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Record ID: NMGW390
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy rim fragment from a steep-sided vessel. The large diameter of the vessel suggests that it was used for cooking. Minimum depth of vessel 26mm, thickness 4mm. Probably medieval or post-medieval in date.
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-95A6E1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy zoomorphic ewer spout shaped in the form of a dog’s head with a short barrel protruding from the animal’s mouth, probably of 15th or 16th century date. The dog is modelled with apparently closed eyes, small but upright ears and a slight crest on the back of its head. The spout illustrates no evidence of an attachment device, suggesting it was welded or soldered to the vessel. The spout is paralleled by examples from the moat at Cardiff Castle (Lewis 1991, 4, fig 8A)and an unprovenanced example (Bailey 1997, 57-58 no 5).
Created on: Monday 7th July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E229B3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast cauldron or skillet leg fragment, broken at both ends, and probably of late Medieval or Post Medieval date. The leg is of low D-shaped section with a rounded rib on the outside face. The sides converge towards the foot and the leg thickens near the top break. Black deposits over the surface indicate heavy sooting and burning.
Created on: Tuesday 27th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E23887
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast cauldron or skillet leg fragment, broken at both ends, and probably of late Medieval or Post Medieval date. The leg is of trapezoidal section with a sharp rib on the outside face. The sides are parallel. Black deposits over the surface indicate heavy sooting and burning.
Created on: Tuesday 27th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-EA5EA7
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy ewer spout of 14th or 15th century date The cast spout is fragmentary, represented by the zoomorphic end of the spout in the form of the head of a water bird, probably a duck (with a length of 41.8mm and a height of 24.2mm and a weight of 22.0g, including sediment). The neck has broken below the head and is sub-circular sectioned (with an external diameter of 11.1mm – 11.9mm and internal diameter of 7.0mm). The fragmentary spout is widens and deepest at the head (with a width of 14.2mm and a depth of 16.8mm). The bird is depicted with short incised marks c…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-EE065C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy fragment, possibly of Late Medieval date (c.15th-16th century AD). The fragment is a piece of a rim from a large cauldron measuring 11.6mm long x 7.9mm wide x 27.4mm-25.4mm thick. The rim has a very slightly expanded lip on the inside surface before tapering slightly to the edge and the outer surface is flat with no traces of decoration surviving. Two rivets hold a sheet of copper alloy in place (surviving length 27.1mm, max surviving width 15.6mm) likely repairing a crack on the inside surface of the cauldron. These types of rivets are common in Medieva…
Created on: Friday 30th December 2022
Last updated: Friday 30th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EFF268
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The cast seal matrix is fragmentary missing the edges of the die and the loop at the apex and is of hexagonally faceted type (with a surviving length of 12.0mm and a weight of 3.3g). The seal matrix has broken below the loop with no mouldings or collar evident. The handle widens to the now oval seal die (13.2mm x 11.0mm). The encircling legend is now almost entirely lost. The central device comprises a cross potent below a possible wheat sheaf. Below the cross three letters are evident, possibly IHS. The surface has a…
Created on: Wednesday 15th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-D88414
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy strap end of Medieval date (c.AD 1390-1410). The object is a belt chape consisting of half of the plate, waist and damaged ‘lyre-shaped’ openwork terminal (overall length 55.5mm, max width 39.3mm, thickness 5.7mm). The plate is sub-rectangular in plan and rectangular in section. The obverse is decorated with a moulded border enclosing an incised linework motif, probably representing the monogram ‘ihs’ (abbreviation for Jesus Christ). Two rivet holes are at the base of the plate and one has iron corrosion suggesting the rivets…
Created on: Thursday 29th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW3186
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze seal matrix. Mid 14th century. Oval with plain flat back (thin) and no trace of perforation lug for attachment. 23 x 17mm. A hawk below three pellets, standing over a smaller bird (e.g. duck) above two pellets. S' SOVDED[S]TAV[-]PONE (Lombardic script). The legend belongs to a group of apparently unintelligible legends without word divisions or normalisation of letter forms.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penhow/Caerwent', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-CD3D97
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete Medieval (c.1300–1350AD) seal matrix with an hexagonally faceted handle crowned with a quatrefoil pierced terminal, divided by a double moulding. The pierced terminal has two decorative incised lines between each of the arms of the quatrefoil. The matrix is circular with a central device consisting of four legs pointing in the same direction and forming a swastika motif. An eight-pointed star, the interior of which is rounded at every other point, bounds the central device. The surrounding inscription is small and difficult to decipher. The beginning of the inscription appe…
Created on: Thursday 22nd May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-F01257
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The cast seal matrix is fragmentary missing the edges of the die and the loop at the apex and is of hexagonally faceted type (with a surviving length of 12.0mm and a weight of 3.3g). The seal matrix has broken below the loop with no mouldings or collar evident. The handle widens to the now oval seal die (13.2mm x 11.0mm). The encircling legend is now almost entirely lost. The central device comprises a cross potent below a possible wheat sheaf. Below the cross three letters are evident, possibly IHS. The surface has a…
