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Record ID: NMGW-BD99AF
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small corroded fragment of copper alloy, possibly part of an openwork strap end of Early Medieval date. The object is flattened in cross section. It consists of a roughly shield shaped terminal that bifurcates into two broken projections from its top. One of these is c.8.5mm long, while the other is broken at its base. There is a cross design incised off centre on the upper surface of the terminal, while the reverse is undecorated and slightly flattened. The original surface is lost to corrosion, and the object has a dark green pitted surface as a result.
While this object is …
Created on: Thursday 6th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Llantilio Crossenny', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMGW-888724
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy sword pommel of late lobed form, probably of 10th or 11th century date The pommel has height of 24.10mm and a length of 51.92mm across the base which curves upwards at both ends and would have rested upon a concave pommel bar. The interior of the pommel has an oval opening (42mm x 10.5mm internal dimensions at the base). The apex of the pommel has an oval aperture (7.2mm x 6.0mm) to accommodate the protruding sword tang. The exterior is decorated with a larger central lobe flanked on each side with smaller lobes and terminal knops. The pommel demonstrates a…
Created on: Monday 15th May 2006
Last updated: Saturday 1st August 2015
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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-7B6408
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy sword pommel of Late Early-Medieval or Medieval date, likely 11th or 12th century. The shape of the object is best described as half an oblate spheroid, and is semi-circular in plan. The object is hollow, consisting of a copper alloy shell with walls of consistent thickness (c. 1.7mm) the hollow interior measures 17mm by 41.8mm at its base. The top of the pommel is perforated by an irregular hole. The sword’s tang would have fitted through this and been hammered to secure the pommel. The dome’s edge is broad and smooth at the top, but becomes sharply pointed to…
Created on: Thursday 27th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 1st December 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-DDABA3
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval ‘Anglo-Scandinavian’ copper alloy belt fitting (strap guide) probably of 10th or 11th century date
The cast mount is of rectangular form and is complete but is heavily-corroded (with an overall length of 22.3mm, a width of 19.7mm and a weight of 5.7g). The head (18.2mm long, 9.0mm wide and 7.2mm thick) is of bilobed form, with a central ridge and a possible triangular moulding on the ends. The sides and base are of irregular rectangular section (with a width of 2.2mm – 5.0mm and a thickness of 0.8mm – 2.5mm). The surface is corroded with a dark-gree…
Created on: Tuesday 12th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-08658C
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval, Anglo-Saxon copper alloy harness mount, probably of 7th or 8th century date
The cast mount is of rectangular form and is incomplete, missing the integral loop (with a length of 24.6mm, a width of 14.9mm, a surviving depth of 7.7mm and a weight of 6.1g). The mount has geometric decoration in cast-relief, probably of Style II. The decoration is arranged around a central vertical rib, which undulates over raised mouldings at each terminal and incorporates a central oval boss (giving the mount a maximum thickness of 5.2mm). The rib is enhanced with three fine grooves. The …
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-9E75E1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of 9th to later 10th century date The strap-end is incomplete and slightly distorted, missing the outside edge and possibly the attachment edge (with a surviving length of 35.6mm and a weight of 7.0g). The form of strap-end corresponds with Thomas' (2004, p 4) Class F. The strap-end is widest at the attachment end (with a width of 16.9mm) and may have been attached using two circular holes (2.0mm and 1.5mm diameters) near the corners, although there is no slot to accommodate the strap. The sides are straight but irregular and converge towards the …
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2022
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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-C98B8B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Late Anglo-Saxon) copper alloy strap-end of late 8th to 11th century date
The strap-end is of Thomas' (2003, p 4)[1] Class B, Type 1 and is complete but is slightly distorted (with a length of 37.5mm and a weight of 3.4g). The strap-end is widest at the split attachment end (at 8.5mm wide and 4.3mm deep), which is near-straight and the two attachment rivets remain in place. The sides of the strap-end converge towards the terminal (to a minimum width of 5.5mm where it has a thickness of 1.6mm). The shaft is mostly undecorated but had three sets of parallel incised li…
Created on: Friday 7th November 2014
Last updated: Friday 7th November 2014
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMGW-45A67E
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy zoomorphic strap-end possibly of Early Medieval, 11th century date
The strap-end is complete (with a length of 27.5mm and a weight of 11.8g) but is heavily-corroded. The strap-end depicts a beast's head, cast in the round with narrowed snout, a central groove on the brow and conjoined C-shaped mouldings for ears (giving the strap-end a maximum width of 10.9mm, where it has a thickness of 8.9mm). There is the suggestion of an incised eye, on one side but is now corroded and all other detail has been lost. The underside is undecorated and gently concave. The attachment e…
Created on: Tuesday 25th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th August 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-481317
