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Record ID: NMGW-647243
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix, probably of 15th century date
The matrix is near complete, missing only the top of the loop, and has a surviving height of 22.95mm. The handle is hexagonally faceted, ending in three horizontal ribs before the loop. The seal die is slightly oval with a length of 18.45mm and a width of 17.15mm. The die is inscribed with a large letter ‘W’, and crowned with a cross. Along the border are a series of decorative chevrons. The seal matrix weighs 8.1g. The copper alloy has a pale to mid brown patina.
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2006
Last updated: Friday 7th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-2F7CC3
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Personal seal matrix probably of pre-13th - 15th century date. The seal is pointed oval in shape and is flat The lug on the reverse is unpierced, and is now bent back upon itself. There is no central rib on the reverse. The seal has eroded causing the legend on one side to be illegible. The beginning of the legend reads
S . I O H N N E :
Probably indicating the personal seal of Johannes. The letterforms are consistent with a 13th or 14th century date. The central motif depicts a fleur-de-lis
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-D82195
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Much eroded circular lead seal matrix of Medieval date. The reverse of the matrix is flat with a raised rib leading to a lug which was probably originally perforated, but has been corroded and no longer survives. The face of the die has a central design in a circular border consisting of a cross, and in between each arm is a tear-shaped pattern. The legend around the central device is now too eroded to decipher. Much of the edge of the matrix has been lost.
Created on: Thursday 10th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-6A26A3
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix, probably of 13th or early 14th century. The matrix has corroded, but has a hexagonally faceted handle crowned with moulding and a trilobed perforated terminal. The matrix die is circular and has also suffered considerable corrosion, making it difficult to discern both the inscription and the central motif. The inscription appears to read:
* I O H C(?) . _ _ T E O _ O _ _ _ U S
The central design is contained within a circular border, but it is now impossible to be certain of the original design, there is the suggestion of a foliate motif.
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-7AC0C7
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small roughly-circular lead seal matrix of Medieval date, probably produced between 1280 to 1340. The rear of the matrix is flat with a poorly defined lug. The die has a simple central cross within an incised circle. The surrounding legend is difficult to decipher and would appear to be a motto rather than a personal seal. The matrix has suffered some damage to the edge obscuring some of the letters.
Created on: Wednesday 28th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-5BAEA2
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 12th to 14th century date
The seal matrix is of pointed-oval form (40.3mm long and 24.2mm wide) and is complete but is very-heavily corroded (with a weight of 10.8g). The rear of the matrix has a loop neat the apex (giving an overall depth of 10.2mm and with an internal diameter of 4.8mm) and with a prominent rib extending from the loop to the base. The seal die is worn and corroded, which has nearly removed all the encircling legend and has resulted the central device being indistinct. The device appears to depict Christ on the cross, with a…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-8C9517
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date
The matrix complete and is of circular form (29.7 - 30.3mm diameter and weighting 16.3g). At the apex on the rear is a trapezoidal lug (11.5mm long, 7.3mm deep, 4.7mm thick and giving the matrix an overall depth of 10.2mm), which unusually does not have a perforation. Otherwise, the rear of the matrix is flat and is not decorated. The die has a central device comprising four oval leaves arranged in a cross, between which are elongated oval leaves forming a saltire cross. Around the circumference and between each leaf are eigh…
Created on: Tuesday 4th November 2014
Last updated: Saturday 22nd February 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-6322BD
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date
The seal matrix is of shield-shaped form and is comparatively small (with a length of 20.0mm, a width of 15.5mm and a weight of 2.9g), and is incomplete, with a missing loop and peripheral damage. The loop stubs are evident on the apex of the rear (giving a maximum surviving depth of 4.3mm, a length of 6.2mm, an internal diameter of 2.7mm and a width of 3.0mm). There is the suggestion of a rib extending from the base of the loop but now corroded. The seal die is sub-triangular (2.9mm thick) with a central device depict…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-35E199
