Record ID: NMGW-3A7AD0
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed chisel The chisel is complete (with an overall length of 103.5mm and a weight of 43.5g). The socket mouth is oval (with external dimensions of 19.6mm x 15.9mm and internally 16.4mm x 12.3mm) and there is no collar or mouldings and there are no attachment holes on the sides of the socket. The sides are near-straight, or slightly concave and the socket faces are straight and convergent to the blade (with a socket depth of 48.2mm). The blade is of rectangular section (15.1mm wide and 5.6mm thick beneath the socket) and the sides are gently convex and divergent to…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 14th November 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-525A32
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy enameled mount of mid-12th to mid-14th century date The mount is near-complete but is now folded and is of trilobed form. The mount form and decoration suggest that it was intended to flank a central plate to its right, probably with a similar mount flanking the central plate on the left. The right edge of the mount is straight and vertical but with a concave arc at both the top and basal corners. The top and basal edges are rounded and define the trilobed left edge. The mount was attached using five attachment rivets positioned around the edges. The decoration o…
Created on: Friday 6th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 6th May 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-AA6AA8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval lead cloth seal The cloth seal is of two-disc type with circular discs (of 22mm diameter, 5.4mm thick and weighing 7.3g). One disc has no surviving device or legend. The other has a central device of a crowned portcullis. A small part of the encircling legend survives: ] W .TRE.[ Seals with a crowned portcullis dates from the reign of Elizabeth I and are often county seals and are sometimes counterfeited to avoid taxes.
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-AA44FD
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy book mount The mount is near complete, comprising two rectangular copper alloy plates and a separate perforated lug (with an overall plate length of 30.0mm and a weight of 6.6g). The top plate is larger (30.0mm x 22.0mm and 1.0mm thick) and has an integral hook at the end (5.1mm deep). The plate is decorated on the top face with an incised border, inside of which is a geometric motif composed of double lines of rocker-arm decoration arranged around a central axis with diagonals each side forming chevrons, but now worn and corroded. There is a small…
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A95494
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval gilt copper alloy disc mount of Anglo Saxon style from a strap, possibly of a harness and of 6th to 7th century date The cast mount is of circular form (27.5mm diameter and 9.2g) and is near-complete, possibly missing part of the rear loops. The face of the mount has a flat thin border around the rim (2.0mm thick) before a circular rib, now corroded but possibly originally beaded. There is a weaker rib inside before six raised zoomorphic devices, possibly depicting running hares, all running in the same direction. Between the centre and the hares are six sets of th…
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-A902D4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle plate probably dating from the mid-14th or 15th century The buckle plate is fragmentary, represented by a single incomplete plate (with a surviving length of 36.4mm, a thickness of 0.4mm – 0.6mm and a weight of 3.0g). The plate is widest at the attachment end (at 18.6mm), with straight sides narrowing slightly to the break (at 16.2mm wide). The attachment end has pointed corners with convex ends to a central circular aperture (8.3mm diameter). The buckle plate was attached using two separate pins, either side of the aperture, one of which remains in…
Created on: Wednesday 4th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 4th August 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-35CCE8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead suspension weight of uncertain date, possibly medieval or post medieval The cast lead weight is of sub-trapezoidal form and is complete or near-complete (with a length of 58.7mm). The weight has flat faces, producing a rectangular body section (11mm -12mm thick) and has straight sides, diverging towards the base (where the weight has a width of 31.5mm). The sub-circular perforation (5.5mm diameter) is positioned just below the rounded apex. There is no decoration evident on either face. The weigh currently weighs 141.53g, equivalent to 4.9923 ounces and it seems likely that…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd June 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-20ACCD
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy ‘Horse and Rider’ figure or statuette, probably of Roman date, possibly from the 2nd or 3rd century AD The figure appears to be complete except for a separate stand or base but is corroded (with a length of 77.0mm, a height of 74.4mm and a weight of 88.3g). The horse and rider are integral and cast in the round. The horse however is flat and rectangular sectioned (with a thickness of 5.8mm). The horse is crudely depicted in side profile and is walking forward. The horse is not able to stand without support and the leg terminals may have been secured to a base. Wh…
Created on: Friday 5th March 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th March 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-52442C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle of annular type and of 14th to 16th century date The buckle is missing the pin and has some edge damage and is of sub-annular form (20.7mm diameter, 14mm internal diameter and weighing 2.0g) with an expended outside edge (4.5mm wide). The outside edge has a linear notch to accommodate the missing pin. The frame was narrowest at the attachment end (with a width of 2.4mm) where there is a nick, probably resulting from wear of the pin loop. The frame is of a consistent faceted pentagonal section (3.0mm thick). There is no applied decoration and the surfa…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5229D4
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant suspension mount of 13th or 14th century date The composite pendant is fragmentary, represented by the hinged suspension mount and a further hinged fitting (with a length of 30.1mm and a weight of 2.8g). The attachment mount is of domed quadrangular form (11.5mm wide, 2.6mm deep and 0.7mm thick) with a central circular attachment hole to take a missing rivet (3.4mm diameter). The rear is hollowed. At the base of the mount are twin lugs of the hinge, containing a central lug which has twin lugs at its base, now broken (with a surviving length …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 1st March 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-52026D
