Record ID: NMGW-2D78C6
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy tanged chisel, c.1150-700 BC. The chisel is fragmentary and eroded, represented by the blade and the remnants of the tang, with a surviving length of 37.2mm and weighs 7.5g. The tang has a surviving length of 15mm and is eroded, but is likely to originally have been of rectangular section with straight sides. The chisel has a maximum thickness at the top of the blade of 5.3mm. No lugs or collar are discernible between the blade and tang. The blade has straight sides diverging towards the blade edge, areas of surviving surface on the sides of the tang an…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-55C328
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 6.b8, wavy ridge, flat wing ends type) of the Eastern Group, dating to the late 1st -early 2nd century AD. The brooch is near complete, missing the spring and catch and has a length of 55.3mm and a weight of 21.8g. The spring mechanism was secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement, with pierced lugs at the terminals of the wings. No claw or lug to tension the chord is evident on the head. The wings have a width of 30.8mm and are decorated near the terminals two vertical panels containing …
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-561E14
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands), dating AD 80-120. The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow only, with a surviving length of 29.3mm and a weight of 8.4g. The spring mechanism was secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement, with pierced lugs at the terminals of the wings. A claw was employed to tension the chord on the head. The wings have a width of 20.6mm and have expanded oval terminals (9.1mm x 7.2mm), which are angled towards the rear. The sides of the bow have curved mouldings at the h…
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
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Record ID: NMGW-58EDC3
Object type: FLAKE
County: Merthyr Tydfil
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint flake, distal fragment of a cortical flake, made on unpatinated grey flint.
Created on: Friday 15th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 6th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-C38561
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Part 3, Group 4.l, flat wing ends type), dating to the 80-160 AD The brooch is near complete, missing the pin and catch only, and has a length of 53.7mm and a weight of 10.3g. The spring mechanism is still in place and was secured by a Polden Hill type arrangement, with pierced lugs at the terminals of the wings. A claw was employed to tension the chord on the head. The wings have a width of 20.5mm and have expanded circular terminals (8mm diameter), which are angled towards the rear. The sides of the bow have c…
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-51EFD6
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axe of Ewart Park metalworking phase, corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 7, dated to c. 950 - 750BC. The axe is of uncertain type, probably of faceted type (Type Meldreth (Schmidt & Burgess, 1981, p 204-5) ). The axe is incomplete, missing the mouth and upper body (with a surviving length of 66.1mm and a weight of 77.3g). The body of the axe is slender (with a minimum surviving width at the break of 24.2mm). The sides of the axe are concave and expand at the blade to produce a moderately curved blade. The loop is not present on the incomp…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-532924
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper-alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type (Mackreth Group 5, flat wing ends type, Western Group), c.f. Mackreth 2011, 5.b4, Plate 50, no. 1575. dating from the late 1st to late 2nd century AD. The brooch is incomplete, missing the leg (with a surviving length of 27.2mm and a weight of 15.2g). The spring is secured with a Polden Hill type arrangement with pierced lugs at the terminals of the wings and has 5-6 turns either side of the pin. A lug was employed to tension the chord on the head. The wings have a width of 29.6mm and have expended oval terminals (8…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-54B5A6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.f, flat wing ends type), of mid 2nd-mid 3rd century AD. The brooch is incomplete and is represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 19.4mm and a weight of 4.3g). The missing spring was secured with a Polden Hill type arrangement with terminal pierced lugs to hold the axis bar and a hook employed to tension the chord. The wings have a width of 17.1mm and have expanded terminals defined by ribs. The sides of the bow at the head have a slight curved moulding (gi…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-576054
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Henry, farthing, 1663 BW Devon 28, 0.710g, corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-D43403
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval copper alloy buckle, dating from the mid-14th to the mid-15th century The buckle comprises an oval, lipped frame with a folded sheet plate. The buckle is near-complete, missing some of the pate and the end of the pin (with an overall, distorted length of 33.7mm and a weight of 2.7g). The oval frame (with a length of 17.8mm and a width of 19.1mm) is of trapezoidal section on the outside edge (2.9mm thick), becoming sub-rectangular on the sides. The lip has a prominent notch for the pin. The bar is narrowed and offset. The pin is of circular, tapering section (2.1mm maximum dia…
Created on: Tuesday 4th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-E6F8E6
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy looped swivel of uncertain date, possibly Roman The fitting comprises two parts (with an overall length of 42.0mm and a weight of 20.2g), a looped peg inside a double-hooked frame with socket. The loop is circular (with a diameter of 19.2mm and an internal diameter of 12.4mm) and is of eroded sub-square section. Beneath the loop is a tapering plug, seemingly cast within a circular socket and is held by two strips, which engage with grooves in the plug. Each side of the socket has an integral hook (with a width of 39.3mm and a depth of 21.1mm). There is a decorative groove…
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-E8BA22
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to early 16th century date The ampulla is near-complete, missing the side loops and with a distorted mouth (with a length of 55.2mm and a weight of 52.5g). The expanded and distorted mouth (with a width of 22.0mm) is partially open. The neck has straight parallel sides and is of oval section (21mm wide and 9.9mm thick). Stubs from the side loops begin 2 – 3mm above the body and have a length of 11mm (3.8mm internal). The body has a maximum width of 38.3mm and a thickness of 11.4mm. The obverse face is convex and is decorated with the scallop…
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-EB6520
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to early 16th century date The ampulla is incomplete and distorted, missing some of the mouth and the side loops (with a distorted length of 60.2mm and a weight of 55.4g containing some sediment). The expanded mouth (with a width of 27.8mm) is damaged and is partially open. The neck has straight parallel sides and is of oval section (19-22mm wide and 10mm thick). Stubs from the side loops begin 4 - 6mm above the body and have a length of 11 - 13mm (3 - 5mm internal). The body has a maximum width of 37.6mm and a thickness of 9.6mm. The obverse …
Created on: Wednesday 5th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 21st February 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-7D44F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Theodosius I (AD 379-95), silver siliqua, Rev: VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma seated, //TRPS: Trier, c.379-83. RIC IX, Trier 58b/84a. The coin is either unclipped or lightly clipped.