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix probably of 13th century date
The seal is complete but is heavily corroded and is of circular form (with a diameter of 25.6mm, a thickness of 4.9mm and a weight of 16.4g). The rear of the seal has a central lug, probably originally of trapezoidal form (17.3mm long), now distorted and flattened (giving the seal a depth of 7.3mm). The lug has a circular perforation (of 3mm diameter). The seal die is corroded and some of the letters are now illegible. The central device is comparatively simple with a central cross, possibly of Potent form and four circular pe…
Created on: Monday 24th November 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-0E163A
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date
The seal matrix is near-complete with corrosion and peripheral loss to the edges of the seal die. The matrix has a hexagonally-faceted handle with a suspension loop at the apex (with a length of 19.7mm and a weight of 4.0g). The handle is narrowed around the suspension loop (with a thickness of 3.0mm and a diameter of 2.5mm) and with no moulding evident at the base of the loop. The seal die was circular but is now eroded (with maximum surviving diameter of 14.8mm). The central device is a capitol letter 'E' in Lombard…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd February 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-1A8C8A
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:
The reported object is a small post-medieval silver seal matrix (weight 6.92g.). The oval matrix is engraved in Roman capitals: W T 1615, within a rope border. The owner’s initials are surmounted by a six pointed star (some soil remains in engraved design). The handle takes the form of a dolphin whose tail forms a circular loop for a suspension chain of ribbon.
The oval matrix has a single engraved rope border, and measures 13.5mm x 16.08mm. The matrix thickness is 1.9mm. The overall height of the matrix and handle is 27.3mm.
Summary and conclusions:
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Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-82E4EA
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 14th or 15th century date
The seal matrix is of rounded-oval form (26.4mm long, 22.4mm wide, 3.0mm thick and weighing 8.3g) and is complete. The rear of the matrix has a D-shaped lug at the apex (8.2mm long, 3.1mm thick, 6.4mm high and giving a depth of 8.9mm) with a circular perforation (3.5mm diameter). There is a low, subtle rib extending from the base of the lug to base of the matrix. Otherwise the rear is flat and undecorated. The seal die has a central device depicting the Virgin and Child. Mary is depicted in a facing or three-quarters …
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-492783
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 12th to early 14th century date
The cast lead seal matrix is of pointed oval form and is near-complete but is worn and distorted (with a length of 35.8mm, a width of 27.3mm and a weight of 18.7g). The rear has a loop just beneath the apex (3.8mm wide and 3.0mm high), with a bevelled top edge, which extends along the rear face as a gradually weakening rib. The seal die (2.4mm thick) is now distorted and uneven. The central device comprises a trefoil or fleur-de-lys, with a weaker trefoil at its base. The encircling legend is now difficult to decipher b…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-4948DC
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper (possibly tin) alloy seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date
The cast seal matrix is of sub-circular form (31.6mm – 32.6mm diameter and weighing 14.8g) with a loop, now damaged at the apex of the rear (9mm long, 2.2mm wide, with a surviving height of 1.8mm and giving an overall surviving depth of 5.1mm). A rib extends from the base of the loop to the opposite edge. The seal die (3.2mm thick) has a damaged surface with corrosion masking many of the letters in the encircling legend. The central device depicts a trefoil or Fleur-de-lys and the encircling legend i…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-F31B56
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Medieval seal matrix of 13th century date. The seal matrix is complete except for its top end point, suspension loop and raised reverse rib.
This large seal matrix is of flat type and is pointed oval (vesica) in plan, though missing the upper point to damage. The reverse of the matrix is flat and undecorated, with a central solder scar 56.2mm long from the broken edge representing where the raised rib has detached.
The die of the matrix is engraved deeply and of relatively high quality. The device is described by Mark Redknap as the following: Under a Gothi…
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th March 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-F0E196
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy conical seal matrix of Medieval date (c. 13th-15th century AD).