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy early medieval strap end with zoomorphic terminal. The object is only partial, representing roughly the front third of the complete object. The object has rounded edges that are now uneven but were likely once slightly convex, converging from the break to the terminal. The terminal of the object has a simple zoomorphic design consisting of three lobes, two of which have inscribed dot decoration. The object ends in a transverse break. The loss of original surface destroyed evidence of any trewhiddle style panel in centre. The reverse is undecorated. This…
Created on: Monday 12th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Tormarton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMGW-590BC1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of Thomas’ (2003)[1] Class B Type 2 and of late 8th to 11th century date
The cast strap-end is near-complete (with a length of 44.9mm and a weight of 6.0g). The strap-end is widest at the attachment end (at 10.4mm) and is forked (with a thickness of 3.2mm and a fork length of 10mm) with a central bifurcation on the attachment edge, around the two missing attachment rivets. The end is flat sectioned with straight sides converging towards the midsection. The strap-end has a gentle s-shaped long profile, with the curve positioned at the juncti…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: NMGW-6FD7BC
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Zoomorphic copper alloy terminal possibly a strap-end
The terminal is near-complete, and is very small (with an overall length of 13.4mm and a weight of 1.4g) and depicts an ox-head. The terminal comprises four plates (with a thickness of 4.4mm), secured by a single rivet (of 3mm diameter) through the centre. The two inner plates have a straight attachment edge (with a width of 5.8mm) and have straight near-parallel sides before the rounded end. There is a slight space between the two inner plate, possibly to accommodate a strap, or similar. The top plate is convex across its wid…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-04F833
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy Strap end of Late Anglo Saxon type and of late 8th to 12th century date
The strap-end is of Thomas’ (2003)[1] Class B, Type 1 and is near complete, with minor damage to the terminal (with a length of 51.9mm and a weight of 12.8g). The strap-end is widest at the attachment edge and has a slight curve (with a width of 11.4mm and a thickness of 4.5mm). The strap was secured by two rivets, which remain in position positioned close together near the centre and just below the edge. The end has a V-shaped split to accommodate the strap (11mm long). The side…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-82B1CB
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of 8th to 11th century
The strap-end is incomplete, missing the attachment end of the front face (with a 42.7mm, and a weight of 2.5g) and appears to be of Thomas’s Class B type 1-2 (2003, p 4-6)[1]. The attachment end is widest and is forked to accommodate the strap (with a width of 6.8mm, a slot length of 12 – 13mm and a surviving depth of 2.3mm). Near the attachment end are two circular perforations (of 2.4mm diameter), one of which cuts the side. The strap-end is of sub-rectangular section (2.2mm thick) with straight sides, gradually …
Created on: Monday 1st February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C1A589
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of Thomas’ (2003, p 2)[1] Class A, Type 1 and probably of late-8th to 9th century date
The strap-end is near-complete, missing the attachment end but is heavily worn and corroded (with a length of 36.0mm and a weight of 4.2g). The attachment end has broken through the two perforations to take the attachment rivets (with a width of 8mm and a depth of 2.9mm) with a V-shaped split (8mm long) to accommodate the strap and secured with rivets, now missing. The sides are convex with a maximum width (of 12.2mm) near the end of the slot. Much of th…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 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-718046
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of Thomas's (2003, p 2) Class A and of uncertain type, possibly type 1, of late 8th or 9th century date The strap-end is near complete, missing one corner (with a length of 36.6mm and a weight of 4.2g). The attachment end undulates around the two perforations (with a width of 10mm and a thickness of 3.5mm) with a V-shaped split (11mm long) to accommodate the strap and secured at the corners with rivets, which remain in-situ (1.3mm diameter). The sides are convex (producing a maximum width of 11.8mm). There is an incised border around the central p…
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 9th May 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-169595
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval, Late Anglo-Saxon copper alloy strap-end of Thomas' (2004) Class E, possibly Type 4 and of 10th century date
The cast, tongue-shaped strap-end is incomplete, missing the attachment end and is now distorted (with a surviving distorted length of 38.9mm and a weight of 13.4g). The strap-end was thinner at the attachment end, now lost but has the discernible remnants of the integral flange (2mm thick). The strap-end is also widest at the attachment end (with a width of 25.7mm and a thickness of 3.2mm) with straight sides below, gradually narrowing to the rounded terminal.…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-6AACFA
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete copper alloy strap end of Early Medieval date (likely 8th or earlier 9th centuries AD). The strap end is likely Thomas Class A Type 2 (Patterned), with a split end, slightly convex sides and a stylised zoomorphic terminal. The attachment end terminates in a break at the twin rivets, which are still present and appear to be made of green patinated copper or copper alloy.
