Record ID: NMGW-72FDF0
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Near complete copper alloy escutcheon from a hanging bowl or bucket, probably of Late Iron Age date, C. 50 BC to 100 AD. The escutcheon body is of globular form with an integral large incomplete loop, presumably to secure a handle. The body of the mount appears slightly domed, and is decorated with a motif consisting of two high raised moulded opposed semicircular arcs, with a slight break in-between the two. Beneath the raised motif is a circular attachment hole, placed off centre and surrounded with iron corrosion. It is possible to suggest this means of attachment is a secondary re…
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-838A84
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy domed thimble, probably of mid-14th or 15th century date The thimble is near-complete with slight damage to the rim (with a length of 20.5 and a weight of 8.7g). The mouth is near-circular (with a diameter of 19.0 mm - 20.5mm and with a rim thickness of 0.5mm - 0.7 mm). Above the rim is plain band before the indentations with no incised border or groove. The sides of the thimble are very gently convex and converge towards the domed top. The thimble has fifteen rows of hand-punched indentations, 12 rows on the sides before continuing to the domed top and…
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-DACAE6
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead or lead alloy probable swivel strap fitting of medieval date, c. AD 1100-1500. of uncertain date. The hoop is of circular section and has an internal diameter of 17mm and has a thickness of 3.1 – 3.5mm. The bezel is open-backed and the hoop divides into two curving arms of D-shaped section (1mm wide by 2-3mm deep) which define an oval opening (internal: 8.6 x 5.7mm, external:12.2 x 8.3mm). The bezel is off-set from the hoop. The fitting weighs 3.6g.
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6A4AAD
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Late Saxon) copper alloy strap-end, possibly of Thomas’ (2003)[1] Class A, Type 5 and dated to the 9th century The cast strap-end is near-complete, missing the attachment end (with a length of 54.6mm and a weight of 5.4g) but is heavily-worn. The attachment end (with a width at the break of 10.0mm and a thickness of 1.9mm) has broken below the rivet holes but before the end of the split (with a surviving depth of 5mm). The sides are convex and reach its widest point near the upper third of its length (with a width of 13.8mm, a thickness of 1.5mm and 37mm above t…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-D75B2B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo-Saxon silver strap-end with incised zoomorphic design, set against a niello background. The sides of the strap-end are of convex form, and the border is plain. The split attachment end has two circular rivet holes (filled with soil), below which, in the position of the usual centrally placed, trilobate palmette motif, is a vegetal 'vine-scroll' motif with curving stem held in the jaws of a quadruped, shown in profile. A further 'vine leaf' projects below the beast's tail, but is not separated from the body by an anticipated incised line. The main centrally placed animal had a lar…
Created on: Friday 11th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-5BE81F
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Stone spindle-whorl of uncertain date, Roman to early Post Medieval, c. 100 - 1700 The spindle-whorl is comparatively regular and circular (of 35.8 - 37.4mm diameter and weighing 27.8g) is made from a fine-grained, micaeous sandstone, now with ground surfaces. The spindle-whorl is of sub-rectangular section (13.9mm thick) with near-flat faces. The perforation is central and is circular (7.4mm diameter) with straight parallel sides. There is no surviving evidence of applied decoration to the surfaces. Margeson (1993, page 184)[1] has suggested that the weight of a spindle who…
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 4th December 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-5D5968
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Lead seal matrix of Medieval date, probably from the 13th century The seal matrix is circular of 31.6 to 32.3mm diameter with a central sub-square aperture of 9mm width. The seal is flat with a thickness of 4.3 to 5.7mm. The legend encircles the aperture and appears to read: + S ‘ : D A F : I O R Indicating the seal is likely to be a personal seal of Dafydd Ap Iorweth. Perforated seals are not common finds but are known of; for example Williams (1993, p 26, 71, No. D35) records an early 14th century personal seal matrix made on a circular stone disc. The perforation was presumab…
Created on: Thursday 26th May 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-6A5D0A
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval to post medieval copper alloy purse bar probably of 16th century date The purse is represented by both the loop and the bar (with a weight of 25.1g) and is of Ward Perkins (1940, p 168) Type B1. The loop was circular, now damaged at the apex and distorted (with an internal diameter of 19.7mm. The loop is of D-shaped section (4mm wide and 2mm – 3mm thick). The collar beneath the loop widens slightly, before narrowing to the bar within the hinge. The bar is considerably longer than the depth of the block (with a bar length of 10mm, a length to the end of the rivet e…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-6B14F5
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Early - Middle Bronze Age Group I palstave of Primary Shield Pattern Palstave form and of Acton Park Type (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, p 117-125)[1] The palstave is near-complete, with some peripheral damage to the blade, butt and flanges (with a length of 172mm and a weight of 445.3g). The butt (with a width of 21.8mm) is now corroded and of uncertain form. The flanges begin a little before the butt and were comparatively high (now damaged on one face), rising to their maximum height just behind the stop (with a maximum surviving height of 35.5mm). One of the flanges has an indentati…
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-E9B7E7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy enamelled roundel or circular mount, probably of 1st to early 2nd century AD date The roundel is sub-circular and with a concave face (with a diameter of 28.2mm – 30.6mm, a depth of 5.7mm and a weight of 12.1g). The face is decorated with a whirligig motif comprising ten sub-triangular cells of alternating red and blue enamel. The blue enamel has survived significantly better than the red, which only survives as a remnant adhering to the base of the cell. The centre of the roundel is circular (of 8mm diameter) and is not decorated and with a perforation at it…
Created on: Thursday 18th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 18th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-658024