The seal is conical in form with a circular die and an unfaceted back/handle ending in a break below the suspension loop. The die is heavily worn, with an illegible circumferential inscription running from c. 2 o’clock to c. 10 o’clock on the die. The device of the die is heraldic, in the form of a crowned quartered shield, with a mullet in both upper quarter. The crown design is difficult to discern but bears a star in the top centre. The engraving is badly damaged, but is somewhat…
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-827165
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix, probably dating from between 1200 and 1300. The matrix is circular and flat with a diameter of 30.4mm and a thickness of 4.6mm. The rear of the matrix has a short off-centre linear tapering rib (now eroded), which was perforated near the top (overall surviving depth 8.2mm). The seal matrix is in good condition with a little damage to the edge and weighs 24.3g.
The die is skilfully engraved. The central design is four lozenges, with concave sides, arranged to form a cross. Cutting this is a thin diagonal cross with each arm ending in a circular dot. This is s…
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2005
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMGW394
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Lead, or lead alloy, discoidal casting. The upper face is decorated with a central raised ring and dot motif bordered by a series of smaller bosses. Superficially the casting resembles the top of a tobacco jar handle (Bailey 2000, 62-63); however, the partially enclosed groove on the reverse suggests that it may have been used as a crude seal. Diameter 20-21mm, maximum thickness 12mm, weight 21.8 grams. Post-medieval.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A748AC
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal
The seal is near-complete missing the handle (with a surviving depth of 11.9mm and a weight of 24.0g). The handle stub is circular sub-sectioned (5mm – 6.mm diameter and with a surviving height of 7.5mm), turning at the break and appears to have been cut. The rear of the seal is gently convex without a rib. The seal die is circular (8.1mm – 8.6mm diameter). The central device comprises an incised diagonal semicircle with a perpendicular diagonal line forming a T with the semicircle, perhaps representing a bow and arrow or perhaps a boat incised at the wron…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-7993D5
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic or Bronze Age flint scraper fragment measuring 20.8mm long, 15mm wide, 8.3mm thick and weighing 2.8g.
Created on: Friday 15th July 2005
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-DEF994
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PREHISTORIC
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint scraper. The scraper is made on a cortical flake of light grey flint, much of which is patinated.
Created on: Tuesday 9th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-3DA94B
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age flint ‘Thumbnail’ scraper
The scraper is complete (with a length of 23.1mm, a width of 22.8mm, a thickness of 9.2mm and a weight of 5.2g). The dorsal face has extensive invasive retouch and only the proximal edge area is not retouched. The retouch is characteristically steep, more pronounced at the distal end. There is a small patch of surviving cortex along the proximal edge. The flint is largely unpatinated.
Thumbnail scrapers are often associated with Beaker material culture.
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-6030D2
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy sword or dagger chape, probably of late Medieval or Early Post-Medieval date. The chape has one straight side and one curved to follow the shape of the blade. The top of the chape is serrated and has corresponding decorative holes bounded by a horizontal rib. The bottom of the chape has a small knop. The rear has a wide seam to enable soldering to the back plate. The surface is covered with coarse file marks running horizontally, and has a black colour or patina, which may have been deliberately applied.
