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-2BC9D3
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead spindle-whorl probably of late medieval to post medieval date The spindle-whorl is of rounded biconical form with a diameter of 18.3mm and a height of 10.2mm. The central perforation has a diameter of 8.5mm and the spindle-whorl weighs 13.0g. No decoration is evident on the whorl, although the surface is eroded. The central ridge has a raised knop, which is likely to be the remnants of the casting. Spindle whorls of biconical form can be difficult to date once removed from their archaeological context and remained similar from the Romano-British period to the early post medieva…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2008
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-9A89B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Constantius I, nummus. GENIO POPVLI ROMANI. Possibly mint of Lyon. [ ] A// [ ], 3.849g, corroded.
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Record ID: NMGW-8AEF15
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Roman as or dupondius of an uncertain ruler, dating to the period AD 41-250. Uncertain reverse type. Unclear mint. 7.810g corroded and worn
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-8ACD14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Half of a silver denarius of Domitian (AD 81-96) (Reece Period 4) with unclear Minerva type. Mint of Rome. 1.383g fragment.
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Sunday 12th April 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-8487B1
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Roman military copper alloy horse harness fitting, probably of mid 2nd to 3rd century date The fitting comprises three surviving pieces, and would have had two further strap loops; the surviving components have a combined weight of 35.8g. The central cruciform component (36.6mm wide, 40.9mm long) has three loops composed of curved side arms, each terminating in a loop containing a copper alloy pin, of uncertain function, possibly decorative. The outside edge of the loops have a rounded bar, upon which a copper alloy strap fitting is attached. At the centre of the mount is a domed boss…
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 29th November 2013
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Record ID: NMGW-F3BD46
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type and of mid-2nd-mid-3rd century AD date The brooch is near-complete, missing the spring, foot and catch-plate, with a surviving length of 44.5mm and a weight of 12.4g. The spring mechanism was secured within a Polden Hill type arrangement and the chord was secured with a claw at the rear of the head. The wings have a width of 25.7mm and have slightly expanded oval terminals, decorated with incised marks. There is a vertical rib immediately inside the terminals. The bow has a width of 10.5mm at the head and the sides of the head are enh…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 6th July 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-EB75F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Republic Denarius, C Piso L F Frugi, Rome, 67 BC. Cr/RRC 408/1b, 2.902g worn
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-31C972
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age bronze cheekpiece This is a complete cast bronze harness fitting, known as a toggle or cheekpiece. The artefact has a widened mid-section, 30-35mm long and 13mm wide and is waisted on each side, before flaring to form two slightly knobbed and rounded terminals. It is of slender and spindle-shaped form and has a transverse sub-rectangular shaped slot through the widened mid-section. On the upper face of the widened mid-section, extending in a motif 28.8mm long and 10.0mm wide, is a decorative inset motif in the La Tène Stage V art style (pre-Roman ‘Celtic’) and inlaye…
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
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