The reverse of the strap end is undecorated, with some potential file marks. The lower half of the reverse face is encrusted by what appears to be mixture of iron and copper corrosion products. …
Created on: Monday 25th October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd November 2021
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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-591C1F
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy strap-end of Thomas’ (2004)[1] Class E, probably Type 2 and of 9th or 10th century date
The cast, tongue-shaped strap-end has open-work decoration, probably of anthropomorphic form and is near-complete (with a length of 48.8mm and a weight of 13.2g). The attachment end is straight and stepped (with a width of 21.8mm, a step length of 7.2mm and a thickness of 2.9mm and 1.8mm to the step), missing the top attachment plate. One of the attachment holes is circular, while the other is rectangular. The openwork design is symmetrical about the vertical centr…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-C20800
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Near-complete Late Anglo Saxon stirrup strap mount, probably of 11th century date. The stirrup is unusual with a beast's head protruding downwards from the base of the mount (23mm deep). One other example with a protruding head has been recorded from Stoke Hammond, Bucks (Williams D., 1997, no. 383, p84). Features on the head are now difficult to discern, but the cast decoration appears to depict a snarling snout with four sharp teeth protruding from the underside. The panel is concave with a surviving height of 32.4mm and parallel sides with a width of 32.6mm. The panel is decorated …
Created on: Monday 7th March 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2016
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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-657977
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon stirrup-strap mount, probably of 11th century date. The mount is likely to fall into Williams (1997) Class A, Type 2A. The mount is sub-triangular and convex in profile. Much of the surface detail has been lost, but it is possible to discern an animal head at the apex, above the upper fixing hole. There are a further two animal heads projecting from the corners at the base. The sides of the mount are slightly curved and without any projecting lobes. The lower fixing holes retain their iron rivets, and are positioned immediately above and inside the corner head projections. …
Created on: Tuesday 27th January 2004
Last updated: Sunday 31st May 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-66F662
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval, Late Anglo-Saxon copper alloy stirrup terminal mount of middle to late 11th century date
The mount is one of a pair which would have decorated the terminals of an iron stirrup. The mount is complete (with a length of 46.4mm and a weight of 19.2g) and the rear of the mount is open-backed and would accommodate a circular sectioned stirrup (with a socket length of 40.3mm and of 7.3mm diameter). The interior of the terminal is angled to produce a slight under-cut ledge. There is no evidence for the iron remnants of the stirrup within the socket. The mount depicts an e…
Created on: Wednesday 14th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-565F03
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early medieval, Late Anglo Saxon copper alloy stirrup strap mount of 11th century date
The stirrup strap mount is of Williams’ (1997)[1] Type A, Class 5 mounts and is near-complete, missing the loop at the apex (with a surviving length of 47.7mm and a weight of 19.7g) and is heavily worn. The mount was attached using a single iron rivet and the remains of the iron fitting survive on the rear. The flange (with a depth of 9.0mm) is near-perpendicular to the mount and is as wide as the mount. The damaged loop appears to have been within the jaws of a beast at the terminal, with m…
Created on: Thursday 11th February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-583281
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval, Anglo-Scandinavian copper alloy prick spur fragment of 11th century date
The cast spur is fragmentary, represented by the incomplete neck and goad point (with a surviving length of 42.3mm and a weight of 13.9g). The point (11mm long) is square sectioned and widens towards the goad, with a bevel before the goad. The square goad (14.0mm x 15.4mm) is decorated on its point side with closely spaced grooves. The neck is sub-circular-sectioned (5.6mm x 6.4mm) and incorporated a decorative moulding, broken at its apex. The moulding (17.4mm long, 9.7mm wide and 7.7mm thic…
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
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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
No spatial data available.