Created on: Wednesday 15th July 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th October 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-C71489
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy flat pointed oval seal matrix of Medieval date (likely 13th to 14th century). The seal matrix is flat, pointed oval in plan with a broken lug projecting above the top point of the die from the back of the matrix. The reverse of the matrix is undecorated and flat the surface covered by a mottled patina and patches of copper alloy corrosion. The matrix is 2.5mm thick from the die to the reverse and 4.6mm thick at the lug. The central motif of the matrix die is a pelican in her piety, i.e. a bird perched on a nest pecking at its own breast, feeding th…
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanarth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-0B04E8
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 12th or 13th century date. The cast seal matrix is of faceted handle form with a circular die (with a length of 28.8mm and a weight of 11.8g) and is near-complete but heavily-corroded. At the apex of the handle is the attachment loop, originally of lozenge form, now worn (8.0mm wide) with a circular perforation (3.5mm diameter). At the base of the loop is a triple ribbed moulding on the hexagonally faceted handle, which widens to the sub-circular die (20.7mm – 22.0mm diameter). The seal die is corroded and the detail is no longer clear but a…
Created on: Monday 20th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-7ECBDA
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy seal matrix of Medieval date (c.1300-1400 AD). The matrix is of conical form with hexagonal facets and is missing the rim of the die as well as the upper part of the handle. The central device is in the form of a stag, deer, or hart, standing or running left, roughly but competently carved with a tail, four and hind legs, and large branching antlers set within a circular field. The legend is largely obliterated, with a mullet initial mark at 12 o’clock. The only discernable characters of the inscription are the first and penultimate letter…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-5B3276
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Medieval purse bar (c. AD 1400-1600). The object comprises a fragment of a cylindrical arm of a purse bar with a flat tab projecting from the bottom. The tab is damaged but would have included two round holes from which the purse would hang. Transverse grooves run the circumference of the arm beginning appx. either end of the tab framing a surface decoration of engraved linework in a double-lattice design. Traces of black inlay within the engraved lines are visible under magnification, possibly niello. A single grooved line spans the circumference at both en…
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2020
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-C5540B
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy purse bar of Ward Perkins Type B1, likely of late medieval to Early Post Medieval date (1450 – 1550 AD). The object consists of a complete purse bar and suspension loop as well as two small fragments of the purse frame, while the remaining majority of the purse frame is missing. The arms of the bar are circular in cross section and terminate in globular roves, each decorated with a single circumferential groove. The roves secure the purse frame to the bar, and two fragments of the frame remain attached to the bar. These fragments are rounded pieces of sh…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-91C84C
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy suspension fitting of Medieval to Post Medieval date, possibly from a sword belt (Mark Redknap, Pers. Comm.). The loop is cast in one piece, which has been bent in half so that the two perforations line up to allow a now missing part to pass through. The perforations are through an expanded circular section of the fitting, with simple mouldings on the inner side of each, terminating in simple lobed knops. There is a casting line running centrally along the length of the bar and traces of white metal surface treatment visible. The metal surface is brown in colour and…
Created on: Wednesday 26th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW3151
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy padlock case (length 23mm, maximum width 19.5mm, depth 14mm) with a circular body, and a short, rectangular-sectioned arm, or tab, connected to a fixed tapering circular-sectioned bar, or bolt (length 24mm). The rectangular-shaped key aperture is relatively large (height 7mm, width 6mm) and curves back into a transverse slot at its base to allow the key to be manipulated into the interior of the padlock which is T-shaped in profile. The mechanism aperture consists of three rectangular perforations of the same size for the spring strips of the missing bolt (height 4.5m…
Created on: Thursday 24th May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-7EFFA1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy mount of late Early Medieval to Medieval date, likely dating from the 11th to earlier 13th century in date. The mount is complete apart from the two non-integral rivets, which survive as stumps. The mount is flat in section (excepting the rivets) and roughly a wide shield shape in plan, with a near flat top and sides that curve smoothly down to the lowest point. The top edge of the mount is very slightly concave and measures 29.4mm between its rounded corners. The sides curve out slightly below the top corners giving the maximum width of the mount (30…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-C4FC9A
Object type: MACE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy socketed hollow-cast knobbed mace head of 11th to 14th century date The cast mace-head is near-complete (with a surviving length of 72.0mm and a weight of 131.4g). The base of the socket is missing and there is no surviving collar. The socket is sub-circular (with an external diameter of 27.1mm – 29.2mm) and the interior contains the remnants of a wooden shaft (24mm diameter). The sides of the socket are straight and parallel to the apex, become sub-square sectioned where the knobs begin (7-9mm square). The knobs were of pyramidal form (11mm square at the …
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ty Gwyn', grid reference and parish protected.