Record ID: NMGW-6A1DDC
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy annular fitting or possibly bead of uncertain date The cast fitting is complete and of annular form (with a diameter of 12.7mm and a weight of 4.4g) with a rectangular section (5.4mm thick). The perforation is positioned off-centre and is circular (with a diameter of 5.3mm). Both faces are decorated with nine punched ring-and-dot devices but with the encircling rings now largely worn. The edge is also decorated with ring-and-dots and has suffered even more wear. The positioning of the ring-and-dot decoration is somewhat irregular. The surface is pitted with a green-g…
Created on: Friday 12th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A78182
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fitting, possibly a medieval damaged coin balance arm perhaps of 13th or 14th century date The fitting is fragmentary, distorted and heavily-corroded (with a length of 62.6mm and a weight of 10.9g). One end has worn and corroded to a point and is of sub-triangular section gradually widens to a moulding on the mid-section of rounded quadrangular section (6.8mm wide and 9.2mm thick). The moulding had a midrib on the sides and a loop or hinge on the base (8mm wide and 3mm internal) but with only the stubs surviving. On the top surface is a rectangular remnant of a furth…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A79324
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy collar fitting of uncertain date, possibly Iron Age The fitting comprises a comparatively substantial crude casting and appears to be complete but is a composite part, of U-shaped form (with a height of 27.3mm, an external diameter of 34.4mm, an internal diameter of 22.2mm and a weight of 62.5g). Both sides are straight and near parallel (with a width of 32.3mm at one end and 30.0mm at the other). The face has heavy ribbing, with a rib on each side and a midrib (giving a maximum thickness of 7.0mm). The terminals have integral lugs, which are likely to have enga…
Created on: Monday 15th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3C35C5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy decorative pyramidal terminal of uncertain date The terminal is complete (16.8mm long) but the ferrous attachment bar is fragmentary (giving an overall surviving length of 17.8mm and a weight of 5.3g). The terminal has a near-square base (10.5mm x 9.7mm), with straight flat sides converging towards the apex, enhanced with a spherical knop (5.6mm diameter). Little decoration survives on the terminal but the domed head of an iron pin (4mm diameter and 0.4mm high) is evident on one face, to secure the terminal to the shaft. Beneath the iron pin is the suggestion of line…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-36A04D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two lead discs of uncertain function, likely of Roman date. The find consists of two lead discs, sub circular in plan, one with a (now partially flattened) turned up edge a pie crust, the other roughly flat. Due to the softness of the lead, both halves are damaged and distorted, meaning that exact original forms are uncertain. Each of the halves has been hammered using a hammer with a reticulated face, leaving marks very similar to the those described in “Manning, W.H. 1995. Report on the Excavations at Usk 1965-1976. The Roman Small Finds, plates XXXI, XXXII and XXXIII, pp31…
Created on: Thursday 18th March 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 6th April 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-42C745
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy object of unknown function, likely of post medieval date. The object is 45mm diameter disc of copper alloy 5mm thick. The obverse of the disc is decorated in relief moulding, with a circular central cell surrounded by four concentric circular ridges. The central cell is decorated in relief with an pseudoheraldic animal, possibly a dog or lion. The attitude of the pseudoheraldic is passant to sinister (moving to the viewer's right). The reverse is undecorated and covered in a dark patina with patches of corrosion. The object is reminiscent of livery and hu…
Created on: Monday 12th April 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 27th April 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-6F7DE1
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy anthropomorphic cast head of uncertain date The solid cast head is complete but has broken around the neck (with a surviving length of 39.5mm and a weight of 112.6g). The head is crudely but skilfully moulded and was clearly cast from a clay or wax pattern, as evidenced by the soft ‘plastic’ moulding marks. The head is of an older male and is depicted without hair and the ears are evident as curved raised wedges. The raised brows are particularly prominent as is the wide and clearly defined nose. The recessed eyes are outlined with grooves and with a central ind…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3263D2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The strip is broken at one end but appears to be complete on the other (with a surviving length of 108.2mm and a weight of 2.6g). The complete end has a straight terminal (6.0mm wide and 0.3mm thick) and the sides are straight and near-parallel for their surviving length. The strip is decorated on one face with a central row of hand-punched dots and the terminal has a border of punched dots. The decoration is interrupted near the centre (55mm from the terminal and 43mm from the broken end) where there is an undecorated but has three ridges across its width. The surface is worn with as…
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-346C2E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy socketed and looped fitting of uncertain date The cast fitting appears to be near-complete but corroded and worn (with a length of 32.8mm and a weight of 15.4g) and is comparatively crude casting. The socket interior is of trilobed form (13mm both wide and long and 13mm – 17mm deep), open at both ends and with a break at the rear. There are decorative mouldings on the outside of the socket, comprising opposing arcs on the concave edges, with one face deeper than the other. There is an integral loop (12mm long, 4.5mm -6.8mm thick with an internal diameter of 7.6mm) …
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-F3C26A
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy terminal probably of Roman date The cast terminal is of faceted, onion-shaped form (with a length of 24.0mm, a diameter of 10.6mm – 12.4mm and a weight of 6.5g). There is a knop at the apex and a double-collar moulding at the base. Beneath the collar is an integral attachment pin of rectangular section (3.1mm x 4.0mm). There is no surviving applied decoration on the terminal. The surface is corroded and pitted with a pale to mid-green patina. The missing component part that the terminal was attached to makes identification and dating difficult. However, the …
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-576028
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete ?copper alloy object likely of Post Medieval to Victorian date (c. AD 1700-1900). The object is fractured on both ends, leaving a globular bead-shape decoration (13.8mm long, 11.8mm diameter). The object is possibly a furniture handle with traces of white metal coating on the outside. The metal is a mid grey patina and weighs 5.86g.