Record ID: NMGW-EC8609
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin of uncertain date, possibly Early Medieval, c. 8th or 9th century
The pin is incomplete, missing much of the shaft and is heavily corroded (with a surviving length of 35.4mm and a weight of 8.9g). The pin head is now worn and rounded (19.9mm long and 15.1mm maximum width) but may originally have been of faceted polyhedral form. The pin head was enhanced with circular indentations in a zig-zag arrangement across the midsection of the head. The indentations may have been within an incised ring or possibly infilled with a setting but no trace now survives. At the ap…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-517156
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval (Hiberno-Norse) copper alloy pin from a ringed pin, probably of 9th to 12th century date
The pin is near-complete, missing the loop but is distorted (with a distorted length of 90.3mm, a straightened length of approximately 151mm and a weight of 11.9g). The top of the loop is missing and the interior of the loop would have accommodated a circular frame (with a diameter of 4mm). The pin shaft is circular-sectioned for approximately half of its length before becoming flat sectioned at the tip half. There is a slight swelling around the loop (of 5.3mm diameter), after…
Created on: Monday 20th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 8th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-5759D5
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy ringed pin of Irish/Welsh type and Early Medieval date (7th-8th century AD). The pin is comprised of the head and upper shaft with a surviving length of 59.3mm. The shaft is circular in plan with a diameter of 3.9-4.1mm. The head is sub-rectangular in plan and profile (13.0mm long x 6.8mm wide x 5.1mm thick) and perforated with a circular hole 2.3mm internal diameter.
The surface is badly corroded, but the head appears to have a moulding at the top and bottom. A similar ringed pin is illustrated in Knight 1996 (p.50, fig.7 no.4) from Caerwent, den…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Friday 25th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-B1E9F6
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy pin probably of Early Medieval, Anglo Saxon date but possibly Roman
The cast pin has a flattened spherical (or globular) head and is incomplete, missing the lower part of the shaft (with a surviving length of 32.0mm and a weight of 2.9g). The head (9mm long) has a flat top (of 5mm diameter) and widens to its midsection (with a maximum diameter of 8.4mm) and is now rounded but may have been faceted. The base of the head is defined by a groove, below which it narrows to the circular-sectioned shaft. The pin-head is decorated with a single punched ring-and-dot on the top sur…
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 25th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-79917A
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval copper alloy pin, dating from the 8th to 9th century (c.720 – 850 AD)
The object consists of the pin head and a fragment of the pin shaft. The head is globular, measuring 7.7 mm in diameter, and features a design of punched ring-and-dot motifs, each being 3.3 mm in diameter. The applied punched design to the pin head’s surface gives a faceted appearance. There are 11 of these motifs evenly spaced over the surface of the head. At the base of the head is a collar from which the shaft of the pin extends. The pin shaft is 1.6 mm in diameter and it&…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-2C8A94
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy pin likely of Early Medieval date (c. AD 700-900).
The pin has a 14.1mm long, 11.15mm wide, 1.1mm thick flat shield shaped head- a flat end with sides tapers slightly down 9.7mm to rounded corners, from which the sides turn in sharply to meet the top of the shank. The head is decorated on both face with incised ring and dot motifs. The decoration on each side is non-identical: one side has eight larger c. 3.3mm diameter ring-and-dots while the other has 10 c.2.5mm diameter ring-and-dots. There are very small lip mouldings on either side of the pin wher…
Created on: Tuesday 27th September 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-3324A4
Object type: PENANNULAR BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: small copper-alloy penannular brooch with cast hoop of circular cross-section and tinned spatulate terminals. The pin-head is barrel moulded, of a type found on fifth- and sixth-century penannular brooches such as the example from Porth Dafarch, Anglesey. The hoop is decorated with four groups of fine ribbing (two at the junction with the terminals). The terminals are covered with fine silver plate and decorated with punched ring and dot, the pairs at the terminal ends being smaller that the single ring-and-dot motifs and the narrow junction with the hoop. Thin incised lin…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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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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