Record ID: NMGW-C18F4E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate probably of 11th to 12th century date The buckle is missing the frame and is represented by the distorted plate (with a length of 26.6mm and a weight of 4.4g). The plate is of folded type with two strips to secure the missing frame (4mm wide, 5.6mm long and 3.5mm deep). The front plate is rectangular (21.9mm long and 18.5mm wide), domed at the centre with Romanesque openwork zoomorphic decoration. There is a plain border around the ends and sides with two domed attachment rivets (1.4mm high) near the corners of the attachment end. The plate has …
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADE13E
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy book-mount, probably of late 16th or 17th century date The mount is near-complete but slightly damaged, missing part of the attachment end (with a length of 40.8mm and a weight of 5.2g). The clasp is made from sheet copper alloy (1.3mm thick) riveted to a back plate, now lost with adhering iron corrosion (giving a maximum depth of 3.4mm). The expanded terminal on the front plate (with a surviving width of 16.4mm) appears to have had a straight edge, decorated with punched chevrons. The sides of the clasp converge and are near-parallel and straight (12.…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADD446
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, probably of Hod Hill, Aucissa or allied type The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the damaged head and upper bow only and is flattened (with a surviving length of 25.7mm, a depth of 3.8mm and a weight of 1.9g). The missing pin was hinged, within a rolled head (with a surviving width of 17.2mm and a diameter of 3.2mm). The head narrows to the rectangular sectioned upper bow and is then near-parallel sided, slightly convergent to the break (with a width of 9.4mm – 11.2mm and a thickness of 1.0mm). The upper bow is decorated …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADC381
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Lead steelyard weight with iron suspension loop, probably of Roman date The cast weight is of flattened biconical form and is near-complete, missing part of one end loop (with a surviving length of 42.5mm) and currently weighs 86.7g. The surviving iron loop (10.4mm high and 10.5mm wide), defines a circular loop (with internal diameter of 6.8mm) and is of circular sectioned wire (2.5mm diameter). The lead weight is irregular (26.8mm long and with a diameter of 26.2mm - 27.9mm). The wire loop at the other end is incomplete and is slightly wider (with a surviving width of 12.2mm). N…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ADB1A9
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy folding strap clasp, probably of late 13th to early 15th century date The clasp is missing the plate but retains the damaged folding end (with a closed length of 13.1mm, an open length of 18.1mm, a width of 10.9mm and a weight of 1.1g). The exposed bar is of rectangular section (1.1mm thick and 1.4mm wide). The sides are of also rectangular sectioned and have ribs near both ends. The folding end is of sheet plate but has some damage and the transverse rib catch is present (3.1mm wide and 1.5mm thick and giving the clasp an overall depth of 3.7mm). The surfac…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AD9BA4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy oval-framed buckle with ornate outside edge of 13th or 14th century date The buckle frame is near-complete but is missing the pin (with a length of 19.7mm and a weight of 2.8g). The outside edge is wider than the rest of the frame (5.5mm wide and 2.7mm thick) and has a bevelled top face, enhanced with ribbed and grooved decoration. One of the outside knops has been lost. The sides are arched (giving the frame a width of 27.1mm) and is of sub-triangular section. The bar is narrowed and offset with extensive wear on one end. The surface is heavily corroded wi…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AD8545
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy military buckle of Varian type with internal scroll and iron strap connector of probably of 1st century AD date The buckle is near-complete, missing the pin and iron bar (with an overall length of 23.2mm and a weight of 3.2g). The outside edge of the frame is of D-shaped section (4.6mm wide and 2.9mm thick) and is decorated with central mouldings with an internal groove to accommodate the missing pin. Either side of the mouldings are rounded rectangles containing a central dot. Transverse grooves decorate the rest of the outside of the frame. The sides of the frame…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-AD61BA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the foot and pin and is fragmentary, broken across the bow (with a length of 49mm, a surviving depth of 19.3mm and a weight of 14.8g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings of D-shaped section (28.1mm wide and 6.2mm high) and with a copper alloy axis bar. The fronts of the wings are decorated with pairs of V-shaped grooves, enhanced with punched dots with a wide, U-shaped groove between. The upper bow is of triangular section (11.0mm wide and 4.5mm thick at the…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AD514E
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy annular ring of uncertain function and date The cast ring is circular (26.2mm diameter, 13.6mm internal diameter and weighing 17.3g) and is flat on one face and bevelled on the other (8.2mm thick), rounded across the outside. The ring is decorated with concentric incised grooves, with three on the convex face and one on the flat face. No other decoration is evident. The surface has a pitted, dark green-brown patina with areas of green surface loss. The ring is of uncertain function but may have been a spindle-whorl or weight, although a spindle whorls in co…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AD3FB9
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age copper alloy mini terret of 2nd century BC to 1st century AD date The mini-terret is complete but is heavily-corroded (with a weight of 6.0g). The hoop is oval (22.7mm long and 25.0mm wide, with internal dimensions of 13.5mm x 14.6mm) and is of D-shaped section, with a flat underside. The hoop is damaged at its apex but appears to both widen and thicken towards the base (with a width and thickness at the apex of 4.5mm and 3.5mm respectively and 5.5mm and 4.5mm respectively before the bar). There were mouldings either side of the bar, now damaged (giving a maximum width a…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-AD1E33
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, double-lug type and of 1st century AD date. The brooch is complete and has a distorted pin (with a length of 60.6mm, a depth of 21mm and a weight of 21.1g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, secured around a central, pierced lug with a copper alloy axis bar and coils six times either side of the lug (with a length of 32.0mm). One of the coils is broken, suggesting that the brooch was repaired. The chord is tensioned by a lug at the head. The wings are convex and are a little shorter than the spring (with a length of 28.9…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ACE9A4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Roman or Early Medieval copper alloy buckle plate of 4th to 7th century date The buckle plate is near-complete but the frame and pin are missing (with a surviving length of 39.5mm, a thickness of 3.2mm and a weight of 9.5g). The plate was formed by folding the sheet lengthways with two strips to secure the frame. (5-6mm wide) and convex across its length. The plate is sub-rectangular, slightly wider at the attachment end (at 23.3mm and 22.0mm adjacent to the frame) and with a subtle concavity to both the sides and the attachment end. The front plate is marginally larger tha…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ACA687
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and pin and the upper bow is slightly distorted (with a length of 37.0mm, a depth of 19.5mm and a weight of 5.6g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, now missing secured around a single, central pierced lug. At the apex of the lug is a spike to secure a swivelling chain loop. The trumpet head is D-shaped (11.1mm wide and 8.4mm high not including the spike) and has a central ridge, giving the upper bow a sub-triangular section. The sides are convergent …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AC8D19
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint bifacial tool of composite type and probably of Neolithic date The tool is incomplete, missing the proximal end (with a surviving length of 62.0mm, a maximum width of 35.5mm, a maximum thickness of 13.4mm and a weight of 31.1g). Although no obvious grinding striations are evident on the surface, two facets on the dorsal surface appear to have been polished, suggesting that the tool has been made from a broken Neolithic flint axe. It is also possible to suggest that the steep facet on the distal end is the blade edge or approaching the edge. There is steep retouch on the sid…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AC526C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, possibly T-shaped or allied type and of 1st or 2nd century AD date The brooch is incomplete, missing some of the wings and spring and with a distorted bow (with a distorted length and depth of 54.9mm and 21.8mm respectively and with a weight of 8.5g). The missing spring was secured within sheet metal wings that were riveted to the bow. The sheet metal wings are now damaged and truncated (with a surviving width of 13.8mm a height of 8.0mm, a depth of 3.6mm and a thickness of 0.4mm). No decoration is evident on the wing fragment. The…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AC40EF
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval decorated lead weight with heraldic device of 13th or 14th century date, possibly a quarter-pound Troy weight The weight is of shield-shaped form (44.5mm long and 34.3mm wide) and appears to be complete, weighing 126.4g. The integral base has a border (4 -5mm wide and 7mm thick) decorated with raised pellets at each side and with two trefoil devices on the upper edge. There is a raised inner shield-shaped device (14.4mm thick). At the centre of the border, cutting the top edge of the raised shield is a rectangular slot, which may have penetrated to the base. The central …
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AC2496
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix of 12th or 13th century date The seal matrix is incomplete, missing the terminal loop and edge of the die (with a surviving length of 22.9mm and a weight of 8.7g). The missing loop was probably of trilobed form, as suggested by the dividing rib at the centre of the aperture. Below the loop was a ribbed moulding flanked by grooves. The handle is of hexagonally-faceted form. The seal die was circular (with a surviving maximum diameter of 17.8mm). The device on the seal die is of geometric form, comprising a central line cutting a saltire cross. Fou…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AC03DD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy brooch of Polden Hil Grp 4.f of late 1st or early 2nd century AD date. The brooch is near-complete missing the pin and with a damaged catch-plate (with a 56.5mm, a depth of 17mm and a weight of 17.3g). The spring remains in place, secured around an iron axis bar between lateral perforated lugs. The missing chord appears to have been tensioned by a claw at the head, now damaged. The ends of semi-tubular wings (with a width of 25.0mm) are expanded and angled inwards (with a diameter of 7.3mm). No other decoration is evident on the wings. The head has curved mou…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ABD846
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy decorative mount, probably of Roman date The mount is of form and is complete (with a diameter of 42.4mm and a weight of 22.3g). There is a slight rim around the edge, before an internal ridge (of 12mm diameter and 4.5mm deep). The mount has a central raised boss (of 21.0mm diameter and giving a depth of 7.6mm) with a concave or dished centre (11.7mm diameter and 3.0mm deep). Around the edge of the apex is a raised rim border. No applied decoration is discernible on the mount. The underside is unfinished and gently dished. Near but placed off-centre is an integral at…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AB6785
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bell-shaped stud with remnants of the iron shank on the base The copper alloy stud is near-complete with remnants of the iron shank corroded over the base and is comparatively small (with an overall length of 15.9mm and a weight of 13.7g). The circular stud has a marginally larger diameter at the upper rim (at 16.3mm). The interior of the rim is bevelled inwards before the raised central conical boss, which is marginally higher than the rim. The centre of the boss is flat with a central indentation. The exterior of the stud is decorated with a turned, subtle d…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 10th February 2021
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