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy key of 1st or early 2nd century AD date The key is a tumbler-lock slide key and is incomplete, missing the base of the stem the bit (with a surviving length of 57.2mm and a weight of 19.9g). There is an integral circular loop at the apex (14.5mm external diameter, 8.7mm internal diameter and 4.1mm - 5.7mm thick). There is a shoulder between the loop and the rectangular-sectioned grip (with a thickness of 6.4mm). The grip has straight sides gradually converging towards the stem (with a width below the loop of 15.1mm and 13.2mm before the stem). The stem is oval-se…
Created on: Monday 26th January 2015
Last updated: Monday 26th January 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-0BE038
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
The finger-ring (Dr. M. Redknap): Decorative hollow gold ring. The hexagonal bezel contains a cabochon blue sapphire. Four claws around the bezel secure the stone. The outer surface of the hoop is decorated with an applied gold relief decoration in the form of a stem with stiff-leaf foliage to left and right. Bezel height 5.6mm; bezel width 6.9mm; minimum hoop width 2.8mm; minimum hoop thickness 1.5mm; internal diameter 18.2mm; external diameter 22.1mm. Weight 4.29g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Metal Content To judge from its colour and weight (4.29g.),…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 4th August 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-0CD272
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
The find comprises one gold and fourteen silver medieval English coins, of the reigns of Edward III (1), Henry VI (12) and two uncertain pennies. Metal content English silver coins of the 14th-15th centuries are typically of silver of high fineness, in excess of 90% Ag by weight. The gold standard is virtually pure precious metal (23ct 3½gr, or 99.5%). Discussion The fifteen coins appear to form a single group, lost or deposited in the middle of the fifteenth century. The earliest coins, of Edward I-II(?) and Edward III (1327-77) are considerably worn through circulation, whereas tho…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 4th August 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-4596D8
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
This is a large developed flat axe of bronze dating to the Early Bronze Age. The butt is modestly rounded, though with angular corners. The sides are straight, but slightly divergent for just under three quarters of the length of the axe, curving out suddenly just above the blade to a widely expanded and deeply crescentic cutting edge. All of the original blade edges have been removed by erosion, thereby preventing accurate calculation of the original width and recurve of the blade edge. Approximately 57mm from the butt end is a straight stop-ridge across the axe. The margins of the s…
Created on: Friday 26th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-80B3CE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
The ring is a memento mori ring with a hoop of flattened D cross-section. The outer surface is engraved with a skull flanked by repeating vegetal pattern of stylized flowers and scrolls, inlaid with black enamel. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: In remembrance of TA, in italic script. This is followed by a rectangular hall-mark, possibly a B (hard to decipher). The hoop (which is slightly misshapen) has an internal diameter of 14 x 17.6 mm; band width 3.1 mm; band thickness 0.9 mm; weight 2.25g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. T…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Saturday 29th February 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-268725
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Gold decorative ring with central spine of very fine raised pellets, between two raised plain borders. The inside of the hoop is plain. Internal hoop diameter 17.6mm; band width 3.8mm; band thickness 0.6mm; weight 1.76g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. The form of the ring is similar to that of some fifteenth-century gold posy rings which have pelleted bands enclosing mottoes or poesies (such as a ring from Chinnor, Oxfordshire ref. no. 2010T660). A similar band style, with raised mid spine, occurs on a late medieval gold decorative ring found at Jordanstown, …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-8EA235
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy crucifix figure, probably of early 12th century date. The solid figure is shown with arms, legs and loincloth precisely frontal and geometrically symmetrical. Stylistically very rigid, with flat-sided square loincloth (Bloch type I), with a horizontal band and vertical grooves (for folds), and stylised ribs. The hair has a central parting, from which run horizontal grooves. The legs and feet are parallel, and the head held in line with the body; the arms are slightly bent at the elbow. Holes on the ankles and hands are iron stained, suggesting that iron pins or small …
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-23B333
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The fourteen coins appear to form a single group, lost or deposited in the middle of the fifteenth century. The earliest coins, of Edward III (1327-77) and Henry V (1413-22) are all considerably worn through circulation, whereas those of Henry VI (1422-61) are for the most part relatively unworn. The latest coins belong to the 'Pinecone-Mascle' issue, c.1430-34. Mostly, the weights are in accordance with the 60-grain standard of 1412, but three groats (nos 1, 6 and 14) have been clipped to weights corresponding to the 48-grain standard of Edward IV's 'Light' coinage, introduced in 14…
Created on: Friday 25th July 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th July 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-95B399
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Description of find The find comprises one gold and ten silver medieval English coins, of the reigns of Edward I-II (3), Edward III (2), Henry V (1) and Henry VI (5) (see appended Schedule). Metal content English silver coins of the 14th-15th centuries are typically of silver of high fineness, in excess of 90% Ag by weight. The gold standard is virtually pure precious metal (23ct 3½gr, or 99.5%). Discussion The eleven coins are of similar types and in similar condition to those previously recorded from this site. The weights of the silver coins lie between the 60-grain…
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-9A73B3
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
Description of find Six Roman silver denarii: all are to a degree encrusted or corroded. Hadrian (117-38), 2 coins [9, 23]; Antoninus Pius (138-61, 1 coin [15]; Diva Faustina I (wife of Antoninus Pius, d,141), 1 coin [4]; uncertain (?Trajan (98-117) or Hadrian), 1 coin [24]; uncertain, probably 2nd century, 1 coin [22]. (Numbered as image, from wider group of finds) Discussion Roman denarii of the second century A.D. were coins of fairly fine silver, well above 50% Ag. The four that can be positively identified cover a relatively short period and are of types that circulat…
Created on: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Last updated: Monday 30th September 2019
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