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Saturday 12th February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-ADE00E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of cast copper alloy and enamel object of unknown purpose, but certainly of Roman date (c. 43-410 AD). The object represents only a fragment of an unknown object, ending in breaks at both ends (the sides appear to be damaged original edges). The object is very broadly rectangular in shape, though the longer edges are concave. These edges are 12.3mm wide in the middle, and 20.17mm at the top and 21.2mm wide at the bottom. The object runs in a slight curve, with concave reverse and convex front. The broken top edge of the object projects slightly more than the bottom. The rev…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-74EB6F
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy unidentified artefact, possibly a brooch, and Roman in age. The fragment has a hollow back and iron corrosion which resembles springs, this is at the widest point of the object (10.8mm). The sides then taper to a width of 1.7mm, the narrowest point in the fragment, right above the flared foot (3.8mm). On the front of the object, at the centre of the widest point, there are the remains of a stud where a vertical line coming from the foot and a horizontal line meet. The fragment has a rough green and purple patina, and signs of iron corrosion on the back.
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th October 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-9A852B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead disc of unknown function and date. The object is circular in plan measuring 18.1mm in diameter and weighs 879.1g. The object is 3.4mm thick in the centre and unevenly dished along the circumference reaching a maximum height of 22.3mm A similar object is recorded on the PAS database (NMGW-36A04D) although the present object does not have obvious hammer reticulation marks on the surface and was recovered as a single isolated find, rather than with a ‘lid’ as seen in NMGW-36A04D. Lead objects are difficult to date due to their lack of diagnostic features. A lead…
Created on: Monday 27th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-D7A66E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead object, possibly a cap or a ferule, of probable Medieval to Post Medieval date. The object is cup or cap shaped in form. It has a flat top which is broadly circular in plan measuring 17.1mm in diameter. The top features an impressed brown decoration, depicting a bishop’s mitre. The mitre features a design of an elongated cross flanked by two crozier shaped symbols.  The sides of the object are of an uneven length, between 9.3mm and 11.0mm, they slope gently outwards from the top to a diameter of 21.5mm at the base. The walls of the object are 2.6mm thi…
Created on: Thursday 16th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-BECBD3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rolled and folded lead sheet of uncertain dating, probably Roman to Modern (AD 43-1950). The object is roughly tubular in form but appears to have been an irregular shape prior to folding. The object is filled by lead carbonates and soil, and one corner has been folded over a segment of 0.5mm diameter copper alloy wire, with unidentified fibres present in some of the lead carbonate and soil fill. The outer surface of the object has tool marks- parallel lines likely representing the jaws of some pliers or tongs as well as some impressions that appear to be from twisted wire. The obj…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-C87F84
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy object of uncertain date, use, and completeness. The object consists of a spike, square in cross section and tapering to a point, it is 65.5mm long.  The top of the object measures 8.51mm by 8.54mm, it is broadly flat but somewhat uneven, possibly suggestive of a break.   The object is a mid-brown colour with areas of uneven green corrosion.
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 5th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gower', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-1896F6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy object of uncertain function, likely of Post Medieval date (c.AD 1600-1800). The object is an arch with a flattened top in plan and sub-rectangular in section, with an undulating and irregular surface (max dimensions 80mm long x 38.4mm wide x 21.9mm thick). The object is broken approximately in half, with half of a circular hole measuring 35.8mm internal diameter. It was suggested by Dr Mark Redknap that the object may be associated with metalworking. The metal is a rough dark green patina and weighs 256.10g. XRF results showed the alloy is consistent w…
Created on: Monday 25th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 25th September 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-BBEEF4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead object of unknown function and date.  The object comprises three rods joined at the centre to make a three-dimensional shape with six cylindrical rods projecting in different directions. The object has been damaged with some of the rods bent, but would have projected from the centre at right angles. Although these objects are commonly found, they are poorly understood. Because these objects are sometimes found in the same field as lead bullets/buckshot, it has been suggested that these could be caltrop, a spiked metal device thrown on the ground to impede wheeled vehicles…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-D28B2C
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hammered gold sheet of uncertain date. The sheet has a maximum length of 51.4mm, width of 39.3mm, 0.7mm thick and weighs 14.76g. The sheet is lacking any diagnostic features so the use and date cannot be determined. Small percussion marks on the surface indicate the sheet was intentionally flattened before being deposited, discarded, or lost. Due to the uncertainty of the date, the object is not considered Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Friday 2nd February 2024
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded.