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-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-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-5E1F24
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Short Cross Penny 1c, Carlisle, Alain, 1.213g, chipped.
Created on: Thursday 10th January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-5BF8D6
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead pilgrim’s ampulla of 14th to early 16th century date The ampulla is near-complete, missing only a small section of the mouth rim. The ampulla has a length of 53.4mm and a weight of 75.5g. The mouth is open and has a width of 27.4mm. The ampulla has a maximum thickness at the open mouth of 14.3mm. The neck has straight sides converging towards the body. Both sub-triangular loops are present and one loop has been compressed against the neck and the loop is not perforated. It is not whether the distorted loop is perforated. The neck is plain. Both faces carry similar moti…
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-EF8FC1
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age, Bronze cast-flanged axe whose sides are straight and near parallel, curving outwards markedly near the blade, giving a splayed blade. The artefact has a flat shaped butt end, which tapers in section. Unusually, the butt end of the axe is pierced by a circular hole (6mm in diameter). This was made with care in antiquity, possibly by drilling into the metal with a circular implement from each side of the artefact, the hole breaking through the middle (as suggested by its slightly hourglass shaped profile). The hole is slightly offset from the centre of the butt, and…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-7551C5
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead, one barb missing. Length 37mm, maximum surviving width 21.5mm, thickness 4.5mm. Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age in date.
Created on: Thursday 19th October 2006
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-743CA6
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy flat axe which thickens towards the middle, with a thin, narrow and originally probably slightly rounded butt and a splayed blade. The edges of both the butt and the blade are damaged, and one face in particular is heavily corroded. Two distinct casting flaws are visible on the relatively uncorroded face of the axe. The sides of the blade more or less evenly curve outwards towards the cutting edge from a point situated slightly over one third of the length of the axe from the butt. The axe is undecorated. Longitudinal stritations visible on the relatively uncorro…
Created on: Thursday 19th October 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-8FF741
Object type: TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Prehistoric flint assemblage, consisting of 509 pieces including leaf shaped arrowheads, arrowhead roughouts, knives, denticulated scrapers, scrapers, Ecaille Cores, single platform blade cores, multi-directional cores, core, blades, flakes, knapping debitage, natural stones, double platform blade cores, core rejuvination flakes, Natural flints, Awls, Utilized blades, Levallois flake, spall, natural quartz and a discoidal knife
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
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Record ID: NMGW-89E573
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe of Type Migdale (following Schmidt and Burgess 1981) or Class 3D, Type Barton Stacey (following Needham et al. forthcoming), and dating to the Brithdir assemblage (c. 2200/2150 - 2050 BC) during Needham's (1996, pp 127 - 130) Period 2, c. 2,300 - 2,050BC. The flat axe is complete and has an overall length of 150.4mm and weighs 503.9g. The butt is square with a width of 24mm and is tapered to a thickness of 3mm. The sides are divergent and are straight for some 50mm before they become concave to the expanded blade. The sides are moderately flat acr…
Created on: Thursday 27th July 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 18th May 2021
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