of sub-triangular section at the suspension loop and widen towards the footrest. The more complete arm has moulded decoration on the outside face, consisting of a raised rectangular panel, containing a raised chevron. The side arm, beneath the decoration, is of oval section. The more complete arm is unlikely to be distorted or bent outwards, since as Ward Perkins (1940, …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-C2E4EB
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy spoon, probably of 17th century date The spoon is fragmentary and damaged, missing the end of the handle (with a surviving length of 116.2mm and a weight of 32.6g). The bowl is of fig-shape (69mm long, 49.9mm wide, 9mm deep and 0.7mm thick) and is crushed. There is a maker’s mark within a segmented or beaded punched annulet on the bowl beneath the handle. The device within the annulet is corroded and worn but appears to have rounded lobes and was possibly of floral form, or possibly zoomorphic. No other marks are evident. The handle is integral and of…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9C9FF7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Bronze Age copper socketed axe, dating from between 1150-700BC. The axe is represented by the blade fragment and has a maximum surviving length of 58.0mm and weighs 111.2g. The axe has broken near the bottom of the socket, with a surviving socket depth of between 9.3 and 23.8mm. At the break the axe has a width of 39.7mm and a thickness of 17.4mm. The blade has a surviving width of 41.4mm, although blade tips may have been lost. The sides are straight and a little rounded across their width (possibly exaggerated by surface erosion). The position of the casting seams…
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-6D9AD7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete ribbed socketed axe of Ewart Park metalworking tradition, dated to 1020-800BC. The axe has lost the mouth, one of the sides and an area of one face. The remainder of the damaged face has been crushed inwards, although it is now difficult to determine if this damage occurred in antiquity. The more complete face demonstrates the remains of two of the three parallel ribs. The mouth and collar of the axe are missing. The loop is also absent, but the remnants of the lower attachment point are evident on the more complete side. The axe would have had an hexagonal body profile, pr…
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2003
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: NMGW316
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Enamelled lid of a petal-shaped seal box. The lid is decorated in a polychrome design laid out in five cells consisting of a central transverse band (possibly white) which separates an upper and lower border (both dark red) and two inner panels, one semi-circular and one triangular (both orange). The hinge and part of one edge is missing. An example of a Group I seal box lid (Bateson 1981, 49, fig.7c). Roman.
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW35
Object type: ROD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy tapering rod of unknown purpose and date. The rod is apparently formed from a single rolled sheet of copper alloy and has a closed seam running down one side. Length 56mm. From Machen, Caerphilly.
Created on: Monday 12th March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A57343
Object type: RETOUCHED FLAKE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric retouched flint flake A flake with a length of 38.22mm, a width of 24.73mm, a thickness of 8.60mm and weighing 8.0g. The retouch is along one side. The flint has patinated pale grey
Created on: Thursday 22nd June 2006
Last updated: Monday 29th October 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-D9AA4E
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy enamelled plate brooch of Lozenge form and of 2nd century AD date The cast brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and the peripheral side lugs (with a length of 27.5mm, a surviving width of 16.1mm and a weight of 2.8g). The missing pin hinged between twin lugs (giving an overall depth of 9.5mm) on the top of the rear of the brooch. At the base is the catch-plate (6.6mm long, 3.4mm high), extending on the rear of the peripheral lug. Between the hinge and catch-plate the rear has a circular hollowing. The front of the brooch is of stepped lozenge form (with a height o…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-58F2B5
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age bronze Transitional palstave, probably of Type Roundhay, as defined by Schmidt & Burgess (1981, p. 149)[1], Ribbed Variant and of Penard or Wallington metalworking industry, of Needham's Periods 5 -6, dated to c. 1300 - 1150BC The palstave is near-complete, missing the loop but is heavily-corroded and is comparatively small (with a length of 108.6mm and a weight of 194.6g). The butt is straight, now worn to a slight angle (with a width of 18mm and a thickness of 5mm). The sides are near parallel, very gently convex (reaching a width of 23.5mm above the loop a…
Created on: Tuesday 15th October 2019
Last updated: Monday 12th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW34
Object type: MEDAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Silver shield-shaped commemorative medal. On the obverse is a topographic design of a public building (either a town hall, school or chapel), under which is the legend VAUGHTON BIRM. The reverse bears the legend PRESENTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF ABER & BLAENGWYNFI FOR WAR SERVICE 1914-19. The reverse is hallmarked with the standard mark (i.e. the lion passant), town mark of Birmingham (i.e. anchor in a shield), the year mark of 1919 (i.e. the letter U in a shield) and the maker's stamp of V & S (i.e. Vaughton of Birmingham). The medal contains a small suspension loop. Length 39mm, width…
Created on: Monday 12th March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-C477CA
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Two Post-Medieval silver cuff links. Two cuff links of identical design. Each is formed of two circular discs with bevelled sides and a lipped rim, joined together by an oval wire link. The face of each disc bears a raised, stamped design of a pair of hearts side by side, surmounted by a jewelled and arched crown set against a faint stippled field, within a raised circular border. At the back of each disc are traces of a corresponding recessed design, obscured by solder for rounded attachment loops. Illegible makers' marks (observable using a microscope) are present at the apex of …
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-533AAE
Object type: HARNESS RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy harness ring, probably of 1st century AD date The harness ring is near-complete (with a weight of 22.6g) with surface loss and comprises a near-circular ring with an integral circular raised stud (giving an overall depth of 13.9mm). The ring is near-circular (with an external diameter of 34.1mm - 34.8 and an internal diameter of 23.8mm) and is of sub-circular section (with a diameter of 5.0mm - 5.8mm). There is no evidence for decoration on the ring. The surface is worn and corroded but there is the suggestion of wear facets along the upper…
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th November 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-E6DCD2
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Early Bronze Age bronze developed flat axe (or flanged axe), probably of Class 4E (following Needham forthcoming), corresponding with Schmidt and Burgess' (1981) type Bandon and with Type Derryniggin (Harbison 1969) in Ireland. Axes of these types date towards the end of the Early Bronze Age: Needham's (1996) Period 3 c.1950 - 1700 BC/Needham et al.'s (1997) Willerby phase. The axehead is eroded with very little of the original surface surviving, making it difficult to determine whether the axe is broken or complete. The axe is now comparatively small with an overall sur…
Created on: Friday 6th January 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-84B152
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age bronze butt fragment from an axe of uncertain type but of Flat or Developed Axe form The axe is represented by a butt fragment only, broken at one end in antiquity (with a surviving length of 44.9mm and a weight of 33.1g). The butt end is damaged eroded at the end and distorted but was probably comparatively wide and straight (with a width of 24mm and a thickness of 1.4mm). The sides are straight and slightly divergent for their short lengths to the break (with a maximum width of 31.7mm and a thickness of 9.1mm). The axe butt has an angular, rectangular body section wi…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
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