Object type: CRUCIFIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy depiction of the Corpus Christi, crucifixion of Christ, probably from a Processional Cross of 15th century date The cast figure of Christ is depicted in the round and is heavily-corroded and fragmentary, missing both arms, one lower leg and the other foot (with a surviving length of 116.1mm, a surviving width across the arms of 51.7mm and a weight of 133.2g). Christ is wearing the crown of thorns, now surviving as a raised band over the brow and on the rear, overlying long hair falling onto the shoulders. Christ’s head is against his right shoulder, w…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-51DC91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch pin, possibly from a Late Roman or Early Medieval penannular brooch, perhaps of 4th to 6th century date The brooch frame is missing, with only the cast pin present (with an overall length of 48.6mm and a weight of 3.0g). The loop (with a width of 9.2mm, an external diameter of 11.2mm and internal diameter of 7.6mm) is open at the rear (with a gap of 6.2mm). The loop is corrugated, with raised edges and a central rib (giving a thickness of 1.8mm). The pin (with a length of 38mm) is circular sectioned (2.2mm diameter) and narrows to the tip over the lower-third.…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Last updated: Friday 3rd June 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-514BF3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of unusual type, probably a T-shaped derivative of later 1st or 2nd century date The brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 25.6mm and a weight of 8.9g). The hinged pin has broken below the loop and was secured within semi-tubular wings, now truncated (with a diameter of 4.2mm and a surviving width of 31.7mm). At the head is a flange (8.1mm wide and with a surviving height of 4.7mm above the bow) above a stepped moulding, possibly the remnants of a larger head-plate. The top of the rectangular-s…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3E5B43
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix of 13th or 14th century date The matrix of pointed-oval form and is near-complete, with minimal peripheral damage (with a length of 37.8mm, a width of 21.6mm and a weight of 25.1g). At the apex of the rear is a loop (7.4mm deep) with an oval aperture (3.4mm x 2.3mm). There is no rib below the loop but the rear is convex, both across its length and width (7.5mm thick). The central device on the seal die appears to be a shield, decorated with a central cross, perhaps of Moline form. The encircling legend is in Lombardic script and is now difficult to inter…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3E0688
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron socketed arrowhead, possibly of medieval date The arrowhead is near-complete, heavily-corroded and is comparatively large (with a length of 92.2mm and with a weight of 38.3g). The socket is circular and widest at the mouth (with a diameter of 16.4mm – 18.2mm and a thickness of 1.8mm). The sides of the socket are straight and convergent, reaching a minimum diameter (of 9.5mm x 12.8mm) beneath the blade. There no obvious attachment holes through the socket. The blade is of leaf-shaped form (51.2mm long and reaching a maximum width of 19.8mm) and appears to have had an oval s…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3DF2CB
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Bronze Age bronze socketed spearhead of Davis’ (2012)[1] Group 6: Developed side-looped, unclassified (Greenwell and Brewis (1909)[2] Class IV (or socket -looped)) spearheads and of later Arreton, Acton Park, Taunton or early Wilburton metalworking (c. 1500 – 1100BC), of Needham’s (1996)[3] Periods 4-5 The spearhead is incomplete missing both most of blade and the socket mouth (with a surviving length of 70.2mm and a weight of 28.5g). The socket was circular, with a small fragment of the simple rim surviving (with a maximum surviving internal diameter of 14.0m…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st June 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-3DBB53
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy vessel rim and handle fragment of uncertain date, possibly medieval The cast vessel is fragmentary, represented by a rim fragment (40.5mm long) and the upper part of the handle (40.5mm deep and weighing 49.2g), soldered together. The vessel rim has little curvature across its width, suggesting a vessel of sizeable diameter. The outside of the vessel is straight along its length (23.1mm surviving length) and has no decoration. The interior of the rim is rounded (with a vessel thickness of 4.7mm). The vessel handle is positioned level with the top of the rim and is per…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3DADB6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy vessel handle, possibly from a jug of Roman date The handle is complete (with a length of 68.3mm, a depth of 19mm and a weight of 35.7g) but no part of the container vessel survives. The handle is of S-shaped form and has flattened attachment points on each end. The upper, oval attachment point (14.5mm long x 9.4m m wide) has an outward angle, whereas the lower, sub-triangular attachment point (12.5mm long x 12.5m m wide) is near-vertical. The handle is of oval section, widening to its furthest point (where it has a width and thickness of 12.5mm and 9.9mm respective…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3D9330
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy harness pendant of 13th or 14th century date The harness pendant is of two-part form (excluding the suspension mount), comprising a frame and internal pendant and is complete but missing the suspension mount (with a length of 63.5mm and a weight of 38.3g). The inner lug of the hinge to the suspension mount (with a depth of 10.0mm, a thickness of 2.0mm – 3.9mm and a length of 11.8mm) now has a worn oval perforation (5.1mm long and 3.5mm wide). The bevelled outer frame is of quatrefoil form (with a width of 44.4mm and a thickness of 4.6mm) with projecting le…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3D73E7
Object type: BELL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper alloy bell probably of Viking type and of 10th century date The cast bell is of hexagonal form and is fragmentary, missing the mouth and much of the sides (with a surviving length of 27.7mm, a maximum surviving depth of 21.2mm and a weight of 3.9g). The loop is rectangular (17mm long, 6.9mm wide and 3.8mm thick) with a circular perforation (3.2mm diameter) with has adhering iron corrosion. There is the suggestion of a subtle moulding around the base of the loop. The bell is sheet metal (1.0mm thick) and was of faceted hexagonal form. There is no decoration d…
Created on: Monday 22nd February 2021
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
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