Created on: Wednesday 12th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-7EE142
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early-medieval copper-alloy brooch of ansate type, dating from the 8th or 9th century The brooch is incomplete, missing the head (with a surviving length of 29.7 mm and a weight of 3.4 g). The arched bow gives the brooch a depth of 13 mm. The bow is of D-shaped section (2.8 mm thick) with straight parallel sides (7.5 mm wide). The bow is decorated with horizontal ribs, positioned at the apex of the arched bow and at the top of the leg. There is a further slight rib at the foot and there was likely to have been another rib between the head and the arched bow and a corresponding weak…
Created on: Wednesday 12th March 2008
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
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Record ID: NMGW-8FC227
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy enamelled belt-plate of 2nd to early 3rd century date The belt fitting is fragmentary and is represented by the end of the plate only (with a surviving length of 23.2mm and a weight of 3.7g). The fitting has a projecting circular stud or 'frog' (10.1mm diameter, 2.1mm thick and with a height of 6.7mm above the plate). The outside of the frog was notched but is now eroded. The interior of the frog is enamelled with green enamel containing white squares and swirls, seemingly millefiori. The rod connecting the plate to the stud is of oval section. The buckle-plate was …
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 22nd September 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-A91D12
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age bronze dirk of Group II or Group IV with Group II affinities (Burgess & Gerloff, 1981, p 62 - 65), perhaps dating to the Penard metalworking industry (c.1275-1120 BC following Needham et al. 1997), corresponding to the latter part of Needham's (1996) Period 5 (dated to 1500 - 1150BC). The dirk has a damaged butt and is eroded, but is otherwise complete (with a length of 159mm and a weight of 38.2g). The butt was trapezoidal (with a maximum surviving width of 45.5mm) without a central rib or notches. The butt appears to have broken through two rivet holes, position…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-A96038
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy finger-ring, probably of 2nd or 3rd century date The finger ring is fragmentary, represented by the bezel and hoop fragment (with a surviving height of 16.5mm and a weight of 4.1g). The shoulders have a V-shaped moulding and the hoop is of low-oval section, with straight sides diverging towards the bezel (with a width at the break of 6.8mm, a width at the bezel of 9.2mm and a thickness of 2.8mm). The hoop would originally have had an internal diameter of approximately 18mm. The bezel is oval (15.1 x 12.7mm) and has incised decoration of a figure facing left and hold…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 30th October 2012
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Record ID: NMGW-A97564
Object type: DIRK
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Middle to Late Bronze Age bronze dirk of Group IV type, damaged weapon with reworked butt (Burgess & Gerloff, 1981, p 99) and probably of later Penard or Wilberton metalworking industries, corresponding to Needham’s (1996) Periods 5-6, possibly dated to c.1200-900BC The dirk has a damaged butt and is eroded (with a surviving length of 87.7mm and a weight of 22.5g). The butt has been formed by hammering to thin the end (with a minimum thickness of 1.5mm) and to define a sub-triangular facet, with hammer-marks discernible on both faces. The sides of the butt have been hammered from …
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-A9D678
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped, applied hook type (Hull's Group 7) and probably of mid to late 1st century date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring, wing terminals, foot and catch-plate (with a length of 59.3mm and a weight of 19.6g). The missing spring was likely to have been coiled around an axis bar and secured by lugs at the wing terminals (Polden Hill type arrangement) and with the chord secured by the copper alloy sheet at the head. The damaged wings (with a surviving width of 29.5mm) are decorated with vertical ribbing. The rear of the head has a V-shaped cu…
Created on: Friday 14th March 2008
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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