Created on: Tuesday 10th June 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-9F36A4
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy saddle pommel of 16th or 17th century date
The pommel is near-complete and retains one of the buckle-frames, but is missing one of the attachment lugs (with a length of 67.9 mm and a weight of 100.7g). The pommel is of two-piece construction and remain joined, soldered across its midsection. The domed pommel is hollow and of sub-circular section (with a diameter of 37.1mm, an internal diameter of 31.8mm and is up to 2.8mm thick). The sides are gently convex and near-parallel before its rounded apex. The surviving lug is slightly distorted (giving a widt…
Created on: Tuesday 10th February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-6A437A
Object type: SADDLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy saddle pommel of 16th or 17th century date
The pommel is near-complete, with damaged attachment lugs (with a length of 69.7mm and a weight of 41.9g) and is of two-piece construction, now separated but would have been soldered across its midsection. The domed pommel is hollow and of oval section (with a diameter of 33.1mm x 31.0mm, an internal diameter of 29.5mm x 27.5mm and is 1-2mm thick). The sides are straight and near-parallel to the undulating base. There was a double attachment hole for rivets near the base and there would have been a lug on each si…
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-62111D
Object type: ROWEL SPUR
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post medieval copper alloy rowel from a spur, probably of 15th to 18th century date
The rowel is near-complete, with some peripheral damage to some of the points (with a maximum surviving diameter of 35.3mm, a thickness of 2.7mm and a weight of 7.0g). The rowel comprises seven points, which gradually taper to the tips. Each of the points was separated from the next by a groove as far as the central perforation and is evident on both faces. The perforation is oval (5.6mm x 4.5mm) and is placed off-centre. The rowel is slightly thicker at the centre. The surface has a dar…
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 14th November 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-3EA797
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Relatively large cast rotary key, probably dating from the 13th to the 16th century. The bit is trapezoidal in shape and is comparatively simple for this key type, with a single cleft each side and two chevron shaped grooves each side. The shaft is hollow, with an off-centre hole, and is circular except for slight faceting. The key has an elaborately collar with two triangular profiled mouldings contained with rectangular mouldings. The bow is circular, and is flat internally with a biconical exterior. There is a square knob on the outside edge of the bow with a cross at its apex.
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-47E4BE
Object type: ROTARY KEY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post medieval copper alloy rotary key probably from 13th to 17th century date
The key is incomplete, missing the bow (with a surviving length of 72.5mm and a weight of 24.7g). The bow is incomplete but is likely to have been of circular to oval form (with a surviving width of 9.6mm) and appears to have been of triangular section. There is a V-shaped moulding at the base of the bow. The shank is of faceted oval section, becoming D-shaped at the tip (7.6mm x 8.7mm below the bow and 4.1mm x 5.0mm at the tip). The end of the shank is solid. The bit has two clefts on each si…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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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-A4D314
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Annular ring of copper alloy. This is likely to be a simple annular round (or near round) section buckle frame of Medieval date, probably 13th –15th century. The ring is plain, except for an expanded area with a pair of low lugs and the pin constricting mouldings. The relatively narrow gap or groove between these mouldings would suggest the rings use as a buckle rather than a brooch. The groove seemingly being too slender to seat the stem of a brooch pin. Egan (1991) states that a constriction on a single frame is generally an indication of a brooch rather than a buckle, leaving…
Created on: Friday 1st August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-845F52
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy object, probably a ring handle of indeterminate age. The ring is solid cast, oval in plan (68.9mm x 62.0mm) and teardrop-shaped in section with a rounder interna edge and a more pronounced external edge (ring width c.7.7mm wide x 4.2mm thick). The ring lacks any diagnostic features to estimate precise function or relative date.
The metal has a brownish-green smooth patina with large areas of rough mid- to light-green corrosion and weighs 28.39g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-A46D83
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy ring, likely a sword belt ring of probable late iron Age to Roman Date (1st century BC to 1st century AD).
The ring is a circular hoop 32.2mm in diameter with a near-circular section measuring 5.4mm thick and 4.4mm wide. The internal diameter of the ring is 23-23.4mm. The ring is decorated on its circumference by continuous 2.4mm wide band of incised rectangular beading. The remainder of the ring’s surviving surface is highly polished and patinated green to light green. The surface is broken and pitted in some patches, with bright green corrosion product …
Created on: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-2504E9
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy object, probably a fitting, of uncertain date. The object is half of a curved or circular fitting and is sub-triangular in section with a surviving overall length of 43.9mm. The surviving terminal is rounded and decorated with a small circular moulding (max thickness 5.0mm) and a small integrally cast knop/spike projecting outwards from the side. The object has an old break at the apex of the curve. The surviving original surface suggests the shallow central ridge was decorated with small notches. The reverse is flat and undecorated.
