Record ID: WREX-27A1B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy hinged Colchester derivative (Dolphin) brooch of Roman date (55-100AD). The wings are cylindrical and complete and are decorated with two parallel grooves either side of the bow. There is the remains of an iron axis bar. At the centre of the wings, on the reverse face, is a vertical slit which would have held the pin, which is now missing The bow is D-shaped in cross section with not surviving traces of any decoration. The bow tapers along its length to a broken edge. The catch plate and the foot are missing. The brooch has a dark green and abraded patina…
Created on: Monday 16th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 30th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-260627
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified object of probably post medieval date (c. 1600-1800AD) possibly an iron nail with its head covered in lead. The shaft is corroded and has been bent over to form a loop. The lead head is semi-spherical with a flat top. The lead covering may have helped to slow down corrosion in exposed positions. Head length: 16.3mm; head width: 13.5mm; height: 17.8mm; weight: 10.05g There are a number of similar examples recorded on the PAS database, including LIN-A9E255, SUSS-D9ED76, NLM-6B0777, NLM-9784DB and NLM-77889A.
Created on: Monday 16th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 30th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trelawnyd and Gwaenysgor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-D64DD7
Object type: FLINTLOCK PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete iron firing mechanism, complete with flint, most likely from a flintlock pistol of post medieval date (AD1600-1800). The fragment comprises the cock and the jaws for the flint. The flint is intact and is a dark grey colour measuring 27.8 x 24.7mm, with a maximum thickness of 6.8mm, it is held in position between the upper and lower jaw. The adjustable locking screw is heavily corroded. The flint would have originally been wrapped in a piece of leather in order to facilitate grip between the jaws, but this does not appear to have survived. The iron is corroded and fl…
Created on: Thursday 11th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 15th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willaston and Thornton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-978364
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an iron scale tang knife with a bone handle dating to the Post-medieval period (c. 1500-1700AD). The bone handle is D shaped in section and is held in place with an iron rivet. The handle is decorated with a cross-hatch pattern along the long edge of the handle, with a series of short parallel, diagonal lines, down the centre. A tang fitted between the two halves of the handle, with a stop between the tang and the blade itself which is broken. See LON-F004E6 and DUR-2FA083 on the database for parallels. Length (including remaining blade): 84.30mm; length of bone han…
Created on: Monday 11th May 2020
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-DCF3B4
Object type: SPEAR
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron spearhead of uncertain date, possibly 200BC-1500AD. The blade is heavily corroded and is lozenge shaped in section. The socket has traces of a wooden haft surviving (see separate image). Length: 249mm; width of blade: 36.6mm tapering to 17.5mm; thickness: 15.9mm tapering to 6.0mm; diameter of socket: 24.7mm; weight: 281g
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Churton', grid reference and parish protected.