XRF results show t…
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-24FBF9
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy ring, possibly from a harness, of uncertain date. The ring is missing over half of the hoop in old damage with surviving measurements 25.5mm long x 7.2mm max diameter. The ring is roughly D-shaped/sub-triangular in section with a shallow central ridge along the outer surface and small angular wear facets visible at the breaks. There is no visible evidence for surface decoration. It is difficult to determine function with so little remaining, but it may be a fragment of a harness ring. The metal has a smooth dark green mottled patina and weighs 6.51g.
XR…
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-5B910B
Object type: QUERN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Stone rotary quern fragment probably of Roman date
The stone is from a rotary quern and is probably a fragmentary upper-stone in coarse-grained sandstone, now of sub-triangular form (with a maximum surviving length of 99.0mm, a maximum surviving width of 91.5mm and a weight of 357.0g). One of the edges is curved and is likely to be the original outer edge of the quern. The stone is of rectangular section and is thickest at the outside edge, which is without a raised lip (with a thickness of 33.1mm compared with a thickness of 30.1mm at the inside). The grinding face has radial gr…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-2B27A1
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval lead alloy purse bar, c. 15th or 16th century
The purse bar is complete with a length of 53.6mm and a weight of 7.1g. The terminals were pointed with a flange before a recess to secure the missing frame. The bars are of sub-rectangular section with attachment plates beneath. The bar widens (to 10.1mm) and thins (to 3.6mm) at the centre to accommodate a perforation (3.0mm diameter), through which the loop would have passed. No decoration is evident on the purse bar. The surface is poorly preserved and has a mid-grey colour.
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 29th December 2011
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Record ID: NMGW382
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy purse bar. The perforated shield-shaped central block is decorated with a lattice pattern on one side and a rudimentary scallop-shell pattern on the other. The side bars are circular in section and gripped by stylised animals' heads at their junction with the central block. The upper surface and sides of the side bars are decorated with a lattice pattern. Microscopic observation suggests that the decorative motifs on both the central block and the side bars are inlaid with niello. The ends of both bars are missing beyond the first perforation of the attachm…
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW153
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Part of a copper alloy purse frame with a cast copper alloy rotating suspension loop fixed to the horizontal bar by a rove. Both arms of the short, sub-rectangular sectioned horizontal bar are broken close to the rectangular-shaped central boss. The elongated suspension loop is plano-convex in section with the flat side facing inwards. One side of the central boss is decorated with two diagonal moulded lines arranged to form a "V" shape (cf. Ward Perkins 1967, fig.52.B1). Probably late fifteenth to mid sixteenth century in date. Type B1 (Ward Perkins 1967, 167-168, fig.52). Lengt…
Created on: Friday 24th September 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Peterston-super-Ely, The Vale of Glamorgan', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMGW-4956A2
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy late medieval to early post medieval purse bar (c. AD 1420-1600) of Williams class A2. The object consists of a side-bar (68.5mm long, 9.8mm wide and 7mm thick), part of a pendant frame (surviving length of 25.8mm, 4.5mm wide, 3.6mm thick) with surviving perforation (c.2mm in diameter) expanding from the bottom of the bar, and a central boss (20.2mm in height, 22mm wide and 13.3mm thick) with a heavily corroded iron swivel pin through the middle (30.1mm in surviving length).
The surviving side-bar, or arm, is rectangular in plan and section and fea…
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 30th September 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-31E2F9
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy purse frame of early to mid 16th century date
The cast purse frame is of Ward-Perkins (1940, p. 167-9)[1] Type B5 and is incomplete, missing one arm and the other purse components (with a surviving length of 39.5mm and a weight of 10.1g). The central block (8.5mm thick with an internal diameter of 5.0mm) is decorated with vertical grooves and has shoulders descending to the arms. The short arms (22.5mm long) had a plate with three perforations now damaged beneath the bars on each side and is decorated with lipped mouldings before the terminals. The sur…
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 5th July 2021
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